1903 
' I 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
823 
Hope Farm Notes 
Plants that Kill Insects.—I have had 
the following note from a friend in Ohio; 
“I have seen it stated in some of the 
papers that tomato leaves and the vines 
repel insects. One man stated that he kept 
the curculio away with the vines and 
routed other insects with water that had 
the leaves steeped in it. He feels certain 
that he can keep the bugs off melons and 
cucumbers with that remedy. Did you 
ever hear of it?” 
“Some of the papers” play baseoall with 
facts, and catch on to the things they 
ought to muff. They will take a handful 
of fact, throw a cartload of guesswork 
about it, and then expect a bushel of the 
whole load to analyze as well as the small 
sample of fact. There is some little truth 
in this idea that plants of this family to 
which tomatoes belong (Solanurn) will repel 
some insects. Entomologists have tried 
them again and again. While such a de¬ 
coction as our friend tells about might keep 
melon bugs away for a short time, its 
effect would quickly disappear, and it would 
have to be applied all the time. I have 
neard ot a so-called actor who refused to 
go on ihe stage because he saw a mark on 
the scenery where some one had thrown a 
ripe tomato at another actor a few days 
before. 1 certainly wish that melon bugs 
could be scared off the stage as easily as 
this actor was, but they are evidently made 
of sterner stuff, and will play their part 
with or without such bouquets. 
The fact is, that an insect that feeds 
upon one family or group of plants will 
object to the odor from other plants. Po¬ 
tato, tomato, egg plant and tobacco belong 
to the same general family. No one would 
expect that the tea made by steeping to¬ 
mato vines would do much good in killing 
Potato beetles. Tobacco dust and stems 6r 
the tea made from them bas not been of 
much value with us in keeping off Potato 
about the wearing and working qualities 
of steel ranges? Do they warp or dent, or 
get out of shape easily? It may not at 
Uxst glance seem a proper question, but I 
think it really Is, because it is important 
to a farmer that the house partner in his 
work should have good implements, and 
a stove is most important of all in her 
work.” 
This is a very proper question. I would 
rather be able to make farmers see the 
importance of fitting the kitchen properly 
than to be elected President. Many a 
woman at 40 is “all stove up” because 
she has been expected to get up full meals 
on half a stove. The wife has more right 
to a good stove than the husband has to 
good farm machinery. You tell me whafs 
the matter with a man who will pipe water 
to the barn stock and keep it as far away 
from the women folks as he can! The 
“house partner” has no business to be a 
silent partner when the cows, hogs and 
horses have conveniences which she Is 
denied. As for a steel range, we have one 
at Hope Farm, and are greatly pleased 
with it. It has never warped or dented. 
I doubt if a man could break it with an 
ax. Such a range costs more than a cast- 
iron stove, and it is worth more. The 
Madame wanted this range, and I thought 
a cheaper one “just as gdod.” She got the 
range finally, and I am now satisfied that 
she knew more about it than I did. 
The PrRE. —November 10 is gunpowder 
day in our section. The “law is off” and 
every pot hunter who can get a gun blazes 
away without much regard for the con¬ 
sequences. The guns sounded around us 
all day. We have no firearms at Hope 
Farm, so we kept at work. Hugh and 
Philip husked corn and Edward and I 
worked in the ditch. We were all tired 
when we came down the lane at night. 
“What is that?” 
The children pointed east across the 
valley, where a light suddenly flashed out 
in the woods. The light grew brighter and 
brighter, and took a definite shape—and 
we knew that the little house in the woods 
was on fire! Hugh and the children started 
across the meadow and I followed. We 
jumped the brook, made our way through 
the swamp, and climbed the hill to find 
the little house blazing like a torch. It 
was probably the work of “hunters.” 
beet es, though it is useful in fighting the There was only one person ahead of us-a 
little h aCk ilea-beetles which sting the po- deaf and dumb man who stood with wild, 
tati iSvS. 1 Squash bug, however! mi|ht frightened face staring at the fire. Hugh 
be driven away by the tobacco or the to¬ 
mato tea. From my standard of odors I 
do not see how one Squash bug can ever 
work within range of another, but they cer¬ 
tainly do seem to enjoy one another’s so¬ 
ciety. if they can stand themselves and 
yet run from tomato extract, I can only 
frightened face staring at the fire, 
got a table and three chairs out, and then 
the heat drove him back. The most that 
could be done was to put out the ring of 
fire which was eating into the dry leaves 
around the house. Neighobrs soon came 
running with spaaes, axes and rakes—the 
latter being the most useful tool for push¬ 
ing the leaves back from the fire. To me 
say that they are more like some humans inff me leaves pacK riom tne nre. lo me 
thL I had supposed! This strange thing it was a pitiful sight to see this building 
about the food habits of different inses.ts go- True, no one lived fn it.. but it had 
has led some people to say that we may 
keep them away from one crop by planting 
another near it. For example. I have been 
told that if we will plant some seeds of 
radish or set out a tomato plant near a 
melon or squash hill both crops will be 
insect-free, because one crop repels the in¬ 
sects that work on the others. This plan 
has not worked out with me. We may 
plant a church and a Grange in some 
neighborhood where a rumshop is flourish¬ 
ing. If they are as cautious and cold as 
some I know they won’t hurt the rumshop 
very much. Warm them up until they 
once been a home, with all that im¬ 
plies, Children were born there, old people 
gently sank to rest—the joys and troubles 
which make up the round of life were 
known within these humble walls. Men 
and women now far away look back to 
it with memories of childhood. Now the 
flames were licking it up. Even the chim¬ 
ney finally staggered and fell—the hearth¬ 
stone was gone! This is not perhaps a 
very practical view to take of a fire—but 
something of this same thought was in the 
minds of the men and women who were 
gathered in the woods waiting for the end. 
