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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 1 7 
That Folding Saw Again. 
N. Q. K., Alexandria, Minn. —In De¬ 
cember, 1892, I bought a folding’ saw 
machine. I think it has proved to be all 
that was claimed for it. When I bought 
it, I did not expect it to come up to what 
the dealers said, so I was happily disap¬ 
pointed. I find no difficulty in keeping 
it filed and I do not call myself an ex¬ 
pert. The man who uses it said he 
thought it went better, after I had filed 
it, than when I first got it. It is ready 
for use when one receives it. If I 
couldn’t get another, I wouldn’t sell it 
for double what I paid for it. Of 
course, one has to get used to the run¬ 
ning of it, the same as any other new 
machine. My woods are very brushy, 
and since I received the saw, the snow 
has been so deep that I did not test it as 
to the number of cords cut, but I think 
it could do what is said has been done. 
My man cut an ash log one foot in diam¬ 
eter in two in 80 seconds. He did this 
not only once, but several times. One 
can stand it in any position. He 
should always stop just before the saw 
goes through, so that it will not strike 
the ground. A common wood chopper 
ought to be able to use it. 
Does Water Aid Frost ? 
C. S. 1)., Charlotte, N. C. —I fear the 
printer didn’t get my figures right in the 
fruit-spraying item that lately appeared 
in The Rural. Ninety per cent of the 
fruit in many places was killed. Reply¬ 
ing to The Rural’s questions, my busi¬ 
ness is in the city, and I had not the 
opportunity to observe at the proper 
time the difference, if any, on the damp¬ 
ened fruit and that not reached by the 
spray. My workman had predicted that 
the spraying would cause the trees to be 
frost-bitten worse that night. Examin¬ 
ation shows that the last trees sprayed 
in the evening were the most affected, 
especially the last one, which had the 
appearance of having undergone a very 
severe freeze, so much dead foliage was 
there. This, with the views of neigh¬ 
bors, rather supports the theory that the 
spraying iwas the cause. I know from 
experience that placing tubs of water in 
a room at night often prevents plants 
from freezing, and that water sprinkled 
over frosted plants will often save them, 
but it would seem from this last experi¬ 
ment that water applied directly to the 
foliage before frost, has the opposite effect 
to that produced by applying it after¬ 
ward. 
R. N.-Y.—We want the experience of 
others on this point. With us, sprinkling 
or drenching plants has apparently saved 
them from frost, while others left dry 
were injured. What are the facts ? 
Substitute For Coffee. 
C. W. S., M. D., Rivkrpoiht, R. I.—I 
have used many substitutes for coffee 
and the best I have tried is roasted bar¬ 
ley. Cook the whole barley a long time, 
or until the liquid is dark in color, then 
add one-fourth or one-third of the usual 
quantity of ground coffee. This will 
make a very palatable drink, the barley 
alone is better than rye, chicory or okra 
seeds. 
W. H. S., Watertown, N. Y.—In an¬ 
swer to O. S. I\, Winslow, Me., I find 
barley browned the best substitute for 
coffee. Put it into the oven and brown, 
and use a little more for each person 
than you would of coffee, stirring it up 
with a little molasses and water before 
steeping. 
B. B., SnKBOYGAN Falls, Wis.—T he 
very best substitute for coffee is Rahr’s 
Caramel Malt coffee, manufactured by 
Wm. Rahr & Sons, Manitowoc, Wis. It 
is made from the choicest grades of bar¬ 
ley malt, and is extensively used in this 
part of the country. Price 12 cents per 
pound. 
B. W. II , W. Bloomfield, N. Y.—The 
best coffee substitute I know of is made 
from bran. It is considered very health¬ 
ful. I have used it for three years and 
I am not tired of it yet. Five quarts 
of bran and one of molasses (Porto 
Rico preferred), mixed thoroughly and 
browned in an oven like coffee. When 
it is taken from the oven, add one pound 
of ground Java coffee. Measure like 
ordinary coffee and boil 20 minutes. No 
egg is required for settling. Three 
quarts of bran and a pint of molasses 
form a good proportion with a pound of 
coffee. 
A Long Island Farm Community. 
B. S. W., Cutciiooue, L. I.—The ham¬ 
let known as Oregon contains 2,000 acres 
bordering on Long Island Sound for 2% 
miles. Sixteen hundred acres are under 
the plow ; the remainder is in wood and 
brush. It is cut up into 45 farms, the 
smallest being 15 acres and the largest 
150. Diversified farming is the rule. On 
the 45 farmB are planted 500 acres of po¬ 
tatoes, 75 of asparagus, 75 of cabbages 
for seed, 150 of wheat, 400 of corn, and 
quite a large acreage is devoted to cauli 
flowers and tomatoes in their season, with 
a few other truck crops. The remainder 
is given to grass and the lighter grains. 
