1907. 
843 
Hope Farm Notes 
Farm Notes. —We are working off the 
apples quite rapidly. I hope to dispose 
of most of the Greenings before Thanks¬ 
giving. Our storage room is not of the 
best, and I figure that it is safer to take 
a fair price in the Fall rather than take 
the risk on a higher price later. If we 
had better storage and had the experi¬ 
ence in keeping fruit we might risk a 
crop, but I believe in keeping within the 
limits of your experience. So we shall 
sell out as we can. Some of the big 
apple growers will smile when I say that 
we are now learning how to pack in bar¬ 
rels. Our trade thus far has been al¬ 
most entirely in baskets and boxes. We 
have shipped boxed fruit to Florida and 
had it go in good shape, but now I find 
that some lines of-trade demand barrels. 
So I have bought an outfit and started in 
to learn how to pack. I find no end of 
literature on the subject in which men 
who know how have tried to make it 
clear on paper. A couple of days in 
some orchards where they do it right is 
worth a whole library of books on the 
subject. We can face the apples properly 
and fill the barrels, but where we seem 
to fail is knowing just how tight to 
screw down the heads so as to prevent 
“slack packing.” The beginner will be 
afraid of making cider of the whole 
thing, and as a result the apples will roll 
and shake in the barrel. Only long ex¬ 
perience will give just the touch needed 
to do this right. . . . The boys took 
their first market load to the county town 
the other day. We hired a neighbor’s 
wagon, and got on about $30 worth of 
apples, potatoes and cabbage. Bob and 
Jerry hauled it down, dancing a little at 
the first autos, but sobering down as the 
procession grew monotonous. It was 
long after dark before the boys got home, 
but they had delivered the load safely, 
and taken orders for more apples. I be¬ 
lieve in making children responsible 
early in life, and giving them an idea of 
business. I confess, however, that it is 
easier to get them to sell the fruit than it 
is to get them to hoe. These boys are 
paid for such work, and out of the money 
they earn they are expected to pay some 
of their own bills. There are no $25,000 
children at Hope Farm, and I do not 
want any. .... We have in the past 
bought considerable ground feed, but I 
have always felt that a bag of such feed 
contains great opportunity for adultera¬ 
tion. It is claimed that the best brands 
are pure, but I find what looks to me like 
oat hulls and weed seed in the feed. At 
any rate, there is a difference of 10 per cent 
or more in price, and when I buy whole 
corn and oats I know just what I have. 
So I made up my mind to try grinding 
the grain awhile. I have bought a sweep 
grinder with a power attachment. I have 
no barn room large enough to operate 
it under cover, so we shall work it in 
the barnyard with the belt running inside 
the barn when we use the cutter. The 
manufacturers say this power will run the 
cutter all right, but they will not guar¬ 
antee it to drive a saw. We shall see 
about that later. I feel pretty sure that 
our idle horses in Winter will pay the 
cost of the machine in grinding grain. 
My present plan is to grind two parts of 
corn to one of oats and mix in one part 
of wheat bran and about 10 per cent of 
oil meal. If I can make this mill grind 
corn and cob so much the better. If it 
will run a saw even slowly we shall have 
a good Winter job, for there has devel¬ 
oped a good trade in stove wood. . . . 
Very little husking had been done by 
Election Day. October turned very cold 
with us, but November promises to be 
warmer. The corn is coming out well. I 
am more than ever satisfied with the 
Early Canada flint as . a crop to grow 
among young trees. You must not think, 
however, that you can plant this corn too 
late and get a full crop. June is ever the 
best month for corn growing. It’s like 
Crimson clover. People are writing me 
about sowing Crimson and Cow-horn 
turnips by September 20. They go on to 
tell how much they expect from it. They 
will be sadly disappointed. I have this 
combination sown about September 10. 
The clover is puny and the turnips barely 
the size of your little finger. There is 
no use planting things out of season and 
then expecting them to do great things. 
A Long Tramp.—A n old friend in In¬ 
diana gives me this story of one daily 
job: 
I make a small garden, keep a few chick¬ 
ens and one cow. The nearest pasture that 
I can get Is two miles from where I live. 1 
take the cow to the pasture every morning, 
starting at 6 o’clock. At 5 o’clock p. m. 
I go after the cow. Thus I walk the two 
miles four times each day, rain or shine. 50 
miles per week. See how many miles it 
makes at the end of six months, the usual 
duration of the pasture season here. How 
many men, 73 years of age. as I am. can 
beat this tramping? And I have done it for 
five years. c. f. p. 
