1897 
1 HE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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HOPE FARM NOTES. 
This has been a good autumn for 
growing crops. The late-planted straw¬ 
berries have made a good growth, and 
pot-grown plants, set out late in Septem¬ 
ber, are large and fine-looking. Our 
spring-set plants were put out in rows 
six feet apart, and early potatoes were 
planted between the rows. These were 
dug in July, and then, with the Rich¬ 
ards’ transplanter, runners from the 
spring-set plants were put out where 
the potatoes were dug. These plants 
are now large and fine, and as soon as 
the ground freezes, they will be mulched. 
The space between the rows will be cov¬ 
ered with forest leaves and coarse hay 
from the swamp, and the plants will be 
covered with manure. 
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Another year, we expect to set the 
plants somewhat differently. We shall 
put the rows three feet apart, and the 
plants four feet in the row. Between 
each two plants, we shall put two hills 
of early potatoes—the seed started in 
the hotbed and transplanted. Then, 
when the potatoes are dug, it will be 
easy to put out runners so as to cover 
the row. For our way of doing busi¬ 
ness, the hill varieties like Parker 
Earle, Glen Mary, Marshall or Gardner 
work best, as with such culture, we can 
obtain crops of potatoes, sweet corn or 
cabbage while the strawberries are 
growing. Speaking of strawberries, 
makes me say that there are just 10 
plants left growing on my “strawberry 
barrel.” It has had no care at all since 
May. 
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Other crops still growing in this damp 
November weather are turnips, Crimson 
clover and rye. The turnips were broad¬ 
casted with clover, and both have done 
well. There has been little or no sale 
for white turnips this fall. The ruta¬ 
bagas were sown too late, and are too 
small. The Crimson clover is fine, and 
has won more respect from nearby farm 
era than any other crop we have tried 
One bad thing is that it seems to attract 
the rabbits, and that means a swarm of 
hunters who all want to know what 
“that green stuff is ” A singular thing 
about any kind of clover is that every 
man has great respect for the soil that 
can produce it. No one ever doubts the 
value of clover. In a part of the melon 
field, the catch of clover was so poor 
that we “ cutawayed ” it and sowed rye. 
It will all be plowed into the soil next 
spring. It is pleasant to see the farm 
all covered with green during these dull, 
wet days. 
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A sick cow gave us some little trouble 
last week. It was a bad case of con¬ 
stipation or dry murrain. She ate too 
much frosted corn, and was badly chilled. 
We gave her large doses of linseed oil in 
lime water, and injected hot soap suds. 
This relieved her, and now we shall feed 
oil meal with her bran. Some cows are 
liable to be badly constipated when they 
first come from pasture to dry hay or 
fodder. I have known cows to die from 
the effects of it. One grand thing about 
ensilage is that it makes the change 
from or to pasture so that it is no change 
at all. Oil meal is a fine food for cows 
at this time of the year. 
X X X 
I am satisfied that the plan of letting 
a hen balance her own ration by keep 
ing separate grains before her all the 
time, is a failure. We tried it with a lot 
of pullets that we bought in New York. 
They were stuffed with corn when we 
bought them, and many of them had, 
evidently, had little besides corn. They 
were confirmed corn eaters, and no mat¬ 
ter what other grains we kept before 
them, they continued to stuff on corn. 
They were like men we have seen who, if 
they had their own way, would eat little 
besides corn bread and ham. We can 
obtain better results with home-bred 
birds that have learned the taste of bran 
and meat from the start. My observa¬ 
tion is that such hens do fairly well 
under such a system, but where one is 
buying live hens of uncertain breeding. 
I am satisfied that the best plan is to 
feed a ground mixture containing a 
well-balanced ration. If you feed the 
whole grains mixed, the hens will pick 
out the one grain that suits them, and 
leave the rest. At the stores in New 
York where live poultry is bought, 
cracked corn and water are kept before 
the birds all the time. Their crops are 
always full, and it seems as though five 
per cent of the live weight is corn. 
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Our last purchase of hens was 48 good 
birds that cost 818.67. They are mostly 
Brown Leghorns of last year’s hatching, 
with a few choice Plymouth Rock pul¬ 
lets. We were able to take our choice 
at this price—rejecting old or badly 
marked birds. When we got them home, 
we found one roupy hen which, some¬ 
how, got past us. She was taken out at 
once for doctoring. These hens were 
dusted well with P. D. Q. insect powder, 
and put into a house that had been well 
sulphured and cleaned. The balanced 
ration mixture is kept before them prac¬ 
tically all the time. If, after two weeks 
of careful watching, they do not show 
disease, they will be sorted out into the 
different houses according to size, color 
and general character. We are trying 
to grade these hens so as to have in each 
pen birds of somewhat uniform type. 
There are some really superior hens in 
this last lot. They came from Long 
Island, and I cannot understand why 
farmers should sell them for so little 
money. While buying these hens I 
noticed a crate of Belgian hares. From 
what the dealer says about the demand 
for them, I think that we shall have to 
give them a trial at Hope Farm h w c 
It is almost criminal to risk the consequences of a 
Cold when you can break It up with a proper medi¬ 
cine; and in nine cases out of ten, you can break it 
up with Jayne's Expectorant. 
Eor constipation take Jayne’s Rainless Sanative 
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Could we afford to do 
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Cows barren 3 years 
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$6 Cash (50 egg size) On Trial $5.75. “3hatchos 
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