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Wire Fences 
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Some of the Questions 
The editors of The R. N.-Y. must cer¬ 
tainly be a patient lot to answer the 
numerous questions asked by its readers 
—everything from the value of a setting 
hen’s time to the best feed for a Wil¬ 
liam goat, but the most ridiculous one of 
all appears on page 1068, where a man in 
California wants to know the best place 
in the United States to buy a 200-acre 
farm, where there is not much danger of 
hail and windstorms. This reminds me 
of an Irishman, who asked an acquain¬ 
tance, who was given to boasting as to 
his ability in mathematics to figure this 
out: "If it takes four sheepskins to 
shingle one side of a henhouse, how many 
potato skins will it take to shingle the 
other?” This question is just about as 
sensible as the Californian’s. E. B. c. 
Illinois. 
And yet, we have had several letters 
from people who want to know where 
this Californian lives. Some want to 
sell him a farm—others will offer him ad¬ 
vice. It does seem ridiculous for a man 
to suggest going to farming without 
knowing where, in all this great country, 
he wants to locate, and yet some of these 
back-to-the-landers are almost as indefi¬ 
nite about their plans. They may know 
where the proposed farm is, but beyond 
that they have no definite program, and 
naturally we cannot make up one for 
them. 
Who Wants to Work Out a 
Farm? 
I have noted the comments from time 
to time in The R. N.-Y. in regard to a 
man, without capital, getting a farm. 
Also I read with special interest the ar¬ 
ticle which appeared some time ago about 
the New York man who had sold so 
many farms to young men with a will¬ 
ingness to work, but no funds. In a 
limited way I am trying to do the same. 
I have sold two places with no money 
down. One young man is paying out, 
the other met his death in an accident 
this Spring, and the farm has come back 
to me. 
Do you know of a man who would be 
worthy of the assistance and who would 
care to own a back-hill farm in Ver¬ 
mont? The place is of 250 acres, large 
fields, two pastures, lots of wood, some 
lumber and good sugar bush, two-story 
house, 10 rooms, I believe, two barns and 
silo. In need of some repairs, but good 
roofs for the most part, quite a bit of 
galvanized steel. About six miles from 
large town and two from small country 
store. This place would, cost a man 
$1,600 at 5 per cent, nothing down. Pay 
interest, taxes and insurance yearly, 
principal as he was able, preferably a 
certain amount yearly. I also bought 
from the company that sold it on time 
to the previous occupant a complete 
sugaring outfit which has been used one 
season, 500 buckets, evaporator, draw 
tub, holders and everything to go with 
that size outfit. This was to cost first 
purchaser a trifle over $600. I would let 
next man have for $500. if he cared for 
it, at 5 per cent, pay from sugar and 
syrup. I live in a section where the 
abandoned farm is a reality. I always 
feel regret on noting one. If you can 
put me in touch with a man who will 
help me prevent another I shall be very 
grateful. b. m. b. 
Vermont. 
Some of the Auto Laws 
Regarding automobile laws, what we 
need is more flexibility and common 
sense. The administration of all govern¬ 
ment should be placed more in the hands 
of local officials. Special permits and ex¬ 
emptions can be granted to fit personal 
and local conditions. A local town clerk 
or village or small city official can carry 
out a lot of law interpretation aiul law 
administration at small expense. Such 
work when carried out by Federal or 
State agents or inspectors means costs 
that make the taxpayer growl. 
Concerning driving autos by school 
children or other minors, permits after 
examination should be granted by proper 
local authorities. We already have plen¬ 
ty of local officials to take over such 
work : no special State agents are needed. 
A little observation will convince you 
that we have built up a poor lot of taxi 
drivers, a class of men who loaf on our 
city and village streets and at the rural 
railroad station. Many might be called 
loafers; they would not do an honest 
day’s work for fair pay. The system as 
at' pi'esent, and by the new New York 
State law is unjust and bureaucratic. 
The New York State’ system of granting 
licenses in each county is superior to the 
New Jersey or Pennsylvania system. It 
could be improved by granting licenses 
and license plates at several local points, 
as by the postmaster, town clerk, or local 
chief police officer. Some suitable degree 
of inspection of automobile and examina¬ 
tion of ability and qualification of driver 
might he made locally and yearly at small 
expense. It might be made at a conven¬ 
ient time not during the rush period near 
January 1, when new licenses are paid 
for. 
