158 
Sfce  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  29,  191G. 
fruit  is  my  special  form  of  insanity  I  am 
glad  to  recognize  it  and  keep  it  going. 
The  Chicken  Business.- — Several 
people  have  written  about  as  follows: 
“Your  Red  pullets  at  the  egg-laying 
contest  do  not  seem  to  be  doing  such 
great  things  after  all.” 
That's  right,  and  it  reminds  me  that 
thousands  of  people  are  “subnormal''  on 
the  hen  question.  Their  form  of  insanity 
wears  feathers.  It  is  true  that,  our  pul¬ 
lets  have  not  painted  the  contest,  in  bril¬ 
liant  colors  yet,  but  I  will  stay  right,  by 
them.  They  carry  the  blood  of  layers, 
and  blood  will  tell  in  time.  The  Hope 
Farm  man  always  stays  right  by  his 
friends,  and  he  will  back  the  Red  pul¬ 
lets  even  if  they  tail  the  race.  Keep 
.vour  eye  on  them — I  know  their  parental 
Our  birds  at  the  farm  are  beginnig  to 
lay.  and  are  doing  as, well  as  we  expected. 
T  do  not  care  to  have  the  breeding  pens 
get  into  active  service  until  a  little  later, 
when  eggs  are  wanted  for  hatching.  The 
birds  are  in  good  health  and  will  be 
ready. 
IIen  Guarantees. — Now  comes  the 
season  of  hatching  eggs  and  baby  chicks, 
and  it  is  usually  a  period  of  trouble. 
There  are  many  complaints  about  eggs 
and  stock,  and  in  starting  our  little  hen 
business  we  are  determined  never  to  have 
a  disappointed  customer.  I  do  not  care 
for  distant  trade — where  long  shipment 
must  be  made — and  I  do  not  want  to  com¬ 
pete  with  any  of  our  regular  advertisers. 
It  would  not  be  a  square  deal  to  do  so. 
e  much  prefer  a  local  business,  where 
pie  can  come  and  see  what  we  have 
and  make  a  personal  selection.  If  for  any 
reason  it  is  necessary  for  us  to  ship 
eggs  or  stock  away  there  will  be  a  dear 
understanding  that  no  guarantee  what¬ 
ever  is  given  after  the  express  company 
takes  the  package.  If  living  stock  is 
not  satisfactory  wo  shall  expect  cus¬ 
tomers  to  send  it  right  back  inside  of 
three  days,  and  get  substitutes  or  their 
back.  As  for  eggs,  we  simply 
they  are  from  a  certain  pen,  and 
that  we  feel  sure  they  are  fertile.  That 
is  all  there  is  to  it.  There  will  be  no 
come-back  or  substitute  or  make  good, 
and  unless  the  customer  agrees  to  such 
terms  we  prefer  not  to  deal  with  him. 
This  may  seem  a  very  arbitrary  way  of 
doing  business,  but  the  buyer  cannot  com¬ 
plain,  for  he  does  not  have  to  buy  unless 
he  is  fully  satisfied  that  we  tell  him  Un¬ 
truth.  and  we  cheerfully  and  frankly  say 
that  customers  can  get  better  Reds 
than  ours  elsewhere.  Some  of  you  may 
conclude  that  we  are  insane  on  the  hen 
business,  as  well  as  on  baked  apples, 
but  long  experience  in  listening  to  tin- 
troubles  of  chicken  men  convinces  me 
that:  some  such  rule  is  the  only  safe  wav 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Do  You  Raise  300  Bushels 
of  Potatoes  per  Acre  ? 
Here  is  something  to  think  about  dur¬ 
ing  these  cold  Winter  days.  Wc  want 
warm  subjects  now  ! 
The  alienists  tell  us  that  no  one  is  sane. 
Each  one  of  us  1ms  bis  or  her  pet  delu¬ 
sion  or  idiosyncrasy,  or  is  more  or  less 
unbalanced  on  some  one  or  more  subjects, 
or  is  not  yet  wholly  normal,  as  compared 
with  the  mass  of  us,  in  some  one  thing  or 
other. 
1  have  been  a  diligent  reader  of  The 
R.  N.-Y.  for  the  past  six  months.  I  have 
really  learned  a  little,  enjoyed  the  Hope 
Farm  News,  rclislu-d  the  lambasting  of 
the  financiers,  so-called,  who  prey  on  "us” 
guileless  farmers,  once  in  a  while  appre¬ 
ciate  an  editorial,  and  lastly,  proved  to 
m,v  own  satisfaction  that  the  alienists 
are  right. 