That man certainly should be well ac- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
quainted with his cow. I see by the pa¬ 
pers that E. P. Weston, 69 years old, is 
walking from Portland to Chicago, and 
expects to beat his record of some 30 
years ago. Our friend would give Wes¬ 
ton a good brush for a mile or two at 
least. A man of 73 would naturally have 
more time for this journeying than a 
man of 37, but if any other veteran has a 
better record let him present himself. It 
would doubtless do the Hope Farm man 
good to promenade that distance with one 
of his cows, but he hasn’t the time to do 
it. I’ll guarantee, too, that this exercise 
does the cow good. 
“Demonstrations.” —We often have 
letters like the following: 
I want to demonstrate to an old farmer 
the superiority of fresh cow manure to some 
'he has had behind his barn for two years, 
with the liquid washed off. How can I do 
it? You might say “plant two adjoining 
fields." Kindly suggest some quick and sim¬ 
ple method. 
Let us assume that the “old farmer” has 
made a fair living on his farm for a 
good many years. He sticks to old-fash¬ 
ioned ideas, and doesn’t think much (if 
he thinks at all) of science. On the other 
hand, let us suppose the man who writes 
this note is a careful student of the sta¬ 
tion bulletins and has full faith in what 
he reads about bacteria, chefnical analysis, 
etc. Very likely he has just bought a 
farm, or intends to buy one, and expects 
to show the old-timers how to do it. Now, 
how is this man to demonstrate to the 
old farmer that the fresh cow manure is 
superior to the old? I confess that ex¬ 
perience has taught me to run from such 
a job. Many of us have read and thought 
until we are willing to take much on 
faith. When the scientific men tell us 
that they have analyzed fresh manure and 
the same after it has been exposed to air 
and water for some years, and find there 
has been a certain loss of plant food, we 
believe them. We accept this as an argu¬ 
ment, but what about the old farmer? 
He doesn’t have faith in the scientists and 
doesn’t believe in their analyses. You 
will have to admit to him that you 
wouldn’t know nitrogen or bacteria if you 
met them , on the road. How then can 
you “demonstrate” the thing to him? I 
think I will put that question up to our 
scientific friends for answer. It is a legi¬ 
timate part of their work, and involves 
a great question. For example, in New 
York, where it is said there is the best 
system of agricultural education iii* the 
country, thousands of these same “old 
fanners” are said to be getting worse off, 
while nearby are men who are gaining. 
How can a man “demonstrate” the truth 
of agricultural science? While we wait 
for the answer I advise our friend to be 
careful how he stirs up the “old farmer.” 
These men have long experience, and ap¬ 
plied experience beats unapplied science 
by a long distance. h. w. c. 
When you write advertisers mention Thf, 
It. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
Use a King Harness 60 months. 
It will resist every jerk, twist, strain. 
We guarantee it. King Harness has 
been made for a quarter cantqry. Some 
now in use were made more than 20 years 
ago. Deal directly with the makers—save 
25 percent. Big assortment. Write for free 
catalog b' now Owego, Tioga Go. 
King Harness Co,, 1 a N. Y. 
t> Lake St. 
WAGON 
IS THE ONLY 
“LOW DOWN” 
MILK WAGON 
IMITATED. 
WHY! 
Our Printed 
Matter Tells 
The Story. 
THE PARSONS WAGON CO., Earlville, N. Y. 
The WAGON to BUY. 
STEEL WHEELS Notts': 
Your address on a postal will bring yon free catalog. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co., 
Box 17a Geneva. Ohio. 
The Neatest Thing on the Farm 
Makes Stable Work Lighter, 
Saves Time and Labor, 
Soon Pays for Itself. 
The Climax 
Feed and Litter 
Carrier. 
Can go anywhere by curves and switches. 
Hook the same car to our large ensilage 
pan and feed the stock in one half the 
time. Cars made to run on steel channel 
track, heavy wire, or cable, as desired. 
Positive chain hoist. Pans will rest on 
floor and not tip over; made of galvan¬ 
ized iron. Can be installed for special purposes in works or factories. 
Send a sketch of your requirements and we will send you full description 
aud an estimate of cost. 
Warsaw-WilkiivsoiY Co., 50 Highland Ave., Warsaw, N. Y* 
Manufacturers of Climax Pneumatic Ensilage Cutters, Climax Feed and Litter Carriers. 
irers OI LllffiBX I DcUiiiaLiC GULHirs, Giiiihix r “CU cine 
iteFon CDCC Dfinir Now—Todav ■ 
t 7 cTYlES ■ ntt KJUUIY HANhTno INC. 1902 
G 6* 
ca & H 12 
Sent on Tpjjii—Freight Paid 
Grind Corn and Cobs, Feed and Table Meal. 
10 lbs. to 70 bushels per hour; ball bearing; easy running. Shipped from 
Philadelphia or Chicago. Send for free catalogue to 
LbTHE A. W. STRAUB CO., 3737-39-41 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa « 
FASTER AND EASIER THAKTHE 0l» WAY 
Can’t 
Run 
Off 
The 
Track 
Run 
! It to any part of 
the building or 
yard over 
switches and 
around curves. 
