Vht  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
831 
There  have  been  several  bad  years  for 
farmers,  and  a  bumper  crop  is  promised. 
These  men  realize  that  they  will  get  the 
bumps  from  a  bumper  crop.  They  are 
still  paying  great  prices  for  packages  and 
for  labor,  and  another  year  of  low  prices 
for  what  they  have  to  sell  will  hurt ;  but 
they  are  full  of  nerve — “nervy  as  a 
bird,”  as  one  man  said.  I  met  one  man 
who  has,  this  year,  grown  over  a  million 
and  a  half  of  tomato  plants.  These  were 
contracted  for  by  a  great  company  which 
runs  a  chain  of  stores.  It  contracted  to 
have  this  great  army  of  plants  growm  and 
then  distributes  them  to  growers  who  in 
turn  send  the  crop  to  a  canning  factory 
which  in  its  place  distributes  to  the 
company  stores.  That  gives  an  idea  of 
the  way  modern  business  is  changing. 
There  is  a  fruit  grower  up  in  that  county 
who  is  large  enough  to  fill  any  good- 
sized  position.  He  was  suggested  for  a  big 
office,  and  he  went  home  and  in  a  jok¬ 
ing  way  mentioned  the  fact  to  his  wife. 
Her  practical  comment  was:  “Better  go 
out  and  hoe  the  onions.  They  need  you 
more  than  the  office  does.”  I  would  like 
to  have  our  European  friend  get  that  and 
all  that  it  means,  for  we  must,  as  a  na¬ 
tion,  depend  on  our  country  people  to 
keep  Uncle  Sam  off  the  high  ladder  and 
down  on  the  ground.  It’s  a  great  insti¬ 
tution.  If  you  ever  get  so  that  you  de¬ 
spair  for  the  future  of  American  farm¬ 
ing  I  advise  you  to  attend  a  meeting  of 
the  Niagara  Farmers’  Club.  H.  w.  c. 
QUESTIONS  OF  SCHOOL  LAW 
Voting  for  Bond  Issue 
In  New  York  State  wrho  can  vote  in  a 
special  school  meeting  (rural)  in  order 
to  bond  the  district  to  build  a  school? 
Can  anyone  outside  of  taxpayers?  Must 
majority  be  two-thirds?  s.  J. 
New  York. 
A  majority  of  the  voters  of  any  school 
district  meeting  present  at  an  annual  or 
special  meeting  duly  convened  may  au¬ 
thorize  such  taxes  and  vote  such  money 
as  they  shall  deem  expedient  for  the  mak¬ 
ing  of  alterations,  additions  or  repairs  of 
buildings  belonging  to  the  district,  or  for 
the  purchase  of  new  sites  for  the  build¬ 
ings.  On  all  propositions  arising  at  such 
meetings  involving  the  expenditure  of 
money,  the  vote  thereon  shall  be  by  ballot 
or  by  the  taking  and  recording  the  ayes 
and  noes  of  such  qualified  voters  attend¬ 
ing. 
Preceding  the  list  of  qualifications 
given  by  Section  202  of  the  Education 
Law,  the  law  reads  as  follows :  “A  per¬ 
son  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  school 
meeting  for  the  election  of  school  district 
officers  and  upon  all  other  matters  which 
may  be  brought  before  such  meeting,  who 
is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,”  etc. 
N.  T. 
Calling  Special  Meeting 
Was  our  school  meeting  legal?  It  was 
posted  to  be  held  May  1,  the  legal  date, 
but  Monday,  April  30,  it  was  changed  to. 
May  8.  Naturally  the  taxpayers  did  not 
notice  the  change.  The  meeting  was  held 
May  8.  The  trustee  was  asked  why  the 
date  was  changed,  and  he  answered  that 
was  his  business.  He  as  trustee  has  the 
right  to  have  the  annual  school  meeting 
when  he  wants  it.  School  matters  in  this 
district  are  handled  in  the  most  peculiar 
way,  so  that  it  seems  illegal  to  a  new¬ 
comer.  F.  w.  B. 
