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Offers 
“Last  Chance  for 
Virgin  Farms  6&» 
THINK  of  what  you  c«uld  produce  on  a  farm  of  virgin  fertility,  without  the 
burden  of  high-acreage  cost.  Think  of  what  20-to-40  bushel  wheat  would  mean 
to  you  under  theseconditions,  and  of  dairying  and  stock  raising  on  cheap  pasture  land. 
Land  pays  for  itself  in  a  few  crops — no  artificial  fertilizer — no  heavy  investment. 
You  have  envied  the  farmer  who  got  his  start  when  land  was  cheap.  Here’s  your 
chance,  perhaps  your  last  chance,  for  the  same  brand  of  prosperity. 
Western  Canada — 
Your  Opportunity! 
WesterrTCanada  is’the  farmer’s  land  of  oppor¬ 
tunity.  Thousands  of  settlers  who  started  not 
many  years  ago  withjittle  or  nothing,  are  today 
the  owners  of  fine  farms,  with  comfortable 
homes  and  bams,  thoro’bred  stock,  dairy  herds 
—all  the  marks  of  prosperity.  Yet  land  is  not 
dear — only  $15  to  $20|an  acretfor  rich,  virgin,  prai¬ 
rie  convenient  to  railways.  Land  is  not  dear  in 
Western  Canada— yet— because  there  is  so  much 
of  it.  But  many  settlers  are  expected  in  1923, 
and  now  is  your  .opportunity,  before  the  best 
farms  are  taken.  Get  started.  Taxes  are  re¬ 
duced,  not  raised,  on  land  brought  under  culti¬ 
vation.  On  farmj  buildings,  improvements, 
machinery,  personal  effects,  automobile,  etc., 
there  is  no!tax  at  all.  Canada  wants  workers— 
it  wants  its Jland  Ff armed  —  and  the  farmers, 
through  their  [municipal  councils,  have  practical 
control  of  all  local  taxation. 
Special  Renter’s  Plan- 
Buy  Out  of  Profits 
To  aid  and  encourage  the  honest  worker  with 
perhaps  little  capital,  the  Canadian  Government 
has  a  "Renter’s  Plan”,  whereby  one  may  work 
a  new  or  improved  farm— ’Try  it  out"  for  sev¬ 
eral  years  if  desired— and  buy  a  farm  of  his  own 
out  of  profits. 
Thirty-Two  Years  to  Pay 
For  the  benefit  of  those  wishing  to  buy  land,  a 
national  non-profit  sharing  organization  —  the 
Canada  Colonization  Association— has  been  es¬ 
tablished.  with  head  office  at  Winnipeg,  and 
United  States  office  at  St.  Paul.  This  Associa¬ 
tion  offers  selected  land  convenient  to  railways 
— much  of  it  at$15  to  $20  per  acre— on  very  small 
cash  payment;  no  further  payment  until  third 
year;  balance  extended  over  thirty  years,  but 
purchaser  may  pay  up  and  obtain  title  at  any 
time,  if  desired.  Interest  six  per  cent  on  de¬ 
ferred  payments. 
Special  Excursion  Rates  to  Western  Canada 
In  order  that  you  may  inspect  the  land — see  for  yourself  —  judge  of  its  value  and 
fertility  —  special  excursion  trips  of  inspection  will  leave  United  States  points  on 
the  first  and  third  Tuesday  of  each  month.  Single  fare  plus  $2  for  the  round  trip, 
available  from  all  principal  centers.  Take  advantage  of  these  low  railroad  rates  to 
inspect  for  yourself  the  opportunities  which  Western  Canada  has  to  offer  you. 
Seeing  is  believing.  The  nearest  Canadian  Government  Agency  will  give  you  all 
information.  The  men  in  charge  are  Government  officials,  interested  only  in  the 
service  of  the  prospective  settler.  We  help  you  find  your  opportunity.  Let  us  know 
something  of  your  position  and  receive  free  book  with  maps  and  information  how 
special  railroad  rates  can  be  arranged  for  a  trip  of  inspection.  Mail  the  coupon. 
Free  Homesteads  are  still  available  in  some  localities. 
Cuiidi  welcomes  tourists — come  and  see  our  country  for  yourself.  No  Passports  required. 
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Things  To  Think  About 
The  object  of  this  department  is  to  give  readers  a  chance  to  express  themselves  on  farm 
matters.  Not  long  articles  can  be  used — just  short,  pointed  opinions  or  suggestions. 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER  does  not  always  endorse  what  is  printed  here.  You  might 
call  this  a  mental  safety  valve. 
Give  the  Taxpayer  a  Chance 
Gentlemen :  A  well-known  slogan 
which  you,  of  course,  know,  is  ‘‘When 
in  doubt,  telephone  and  find  out."  You 
ought  to  adopt  as  a  slogan  :  “When  you’re 
treated  cruel,  write  to  The  Rural.”  for 
it  seems  to  be  a  very  common  practice  to 
appeal  to  you  to  right  all  manner  of  in¬ 
justice. 
