The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Notes From a Sagebrush Schoolma’am 
These United States Army 
BOILERETTES 
At a Fraction of 'J Their Worth 
14 Points of 
Usefulness ! 
No. 1—Wash Boilers 
Will wear indefinitely. 
No. 2—Roasters 
Unexcelled for meat and poultry 
No. 3—Ham Boilers 
Nothing else as convenient. 
No. 4—Cooking Pots 
Excellent for big quantity cooking. 
No. fi—Laundry Uses 
Too numerous to mention. 
No. 6—Bread and Cake Boxes 
With nearly airtight covers. 
No. 7—Window Refrigerators 
Very strong and safe. 
No. 8—Making Beverages 
Just the right sizes. 
No. 9—Storing Fruits, Etc. 
Also vegetables 
No. lO—Packing Purposes 
Unexcelled and inexpensive. 
No. 11—For Canning 
Strong and heavy enough. 
No. 12—Dyeing Apparel 
Just the needed utensil 
No. 13—Foot Tubs 
The best obtainable. 
No. 14—Auto Landi Boxes 
Heavy, strong and almost airtight. 
6 -GALLON SIZE, 
No. 54. 
Six 
Sizes 
7-gallon size. 
• No. 53. 
7 1 -GALLON SIZE 
2 No. 51. 
1 p" 
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.... $1.15 
$124 
. $1.32 
8 -GALLON SIZE, dja qq 
no. 49 . 
9 -GALLON SIZE, (tl AQ 
no. so. «p i 
Built to Wear for Years 
Made according to government specification, which assures you of dependable, 
strongly built boilers. Constructed of heavy block charcoal tin. Firmly and sub¬ 
stantially finished at every joint. 
Three bronze handles, one at each end and the other on the cover Covers fit 
reasonably tight. Every home should at least provide one or two. Splendid for 
hundreds of household needs. All brand new. 
Sent immediately on receipt of your check or money order 
We Pay the postage. 
R. 
Lewsen Building 
M. LEWSEN 
Dept. 88 Portland, Maine 
Low Water Supply. —We have had 
almost an open Winter, very little snow¬ 
fall, and some rain. What is pleasant 
for me, is a source of worry to the 
farmers, for a light snowfall means lit¬ 
tle water in the reservoir in the moun¬ 
tains, and little water in the reservoir 
means little water for irrigating next 
Summer. Irrigation is a wonderful meth¬ 
od of giving the farmer control over his 
water supply if there is water to do it 
with. But the eastern farmer depends 
on the rainfall, the western farmer must 
depend on the snowfall. The irrigation 
farmer has one advantage, he knows be¬ 
fore the season begins whether he is to 
have much or little water, and can raise 
crops accordingly. It is on the expect¬ 
ation of low water supply that the 
farmers, in the district where our farm 
lies, have organized a bean association. 
Poor farmers ! they have tried everything 
else, and now let us hope—farmers are 
rich in hope—let us hope the beans will 
turn out better than the wheat, potatoes, 
and sugar-beets. On our farm we lost 
over .$1200 on sugar beets this year. The 
scales were defective, and not until too 
late for the farmers, was this discovered. 
The State inspector was at once tele¬ 
phoned for, but, strangely enough (?), 
when he arrived, the scales had undergone 
a complete cleaning and overhauling, and 
even considering the fact that the clean¬ 
ing was obviously of recent date, noth¬ 
ing could be done. 
A Prosperous Community. — Our 
farming community, near Hazelton, is 
on the rocks. Each year we have thought 
that bottom was reached, but there 
doesn’t seem to be any bottom to the 
abyss of misfortune into which those 
farmers are plunged. There is no mar¬ 
ket for anything. Farm folks are pinched 
for the actual necessities of life. Here 
around Ac-equia it is different. It is not 
that this admirable sand, which never be¬ 
comes mud, is more fertile than our heavy 
volcanic soil. It is that the farmers 
have a markec for their milk in the local 
cheese factory. This little factory does 
an enormous business of thousands of 
dollars a week. The farmers and their 
families here all hav3 a prosperous ap- 
pearence, and the children, generally, 
come well-dressed to school. A short 
time ago there was a sale on a farm near 
here that brought in $4,000, only $241 
being credit. The man who told me of 
this said, “Two years ago you couldn’t 
have found that much cash at a sale 
here.” Right today you could not find 
that cash at a sale in the district from 
which I came. 
