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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 1, 
Hope Farm Notes 
1 have no doubt that certain classes 
of men will promptly agree that The 
R. N.-Y. does its share in naming the 
fakes and frauds who lick their chops 
at the sight of a farmer's dollar. It may 
be thought that while we lash out at the 
fakes or rascals we do not praise the 
good men. There might be some justice 
in such a criticism for, in spite of all 
you may say, there are more good men 
than rascals in the world. Some cold¬ 
blooded expert may say that it is no 
merit for a man to live a clean and 
helpful life, since it is his plain duty to 
do so. I have no time to discuss that, 
but there is one man who deserves a 
word, from me particularly, while he is 
with us. That man is Jabez S. Wood¬ 
ward of Niagara County, New York. 
1 saw Mr. Woodward the other day' 
just before lie left for a trip to Ber¬ 
muda. Here is a man long past TO 
years, born and raised on a farm, and 
always a plain farmer. One of the last 
of the “old guard’'—a mere handful of 
men who, through long years, kept alive 
the little spark of interest in farm edu¬ 
cation. I have read of the Mexican and 
Indian temples wherein picked men 
watched constantly to keep alive the 
sacred fires. Through day and night, 
joy and sorrow, year by year as the 
seasons changed, these devoted watchers 
fed the fire and never let it die. When¬ 
ever I see such men as Mr. Woodward, 
Professor Roberts or S. D. Willard I 
think of those who kept the sacred flame 
alive and left it for a younger genera¬ 
tion. For this “old guard” laid the brick 
and stone broad and deep, and they did 
their work so well that the great edifice 
which we now see going up need not 
fear for its foundation. Perhaps you 
never stopped to think of it, but the 
real test of the work which we and 
younger men are trying to do will be 
tested by its strength as a foundation. 
Unless we can do something so well laid 
and strong that others can come and 
build upon it with confidence and hope, 
our work will not amount to much. 
While the farming public owes a debt 
of gratitude to men like Mr. Woodward, 
I feel that I owe a personal debt as well. 
Some 25 years or more ago 1 came to a 
crisis in my life. A crisis means oppor¬ 
tunity. A chance came almost within 
reach of my hands. I think the man 
who held it hesitated a little. Now Mr. 
Woodward was in a position where by 
going a little out of his way he could 
bring influence to bear by saying: 
“Try this young man—give him a 
chance!” 
That is just what he did—and the op¬ 
portunity was mine. I have always 
claimed that all any young man needs 
or should have is fair opportunity. 
That means test of body and brain and 
character. So I owe my chance to Mr. 
Woodward, and 1 want to say so while 
he is with us to know it. As he goes 
across the ocean to sunny Bermuda may 
happiness and cheerful spirit and pleas¬ 
ant memories go with him! 
Tarring Corn. —Every year there is 
a discussion over the question of tarring 
the seed corn to keep the crows from 
pulling it. Here comes the first one: 
I have seen in farm papers directions for 
putting coal tar on corn to prevent the 
crows pulling the young plants. Put the 
corn in a fertilizer sack, put the coal tar 
on the corn, tic the sack, let the boys 
tumble the sack about. The job is well 
done. Add ashes or land plaster, tie the 
sack again, tumble it; the corn is ready 
for the planting. o. b. k. 
Canaan, N. Y. 
That will do it. Our plan formerly 
was to warm the corn in a bucket, pour 
in the tar and then take a big iron 
spoon and stir. When one arm gets tired 
you take the other, and then come back 
to the first one and try again. The bag 
method probably means less work. The 
tar on the corn has disgusted the crows 
at Hope Farm except one year, when 
they pulled the corn—tar and all. I 
never could imagine what took the taste 
cut of their mouth that year, but the 
fact is the tar did not work. In other 
years the crows pulled a few hills, spit 
out the tarred seed and went to the 
woods and called me every name they 
could think of! 
I have a lot of natural fruit apple trees 
all the way from one foot up to four and 
live feet high to set out in the Spring. 
When is the best time to graft them, when 
they are set out or a year from that time? 
Which is better, saddle graft or split 
graft? How far apart should they be? 
