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fShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  1,  1916, 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
You  have  a  lot  to  say  about  running 
water  in  the  house,  What  sort  of  a  sys¬ 
tem  have  you  put  in?  f.  b,  a. 
Older  readers  probably  know  about 
this.  When  we  came  to  this  farm  there 
was  no  good  water  supply  except  from  a 
distant  spring.  That  was  one  reason 
why  we  could  buy  the  farm  at  a  bar¬ 
gain.  We  had  a  well  drilled  142  feet 
down  through  the  rock.  Over  this  we 
put  a  windmill  and  used  it  to  force  the 
water  into  a  tank  at  the  barn.  From 
this  tank  the  water  wa*  piped  to  the 
house.  This  arrangement  worked  well 
so  long  as  the  wind  blew,  but  in  a  calm 
the  effect  was  quite  the  reverse  upon  the 
temper  of  the  family.  Then  the  barn 
tank  leaked,  and  we  finally  took  it  down 
and  forced  the  water  to  a  smaller  tank 
at  the  top  of  the  house.  Then  we  put 
a  small  gasoline  engine  at  the  well  to 
help  out  the  windmill,  but  even  with  this 
combination  of  strong  arm  and  strong 
lung  there  would,  at  times,  come  doleful 
sounds  from  the  kitchen. 
“ There  is  no  water!  No  water!” 
So  we  went  up  to  the  hillside  spring, 
cleaned  it  out  and  built  a  concrete  tank 
around  it.  It  is  something  over  1,200 
feet  to  the  house,  and  we  laid  an  under¬ 
ground  pipe  which  receives  at  the  Spring 
and  enters  our  cellar,  and  is  carried  up  to 
the  tank.  We  found  that  the  fall  gives 
pressure  enough  to  put  the  water  sev¬ 
eral  feet  above  the  top  of  the  house.  All 
we  now  have  to  do  is  to  turn  a  valve 
and  the  obedient  spring  water  runs  down 
the  bill  and  jumps  up  to  the  tank.  There 
is  no  grumbly  mill  deserted  by  the  wind, 
or  no  cold  engine  waiting  to  have  the 
frost  taken  out  of  its  strong  arm 
The  Need  of  It, — It  seems  to  me  that 
a  good  water  supply  at  the  bouse  is  just 
about  as  necessary  as  fresh  air.  As  a 
first  step  toward  keeping  the  girls  on 
the  farm — happy  and  contented — I  would 
put  water  and  the  needed  fixtures  into 
the  house.  I  think  this  is  a  right  which 
the  women  at  least  should  stand  out  for. 
Of  course  there  are  not  so  many  loca¬ 
tions  where  spring  water  can  bo  ob¬ 
tained  as  easily  as  in  our  case,  but  in 
thousands  of  country  homes  there  are 
opportunities  for  harnessing  the  water  at 
a  fair  cost,  and  no  investment  will  pay 
better.  In  our  own  ease  both  the  spring 
and  the  well  can  be  utilized.  We  have 
more  than  enough  water  for  house  and 
barn,  and  in  a  time  of  drought  we  can 
nso  the  surplus  for  irrigating  an  acre 
or  more  of  garden.  Having  been  through 
all  this  work  of  carrying  water  into  the 
house  by  the  bucket  <>nr  folks  know  just 
what  it  means,  and  we  will  vote  unani¬ 
mously  for  the  proposition  that  a  free 
and  unlimited  carriage  of  water  in  the 
house  is  one  of  the  foundations  of  farm 
freedom. 
Cover  CROP. — No  nse  asking  me  how 
the  rye  and  clover  are  looking.  I  do  not 
know,  as  they  have  not  been  in  sight  for 
weeks.  The  snow  is  still  deep  all  over 
our  hills — with  more  coining.  A  year 
ago  at  this  time  we  could  plow  sod,  and 
the  March  winds  were  at  the  clover  and 
berry  plants  to  root  them  out.  There  is 
nothing  of  that  this  year  at  least.  I  think 
the  rye  and  clover  are  alive,  but  the  ice 
and  snow  must  melt  before  we  know.  I 
have  this  question  from  a  fruit  grower 
in  the  Hudson  Valley: 
What  about  this  for  a  cover  crop  com¬ 
bination?  Sow  rye  in  the  Fall  and  add 
clover  seed  in  the  Spring.  Cut  the  rye 
in  June  for  mulch  or  straw  and  let  the 
clover  come  on.  Cut  the  clover  the  fol¬ 
lowing  year  and  then  plow  what  is  left 
in  September  and  seed  to  rye  again. 
S.  B.  ,T. 
This  would  work  with  us.  It  would 
mean  plowing  once  every  two  years.  It 
would  be  a  question  whether  you  would 
want  to  plow  in  the  heavy  hearing  year 
or  in  the  “off”  year.  You  would  get  a 
good  lot  of  organic  matter  in  this  way, 
hut  from  choice  I  would  rather  not  plow 
tlie  orchards  in  Fall.  Spring  or  Sum¬ 
mer  would  give  us  better  results,  and 
also  bring  the  plowing  away  from  the 
lively  work  of  picking  and  packing  the 
fruit.  Why  not  substitute  buckwheat  for 
rye.  In  that  case  y<iu  can  seed  to  buck¬ 
wheat  in  late  .Tune,  adding  Alsike  and 
Red  clover  and  also  adding  a  pound  of 
Cow-horn  turnip  seed  per  acre.  You  can 
cut  the  buckwheat  in  September  or  let  it 
fall  on  the  ground.  With  a  good  flock 
of  hens  no  grain  would  be  lost.  The 
clover  with  us  usually  makes  a  much 
better  start  with  buckwheat  than  with 
rye.  By  clipping  it  early  before  seed 
forms  you  can  carry  the  clover  over. 
