1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Hope Farm Notes 
All Sorts. — I have seldom known our 
hills to bake as dry as they were in the 
last week of August. The soil is natural¬ 
ly hard and the long continued drought 
had burned them into brick. A few 
scattering showers had moistened the up¬ 
per surface but a few hours after they 
fell there was little trace of them left. 
Day after day the clouds gathered and 
built up our hopes only to dash them 
again when the hot sun burst through 
once more. The brooks were running 
dry. The woman who does our washing 
sent word that her well had reached its 
limit. Some of the peach trees began to 
ripen little dried nuts of fruit and on 
parts of the hill where I know the rock 
comes close to the surface the corn leaves 
were shriveling. The Alfalfa seed was 
in the ground and the clover and turnips 
were just sprouting in the corn—likely 
to do more harm than good unless we 
could have rain. Friday night found us 
in no very cheerful mood for we had 
come to mistrust the clouds that black¬ 
ened the west. However, the Lima beans 
and baked apples found ready customers 
at supper and the whole family gathered 
about as I began to read “Standish of 
Standish.” The little boys and I think 
of going to Plymouth, Mass., on a vaca¬ 
tion and we want to know about the his¬ 
tory of the old town. Right in the midst 
of an important sentence Mother held 
up her hand and said, “Listen!” 
Sure enough it was the patter of the 
rain on the tin roof, growing stronger 
and stronger into a downpour which 
meant a good soaking. So night came 
upon us pleasantly, for we knew that 
every tree and plant was getting its first 
good drink in weeks. By next morning 
he whole face of the farm was changed. 
Perhaps you have seen some sad and dis¬ 
couraged face suddenly lighted up by 
some great flash of happiness! Hope 
Farm seemed like that in the morning. 
With all the rain it could only soak in 
about four inches but that was enough 
for most crops. I found the Alfalfa 
showing all over the orchard, while the 
third cutting on the old field seemed ac¬ 
tually to have grown over an inch in the 
night! The Crimson clover and turnips 
in the corn were now safe and the cab¬ 
bage seemed to have taken hold of the 
chicken manure at last. Some of the 
trees in sod where there is not enough 
mulch were not what they shotdd be, but 
this will fix them. Now we can lay out 
our strawberry plants and do our Fall 
planting. What a glorious thing it is 
to have a soaking rain after a long 
drought. 
Killing Briers. —We have had a num¬ 
ber cf questions like the following: 
Will you inform me the best, easiest, least 
expensive ard most effective way to kill black¬ 
berry bushes abso'utely? My time to devote 
to it is very limited. b. m. c. 
I have lived some years unuer all sorts 
of conditions but I never yet saw a well- 
jointed combination of best, easiest, least 
expensive and most effective. The “best” 
as it has come to me has always been 
tied to the hardest work and heavy ex¬ 
pense. Perhaps life has served it out to 
others on a different platter. If I wanted 
to kill blackberry bushes I would have 
them cut at once while their strength is 
exhausted by the season’s growth. We 
had some cut two weeks ago and piled the 
brush around apple trees as a mulch. If 
we had no such use for it we would burn 
it. After cutting we would plow if pos¬ 
sible throwing the furrows up roughly 
and work across them with a spring-tooth 
harrow to rip out all the roots we could. 
In October we would sow rye and next 
Spring plow this under, crosswise of the 
former plowing, plant some crop like corn 
or potatoes that can be cultivated both 
ways. That is the best way I know of 
and the easiest and least expensive will 
be some modification of it suited to one’s 
time and tools. The best time to cut is 
in the Fall and the roots must be killed. 
Cost of a Boy.— I have recently seen 
figures which go to show that it costs at 
least $25,000 to carry a boy up to the 
time he is capable of earning his own liv¬ 
ing! This seemed to me absurd until 
I was told by several well-to-do people 
that the figure is probably too low. 
There are many of us who probably cost 
their parents less than $500. With my ex¬ 
perience and knowledge of human nature 
I should say that one of the quickest ways 
to ruin my boys would be to spend $10,- 
000 in fitting them to be self-supporting. 
I am told by those wealthy men that 
from infant food to graduating suit their 
sons multiply their own original cost by 
10. One of my boys had trouble with his 
teeth and went to a dentist. Supposing 
that “the old man” was back of the job 
the dentist named a high figure for gold 
work. The boy spoke up and said: “Now, 
I must pay for this with money earned 
by my own labor. If a cheaper metal 
will do for the present, what will that 
cost? The dentist “looked again” and 
said—$10. The boy comes to me for a 
job to earn the money and I shall give it 
to him. He will take better care of his 
teeth if the price means crystalized 
sweat, and he cannot begin too early in 
life to realize the value of a dollar. Some 
of these $25,000 beauties may come to be 
great men, but I would rather have mus¬ 
cle than money back of them. I have 
had a good business man tell me that he 
can hire plenty of college-bred men at 
$10 or $12 a week, and expensive at that. 
I have had rich men tell me that they 
would give half they are worth if their 
boys could only be obliged to struggle as 
they had to 30 years or more ago. When 
I saw these pampered and over-fed young 
sprouts I knew just how the old gentle¬ 
men felt; but with all their nerve and 
success they didn’t have the courage to 
give their money away and put the boy 
on a working basis. But I am interested 
in these figures. No doubt some cf our 
readers have kept fairlv accurate accounts. 
What did it cost to raise you and put you 
on a self-supporting basis, and what does 
it cost you to put your boy or girl in 
a similar situation? I would like to have 
your figures. H. w. c. 
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For Rifles and Pistols 
Winchester make of 
cartridges in all calibers 
from .22 to .50 are accu¬ 
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making we have learned 
many things about am¬ 
munition that no one 
could learn in any other 
way. When you buy 
Winchester make of 
cartridges you get the 
benefit of this experience 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 
NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
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bring the load home quicker. 
MIGA AXLE 
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wears well— better than any 
other grease. Coats the axle 
with a hard, smooth surface of 
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Havana Low Wagons 
All steel, made to last; wood gears also. Save high 
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OLD GEARS. Write for free booklet. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO., Box 17. HAVANA, ILL. 
STEEL 
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with wide tires double the use¬ 
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We furnish them any size to 
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EMPIRE MFG. CO.. Box7Qa, Quincy. Ill. 
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NO COUNTRY HOME IS COMPLETE 
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Immensely strong and durable, as 
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Tanks ( ! ) Towers 
Wind Mills, Pumps, Gas Engines. 
Galvanized Iron Tanks 
9, 12 and 15 
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Light, Durable, 
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Auburn, N. Y. 
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