1905. 
459 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
__ ^ at j 1 can hardly imagine myself going to Norway 
H AHP hnfm \ HT PC ami riding off into the country with a stran- 
llvflJC 1 Cl I 111 ItUlvu ger as Lars did with me. There is something 
- about America that appeals to such men. I 
. .. viou tip would like to know why they leave the old 
Too Dry.—A s I write the diought has be- col)ntl . y alK i w hat they expect to do here. 
come serious. The few showers were followed Every day now thousands ot foreigners come 
„ y high winds, which loot the moisture out {--f..f , il^ 1 ;.f" 
of the soil. Day after day clouds have gath- 
. i „n- M’hn hot dare of the Florida Potatoes.—L ett to myseii, i 
ered only to pass oil. the g would say very little about our lirst crop ot 
sun would be easier to hear than this tan- potatoes lu Florida. It is a bad failure 
,■ 11 iyi 11 ir disulay of clouds. The grass seems ] us t how bad 1 cannot say unite yet. A friend 
st01JUe(1 growing, except on the damp- in New York gives me the following hit, 
to have stopped glowing, e i which makes It. necessary for me to say 
er soils, and the clover has begun to head soine thi n g : 
out 10 days earlier than it should. Straw- “When the Hope Farm man goes to Florida 
berries are likelv to fail unless we can have an d engages In the business of potato rais- 
moisture soon We planted our last potatoes ing, what hope Is there for an up-State man 
motstuie I'bbn ue pu w ho is in the potato business ?. I suggest he 
on May 2;>. the soil was like a oust neap, ] n .j U g a few bajes of cotton up with hpn t<> 
but 1 thought the potatoes better off in the hake the surplus potatoes with, for they will 
E „it than out We evidently did a good job not burn alone. Florida potatoes at 80 cents 
soil than out. " e ■ y a peck taste a great deal stronger ot money 
when we put the manure around our youn e )han 20-cent State potatoes, and if he re¬ 
trees early in spite of the drought, these ga rds the welfare of his subscribers h’e will 
trees are starting well, and I doubt if we desist from Hooding the market wHh_ early 
lose a dozen out of nearly 1,000 planted. ’’‘Yiaklwlnville, N. Y. 
All the rye in the young orchards has been M „ crop h as had precious little to do with 
cut and most of It piled around the trees, making prices this year. On one field where 
Ucriug June am. JulJ we sl.al., an we get we^l.u.ed^.tjj 20 £f™jj ® 
time, scrape up all the manure and flash we j s t | U , WOI . s j report that has come to me thus 
can find and spread it around these trees. In far—largely because many other growers will 
one mac. on tbe WU we have tried Iwlc. lo jay nolbing^ All n,,a,,,gl, oar pjjrt oj Florida 
get a good seeding of grass. I he plants come would not fjroio . The vines wore as good as 
U p feebly and the stand has never been satis- the promises some men make, while the pota 
factory.' This year the place ha. bloomed out to^were wor^eveh than 
with sorrel until it looks almost like a paten wouldn’t have been money enough in it to pay 
Of Crimson clover. That is as plain evidence for a Summer vacation. Here is a copy of 
as if the grass stood up and called “Give us our first commission return: 
lime!” They will get a good dose of it when 2 boxes beane.^. ....... ;;;2 J 
we try seeding again this ball. While this , 1)a| .,. p | po t a toes. 2.00 
drought is bad for most of our crops, like i barrel potatoes. 1-7- 
most other evils, it has some good sides. ..T$fi5r 
The cherry crop is developing without rot or commission .$0.0.7 
appearance of disease. Too much rain would Cartage . „\7o a «,o 
have given it a hard knock. The dry weather freight and expiess.j | 1 
is excellent for brooding the little chicks. Net. proceeds . $2.2.1 
We have nearly 200 out thus lar, and the per The (irs( . shipment of string beans was 1'» 
cent of loss In brooding has been next to ,] a y S OI , thc* road by express, and so badly 
nothing. Damp weather would get them. The spoiled that I refused to accept them. Th 
.. also shows „s another virtue in the next one hade, ^thrown away Jot 
Alfalfa, which we had heard or, hut. did not wen t to the railroads and express companies, 
realize While the grass turns yellow and Thus, while it is possible that people paid SO 
clover leaves wilt lb, Alftlf. keeps ,reen ^‘thf 
and goes ahead as if it could drink dust, money. The handlers got most of the money. 
When we pull up a plant we see the reason while about all we get out of the peck is a 
for it. while ’J’fiH'tliy waits lo'have water *}.\ l j n( | n ^" 1 'filing' good 1, ‘ i^otiuLs'at'“O* cents 
brought to it, Alfalfa goes down for the watei a i )US hel consumers here and in New \orh 
and gets it. Clover goes part way, but Al- were paying at the rate of $1.50 to $2. From 
_ , , . . „ An a those figures the Hope’Farm man is not like 
falfa has a longer reach. j v to classed as a millionaire yet. I cer 
Farm Notes. I spoke recently of putting t’ainly have no “tainted" money to give away, 
nilrate of soda on the Alfalfa Held. The A^the same^lnne^I am J^'^YhY'ahead 8 !!) 
