1906. 
85 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Hope Farm Notes 
Farm and Home.—I f I wanted to borrow 
trouble this year I could easily do so, and get 
all the credit needed. The warm weather 
niav suit those who care for a Florida 
Winter but it makes me solemn when I 
think of what may follow it. I fear for the 
Deac h buds This warm sunshine seems to 
be giving them a start—like a man waked 
from sleep before his time. Should the bliz¬ 
zards come at us later, as they often do, 
these buds will be poorly prepared to meet 
the storm, and our crop will be postponed. 
That is the danger now, and for the sake 
of our peach crop I would be quite willing 
to wade through the snow’ and rub my 
ears as we were doing last year. No use 
borrowing trouble, however, since we have a 
good bunch of it to pay for now. . . The 
weather is so warm that we could plow 
sod y°t I shall not try it, for in spite of the 
lack'of frost the soil seems to be clogged 
with water. It is a good time to locate and 
dig out a few' drains. We have several under¬ 
ground springs which keep large parts of the 
fields wet. We plan to tap them and lead 
ihe water away into the brook, thus saving 
waste land. On nearly every farm there is 
more or less of this waste land—spoiled by 
an excess of water. A small amount of 
draining at just the right time will turn 
some of these spots into the best places on 
the farm. . . . The weather is so warm 
that the hot water heater has not had a 
chance to show what it can do, but thus 
far it is very satisfactory. It is easy to see 
the advantage hot water has over steam 
or hot air. In this weather only a gentle 
heat is required, and a slow fire will give us 
just enough to make the house comfortable. 
The water need not even boil in the boiler. 
With steam it would be necessary to have 
a much hotter fire in order to get pressure 
enough to send the steam all over the house. 
When cold weather strikes us we must evi- 
dentlv keep a roaring fire under the boiler. 
The first cost of hot water is greater than 
steam, but the expense for fuel and the sav¬ 
ing of time is all in favor of hot water. 
The greatest blessing of either system is the 
fact that the entire house is made comfort¬ 
able. With sfoves or even with hot air. 
when very cold weather comes it is nearly 
impossible to keep every room warm, and 
some rooms are as cold as barns. I wanted 
steam because it was cheaper. Mother argued 
for hot water, and I am now 7 inclined to 
think she was wise. The one thing we lack 
In the new house is an open fireplace. We 
get that in the old house. Aside from its 
comfort an open fireplace takes good care of 
the house ventilation. You will notice that 
the air never gets stuffy and dead in a room 
where an open fire is burning, no matter how 
many people are crowded in. That great 
draught up the chimney sucks up the im¬ 
pure air from the lower part of the room. 
No matter how it is heated I would like 
an open fire in any bouse. 
I low People Live.—A friend in Texas 
wants me to tell what the Hope Farm 
folks read and what they eat. Of course 
tuese are personal questions, but I am willing 
to answer them. I presume our friend be¬ 
lieves in the truth of the saying that if you 
know w r hat people eat and read you can tell 
what they are and what they will be. As 
for eating, a fair day's bill of fare would be 
as follows: Ilreakfast, oatmeal or some 
oilier cereal, bread and butter, fried bacon, 
hash or fried potatoes. When eggs are rea¬ 
sonable in price we have them, and of course 
there must be baked apples. For my part 
I eat very little breakfast, having become a 
convert to the “no-breakfast’’ theory. 
For dinner we have some kind of meat, 
potatoes and some other vegetable; oft 
times it is a stew or pot roast. Generally 
there is a piece of pie or pudding of some 
kind—-and of course baked apples. 
Supper Is usually light except twice a 
week, when we have baked beans. We may 
have a dish of escalloped potatoes, macaroni 
and cheese or tomatoes baked with bread 
crumbs. This, with bread and butter—and 
of necessity baked apples-—must keep us go¬ 
ing until morning. If food is responsible for 
body and character the Hope farmers must 
be quite plain people with few frills. Surely 
we do not trouble the doctor much. 
As for reading, I took pains the other 
night to investigate—after the night’s work 
was done. The Hope Farm man was reading 
“The Menace of Privilege”—not because he 
has too many privileges, but because he 
thinks some others have. Mother had been 
reading aloud, and was now studying the 
Sunday school lesson. Aunt Emma was at 
work—no doubt thinking of books she has 
read. .Tack read the daily paper. Lyon had 
a look on American history, and the boy was 
so deep in “The Deerslayer” that he forgot 
to go to bed. The older girl was reading 
Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book,” while the other 
was absorbed in Miss Alcott's “.Tack and 
.Till." In his room outside Philip read “The 
I’rosnector,” and Essie was reading some 
novel in which the hero did all sorts of 
wonderful things. If any of the wise men 
can tell from this what w 7 e are going to be 
I am readv to listen to him. I certainly 
wish 1 couid get as much fun out of “The 
Deerslayer” as the boy does. It was black 
as your hat outside, and damp and cold 
lay like a shroud over the hills, but we 
didn’t know it or care for it, sailing away 
in our books with pleasant companions. 
