1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
87i 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
Water Supply. —I have often told 
about our water system but every now 
and then a new reader asks questions 
like the following: 
I see that the Hope Farmer has a system 
of water works on the farm. 1 would 
like to know what kind of power he uses. 
1 see mention of a windmill. 1 would like 
to know what he does to pump when the 
wind does not blow, and how does he work 
it in the Winter? What kind of a supply 
has he, a spring or a well, and about how 
much will it cost to build one like his? 
How much land will a windmill irrigate? I 
mean to grow a crop. It is a dry country 
out here, and I think we would help to 
grow a garden. t. m. h. 
It is an old story to most of us that 
when we bought Hope Farm there was 
no drinking water at hand. An old well 
near the house about 80 feet deep had 
never been satisfactory and had been 
filled up. There were two big cisterns 
for rain water in the cellar. On the 
hillside about one-third of a mile from 
the house is a fine spring. My first plan 
was to pipe this spring water to the 
house and barn. At that time iron pipe 
was so high that I gave this scheme up. 
I knew that a good water supply would 
increase the value of the farm far above 
the actual cost of supplying it. The re¬ 
sult was that we engaged a man to drill 
a six inch well. He struck solid rock at 
16 feet, and tapped a water vein at about 
90 feet. I intended to stop at about 100 
feet, but through some misunderstanding 
he kept on to 140 feet, the water finally 
rising to within 40 feet of the surface. 
This gives us an abundance of pure 
water—better, I think, than that from 
the spring. 
Water Works. —It .s all weii enougli 
to have plenty of water 40 feet below 
ground, but one might die of thirst un¬ 
less it is brought to the surface. I am 
not satisfied with merely bringing it to 
the surface either. It should oe hoisted 
above ground and stored there so as to 
run where you want it. You elevate a 
boy’s spirits and he will run his legs off 
on your errands. In like manner if you 
elevate water it will find legs to run to 
barn or kitchen far ahead of the men 
folks, who are asked to carry it in buck¬ 
ets. Our well is located in tae barnyard. 
After some figuring I decided to buy a 
windmill, which was put up over the 
well. Just under the roof of the barn 
we put a wooden tank holding 1,300 gal¬ 
lons. An inch iron pipe runs from the 
pump at the windmill up through the 
barn into this tank. A short distance 
from the pump a branch pipe runs to the 
house, entering through the cellar wall, 
and by means of a water-back in the 
kitchen range giving us hot water in 
the kitchen. We expect later to put a 
smaller tank at the nouse, and arrange 
for a bath room. This system has work¬ 
ed well. The windmill has now been 
in operation 26. months. During that 
time the tank has been dry so that 
hand pumping was needed only twice. 
In one case it was our own fault, as we 
neglected to use the wind when the tank 
was nearly empty. In the other case 
there was hardly a breeze for nearly 10 
days at a time. This was very unusual 
for our country, and with a larger tank 
I doubt whether there would be any 
need of hand pumping. The cost of the 
whole outfit was not far from $450. The 
drilling of the well cost $2 per foot, or 
$280 in all. 1 regard it as a good invest¬ 
ment, aside from the great comfort and 
convenience which a constant water 
supply means. I have been asked wheth¬ 
er 1 would borrow the money to put up 
such an outfit on a farm! In a sense 
that is just what I did, for tne money 
which this cost might have been used 
to eat a hole in the mortgage. I felt 
that so long as the farm was without 
drinking water it would be slow of sale, 
with the buyer dictating the price, fihese 
were just the conditions which enabled 
me to secure it at a low figure. 1 felt 
that a good water supply would change 
the condition and give the advantage to 
the seller. While I do not like to think 
of selling the farm I consider it a duty 
to try to make any property rise to its 
true value. Where a water system must 
be regarded as a convenience rather tnan 
a business investment I doubt the wis¬ 
dom of going in debt for it. As for irri¬ 
gation, I have no faith in wind power 
for providing water, unless one has a 
very large pond or reservoir above land 
to be irrigated. I hope some day to use 
the water from the spring for irrigating. 
Possible Changes. —No man is wise 
enough to start a new plan of this sold 
and get it right the first time. He may 
have the best advice in the world, but 
advice will never spell personal experi¬ 
ence. If I were starting the thing over 
again I might change several things. I 
think I would locate the well and mill 
nearer the house, and put cut-off valves 
in the pipe, so as to separate house and 
barn supplies. I would have a tank in 
the house so as to be entirely indepen¬ 
dent of the big barn tank, which must 
be cleaned several times a year. I would 
make the barn tank at least three times 
as large. My mill wheel is 10 feet in 
diameter. I would get a larger one, 
and have it geared so as to run some 
other machinery. With this outfit I 
could put a power house over the well 
and run light machinery on windy days. 
