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Organized  Co-operation 
A  NEW  BOOK 
By  JOHN  J.  DjILLON 
This  book  is  written  in  three 
parts. 
PART  ONE.— The  Develop- 
,.ment  of  the  Agricultural  Indus¬ 
try.  In  five  chapters. 
PART  TWO.  —  Fundamental 
Principles  and  Adaptable  Forms 
of  Co-operative  Organization.  In 
ten  chapters. 
PART  THREE.  —  Application 
of  Co-operation  to  Efficient  and 
Economic  Distribution  of  Farm 
Products.  In  seven  chapters. 
This  is  a  new  treatment  of  the 
co-operative  subject.  Heretofore 
writers  of  books  have  contented 
themselves  with  accounts  of  co¬ 
operative  work  where  established. 
It  has  been  mostly  propaganda 
and  exhortation.  This  was  all 
good  in  its  time.  But  we  have 
grown  beyond  it.  Farmers  are  - 
now  committed  to  co-operation. 
Once  shy  of  it,  they  are  at  last  a 
unit  for  it.  What  they  want  now 
is  principles  and  definite  policies 
that  have  pr.  ved  successful.  This 
book  is  the  first  real  attempt  to 
supply  this  want.  Other,  and  it 
is  to  be  hoped  better,  books  will 
follow  on  this  line;  but  for  the 
present  there  is  no  other  book 
seriously  treating  the  subject  of 
organized  co-operation. 
Bound  in  Cloth  Price  $1.00 
The  Rural  New-Yorker,  333  West  30th  St.,  New  York 
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been  done.  There  will  be  no  sales  from 
it  other  than  meat,  wool  and  fruit.  I  do 
not  believe  sheep  will  ever  have  their 
past  handicaps,  because  sheepmen  and 
the  public  have  been  enlightened.  Poli¬ 
tics,  which  lias  always  been  a  curse  to 
sheep,  will  exploit  the  extortions  on 
shoddy  clothing  and  blame  them  on  wool 
duty,  which  may  interfere  somewhat  until 
wt:  get  that  shoddy  question  settled,  but 
wool  is  one  of  the  few  farm  yields  that 
will  never  glut:  the  market  during  our 
lives. 
It  may  be  unwise  to  swap  general 
farming  to  sheep  suddenly.  Such  changes 
should  be  a  growth.  It  might  be  hard  ro 
get  To  ewes  of  the  right  kind,  unless  at 
long  figures,  and  even  then  some  essen¬ 
tials  for  their  welfare  might  be  missed. 
It  would  be  better  to  start  slowly,  and 
work  to  the  right  kind  of  a  flock,  with, 
more  wool  and  better  frame.  One  hun¬ 
dred  acres  should  carry  To  ewes  easily 
and  grow  their  Winter  feed.  In  time 
they  would  enrich  the  place  for  a  higher 
number.  That  hay  would  help.  It:  should 
never  have  any  wires  on  it,  but  be  con¬ 
densed  into  meat  and  wool. 
Methods  of  handling  depend  on  the 
man  and  his  market.  There  i.s  surely  a 
place  nearby  for  lambs,  both  alive  and 
dressed,  and  generally  more  money  in 
tin*  last.  Grade  ewes  are  as  sure  breed? 
ers  as  purebreds,  since  health  is  the  de¬ 
ciding  measure.  The  New  York  associa* 
tion  i.s  not  as  strong  in  numbers  as  Ohio, 
because  it  has  not  half  the  wool  to  draw 
on,  but  the  methods  of  both  are  as  near 
perfect  as  it  is  possible  to  make  them. 
Both  are  handicapped  by  the  sale's  of 
growers  who  ignore  the  benefits  of  pool¬ 
ing  and  who  undermine  prices  that  might 
be  higher  for  the  [tools  imd  themselves. 
All  the  State  [tools  are  beacons  that  tutu- 
poolers  look  towards  and  work  against 
the  local  buyers  to  try  to  jack  them  up. 