They  must  be  right  when  the  editor 
of  your  paper  proves  it  conclusively  by 
bis  own  writings  and  teachings.  I  have 
named  him  the  Raked — not  half,  but  right 
straight  through  from  core  to  skin — 
Raked  Apple  Man,  lie  eats  them,  he 
dreams  them,  he  preaches  them,  he  eu¬ 
logizes  them,  he  deities  them;  in  fact,  he 
personifies  them.  This  is,  at  most,  a  mild 
and  harmless  idiosyncrasy,  of  undoubted 
benefit  alike  to  the  apple  grower  and 
eater.  We  might  truthfully  say  that  it 
is  41  most  commendable  peculiarity,  but  it 
proves,  nevertheless,  that  even  the  best 
of  us  are  subnormal. 
Keep  on  preaching  your  apple-eating 
shibboleth  and  you  will  have  us  all  con¬ 
verted.  A.  R. 
New  York. 
Our  friend  is  dead  right  when  he  says 
that  no  one  is  entirely  sane,  though  some 
of  our  readers  will  at  once  jump  up  and 
deny  it.  When  they  point  at  themselves 
to  disprove  our  friend’s  theory  they  fur-  " 
nish  convincing  proof  that  he  is  right. 
Every  mature  person  that  I  know  carries 
some  particular  hobby  or  theory  very 
close  to  the  point  of  insanity,  and  the 
humor  of  it  is  that  this  one  particular 
point  is  the  thing  about  thernselv.  >  which 
they  consider  absolutely  sound  and  wise. 
I  have  one  friend  who  lias  studied  ar¬ 
guments  against  the  “germ  theory”  and 
vaccination  until  he  can  have  no  patience 
with  one  who  differs  with  him.  Another  s<1'' 
is  an  anti-dog  champion.  Another  knows 
so  much  about  religion  that  he  has  lost 
most  of  his  charity.  Another  has  such 
a  tremendous  reverence  for  “education” 
that  he  has  become  one  of  the  most 
ignorant  men  I  know.  Others  are  more 
or  less  crazy  on  the  subject  of  "health” 
or  “political  economy”  or  “taxation,"  or 
a  dozen  other  subjects.  These  are  all 
wise  and  kindly  people,  with  considerable 
influence,  until  you  get  them  started  on 
their  special  form  of  insanity.  Then 
they  usually  become  very  tiresome,  to 
say  the  least,  for  they  know  so  much 
.about  their  subject  that  they  have  for¬ 
get  ten  how  to  be  ignorant  or  how  to  have 
an  open  mind.  You  see  they  feel  so  sure 
of  their  own  pet  insanity  that  they  have  ont' 
plugged  up  all  the  holes  of  their  minds — 
since  they  have  absorbed  it  all.  That  is 
what  makes  them  insane,  for  the  human  Regs 
mind  must,  give  off  as  well  as  take  in,  or  P.  Mu 
there  will  be  an  explosion.  So  these  poor  perience 
insane  fellows  plug  up  the  holes  in  their  I  have  tli 
mind  and  lose  their  sense  of  humor,  filling  an 
That’s  bad.  for  the  ability  to  see  yourself  -0  or 
as  a  joke  now  and  then  is  the  saving 
grace  of  sanity.  When  you  see  a  person 
taking  himself  too  seriously,  put  it  down 
as  sure  evidence  of  insanity.  “Rig  head” 
is  caused  by  the  failure  to  stand  your- 
self  up  now  and  then  and  realize  that 
you  are  quite  capable  of  making  a  fool 
of  yourself ! 
Raked  Appi.es. — I  regard  that  as  a 
harmless  if  not  helpful  form  of  insanity. 
It  is  certainly  an  agreeable  one,  at  least. 
Of  course  baking  may  enable  a  Ren 
Dpvis  to  pass  itself  off  as  a  good  citizen, 
for  by  adding  a  little  vinegar  and  spice 
or  a  hi!  of  maple  syrup  a  good  cook  can  k 
put  character  into  the  Ren  Davis  flesh. 