Newr  York. 
The  education  law  provides  that  the 
annual  school  meeting  of  each  district 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May 
of  each  year.  It  provides,  however,  that 
whenever  the  time  for  holding  the  annual 
school  meeting  shall  pass  without  such 
meeting  being  held  in  the  district,  a 
special  meeting  shall  thereafter  be  called 
by  the  trustees  or  by  the  clerk  of  the  dis¬ 
trict  for  the  purpose  of  transacting  the 
business  of  the  annual  meeting.  A  no¬ 
tice  for  a  special  meeting  shall  be  served 
upon  each  inhabitant  of  the  district  qual¬ 
ified  to  vote  at  least  six  days  before  the 
date  of  the  meeting,  unless  some  other 
mode  of  giving  notice  of  special  meetings 
has  been  prescribed  at  an  annual  meeting. 
N.  T. 
Legal  Voters  at  School  Meeting 
J-  Can  a  man  or  woman  who  can 
neither  read  nor  write,  vote  in  a  school 
meeting?  Two  of  such  voted  at  our  last 
school  meeting,  their  seatmates  writing 
their  ballots?  2.  I  moved  to  this  farm 
October  25  last.  A  man  threatened  to 
challenge  my  vote,  because  my  name  was 
not  on  the  tax  list.  Just  how  did  he 
expect  it  to  be  when  the  assessors  have 
not  been  here  yet?  We  have  a  child  of 
12  years  attending  the  school.  It  is  for 
the  benefit  of  other  newcomers  as  well  as 
myself  that  I  ask  this.  H.  H.  P. 
New  York. 
1.  Yes,  if  he  or  she  possesses  the  quali¬ 
fications  of  a  voter. 
2.  You  had  a  right  to  vote  provided 
you  possessed  the  usual  qualifications. 
One  who  owns  or  hires  or  is  in  possession 
under  contract  to  purchase  of  real  prop¬ 
erty  in  the  school  district  liable  to  taxa¬ 
tion,  is  a  voter,  or  is  a  parent  of  a  child 
of  school  age,  provided  such  child  shall 
have  attended  the  school  in  the  district  at 
least  eight  weeks  prior  to  the  date  of  the 
meeting.  One  who  wishes  to  vote  on  the 
personal  property  qualifications  must 
have  had  such  personal  property  assessed 
on  the  last  preceding  assessment  roll. 
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Is  there  a  single  book  in  the  public 
library  in  your  town  which  gives  an  ac¬ 
curate  picture  of  farm  life  or  an  interest¬ 
ing  story  of  real  farm  people? 
Many  city  people  form  their  opinion  of 
farmers  and  farm  life  from  the  books  they 
read.  Therefore,  there  ought  to  be  at 
least  one  good  book  picturing  real  farm 
life,  with  its  mixture  of  bright  and  dark 
sides,  in  every  town  or  grange  library, 
“Hope  Farm  Notes”  is  a  well-printea 
224-page  book,  containing  25  interesting 
stories  of  farm  life  and  countx-y  people. 
Many  consider  it  the  best  book  of  country 
life  which  has  ever  been  published. 
Ask  for  this  book  at  your  library,  and 
if  it  isn’t  there  tell  them  they  ought  to 
have  it.  Yon  will  enjoy  the  book  your¬ 
self,  and  it  will  give  those  not  familiar 
with  farm  life  a  better  understanding  of 
real  country  people. 
Many  people  are  making  a  present  of 
this  book  to  city  friends  or  to  their  town, 
grange  or  school  library,  and  it  is  always 
considered  a  welcome  gift. 
The  price  is  only  $1.50,  postpaid.  Just 
fill  out  the  coupon  below  and  mail  with 
a  check  or  money  order. 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
333  West  30th  St.,  New  York. 
Gentlemen.— Enclosed  find  $1.50,  for  which 
mall  me  a  cloth-bound  copy  of  Hope  Farm  Notes. 
Name  . 
Street  or  R.  F.  D . 
Postofflce  . . . . . . 
State  . . 
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