March  25,  19 1G. 
came  through  all  right.  I  have  noticed 
that  a  strange  feeling  of  depression  falls 
upon  humans  when  they  have  been  in¬ 
jured  by  brutes — especially  when  torn  by 
wild  teeth.  So  much  has  been  said  about 
hydrophobia  that  many  people  are  need¬ 
lessly  nervous  when  bitten  by  animals. 
They  need  mental  stimulant  as  well  as 
physical  treatment.  So  iu  thinking  of 
some  way  to  interest  the  boy  I  led  him  to 
talk  about  hunting.  Like  all  boys  he  has 
great  ambition  to  kill  a  lion  or  a  grizzly 
bear,  I  think  this  incident  of  the  cat  has 
convinced  him  that,  after  all.  close  com¬ 
bats  with  lions  and  tigers  are  to  be  avoid¬ 
ed.  When  I  suggested  that  perhaps  this 
cat  bite,  might  make  the  hand  so  it  wouid 
not  suffer  so  much  from  a  bear  or  wolf 
bite  iu  the  future,  he  became  easier  in 
mind  and  the  wound  seemed  more  of  a 
good  thing !  There  you  have  the  first 
.  principle  of  getting  over  a  trouble — mak- 
on  ing  yourself  believe  it  is  a  good  thing. 
Placing  Tiie  Blame. — This  week,  on 
page  527,  we  are  told  of  a  case  where  a 
Jersoyman  bought  a  barrel  of  New  York 
apples  and  found  a  lot  of  poor  stuff  in 
the  middle.  The  seller’s  name  was  right 
on  the  barrel,  and  this  Jersey  man  comes 
forward  with  the  facts.  Now  yon  notice 
this  apple  seller  puts  the  blame  on  the 
hired  man — which  is  a  very  convenient 
way  of  evading  responsibility.  The  poor 
hired  man  has  plenty  of  sins  of  his  own 
to  answer  for  without  standing  for  more. 
The  first  fruit  grower  that  history  records 
had  a  little  different  excuse  when  eon- 
fronted  with  the  evidence.  This  is  what 
he  said:  “The  woman  whom  thou  gavest 
basket  over  to  he  with  me.  she  gave  me  of  the  tree, 
and  T  did  eat!”  Thus  me  first  fruit  grow¬ 
er  put  the  blame  on  his  wife,  while  the 
modern  plan  seems  to  be  getting  behind 
the  hired  man.  I  don't  believe  there  ever 
was  a  dishonest  barrel  or  box  of  fruit 
packed  by  a  woman  farmer.  There  are  a 
So  the  boy  put  the  food  out  of  their  reach  good  many  hired  men  who  would  beat  the 
and  put  his  hand  in  the  basket  to  take  boss  at  honest  packing  and  many  more 
the  strange  cat  out  and  see  that  she  was  who  will  be  just  as  honest  as  the  boss 
protected.  Rut  here  was  a  creature  permits  them  to  be.  Of  course.  I  know 
whose  share  had  been  cuffs  and  kicks  by  experience  that  there  are  other  hired 
rather  than  milk  and  kindness.  How  was  men  who  are  tired  as  well  as  hired,  and 
she  to  know  the  difference  between  an  unless  they  are  carefully  watched  they 
open  palm  and  a  mailed  fist?  When  you  will  upset  things. 
have  been  brought  up  to  believe  that  the  A  Case  In  Point— We,  try  to  sell 
world’s  hand  is  against  you  the  natural  good  fruit  which  we  can  guarantee,  but 
tendency  is  to  offer  tee'h  rather  than  the  only  way  to  work  it  is  either  to  do 
tongue.  That  is  what  our  wild  visitor  the  packing  yourself  or  have  some  thor- 
did.  She  set  her  teeth  iuto  the  boy’s  ongbly  responsible  and  careful  person  do 
band  and  added  a  few  .scratches  in  a  way  it  for  you.  Not  long  ago  I  bad  a  gentle 
that  would  Lave  ended  a  rat  at.  once !  complaint  from  one  customer  who  found 
fault  with  a  shipment  of  apples.  She 
ordered  Baldwins,  which  are  great  favor¬ 
ites  in  our  country.  Now  she  said  that 
scattered  through  the  package  she  found 
.some  apples  that  were  not  Baldwins  at 
all.  They  were  handsome  enough,  but 
lighter  in  color,  with  a  red  stripe  and 
dry  coarse  flesh  of  poor  flavor !  Easy  to 
see  that  these  were  Pen  Davis!  It  cer¬ 
tainly  was  a  terrible  charge  to  make 
against  the  Hope  Farm  man — selling  Ben 
Davis  in  place  of  Baldwin,  but  I  became 
convinced  that  our  customer  was  right. 