I  have  owued  property  in  Nassau  and 
Erie  counties.  New  York,  also  in  Los 
Angeles  Co.,  Cal.  In  each  of  these  coun¬ 
ties  it  is  the  custom  to  allow  taxpayers 
to  pay  one-half  the  tax  when  due  aud 
the  balance  within  six  months.  The  tax 
bills  are  made  out  in  two  parts,  to  make 
this  convenient.  I  know  that  this  prac¬ 
tice  obtains  in  other  counties  also,  where 
the  property  is  largely  city  property.  But 
here  in  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  which  is  main¬ 
ly  farm  property,  we  have  to  pay  our 
taxes  in  full  when  due.  This  looks,  to 
me,  very  much  like  another  case  of  the 
farmer  being  the  "goat.”  I’ve  been  try¬ 
ing  to  "farm  it”  for  three  years  now, 
having  bought  when  prices  were  high, 
and  have,  of  course,  been  having  an  up¬ 
hill  pull  of  it  since  then,  and  each  time 
taxes  have  come  due  I  have  been  com¬ 
pelled  to  pay  the  additional  5  per  cent 
because  I  couldn’t  raise  the  whole  amount 
on  time,  while  I  could  in  each  case  have 
paid  one-half. 
Possibly  you  can  do  nothing  to  rectify 
this  condition,  but  I  feel  confident  that  I 
will  accomplish  more  in  that  direction  by 
writing  to  you  than  to  anyone  else  that 
I  can  think  of.  G.  I.  B. 
New  York. 
R.  n.-Y. — In  our  home  county  in  New 
Jersey  we  divide  payment  of  taxes — half 
in  June  and  half  in  December.  This 
makes  a  little  easier  payment,  though  the 
first  one  comes  at  a  time  when  there  it 
little  farm  income  and  considerable  out¬ 
go.  In  these  days  when  taxes  have  be¬ 
come  a  tremendous  burden,  every  reason¬ 
able  encouragement  should  be  given  to 
make  payments  easier  for  the  taxpayer. 
Wonders  of  the  Future 
I  sometimes  wonder  as  1  read  of  the 
various  engineering  stunts  performed  by 
readers  of  The  It.  N.-Y.  how  many  ot 
the  future  Edisons  of  the  country  are 
now  living  on  some  farm  and  reading  this 
paper.  The  next  few  years  are  bound 
to  bring  forth  some  wonderful  inventions 
which  will  greatly  affect  country  life. 
For  instance,  after  considering  the  fuel 
situation,  my  mind  turns  to  a  paper  re- 
ceived  some  time  ago  from  John  D.  Wat- 
son.  sewage  engineer  of  Birmingham, 
England.  Mr.  Watson  is  operating  an 
engine  of  25  h.p.  on  sewer  gas..  W  hat 
wonderful  possibilities  this  brings  to 
mind!  The  sewer  gas  from  that  city  is 
estimated  at  .‘320,000.000  eu.  ft.  per  year, 
or  the  equivalent  of  over  1.800  continuous 
horsepower.  Think  of  the  waste  ma¬ 
terial  on  every  farm,  brush,  straw,  peat, 
leaves,  etc.,  which  could  be  placed  under 
water  and  rotted  for  manure,  and  at  the 
same  time  deliver  gas  for  heat,  light  and 
power.  Who  will  provide  the  magic  key 
to  unlock  the  secret? 
By  electricity  we  can  separate  water 
into  its  component  gases.  Some  day  we 
will  learn  to  make  electricity  by  turning 
gases  to  water.  But  water  is  a  product 
of  combustion  of  most  gases  uniting  with 
air.  The  ultimate  goal  will  be  to  create 
electric  power  from  gas  without  using 
a  gas  engine.  After  someone  shows  us 
how  we  will  all  say,  "Isn’t  that  simple? 
Why  wasn’t  it  invented  years  ago.?  ’ 
I  believe  that  seeing  over  a  wire  will 
be  accomplished  in  a  few  years,  and  will 
be  as  simple  as  hearing  over  it.  Cold 
light  will  greatly  decrease  the  consump¬ 
tion  of  electric  current  for  lighting  and 
release  more  current  for  heat  and  power. 
From  my  acquaintance  with  electrical 
men  and"  farmers,  I  am  convinced  that 
there  is  a  great  deal  of  inventive  talent 
slumbering  on  farms  which  should  be  in 
the  laboratory  at  work  solving  these  prob¬ 
lems.  W.  BEAVAN  TAYLOR. 
Fee  for  Doctor’s  Services 
Last  January  I  was  helping  a  neighbor 
with  his  woodpile,  using  a  gasoline  en¬ 
gine,  when  a  piece  of  stick  flew  from  the 
saw  and  struck  me  in  the  mouth,  splitting 
my  upper  lip.  My  neighbor,  with  horse 
and  sleigh,  made  all  haste  possible  to  the 
village,  a  distance  of  about  1%  miles, 
part  country  road  and  part  State  road, 
to  meet  the  doctor,  who  came  a  distance 
o.f  perhaps  one  mile  over  State  road.  The 
doctor  left  his  car  at  the  village  on  ac¬ 
count  of  snow-covered  country  road,  and 
rode  with  my  neighbor  on  the  sleigh. 
