1907. 
T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
281 
Hope Farm Notes 
Raising Farm Hands.- -Of course wc 
all remember (lie little note on page lot) 
in which a New York fanner speaks of 
taking large hoys and training them for 
good farm hands. Older readers will re¬ 
member the letters we have had from 
Klmer 1*1. Hubbard, who conducts a home 
for children in Cuba. Shortly after the 
war with Spain Mr. Hubbard went to 
Cuba and started his home, lie reasoned 
that the war in Cuba had left many 
orphans without home or opportunity. 
While others figured on the tariff and 
other problems which confronted the 
Cuban Republic, Mr. Hubbard saw that 
the child crop was far ahead of sugar, 
oranges or tobacco in future importance. 
So he started in to do his share for 
the future. I am glad to have the opinion 
of such a man on this child problem: 
The plans of <*, to, S. for raising farm 
help ns given on pages 101) and IH5 of Tun 
It. N. V. are Interesting to me. as I am en¬ 
gaged hi carrying out similar plana. I 
diould like to say Hoinellilng to encourage 
Idm and IiIh wife to mnke a Htnrl In I Ills* 
enlerprlae. I would like to any to him, don't 
wait for any rich man or anyone <*|He to 
guarantee the llnanelnl part before beginning. 
Am mu re ax yon make a start and keep your 
end moving the other end will he kept up. 
Put yourself and all you have Into the work, 
amt mIiow flint you mean hUHlnesH and are do¬ 
ing luislne; :i, and men will not he lacking to 
hack you up, and (toil's word will assure 
von that In Hitch Inislness you will never Is* 
hankrtipl. Sou have a good deal more lo 
Mlnrt with t Inin I had eight .vein s ago. All 
the properly I had netted me only a little 
over $1100, mid I did not have a wife to 
help me. Hut | started with what 1 had, 
and (tod gave me a wife, and the money 
was provided, so I ha I we have been aide to 
••are for an average of about 50 children 
for eight years. Our Income now Is about 
$.•1,000 a year. 
If I had the 00 acres of land not nil paid 
for I would surely sell purl of ll, or munngc 
In some way to get out of debt, even If I 
had lo make a saerlllee. In such work as 
llils w<* have lo make saerlllees. One of the 
fir; I and foremost principles for success III 
lids work Is to keep out of delil. Some¬ 
times we have to luiv from day lo day what 
we need, and our grocer,vm it ri fells us lie will 
trust m: If we haven't tin* money oti hand, 
but we have adopted the principle not lo buy 
anything that we have not the money on 
hand to pay for, and we always have enough, 
and never have any debt lo trouble us. 
In many ways our work Is nut as satls- 
fnelory lo us wllli so many children as If 
would Is* with few. I hope sometime we can 
have a family of only Hi or 15. or at must, 
I would Htnrl wllli only lliroe or four, 
and the younger (lie heller. The iiiohI hiiI- 
I: factory Child we have, the one who Is most 
fully our very own, Is one who came to us 
when she wiis only seven months old. Of 
course ll means a great deal of work and 
care lo-trike such little ones, hut II pays. 
When w<* nre raising children for our own 
home \ve don’t want to leave them In Hie 
midst of all sorts of evil Influences In the 
most tender and Impressionable period of 
their life Just because It Is so much trouble 
to Hike care of them then. 
Mr. Herman Lee Hwlt'l, manager of t.I k* 
Iteulah Land Home, Moyne city, Mich., has 
about ID Jusl Hindi hoys as you are thinking 
of. picked up on the streets of Chicago, 
I sd roll and oilier el I lew. 1 think In* has lo 
refuse many 11 ppllcalInns. I hope many Much 
homes will Is- esl a hi I slusl In the United 
Sliiles, and 1 hope lo gel hack on my piitlve 
soli sometime to do something of llils kind 
I here. in.Mint a. iipiiiiaui). 
My experience indicates 1 hat Mr. Hub- 
bardV, advice is sound as a rock. If a 
cIk mist told you what lime always does 
when you put il willi soluble phosphoric 
acid you would believe him, because he 
talcs an uiirliflugeahlc law, So does Mr. 
Hubbard. Of all the schemes for help¬ 
ing society I do not know of any more 
hopeful or sensible than that of taking 
children into your own home and pulling 
your money and comfort into them just 
as you would put a sacrifice on the altar. 
Making a Living.- T get all sorts of 
requests for help. Within the past two 
w< ( ks these calls have ranged all the 
way from a man who wauls $ 50,000 to 
float an invention to a colored man who 
wants a wooden leg. All I have to give 
people is suggestion of an opportunity. 
I lie young and strong have opportunity 
all about them. I would help them as I 
can, hot I confess lli.it my heart goes out 
more to those who seem to he denied 
the chances which come to most of its. 
II ere is ;t cast in point. This letter is 
from New Kngland: 
liver since I Itnve been old enough I have 
rend your paper, and noticed the good Hug 
gcnihuis how to muke 11 living, Inti I do not 
remember anything Mint could help me, um l 
im entirely deaf and nlmusl blind. I am 
load of cultivating flowers, and have many 
beautiful kinds. I wish lo ask you If you 
could advice me how to sell them or who I 
can write to. | raise beautiful Asters, so 
every one says who sees thorn, hut l live on 
n farm here In the country, and of course 
no one hero would care lo buy them. 
it. m. A. 
f have given names of florists’ com¬ 
mission tnen and made some plain sug¬ 
gestions, hut I want help. Some of you 
successful florists put yourself, if you 
possibly can. in the place of one thus 
grievously afflicted, and tell its what you 
would and could do. Here is your chance 
to mix sunshine with information. 