Very  likely  iu  the  rush  of  preparing  the 
last  shipments  old  Ben  did  work  his  way 
in.  so  that  he  might  get  revenge  for  some 
of  the  hard  things  I  have  said  about  him  ! 
I  promptly  returned  half  the  price  of  the 
apples  without  accusing  anyone.  It  all 
comes  down  to  the  fact  that  the  only  way 
to  be  absolutely  sure  of  your  goods  is  to 
do  your  own  packing,  or  train  experts 
who  will  be  honest  and  fair.  I  think 
this  is  another  reason  why  the  smaller 
fruit  growers  are  to  have  good  oppor- 
t.unitv  in  the  future.  They  can  keep  an 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Shall  I  Use  Potash 
This  Year? 
We  believe  in  its  use  when  it  can  be  had,  but  it  is  practically 
impossible  to  get  it.  We  endorse  the  following  suggestions  of 
Dr.  Woods  and  other  prominent  experiment  station  directors : 
“So  far  as  the  results  of  this  one  year  are  concerned,  they  indicate  that  a 
profitable  yield  of  Potatoes  can  be  obtained  on  Aroostook  soils  without  the  use  of 
Potash  for  at  least  one  year.” 
"The  Station  therefore,  advises  the  use  of  1500  to  2000  pounds  of  a  fertilizer 
carrying  five  per  cent  of  Ammonia  with  one-third  of  the  Nitrogen  in  the  form  of 
Nitrate  of  Soda  and  eight  per  cent  or  even  ten  percent  of  Available  Phosphoric 
Acid  and  no  Potash  for  1916.  With  people  who  have  beer’  getting  good  results 
from  a  fertilizer.carrying  four  per  cent  ol  Ammonia  a  4-10*0  fertilizer  would 
probably  prove  satisfactory."  (Dr.  Chas.  D.  Woods,  Director  of  the  Maine  Ag¬ 
ricultural  Experiment  Station.) 
The  statement  quoted  above  is  confirmed  by  results  at  the 
Experiment  Station’s  Aroostook  Farm  last  year.  Fertilizer 
containing  SEVEN  PER  CENT  OF  POTASH  produced  331 
bushels  of  marketable  potatoes  while  the  same  grade(containing 
5%  Ammonia,  8%  Available  Phosphoric  Acid)  carrying  NO 
POTASH  produced  302  bushels  of  marketable  potatoes  per  acre 
Dr.  Woods’  results  with  Potatoes  give  much  encouragement 
for  other  crops.  The  Potato  is  not  a  good  hustler  for  its  plant 
food  and  its  root  system  is  comparatively  restricted.  Crops  such 
as  grain  and  corn  with  wide  spreading  root  systems  should  do 
snow.  spring  wore  is  out  or  me  ques¬ 
tion — a  good  share  of  our  Winter  work  is 
still  undone  As  the  weather  keeps  cold 
the  snow  does  not  melt  rapidly.  In  hunt¬ 
ing  about  for  compensation — which  is  far 
more  profitable  than  hunting  for  trouble — 
I  find  little  except  the  fact  that  this  is  a 
great  Winter  for  the  "oldest  inhabitant." 
He  never  saw  anything  like  it  before,  and 
therefore  he  is  having  his  day.  As  a  rule 
lie  can  never  get  an  audience,  hut  now  he 
masters  the  situation.  However,  we  keep 
warm  and  good-natured,  the  spring 
the  hill  never  fails  to  send  its  soft  water 
through  the  house,  the  hens  are  laying, 
the  Airedales  are  growing,  the  snow  is 
earing  for  the  soil  and  Spring  will  final¬ 
ly  come. 