The  doctor  has  taken  four  or  five  stitches 
in  the  lip  and  dressed  it;  that  took  at 
most  about  15  minutes’  time :  then  said 
he  would  take  me  to  the  hospital ;  would 
not  take  any  chances  in  having  me  here 
on  account  of  the  snow.  After  spending 
four  days  in  the  hospital,  I  came  home 
via  jitney,  which  charged  me  $4.  I  have 
received  a  bill  from  the  doctor  for  $20 
for  professional  services,  I  thought  this 
excessive.  What  is  your  opinion? 
New  York.  J.  l. 
I  cannot  tell,  of  course,  from  your  state¬ 
ments  how  seriously  you  were  injured,  or 
the  amount  of  skill  required  to  dress  your 
wound  and  properly  care  for  it  before 
your  removal  to  the  hospital ;  but  from 
the  fact  that  you  went  to  a  hospital  at 
all,  I  judge  that  there  were  at  least  seri¬ 
ous  possibilities  as  a  result  of  the  acci¬ 
dent.  In  addition  to  dressing  your  in¬ 
juries,  your  doctor  evidently  drove  about 
~V2  miles  to  reach  you,  over  roads  for 
a  part  of  the  distance  impassable  for  a 
car,  and  then  took  you  to  a  hospital  eight 
miles  away  It  does  not  seem  to  me  that 
the  doctor  s  bill  of  $20  for  this  service  is 
unreasonable ;  in  fact,  so  far  as  I  can 
judge,  it  seems  to  me  a  very  reasonable 
one.  Better  acquaintance  with  all  the 
facts  might  change  my  Opinion  in  the 
matter,  but  as  you  state  them  I  cannot 
see  any  ground  for  charging  the  physician 
with  extortion.  m.  b.  i>. 
The  Family  Cat 
There  will  always  be  people  who  hate  a 
cat.  Some  are  "made  so”  ;  there  is  some¬ 
thing  born  in  them  which  causes  a  re¬ 
action  even  when  the  most  harmless 
kitty  comes  in  sight.  Others  acquire  the 
habit  in  some  way.  We  know  hunters 
who  make  it  a  practice  to  shoot  any  stray 
cat  they  can  find.  Others  trap  them,  and 
The  Cat  Performs  for  Ilis  Mistress 
others  go  into  politics  and  try  to  obtain 
laws  to  regulate  cats,  and  compel  their 
owners  to  license  them.  All  this  is  on 
the  theory  that  the  cat  is  a  useless  and 
dangerous  animal.  On  the  other  hand, 
most  farmers  and  many  city  people  re¬ 
gard  the  cat  as  perhaps  the  most  useful 
of  our  small  domestic  animals.  True, 
some  of  them  will  kill  birds  or  small 
chickens,  but  they  are  remarkably  useful  at 
catching  rats,  mice  and  similar  vermin, 
and  they  make  cheerful  companions  for 
many  lonely  people.  It  is  not  likely  that 
any  cat  license  will  be  imposed  with  the 
knowledge  of  our  country  people.  This 
cat  picture  was  sent  by  one  of  our  read¬ 
ers.  It  is  quite  remarkable  what  tricks 
an  intelligent  cat  can  be  taught. 
Establish  a  Speed  Limit 
March  was  a  real  Winter  month,  it 
being  tilled  with  lots  of  cold,  windy,  snowy 
weather.  The  roads  have  been  in  bad 
condition  for  mail  carriers.  The  autos 
and  heavy  trucking  are  a  tax  on  our 
roads,  that  it  is  impossible  for  them  to 
stand  up  under.  I  think  every  auto 
should  have  a  speed  limit  put  on  them 
before  they  leave  the  factory,  with  the 
exception  of  those  for  doctors  and  officers 
of  the  law.  If  this  was  in  practice,  we 
would  have  less  loss  of  life,  accidents, 
better  roads  and  not  so  many  hold-ups 
and  robberies.  E.  T.B. 
Ontario  Co.,  N.  lr. 
Tiie  primary  teacher  had  taken  great 
pains  to  explain  the  distinction  between 
surnames  and  Christian  names,  after 
which  she  called  on  the  children  to  give 
examples  of  each  kind  from  their  own 
names  and  those  of  other  members  of  their 
families.  When  Jennie  was  asked  to  tell, 
in  one  statement,  the  surname  and  the 
Christian  name  of  her  father,  she  re¬ 
sponded,  after  a  little  hesitation :  "My 
father’s  surname-  is  Johnson,  and  his 
Christian  name  is  a  Methodist.” — Youth’s 
Companion. 
