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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 10, 195* 
POWER 
for 
Pumping 
Grinding 
Shelling 
Corn 
Drilling 
Boring 
Milking 
Voltage 
12 
32 
110 
WILL 
RUN ON 
Gasoline 
Kerosene 
Fuel Oil 
The most 
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Improving Country Schools 
It was my pleasure for several years 
to teach country schools. Having been 
in the work one is always interested in 
anything pertaining to it. For some time 
w T e have been sending our own children 
to rural schools, so that we are doubly 
interested in your effort to better school 
conditions in the country. We feel sure 
that some of our experiences in the last 
few years will help others who are striv¬ 
ing for school improvement. 
Our home school is a success, partly 
we believe, through the efforts of our 
Parent-Teachers’ Association. It ie dif¬ 
ficult to accomplish much without some 
sort of organization. The P. T. A., 
which is national in its scope, was or¬ 
ganized for just that purpose—the bet¬ 
tering of the schools through the bringing 
together of parents and teacher. We are 
all familiar with the old song, “Parents 
won’t visit the schools,” and it doe« seem 
strange that they pay so little attention 
where they should be vitally interested. 
Teachers are sure to welcome the co¬ 
operation-of the parent. Many times the 
two, working together, make it easier for 
the child in discipline or in some difficult 
study. 
As little can be accomplished without 
money, we frequently hold socials at the 
schoolhouse. This not only puts money 
into our treasury, but helps the social life 
of the whole community. Once a year we 
have a bazaar, the school furnishing a 
program, which makes it both enjoyable 
and profitable. Last Fall the society, 
with the aid of the teachers, managed a 
school fair. Prizes were given on fruit 
and vegetables exhibited; also on baking. 
The girls’ canning club helped out won¬ 
derfully with a display of their work in 
canning and baking. Our County Agent 
and County Club man attended and 
helped to make the event a success. 
The society fitted up an alcove in the 
basement for a kitchen, and furnished it 
with an oil stove, table, towels and 
dishes. The teachers and society co-op¬ 
erating, for the last three years, hot 
lunches have been furnished the pupils 
through the Winter months, at a trifling 
cost. With a part of our funds a pho¬ 
nograph was bought, which is on castors, 
and is readily moved from room to room. 
Suitable records were purchased, and the 
instrument is used daily in conducting 
calisthenic exercises. 
A short time ago the schools of the 
township held a contest, our school car¬ 
rying off the greater part of the honors. 
We feel confident that the good showing 
of the pupils was, in a considerable 
measure, due to the hot lunches and the 
active interest taken by the parents. 
The Parent-Teachers’ Association is in¬ 
dorsed by all school authorities, and we 
feel sure that the superintendent in any 
district community would gladly aid in 
establishing such a society in his district. 
Ohio. MRS. GRACE D. RAWSON. 
Girls Who Do Chores 
We find the following item in a daily 
paper: 
Nansen, the great Norwegian explorer, 
sent a girl to Cornell University. One 
Summer while on a vacation with a girl 
friend from the same country on a big 
farm in New York State, sickness came 
to the members of the household. But 
business did not stop. Those two girls 
from Norway went right out and milked 
the cows, fed and watered the big herd, 
even cleaning the stables and grooming 
the horses. And as the big father spoke 
about it, his eyes flashed with pride. 
And it is a thing to be proud of that so 
many of our girls can and will help out 
in these troublous days on the farm. They 
surely will have their reward. 
Yes, indeed, it is good to know that 
such girls are still to be found. We have 
a notion that a woman might be a better 
queen and prove more of an adornment 
for a throne if in her youth she had 
milked a cow and cleaned a stable. 
Seeding Clover and Red-top 
Referring to the inquiry of Eliot D. 
Curtis, in regard to grass mixtures, page 
690, his plan is all right; we do not feel 
that he can do much better, if he elim¬ 
inates the Timothy and Alfalfa. Tim¬ 
othy is rather hard on the soil and the 
Red-top gives a good sod to turn under. 
The clovers and Red-top furnish a satis¬ 
factory hay for farm feeding, and gener¬ 
ally sell as well as the Timothy. Our 
practice is to mow the first year and also 
the second year, sometimes pasture a few 
weeks after cutting, and also use for pas¬ 
ture entirely the second year, according 
to conditions. Alfalfa wfill not do w T cll 
unless inoculated, which costs here about 
25 cents per acre. One cannot get the 
best results by sowing Alfalfa with other 
seed. We get better results in improv¬ 
ing the soil by plowing under the clover 
and Red-top soil the third year. 
New York. w. e. c. merriman. 
Any girl can be gay in a classy coupe, 
In a taxi they all can be jolly, 
But the girl worth while is the one that 
can smile 
When you’re taking her home on the 
trolley. 
—Augusta. Me., Kennebec Journal. 
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