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Hope Farm 
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friend ; * 
need. 
Firing a Man. — I have come to be¬ 
lieve that what we call the “Rural 
family meaning all our readers— 
covers about all there is of human 
nature. Our people come for help or 
advice in all sorts of trouble. We do 
our best to help them, and would not 
under any circumstances violate their 
confidence. I want to give three letters 
this week. The first is from a Con¬ 
necticut man : 
About a week ago I got a man up here 
from the Bowery Mission, New York City. 
He does not suit me, being too independent 
and inclined to run things to suit himself. 
I want to let him go, but it seems as if I 
might have trouble on my hands. What 
can I do? 
help me out. I wrote the Mission very 
plainly I would only hire him by the week, 
and would not guarantee his return fare if 
I discharged him to New York except he 
earned it. He seems inclined to make 
trouble and I do not trust him. How 
would I better discharge him? 
Connecticut. C. n. d. 
If the man does not suit you and 
acts as you say I would advise you to 
get rid of him at once. Otherwise he 
will think you are afraid of him and 
will undertake to rule the entire place. 
From your statement you are under 
no obligation to keep him beyond the 
week. Pay him and tell him you do 
not want him. If he is ugly it may 
become a question between man and 
man, and you may have to put him out. 
I have known several such cases. 
Avoid trouble if you can, but do not 
give in to such characters. If you do 
not feel able to handle him and he gets 
u &ly> get the constable, but if you start 
to get rid of him do not waver an in¬ 
stant, or he will have the advantage of 
you. We have seen farmers completely 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
Possibly some of our cow was picketed on part of the field. 
We waited until it all grew up. The 
hay was certainly fine. A couple of old 
apple orchards are in sod. This grass 
Would you let me know through THB R. was we H fertilized in the Spring. I 
folks think this qualifies me as an ex 
pert on the New York liquor law. At 
any rate the following letter has come 
July 8, 
When you write advertisers mention The 
ft. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
square deal. ’ See guarantee editorial page. 
N.-Y. if the owner of a cafe can refuse a» 
person a drink of liquor when he has the 
money to pay for it and is strictly sober, of 
shall shock some of our mulching 
friends when I say that on one good- 
respectable appearance and a man of good sized orchard we cut the grass and put 
habits? This happened to me only last two-thirds of it into hay. This is oart 
week, and I would like to know if I can ■ . y part 
hold this said cafe owner liable. ot an ex P enm ent. As soon as the hay 
New York. L H is cut we haul in manure, weeds, trash 
If L. H. were a relative of mine I ad sor ts> and pile it under the trees, 
would send that saloon keeper a letter 1 P lan to cut this grass right after a 
of thanks and, later, a box of our finest ra ’ n ^ possible. Then the mulch holds 
apples. No Ben Davis for a man who rnoisture in the sod. These trees 
refuses to sell liquor, but the finest Me- are loaded to the tops with fruit—each 
Intosh Red that Hone Farm can pro- week seems to give us surer promise of 
_ „ __ duce. I have never met U. H., and a £ re at crop. A good share of the 
Will you please tell me and must take his own word for the high rye * n t ^ ie y° un g apple orchards was 
personal qualities he mentions. It is P lowed under, and we are sowing fod- 
our business to get the facts. I have der corn > Japanese millet, sorghum 
them from the highest authority. The and buckwheat in drills. All these 
New York liquor law specifies certain cro P s will be cultivated and in August 
classes of persons to whom liquor rye or r y e an d vetch will be broadcast 
must not be sold. Amontr these are 
minors—under 18 years—intoxicated 
persons, habitual drunkards, Indians, 
any person confined or committed to 
State prison or State institution or 
poorhouse, or in charge of a State 
physician, or in the case of a person 
where parent, guardian, husband, wife, 
child or many other people has given 
notice in writing that liquor shall not 
be sold him. 
Now if L. H. can prove an alibi and 
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Keg. U. S-Pst. Off. 
between the drills and worked in. 
h. w. c. 
sales of liquor would take rank with 
sales of poison. Very likely L,. H. 
bossed and cowed by their hired men- and !" S f riend . the saloon keeper wil1 
when at heart the latter were cowards I™” hands a S ainst me this proposi¬ 
tion, and they have the same right to 
Lime-Sulphur as a Sheep Dip. 
(.an you tell me if the lime-sulphur mix¬ 
ture advised for spraying trees has been 
used for dipping sheep to kill ticks? 
J. H. 
We understand that the original spray¬ 
ing with lime-sulphur was done by a man 
who borrowed a pail of sheep dip for the 
purpose. He reasoned that if this stuff 
would kill sheep insects it would kill the 
-- .. —..... mi Aiiui aiiu Bca ^ e - The Bureau of Animal Industry has 
show that none of these things hit him approved ainong others the following dip 
I regret to say that there seems no W StaT 'S »!£"oT5Sa&S "to? 
legal reason why a saloon keeper should ££ 
not sell a drink if L. H. has the price, than two hours.” This is to be diluted to 
I “regret” this hecause it T bad mar J00 gallons before use. This is permitted 
g ct Inis Decause it 1 Had my way for the disease known as scabies, but is not 
there would be no saloons at all, and ^commended by the Bureau for sheep in- 
.. -w^hafb^u^ed^bfsheeS men* We 
WnnM lllm fn bairn tlw,,*,. ~: „ • _ 
My “Pearl Glass 
lamp-chimneys give 
more light than 
common ones, due 
to perfection of 
shape and propor¬ 
tions—right balance 
of drafts. 
