1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
39 
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HOPE FARM NOTES 
Horse Notes.—I have the following note 
from a friend in Massachusetts: 
“I don’t see the philosophy of one thing; 
that is the Hope Farm man when speaking 
of a foal; he calls it a ‘colt,’ and further on 
refers to the colt as ‘she.’ Now, accord¬ 
ing to the w T ay I was taught (but that is 
more than half a century ago), there never 
was a she colt. They are all foals, males, 
colts, females, fillies.” 
The Hope Farm man is forced to admit 
that his philosophy is wrong in this case. 
To be exact, and that is what all should 
try to be, “colt” means a young male 
horse. As I now understand it, foal 
corresponds with child, “colt” with boy 
and filly with girl. Maria is, therefore, a 
filly. I must say amen to this amendment. 
.This same filly gave us an illus¬ 
tration the other day of the gamble that 
is unfolded when the foal gambols. She 
ran into the chicken yard by mistake, and 
seeing her mother on the outside ran into 
a fence of chicken wire at full speed. It 
might have broken her neck, but she went 
right on—breaking a small and ragged hole 
through which she managed to crawl. We 
thought she was killed, but except for a 
slight lameness, which soon passed away, 
she was all right. This thing shows that 
trying to raise a "world beater” is not all 
it is claimed to be. No one likes to 
have several hundred dollars of prospective 
value at the mercy of the frisky legs and 
foolish brain of a “foal.” I have been told 
that it costs no more to raise a pound of 
horseflesh that will sell for 50 cents than 
it does to produce a pound of cow beef 
that will sell for nine cents! That may be 
true, but the cow beef is a good deal surer. 
Are you troubled much with sick ani¬ 
mals? 
Very little, except some cases of roup 
among the chickens. Dan's eyes are bad, 
and at times they trouble him severely. 
There is no cure for him. We keep a case 
of homeopathic veterinary remedies on 
hand and use them freely. In this cold 
weather the older horses are often stiff 
and lame. Charlie used to be a horseman, 
and knew of a celebrated liniment or leg 
wash which is in great favor with trainers. 
He obtained the recipe, and I give it here 
as a good one: Two ounces saltpeter; two 
ounces borax; two ounces arnica flowers; 
two ounces spirits of camphor. Put the 
three first ingredients into a pan or kettle 
and add water enough to stew or boil it 
for 10 or 15 minutes; put the whole of it 
into a gallon jug, then put in the spirits of 
camphor and fill the jug with soft water. 
Hen Matters.— Here is a good point for 
fat men, and those stiff in the joints: 
“Another thing that amused me was the 
account the Hope Farm man gave of his 
helping the kids catch chickens. I should 
think that he was too old a man to be 
chasing chickens, let me give him a point 
in that line. Go to a fishing supply store 
and get a crab net about 15 inches in di¬ 
ameter, net two feet deep, then let the 
chickens run along a fence or building, 
quickly put it ahead of them, and you will 
be surprised to see how they will run in 
the net. A slight twist and you have them. 
A little practice will give you an easy vic¬ 
tory. I never go to catch chickens, even 
in a pen, without my net. A smaller one 
like a butterfly net is used for little chicks, 
and no running on them and stepping them 
to death. A stronger one I use to catch 
little pigs. You will be surprised how 
handy they are; try one.” N. h. 
Some men may feel nettled by this in¬ 
sinuation that they need a net! 
Am I too old a man to be running after 
chickens? I don’t know about that. If 
you were to drive along our road some 
bright moonlight night you might see a 
man of some girth playing “puss in the 
corner” with four lively children. In Sum¬ 
mer you might see these same five per¬ 
sons playing ball on the lawn! That net 
scheme is a good one, though, and we shall 
try it.What about these Hope 
Farm hens? What are they doing for their 
country? People ask that question. I 
haven’t said much about it yet, because 
there has been little to say. The girls sold 
their young roosters, and got money enough 
to buy food for the hens. If any of you 
think we have eaten so many eggs that 
we are all tired of them, I want to tell you 
right now that it isn’t so. The girls stayed 
by the hens through November and De¬ 
cember, but it was tiresome waiting. They 
didn’t lay a single egg until January 2. 
There was cause for celebration when the 
Bud found two eggs in the nest. I wish I 
could tell a big story about these hens, but 
the truth makes a very small ought! Give 
us a little time now, and we will tell a 
larger tale. The hens have finally started, 
and before May we expect them to give a 
fair profit. 