Very few cattle are kept, the cows being 
Jerseys and Guernseys with a sprinkling 
of Holsteins. At present the acreage of 
potatoes is below that of past years, 
while asparagus and some other truck 
crops are on the increase. The Long Is¬ 
land Railroad runs to the south of us, 
bringing many of the farms within two 
miles of Cutchogue or Mattituck depots, 
giving easy access to the New York mar¬ 
ket. There are a canning factory and a 
pickle factory at Mattituck that handle 
immense quantities of truck from here 
and adjacent villages. 
“The Free Package Must Come.*' 
D. B. G., Wheeling, W. Va. —The com¬ 
munication in The Rural of May 27 
regarding free packages for berries was 
interesting to me from the fact that there 
is room for much argument on both sides. 
I am of the opinion that the day is not 
far distant when there will be nothing 
else but free, or gift crates for berries 
except perhaps among those who have a 
home trade and sell their berries from 
the wagon or market stall, and in such 
cases I think a more durable crate is 
needed. I have had some experience in 
shipping berries and invariably the re¬ 
turns were unsatisfactory, mostly on 
account of the loss in crates. A large 
number were returned, and perhaps of 
one-tlr'rd o.’ more the sides were caved 
in and lids torn off, and they were so 
badly wrecked that they had to be nailed 
up again before they could be used. I 
also found that I was compelled to have 
as many more crates in stock as I usually 
needed, mainly because the crates would 
be kept two or three days and even a 
week before they were sent back, thus 
making it very inconvenient sometimes 
to get our berries picked. The free pack¬ 
ages must come. 
“ Eternal Vigilance ” the Price of Hired Men. 
E. C. B., Cottons, N. Y.—According 
to Carrie T. Meigs’s theory with regard 
to hired men, they are a collection of 
cruel, selfish brutes whose chief end and 
aim in life are to vent their spite on the 
dumb animals in their care, to shirk all 
possible work, and get as much out of 
the farmer as they can for as little ser¬ 
vice as possible. I think Miss Meigs’s 
view is rather one-sided. She tal es an 
extreme view of both employer and em¬ 
ployed. 
Our hired help experience has been 
long and varied, but we have never had 
a person work for us who wholly an¬ 
swered the description she has given. 
Looking back over nearly 20 years’ ex¬ 
perience, I can recollect only a f5w in¬ 
stances of cruelty or theft on the part 
of hired hands, and these were the results 
of habit or ignorance. There may be 
hired men who think it smart to let their 
little dogs bite the heels of the cows. If 
the owner of the latter had any super¬ 
intendence of his stock at all, he would 
never permit a dog to come in sight of 
his cows. It seems to me that a farmer 
should have personal oversight over the 
condition of his stock at all times, even 
if “ eternal vigilance” is to be the price. 
It must be that a hired man who drinks 
one cow’s milk, or keeps a private cup 
in some dark corner cannot be well fed. 
Let me suggest that he be given more 
nourishing food or that (if he has a fam¬ 
ily) he be given all the milk he wants 
from the creamer. We have a large 
Jersey dairy and always make it a point 
when hiring a man, to include in the 
bargain all the milk he wants from 
which the cream has risen. Tn one case 
the family took too generous an advan¬ 
tage of our offer, and came three times 
a day with a large-sized water pitcher. 
But this was an extreme case and the 
hired man belonged to a lower class than 
usual. Perhaps you have seen such men, 
who regard the farmer as their just prey. 
On the other hand, our men have been 
universally willing to work over hours, 
if necessary, to finish some job, or to 
work a good share of the noon rest hour. 
In return for this, if a man is ill for a 
half day or so, no account of lost time is 
put on the books. Perhaps one of the 
worst kind of man we ever had was one 
who “ wasn’t going to be run over by 
anybody,” but we usually found he was 
more docile and less likely to be “ run 
over” when his wife was awi y visiting 
“ her folks” for a week or so ; we laid 
his belligerent attitude to his wife’s in 
fluence and only pitied him. By experi¬ 
ence we have found that the hired man 
who has been shown most consideration 
and sympathy by the farmer and his 
wife, is the one man who carries heavy 
pails for the farmer’s wife and helps the 
farmer without grumbling when extra 
work comes up. 
, Who can settle this hired man question 
successfully ? Do we not find, in the 
long run, that it is the farmer who does 
“as he would be done by” that is most 
successful in his work ? If an example 
of cruelty or kindness is set day after 
day, would not any mortal on earth soon 
follow it ? Is a hired man to be blamed 
for swearing and pounding the cows 
when he sees the owner do so continu¬ 
ally? If a farmer takes a whip when he 
goes after the cows at night, how long 
before the hired man also needs one ? 
How much easier it is to tell your 
employees on the start that swearing, 
shouting and brutal usage are prohibited 
on your farm. Explain not only the 
moral side, but also the practical result 
on the cows. How quickly the men will 
take their cue from the farmer or his son, 
and how careful should we be that it is 
the right one. Do not pitch into a poor 
ignorant being whose character in most 
cases has been moulded by his successive 
employers. 
Do not look for wrong and evil, 
You will llnd them if you do : 
As you measure to your “ helper,” 
He will measure back to you. 
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