As  to  “aggressiveness.”  neither  can. crowd 
sheepmen  out  of  the  old  rut.  unless  they 
please  to  come  out,  but  both  Ohio  and 
New  York,  as  well  as  all  others,  have 
saved  the  expenses  of  a  lot  of  interme¬ 
diates  to  the  growers,  w.  \v.  Reynolds. 
<  )hio. 
Well  for  Cesspool 
As  they  are  going  tp  jtut  a,  water  main 
on  our  street,  what  objection,  if.  any, 
would  there  he  to  using  my  well  for  a 
cesspool?-  It  will  only  he  used  for  drain 
from  kitchen  sink.  We  are  outside  the 
borough  and  in  the  township:  -a.f. 
Milford,  Pa. 
I  know  of-  no  objection  to  using  an 
abandoned  well  as  a  Cesspool,  provided 
that  human  wastes  are  not  discharged 
into  such  a  well  situated  close  enough  to 
another  well  to  endanger  the  purity  of 
the  water  of  the  latter.  And,  when  it 
comes  to  that,  no  one  can  tell  how  far 
pollution  may  extend  from  a  cesspool. 
From  your  statement,  I  should  judge  that 
the  use  of  this  well  as  an  outlet  for  your 
kitchen  sink  would  probably  be  unob¬ 
jectionable.  •  M.  B.  D. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  MAY  19,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
The  Moon  and  Farming . . .  738 
The  Market  for  Rye  Straw .  738 
Misrepresentation  in  Buying  a  Farm .  739 
Rented  Crop  on  Leachy  Land .  739 
A  Discussion  of  the  Farm  Situation .  744 
Competition  from  "Agriculturists” .  744 
Hope  Farm  Notes .  748 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Sheep  Raising  Industry  in  New  York.  .  .737,  738 
The  Figures  of  "Hogging  Down”  crops....  738 
Wnrki”g  Into  Sheep .  739 
Milk  Houses  on  Dairy  Farms . .  751 
The  State  and  Reacting  Cows .  751 
Feeding  a  Family  Cow .  754 
Dairy  Ration  .  754 
Dairy  Feed  .  756 
Ration  for  Dairy  Cows .  766 
Feeding  Beet  Skins  and  Tomato  Seeds .  756 
Cow’s  Milk  for  Infant .  757 
Training  Horns  of  Oxen .  757 
Feeding  Lamb  by  Hand . ......  757 
THE  HEN YARD 
The  Long  Island  Contest .  758 
Feeding  Buttermilk  . 768 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  760 
Bran  as  Litter  for  Little  Chicks .  760 
HORTICULTURE 
A  Point  for  the  One-year-old  Tree .  739 
Brown  Rot  on  Cherries .  741 
A  Majestic  Elm ...  -. . : .  741 
Blackberries  Running  Out. .  741 
Evergreens  from  Seed.... .  743 
Pruning  Climbing  Rose;  Onion  Blight .  743 
Saving  the  Lawn . 745 
Killing  the  Cabbage  Maggot .  747 
Canker  on  Apple  Trees .  747 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day .  752 
Prune  Marmalade  . £52 
Mile-p-miuute  Lace  for  Camisole . 752 
Parsnip  Recipes  .  752 
Shrinkage  in  Canning .  752 
A  Housekeeper’s  Notes .  753 
The  Rural  Patterns .  753 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Harnessing  an  Open  Snring .  738 
Imported  Rabbits  in  Maryland .  738 
The  Cost  of  Slackers  and  Drones .  739 
Construction  of  Cistern  With  Filter .  739 
Events  of  the  Week .  742 
How  to  Catch  Carp . 742 
Powder-post  Beetle  in  Oak  Woodwork .  743 
The  Theory  of  Rain-making . 743 
Foreclosure  of  Mortgage .  744 
Deserters  or  Slackers . 749 
Speed  Up  the  Speeders . 749 
Tenants  and  Personal  Property .  751 
Monument  to  Boll  Weevil... .  751 
New  Rural  School  Bill . 751 
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