ORAlN  T\Ul 
&/>e  RURAL  ] 
a  sin  ever  to  eat  cream  when  it  could  be 
sold  or  made  into  butter!  That  was 
=LI  drilled  into  me  hard,  and  I  came  to  be- 
two  lieve  that  it  tvas  a  form  of  sin  to  indulge 
ther  an  !,IT°tit<'  for  cream  ! 
sun  I  am  frank  to  say  that  the  members  of 
the  rn’V  faniily  have  no  suc-h  fears  or  scruples. 
5tion  would  eat  cream  even  if  they  grew 
tally  so  they  could  not  pass  through  the 
flJKl  door.  As  for  the  economy  side  of  it — 
;uj1s  what  is  a  farm  for,  they  ask,  if  not  to 
Kind  provide  the  fat  of  the  land  for  those  who 
|1P(,n  occupy  it?  There  is  logic  in  that,  too. 
mice  t’ream  is  surely  the  fat  of  the  land,  and 
uj.er  who  has  a  better  right  to  the  lirst  use  of 
aker  **  than  the  farmer’s  own  family?  I  was 
jjm]  not  brought  up  that  way  and  those  en- 
jliis  forced  habits  surely  do  not  appear  in  my 
s  children,  but  while  I  stick  to  milk  I  do 
ropg  like  to  see  the  little  folks  eat  cream. 
oujy  "A  great  mistake, ’’  says  my  doleful 
nelt-  •  “It  star's  them  with  extrava- 
j.j)e  gnnt  habits  which  they  can  never  over- 
a  come!”  Oh,  I  don’t  know!  Anything 
jolts  which  makes  the  little  folks  think  the 
rasg  farm  is  a  good  place  to  live  on  cream  is 
„.e  worth  while.  Somehow  the  displaying  of 
.  we  these  old  Spartan  virtues  seems  to  be 
3l]fjs  more  or  less  of  a  lost  art.  So  I  passed 
orfg  the  skimmed  milk  by  and  tried  Mr.  Pope's 
•oin-  cream  on  the  baked  apples!  Say — I  am 
irje_  about  ready  to  break  up  these  two  old 
our  dairy  habits  and  run  the  risk  of  joining 
,r0p  the  fat  man’s  brigade ! 
hen  My  daughter,  home  from  college  on  a 
tyre  little  vacation,  used  some  of  that  cream 
ory?  in  a  pudding!  Then  she  whipped  another 
?iiiy  lot  of  it;  tve  had  it  on  fruit!  Well,  sir,  I 
lare  saw  the  Cherry-tops  putting  it  down,  and 
l,ro-  remembered  that  when  I  was  their  age 
that  had  I  been  caught  thus  spoon  in  hand  I 
ms-  should  have  had  the  very  cream  of  a 
fges  whipping!  Very  likely  after  all  I  should 
we  wow  be  the  better  for  it — I  do  not  allude 
I  to  the  whipping — I  had  my  full  share  of 
our  that,  hut  the  eream  ! 
Cream  Trade. — Mi’.  Pope  tells  me  some 
the  interesting  things  about  the  dairy  busi- 
jar-  ness.  Some  years  ago  I  attended  the 
sec-  Maine  Pomological  meeting.  Mr.  Pope 
in  had  a  great  display  of  apples.  He  was 
mg-  then  an  orehardist,  but  an  unusually 
the  hard  Winter  put  the  trees  out  of  business, 
j  of  Then  the  farm  Avenfc  into  the  dairy  busi- 
hen  ness.  There  are  now  some  85  Jersey  cat¬ 
ting  tie — 53  in  milk.  The  eream  is  all  separ- 
ain,  ated  and  sold  as  such  in  these  half-pint 
has  jars — shipped  in  such  cases  as  came  to  us. 
■ain  This  direct  trade  proves  profitable,  but  it 
■ing  has,  been  a  fierce  struggle  to  develop  such 
ans  a  trade.  The  creamery  men  have  tried 
ood  about  every  means  to  prevent  direct  sliip- 
tke  ment  of  this  raw  cream  to  Massachusetts, 
p’ve  lnit  the  Popes  have  stuck  to  the  battle 
ith-  rather  than  have  their  cream  pass  through 
nne  several  hands — each  one  taking  out  a 
’his  good  share  as  it  passes  on.  This  is  but 
md-  another  illustration  of  the  fight  a  farmer 
and  must  go  through  in  order  to  develop  a 
ior-  direct  trade. 