They are clear as 
crystal — made of 
tough glass, not 
bottle glass. They make the 
lamp do its best. 
Common chimneys hinder the 
light — the draft is a matter of 
chance. The lamp can t do its best. 
My name, Macbeth, is on every "Pearl Glass” 
lamp chimney. Send for my Index. 
Macbeth 
Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. Pittsburgh 
i7s w Cl ? I F A F° : c. Philadelphia: 
1/8 East Lake Street 42 South Eighth Street 
New York: 19 West 30th Street 
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would like to have their opinion about it. 
and bluffers. The first advice to a 
farmer is to run his own farm and be 
boss of his job. 
Out of Work. —Most people are 
hunting for hired help rather than think¬ 
ing how to get rid of them. The fol¬ 
lowing letter comes from Pennsylania. 
and gives still another side to the labor 
problem : 
Everybody brings his farm problems to 
you and if ever a man was up against it 
and needed some advice I guess I’m the 
man. A year ago I entered into a capital 
and labor farm proposition with a man I 
had always found on the square. He was 
to buy the farm, stock it and pay all run¬ 
ning expenses while I was to furnish the 
labor. I know I made a mistake in not 
drawing up an agreement for signature, and 
now he has backed down utterly, and I 
can get nothing. My wife and I are stalled, 
for I have run out of money absolutely, 
and no way of getting out of the country. 
V\ hat I want to know is liow a man who 
is a stranger in his country, efficient, in¬ 
telligent and not afraid to work, can come 
in touch with men who are looking for 
skilled conscientious labor. I understand 
the farm, its every branch of work and its 
machinery. My wife is a competent house¬ 
keeper and advertisement writer, and runs 
the poultry and pigs, yet here we are both 
of us, stalled completely. If you in your 
varied experience can advise me as to a 
way out I shall be everlastingly grateful. 
Pennsylvania. h. w. f. 
There you are! One man begging for 
a job and the other figuring how to 
fire a man off the place! The first thing 
to get in mind is that this man got 
into trouble through failure to sign a 
definite legal contract. We would not 
sign any contract presented by a 
stranger or when buying goods, but in 
a business agreement like this strong 
and binding papers should be made out 
and signed. I know nothing about 
these people except what is written 
an opinion that I have. Under the law 
in New York L. H. seems within his 
privilege in calling for a drink. I would 
gladly wipe out both law and privilege, 
but we give the facts as we find them. 
Farm Notes. —Both currants and 
raspberries come lapping on the heels of 
strawberries this year. The first sales 
of currants were made while straw¬ 
berries were also going. Our crop is 
good this year—better than last. You 
may remember the description of what 
I call a condensed fruit factory. Back 
of the house we planted a small peach 
orchard—trees 16 feet each way. Be¬ 
tween the trees are rows of currants. 
Between the currant bushes were straw¬ 
berry plants, but we have now cut them 
out. Between the rows of currants are 
tomato plants tied up to stakes. It 
makes a crowd, but all are doing well 
th year. The peach trees are well 
mulched with manure and coal ashes, 
and are already bending down. The 
currant bushes are red with fruit, and 
the tomatoes are climbing. The latter 
are thoroughly tilled. As a rule it is 
not safe to crowd things so, but the 
combination works like a charm this 
year. . . , Our strawberry crop was 
a disappointment. Those fearful storms 
ruined many crates of berries, and the 
hard March weather hurt the plants. 
Where we failed to mulch heavily, the 
crop was ruined. The heave and thaw 
and the dry, cold winds seemed to 
get the fruit buds. Where the mulch 
was put on early we had a big crop— 
for the storms to destroy. By the way, 
we think highly of the Chesapeake for 
our hill culture. With us it has a 
firm, hard skin or hide and stood up 
against those storms successfully. It 
SWAP STUMPS FOR DOLLARS 
CLEAR WASTE LAND WITH 
RED 
CROSS 
DYNAMITE 
’1 IWIW 
Drawn from actual photograph 
Stumps blasted out into firewood 
Same field ten months Iater-$800.00 worth of celery per acre 
iere. They need a job and are willing is inferior tc Marshall in flavor and 
to work As an experiment I print the beauty, but it can stand a lot of pound- 
etten If any reader wants to go fur- ing. ... The boy’s college potatoes 
t er into the matter the address will are thriving. They had been cultivated 
be fumished. four t ; mes by j uly 4 and hoed once 
Getting a Drink.-Two weeks ago The first cutting of Alfalfa was made 
I told of a saloon keeper who proved a June 21. This was a little late as the 
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