1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
Washington's Birthday.— This holiday 
for the year 1302 will long be remembered 
in the records of Hope Farm. We cele¬ 
brated the arrival of Prince Henry, did we? 
We had cabbage for dinner—1 don’t know 
of any other toot tonic that was given the 
Hope Farm horn. We are not very strong on 
royalty except as it applies to character 
and gentle deeds. A prince is all right if, 
at the same time, he is a man, proud to 
follow the Prince of Peace in example and 
influence. If he isn’t he is not the equal 
of thousands of humble Americans with a 
pedigree running back to a log cabin. No, 
Prince Henry did not need a thought from 
us, but King Storm did. It was the end of 
a week of such weather that the oldest 
inhabitant failed to have a story strong 
enough to match it. The ground hog may 
have thrown a shadow, but the big storm 
stories couldn't in the light of this one 
even after a meal of sausage! Great drifts 
of snow blocked the roads by Friday, and 
at night there set in a chilly drizzle mixed 
with biting sleet. By morning the storm 
had covered every tree and shrub with a 
thick coating of ice, and still it blew on. 
The little Seedling viewed the storm with 
eyes that showed little interest—though 
she is not likely to see its equal in New 
Jersey. 
An Icy Prison. —A strange sight greeted 
us on Saturday morning. It made one 
dance with delight or shrug one’s shoul¬ 
ders in proportion as one is near 
seven or seventy! The children saw 
only the beauty of the storm—the older 
folks realized its dangers. Jack Frost 
had things about as he wanted them. 
The fruit trees were covered with ice to the 
smallest tip. Here and there through the 
orchard great branches were broken off. 
It made me feel sick to see, tar up on 
ihe hill, great limbs hanging limply down 
from the Greening trees. I knew how a 
general must feel in a hard-fought battle 
to see spent and broken men crawling 
away from some hotly contested outpost. 
Along the road great branches had fallen 
from the maples, and the few pines in the 
valley were drooping their tail feathers 
like a beaten rooster. The worst sight 
greeted the Madame when she came down¬ 
stairs and found tnat a rotten support on 
her beautiful grape arbor had given way 
so that one corner sagged down! “I think 
more of that than of anything else on the 
place. You ought to have had it fixed 
last Fall when I showed you how weak it 
was!” The storm took an even more mel¬ 
ancholy aspect as 1 remembered that this 
was true. 
Tough Outdoors.— I worked three Win¬ 
ters in the Michigan lumber camps, and 
know what snow is. This storm would 
rank well with the best. Great drifts cov¬ 
ered the road and surrounded the build¬ 
ings. The rolling barn door was frozen 
tight. Charlie Anally forced an opening 
just wide enough for him to squeeze 
tRrough, but he could not pass the big 
milk pail after him. Needless to say, I re¬ 
mained outside. Oh, how glad the animals 
were to see their human friends! In the 
hoghouse the little black sow had killed 
four of her pigs, probably as much our 
fault as hers, as we neglected to put 
boards around the sides of the pen, so that 
the little things would not be crowded into 
the corners. Perhaps there was too much 
bedding. The little things snuggled up in 
the shredded fodder, and when the sow 
lay down she must have crushed them 
against the side. She can’t do that now— 
neither can the others—but hindsight sel¬ 
dom takes the place of oversight. The 
Storm kept up through the day. Drifts 
grew larger, and the coating of ice on the 
whooping oough, .and passed it around 
among the oilier children. There were 
four wistful little faces looking out at the 
storm and longing for a chance to explore 
the depths of the big snowdrift by the 
shed. Cry and complain? Not a bit of 
it. They are taught to know that crying 
will gain no favors from those who are 
just and true enough to make their favors 
worth anything. j 
As for complaint, the Scion's view of the 
case is worth a thousand howls. He and 
Charlie have had numerous arguments 
about the dignity and necessity of labor, 1 
with a mutual agreement that the Scion 
regards toil as most undignified, and neces¬ 
sary only from compulsion. While the boy 
was fairly whooping it up in an effort to 
put his cough in its coffin, Charlie in¬ 
quired: 
“How do you like this job?” 
