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mentp.  Some  one  will  cay  that  I  am 
making  money-caving  the  chief  end  of 
life.  Not  so.  Money  may  heroine  a 
curse  or  a  blessing  according  to  circum¬ 
stances.  It  seems  to  me  that  unto  every 
man  is  given  the  chance  to  acquire  com¬ 
petence  and  home  if  he  can  learn  to  mas¬ 
ter  himself  and  save.  I  think  that  it  is 
his  first  duty  to  society  and  to  his  family 
to  learn  to  do  this  by  trimming  down  his 
habits  so  as  to  get  inside  bis  income. 
You  cannot  make  the  hoy  think  so  while, 
the  struggle  is  on,  but  the  meanest  thing 
you  can  do  for  him  is  to  carry  him  when 
he  most  needs  to  walk  alone. 
Happy  Days. — "We  have  had  the  most 
beautiful  Fall  weather  ever  known  in 
this  country.  Summer  was  wet  and  cold. 
In  late  July  the  rain  stopped  and  dry 
weather  Set  in.  There  have  been  show¬ 
ers  enough  to  keep  the  soil  moist  and  to 
clear  the  .air,  but  for  the  most  part  Sep¬ 
tember  was  one  long  glorious  sunny  day. 
From  the  top  of  our  bill  we  can  see  the 
“sky  line”  of  New  York,  and  for  miles 
around  the  country  goes  rolling  off  in 
hill  and  valley.  At  times  I  have  rather 
envied  some  of  these  farmers  who  have 
level  fields  or  long  stretches  of  gently 
rolling  land.  What  potatoes  we  could 
raise  on  such  land !  Yet  when  I  look 
off  from  our  rough  hills  and  see  the  ap¬ 
ples  coloring  in  the  sun  this  tough  old 
“scenery”  looks  pretty  good  after  all. 
I  never  saw  the  fruit  develop  as  it  has 
this  year.  There,  came  a  shower  last 
week  with  sun  and  wind  following  it. 
The  Spys  and  Muttons  hung  on  the  trees 
glistening  as  though  some  one  had  come 
along  with  a  cloth  and  polished  them  by 
hand.  These  are  great  days  for  the  chil¬ 
dren  too.  They  rim  about  in  the  sun  and 
air,  eat  their  weight  in  fruit,  do  their 
work  and  playing  and  grow  on  as  they 
should — healthy  aud  happy  little  animals. 
School  is  behind  this  year  as  the  plague 
of  infantile  paralysis  is  still  plaguing. 
The  Farm. — We  began  cutting  corn  on 
Sept.  JO.  We  should  have  started  earlier, 
but  the  job  of  picking  the  Fall  apples 
was  larger  than  we  looked  for.  On  an 
average  of  15  years  the  first  really  ser¬ 
ious  frost  has  hit  us  on  October  8.  We 
shall  be  obliged  to  jump  in  order  to  get 
this  year’s  corn  cut  before  that  date. 
The  crop  is  fair.  We  grow  a  fiiut  va¬ 
riety  entirely,  as  we  need  the  fodder  and 
have  no  silo.  This  Hint  makes  a  slender 
stalk,  well  covered  with  leaves,  and  the 
ears,  while  small,  give  a  fine  quality  of 
hard  corn.  All  our  corn  is  grown  as  a 
side  crop  between  the  rows  of  young  ap¬ 
ple  orchards,  so  it  is  hard  to  estimate 
yields  or  cost.  We  figure  that  such  corn 
pays  practically  all  the  cost  of  develop¬ 
ing  the  orchard  except  the  spraying. 
The  cover  crops  of  rye  and  clover  seeded 
in  the  corn,  with  lime,  and  some  fertil¬ 
izer  in  the  hill,  take  care  of  the  corn  and 
the  young  trees.  This  corn  will  he  put  in 
shocks  and  loft  to  cure  in  the  field.  Later 
these  shocks  will  be  hauled  to  the  barn, 
husked  under  cover  if  possible,  and  fed 
to  the  stock  through  late  Fall  aud  Win¬ 
ter.  I  think  the  greatest  trouble  with 
feeding  dry  corn  fodder  is  that  farmers 
wait  too  long  before  feeding  it  out.  I 
should  begin  in  November,  when  the  fod¬ 
der  is  best,  and  thus  save  the  hay  for 
late  Winter  and  Spring.  .  .  .  Our 
Fall  apples  are  going  off  well.  They  are 
sold  mostly  in  peach  baskets,  and  we  get 
GO  cents  for  good  fruit.  In  our  system 
of  low-headed  trees  aud  mulch  around 
them  the  best  of  the  windfalls  are  as 
good  as  any.  There  is  great  demand  for 
McIntosh.  When  people  get  one  taste  of 
this  fine  apple  they  always  want  more, 
and  we  cannot  fill  all  our  orders.  The 
Fall  fruit  pays  us  better  than  ever  be¬ 
fore  this  year — in  fact  all  good  fruit 
brings  high  prices.  .  .  .  We  have  a 
small  block  of  Bray's  Rareripe  peaches 
left  out  on  a  good-sized  orchard  which 
mostly  gave  up  several  years  ago.  These 
trees  came  to  the  front  with  a  great 
showing  this  year  and  early  in  October 
this  beautiful  white  peach  was  at  its  best. 