Injury. — I  got  home  the  other  night  to 
find  Cherry-top  going  about  with  a  ban¬ 
daged  band  and  that  familiar  expression 
and  carriage  which  all  battle-scarred  vet¬ 
erans  assume.  “ Bitten  hjl  a  wild  eat!” 
A  half-starved  and  neglected  cat  came 
over  from  a  neighbor's  bouse  and  looked 
in  through  the  cellar  window  at  our  com¬ 
fortable  felines.  The  children  felt  sorry 
for  this  shivering  thing  out  iu  the  snow, 
so  they  opened  the  window  and  let  her  in. 
Once  inside  the  boy  put  a 
her  and  went  upstairs  for  food.  Out  in 
the  kitchen  he  fixed  up  a  nice  dinner — fit 
for  any  cat — and  carried  it  down  in  a 
saucer.  Maybe  our  cats  are  like,  our  hu¬ 
mans — not  content  with  their  own  share 
thev  wanted  the  stranger’s  portion  also. 
E.  FRANK  COE  FERTILIZERS 
1916 
The  Business  Farmer’s  Standard  for  over  Fifty-Five  Years 
XXV  Ammoniated  Phosphate  1916,  1-10-0 
Original  Ammoniated  Dissolved  Phosphate  1916,  2-10-0 
High  Grade  Ammoniated  Superphosphate  1916,  3-10-0 
Prolific  Crop  Producer  1916,  4-10-0 
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prise.  The  cat  never  sroppeu  ior  urea*- 
fast,  but  gut  out  at  once.  There  was  evi¬ 
denced  the  great  difference  in  character 
between  a  cat  and  a  dog.  Had  the  Aire¬ 
dale  been  within  hearing  the  first  scream 
would  have  brought  her  like  a  flash,  and 
woe  betide  that  strange  cat.  The  Aire¬ 
dale  would  have  fought  an  elephant  in  de¬ 
fence  of  the  boy.  but  our  cuts  merely 
looked  a  little  surprised  and  kept  an  eye 
on  that  food.  When  that  heifer  got  me 
down  iu  the  pasture  the  dog  went  right 
at  her  throat.  The  cats  sat  on  the  fence 
and  never  risked  their  precious  hide ! 
You  will  surely  find  both  cats  and  Aire¬ 
dales  walking  about,  ou  two  feet  and  called 
humans. 
The  Wound. — Any  bite  from  an  en¬ 
raged  animal  should  be  attended  to  at 
once.  It  is  far  more  dangerous  than  any 
knife  or  saw  cut,  or  a  bruise.  So  that 
injured  hand  was  put  into  hot  water  and 
the  wounds  were  dressed  with  peroxide  of 
hydrogen.  We  always  keep  a  few  of 
these  simple  remedies  on  hand  for  such 
emergencies.  The  hand  began  to  swell, 
and  in  order  to  be  sure  about  it,  Mother 
talked  with  the  doctor  over  the  ’phone. 
You  know  that  our  motto  is  never  to 
guess  or  experiment  with  sickness  or  in¬ 
jury.  If  we  are  not  sure  we  get  advice 
at  once.  I  have  people  tell  me  they  know 
more  about  such  tilings  than  the  doctor 
does.  It  may  he  so,  but  I  do  not.  and 
When  my  folks  need  attention  and  we  are 
not  exactly  sure  I  get  the  doctor.  The 
boy  kept  up  what  he  called  "hot.  fermen¬ 
tation”  of  that  hand  for  a  day  or  two.  It 
not  only  helped  the  wound  but  it  made  a 
wonderful  difference  in  the  color  of  t h- 1 
skin  !  So  much  so  in  fact  that  Mother 
went  after  the  other  hand  with  soap  and 
scrubbing  brush  iu  order  to  make  the  two 
uniform  in  color !  The  wounded  hand 
was  stiff  and  sore  for  some  days,  but  it 
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