1904. 
Hope Farm Notes 
The Storm. —“How pleasant is Saturday 
night, when we've tried all the week to he 
good !” I remember how we used to say that 
when I was a boy, even when we were quite 
aware of the fact that we hadn’t half tried. 
I am not bragging to-night about any great 
efforts I have made during -the past week, but 
surely I find the night pleasant as I pull up 
by the tire and peel a good Baldwin apple. 
The weather has made no effort to be good 
this week. Cold has succeeded storm, and 
the week goes out in a fierce blizzard. The 
wind is snorting outside with line snow driv¬ 
ing over the frozen ground, but this is one of 
the conditions that makes the home seem bet¬ 
ter than ever. It was good to come in from 
the cold and find the lamps bright and the fire 
leaping up. The baked beans were done to a 
turn, the cornbread was as yellow as gold, 
and the baked apples and cream left the 
pleasant taste in the mouth that puts one in 
his most charitable mood. Trouble and suf¬ 
fering are things to slay with a broadax when 
(he tongue is well painted with baked Green¬ 
ing and cream ! 
"Oh Father, won't you come and help us 
lind the cats?” 
There was anxiety in the little girl's voice, 
for the cats failed to come for their supper. 
When any Hope Farmer selects supper time 
for a vacation we feel that something is 
wrong. So we put on our coats and bundled 
up our ears and went out into the storm to 
hunt, though who ever heard of a lost cat ? 
Philip had been sorting apples in the cellar, 
and he thought the cats were there, and sure 
enough we found them crowded up together in 
a warm ball of fur. We went the rounds, 
and found all snug and warm. The hens are 
warm on their roosts, the cows are chewing a 
good-sized cud, Nellie Bly is in the box stall 
with her daughter, and the other horses are 
happy and warm. Shep has a good place and 
so- have the three pigs. Every living thing 
on Hope Farm has a warm nest to crawl into, 
and thus bid defiance to the storm. I think 
of these things—as I take another apple—and 
am thankful for it all. It is easy for me 
to remember the time when home and such 
comforts as we now enjoy seemed far off in 
the future. I spend no time wishing my home 
were richer and more comfortable. No mil¬ 
lionaire with his terrapin or canvasbaek duck 
made a better supper than I did out of baked 
beans and apples. No clubman finds life 
pleasanter than I do right now with my feet 
to the fire and my hand to a dish of apples. 
The wind may howl over the hills and the 
snow may sift at the cracks—what do we 
Hope Farmers care? We have health and 
hope, light and warmth, and we haven't done 
anything to be particularly ashamed of. Down 
cellar you can have your pick of four kinds 
of apples, three kinds of preserves, milk, 
cream, onions, squash, potatoes, cabbage, and 
there are two fat chickens for to-morrow's 
dinner, while Emma is mixing fishballs for 
breakfast. Upstairs the children are hard 
at. work at their Sunday School lessons. The 
Madame listens to them as she sews at a 
dress. “How pleasant is Saturday night!” 
I would like to house a few of the poor home¬ 
less ones who are abroad to-night. I wish I 
could go into other homes and help throw the 
grief and trouble out into the snow. We un¬ 
derstand about such things because we have 
known them ! 
Coi.d Weather. —Morning came all too 
soon. I got up to start the fires. The mer¬ 
cury had crawled down into zero and pulled 
the hole down after it. The storm was over 
and the sun was climbing confidently over the 
hill as if to say : “It’s all right, gentlemen, 
just wait until I get my hand in, and I'll 
pull the frost out by the roots." It did, but 
the roots were in deep and the pulling hurt. 
I’hilip came in with the milk cold in every 
part except his hands, which the cows bad 
warmed. I had the fires roaring, but there 
is no use denying the fact that our folks hated 
to get out of bed. Florida was still 10 days 
off ! They got around in time and the fish 
balls and baked apples were so good that we 
forgot all about the tremendous supper we 
had a few hours before. Then there was the 
bustle to get ready for church. Major and 
Nellie stood ready to pull the carriage, and 
there were two hot bricks in the kitchen oven 
to take care of the cold feet. Off they drove 
at last into the biting air. The boy saw to 
it that Major and Nellie enjoyed the sermon 
out in the shed with a warm blanket to en¬ 
force the text. It was a pleasant part of the 
service to come trotting safely home to find 
a roaring open fire, a couple of fat Wyan- 
dottes in gravy, and plenty of apples! After 
dinner there was the little Christian Endeavor 
meeting which the Madame has organized at 
our house. But it was cold ! The children 
are glad they have had a touch of it before 
they went to Florida. 