I  seldom  hear  this  variety  mentioned  now. 
It  has  faults,  like  all  the  rest  of  us,  but 
when  conditions  combine  to  give  it  a 
chance  it  comes  over.  Who  can  tell  me 
about  the  J.  II.  Hale  peach  from  ex¬ 
perience?  Our  trees  bloomed  this  year, 
but  did  not  mature  a  single  fruit.  I 
want  to  know  just  how  it  compares  with 
Elberta  under  general  culture ! 
A  Groaning  Windmill. — I  have  a 
windmill  furnishing  water  for  domestic 
use.  The  mill  is  about  400  feet  away 
from  the  tank,  located  on  n  hill  about  ”5 
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started  it  produced  a  disagreeable  knock¬ 
ing  sound  at  the  closing  of  the  check 
valve,  but  lately  it  is  making  a  hideous 
groaning,  moaning,  indescribable  noise 
that  makes  one  weary  to  listen  to.  At 
the  well  we  hear  no  noise  worth  men¬ 
tioning.  Gan  some  one  give  cause  or 
remedy?  n»  n.  B. 
This  is  a  new  one  to  me.  When  my 
windmill  and  water  system  become  dis¬ 
couraged  they  quit  working  and  do  not  go 
ou  groaning  in  this  way.  At  any  rate 
the  groaning  would  not  annoy  me  per¬ 
sonally.  but  might  get  on  the  nerves  of 
those  who  have  good  ears.  I  must  turn 
this  over  to  those  who  hear  the  groans 
and  understand  their  meaniug.  Can  auy- 
one  read  such  language?  H.  w.  c. 
Cow  Peas  in  Maryland 
now  would  cow  peas  and  sorghum 
mixed  do  for  horse  feed?  How  should  I 
prepare  ground  now  growing  in  cow 
peas  for  early  cabbage  next  Spring? 
Ilow  would  it  do  to  lime  the  ground  after 
plowing  cow  peas  down?  When  would 
be  the  best,  time  to  plow  cow  peas,  while 
green,  or  after  drying  off?  E.  B.  U. 
Cumberland,  Md. 
Tt  does  not  seem  generally  known  that 
cow  peas  are.  an  excellent,  feed  for  horses 
during  the  Winter  months.  Such  is  the 
case,  however,  and  little  grain  feeding  is 
needed  in  addition  while  they  are  idle 
to  keep  them  in  the  best  of  condition. 
Sorghum  with  cow  peas  as  hay  where  the 
usual  proportion  in  seeding  has  been  fol¬ 
lowed  furnish  a  very  satisfactory  main¬ 
tenance  feed. 
If  the  ground  in  which  you  have  cow 
peas  is  to  he  used  for  cabbage  next 
Spring  I  would  advise  you  simply  to  let 
the  peas  lie  ou  the  ground  instead  of 
turning  them  in  this  Fall.  Flowing  un¬ 
der  a  heavy  green  growth  of  cow  peas 
is  not  the  easiest  of  jobs,  aud  should  be 
generally  followed  with  a  dressing  of 
lime.  Where  cabbage  is  to  be  grown,  an 
application  of  lime  would  be  undesirable 
and  the  best  results  will  be  obtained  by 
allowing  the  dead  vines  to  lie  on  the 
ground,  plowing  the  land  as  early  in  the 
Spring  as  possible.  Little  or  no  fertility 
will  be  lost,  and  the  soil  will  gain  the 
fertility  without  the  danger  attending 
the  plowing  in  of  green  cow  peas  with¬ 
out  an  application  of  lime.  I  would  ad¬ 
vise  getting  in  touch  with  the  County 
Demonstration  Agent  for  your  county, 
John  McGill,  Jr.,  Cumberland.  Hie  is 
a  practical  man  aud  has  proven  a  good 
adviser  to  the  farmers  of  Alleghany 
County  in  agricultural  matters.  K.  B. 