If  every  man  could  and  would  eat  five 
baked  apples  each  day  the  world  would 
be  far  better  off.  The  money  spent  for 
the  apples  would  get  right  into  circula¬ 
tion  and  go  where  it  would  do  the  most 
good.  Then  the  acids  and  sugar  and 
phosphate  and  starch  in  the  apple  would 
also  get  into  circulation. 
“When  in  doubt — eat  an  apple!” 
That  is  my  motto.  1  rather  welcome 
doubt.  Some  people  prefer  a  raw  apple  Horses 
— chewing  it  as  they  go  on  their  way —  1  ”<24,  Dec 
but  the  baked  apples,  with  milk  or  cream,  ^^est  tb 
and  perhaps  ail  old-fashioned  doughnut  matter  \vi 
along  with  it,  is  the  dish  that  puts  bu-  wrong  inf 
inanity  on  the  health  map.  I  may  be 
prejudiced,  since  1  have  apples  to  sell  am]'  f;ll!(||‘ 
during  the  season,  but  ii’  eating  baked  Virginia 
This  is  not  an  unusual  yield  but  did  you  get  it  this  year? 
If  you  were  planning  to  raise  300  bushels  to  the  acre, 
how  far  away  would  you  space  your  rows? 
How  far  apart  would  you  drop  the  seed  pieces  in  the  row? 
What  are  you  doing  to  prevent  “scab”  and  “blight?” 
Do  you  realize  that  a  fertilizer  containing  no  potash 
produced  302  bushels  on  a  measured  acre  at  Aroos¬ 
took  Farm  in  1915?  ( Figures  from  report  of  Maine  Agri- 
cultural  Experiment  Station). 
We  have  a  Practical  Book  for  Practical 
Potato  Growers,  entitled — 
"POTATOES:  A  MONEY  CROP” 
All  of  these  points  and  many  more  are  fully  covered  in  this 
worth  while  publication.  If  you  will  tell  us  how  many  acres 
of  potatoes  you  expect  to  plant  in  1916  and  the  brand  of 
fertilizer  you  used  last  season  we  will  send  you  a  copy  free 
of  charge. 
If  you  read  this  book  you  will  keep  it  for  future  reference. 
E.  Frank  Coe  Fertilizers 
Manufactured  only  by 
The  Coe-Mortimer  Company 
51  Chambers  Street  New  York  City 
Improve  Your  Soil — Increase  Your  Crops 
If  there’s  limestone  on  your  land,  you  are  the  possessor  of  a  veritable 
gold  mine.  No,  this  is  not  a  fairy  story,  but  an  actual  fact.  Pulverized 
limestone  has  been  pronounced  by  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Agriculture  and 
successful  farmers  everywhere  the  most  efficient  means  of  sweetening 
the  soil  and  making  the  fertilizer  available  for  plant  food.  It  produces  better 
results  than  burnt  limestone.  There’s  no  reason  in  the  world  why  you  can’t 
use  your  lime  rock  in  improving  your  soil,  increasing  your  crops 
z>and  adding  to  your  bank  roll.  What  you  need  is  a  celebrated 
Jleuv  o/foi/and 
Rock  Crusher  and  Limestone  Pulverizer 
to  turn  these  lime  rocks  into  cold  cash.  This  sturdy  machine  is  de¬ 
signed  to  crush  any  kind  of  stone  into  different  sizes  down  to  dust. 
Never  before  has  any  machine  been  so  durably  constructed  nor  so 
t  easily  and  cheaply  operated. 
Practical  farmers  who  have  used  the  New  Holland  are  enthusiastic 
»  In  their  praises.  Their  Increase  In 
crops  the  lirsl  year  it  was  used  more 
Keeping  the  Ice  Supply 
ling  plan  of  ice  supply  by  John 
,  page  1459,  from  my  own  ex- 
I  don't  think  tin-  plan  feasible. 
