1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3i3 
Hope Farm Notes 
Farm and Home;. —What do I think of 
the weather? Perhaps some of you older 
men may recall a time ’way back in your 
dancing days when you expected to go to 
church with the finest girl in the village 
and make all the other young fellows 
weary. You assumed too much, and when 
church time came you had to sit by and 
see the young woman walk with some 
one else! There was no audible remark 
that would do justice to the occasion, 
and I know of nothing suitable as I look 
out of the window and see the snow 
piled high over our well selected plans. 
It wouldn’t be so bad if the snow were 
melting, but Jack Frost is nailing it 
down tight. The mercury was reported at 
only four above in the valley a few miles 
away. As it was a still night that means 
about 10 on our hills, and the peach buds 
may yet be safe. I wouldn’t bet on them— 
at least nothing more valuable than our 
chances for planting peas by April 1. 
. . . It is hard to view this snowy 
prospect and at the same time nurse a 
good case of “shingles” with a good show 
of philosophy. The disease has reached 
the point where there is a rusty augur en¬ 
tering your breastbone and coming out at 
the back, and everyone who talks to you 
gives the handle a turn! However, there 
are plenty of russet apples left, and plenty 
of other things to be thankful for. . . . 
For example, “Chessie” has presented us 
with a fine litter of pigs. She is a pure 
bred Cheshire, and her eight children are 
like eight peas from the same pod. I like 
this breed. The sow is gentle and good- 
natured, and rather more than human in 
her care for the little things. I expect 
to keep about a dozen hogs this Summer 
in the orchard and cow peas. “Chessie” 
looks like a good dairy sow—that is, she 
appears to give plenty of milk for her 
family. We might learn philosophy from 
her too. Regardless of the snow and the 
frozen plans outside she stretches out in 
her warm nest with a watchful eye upon 
her children. Let Philip come and she 
grunts with satisfaction. Let a rat crawl 
in with a cruel eye on one of her beauties 
and “Chessie” is at him like a tiger. The 
path of destiny for all of them leads only 
to pork, and yet “Chessie” stays by her job 
as though she were training two presi¬ 
dents, two kings and four queens who are 
to change the world’s history! Surely 
we have here a sermon in a hogpen! . . 
There are aDout 35 chicks out already, 
nine hens staying by their eggs with more 
or less patience, and an incubator filled 
with eggs in the cellar. I cannot brag 
about out great egg yield yet, though the 
R. I. Reds are still doing first-rate. . . . 
Brownie, our youngest colt, is developing 
into a great horse. She is less nervous 
and highstrung than her elder sister, 
Beauty, yet with nerve and speed enough 
to suit us. We have her broken to har¬ 
ness fairly well, and shall give her light 
work through the Summer. As for Beau¬ 
ty, she is for sale, being too fast and too 
tireless for us. . . .We may find fault 
with the snow for holding up our plans, 
but the children have no criticism to offer 
as they coast over the hard crust. Our 
hills make elegant coasting, and to a child, 
this skimming over the smooth surface 
is far more desirable than plowing the 
soil and planting potatoes. A boy may 
fall off the sled and plow the skin off 
his face until he looks like a prizefighter— 
the day after. He would be ready for an¬ 
other round, while a single blow from a 
hoe on the shin would prove a fearful 
affliction. 
Bad Roads. —A reader in Illinois paints 
this dark picture of the road question: 
The Hope Farm Man says, on page 237, 
concerning parcels post, that where there is a 
rural route the local storekeeper could do 
a great business with farmers. We would 
like to ask the Hope Farmer how the post¬ 
man could deliver an additional lot of goods, 
when here in central Illinois he cannot 
deliver the regular mail at times, only the 
lighter portion of it. At times it becomes 
almost necessary to wear a life preserver to 
keep above the mud, and this is not for a 
day or two. but often from six to eight weeks, 
and at the time of year when the parcels 
post business would be the largest, if the 
parcels could be delivered. No, we think the 
time is not ripe yet for parcels post in this 
country. There are some reforms badly needed 
in our present postal system first. One of 
them is for postmasters to be elected by the 
people, as well as United States Senators. 
Then we would have postmasters with more 
civil tongues, and they would be the servants 
of the people instead of a little political 
gang, which dictates who shall have the office. 
Perhaps in the future flying machines may 
become as plentiful and cheap as bicycles. 
Then will be the time to talk parcels post, 
as the postman can then snap his fingers at 
the mire and the clay. h. s. m. 
Canton, Illinois. 
