1904. 
TIIK RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
495 
Hope Farm Notes 
Farm Notes. —More rain. The soaking 
continues wim us, followed usually by cold 
winds. The grass and fruit and potatoes 
grow right through it, but the corn and 
other crops which need sunshine do not like 
the situation. We take advantage of any 
little sunsuine to cultivate, but within 24 
hours another rain makes a mud pie of the 
soft ground. Still this constant stirring of 
the soil does it good. . . . Our straw¬ 
berry crop is short. The berries are large 
and quite well colored, but there are not 
enough of them. I think the cold Winter 
weakened the plants and the rains at the 
blooming time prevented a good “set’’ of 
fruit. The quality is fair, for Marshall will 
drum up flavor anywhere, but I hear great 
complaint among town people at the flavor of 
most fruit they buy. Some customers are 
even going back to rhubarb, because they are 
sure to lind that sour. The wild strawberries 
are larger and finer than ever before. 
Our bush fruits look well, but this sea¬ 
son has taught us, among other things, 
that looks do not count. This year’s plant¬ 
ing of currants lias made a splendid growth, 
and 1 have never seen potatoes jump as they 
do now. . . . Most of those frozen ap¬ 
ple trees are doing what I though they would 
do—making a strong sprout close to the 
ground. The upper buds started, but the 
bark on the east and south sides of the 
trunk turned brown or black, and these buds 
died. But cutting tlie trunk back I think 
we can make fair trees of them yet. Our 
peach trees have all started. We have 
just finished cutting the grass and weeds 
around them. The tree is left with a small 
circle of bare ground hoed around the trunk 
and a good pile of grass and weeds piled 
on top of this ground. The work of cutting 
tliis mulch Is done with a sharp sickle, and 
does not take much time. The growth that 
these little trees are making with this treat¬ 
ment would, I think, surprise some of the 
good people who have told me that the 
peach tree will remain a dwarf unless it is 
thoroughly cultivated. I would like to have 
them see a little orchard we are trying to 
start on the north side of the house. The 
trees are surrounded with coal ashes and 
the old plastering which was taken down 
to refit a room. The wastes from the house 
are poured around these trees—at a safe 
distance. You ought to see them grow! 
The larger peach trees are handled in much 
the same way as the smaller ones. The 
grass is cut and piled around them. We 
have peaches already larger than hickory 
nuts. The yield Is not heavy, but I have 
not heard of any other peaches anywhere 
in this neighborhood. . . . The young 
Alfalfa has taken a start that promises well. 
I never saw Red clover make such a show¬ 
ing in a short time. Yet I know from pre¬ 
vious experience with this crop that there 
are many rocks ahead of it. At any rate, 
we never had a better start with it. . . . 
It takes much of that "evidence of things un¬ 
seen” that I spoke of last week to get a 
boy or man to handle trees as I want mine 
cared for. They bring in nothing—the pos¬ 
sible value is all in the future, and the 
opinion of most fruit growers is all against 
such culture. I can hardly blame one for 
feeling, in the face of all this, that this 
hoeing and cutting grass is small business. 
Yet thus far we are ahead of all the pre¬ 
dictions. It takes some philosophy to go 
ahead and work trees in this way, but where 
can one lind a more useful companion than 
helpful philosophy? I cannot say that our 
people have the most abundant confidence in 
those peach trees yet—but wait till they 
bite into a few of the peaches. 
Horsk Jokes. —Our horses turned up tneir 
noses for a while at the rye hay, but when 
they found there was nothing else coming 
they ate what they could of it. No one 
can claim that this tough fodder is the 
best horse hay, yet at times it is necessary 
to feed it. One day I noticed quite a com¬ 
motion among tlie horses in the barn just 
after they had been fed. I am not much of 
a mind reader, but very likely some such 
conversation as this took place: 
“This stuff sets my teeth awry,” said old 
Major, as lie nosed over the dried rye. 
"Hay?” said the Bird, who is not very 
keen-witted. 
“A bran new joke,” said Nellie, with a 
glance at her latest daughter. 
"Middling good,” said Frank. 
“I acknowledge the corn,” put in Kate. 
Beauty is young still, and youth is ever 
the time for stale puns. The older horses 
were not surprised to hear from her: 
“It goes against the grain for me to de¬ 
vote my attention to such riotous living.” 
A roar from the cows indicated that they 
were in an appreciative nio od. 
At any rate, the animals made light of 
their heavy food, and turned what they 
couldn’t eat into a good bed. Far better a. 
pun witli bread and cheese than growls and 
curses with roast turkey ! Let us remember 
that when fate forces rye hay upon us. 