inn  Side  Lines. — Tucked  into  one  eom- 
on-  partment  of  this  case  Avere  two  beautiful 
ada  tomatoes.  Air.  Pope  says  bis  folks  be- 
anci  acid  phosphate  in  April  this  year  will  long  to  the  class  of  farmers  Avho  believe  in 
help.  having  fruits  and  vegetables  every  day  In 
Skim-Mirk  or  Cream. — There  is  no  the  year.  The  A\romen  of  this  family  have 
escaping  the  fact  that  people  read  The  11.  a  small  greenhouse.  In  addition  to  flow- 
N.-Y.  thoroughly.  Last  week  we  got  this  ers  and  plants  they  have  space  enough  for 
note :  tomatoes  and  lettuce — enough  for  the 
When  you  speak  of  using  milk  in  place  family  and  some  extra  for  friends.  Some  of 
of  cream  on  baked  apples,  you  must  be  you  folks  have  formed  the  habit  of  think- 
very  short  of  cream,  and  we  think  it  time  ing  of  Maine  as  oue  big  snow  hank  where 
your  friends  were  looking  after  your  wel-  people  pass  their  Winters  hibernating  like 
fare.  We  are  therefore  sending  a  small  ,  .  .....  . 
case  of  cream  to-day,  and  if  the  express  hears  in  a  c-ave.  This  little  case  of  cream 
company  keeps  it  cool,  yon  will  have  no  and  tomatoes  would  break  up  your  habits 
trouble  in  keeping  it  sweet  for  several  nf  thought  as  it  does  the  Hope  Farm 
tabtoL  own  and 
two.  CHARLES  s.  POPE.  vegetables  every  day  !  That  ought  to  help 
Manchester,  Maine.  keep  the  girls  on  the  farm  !  Our  Cherry- 
The  cream  came  in  beautiful  shape.  It  toPS  do  not  share  my  opinion  of  cream 
was  packed  in  a,  stout  ease  containing  and  thpy  now  conclude  that  we  must  have 
compartments  r  :■  12  half-pint  jars.  I  another  cow  and  a  greenhouse, 
think  our  good  >'  Guernsey  coav  felt,  de-  Transplanted  Alfalfa.  —  I  have 
pressed  Avhen  I  cam?  home  with  this  fine  many  letters  asking  about  the  transplant- 
■ream.  Mollie  has  stood  by  us  for  some  ed  Alfalfa.  How  are  these  plants  look- 
rears — pouring  out  the  milk  faithfully —  iug?  I  do  not  know,  as  they  have  been 
md  the  eream  rises  out  of  it  too.  It  is  a  under  suoav  and  ice  for  months.  When 
’act.  that  I  use  milk — partly  skimmed  at  last  seen  they  were  alive  and  promising, 
hat — on  the  apples.  I  was  brought  up  The  roots  had  gone  down  properly,  and 
m  skimmed  milk  and  taught  two  things  the  crowns  had  spread  out  into  large 
ibout  dairying.  One  was  that  milk  con-  size.  This  Winter  surely  gives  them  a 
ains  muscle,  while  cream  contains  fat.  hard  test,  but  I  think  they  will  come 
5 very  time  I  conclude  that  fat  has  its  through  and  do  Avell.  Whether  this  traus- 
deasant  uses  and  proceed  to  prove  it  I  planting  will  really  pay  is  a  hard  ques- 
aeet  on  the  street  some  very  fat  man  of  tion.  The  labor  cost  is  heavy,  yet  you 
ibout  my  natural  build,  and  the  habit  of  save  greatly  on  seed  if  you  can  raise  your 
ising  sk’mmed  milk  asserts  itself.  The  own  seedlings.  I  think  the  crop  will  he 
'ther  thing  I  was  taught  Avas  that  it  was  more  securely  established  in  our  ror.ntrv 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Up-to-date  farm  buildings 
do  not  follow  prosperity. 
They  go  ahead  of  it.  You 
can’t  make  your  farm  pay 
big  returns  until  you  have 
everything  in  shape  to  help 
you.  Good  buildings  mean 
healthy  stock — perfect  silage 
— well-kept  farming  imple¬ 
ments. 
North  Carolina 
Pine 
“The  Wood  Universal’" 
With  this  wood  you  can 
build  excellent  buildings  at 
low  cost.  It  is  durable, 
which  does  away  with  fre¬ 
quent  and  costly  repair  work. 
It  can  be  had  in  so  many 
grades  that  you  can  always 
get  exactly  what  you  want 
for  any  particular  purpose. 
Your  dealer  will  be  glad  to 
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If  you  will  send  us  your  name 
and  address  on  a  postal,  we  will 
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In  it  you  cannot  fail  to  find 
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tion.  Ask  for  Book  No.  15 
Storing  Cut  Potato  Seed 
On  page  425,  under  heading  “Cutting 
in  Advance,”  (referring  to  seed  pota¬ 
toes),  the  writer,  Mr.  Dean,  says :  “As 
a  rule  seed  should  he  cut.  just,  before 
planting.”  My  experience  has  been  that 
if  the  fresh-cut  potatoes  are  spriukled 
at  once  with  dry  dirt,  ashes,  or  lime,  so 
that"  the  cut  surface  is  covered,  there  Avill 
be  but  little  shrinkage,  or  not  for  several 
weeks,  if  left  in  the  cellar  in  boxes  Air 
piles  containing  several  bushels,  but  I 
sometimes  pour  them  from  one  box  to 
another  occasionally,  to  mix  the  dust 
more  thoroughly  and  separate  some  that 
have  stuck  together.  They  should  he 
planted  before  the  sprouts  are  long 
enough  to  break  off  while  being  handled. 