young plants which came up this bpring put SWPe t potato plants Into the soil where 
looked thin and yellow. The nitrate has col- the white potatoes failed, 
orod them green and given them better stand- Health Hints.—A n Interested friend In 
iug, but it has also pushed along every weed Massachusetts wants to know about the little 
... 1 *•««*“'■" 1 Scmt»f tb“ S a VJ;‘X JATl 
make hay of weeds and Alfalta and see what woak S p 0 t on the little fellow’s lung—or 
will happen next. I have a belief that by near It. The boy is delicate anyway, and 
culling .he crop early I can make it grow we^ent hlj» to Fioricla^for the Winter.^ 
faster—on much the same principle that cut- a i )0U t; R. He was able to be outdoors every 
ting a boy’s hair makes it sprout. A barber day, there were at. least twice as many sunny 
*•“» '“"r "r Sidr.ir e i. Wi o^h e e od/rf , »7pi;°. a t5; 
oftener If I waul to keep from being bald, |j 0V p j c kecl up well, grew nicely and seems 
but then he Is financially interested in the much better for the Winter. There are 
i t, Snraving was done last week, many consumptives who pass the Winter in 
J , \ ,, ,, , , , , Florida. In fact, those who are consid 
We dissolved the sulphate ol copper In a bar- p r | ng pfp j n that Stale should remember 
rel and mixed limoid with water. First we that many of the arguments in favor of 
filled the tank about half full and poured (lie Its climate are put out by those ’who cannot 
, ,, ...... .... well live elsewhere. Our people ptonounee 
copper and lime watei in together. Attei the winter climate delightful. They were 
stirring It thoroughly it was tested with lit- a n helped by the mild Winter. Tn April In 
mug paper. Then we added more water. The sects became troublesome, and the heat was 
, i ..i i: • i i i more severe. The nights in Florida are 
I arls-green was mixed with limoid and made always cool and inclined to be damp. I 
into a thin paste, poured into the tank and have* heard it argued that any human will 
thoroughly stirred. Then vve closed the tank, ho better off for the cold and snap of a 
let in the gas until we got about 100 pounds patent'trueLf 1 ^voimg and vIgomus >( people!°but 
pressure, and blew out the mixture in llie n ot of the elderly or sickly. The same cor- 
form of a line mist. Tile wind was blowing respondent writes : 
quite hard, and from a little distance the “Please give ns a screed on the benefit of 
, , . ax . . .... the open window in bedroom. r have two 
sprayer seemed to bo putting out smoke. t\ hen young men, and I think they would be in 
spraying with the wind tills mist was driven different If their windows were glued tight 
all through (lie tree, so that: it would be hard shut.” 
to find a spot that was not thoroughly wet. I will let some one who knows more about 
_ , , , , . , . . , , if tell whii fresh air, night or day, is su- 
I started out to aim one bunch of nozzles, but , 0 Second-hand air I know that It 
I was put out of action early. I jumped out is. Whenever I sleep In a close room at 
of the wagon to fix something and struck on night I feel in the morning as though some 
the side of my loot. I lie lesult was a wt II- man shutting himself into a small room and 
turned ankle, and about all I could do for breathing the same air over and over again ! 
the rest of the day was to sit with my foot I am sure that this second-hand air is 
. , , , . responsible for many a headache and “had 
in the air and give advice, l.ars took the ton £ ue „ and cokl \ n the hea(1 . By a n 
nozzle. When he cleaned up at night, he means open the window at night, 
looked as if some one had painted him blue Help Wanted.—H ere is a letter which is a 
and green. l.ars never saw spraying done fair sample of many others: 
before, and his first day’s work on an Amer- “I have noticed a good deal lately about 
f .... iv . city people who would like to try farming, 
lean farm must have made him realize that j j, aV p a f arm 0 f gp acres, about four miles 
Norway Is many miles away. from my home place, which F am using mostly 
r, ,r , , j . for hav. This farm has a good house, and 
i'AHM Help. Lars is a Norwegian. I got n( . pre g en t quarters for 200 hens. It is an 
him in New York, five days from the ship. I excellent place for poultry. I will give a 
went: in the morning and engaged a Dane, decent married man free rent of this house 
hut when I went back to get him the Dane pi*ovlclf> quarters for just as* many hens as he 
had gone with another man. Then Lars ap- shows himself capable of making pay. I)o 
peared. He doesn’t know a word of English, you know where the fellow Is? Farm is 
. , , , , , . . . . three-fourths mile fiom school, I 1 /' mile from 
and I know even less of his language, but R f 0t .p, church, etc., and 2 l /> miles from rail- 
when I talked money he grasped the situa- road. .t. grant morse. 
tlon. About the first thing he had bought New York. 
was a hook In which English words are No. sir. I don’t know “where the fellow is.” 
beside .Ue.r „ulv.lent lb bis own l„„- Lr,,WJtft,.,' , | l | I . Sid' 
guage. Thus I found cow. pointed out the ing place until I try to capture him for home 
word, and gave a good imitation of the mo- use. I could use such a couple to good ad- 
,, . i .... i . , vantage right here, for the time is at hand 
tlon employed in milking. Lais understood, vvlipn we could enlarge our operations with 
and in this way I found that he could milk, profit. It would seem as If there ought to 
drive a horse, hoe, plow, chop and do other be people lo take such a place as Mr. Morse 
, i cj t i . , . . „ mentions, and make it provide far more for 
farm vvork So I^ars has joined the ranks of them than a good home, r have a desire to 
rr ie ,^°P e J.atmers. I hilip talks with him. SPe j U)W many there are who would take such 
He Is a good stout man, capable of doing our a p] a( . P If those who want help or those 
work well. For aught I know, lie may be a wkc> wan t positions will write me I will see 
descendant of the Lars In Macaulay s poem wka f can lie done about bringing them to- 
who “kept the bridge’ nt Rome. He will „pthcr n w r 
help keep the farm at least. I often wonder 2___ ' 
what such men must think to leave their na- . . XT vr , , . 
live land and the home of their childhood. Write Osgood Binghamton New \ork. about 
and strike off to a strange and unknown land, heir "New idea" ready to weigh "Pitless Seale." 
mm 
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»j4H! 
The Trick of 
Making a Farm Power 
Profitable 
lies altogether in the use you make of 
that power. You may only run your 
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