Autos and Moving Pictures. — 
Scarcely a farmer is without an auto- 
mohile here, and their boys and girls 
are frequent patrons of moving picture 
houses in Rupert, five miles from Acequia. 
I sometimes wonder whether the auto¬ 
mobile and the picture show can be 
counted as unmixed blessings. Perhaps 
you will think me crazy when I say that 
I am glad my children were raised on 
an isolated farm, their only amusements 
their simple games and good books. We 
have farmed for 11 years, and just after 
the war we could have sold for a clean 
profit of $18,000 but as yet we have not 
felt able to own an automobile. One of 
our neighbors lost his farm trying to own 
one before the time was ripe. I do be¬ 
lieve the farmer, more than anyone 
else in the world,, has the right to an 
automobile—if he can afford it, and 
if it will not harm his family. 
Would there have been our great Lincoln 
if he had owned an automobile and had 
run around to the moving-picture shows? 
I doubt it very much. It was the hard 
life that hardened him into the man he 
was. I like to go to a good picture show, 
and I enjoy, especially, taking- my child¬ 
ren to a good show. But how many good 
ones are there? Night after night the 
people go to the picture shows to gaze 
upon trash. They are not just wasting 
time—they are wasting life—a fact that 
so many people lose sight of. I went to 
a picture show last week with my child¬ 
ren. and when it was over I was almost 
ashamed to go out into the light of honest 
day, to think I had squandered my money 
and time in that senseless fashion, not to 
speak of the false conception of life which 
my children gained from the exhibition. 
I could not help thinking how the best of 
books can be had for almost nothing, and 
life enriched immeasurably by the reading 
of them. 
The Churches. — There is a union 
church here, and also a Mormon church, 
and yet I cannot help wondering how 
much real religion our young people are 
getting. The grown people are faithful 
in attendance at church, and I have often 
looked around at them and wondered 
where were their girls and boys. I be¬ 
lieve this condition is not merely local. 
All over the United States there is a ter¬ 
rible ignorance among the young of any 
connection with God. As a nation we 
have forgotten that there is a living God. 
When we think of Him at all, it is as an 
absentee landlord who has gone away and 
forgotten the world. I wonder how many 
parents all over America will tonight aid 
their little children in saying their pray¬ 
ers? How many more are there who al¬ 
low' them to tumble into bed without hav¬ 
ing learned to connect themselves with 
their Creator? If God is the one big Fact 
of our existence, as He most certainly is, 
what a crime it is not to teach our child¬ 
ren of His living presence, and to let 
them know how vital it is to their suc¬ 
cess in life, to their power of character, 
to keep in close touch with Him. 
School Work. — I enjoy my school 
work. We have about 30 high-school 
pupils, many of them Italians. These 
new Americans are brilliant students. I 
wish you might visit my literature class. 
