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THE RURAE NEW-YORKEK 
February 25. 
A MINER AND HIS FARM. 
He Digs Out a Home. 
Part II. 
At the time I made the raid on that 
sale I had bought a mowing machine 
and hay rake, for I had seen on other 
farms the tall Timothy and clover fall¬ 
ing over as the machine went through 
it. Alas! where was mine? I failed to 
locate it. This farm had been rented 
for a number of years, and there was 
not enough grass on it to feed a goat. 
It was then too late to plant anything 
for the next year as far as I knew, but 
all good things come to him who waits 
and keeps his wits about him. I had 
the porn worked, the potatoes dug and 
sold, all but a few, enough for us. A 
man came here in August to buy a horse 
and a mowing machine. I suddenly 
remembered that I had a note to meet 
in a couple of months, $162.30. I still 
had the mortgage with interest, but like 
Marlborough, I held it like he did his 
cavalry, in reserve, to fall back on. We 
dickered on the horse awhile, but the 
machine and rake I gave him at his own 
price. I realized a profit of $41 on the 
outfit, beside the use of the horse; the 
others I had no use for at that time. I 
then went and settled my note of the 
sale. A cow came fresh; I sold her 
then, paying my $60 interest and still 
had two cows, chickens and 10 little 
pigs beside the four old ones. The corn 
I got in and put into an old crib which 
was set on the ground. What a nice 
lot of corn I had, never had so much 
since, but I had reckoned without my 
host, for I had a few rats, and in a 
short time I think I had a million. I 
trapped some and poisoned some until 
the stench in and around that crip was 
abominable. Another grand job I had 
to finish up my first year. I had no hay, 
but had lots of fodder, very large fod¬ 
der at that. I fed that in the barn, and 
such a job cleaning out that old stable. 
I was still working, and am yet, in the 
mine, so the next February I bought 
another horse and built a sled and un¬ 
dertook to haul the manure; stalks 10 
and 12 feet in length and frozen at 
that. At that time I had learned a 
little through the hard school of ex¬ 
perience, and was also a subscriber to 
The R. N.-Y. The next year I planted 
100 peach trees, 20 apples, 20 plums and 
25 cherries, and planted three acres of 
corn. In the corn that year I planted 
Red and Alsike clover and cut the stalks 
close to the ground. Some people say 
it is too hard on the back, but I am 
used to bending, and it pays me. I mow 
it the next Summer and have done it 
every year since, and never failed to 
get a good catch. Last year I planted 
in the orchard corn and Cow-horn tur¬ 
nips. They are there yet, and will be 
as good as a coat of manure. I also 
have one-quarter acre of Alfalfa grow¬ 
ing, and it looks good. It was planted 
in the corn in July. I also have use 
for a mowing machine now, which I al¬ 
ways use early; I have far more hay 
than I need for my own use, but I am 
farming only what little I can of this 
yet. The boy is only 11 years old, but 
I am getting what I do farm in very 
good shape. I also fenced the place, 
line fences and all, since I came here, 
and built a side to the barn. The piece 
I built is 26x18, two stories; new corn- 
crib, rat-proof, wagon shed and poultry 
house. 
I learned how to graft and have 
grafted 65 trees, Baldwin and Northern 
Spy mostly, and planted 350 more 
peaches and other kind of fruit, and if I 
live am not done yet. The peaches I 
planted last Spring, 100 in a block. They 
were all cultivated in sweet corn; in 
July I mulched four rows out of the 
eight rows planted with great piles of 
weeds. It was wonderful to see those 
trees grow, and the foliage on them was 
beautiful dark green. As to the poultry 
business, we have tried different ways. 
but concluded to sell all ours in early 
Fall except about 40, as we never got 
many Winter eggs by keeping a good 
many over. We keep one breed, the 
Barred Rock. We have a good market 
here for the chickens as well as eggs. I 
burned that mortgage on this place and 
we all enjoy very good health on the 
farm and like it, but at one time you 
could have had this place for a song. 
My advice in going on a farm is to go 
slow; take one or two things at a time 
and do them well. Keep a few things 
and keep them well; keep only the best 
of what few you do keep. I have had 
cow boarders and scrub hogs and hens; 
they do not pay, though I do not keep 
much stock over Winter. I buy year¬ 
lings and pasture others; if a good 
looking one takes my fancy or I know 
how she was bred I breed her; if desir¬ 
able she is kept, if not she is for sale. 
Scrub hogs I would not have as a gift. 
I admit I was very green when I came 
here, and am green as a farmer yet. I 
generally profit by my mistakes. I have 
also subscribed for eight different papers 
since I have been here; that is, papers 
pertaining to the farm and fruit. I am 
now a subscriber to only two, a farm 
monthly and The R. N.-Y., and giving 
them all a fair square deal as I see them. 
I would not give The R. N.-Y. for all 
the rest that I have read. That was 
my reason for sticking to the best as I 
saw it, that being my policy with every¬ 
thing else. Here’s hoping all the new 
farmers will not make as many blunders 
as I did the first year, and happy greet¬ 
ings to the Hope Farm man and his 
family, and success to the achievements 
and the policy of The R. N.-Y. 
Pennsylvania. D. w. 
Customer (glaring at him) : “I find a 
piece of ham in this apple pie!” Clerk 
(at lunch counter, loftily) : “Yes, sir. 
If you wish something that hasn’t got 
any ham in it, sir, I can recommend 
our ham sandwiches, sir.—Melbourne 
Leader. 
Caller (trying to be complimentary) : 
“I notice one interesting thing about 
your little boy. He is ambidextrous.” 
Mrs. Struckoyle (with a frosty gleam 
in her eye) : “Not at all, Mr. High- 
some. His legs are just as straight as 
anybody’s.”—Credit Lost. 
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