“I don’t like it, but when I get through 
with it now I won’t have it again!” 
He might have the cough at a time when ' 
it would shut him out of more fun than j 
it does now. What a world we would have 
if we could go through our struggles and 
trials as the Scion does his cough—confi¬ 
dent that they would not bother us again! 
That’s the sort of philosophy that seems 
to me good capital for children who are 
not likely to have any legacy save a fair 
education, good habits and a good start in 
character. It must have been the Hope 
Farm philosophy that carried us through 
this dismal day. Sunday rqorning found 
the sun shining brightly and the air al¬ 
most balmy. It seemed as if Florida had 
crawled up the map to comfort New Jer¬ 
sey. The water was dripping from the 
silver-clad trees, and the branches were 
straightening up. Charlie even reported 
that the Seedling slept all night! Now, if 
it doesn’t thaw too fast, so as to make a 
freshet—but why worry about that in the 
midst of such a glorious storm ending? 
When the trees and shrubs are straighten¬ 
ing up it's no time for us to let our cour¬ 
age go down. 
Misses and Hits.—A storm gives a fel¬ 
low chance and inclination to look things 
over calmly. Blunders and blessings both 
seem large at such a time. We made a 
blunder with that sow—neglecting one of 
the things that we know are important. 
We were also nearly caught without 
enough fuel. There is an abundance of 
wood over the hill, but five-foot snow- 
Evergreens 
You can increase the value 
of your home or farm by 
the use of ornamental and 
shade trees at little ex¬ 
pense. We are the larg¬ 
est growers in America of 
Evergreens, Shade 
Trees and Forest 
Trees. We supply both 
Wholesale and Retail 
trade. Trees sent by mail. 
Let us send you price-lists 
of anything you want. 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, 
WAUKEOiAN, ILL. 
HOOKS ON FRUIT GROWING. 
SPECIAL PRICES 
Op the following 1 Nursery Stock : Peach, 
Apple, Plum, Pear and Cherry Trees, 
Asparagus Roots and California Privet. 
Send list of wants, for prices and 1902 
Catalogue. C. A. BENNETT, Pro¬ 
prietor of the Robbinsville Nurseries, 
Robbinsville, N. .T. 
Nlli’O fnr Profit -158 P a kes, f>0c. Testimonials 
IllUo IUI riUlIl free. I. U. PARKY, Harry, N..I. 
December 1 to April 1, Orlando, Fla. 
Strawberry Plants. 
It will pay you to see my price-list before placing 
your order. It’s free; write for it. Remember 1 am 
headquarters for Johnson's Early. 
O. A. JOHNSON, Mauokln, Md. 
Kansas-Grown Strawberry Plants 
100 varieties, b»st old and new. Our plants are 
unexcelled in vigor, and always grown on new 
fields and absolutely free from disease of any 
kind. Raspberry, Blackberry Plants, etc. The 
New Cardinal Raspberry, hardiest and most 
prolific of any. Write for our new catalogue, it 
will interest you. LA FRANCE FRUIT AND 
PLANT FARMS, F. W. Dixon, Prop., Holton, Kan. 
Strong, Healthy, Prolific, Vigorous, Superior 
STRAWBERRY 
FIjA-NTTS 
with an abundance of bright, healthy, fibrous 
roots, (jivea away in lots of :S, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25. 
Write for particulars, mentioning The R. N.-Y., 
and ask for my $1.50 and $2 50 beautiful large pic¬ 
ture card bargain collection of Strawberry, Rasp¬ 
berry and Blackberry Plants. 
CHARLES C. NASH, Three Rivers, Mich. 
RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY, 
STRAWBERRY Plants, 
PEACH AND APPLE Trees, BERRY Quarts, 
PEACH Baskets. 
Fertilizers, Chemicals for Spraying. 
Itock-bottom Prices. Send for list. 
J. T. MOLUMPHY, Berlin, Conn. 
("I'D A PP Green’s Early While. 