You would not consider it a class at all 
I fear; we have such an enjoyable time 
in it. We have studied almost all the 
American authors, have read some of their 
work, and have committed to memory 
many selections. Just now we are study¬ 
ing Goldsmith, and we are reading in 
class. “She Stoops to Conquer.” Each 
day the penmanship teacher comes to the 
door to remind us of the class, and the 
pupils beg to be excused in order to con¬ 
tinue reading. My object in teaching 
literature is not just to fulfil the condi¬ 
tions imposed by the State course of 
study, but first of all to give the pupils a 
love for good reading, and second, to make 
them familiar with such authors and 
writings as an educated person should 
know, 
The Big Boys. — The girls are no 
problem at all in the school, but the same 
cannot be said of the boys. I cannot help 
sympathizing with the big, muscular 
young animals. I wonder that these crea¬ 
tures of the outdoors can even be per¬ 
suaded to enter the confinement of a 
schoolroom. It is a sort of prison to 
them, and their only relief is in cutting up 
a few pranks. I have learned to have 
patience with them because of my own 
'boy of that age—my runaway boy. As 
for my runaway boy, he has stuck stead¬ 
ily to his work in the Colorado Springs 
high school this year. He started two 
weeks late, but he has managed to pass 
the first semester’s examinations. He 
sent me his final papers in chemistry, and 
they were graded 94 per cent. He lives 
far up in the mountains on a large plot 
of ground which his aunt, bought for a 
park. He has to go a long distance on 
foot up the mountain after leaving the 
street ear. He leaves in the dark and gets 
home in the dark, and has no time for any 
foolishness. 
Back to Farm. —We are all going back 
to the farm in the early Summer. The 
children long for it persistently. Little 
Joe says, “Mother, I’ve just got to be 
where there is a horse!” Whenever any¬ 
one comes to visit us from the farm there 
must be many eager questions answered. 
“Has Patch any more little kittens? Does 
Husky stay home? Have you made a 
house-cat, of Sandv? Is Blackie still 
there? Is Napony Bonypart any fatter?” 
etc. Just homesick for the farm. 
And now I must tell you of a witty 
answer that one of the junior high school 
boys made last week. I had said “You 
don’t see the farmers going around with 
chains of diamonds.” 
“No, they haven’t any diamonds,” in¬ 
stantly responded the boy, “But they’ve 
got the chains!” 
ANNIE PIKE GREENWOOD. 
120 ACRES 23 miles Philadelphia City Hall; 9-r. stone 
Good Soli house; large bank barn; hay barn; all out- 
bldgs ; 15 acres; stream-watered pasture; 25 
acres woodland. Price, #TO pera; easy terms. 
ST ACRES 10 cows,3horses,200chickens,allmachinery, 
Good soli tools and crops; good water: 8-r. stone house; 
bank barn; all outbldgs; fine stream-watered 
pasture. All for $T,&00. Easy terms. 
85 ACRES 3 cows, i heifers, 2 horses,chickens, machin¬ 
ery and tools; 7-r. stone house, bankbarnand 
outbldgs. Right ill village, near school; fruit 
and good water. Price only $4,800. Write or 
seen. D. MNDKUJUN 411-F, Bulletin Bldg. Philadelphia. Pa. 
CRANBERRY BOG 
FOR SALE! 
Fifty to sixty acres all set out, most of .it in 
“Home’’ berries. Some 5 and 6 years old. Now 
beginning to bear full crops. Plenty of ground and 
water for a Reservoir. Two live streams. Iki miles 
from a Railroad Station. Very centrally located. 
Complete plant with all new machinery, ware¬ 
houses, etc. 
For further information address Adv. 5161, care The R. N.-Y. 
APPLEORCHARD Southern New Jersey 
Highly cultivated commercial orchard of about 40 
acres, containing variety of best trees, such as Sta¬ 
men. Winesap, Roman Beauty. Delicious, Jonathan, 
Starr, Yellow Transparent, Smokehouse, Raspber¬ 
ry, KingDavid, Mackintosh, Champion, Alexander, 
Northern Spy, Wolf River, Pippins, Spitzenberg, 
etc. Shorthanl to markets. 16 miles to Philadelphia. 
All prime, young, full-bearing trees, Price, $28,000 
Apply HERBERT J. KOEHLER, 23 Broadway, Camden, N. J. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
We have able-bodied Jewish young men, most¬ 
ly without experience, who want farm work. 
If you need a good, steady man, write for an 
order blank. Ours isnot acommercial agency. 
We make no charge. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,>»C. 
301 E. 14th Street New York City 
J.C. Brinson, Camillas, N.Y. Hay ofa " kin f d „r sa i e 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers 
Exchange will be found on page 619. 
