1905 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
7 
Hope Farm Notes 
On Board Ship. —As I write we are some¬ 
where off fhe coast of South Carolina, push¬ 
ing on south as fast as steam can carry ns. 
We left New York in a bitter snowstorm and 
the snow on the hills looked cold enough 
as we went out of the harbor. There is no 
land in sight here, but the air is mild and 
soft, with no thought of an overcoat neces¬ 
sary. It is pleasant to consider this steady, 
gentle-cruise away from the frost and snow 
with the sunshine and balmy air. On the 
farm at home I imagine rhilip wading 
through the snowdrifts and stamping his feet 
to keep them warm while we are headed for 
a land where we shall hunt for a cool place! 
The first night out was rough. The boat 
was not heavily loaded and stood high in the 
water. That made her roll and wobble like 
a young man who is not very well ballasted 
with experience. The result was that mosj^ 
passengers felt that there was no place like 
a berth. I was one of four out of about 50 
who got to the breakfast table, and we were 
not by any means a happy-looking quartette. 
An old sailor advised me to eat a piece of 
boiled salt fish and I found it excellent. The 
waves finally sobered down and one by one 
people crawled out into the sunshine. To-day 
all hands are on deck. North of us the waves 
are still said to be roaring, but that is noth¬ 
ing to us sailing into the South with a mere 
ripple on the ocean. A great flock of gulls 
have been chasing us for miles. They never 
seem to grow weary. Now and then the cook 
throws some wastes out of his kitchen and 
these greedy birds settle on the waves to de¬ 
vour it and then come sailing after us as 
before. As I watch them circle around us I 
remember that everywhere on land or sea 
Nature provides scavengers to utilize wastes 
which man throws away. In the end many 
of them run through the streams into the sea 
where the fish and birds use them. I am glad 
that the soil at Hope Farm is covered with 
some living crops, so that as little as possi¬ 
ble of this waste can get away from us. 
While the wind was blowing so hard yes¬ 
terday they rigged a large three-cornered sail 
at the front of the boat. It helped us along 
nearly two miles an hour, or saved the steam 
required to drive us at that speed. In cold 
weather extra steam is needed to keep up 
speed and warm the rooms. The boilers must 
be large enough not only to provide for warm 
weather, but to furnish the reserve which 
cold weather demands. It is very much like 
feeding a cow. In cold weather we must 
allow for the food required to keep up the ani¬ 
mal heat as well as for that required to make 
milk or beef. Much the same is true of a 
crop, and I believe it is always safest to feed 
more than is needed rather than not enough. 
I have with me a dozen or more questions 
about Florida which I shall try to have an¬ 
swered. Many of them are about prices for 
eggs and care of hens. People somehow have 
an Idea that the lieu business would be very 
profitable in the South. 1 rather doubt it. If 
it had been so profitable it seems to me the 
southern people would have found it out long 
ago. I saw many cases of cold storage eggs 
coming on the steamer at New York. The 
trade in apples for the South is developing 
rapidly. They serve apples at every meal on 
the steamer—good specimens of Northern Spy 
—and I find that orange growers are calling 
for apples like the rest of ns. By the time I 
get to Uncle Ed's place I expect Charlie will 
have the potato land plowed, so that we can 
make a» our plans for the crop. I shall give 
nothing but an opinion about Florida until 
we do something. As for telling people where 
to go and what to do—no, thank you. I don't 
know myself yet. 
Frog Farming. —About 10 times a year 1 
have letters like the following: 
“I read in the Sun of yesterday that Penn¬ 
sylvania is breeding pollywogs, which are 
given to breeders in Pennsylvania, and that 
frog raising is lucrative and easy to manage. 
I have some swampy ground, about an acre, 
which I think can perhaps be utilized by rais¬ 
ing frogs." it- J. 
Keep two things ever in mind. Don't be¬ 
lieve all you read in the papers. A good 
share of it was no more intended for belief 
than fairy tales are. The people who write 
it are paid so much an inch or word, and they 
can spin a spider's web out of a frog's leg. 