Women Physicians.—A few weeks ago I 
asked a question about the practice of 
women physicians. What I want to learn 
is whether women themselves prefer to be 
guided by the advice of those of their own 
sex. I have the following interesting let¬ 
ter from a woman who practices medicine 
in New York: 
“You ask whether women physicians 
usually have much practice. There are in 
New York City over 200 women physicians, 
most of them living upon what they earn 
by their profession, and many support 
other relatives. Many live with all the 
comforts even for this city. This must 
mean large practices, at the cost of living 
here. We have a theory that women are 
able to get up a good paying practice more 
quickly than men equally known. This 
would be difficult to prove, but seems ap¬ 
parent. There is as much difference be¬ 
tween different women as between differ¬ 
ent men, in their ability to get a practice. 
One will starve where another, no better 
prepared with the theory of medicine, will 
get a good income, or even seem rich. I 
say seem rich, for the settling of the es¬ 
tates of physicians has shown that they 
do not get rich unless they have com¬ 
menced rich, married rich wives, or been 
interested in outside things, from which 
the money has come. The reason probably 
is that if one has a wealthy practice he 
has to live up to it, or cannot keep hold 
of a large class of people as patients, who 
only want to go to the man or woman who 
has the richest practice.” 
I would like to know how women suc¬ 
ceed in country practice. If I understand 
the theory of it, country women are often 
greatly in need of the attendance and sym¬ 
pathy which a woman ought to be able 
to give them. Still, as it is true of many 
other things, I think there is more preju¬ 
dice against such service among those who 
need it most. I have been trying to learn 
what the various women I know think 
about this matter, and am surprised to 
find that at least half of them say they 
prefer to be treated by a man. They all 
say, however (at least all those who have 
an opinion of their own, and do not merely 
reflect their husbands’ views), that first of 
all they want some one who commands 
their confidence and respect. I believe 
that is true of all business or professional 
service. We care less for great skill or 
strength than we do for the feeling that 
these who serve us will exert their powers 
in our behalf with personal pride and in¬ 
terest. 
Feed Notes.— After confessing that our 
egg record is yet to be, it may seem ab¬ 
surd to talk about the way we feed the 
hens. Still, these hens were in bad shape 
when the girls took them, and long weeks 
of feeding were required to get them into 
condition. That is what you get by letting 
any animal run down. They will run down 
fast enough, but going up again is the 
slowest sort of a t calk. The Sprout and the 
Bud feed these hens carefully. In the 
morning they mix the previous day’s table 
scraps with bran and brewers’ grains, 
pour in hot water, add pepper, and feed 
a bulky hot mash. At noon they feed 
wheat, and at night a mixture of wheat 
and corn. The hens have cabbage or other 
green food regularly, and plenty of clean 
water, grit and shell. During December it 
gave the girls’ pocketbook a pain to see 
this good food disappear, with the result¬ 
ing eggs costing about a dollar apiece, but 
they hung on, and gradually fed their hens 
into good shape.I made up an or¬ 
der for some grain recently, and decided to 
buy a few oats for the filly. 
“Why do you try oats?” put in the 
Madame. 
“Why, they are good for Maria—we want 
her to grow fast, and a few for Nellie now 
and then will make her drive a little 
better!” 
“Well, I want you to get more, so that 
old Major may have some, too, I think 
it’s a shame to feed the best to these 
young and vigorous animals, and then let 
faithful old Major have what he can get! 
He’s the most faithful animal on the place, 
and now that he is old, he deserves the 
best. I don’t want the children to grow 
up, believing that faithful service is not 
worthy of reward!” 
That’s the Madame of it, and such things 
are good for agriculture. Old Major will 
have some oats with his corn and bran. 
It is a good thing for the children to have 
them understand that the faithful old 
hands come first! 
All Sorts.— The children have started 
little diaries. There are only six short 
lines for each day, and the books are 
small, but it gives them some thought and 
labor to fill in these little records. Their 
words and sentences are short as yet, but 
both will grow with practice. I believe 
this is good work for a child. Take any 
person of middle age and confront him 
with an honest record of his working life- 
written with his own hand—and it will take 
much of the conceit out of him. 
Hugh has started his short course in horti¬ 
culture at Cornell. He will learn all he 
can about a tree. Of course no one can 
expect to learn all about it in 10 weeks, 
but a few of the foundation principles may 
be hooked on to. We shall see what this 
course really amounts to.New 
Year’s about ended the Cow-horn turnips. 
The leaves are all dead, and the turnips 
are breaking down and disappearing. The 
Crimson clover among them looks well. 
While the turnips are going, the rape 
along side is still standing up. It is evi¬ 
dent that both rape and turnips will make 
a large amount of humus. Of the two, I 
prefer the turnips, as they seem to root 
deeper, and have given the clover a better 
chance.We are still eating 
Greening apples. They are very fine and 
have kept better than usual. I have heard 
people say that while the Greening may do 
for cooking, it is not fit to eat out of the 
hand! Something must be wrong with 
such folks.I have been asked 
what we feed our cows. They have shred¬ 
ded fodder for roughage, and a mixture of 
dried brewers' grains, bran and oil meal 
for grain. h. w. c. 
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