American Agriculturist, August 18,1923 
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Rules For Playing Barnyard Golf 
The Old Game of Pitching Horseshoes is Coming Back Into Its Own 
B arnyard golf, the good old 
game of pitching horseshoes, is 
coming back into its own. Whether it 
is because horseshoes are becoming 
scarcer, or folks are beginning to ap¬ 
preciate the good old pastimes, we do 
not knotv. We do know, however, that 
a great deal of interest is centered in 
the game to-day. It has become a part 
of practically every farmers’ picnic, 
family reunion and similar functions. 
It has even become so popular that it 
is one of the official contests at town 
and county affairs, at which time the 
town or county championship is de¬ 
termined. American Agriculturist has 
received so many requests for the rules 
governing the game that we are print¬ 
ing below the rules adopted by the 
National League of Horseshoe and 
Quoit Pitchers. Additional copies of 
these rules may be obtained upon 
request. 
Section I 
1. The standard distance shall be 40 
feet between the pegs. 
2. The ground shall be as level as 
possible. In indoor pitching, contest¬ 
ants will pitch into boxes, the boxes not 
to exceed 6 inches in height. 
3. The pitcher’s box shall extend 3 
feet on either side, to the rear and in 
front of peg. The ground therein shall 
consist of clay, except in those states 
that have a sandy soil; if clay, it shall 
be well dampened and dug up to a 
depth of 6 inches; .if sand, it shall be 
well dampened and tramped down. A 
contestant, when pitching, may stand 
anywhere inside the pitcher’s box. Any 
pitcher delivering a shoe outside the 
pitcher’s box shall forfeit that pitch. 
4. The pegs shall be of iron, 1 inch 
in diameter, perpendicular, extending 
8 inches above the ground and inclined 
1 inch toward the opposite peg. 
Section II 
6. A ringer shall score 3 points. To 
be a ringer, a shoe must encircle the 
peg far enough to allow a straight rule 
to touch both calks, and clear the peg. 
7. Two ringers is the highest score 
a pitcher can make and shall count 6 
points. 
8. All equals shall be counted as ties. 
That is, if both contestants have one 
shoe each equal distance from the peg, 
or against it, or ringers, they are tied, 
and the next closest shoe counts. 
9. If one contestant should have two 
ringers, and the other one, the pitcher 
having the two ringers shall score 3 
points. 
10. In case of a tie on all four shoes, 
such as four ringers, or four shoes each 
1 inch from the peg, no score shall be 
recorded, and the contestant who 
pitched the last shall be awarded the 
lead. 
11. Calipers should be used for all 
necessary measurements. 
12. In case of any dispute, or where 
The wealth of pictures and illustra¬ 
tions not only add to the attractive¬ 
ness of “Better Dairy Farming,” but 
contain in themselves a lot of valuable 
information. For instance, there is a 
series of pictures showing the differ¬ 
ent steps in treating a young calf’s 
horns to prevent their growing. The 
book is divided into short paragraphs, 
with sub-heads in large print, making 
it easy to use as a reference book when 
finding any subject in a hurry. 
“Better Dairy Farming” is being dis¬ 
tributed by Farm Publications, Ithaca, 
N. Y., at $2.50 a copy. 
The Agricultural Situation 
(Continued from page 113) 
ing power of cities even with the in¬ 
termittent employment, is likely to 
continue to average relatively high so 
that the ten-year average outlook for 
the better classes of foods, like milk 
1. At the beginning of the game the 
contestants shall toss a coin for first 
pitch, the winner to have his choice of 
first or follow. 
2. At the beginning of the second 
game the loser of the preceding game 
shall have first pitch. 
Section III 
A nail-driving contest, about as exciting as and much less embarrassing 
than the stout ladies’ race, has become a feature of farmers’ picnics. It 
is interesting to note that all the contestants are holding their hammers 
after a manner peculiar to the women folks. We might suggest that in 
such a contest all the hammers be uniform. Compare the man-sized ham¬ 
mer wielded by the lady in the center, with the tack hammer in the 
hands of the contestant on thq left. Note also the latter’s position. 
Watch ALL your nails, girls 
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CORN 
CATTLE BREEDERS 
GRADE HOLSTEINS 
150 August and September Cows 
2 CARS FINE READY COWS 
All young, good size, good condition. 
Perfect udders and good producers. 
Shall have October and November Cows in Season 
OSWALD J. WARD & SONS, CANDOR, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE 
Sons of 
DUTCHLAND C0LANTHA SiR INKA 
FISHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
1. The shoes to be used must not 
exceed 7% inches in length or 7 inches 
in width. No toe or heel calks shall be 
over %-inch in length. No opening be¬ 
tween the heel calks shall exceel 3% 
inches, inside measurement. No shoe 
shall exceed 2 pounds and 8 ounces 
(2% pounds) in weight. 
