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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 30 
HOPE FARM NOTES. 
“It’s none of my business”, as one of 
the neighbors begins when he wants to 
criticise our methods, but I don’t think 
much of the way some farmers dress for 
their work. A ragged coat and vest and 
a “ bosom ” shirt with some battered old 
stiff hat and a pair of dirty “overalls” 
seem to be about the regulation costume. 
At Hope Farm, we like a plain suit of 
blouse and overalls of blue or brown. 
This can be put on over other clothes, 
and slipped off in a minute when neces¬ 
sary. The Madame went to one of the 
big department stores in New York the 
other day, and bought such suits com¬ 
plete for !)() cents. A pair of overalls for 
the little “ Graft ” cost 19 cents! That 
is cheaper than they can be made at 
home. It seems to me a mistake for a 
woman to spend her time making 19 and 
45-cent overalls. The same amount of 
time spent driving the two-horse culti¬ 
vator or the Cutaway will bring more 
health to the woman and more wealth 
to the farm. 
We have had much cold and wet 
weather lately, and this has interfered 
with planting. How the Crimson clover 
does grow, though ! It is wonderful 
how much respect clover will win for a 
farm. A farmer will look at a big crop 
of grain or grass and say, “ It looks fine, 
but you put on more fertilizer than it’s 
worth ! ” When he sees clover, however, 
he never asks about the cost of starting 
it. He recognizes its value at once. No 
use talking—clover is the king of fodder 
and fertilizing plants! It is the best 
advertisement a farm can have. 
We have three acres of potatoes planted. 
A little early—some of the neighbors 
think—but the seed is sprouting well so 
far as we can see. When the plants get 
above ground, we shall watch closely 
indications of frost. If it seem sure to 
come, we shall rig up the two-horse cul¬ 
tivator with the inside shovels fixed to 
throw soil over the row, and run over 
the field during the late afternoon, cover- 
ing the plants with about an inch of soil. 
It won’t take long to cover three acres 
with this tool. There are many advan¬ 
tages in the use of a two-horse culti¬ 
vator. 
We have set out about 1,000 plants of 
early cabbage on a piece of land that 
was hardly suited for potatoes. Early 
cabbage does not, usually, bring a very 
high price in our markets, but this crop 
will make good food for the chickens and 
the hogs. About the latter part of May 
we shall plant sweet corn between the 
rows of cabbage, so that, when the latter 
are cut out, the corn will come on. In 
late July, we shall sow Crimson clover 
in the sweet corn, and in this way, have 
thi-ee crops on this ground. 
We expect to sow four bushels of Early 
Black cow peas this year. Part of them 
will be broadcasted among the raspber¬ 
ries and blackberries after the fruit has 
been picked. This, we hope, will give 
us a fair growth before frost. We have 
heard so much about the Soja bean that 
we hope to try a peck in comparison 
with cow peas, and of course we shall 
try the Velvet bean on a small scale. 
“ Hogs, Hens and numus”is the agri¬ 
cultural war cry at Hope Farm, and these 
beans, with Crimson clover and cow peas, 
are the friends that we hope will help 
us “ concentrate the air ” and pack it 
away in the soil. For hog food, we want 
to try rape and sorghum in a small way. 
One of our friends out in Ohio doesn't 
think much of live stock : 
This is -a neighborhood of small farms, and 
with the exception of one farmer and myself, 
every farmer keeps a flock of chickens. I feel 
perfectly safe in saying that every egg they get 
costs them two cents, and every fowl used costs 
50 per cent more than it could be bought for. 
When we kept chickens, we were without eggs 
three months in the year, and the damage done 
to crops by them during the Summer nearly drove 
me mad. We kept two cows, and we kept a pig. 
When the cows were together, they sucked each 
other, and when they were separated, they 
sucked themselves. My wife petted the pig, and 
when his back got itchy and he could neither dig 
out under his pen, break through or climb over, 
he would just stand and squeal. 
Our hens are paying us a fair profit. 
As for the cow, I wouldn’t sell her to¬ 
day for 810 above what she cost. We 
call the pig the best economist on the 
place. Our Berkshire gets the kitchen 
swill with a little bran and meal stirred 
in it, and is growing as fast as the Crim¬ 
son clover. A hog with a full stomach 
doesn’t squeal. My idea of a hog is that 
he should be stuffed with food so that 
there won't be any room for a squeal in¬ 
side his hide. We have made a big pen 
for a dozen or so of shotes, if we can buy 
them right, and we hope to try the west¬ 
ern plan of feeding on sorghum and rape. 
We have had oniy fair success this year 
in hatching chicks in incubators. Later, 
we will give actual figures, but I must 
say that we have not done as well as we 
hoped to do. We cannot understand 
why, for the machines have been run 
carefully, and a large per cent of the 
eggs were fertile. We find a general 
complaint among other nearby poultry- 
men, though in one case, at least, the 
reason was clear. One neighbor had an 
Irishman at work by the day. This man, 
for some reason, went into the cellar 
where the incubators were. It was the 
19th day of the hatch, and everything 
promised a fine hatch. The Irishman 
looked over the machine and felt the heat 
coming from the ventilator. He thought 
that must be wrong, so he put a 10-penny 
nail on it to weight it down. The re¬ 
sult was that the temperature went up 
to 110 degrees, and the eggs were ruined. 
