American Agriculturist, February 24,1923 
171 
church work and little desire for it. In 
the old days, they all seemed to have 
a common interest in the community 
life. Now it seems to be each one for 
himself, not caring .what becomes of 
the other fellow. If there were preach¬ 
ers enough to supply all of the churches, 
they would starve on the salary paid 
them, because it costs more to live 
now-a-days. 
The only chance for the rural church 
is an infusion of new blood, having a 
desire to improve their homes, and a 
willingness to live there and enjoy life, 
as in the days gone by. In many places 
there are different nationalities, lan¬ 
guages and mode of living. These 
different races in the same village or 
rural community have little in common 
with each other. Then how are you 
going to make them work together for 
the upbuilding of a church in a place 
like that? Where it is possible, I think 
they should all support the nearest vil¬ 
lage church and try to build up a strong 
central organization. One strong church 
led by a live minister of the gospel is 
worth, more than four dead ones where 
they let the man of God leave without 
his pay. There is too much jealously 
and quarreling in the church of to-day 
to make it a power for good in the 
•place. 
I have been a farmer. I know the 
country church of the days gone by. 1 
know the conditions of the country life 
to-day, and I am in favor of the old 
days and the old ways when we all at¬ 
tended church and Sunday School in the 
little church or school house, where we 
all went to school. 
But what has become of the old days, 
the old ways, the old boys and the old 
girls, that mother and daddy knew? 
We have many of the modern improve¬ 
ments in our homes to-day and fine 
church properties in town and city, but 
what good are these fine churches if 
they are used oply by the few and only 
for a short time on Sunday?—A. C. 
Van Loon, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
City Folks Tell Us 
{Cmitinned from page 169) 
Another thing I noticed which should 
be brought to the attention of our pro¬ 
ducers. A demand has recently sprung 
up for eggs with light colored yolks. 
The people who want these are the 
very ones who want the best Jersey 
and New York State eggs. A differ¬ 
ence of from 5 to 6 cents per dozen is 
willingly paid in order to secure those 
with light-colored yolks. This being 
so, it behooves us to try and meet the 
demand. It can best be done, I believe, 
by feeding white corn instead of yel¬ 
low corn. It has been impossible as 
yet for me to buy white corn here. 
White hominy meal in the dry mash 
should also help toward the same end, 
and I shall try it as soon as possible if 
I can find a supply. 
Many years ago wheat was at a price 
as low as corn, and I purchased a car¬ 
load of wheat for my hens, feeding it 
exclusively in place of corn. It hap¬ 
pened that at the time I was on a diet, 
by doctor’s orders, including a poached 
egg on toast for my breakfast. 1 re¬ 
member very distinctly that the yolks 
were very light in color while the 
wheat lasted, but when 1 changed back 
to yellow corn, the bulTs-eye ip my 
poached egg quickly changed to a rich 
yellow, reminding me of the bloom of 
health appearing on the cheek of a 
maiden who lias been sick. 
I have written to our G. L. F. about 
the matter, and they write me that as 
soon as there is any general demand 
for cracked corn and corn meal made 
from white corn, they will be glad to 
put it in stock. Readers who wish to 
get top quotations for their eggs will 
do well to write to the G. L. F. and ask 
to have the white corn listed in its 
quotations. 
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