Wisely the driving of a car is restrict¬ 
ed to the owner, but under local super¬ 
vision, exception may be made. All cars 
must be repaired or overhauled, and a 
driver might reasonably use for the short 
period the car of a relative or neighbor. 
A Pennsylvania car owner stated that 
original engine number had been altered 
or tampered with. A new Ford engine 
block was used and stamped with same 
number. Back comes the application 
from Harrisburg, for affidavit that such 
change was not made for purpose of 
fraud or law evasion. 
The big trucks, 10, 15 and 20 tons, in¬ 
cluding load, certainly do damage to our 
paved roads, impede and menace other 
traffic. The big trucks, milk, produce, 
merchandise or what not, stick to the 
center of the road when decency would 
be to stop at times and let the trail of 
small cars in the rear pass. On dirt 
roads, small cars cannot travel in safety 
and get by the trucks. The size and 
loads allowed are out of reason for soft 
and narrow dirt roads. 
There is much petty evasion. I see it 
continuously, In New Jersey a pleasure 
car license cannot be used on a car that 
carries salesmen’s samples, small mer¬ 
chandise, farm produce, groceries, etc. 
5 ou can hardly blame a man who vio¬ 
lates some of our laws. j,_l. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
That Child Labor 
Amendment 
I agree with you that Congress should 
not be given the power to prohibit labor 
by persons under 18 years of age. A 
more foolish law could not be passed. At 
the same time I would be glad if some 
way could be found to make it unlawful 
to work a child under 16 years more than 
four hours a day. I have always lived on 
farms, and both here and in the northern 
part of the State where I formerly lived 
farmers work their young children too 
hard. My own boys never were allowed 
a holiday, because their father, who is a 
"bear” for work, could always see some¬ 
thing that just had to be done at once. 
Darkness is the only limit to a day’s work 
for him, and as soon as a child could do 
any kind of work he expected them to 
work as many hours as he did. Only the 
other day I was talking with one of my 
eons, a man 33 years old, who lias beeii 
away from home 10 years, and he said if 
his father had only let him have the 
Fourth of July for a holiday—but the 
Summer work was so hard with so much 
haying to do, and then to have to work 
the only holiday, he thought it was too 
much. 
Work is a good thing and a very neces¬ 
sary part of a child’s education, but when 
a man tries to make slaves of either his 
own or anyone’s else children, there ought 
to be laws to prevent his doing it. c. T. 
More About Japanese 
Immigration 
Here is, something on the Japanese 
question which may interest you. It is 
a true statement of what happens. About 
here we are trying to build up a white 
native community of people who want to 
live in one of the best climates in the 
world, and carry on Winter gardening, 
fruit growing, etc. If the Japanese get 
a foot-hold, we are done for. If let 
alone they will control this coast to the 
Rocky Mountains, and produce a race 
problem compared with which that of the 
South is a tennis game. Their advo¬ 
cates and apologists are either senti¬ 
mentalists or self-seeking land-owners. 
California. geo. A. dickson. 
Free Land in New York 
I notice in the August 16 issue of The 
R. N.-Y. what A. H. says in regard to 
free land in the West and in New York 
State, and the truth could not be ex¬ 
pressed any better. I have been in every 
State from New York to the Pacific, and 
land to be had in the Western States 
would be an expensive farm if free and 
no taxes to pay for 50 years, but right 
here in Western New York are hundreds 
of good farms to be had free, and other 
farm equipment thrown in. I know of 
one farm in Western New York on which 
stands a barn that would cost at the 
very lowest figure $8,000. yet this farm 
of more than 100 acres of level land can 
be had just by paying for the barn, or 
what it would cost to build the barn, 
other buildings to go with farm free, 
such as a 10-room house, garage, four 
poultry houses. 20 head of cattle, two 
horses, complete set of farming tools. 600 
chickens, incubators and brooders. There 
are many others like this one; this is 
just an example of the free farms in New 
York. My advice to farm owners is to 
hold on to their farms at present, as 
there are brighter spots on the horizon 
for the land owner. A. c. Jf. 
New York. 
Tourist : "But what do you do here 
when you’re lonely ?” Mountaineer “Oh, 
I shoot at ol’ Bill Scroggins down in the 
valley.”—American Legion Weekly. 