For  instance  if  you  seed  this  year  you 
can  keep  the  clover  over  through  1917 
and  plow  it  under  in  191S  to  seed  once 
more  to  buckwheat. 
The  Child  Crop. — Here  is  a  troubled 
parent  with  a  hard,  heart-breaking  ques¬ 
tion  : 
What  do  you  honestly  think  of  college 
education  for  children?  Does  it  pay  to 
send  a  boy  or  girl  to  college — just  on 
general  principles?  F.  S.  H. 
To  this  last  part  of  the  question  I 
say.  “No”  right  off.  As  for  the  rest  of 
it  I  am  not  sure  yet  what  to  think.  The 
man  who  asks  this  question  is  like  thou¬ 
sands  of  others  who  must  face  the  prob¬ 
lem.  He  is  not  rich,  or  even  well-to-do. 
lie  has  always  had  to  work  hard  and 
deny  himself,  and  now  just  about  owns 
his  home  and  not  much  more.  There  are 
several  children,  the  oldest  about  ready 
to  leave  high  school,  and  the  wife  de¬ 
mands  that  they  “have  a  chance.”  As  a 
rule  these  mothers  cannot  see  their  chil¬ 
dren  as  others  see.  them.  Father,  who  is 
out  among  people,  knows  better  what  a 
“chance”  is.  Mother  thinks  it  lies  along 
the  line  of  “education”  and  social  advan¬ 
tage.  and  this  means  a  course  at  some 
well-known  college.  The  attempt  to  ad¬ 
just  this  scheme  of  education  to  father’s 
income  and  practical  experience  makes  a 
tragedy  in  many  a  home. 
A  Game. — Some  people  gamble  with 
cards,  others  hot  on  horse  races,  others 
speculate  in  grain  or  stocks,  but  the 
greatest  gamble  most  of  ns  take  is  in  the 
training  of  our  children.  Some  do  it 
better  than  others,  hut  it  is  the  unusual 
man  or  woman  who  at  50  years  can  look 
hack  and  truthfully  say  that  no  mistakes 
were  made  in  his  training.  I  had  a  rath¬ 
er  rough  and  crude  education  at  an  agri¬ 
cultural  college.  That  was  years  ago,  be¬ 
fore  anyone  really  knew  what  to  teach  at 
such  a  school,  and  I  had  to  work  with 
my  hands  and  earn  that  education.  If 
my  boys  and  girls  could  now  be  made  to 
do  the  same  thing,  and  if  I  could  now 
find  an  institution  as  clean  and  simple 
and  as  high  in  ideals  ns  our  old  college 
was,  I  should  want  every  one  of  my  chil¬ 
dren  to  attend  it.  and  work  their  way 
through.  But  “there’s  the  rub!”  The  ! 
modern  college  is  no  longer  conducted  on 
those  old  lines.  Young  people  will  not 
admit  this,  but  we  who  are  older  and 
have  experience  know  better.  A  boy  can 
learn  and  practice  more  deviltry  and  mis¬ 
chief  in  a  month  at  a  modern  college  than 
he  could  in  a  year  at  our  old  institution. 
In  fact  I  have  come  to  the  conviction 
that  there  is  little  use  sending  a  poor  hoy 
to  one  of  the  endowed  colleges,  unless  he 
is  naturally  clean  and  true  and  of  the 
highest  character.  If  he  is  weak  or  vain 
or  lazy,  with  a  doting  mother  or  father, 
or  anut  or  older  sister,  any  one  of  whom 
would  excuse  his  sin  or  pay  his  debts, 
keep  him  away  from  an  endowed  college 
as  you  would  steer  hint  from  a  pe.st- 
liouse.  I  am  not  speaking  of  the  sous 
of  rich  men,  or  of  those  rare  hoys  with 
strong  character,  sound  family  life  and 
clean  ambition  with  straight,  true  blood 
back  of  them.  “Heaven  help  the  rich — 
the  poor  can  beg.”  As  for  the  clean  and 
strong  young  men,  they  will  go  through 
the  test  and  he  stronger  for  it.  As  a 
rule  mother  and  father  are  not  very  good 
judges  ^of  their  own  children.  If  they 
would  listen  to  it  the  advice  of  some  hard 
old  relative  would  be  safest  to  follow.  As 
for  me,  I  am  frank  to  say  that  I  shall 
never  send  any  more  children  to  college 
until  they  show  in  a  practical  way  that 
they  will  make  legitimate  use  of  the  tools 
which  they  find  there.  If  they  go  at  all 
they  keep  away  from  the  larger  institu¬ 
tions  and  go  where  life  is  something  of 
a  struggle  for  school  and  teachers.  T 
want  to  carry  this  thought  on  further 
some  day  and  make  it  clearer,  I  am  not 
opposed  to  education,  but  I  want  the 
kind  of  education  that  educates.  Not 
every  child  is  capable  of  absorbing  an 
education.  When  you  try  to  stuff  him 
with  one  you  spoil  him  for  real  work  in 
life.  The  trouble  with  many  parents  is 
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wonderfully  clever  and  strong,  when 
really  they  are  built  out  of  rather  infer¬ 
ior  clay  which  will  crack  under  the  heat 
of  education’s  burning  test.  Happy  is  the 
man  who  has  no  illusions  regarding  his 
own  youngsters.  H.  w.  c. 
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