Frog farming is an impossibility under ordi¬ 
nary conditions. The big frogs eat up the lit¬ 
tle ones, and the more you try to cultivate 
them the more you provide a feast for the old 
fellows. By protecting the breeding places 
with fine wire screens it is possible to raise 
some frogs, but unless a man lias money to 
throw away he would better class “frog farm¬ 
ing" with skunks or minks or black cats! 
Otherwise he will croak worse than any bull¬ 
frog that ever lived in a swamp. The I nited 
States Fish Commissioner at Washington has 
issued an interesting pamphlet on frogs. I 
should advise you to read about such "farm¬ 
ing” as a pastime and let it go at that. 
Keeping Sauerkraut.—A southern friend 
evidently takes me to be a good authority on 
cabbage: 
“I have a contract to furnish several hun¬ 
dred gallons of sauerkraut to a Government 
institution. I furnished one lot made with 
salt alone. It suited them well, but some of 
it soured after they had it awhile. Their 
commissary man told me that these large 
makers of kraut put something in it to keep 
it: from souring. Can you tell me what would 
do this?" E. 
I tasted sauerkraut just once, and have no 
desire to keep any for a second taste. At the 
same time I have no doubt that others, to 
whom this dish is a great delicacy, have no 
use for fishbalis or baked beans. I should 
stick to the salt. Borax and salicylic acid 
liave been used for preserving, but 1 would not 
advise their use. Investigations have snown 
beyond all question that while these drugs 
will prevent or arrest decay they are injurious 
to health. Better let: the sauerkraut go 
wrong than to use poisons in keeping it 
“sweet.” 
Things to Eat. —Here we have a blast 
from a Maryland farmer : 
“I wish you would stop telling about the 
many good things “the Madame" prepares for 
the table. All of us farmers are not blessed 
with such a bountiful supply as you seem to 
have, and to hear or rather read of such 
things the way both you and the Madame dish 
them up makes us break one of the command¬ 
ments, and unduly arouses our appetites with¬ 
out any chance of satisfying them. You are 
showing that the good things can better lie 
had. on the farm, fresher, sweeter, purer, than 
in the cities. You also prove that if farmers 
don’t have them to enjoy it is their own 
fault. So, after all, I don't know but you've 
a perfect right to talk about such farm re¬ 
sults. and thereby spur others on to renewed 
efforts to take proper advantage of the re¬ 
sources the good old farms afford." 
G. o. B. 
Any farm in the temperate zone ought to 
be well supplied with fruit, eggs, baked beans, 
fishbalis, vegetables and an occasional chicken. 
There ought to be milk to drink and the real 
thing in the cream pitcher. This is about the 
whole story at Hope Farm, with some other 
kinds of meat. Some farmers are situated so 
that they can obtain fresh fish or oysters; 
others have game, ham or bacon or fresh beef. 
Why should a man break one of the com¬ 
mandments when he reads about our folks eat¬ 
ing baked beans and corn bread and baked 
apples and cream? Instead of breaking one 
he would better mend the commandment 
which directs a farmer to provide for his own 
family before he takes care of a lot of middle¬ 
men and handlers. No class of people on 
earth can live so well as farmers, if they will 
'only utilize the possibilities of orchard, gar¬ 
den, barn and henhouse. Show me the man 
who to-day is living on salt pork and potatoes 
and little else. I would like to take him 
down into his cellar and show him where 
there ought to be apples, six kinds of pre¬ 
served fruits, turnips, cabbage, onions, celery, 
squash, beans and beets. Then I would gently 
lead him to the henhouse, where there should 
be eggs and a fat old hen or rooster, and to 
the barn where good-natured cows should be 
making milk and cream ! Would such a man 
be a cent poorer if lie bad these things? No, 
but his whole family would be $10 apiece bet¬ 
ter off. h. w. C. 