Winter Work. —The snow came before we 
wanted it. Some of the trees were still sur¬ 
rounded by the thick mulch. As the snow 
refused to melt we went out with hoe and 
rake and pulled the mulch away. It was just 
in time; the mice had begun operations. We 
ripped out a number of nests where tree 
killers were being trained. I have not found 
that mice will cross open ground to gnaw a 
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tree. They either work under trash of some 
sort, up against the tree, or under the snow. 
I now see what a mistake we made in not 
putting wire cloth around the trees. 1 bat 
would have kept off both mipe and rabbits, 
and enabled us to keep the thick mulch where 
we put it. Is there any advantage in this? 
You ought to see the soil around these trees 
when we pull the mulch away. While out¬ 
side it is frozen solid, under the mulch it is 
usually moist and open. I call this a decided 
advantage, for the roots are evidently at work 
pushing their toes down into the soil. A 
tree in Winter must have water, for there is 
more or less evaporation all the time. If it 
cannot obtain water it will die. I am sure I 
lost some trees last Winter because the 
ground froze solid around the roots, and 
thus shut them off from a water supply. The 
soil does not freeze so deep under the mulch. 
. . One or two small buildings will need 
shingling this Winter, and there is consid¬ 
erable painting to be done on clear days. We 
expect to tear down our old hoghouse and 
use the lumber for building a wagon shed and 
henhouse. At present the hens are in an old 
building formerly used as an icehouse. The 
arrangements made to keep beat out of a 
building may be employed to keep it in, but 
this building does not get enough sun. There 
are two fields to clear, posts to cut and other 
Winter jobs to keep us busy. I may spend 
some time hauling coal ashes and apple pom¬ 
ace for use around the apple trees. . . . 
A new Winter’s job has developed in our 
country—selling stone walls. The new les- 
ervoir when completed is to have a fine stone 
road all around it. The stones which make 
up farm walls are useful for this purpose, and 
the company has already begun to buy them 
from nearby farmers. I see teams already 
at work hauling the stones * away. What 
would the old-timers who built these walls 
think could they come back to-day and see the 
results of their hard labor turned into cash? 
I should think they would feel like preaching 
a sermon on the text, “Cast thy bread upon 
the waters!” They cast these stones into 
rows and did it with a worthy motive. One 
generation laughed at them for doing it, and 
called the job a useless one. Here comes an¬ 
other generation and pockets cash in return 
for grandfather’s labor. So it appears that 
no worthy labor is done in vain—even build¬ 
ing an old stone w'all! Sooner or later so¬ 
ciety finds a use for such work. More than 
that, if these farmers will plant rows of trees 
where these old walls stood they will be 
astounded at the growth. For these old 
walls while waiting to find their place in the 
world's economy have accumulated great 
stores of fertility in the soil beneath them ! 
If grandfather came back to preach his sei- 
mon he could point his bony finger at nis de- 
scendents and say : “See that you imitate the 
old wall. While you are patiently waiting 
for the world to realize your value, see that 
you accumulate power and force and lo\e 
in your home—to show in others after you 
are gone." 
No one has offered to buy my stone walls 
yet, but their value will come in time. 
All Sorts. —Here are a few questions 
briefly answered: 
“Do you want to buy Florida land?” 
No, I have had a dozen offers. The only 
reason why we go to F lorida is because 1 ncle 
Ed lives there. It is wonderful how many 
people want to unload land at $2 or $3 an 
acre! 
“You say you get $20 a ton for hay. Can 
I ship hay there at that price?" 
No, baled hay at prices paid here would 
barely net the shipper $10. We sell loose 
hay in ton lots or less, delivering it at the 
customer's barn. As a rule a man knows 
what sort of hay he is buying before he pays 
$20. I have explained that our market is 
local. There are a few persons who prefer 
loose hay and will pay $3 or more extra per 
ton for it. The limit of profit in hauling it 
is about 12 miles. 
“Why do you wait until the ground is 
frozen before putting the mulch on straw¬ 
berries?” 
This year the ground froze earlier than we 
expected, and we had other work to do. One 
advantage in working on frozen ground is 
that you do less damage in driving over it 
with a loaded wagon. On soft ground the 
horses and the wheels would tear up some 
plants. For best results I would rather put 
the mulch on before the ground freezes at all 
and thus keep the soil open as long as pos¬ 
sible. 
“When do you expect to plant potatoes in 
Florida ?” 
About the middle of January, I think. It 
will depend on the season. Wc expect to try 
double planting; that is, drills five feet apart 
at first, and then another lot midway between 
about two weeks later. Thus if frost catch 
the first lot we may still have a chance with 
the second. 
“How is the Alfalfa?” 
Asleep. It. went to bed in the frozen 
ground smiling and hopeful. How it will 
turn out remains to be seen. We have done 
our part at least, and if it doesn't wake up 
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