FOR SALE—General merchandise store in 
hustling town doing good business; write for 
information. ADVERTISER 5170, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
RETAIL DAIRIES—Will buy retail end of 
good dairy, equipment and milk and rent 
your milk room. ADVERTISER 5159, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
ORDERLY couple want rent small farm, store, 
some furniture, woodlot, good road, not too 
far from town; privilege of buying; state rental 
per month and all particulars first letter. 
JAMES SAYRE, 440 Central Park West, New 
York City. 
UP-TO-DATE poultry farm in village on State 
road for sale. ADVERTISER 5109, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FORI SALE—FUlly equipped 35 J acre modern 
poultry farm, capacity 1,400 layers, new 2,- 
000-egg incubator, brooder stoves, crops, one 
horse, wagons, everything; 10 acres in Alfalfa, 
lots of fruit trees; bargain at $5,000; act quick. 
OLUF HERTZ, Springdale Poultry Farm, 
Coopersburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE—-5 acres and attractive, new 7-room 
commuter’s country home; modern conven¬ 
iences, garage; good elevation, rural surround¬ 
ings: 12 minutes walk to Gillette station on 
I). L. & W.; New York 28 miles; $7,800. 0. S. 
BARKELEW, Millington, N. J. 
WANTED—About 15 acres, truck farm prefer¬ 
ably, Southern Connecticut. ADVERTISER 
5171, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
HONEY—Six pounds, $1.10, prepaid third zone. 
WILLIAM II. PARSIL, Monmouth Junction, 
N. J. 
PRODUCE your own honey. Circular free. 
VAN’S HONEY FARMS, Hebron, Ind. 
APPLE BUTTER—The good old-fashioned kind, 
made in our orchard from a delicious Virginia 
recipe; sample quart-crock, prepaid, 65 cents. 
RIDGEWOOD FRUIT GROWERS, Winchester, 
Virginia. 
MILK chocolate made at our dairy; the best you 
ever tasted; box of 120 pieces, 2 lbs. net post 
paid, for $1; stores sell this at $1.75: thousands 
of Rural New-Yorker readers among my Well- 
satisfied customers. Are you one of them? Please 
send remittance with order. R. W. WIND, 
Babylon, N. Y. 
CANDY—High-grade home-made cream choc¬ 
olate fudge, guaranteed pure; a treat for you 
and the kiddies; 2-lb. box, postpaid, $1; order 
today. MRS. D. W. GOODLING, Richfield, Pa. 
HONEY—Pure extracted, postpaid first 3 zones; 
elover, 5 lbs., $1.25; 10 lbs.. $2.15; buckwheat, 
5 lbs., $1; 10 lbs., $1.80; satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. WALNUT ORCHARD FARM, Ithaca, N. Y. 
FOE SALE—New Oregon fir silo, 20x36, gam¬ 
brel roof, f.o.b. Bloomfield, N. J., $750; will 
deliver if not more than 75 miles. E. W. 
BIESECKER, 47 Washington St., East Strouds¬ 
burg, Pa. 
HONEY that will prove satisfactory; clover, 5 
lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2: buckwheat. $1 and 
$1.80; postpaid and insured. RANSOM FARM, 
1310 Spring St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
“DELCO” light plant; 32-volt, 750 watts; 160- 
ampere hour battery; "Delco” shallow well 
electric pump and tank, 350 gals, per hour: all 
in good order; complete for $325. A. II. PENNY, 
Mattituok, N. Y. 
ORCHARDS need bees; we furnish strong col¬ 
onies of Italian bees in complete hives for 
$17; also nuclei colonies and bees by the pound; 
write for particulars. STRINGHAM, Glen 
Cove. 44. Y. 
DEI.ICOUS pecan nuts, 5 lbs., $2.50 prepaid; 
GRIFFISS FARMS, Lamont, Fla. 