STXbXxiT Jal ripens with Moore's 
Early, hardy, very prolific. Roots for sale and In¬ 
formation given by F. K. KNIGHT, Portland, N. Y. 
drifts put it many miles away. We did not 
haul a supply because we did not dream 
of such a storm. It pays a man to dream 
sometimes. We did not dig up enough soil ! 
for our pots and flats, in which to start 1 
cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes and onions, j 
We did not get the corn all out of the ' 
barrack—why, I could name a dozen im- : 
portant things that should have been done, 
and which are now held up by the storm. 
On the other hand, I am glad we did not 
haul out manure last week on the frozen 
ground, when this snow melts there wil 
be a freshet, and the best part of the 
manure on sloping land will go down Intc 
the brook. It is safer in the barnyard. It 
takes a wise man to plan his work so as 
to have few misses. Most of us seem per¬ 
manently married to a miss or two. ] 
hear of farmers who never made a mis¬ 
take, but I never saw one, though I have 
seen a good many who hid mistakes in the 
ground and covered the hole in their 
pocket with large words. Lots of big ifien 
have their plans eaten up by a small “if.” 
They kick °1I the “f” and enlarge the “I,” 
and feel that their duty is done. h. w. c. 
All Rural New Yorker readers, wish¬ 
ing 1 to plant trees the coming Spring, 
should send for the instructive and in¬ 
teresting catalogue of Martin Wahl, 
Rochester, N. Y. It is free for the 
asking.— Adv. 
American Fruit Growing Is a new book ny Cb:is. A. 
Green, devoted to pear, peach and quince culture, 
cherry culture, small fruits, manures, etc Price, 
25 cents. Green's Six Books is another publication 
devoted to apple culture, pear, plum, cherry, rasp¬ 
berry, blackberry, grape, strawberry, currant and 
gooseberry culture. The price of these books is 
25 cents each, but If you will state you saw advertise¬ 
ment in this paper, I will send you either of these 
books for 10 cents, and will send in same package our 
fruit catalogue. Address 
GREEN'S NURSERY CO.. Rochester, N. Y. 
GUARANTEED 
Blackberries. 
Dewberries, 
G l __ 
Strawberries, Currants, Grapes, Gooseber 
rles, etc. 1 grow every plant I sell. St rone, 
healthy, well-rooted, fresh dug plants. Larg- 
., . _ Krowerin country. New Catalog mailed free, 
ALLEN L. WOOD, Wholesale Grover, Rochester, New York 
THIS BOX 
Con!niiiK Our Model 0 C AA 
Fruit Garden ^vayUa 
200 Choice Strawberry Plante, 0 varieties. 
34 lteet Currants and Gooseberries, 7 varieties. 
118 Red and Black Raspberries, 4 varieties. 
77 Finest New Blackberries, 4 varieties. 
12 Qrajte Vines, Red, White and Blue, 4 varieties. 
This tine collodion provides fresh fruit on jour table from May 
10th to Nov. 18t. Will plan t&hout % o f an acre of ground. Why 
notinternstjour boya and girls in profitable horticulture? Itis 
worth many times its cost. Our beautiful free catalog tolls aboutit. 
W. N. SCARFF, NEW CARLISLE, O. 
For $1 I will mail, postpaid, 5 vines each, first 
class, Niagara, Brighton and Worden, best 
White, Red and Black varieties, or 20 Concords, 
and to induce early orders will, on receipt of 
same, mail at once, Treatise on “Grape 
Culture,” or 12 Gladiolus Bulbs, beautiful mixed 
colors, FREE. The vines in early Spring, arrival 
in good condition guaranteed. Price List free. 
J. II. TKYON, Willoughby, Ohio. 
OlafklVtA Dlsttls -Some 50 old and new va¬ 
il llUlvt? ■ IdlllS rieties Strawberries, Rasp¬ 
berries and Blackberries, grown on rich soil with 
superior culture. We send our fresh-dug, well- 
rooted, strong and well-graded plants, our stock 
absolutely guaranteed, by mall or express to any 
part of the United States. Prices reasonable. Send 
for my new Descriptive Catalogue. 
C. W. GRAHAM, box L, Afton, N. Y. 
BARGAINS IN 
Trees, Plants and Seeds 
SEND FOR OUR BARGAIN LIST, it Is free, 
and offers the greatest bargains in Seeds ever offered 
Write to us If you are Interested in Fruits, Flowers 
or Vegetables CATALOGLE FREE. 