••  experience  every  Winter  of 
ieohoufte,  and  there  are  about 
10  others  in  this  neighborhood 
who  do  likewise.  As  we  are  situated 
right  at  a  lake  front,  of  course  we  get 
our  supply  directly  from  the  lake.  Mr, 
Mud)  has  not  figured  on  the  waste  that 
take  place  during  the  Summer 
months.  The  only  possible  way  to  pre¬ 
serve  ice  is  to  keep  it  airtight,  and  this 
is  accomplished  by  the  use  of  sawdust: 
and  one  must  have  at  least  a  foot  of  it 
around  the  sides  and  over  the  top.  A 
building  above  ground  and  made  airtight, 
at  the  bottom  where  iL  rests  on  the 
foundation,  and  with  good  drainage,  and 
surrounded  and  top  covered  with  saw¬ 
dust,  makes  a  satisfactory  icehouse.  lee 
too,  needs  ventilation,  and  in  my  own 
ease  I  keep  both  gates  wide  open,  which 
eeps  the  ice  house  nicely  ventilated  and 
dry.  As  the  inquirer  contemplates  using 
salt  for  packing  the  ice,  just,  suppose  that 
water  should  settle  in  the  bottom  of  his 
ice  cellar.  This  would  naturally  be  salt 
water  and  would  make  the  bottom  layer 
melt  doubly  as  fast  and  the  salt,  pack¬ 
ing  would  melt,  the  layers  above.  He  also 
plans  to  have  shelves  above  the  ice.  As 
cold  air  always  drops  to  the  bottom, 
this  would  be  the  warmest  place  in  the 
cellar,  and  would  probably  be  useless 
after  half  the  Ice  supply  bad  melted. 
New  York.  H.  a. 
than  jUHtU|«d  the  first  CO?!. 
Some  New  Molluml  owner, 
Jo  work  for  neighboring 
farmers  find  not  only  keep 
•  heir  Own  furms  In  perfect 
M  condition,  but  itro  making 
money  besides. 
Send  tli fu  dtiy  for  catalog, 
(which  tihows  how  the  New 
Holland  lx  tho  beat  machine 
for  pulverizing  und  crushing 
stone  for  rouil  und  concrete 
work  hh  well  us  for  ferilll- 
r  zer  purposes. 
NEW  HOLLAND  MACHINE  CO. 
Bo*  4|,  New  Holland,  Pa. 
/to  40 
Horae 
Power 
Capacities,  10 
op  to  100  tons 
per  dav 
The  New  Holland  crushes  soy  kind  of 
rock  for  cement  or  road  work 
aswellaslimeitone 
SAVES  your  crop  from  loss,  helps  tree  and  plant  to  produce  better  and 
larger  crops,  prevents  spread  ol  disease,  insures  a  longer  life  for  trees  and 
a  longer  growing  time  for  vines  each  year.  Blight  hit  potatoes  in  many 
states  in  1915— many  million  bushels  lost.  Spraying  would  have  saved  them. 
Include  bucket,  barrel,  power  and  potato  sprayers  in  many  sizes  and  vari¬ 
ety  of  equipment  to  suit  each  man’s  needs.  We  want  to  show  you  what  each 
one  is,  how  they  are  made  and  what  they  will  do.  Ask  your  dealer  to 
show  you  these  tools  and  write  us  for  booklet  describing  all  of  them  fully. 
We  also  have  a  spraying  guide  which  we  are  glad  to  send. 
Bateman  MTg  Company,  Box  24,  Grenloch,  N.J. 
Also  Potato  Machinery,  Garden  Tools,  Fertilizer  Distributors,  etc: 
6at.  4  flow 
■%  TONEWYORK  Fur  Market 
tA/uy?  tu*cuuN4t  ■ihlpmrntv.  to  New  York  mnk«  for  Hlklcncy. 
vw  ii  i  .  xboy  i-HniliioD'  u II  uonrr ••.•'*•••*•  v  tni/mportatlun  ami 
t.uuclllriy  uhiirirr*  tnvolv*  <1  In  lonhiyiurnt  from  I  ho  Interior. 
Your  i-Ht  *  will  1‘vuch  Now  York  eventually.  Why  not  flint? 
■  I|»m  In  N'-w  York  yon  will  fin.1  lh.-  Im-w-a  Wav;  Fur 
■  Market;  the  trr •  no  nt  nurulii  of  Kuw  Fur  UvuImim;  Ui«- lurRont 
riunit'i-i  "f  bu<  tm» /iwltri- 1 in  i  90  t*»  f  “'  nt  >>f  AmrfI  i'm  Fur 
|  I>riM„.rM  i»ml  !>yi*r«,*  tin-  lil^v**!  ont  lot  fur  iiiDnufii'-turoij  F urn 
mid  ibis  most  woixloifu)  rctull  Fur  ootulillslitnmils  uu  earth. 
RAW  FUR  MERCHANTS*  ASSOCIATION,  Went  £4th  Street,  N»mv  York 
For  information  address,  Secretary, 