Savannah,  N.  Y.  c.  B.  b. 
R.  X.-Y. — Powdered  sulphur  sprinkled 
on  the  cut  seed  has  given  us  good  results. 
North  Carolina  Pine 
Association 
Norfolk 
Virginia  1  7 
Cover  Crop  Preceding  Corn 
In  your  advice  to  W.  II.  E.,  on  page 
475,  I  think  you  have  overlooked  his  best 
opportunity  for  cover  crop.  I  suppose  he 
follows  hay  with  corn;  if  so.  he  can  turn 
over  the  stubble  as  soon  as  he  cuts  the 
hay,  and  after  Summer  fallowing  till  Au¬ 
gust  1st,  sow  a  combination  of  vetch, 
Cow-horn  turnips.  Mammoth  clover  and 
rye,  which  will  be  liable  to  give  him  all 
the  growth  he  can  turn  under  by  the 
time  he  AVnnts  to  plant  corn.  At  least 
that  has  been  my  experience.  G.  e.  p. 
North  East,  Pa. 
R.  N.-Y. — That  is  good  advice.  We  re¬ 
ferred  to  his  question  about  seeding  clover 
Avith  the  oats.  The  extra  plowing  of  the 
sod  after  haying  would  be  all  right  in  a 
moist  season.  In  a  drought  it  would  be 
a  hard  job  to  carry  out  the  plan. 
A  Little  Clover  Talk 
Several  of  our  readers  say  they  think 
of  sowing  Crimson  clover  on  the  rye  this 
Spring,  There  is  only  just  oue  thing  to 
say  about  that.  Do  not  do  it  under  any 
circumstances  whatever.  Crimson  clover 
is  in  no  way  adapted  to  Spring  seeding. 
It  is  a  cool  weather  clover  entirely,  and 
if  seeded  in  the  Spring  it.  will,  upon  the 
advent  of  hot  weather,  simply  go  to  seed 
eATen  when  two  or  three  inches  high,  and 
that  is  the  end  of  the  clover.  The  only 
time  to  sow  Crimson  clover  is  late  Sum¬ 
mer  or  Fall,  when  it  Avill  have  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  cool  or  moist  weather.  It 
will  grow  well  under  these  conditions, 
but  never  sow  it  expecting  that  it  Avill 
live  through  the  hot  weather  of  May, 
June,  and  early  July.  We  find  that  some 
of  our  people  have  confused  the  Alsike 
clover  with  Crimson.  The  Alsike,  like 
Red  or  Mammoth,  may  he  seeded  in  the 
Spring  either  with  oats  or  Fall-seeded 
grain.  The  Alsike  seed  is  small,  and  the 
clover  is  not  as  large  a  plant  os  the  Red. 
It  makes  a  very  fine  hay,  how'ever,  as  the 
stalks  are  fine  and  tender.  Alsike  has 
the  advantage  of  being  able  to  make  a 
fair  growth  on  land  that  is  too  sour  or 
wet  for  Red  clover  to  do  its  best.  We 
always  plan  to  mix  Alsike  and  Red  clo¬ 
ver  seed  together.  Frequently  on  our 
sour  land  where  the  seed  was  mixed  in 
this  way  we  have  found  late  in  the  sea¬ 
son  that  most  of  the  Red  had  been  killed 
out.  while  there  was  a  fair  stand  of  the 
Alsike.  Alongside  in  fields  where  no  Al- 
sike  was  used  there  was  practically  no 
clover  at  all.  Another  mistake  which 
some  farmers  are  making  is  with  regard 
to  white  Hweot  clover.  One  kind  of  this 
clover  carries  white  flowers  while  an¬ 
other  carries  a  yellow  flower.  The  white- 
flowered  clover  is  better,  but  some  of  our 
farmers  appear  to  have  confused  these 
with  the  ordinary  White  clover,  which 
is  a  small  low-growing  plant,  excellent 
for  lawns  and  pastures,  but  of  course  not 
much  use  for  hay.  There  are  so  many  of 
these  clovers  that  one  may  be  excused  for 
getting  them  a  little  mixed,  but  there  is 
one  fact  through  it  all  which  should  be 
remembered.  Never  sow  Crimson  clover 
■  19  THE 
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