A Great Scheme. —The prospective honor 
suggested in the following note by a lady 
from Ohio has been thrust upon the Hope 
Farm man : 
“What is the matter with The R. N.-Y. 
organizing a new express company with the 
Hope Farm man at its head? He might do as 
much good as in the State Legislature halls. 
The farmers throughout the country who 
have money to invest would no doubt be glad 
to take stock. Seedsmen and other mail 
order houses would no doubt be interested. 
The other reliable papers would probably 
help the scheme along. This new express 
company, when once in full blast, would do 
away with the crying need of a parcels post.” 
n. m. a. 
I would resign such an honor at once. I 
couldn’t get a certificate from my own family. 
Think of a man who carries letters in ‘his 
pocket for some days, and forgets packages, 
acting as president of an express company ! 
Seriously—such a thing is impossible, because 
the express business is based upon railroad 
service, and a new company would have no 
chance with the present great concerns. The 
smaller companies which depended on railroads 
for transportation have been killed off in just 
that way. A few 7 local express companies 
still do business where they can haul packages 
by w 7 agon or auto over public roads, but when 
they strike a railroad trip they go out very 
shortly. The express companies have a mop- 
opoly which cannot be broken by private 
enterprise. A fair parcels post conducted by 
the Government is the only w 7 ay out. That 
will give us a chance to send and receive 
merchandise at a fair’ cost. The express 
companies could still compete with it at a 
reasonable profit. 
Farm Power. —We used the gasoline engine 
for shredding cornstalks. This is a hard 
job, and I expected the little engine to balk 
at it, but after a few preliminary coughs, 
and when the belt was pulled up tight, it 
made the shredder hum. Of course the en¬ 
gine was not expected to tighten its own belt 
when the majority of humans will not "gird 
up their loins" until necessity compels them 
to move. It seems that gas engines some¬ 
times cause explosions of words as well as 
gas. Here is a Long Island man : 
"Let's have some fun—you will anyway 
when that gasoline engine arrives. I have 
one, and know of a half dozen different 
others; they are O. K. when they go, but 
it does not take much to make them change 
their mind. I would like to be a fly on the 
wall some time when yours takes a notion 
to do different. Let us hear all about it in 
the Hope Farm notes.” 
We have had no occasion for strong words 
yet. Seymour bought an engine some years 
ago and in spite of all the tinkering and re¬ 
fitting he could do the engine would not run 
—or even w 7 alk. Then he bought another en¬ 
gine, and this one has attended strictly to 
business. I’robably the work of tinkering 
with the old engine made an education which 
is useful in handling the new one. It is 
evident that five men may buy engines of the 
same manufacture—as much alike as it is 
possible to make them. Three may report 
success, while two will find fault. I have 
heard it said that the reason why most 
gas engines balk is the failure to blow in 
enough air with the gasoline. There must be 
a certain amount of air in order to make the 
explosion even and strong. We will wait 
and see whether the engine balks! I might 
have used the knife cutting attachment in¬ 
stead of the shredder. This requires less 
power, but I like the shredded fodder better. 
The stock will eat more of it. and what is 
left makes finer bedding and absorbent. I 
am aware that there is a chance for argu¬ 
ment regarding this, but I prefer the shredder. 
Dairy Goats.— A Massachusetts woman 
wants information which is beyond me: 
“I want some information about goats. I 
used to know of people who kept one or two 
for milk but I never see anything about them 
in the farm papers. I would like to know 
if you think a goat would be a satisfactory 
source of the milk supply for a family of 
two xteople, and if butter could be made of 
It for our own use? If so. I would like some 
suggestions on the care and feeding of one. 
also what breed would be best for that 
purpose.” mrs. g. l. w. 
I never kept a goat, and our women folks 
say they will not have one on the farm. 
Otherwise I would be willing to try a few 
of the milch goats which are being brought 
from Europe. The Department of Agricul- 
ure at Washington will send a pamphlet on 
goats to those who ask for it. I learn that 
a good goat will give from two to four 
quarts of milk per day. They must be 
milked three times daily. The milk is of 
good quality, but makes very little “cream.” 
Sometimes even after standing 24 hours 
there will be only a thin scum on the top. 
The “cream” does not rise because the fat 
glolules in the milk are very small. As we 
know, the cream rises on cow's milk be¬ 
cause these globules are larger and lighter 
and thus float to the surface. Goat's milk 
makes excellent cheese, and is said to be 
very useful for feeding infants and sick 
people. Where the goat is well kept it is 
said that the milk is not offensive. I think 
there is a future for the milch goat in this 
country. It might pay some one to start a 
good flock. I am sure the milk would sell 
at a good price when handled like “certified" 
milk. At the same time I have no idea of 
starting a goat ranche at Hope Farm. 
Apples, peaches, strawberries and hens will 
keep us busy for some time. h. w. c. 
The more we know of our ills, the 
easier and sooner relief will come. 
Pains and aches of the flesh, 
joints and muscles are 
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