When asked why he did it, Pat said, “ 1 
thought the eggs would suffer from the 
loss of the hate, an' I couldn’t kape the 
darn thing down in any other way.” 
_ H. w. c. 
Tub dispersion sale of the famous “ Lakeside ’ 
Stock Farm, on May 3 and 4, will be a remark 
able event in American live stock history. Tin 
“ Lakeside ” Holstein cattle stand in the front 
ranks of the breed. One great aim of the breed¬ 
ing at Lakeside has been to produce a Holsteii. 
cow that would give milk containing a high pet 
cent of butter fat. We all remember how the dairy 
world was startled when, at the New York Dairy 
Show, an 11-year-old Holstein from this herd won 
the prize for producing the greatest amount of 
butter fat in 24 hours. To-day, that old cow’.- 
granddaughters are capable of doing better yet 
so carefully have they been selected and bred. 
This sale will afford a chance for breeders t. 
obtain some of this choice stock at fair prices 
It is not often that, in the Eastern States, a dis¬ 
persion sale of this character is announced. 
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All the stock of “Lakeside” Stock Farm, Smiths & Powell 
Co., Syracuse, N. Y., to be sold at Public Auction, on the 
State Fair Grounds, Syracuse, N. Y., on May 3 and 4, 
Peter C. Kellogg, Auctioneer, in order to close up the 
Estate of the late W. Brown Smith. 
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H. COOK, Box 4 Huntley, ill. 
L ight brahma eggs. *2 for is; *3 for 30 . 
Five-acre Poultry Farm, Cbeviot-on-Hudson. N. Y 
B rown Leghorn, Bull Pekin Bantam, Pekin Ducks. 
Eggs, $1 $ setting. T. G. Ashmead, Williamson,N.Y 
ALL THE CATTLE OF THE FAMOUS 
MOUNTAINSIDE 
HERD 
NOW PROPERTY OF 
Mr. JOHN MAYER, 
Will be Sold at Auction 
MAY 10, II and 12, 1898, 
Commencing each day at 10 o’clock, at 
Mountainside Farm, Mahwah, N. J. 
(On Erie R.R., 30 miles from New York.) 
PETER C. KELLOCC, Auctioneer. 
The Herd, old and young, numbers 
about 250 HEAD of 
Registered Jersey, 
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And Cross-Bred Animals. 
Most of the Cows are fresh in milk. 
Catalogues iu due time furnished by 
I’ETER C. KELLOGG, Auctioneer, 
107 John Street, New York. 
GUERNSEYS. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
and Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
herd, 318 pounds per head. No catalogue. Come 
and make your own selection. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
HI!INKCLIFF, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING X3BSE 
and Black Minorcas. Price. SI per setting. 
King’sFarm Poultry Yards, Otisville, Orange Co., N.Y 
Blanchard’s White Leghorns. 
The loading strain Of heavy layers. Large, vigorous, 
early-maturing. 600 laying bens. Eggs from best 
breeders, 15, $1.50; 30, $2.25; 100. $6.00. Circular. 
H. J. BLANCHARD, Groton, N. Y. 
Ort 0 % D.aaJav 01 Purebred Poland- 
ou I ears a breeder annas, and 12 sows 
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J. L. VAN l)OKEN, Crestvue, Ohio. 
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'l’lie World’s best strains. Young sows bred. Orders 
booked for pigs. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. All stock 
recorded in their respective Records. Satisfaction 
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nijr^iilDCC Lord Kex and Lady Carol >ne 
UnUOnlilCO stock of Chesbires. Pigs 8,10, 
12 weeks old. Sows bred. Service Boars. 
Blackberry. Raspberry and Currant Plants. First- 
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B erkbhtbk, Chester White, 
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PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey & Hoi- 
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S. W. SMITH,ICochranville, Chester Co., Pa. 
AT FARMERS’ PRICES! 
Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from superior dairy cows. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa 
FLORHAM GUERNSEYS 
To effect an immediate 8ale, we offer, at very 
reasonable prices, a nuinberof well-bred Bull Calves 
J. L. HOPE. Farm Supt., Madison, N. J. 
CLEARVIEW STOCK FARM 
Offers three Jersey Bull Calves from 7 to 12 months 
old, sired by Ida’s Rioter of St. L. 18th No. 42252. For 
prices address J. S. CAMPBELL, Butler, Pa. 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Green®, N 
Y.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
Ramboulllet Sheep; Poland-Chlna, Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs; White and Bronze Turkeys, Peafowls 
and Blooded Chlokens. J. D. VAN VALKENBUBGH 
Spring Pigs from 100 Reg. 
Poland China, Berkshire and 
Chester Whites. Mated not 
akin. Choice bred sows, Serv¬ 
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for free circular and bottom 
prices. Hamilton & Co., Cochranville. CbesterCo.,Pa 
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to write F. H. GATES & SONS, Chittenango, N. Y 