GRAPEFRUIT—Delicious tree-ripened, no sugar 
required; 40 lb. box. $1.75. GOLDEN GLOW 
GROVES, St. Petersburg, Fla. 
FOR SALE—Ten 500-chick size “Blue Hen” coal 
brooders; good condition; $10 each. PENNY <‘c 
GORDON, Mattituck, L. 1., N. Y. 
NEW Vermont maple syrup, $2.40; six gallons, 
$2.25; 10-lb. pail sugar, $3; pound cakes, 30c; 
my products please. G. L. HOWARD, Essex 
Junction, Vt. 
PURE MAPLE products, syrup, $2 per gallon; 
10-lb. pail sugar, $3; cash with ordei. 
GEORGE B. PULTON, IraRbu.-g, Vt. 
VERMONT maple products, fine quality syrup, 
$2.50 gallon; sugar, 5 and 10-ip. pails, 30c 
pound; pa reel post extra; cash Wi«n order. TV. 
T. ABELL, Moscow, Vt. 
FOR SALE—Pure maple syrup, first run, $2.75 
gal; later runs, $2.25 gal; made in new 
evaporator; not prepaid. OAKLAND FARM, 
lit. 2, Woodstock, Vt. 
FOIl SALE—Two Wishbone oil-burning brooder 
stoves; new, never uncrated; $22 size fur 500 
or more chicks, $18 prepaid. QUEENSBURY 
FARMS, Toms River, N. J. 
HOME-MADE citrus fruit marmalade, 25 ceuis 
per Half pint container, postpaid; 10 cents, 
sample. MRS. FRANK H. MATHER, Siles. Pa. 
HOMES WANTED—There is no greater charity 
than to offer a home to a friendless deserving 
boy between the ages of 7 and 12 years; this 
is real charity and we earnestly solicit the co¬ 
operation of Catholic families (New York 
State only). Address PLACING OUT BUREAU. 
415 Broome Street, New York City. 
THAT OLD saw contains better material tiian 
new ones on the market and it can be mailed 
to me cheap; all kinds of saw fitting and gum¬ 
ming done reasonable. Write FRANCIS ROO¬ 
NEY, Painted Post, N. Y. 
HONEY—Clover, 5 lbs., 95c; 10 lbs.. $1.85; 
buckwheat, 90c and $1.65; post paid; 60 lbs.. 
$5.70; guaranteed right. NORTH BRANCH 
APIARIES, North Branch, N. Y. 
HONEY—60-lb. can, here, clover, $8.40; buck¬ 
wheat, $6; two, $11.50; 10 lbs., delivered, 3d 
zone, $2.15; buckwheat, $1.80; very attractive 
prices on larger lots in pails. RAY C. WIL¬ 
COX, Odessa, N, Y. 
CLOVER HONEY—York State never produced 
better; 5-lb. pail., $1; two, $1.90: six. $.">• 
prepaid third zone. DR. It. S. DAVEY, Parish, 
N. Y. 
HONEY—5 lbs. elover, $1.10; 10 lbs., $2; buck¬ 
wheat, $1 and $1.75, postpaid first three zone-: 
60 lbs. here, clover, $7.50; buckwheat, $6. 
HENRY WILLIAMS, Romulus, N. Y. 
WANTED—Board on a farm for a mother and 
two children for July and August in Vermont, 
high altitude. ADVERTISER 5160, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—3 to 4 h.p. ensilage cutter; must 
be in good condition. CHAS. RIGGS, 541 
Lexington Ave., New York City. 
FOR SALE—Wing transom Cruiser Hull 32x8 
ft.; beam white cedar copper fastened and 
burred; 2 tanks and electric wire; never 
been in the water, painted, cost $900, will sell 
for $400 at my place. HORACE E. KELLEY, 
Germantown, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Fancy maple sugar and syrup: 5 
and 10-lb. pails and 1-lb. cakes at 35c per 
lb.; small cakes, 40c; syrup, $2.50 per gal. 
E S. KELLEY, R. R. 3, Orleans, Vt 