Saving. — One  of  our  boys  is  in  the  far 
Southwest,  working  up  near  the  moun¬ 
tains  with  a  surveying  party.  He  went 
to  that  country  to  let  the  dry  air  heal  a 
threatening  spot,  and  part  of  the  treat¬ 
ment  is  to  live  outdoors  as  much  as  pos¬ 
sible.  He  got  his  month’s  pay  not  long 
ago,  and  was  startled  to  see  how  little 
there  would  be  left  after  bis  accounts 
were  squared.  “Why,”  he  writes,  ‘  it 
seems  as  if  I  cannot  save  money.  It 
just  goes,  and  I  have  hard  work  to  tell 
where.”  This  will  he  read  by  hundreds 
of  people  who  have  been  up  against  the 
same  thing  in  their  struggle  to  gel  ahead 
and  save  a  foundation  for  home  and  com¬ 
petence.  They  will  agree  with  me  that 
saving  the  first  $100  out  of  hoy  s  wages 
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a  little  below  bis  income  be  will  never 
be  a  full  man.  I  do  not  refer  to  those 
eases  whore  a  man  is  forced  to  provide 
for  others,  or  where  extraordinary  bur¬ 
dens  are  laid  upon  him,  but  1  am  speak¬ 
ing  of  the  average  healthy  young  person 
as  I  find  him — usually  with  only  himself 
to  provide  for.  If  such  a  man  cannot  get 
ahead,  save  a  little  at  a  time  and  be¬ 
come  independent,  there  is  not  much  hope 
for  him,  because  his  desires  are  stronger 
than  he  is. 
now  Do  It? — Some  do  it  in  one  way 
and  some  in  another.  As  a  rule  the  hoy 
who  is  given  “pocket  money”  or  an  "al¬ 
lowance”  will  rarely  learn  to  save.  Why 
should  he?  The  money  which  he  spends 
does  not  represent  his  own  labor.  nnd 
how  can  thought  or  act  bUcom”  noalthy 
except  through  labor?  We  have  just  been 
re-reading  “Henry  Esmond,”  by  Thack¬ 
eray.  What  a  se<-  or  lazy,  good-for-noth¬ 
ing  parasites  were  developed  through  the 
infernal  system  of  bringing  up  boys  with¬ 
out  labor,  aud  the  inability  to  see  the 
shame  of  being  supported  by  women  rel¬ 
atives  or  political  jobs !  I  see  plenty  of 
young  people  headed  for  the  same  useless 
and  ignoble  life  through  their  inability  to 
master  themselves  and  save.  They  are 
always  going  to  begin  doing  it  next  year, 
when  they  expect  a  little  better  income, 
but  “next  year”  never  comes  until  too 
late.  I  should  say  that  most  of  the  trou¬ 
ble  comes,  all  the  way  from  the  hired 
man  to  the  banker’s  clerk,  in  trying  to 
imitate  some  $50  swell  on  a  $5  income. 
It  is  thought  to  be  a  great  thing  to  be 
able  to  charge  uphill  against  a  fort  while 
the  band  is  playing  and  the  guns  are 
pounding,  but  there  may  be  far  more 
manhood  in  refusing  to  pay  $2  for  a  fine 
shirt  when  you  can  only  afford  00  cents ! 
Getting  A  Start. — Our  children  have 
such  money  as  they  can  earn,  and  I  see 
that  jobs  are  given  them.  They  have 
six  good  apple  trees,  and  pick  and  sell 
the  fruit  themselves.  They  have  a  Straw¬ 
berry  plant  trade  and  are  interested  in 
several  little  lines  of  business.  Their 
money  goes  into  a  savings  bank.  I  shall 
now  encourage  them  to  take  a  few  shares 
in  the  local  building  and  loan  association, 
as  I  think  that  a  good  investment.  As 
they  get  older  I  shall  try  to  get  them  to 
put  some  of  their  money  at  work  with 
their  own  wits.  For  example,  there  is 
a  good  demand  for  poultry,  live  or 
dressed,  in  our  market.  By  watching 
our  chance  we  shall  be  able  to  buy  a 
small  lot  of  birds  in  New  York  at  a 
reasonable  figure.  We  can  feed  them  up 
for  two  weeks  or  so,  put  some  fat  ou 
them,  and  then  learn  how  to  dress  and 
sell  them  right.  Later  I  think  we  can 
do  something  of  the  sort  with  sheep. 
Later  I  shall  advise  the  boys,  and  the 
girls  too,  to  take  out  a  small  life  in¬ 
surance  as  an  investment.  My  belief 
that  when  young  people  become  interested 
in  such  things,  they  will  see  the  neces¬ 
sity  of  cutting  out  the  extras  and  lux¬ 
uries  so  as  to  be  able  to  keep  up  the  pay- 
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