Maine. e. l. h. 
Our plan is to graft the seedlings 
where they grow and not try to trans¬ 
plant them until the graft is well estab¬ 
lished. We think this will pay better 
than transplanting and then grafting. We 
use a split graft. There are over 50 to 
be transplanted this Spring. The grafts 
were put in a year ago and have made 
good growth. We dig up with a fair¬ 
sized root and transplant as quickly as 
possible. Our apple trees are set 32 
feet each way. In a few cases we use 
fillers between these row's. 
The Hope Farm Man is to be congratu¬ 
lated upon arriving home safely with the 
“Jersey,” and now we feel that he is badly 
needed at Washington in rounding up a 
certain bunch of wild animals, l. L. H. 
Our friend goes on to say that this 
“bunch of wild animals” means the vari¬ 
ous gentlemen who oppose a parcels 
post and similar things which farmers 
need. The Hope Farm man resigns the 
job before he is elected or appointed. 
Some years ago 1 ran for Congress in my 
district, and 1 failed to detect any over¬ 
powering desire to have me go to 
Washington. 1 was defeated so badly 
that the leaders were out of sight. You 
will have to get some one who can run 
better than 1 can. At the same time 
I think our struggle with the Florida 
cow indicates the way we must get 
parcels post. We shall have to drag 
our Congressmen right up to the rack. 
My cow did not want to go, but I 
wanted her to. She pushed back every 
step, but she got there finally with her 
gallon of milk. I am in favor of rop¬ 
ing these Washington gentlemen right 
around the horns and pulling them up to 
their duty. We must use a rope of 
twisted votes. What I mean by “twisted” 
is wound and strung together by a cast- 
iron resolve that w'e will never vote for 
another man who will not absolutely 
guarantee to work for a parcels post. 
That’s my position—under no circum¬ 
stances whatever will I ever again vote 
for a dodger or an enemy of parcels 
post. I am one strand in the rope. Can 
-l get 100,000 more? Will you be one? 
If we can get such a rope around their 
horns they will have to come. 
I would consider it a safe bet to go in 
debt for a good farm if I could find some 
one who would buy one and then lease back 
to me for six per cent on their money 
plus the taxes and insurance. 1 would set 
out an orchard, improve the land, treat it 
as my own and have the privilege of 
buying it at the cost price several years 
hence. They would not get any more from 
a railroad bond when it came due, and 
have no margin of increased value as af¬ 
forded by the orchard to offset my failure 
to take up the option. Hut where to lind 
that party? The woods might be full of 
people who have, say §5,000 to invest, but 
who would more likely fall into the hands 
of our “Knight of the Printed Circular.” 
J. u. 
Acting the part of financial expert or 
money lender is very “foreign to my * 
nature,” but 1 suppose an investor would 
reason about this way: “If 1 put my 
money into a standard bond I can feel 
secure. 1 get my interest regularly and 
know the investment is safe. I can get 
the cash at almost any time by selling 
the security. On the other hand, if I 
lend money on the proposed apple* 
orchard 1 am not sure of anything. If 
the borrower die or become discouraged 
the property is thrown back on my 
hands. A half-developed orchard will_ 
not sell readily, and 1 must either take 
hold of it myself and work it out or 
expect to have dead capital on- my 
hands.” . 
That would not apply in some sections 
where fruit growing is an established in¬ 
dustry, but in many places it would. As 
for the wildcat and fool propositions into 
which people put their money, the 
orchard would pay better and be safer. 
Very likely some investors would be 
better off if they had to work it out. 
1 have heard all sorts of methods for 
raising farm capital suggested, but here 
is a new one to me: 
I would like to got in touch with an 
elderly respectable woman or man who 
has the money and willing to help a young 
couple to buy farm stock. We will give 
to said person a permanent home at very 
reasonable rate of board, and good care 
and all to make an old person happy and 
comfortable. Can give best of references. 
Lehigh Co., Pa. A subscriber. 
I never heard of that before. But 
speaking of raising capital for farming 
it is a legitimate offer. I should not 
care to try either side of the arrange¬ 
ment, but it might be possible to make 
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