Something New in Building Material 
No. 2 Multi¬ 
ple Conduit. 
Cheaper and stronger than 
stone, brick or cement. 
Will stand greater weight. 
For h o u s o or 
barn f- unda- 
ttons cannot be 
excelled. Dry 
at ail times. 
Warmer in win¬ 
ter, cooler 1 n 
summer. 
For fnrm build 
lngs from foun¬ 
dation to roof is 
cheapest and 
best. 
f Sold In Cnr load 
lots only. 
Samples sent free. Freight prepaid. Write to-day. 
H, B. Camp Co., 801 Bessemer Bldg,, Pittsburg, Pa. 
F.S.BURCH 
EarLabels 
for SHEEP, HOGS 
and CATTLE, from 
$1.00 per 100 up. 
Best on fhe market. Send for Free Catalogue Stockmen’s 
Supplies. F. S. BURCH & CO., 144 Illinois St. Chicago, 
B0WSHER MILLS a’ 
(Sold with or without Elevator.) 
For Every Variety of Work. 
Have conical shaped grinders. Different 
from all others. Handiest to operate and 
LIGHTEST RUNNINC. 
7 idzes—2 to 25 hors* power. One etyle for 
wiudwheel use. ( Also make Sweep 
Grinders—Geared and Plain.I 
1*. N. BOWSHER, South Bend, Ind. 
ON CONDITION 
Free trial given at 
your home. If you 
don’t grind more 
feed and do it eas¬ 
ier, bet ter and fast¬ 
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New Holland rum 
Mill 
than any other, return and wo pay all expense. 
We ask you to test on ear and shelled corn, all 
grains and mixed feed studs. Three styles, four 
sizes, including smal I hand power. Write today 
and ask about our labor saving WOOD SAWS in 
sizes 1 to 12 h. p. Booklet free. 
NEW HOLLAND MCH. CO., 
Box 115, New Holland, Pa. 
ISO'S CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. 
Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
Have you a friend who has a hard cold? 
Then tell him about Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Tell him how 
it cured your hard cough. Tell him why you always keep it 
in the house. Tell him to ask his doctor about it. Doctors 
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II ■ ■ lumber or saw wood, make lath 
or shingles or work lumber in any form you 
should know all about our improved 
AMERICAN MILLS. 
All sizes saw mills, planers, edgers, trimmers, 
engines, etc. Best and largest line wood work¬ 
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810 Englnaerlng Bldg., New York City. 
Dana’s«":.m,EAR LABELS 
stamped with any name or address with consecutive 
numbers. I supply forty recording associations and 
thousands of practical farmers, breeders and veteri¬ 
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ICE CUTTING 
must be done quickly and cheaply to be profitable. 
Dairymen, hotels, butchers, farmers and others need 
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Strong, keen and fast 
cutters. Have Patent 
Clearing Tooth. 
Made In all sizes, 
- - Regular or Adjust- 
able Swing Culdo on 
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put up. Wc make lea Tools of every description. 
AMES PLOW CO. a 64 Market Stroot, Boston, Mass. 
Low 
Prices. 
Illustrated 
Catalogue 
FREE. 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
for pumping or commercial pur¬ 
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Also Steam Rotters and Engines,Saw 
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39 Cortlandt St., New York City, 
The WAGON to BUY. 
labor, annoy¬ 
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STEEL WHEELS 
Your address on a postal will bring yon free catalog. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co., 
Box 17, Geneva, Ohio. 
Feed Grinder 
is the best which money can buy 
for any kind of power from 2 
to 4 or 5-horse power, because 
it grinds rapidly, making splen¬ 
did feed, table meal or graham 
flour, has AMPLE CAPAC¬ 
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properly speeded, and WILL 
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Send for free catalogue of Grinders, Cutters, 
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The Hero 
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attached to horizontal spray pump. It enn 
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100 pounds pressure. Absolutely guaran¬ 
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