_ '--m 
Keep 
your Btable clean 
with little effort. Easy to 
operate and saves time. 
Will dump a load and re¬ 
turn to you. Don’t have 
■iiiMniii 
to go with It. The most prao- 
« 
tical. handiest and economical oarrler made 1 b 
FEED AND 
UTTER 
CARRIER 
It’s ail steel. Nothing to break or wear out. Can be . 
raised or lowered at will. Box Is water tight and tips over 
to discharge. Let us show you the Innumerable uses of 
this labor and money saving device. A valuable book on the care and 
LOUDENS 
valme of manure sent free with our catalog. Write today, 
Louden Machinery Co„ 39 Broadway. 
Fairfield. Iowa. 
YOU CAN SEE 
SLATE ROOFS 
500 YEARS OLD 
still in good condition in England and 
Wales. Will any other roof last one- 
tenth as long? Their cost is only a 
trifle more than short-lived roofing. 
Write to-day for book and particulars 
regarding 
Sea Green and Purple Slate Roofs, 
giving name of your local roofer. 
The American Sea Green Slate Co., Box 10, Granville, N. Y. 
Make Your Farm Wagon 
Ride Easier and Last Longer 
It doesn’t take BO second a to slip a pair of Harvey Holster 
Springs under your wagon-bed and forever end the coiitluual bump¬ 
ing and wear and tear which soon puts any wagon out of business. 
You can save many a dollar by marketing your potatoes, eggs, fruit-, 
etc., in a wagon that doesn’t jam, break and bruise them, for it is a well- 
known fact that truck-buyers pay to % less for fruits and vegetables 
, which are marketed in a wagon without springs. With Harvey Springs 
on your wagon you can bring homo furniture, glassware, etc . without getting it scratched or smashed to pieces. 
Why not save money and at the same time ride easily and comfortably on long-lasting Harvey Springs! 
IT A P\7PY TZCll QTF1? QPDTMGQ are scientifically made, leaf by leaf, from the very best 
» L 1 Dv/LiUlL«I\ OX XXlilVJO tempered steel. Wo positively guarantee every pair 
to give satisfaction in every way. TRY THEM AT OUR RISK! We want you to use Harvey Springs on your 
wagon FREE for 30 days to find out for yourself that they’re everything we claim— just as good as we tell you they are. 
This trial won’t cost you a penny. Drop us a postal, giving weight of v«»ur heaviest load and your dealer’s name, and 
we’ll send you our catalogue and arrange with him to giv o you a set on 80 Hoys* Free Trial. Be sure to write TODAY 
before you lay down this paper. Harvey Spring Co.. 439 17th St.. Racine. Wisconsin mmm 
STEEL ROOFING $ 1 . 
Most economical and durable 
roofing known. 
Easy to put on, requires no tools but a hatchet or a 
hummer. With ordinary care will outlast any other 
kind. Thousands of satisiied customers everywhere 
huvo proven its virtues. Suitable for covering any 
building. Also best for Ceiling and Siding. 
Fire-proof and Llghtnlng-proof. Cheaper und 
morelustingthanshingles. Will not taint rainwater. 
Makes your building cooler in summer and wurmer 
in winter. Absolutely perfect. Brand New. 91-BO 
is our price for our No. 15 Grado of Elat Semi-Hard- 
oned Steel Rooting and Siding, each sheet 24 in. 
wide and 24 in. long. Our price on the Corrugated, 
like illustration, sheets 22 in. wido by 24 in. long, 
91.70. Eor 25o per square additional wo will 
furnish sheets 6 and 8 feet long. Steel Pressed Brick Siding 
Ceiling per sq. 92.00. Also furnish Standing Scam and 
WE PAY THE FREIGHT 
PER 100 
per sq. 92.00. Fine Steel Bcudcd 
Crimped Roofing. At these prices 
to all points east of Colorado except Okie., Tex. and 
Ind. Ter. Quotations to other points, on application. 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. 
We ship this roofing to any one answering this Ad., 
C. O. D., with privilege of examination if you send us 
25 percent of the amount of your order in cash: balance 
to bo puid after material reaches your station. If not 
found us represented, we will cheerfully refund your 
deposit. Ask for Catalog No. C. G. 57 . Lowest 
prices on Roofing, Eave Troughs. Wire, Pipe. Fencing, 
Plumbing, Doors, Household Goods and everything 
needed on the Farm or in the Homo. 
WE BUY OUR GOODS AT SHERIFFS’ AND 
: RECEIVERS’ SALES - 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING COMPANY, Thirty-Fifth and Iron Sts., CHICAGO. 