boil" do'wm'the very essence of love for God They were silent The fire lighted up their 
“ ‘1 tn/xr will tbP riim^hon faces into something of awe at the thought 
and home, and they will arive tne rumsnop thptjp flampc? wprp fip«!trr>vinp- Wp 
off the map. In the same way a growing ^new that H was more tha^^ thf 
plant may not have great repelling power, Knew tnat it was more tnan tn 
weather-beaten and decayed lumber. When 
the fire died down to coals and danger 
was over we all went home. I am sure 
that each one looked back to where the 
ruins glowed like an eye in the night an- 
came close to a prayer as he echoed the 
Bud’s fervent remark: 
“I’m glad it wasn’t our house—ain’t you. 
Father?” h. w. c. 
but a strong extract of cedar, tobacco or 
even tomato loill drive away certain insects. 
Dime and Bluebekries.— Here are two 
questions from Massachusetts: 
“I have a piece of meadow land of about 
two acres that tests acid. Can you tell me 
if lime applied will correct this, and when 
best applied? In the lower end of the land 
1 set some high-bush blueberries, and after 
waiting a few years I find that they are 
going to do well, and I am going to set out 
some on that part of the lot. as it is too 
wet for anything else to grow. Can you 
tell me if these bushes will grow from cut¬ 
tings if treated like currants?” 
Yes, lime ought to help that field. The 
best time to apply lime is in the early Fall— 
at about the time for grass seeding. It is 
best spread on the plowed ground and har¬ 
rowed in. It may be broadcast now right 
on top of the ground, but will not give as 
good results as if it were harrowed Into 
open ground. If you can plow the meadow 
in the Spring you can use the lime then. 
In our experience, when grass land becomes 
sour enough to need lime it needs plowing 
and reseeding as well, ’i’he blueberries will 
not grow well from cuttings. We have 
tried to start blueberries, and find it a blue 
iob. We have only succeeded when we 
took up as large a root as possible, and cut 
the stem back nearly to the ground. Na¬ 
ture packed wild blood in the blueberry as 
she did in the wild rabbit, and after they 
grow up they are likely to die rather than 
endure captivity. 
Shredded Corn Fodder. —Here is a time¬ 
ly question from Massachusetts; 
“I am a smalt farmer, and these power 
machines would nbt be practical for me to 
buy. Are there shredders on the market 
that go by hand power, the same as there 
are hand cutters? In your opinion, would 
a cutter be nearly as good as a shredder? 
1 have the fodder of about two acres of 
pop corn. This fodder is very good, as is 
also my crop of pop corn, and I wish to get 
the greatest value from it.” 
We use "a large power shredder. There 
is a cutting attachment, but we prefer the 
shredder knives, as they tear the stalks 
instead of slicing them. Our fodder is now 
all under cover, and we expect to shred 
about December 1. As between shredding J J ^ 
and cutting we must clearly understand I you need a good reliable 
the difference, which is like the work done . r Ifinr]:) Sav the 
with a sharp knife drawn across the stalk scale or some Kina. Day i 
and that of a tiger’s claw drawn length- J OSQOOd’S SllCnt 
wise of it. With us the shredded fodder is ^ 
eaten up cleaner—unless you feed too much XraVClCr Will appear at 
at a time—and makes far better bedding. , 
The butts cut up into hard chunks with your door. 1 he most beau- 
sharp edges, which have been known to ^ ,, ... . . 1 1 1 
cut the gums of horses and cattle. There biully illustrated scale book ever procuceo 
are hand shredders, but they dp not do as „11 Unrls Our booklet “Hints for 
good a job as the large machines. The SHOWS all kinds. vJUr dook. 
small cutters shear the slice.s off as well Scale Buvers” also Frcc. Give us a nod on 
as the large ones, but when you come to Dcaie ^ 
crushing and shredding you have another a DOStal. State your business and whatyou 
story. At least 60 per cent more work is F J ... 
required to shred than to cut. Is the 
fodder that much better? We think so, 
and would always buy a shredding attach¬ 
ment for a hand cutter. 
A COUGH 
CONUNDRUM 
When is a cough more 
than a cough? 
When it’s a settled cold. 
When it hangs on in spite of 
all you can do. Cough mix¬ 
tures won’t cure it because 
they are merely for a cough 
and this is something more. 
Scott’s Emulsion cures the 
cough because it cures the 
something more. 
It heals 
and repairs the inflamed 
tissues where' the cold has 
taken root and prevents its 
coming back. 
We’ll send you a sample free upon request. 
.SCOTT & BOW’NE, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
Kitchen Tools.—H ere is a fair question 
from a farmer’s wife: 
“Can you or any of your readers tell me 
need a scale for. 
OSGOOD SCALE Co!, 
103 Central St., 
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We are not great statesmen, inrentors or con¬ 
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about it. 
Stands at the Head. Used 25 Years. 
Worcester, Mass., Nov. 17,1902. 
Dr. B. I. Kendall Co., 
Gentlemen:—Will you kindly send me one 
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Horse and his Diseases.” My experience 
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Very truly yours, 
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As a liniment for family use it has no equal. 
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Makes hens lay. 
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