This man sends a newspaper clipping 
which states that the rural mail carrier 
walks and leads his horse over half his 
route—patrons meeting him and doing 
the rest. That beats anything we have 
in our country. 1 wish we could send 
about a million carloads of our rocks out 
to that country for road building. Does 
our friend claim that because he lives in 
the mud those of us who have better roads 
should be deprived of parcels post? In 
New Jersey better postage facilities would 
lead to better roads every time, is it not 
tough on those of us who arc willing to 
pay taxes and make good roads to be 
denied our rights because in other parts 
of the country the postmen have to walk? 
It will be necessary to keep on wearing 
a life preserver on that road until public 
spirit is strong enough to demand better 
roads. Once get a taste of the benefit 
from a parcels post and the roads would 
be improved. If you claim they cannot be 
improved why hold up other sections 
where such improvement is possible? 
“Not ripe yet?” In our country the time 
is so far past ripe that some of our com¬ 
mon rights are rotting! As for electing 
postmasters by popular vote, I favor that, 
as I do anything to get patronage away 
from the politicians. 
Youthful Apple Eaters. —It seems that 
the apple eating habit is taking a strong 
hold upon some young Americans. Here 
is the latest: 
I notice in tbe issue of March 10 a note 
from Mrs. J. E. W., saying she has a boy 
eating his apple a day at the age of eight 
months, thereby laying claim to the champion¬ 
ship. You must get up a little earlier than 
that, Airs. J. E. W.. for our girl was a 
member of the League at five months. She 
began by playing with bright red apples, and 
once chancing to bruise a small one. learned 
the taste. From then on she has had to have 
her apple every day, and would eat a soft, 
good-sized Winesap or Greening in two in¬ 
stallments each day at six months. At that 
time she weighed 23 pounds. Inflammation 
of the lungs cut her down to 19 pounds, and 
she has been all Winter fighting her way 
back to 25 pounds at 10 months. Six teeth, 
with more coming, and a scrapper. Who’s 
next? f. b. h. 
That seems to be the limit for age. 
Now, I have perhaps done as much as any 
one to encourage apple eating, but I feel 
as if I ought to put’on a little shade right 
here. A little stomach with only six 
months’ service is a tender place for tough 
apple skin. I should be careful about let¬ 
ting those little ones gnaw at a whole 
apple. Better scrape fine mellow fruit 
with a spoon, and let the children eat the 
pulp. I am looking to the future—when 
these children will grow up to do their 
full‘duty at the apple barrel. Better let 
them go softly on the pulp to begin with. 
Heaves in a I-Iorse. —Ever since I 
bought old “Bird” and found that she was 
affected with broken wind I have been 
besieged by people who want to know how 
to cure “heaves” in a horse. This brings 
up painful memories to me. T remember 
how we started home with that fine white 
mare—thinking we had been a little too 
sharp for a horse jockey, only to find the 
poor thing puffing and wheezing like a 
grampus before she had gone five miles! 
Such letters as the following appeal to 
me: 
Will some one tell me what to give to a 
horse that has tbe heaves? I recently pur¬ 
chased an eight-year-old mare that is all right 
every way except the heaves, and I have 
heard that it can be cured. After I drive 
her for half a mile one can hardly notice 
that she has it, but when standing in the 
barn or a long pull she heaves badly. L. n. 
Michigan. 
I sent this to one of the ablest veterin¬ 
arians in the country. He says, which I 
know to be true, that it is impossible to 
prescribe for a case which cannot be seen, 
and about which little is known. How¬ 
ever, he gives the following general 
statement, which I hope will help some¬ 
body. 
Advanced heaves, or after structural 
changes have occurred in the lungs, is an in¬ 
curable disease. The condition may be ameli¬ 
orated to some extent by attention to hygiene 
and diet. The food. Including the hay, should 
be moistened. A pint of molasses diluted 
with three pints of water and the mixture 
sprinkled over the hay, and a portion with 
the grain, will be found useful. As there is 
more or less liability of nutrition being af¬ 
fected. the general condition of the animal 
should be kept up by the use of tonics. The 
following prescription, in connection with 
proper hygiene and diet, has proven quite 
satisfactory for a full-sized horse: Powdered 
mix vomica. 314 ounces: powdered arsenic, 
three drams: powdered Digitalis leaves, one 
ounce; powdered belladonna leaves, 3 Ms 
ounces. Mix and divide into 30 powders. 
Give one powder daily with the moistened 
feed. h. w. C. 
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