T. C. FURNAS & CO., 
Rural Route No 2 SHERIDAN, IND. 
“Strawberry Plants that Grow.” 
ROUGH RIDER, new late sort, $4 per M; Sen. Dunlap, new, called a perfect-flowered Warfield, $2.50 per 
M. Also, all best sorts Strawberry, Raspberry and Blackberry Plants. My catalogue, which tells How to 
Set and Grow Strawberries, FREE. C. E. WHITTEN, Bridgman, Mich. 
frees grew thicker. We kept the stock 
comfortable, and spent most of the day 
husking in the barn. Last Fall we put the 
stalks of Rural Thoroughbred flint in a 
big barrack near the barn without husk¬ 
ing. The bundles can be hauled in through 
the back door and husked on the floor. 
Later, the stalks will be shredded. 
Tougher Indoors. —Tramping through 
snowdrifts and husking corn in a cold barn 
are not jobs to offer Prince Henry, but 
they are not the worst things to be found 
on the farm. In a fierce and long storm 
of this sort the women folks are apt to 
have the worst end of it. All the week the 
Madame had been trying to get her wash¬ 
ing done, but the storm had prevented it. 
To a woman who hates dirt of all sorts, 
ns the Madame does, that was certainly a 
loul blow. She and the Sprout washed a 
few necessary things, and there they were, 
waving on the line, frozen stiff as icicles, 
with their ends dangling in the top of a 
snowdrift. When I picked them off the 
line I found a film of ice a quarter of an 
inch thick pinning the clothespins to the 
line. All these things had to be melted 
out and rinsed and wrung and hung up on 
lines about the stove to dry, for Hope 
Farm has no garret. Then, as if to make 
l lie house seem a little smaller, the 
younger Scion imported a good case of 
Giant Asparagus. 
Big berries. Hardy Peaches. Sure-bearing Plums, 
Big Sweet Chestnutsfrom most profitable fruit farm 
in America. Free Catalogue gives best money¬ 
making trees and plants. 
J. H. HALE, south Glastonbury, Conn. 
“The Minute Man 
Strawberry” 
Is the best money-making berry :n the market. We 
also grow 80 other varieties and would be pleased to 
quote you prices. 
Our plants are all NORTHERN GROWN and they 
will do best in o ur climate. We also grow many 
other varieties of Small a ruit plants and will send 
our list to anyone who will apply. 
GEORGE F. WHEELER, Box 000. Concord, Mass. 
Raise Cane 
and avoid the terrible effects and losses | 
of a drouth like that of last year. 
Fifty pounds of our 
Amber Cane Seed 
sown broadcast on an acre of good ground 1 
\will produce 10 tons or more of succulent I 
green fodder. Drilled in and cultivated, I 
it produces upwards of 60 tons of I 
green fodder or ensilage per acre. Un- [ 
equalled as a catch crop in drouthy sea¬ 
sons. May be pastured, soiled or cured. 
All stock eat it greedily. Catalogue free. 
PRICE (bags free)—100 lbs., *5 ; 50 lbs., 
$2.75j 25 lbs.,$1. GO. and 10 lbs , 75e. 
„ Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
84 and 86 Kandolpli Street, CHICAGO, 
or 14 Barclay St., NEW YOIU. 
4 SQUARE Of J\ t Wkjf '-f* ^ AWAIT TOUR 
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, WnnHllioUl MllFCOMOC Wehave propagated by selecting scions from best-bearing 
at VVyVMVIwVV lllll 361 IC9i trees for 35 years here. Never knew any other way, and our 
trees will bear us out; they are second to none They'll bear a mortgage off your farm, too. i.Trv 
them, and remember it is as important, to have'■'plain trees" as it is to have tnem well propagated 
We have 55,000 Peach, 35,000 Apple, and 35,000 Cherry, Plum.and Pear. BoxjlOO, Uriah, Pa, 
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JuHt the tree, for city plantlng-Thrlves where others fail—Resists smoke and gas as 
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