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MOTORS, 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
I came home after dark the other 
night, and did not quite recognize my 
own yard. There seemed to he a strange 
Ight which came from a new building. I 
have had people drive into my yard in 
such a condition that they could “sec 
double." but that was not my trouble. 
We believe that the proper way to en¬ 
force the Eighteenth Amendment is to 
“do it yourself” by starting at home. 
But through the thick mist of that dark 
night 1 distinctly saw a new light, out 
by the barn. Investigation brought me 
up against what seemed to be a small 
house or room built on wheels. There 
was a window in front, through which 
the dim light shone, and at the side was 
a crook of stovepipe through which smoke 
from a small stove was oozing. It was 
evidently a large van or box mounted on a 
Ford truck. And there was an abundance 
of life inside. The children bad come 
running out with me. and at their call 
the front part of one side seemed to roll 
back, A lantern hung inside, and by iis 
light we were able to make out seven 
people, ranging in size from a good-sized 
roan to a small boy. When my old aunt 
wonted to express her idea of comfort on 
a cold Winter night she said we were 
packed “like bugs in a rug,” and that 
was all I could tbiuk of as this family 
was revealed. 
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Mr. Dillingham, of Manchester. Vt., 
was on bis way to Florida. He had fixed 
up this rig to fit his family, and they 
were on their way. They wanted to camp 
one night at Hope Farm, and here they 
were, happy and healthy. Some of their 
ancestors no doubt sailed the seas for 
adventure, others sought the promised 
land behind slow moving oxen, while 
others tramped oft' into the wilderness 
with that remarkable quartette of “rifle, 
ax. salt and wife.” These modern ar¬ 
gonauts were certainly up to date, for 
gasoline was blowing them away from the 
frozen hills toward the land of flowers. 
The little house iu which they traveled, 
nicely balanced <m the truck, was a most 
ingenious contrivance—a genuine Yankee 
device. Thomas Hardy, iu some of his 
there talked it over before a good fire. 
Well. T am not sure whether I would 
like this gypsy life or not. One would 
have to he ou fine terras with his wife and 
family in order to endure family ex¬ 
plosions inside the house, which would 
rival the gasoline explosions in the en¬ 
gine.. I know people who have not prac¬ 
ticed real family teamwork for years. 
Pack seven of them into Mr. Dilling¬ 
ham's “boat” and send them oh on a 
month’s trip along the loneh road, and 
before a week was over half of them 
would be willing to walk the rest of the 
way. Mother thinks she would like to 
take her daughter and her husband and 
Start such a trip, with the privilege of 
taking the ears if things went wrong. 
Where there is fine family feeling, tind 
husband and wife arc chums, viewing 
ea'eh other’s fine qualities with a micro¬ 
scope and putting on blinders when faults 
are evident, I think such a trip would be 
wonderful. On the other hand, when 
family life means nagging and scolding— 
well. I would not care to go along, either 
as partner or visitor. It is had enough 
iu such a family when one can get out in 
the fields or go away for work at times, 
but when all hands are shut tip iu a gas¬ 
oline boat in all softs of weather, you 
might count me out. I have heard of 
cases where packing people together in 
this way actually cured these family 
feuds, but that would seem to me much 
like the old miracles. 
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At any rale, Mr. Dillingham and his 
family seemed happy and confident. They 
were having a pleasant trip, and I think 
this plan of working hack and forth from 
North to South is likely to develop until 
there will be thousands of such birds of 
passage. Naturally, dairymen or stock 
farmers can hardly expect to live such a 
life, but there are many fruit and veg¬ 
etable growers who can arrange it. The 
habit will grow. I think, and develop into 
one of the unseen forces which are to in¬ 
fluence farm life in America. Many of 
our Northern people work at production 
only six or seven months of the year. 
For the remaining months they are really 
non-productive, unless they handle cat¬ 
tle, sheep or poultry through the Winter. 
Suppose any large number of these Win¬ 
ter non-producers go to Florida in early 
November, aud spend five mouths at pro¬ 
ducing fruit and vegetables, either for 
themselves or for one of the great farm¬ 
ing corporations. It is easy to see how 
this increased production will affect mar¬ 
kets and distribution. I think this is one 
of the things we must consider for the 
future. When the water was taken out 
of tlie Everglades in Florida the shock 
of the ditching machines was felt ou Man- 
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