Setting Hens. —The children had no 
great love for Fatty, the Light Brahma, 
until she began business. She did nothing 
hut eat fond for a month after she came, and 
tlien she began laying great brown eggs, 
which the children declare are better than 
any others we have. I think admiration 
for the hen lias much to do with this ap¬ 
parent flavor. Fatty is a good-natured, dig¬ 
nified hen who minds her own business. She 
laid about 30 eggs, and then one day the 
children found her on the nest as firmly 
lixed as though she had been nailed to it. 
Formerly the most gentle and good-natured 
of hens, now she rutiled up her feathers and 
struck with her bill whenever the little 
folks came near. It was a clear case of 
“wanting to sit,” and the children went out 
a dozen times a day to see if she still stuck 
to the nest. Stuck? If I had some glue 
that would hold humans to their duty as old 
Fatty sticks to hers this world would be a 
great place to live in. The children believe 
that Fatty wants to raise a family just to 
please them ! I regret to say that the hen 
would not stick to that hot nest if it were 
a case of “don’t have to.” Nature says, 
“You must” to her. Examine her and you 
will find that the blood vessels in the lower 
part of her body have grown larger, so as 
to bring more blood there. She is feverish, 
and literally fired with an ambition to con¬ 
vey her extra heat to a clutch of eggs. The 
children will make a good nest, with earth at 
the bottom of a box, and let the hen have 
it out. They want more Light Brahmas, 
for something about Fatty has won their 
regard. They are interested in the brooder 
chicks, but this idea of the live hen on the 
eggs appeals to them—and I am glad of it. 
Cool Nights. —Up to the middle of June 
a good blaze in the open fireplace was com 
fortable. It is a pleasant ending for a wet. 
cold day to draw up before such a fire, as 
we often do at Hope Farm. The Madame 
sits by the table, where there is a lamp. 
She reads aloud to the children. Three of 
them are perched on chairs or on the 
floor, with the firelight playing on them. 
One of the little girls is behind the Madame 
with comb ana brush. She has let down 
the good lady's hair and Is combing it while 
the reading goes on. She pauses and beck¬ 
ons to the other children to come and see 
what strange things she has found with 
her comb. This might be taken with some 
offense by some people, but the little thing 
only refers to a bunch of gray hairs which 
she has discovered. The other children are 
too much absorbed in the reading to pay 
attention to such things. So would you be 
if you were hearing Robinson Crusoe for 
the first time, and the reader had just 
reached the point where Friday made such 
a slaughter among the natives. You may 
think much of money or political power, 
or some other worthy or unworthy thing, 
but remember if you can the time when you 
would willingly have forgotten them all in 
your eagerness to learn what Robinson did 
with ids island. One thing that greatly im¬ 
pressed our children was the account of the 
boat that Robinson built. lie worked on 
it with great hope, only to find that it was 
so large that he could not get it down to 
the water—nor could he get the water to 
the boat! The Madame reads until bed 
time comes. The night outside is dismal 
enough. The rain beats on the window. We 
know that it means rot on the cherries and 
weeds in the potatoes, but what grass it is 
making, and how the young apple trees are 
sprouting! The children prefer to think 
of the grass and apples. They rush up¬ 
stairs and romp to bed. With the feel of 
a warm little cheek on your face it is hard 
for one to scold the little folks when they 
tumble about and jar the house. A fellow 
may sit before the fire at such times and 
see all sorts of lions standing in to-mor¬ 
row’s path. The little folks are quieting 
down. Why are they so gay and hopeful 
when you can plainly see how trouble Is 
coming upon tlie household? What right 
have they to be happy and fearless when 
evil days for all may be ahead? Let us 
think a moment. They have no fear because 
they are sure that Father and Mother will 
provide. When I was a child I did not 
know that feeling, because I was forced to 
realize from the beginning of understanding 
something of the fearful struggle of life. 
The pedigree of trouble is hard to get away 
from; yet we have been provided for. Why 
are years and wisdom and experience given 
us if not to make it clear that the child 
is wiser than the man—wiser because of its 
faith and trust? If the child is fearless 
because it has faith in Father and Mother, 
what fools we larger children must be to 
fear that lie who gives us the power to 
care for the little children will not also 
care for us! So it is a pleasure to throw 
another log in the fire and let the day at 
Hope Farm end gently and pleasantly as the 
Madame takes up her mending and I go at 
my work. H. w. c. 
Controlling Curculio. —I seem to be con 
trolling the curculio by persistent dusting 
and picking of the stung fruit as soon as it 
colors. I prepare my dust by dissolving 
three pounds of blue vitriol and one pound 
of potash (each) separately, in 15 pounds 
of water; slake 28 pounds of fresh lump 
lime with each of these solutions. When 
cool mix six pounds of sulphur and four 
pounds oi I’ans-green with them and sift all 
together. This makes about 2'k bushels at a 
cost of $1.25. C. t. s. 
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