Boys and (Ions.- Here is a harder one 
yet from Wisconsin: 
How can I keep hoy* from hunting and 
shooting on our I'urin r Our nearest neigh¬ 
bor Is it place where boys from the llge of I .'l 
and Id congregate op Saturdays and Sun¬ 
days. Occasionally shot will come between 
the house und barn. I have warned I licit) 
not to shoot this way; they seem l" <lls 
regard ll. What redress have IV 
C. s. w. 
11 is always a hard job to drive hoys 
of that age. Many of them arc naturally 
rebels, with great ideas aboul their own 
rights and small regard for the rights of 
others. I have usually got on with hoys 
by talking with them reasonably. I hey 
seem lu appreciate that. If I had to deal 
with unruly hoys who would not listen 
to fair advice or who were* evidently 
malicious I would gel the advice of a 
good local lawyer and follow it. First 
of all I would lake precious good care 
that my own hoys never bothered a 
neighbor in that way. When a hoy goes 
wrong it is an even chance that his 
parents arc responsible. 
Had Tkkth. — I lie following letter from 
Virginia is a sample of a dozen or more: 
A mure ID years old Is-glns to have I rou¬ 
ble In eating rough food, hnv fishier, etc. 
Will llflng her leeih Is* of lasting bandit? 
Can von (elk me which arc lo lie Iliad? Is 
It I ha I the front teeth have grown so 
long ihul 1 hay will nol lei the grinders 
come together? No veterinarian wllhlti 25 
miles. A neighbor Ih a good horseman, 
Irnhilng colls, eie., und Iiiih nerve and good 
Judgment, hut knows nothing of above. 
T. if. 
We have had considerable experience 
with this. One mare in particular was 
greatly troubled with colic. She bolted 
her food and would not chew. On look¬ 
ing at her mouth we found the front 
teeth so long that when her jaws came 
together the grinding teeth would not 
touch. Tin* mare could not chew any 
more than yon could if there was a 
quarter of an inch of wood holding the 
jaws apart. Wc had a veterinarian come 
and file off those teeth, hirst he struck 
them lighlly with a file breaking off 
narrow chips, and then he filed them 
down. A twist was put on the mare’s 
nose to hold her, and she was hacked 
into a stall with her head held up. After 
filing the front teeth and several on the 
side the grinders came'together. Since 
then ibis mare has chewed her food, and 
she has not had an attack of colic for 
nearly six months, I should let your 
neighbor go ahead and file the teeth down. 
Be careful not to leave sharp or ragged 
edges, for these will cut or tear the gums 
or tongue. T am very sure that many 
horses suffer severely from their teeth. 
I iik Farm.- As I write the snow is 
still with us, though good-sized patches 
of hare ground appear on the hillsides 
and around the large trees. It will go 
soon unless we have more of it. Spray¬ 
ing has begun, although the wind is too 
high for the best work. As the snow 
leaves our new lawn the grass comes in 
sight, and wc hope there is a good stand 
after all. Now there is due a season of 
mud, hut on our thick sod w<* can con 
tinuc to spray if the wind is not too high 
I hat field at the back of the farm which 
was partly cleared before the snow came 
will now Ik* finished, the brush piled and 
burned, and the poles taken out. We 
shall do our best lo (ear il up with the 
Cutaway, although it is a lough proposi¬ 
tion. While the forest leaves are* wet 
we shall haul many loads out to pile 
around the young trees for mulch. As 
usual there is no end of work, hut we 
hope to get started at it earlier than 
ever before. I he robins and bluebirds 
are here. I cannot say that they feel 
entirely happy with the ice and snow 
about them, hut it means Spring- though 
the springs arc a little rusty as yet. 
if. w. C. 
Make manly men of thrm—strong of arm, quick 
of eye arid steady of nerve. There In nothing a 
hoy enjoy* more than .1 good hum, anil there sire 
tie better or ttalcr guns made than “Steven*." 
A BIG BOOK, FREE 
describing Steven* guns and rifles of every 
noil and nlylc, for hunter, marknman, girl 
or hoy. 140 pnges. Sent free to any one In¬ 
terested in guns, sending 40. to cover pontage. 
Ank your deafer and insist on Steven*. 
No other* “Ju«t a* good." 
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211 ) Pint! Hi., dllcopce l*'ulln 1 Miihh., IJ.M.A. 
1 
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Wc have been making harness for 
, over 25 years making il so good 
we can guarantee it for 5 years. 
Making it so good we can sell il to 
yon subject to your approval. If 
you find it bitter harness 
* ov -wav 
^ back at. our expense. Isn't that a fair of- 
_ for? Isn't it proof of real value 
—of honest finality? our harness can't he duplicated at 
our iirlccM. With ordinary care they will last. *20 yearn. 
To interest you wc will give absolutely free, a nickel 
pbilcl Tall Tie with every rentiest for our catalogue I*’. 
Head Mlo to cover packing aOfl postage, but send today— 
supply Is limited. Our harness Is all oak-tanned not tno 
cheap, shoddy kind, but the wonomlcal kind to buy. 
THK KINO HARNKBB 00.. 0 Lake Bt., Owego, TiogaCo., N.T. 
No. * 
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