Section IV 
1. In four-handed games, partners 
shall have the right to coach. 
2. Those not in the game are for¬ 
bidden to coach, molest, or in any way 
interfere with a pitcher. 
Section V 
1. No contestant shall walk across 
to the other peg and examine the posi¬ 
tion of the shoes before making either 
his first or final pitch. All contestants 
must pitch from the pitching box into 
the opposite pitching box, or forfeit a 
point to his opponent. 
Section VI 
1. Wrapping the fingers with tape 
is allowed. 
Section VII 
1. A regulation game shall consist 
of 50 points, and the contestant first 
scoring this number shall be declared 
the winner. 
2. The most points a contestant can 
score in a single game is 50. A pitcher 
gets credit for only the necessary 
points required to bring his total up to 
50, but all ringers are credited to him. 
3. In all national tournaments regu¬ 
lation 50-point games shall be pitched. 
Each contestant shall pitch other con¬ 
testants three consecutive games. The 
contestant winning the greatest number 
of games shall be declared the winner. 
4. A shoe that does not remain with¬ 
in 8 inches of the peg shall not be 
counted. 
5. The closest shoe to the peg shall 
score 1 point. If both shoes are closer 
than either of an opponent’s, they shall 
(■ score 2 points. 
the rules do not specifically cover a dis¬ 
puted point, the referee or committee 
in charge shall have full jurisdiction. 
A MUCH-NEEDED BOOK 
Professors E. S. Savage and L. A. 
Maynard of the Department of Ani¬ 
mal Husbandry of the New York State 
College of Agriculture, are the joint 
authors of “Better Dairy Farming,” a 
book which is just off the press. 
There have been books and books on 
the science of dairying, and particular¬ 
ly on feeding, but the most of them 
have been technical and difficult for 
the busy dairyman to interpret and 
put into actual practice. “Better Dairy 
Farming” was written with the prac¬ 
tical needs of the man on the farm 
in mind, and in our opinion it has 
hit its mark so well that no dairyman 
should be without this book in his 
equipment. 
We have often thought of the tre¬ 
mendous loss of money the farmers 
have suffered in the past through 
feeding wrong feeds and unbalanced 
rations that the best cow in the world 
could not return profit on. The num¬ 
ber of dairymen following the hit-or- 
miss method of grain feeding—mostly 
miss—is, we are glad to say, rapidly 
becoming less; and the man who has 
had more than any one else to do in 
the movement of saving the farmers’ 
money through keeping their feeding 
costs down is E. S. Savage, who is rec¬ 
ognized throughout the Eastern United 
States as a leader in better feeding 
methods. 
The chapters on corn and wheat and 
their 'by-products, other grains and 
their by-products, and the oil meals are 
particularly good. Other chapters give 
suggested rations for all kinds and 
conditions of cows. That part of the 
book telling how to buy feed is very 
good and will, if the advice is followed, 
enable any dairyman to save money in 
the purchase of his feeds. 
and nearby eggs, is not so unfavorable 
as is the outlook for grain. 
“Pork also responds to wage con¬ 
ditions and the demand for it is good, 
but the supply is enoi’mous so that the 
demand is not sufficient to hold prices 
up. CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK 
ARE MUCH LESS SEVERE THAN 
IN OTHER REGIONS.” 
The statement particularly warns 
farmers to be careful of too high ex¬ 
penses, to pay debts at every opportun¬ 
ity and to get loans on a long time 
basis, such as the Land Banks provide. 
Another important suggestipn is that 
farmers should produce more home 
supplies, because farm prices are out of 
joint with retail food prices. “For the 
same reason the advantages of selling 
direct to the consumer are greater 
than usual. Only a limited number of 
farms can do retailing but all of them 
can produce more of their own food.” 
Every dairyman will be particularly 
interested in what the statement says 
about the dairy outlook in New York. 
We quote in full: “The profits from 
dairying are dependent on many fact¬ 
ors. The more important are: 
1. The demand for milk 
2. The price of grain feed. 
3. Wages. 
“During the war dairying was severe¬ 
ly depressed because of high-priced 
feed and low-priced milk. An inevi¬ 
table reaction came and milk was 
profitable for about two years. The 
boom caused increased efforts to pro¬ 
duce,_ and high production was attained 
just in time to meet the period of fall¬ 
ing demand which came with the panic 
of 1920. The panic in the dairy in¬ 
dustry reached bottom about a year 
ago. Since then there has been a 
gradual recovery.” 
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Pure Breed Boars, $7 each. I will ship any part of 
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