1 am not sure that 1 would get a mill 
were I starting again. I like the port¬ 
able gasoline engines. They can lie 
mounted on low trucks and wheeled 
about from one part of the farm to an¬ 
other for all kinds of work. We could 
use one to pump, run the saw or shred¬ 
der, or grind. This is the way the gas 
engine looks to me at a distance. I have 
before now spent time and money run¬ 
ning after new and promising friends, 
only to look back and see that the oi l 
friends were, after all, the best, borne 
of these old friends resented my run¬ 
ning from them and turned a cold shoul¬ 
der when I came back, but the old wind¬ 
mill will continue to harness the wind 
at the old stand without complaint. 
Comfort. —I write this on Saturday 
night. It was dark and gloomy through 
the afternoon and the sorrowful day 
ended in tears. We came home in the 
big wagon in the face of a driving rain. 
Old Frank hauled us through the mud 
over the hills and along the level places, 
shaking himself with a sigh of relief as 
he halted in the Hope Farm yard. There 
was a big fire in the wood stove, and 
Aunt Emma and the Madame were put¬ 
ting the last finger tips on supper. Half 
a dozen lamps were burning, for our 
folks like to let their lights shine when 
they are most needed. The baked beans, 
Indian pudding and brown bread needed 
little sauce on such a night after a hard 
day’s work. After supper 1 went with 
the Bud and the Graft to see that all 
the stock was safe and dry. It was 
well that we went, for there were six 
foolish hens huddled into a corner with 
the rain dripping on them. I would give 
these hens a premium for silliness, were 
it not that I have known men and boys 
to get out of a good home for less cause. 
We soon had them safely in the house. 
We looked up all our barn friends, and 
now as I see the great raindrops flatten 
against the window pane and slide sul¬ 
lenly down 1 know that all hands, from 
Grandmother down to the sick chickens 
in the brooder are safe from the storm. 
Hope Farm represents "Home, sweet 
home” to 13 humans and 154 brutes to¬ 
night, and every one of them has a full 
stomach, I hope an empty bag of re¬ 
grets, a warm nest and cool and com¬ 
forting memories, i am well content 
therefore to let the storm cry impotent- 
ly at the windows because it cannot get 
inside. The wood fires are roaring, the 
apple barrels are full, there are three 
chickens in the pantry ready for to¬ 
morrow’s dinner—in fact bodily com¬ 
forts are well provided for. 'lae little 
folks have had their bath and are now 
cuddling down for sleep. They have 
written their letters to Santa Claus and 
thus all their childish wishes are known. 
Happily their wishes may ail be grati¬ 
fied, for we have been able to keep these 
little folks satisfied and happy with 
simple things. 
So you will see that the Hope Farm 
folks are closing the week gently and 
Hopefully. Why, we even have room for 
a few more should there be any home¬ 
less ones adrift in this cruel storm. But 
some one will shrug his shoulders and 
say with a half sneer: “Ah! this man 
would not talk so hopefully of his so- 
called comfort if he knew what real 
trouble is. You would hear another 
story from him if the shadow that rests 
on mu home came over the threshold of 
Hope Farm!” 
Now it is close to Christmas, and I 
feel like taking the privilege which be¬ 
longs to an old friend of talking right 
out to you. The Madame and 1 some¬ 
times think that our burdens are pretty 
heavy, and that there are several black 
shadows tied fast to us. The problems 
of life which are presented to us for so¬ 
lution seem at times overpov/ering. Were 
I to write the truth about some of the 
unpleasant things that have stood in our 
path you would accuse me of reading a 
chapter out of a romance. I merely re¬ 
fer to this, here at the end of the year, 
that those who sit in sad and lonely 
homes to-night, perhaps communing 
with some dark and bitter sorrow, may 
realize that the Hope Farm folks know 
and understand. It is a part of your 
duty and mine to carry on our shoulders 
a portion of the great burden of sorrow 
and trouble which God has placed in 
the world. We may carry this as we 
would a dead weight—a millstone 
around the neck—or we may shoulder it 
gloriously as a cross that uplifts rather 
than bears down. Let us not discuss it 
or think about it except in the hope and 
belief that along with it is given the 
power to turn it into strength and bless¬ 
ing. To those who are hopeful and 
happy to-night I would say share your 
happiness with others and thus increase 
it. There are those to whom this storm 
brings only haunting memories of grief 
and trouble. The raindrops llatten on 
the glass, but the mournful spirit of the 
storm breaks through and penetrates 
the very soul. When sorrow clouds the 
mind there is only one way to remove 
it, and that is to share another’s sorrow 
and thus destroy the germ! Why re¬ 
fer to these things now? Why not talk 
about crops? ilecause we are close to 
Christmas—^the birthday of One who 
came on earth to give man a new moral 
opportunity. The Hope Farm man 
doesn’t pretend to be a model farmer, 
and the Madame wouldn’t stand a chance 
in a contest for a model housekeeper, 
but as we run back in memory over a 
good many stormy years we feel more 
and more convinced that what the people 
of this land need above all else is the 
knowledge of this same moral opportu¬ 
nity. H. w. c. 
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