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Hope Farm Notes 
THE Kl_Jti.-A.lv IMtCW-VOK KHR 
meal will suit almost any cow. We 
grind up a standard or base ration of 
--- equal parts rye, oats and corn. We have 
Nut Eating. —I am glad to say that ! be I^ e . anc ! tb ’ s is a good way to use 
our folks are very fond of nuts. They o/ ]r i for , n ?. s base of all 
. ., , , , , J our feeding. By adding bran or oil 
eat them raw, in salads and can make up meal we can fit out horse, cow, hog or 
some cooked mixture which tastes like hen. 
meat. During the Fall we exchanged a Farm Notes.—T he continued cold has 
barrel of apples for 20 pounds of pecans been hard on all the Hope Farmers. By 
from lower Mississippi. The apples were beeping the fires roaring we have kept 
worth here $3 and the freight was $1.15. f but ,, th ^ thin ‘ 
to c o. ,, Wooded members feel the cold. I never 
In the South they would cost $6. The knew the frost to crowd in through 
pecans came North by express at a cost holes and cracks as it does this Winter, 
of $1.95. In Mississippi the nuts were ^ b< : barn members have come through 
worth $4, but up here they were cheap ' Ve j-t! / Berkshire slid away into 
<j. in -* T c 1 P°. rk and sausage and left us $15.57. He 
at. $10- N ow you can figure the consum- paid well. His brother is about ready to 
er s dollar and see who came out ahead, duplicate the job. The smaller pigs will 
At any rate the apples were enjoyed come °n later. The hens are a little 
and so were the nuts. Our folks make w™ ® tart ’ , j Ut , eggs begin to come, 
ii . • £ y ^ never could br<i£f mucTi sbout our 
the preparation of these nuts quite a poultry. Outdoors the Winter spins away 
family affair, and all sit around cracking wood cutting and trimming. We took 
and opening them. I think that for an , or ^ er * or a Iot °* McIntosh scions, 
many people good nuts will form a full f 1 !- jhese have been cut in good shape. 
substitute for meat They are particu- BTetwXir'ToT’^C 
larly good for children and for those get buds which they feel sure are right 
grown-ups who suffer tortures because start a nursery with them and then use 
they keep on eating meat. There are ''° od , these y°” ng trees for several 
many such, but they seldom place the are""right,''atrf'^'wS^guarLSee^Z 
trouble where it belongs. The North- scions. We also had orders for Wine- 
ern Nut Growers’ Association is one of sap, Williams Early and a few others, 
the most useful organizations in the ^ f would not fill them, because we can- 
country. Tins country must, m tune, McIntosh. I can readily see how mis 
following the history of all others, find takes or worse are made in cutting such 
new sources of muscle making food. I scions for nursery use, and we are more 
believe our nut trees are to furnish large * r 3n e Y^ r ’ ncbned to handle only one 
quantities of it. This association ought “lach 
to be supported in every practical way. the only sure way I know to avoid 
Dr. W. C. Deming, of Westchester, misfits.” 
New York City, is the secretary. Any- We have an old orchard of high- 
one knowing where there are superior headed apple trees that I have always 
kinds of nuts should write him. wanted to work over. Some of them 
A» Children Assets ?_We get both K Sue' 
nelp and calls for help. Here is a pecu- cut, has done some great work in mak- 
liar case which, if genuine, ought to be ing over these old veterans. It is hard 
attended to: !° te ^ People how to do it. You must 
Perhaps you would do a little favor for i’ 631 W, j h yOU f eyes ’ so Merri11 went 
me, as 1 am down and out. I will state my , er a , saw the trees and learned just 
ease ; no coal, no potatoes, no flour, no how they are cut. Now he will nrac- 
eiothes, no shoes, hardly enough to eat. and tice on some of our old hinh hrnwc W 
m debt, and no money to meet it, and also , .. uur ° , nign-Drows. We 
flve little children asking for this, that and 10pc t0 ?, Ive P lctur es showing just what 
the other. True, I have a little work, but we Cl, t off and how they grow out Some 
the wages are next to nothing. Oh! if I of our tree problems are hard herance 
could get a position that would pay some- we mnef- T 7, , De ^ aase 
thing, things would be so different I ' ( ni ust not only cut the heads off but 
would like to get a good position that would gratt on a new top. In the case of old 
be steady, can take care of all kind of stock trees of standard varieties the ton mav 
or poultry, and take care of a place, but no be cut and thus f„ rm , 7 l ° P f ™? y 
one seems to want children. mrs e c Llu a . U1US t° rni a new top of the 
L. I., N. Y. • same variety. We have all sorts of old 
We do not know this woman person- v ‘r terans > and they will be cut in all sorts 
ally, but she writes a fair letter. I am ?! ways as experiments. Where the trees 
in hopes she can find a place on a large * la f- a , blg and , sound trunk I believe it 
farm in New Jersey. Perhaps there are e 2r tir 5 y £ oss J We „E ) start out a more 
some of our readers who could use her. ettectlv< - head. What a shame that all 
If any woman wants to hold her family f ase f. °} . £ head in humans cannot be 
together and support the children by Pandled 111 muc h the same way. 
honest labor she ought to have the The. younger Hope Farmers are not 
chance. I find that most people object w° rr ymg about the cold weather or dit¬ 
to children, but it ought not to be that ^ ing hack trees. You would not worry 
children are a hindrance or a drag to ^ y° u had a bright red head with the 
one who wants to earn a living. Here is Iron which goes with it, a new sled and 
a chance for Mr. Roosevelt to make a a long > 1( T hill right across the road, 
new speech and explain this side of it. *^ s soon as your feet and hands get cold 
He wants large families, but the hired you can come in and stand by a big 
man who goes after a job will find that open fire and then run out again for 
large families meet with small favor. more coasting. Wheat and milk, bread 
\ et there is another side. Children may and butter,, vegetables and baked apples 
act as an anchor to hold the hired help are y° ur s in large amount. Who wants 
on the farm. If they are all fairly P 10re than this with childhood thrown 
treated the big family may prove an 111 for & ood measure? The little folks 
asset. That is the way it ought to be at stamp and shout all over the house, and 
least. At any rate let us see wbat we a t night crawl into bed to prepare for 
can do for this woman with her five another day. Some one has sent me a 
children. paper containing a speech by Chancellor 
, M,lk Record. —During the month of ve'isfy ^ 
miik ar atot h a e iof ^ °? t,1Cy want to know what I think of’it 
Q f 7 S° POUndS S1 «ce April Chancellor Brown said that morality was 
9 of last year. The continual blizzard a lower ebb in the country than in the 
weather shut her off somewhat, and our that if boys and girls were to be 
supply of mangels and cabbage ran out. wmVLle + and l cic ^ e 
You know our basis of figuring what country^ fit^pfce'Vor 1 themVh^in ^ 
this milk is worth. At that same figur- Well, sir, Chancellor Brown is a great 
mg the cow has paid us thus far $210.88 man who has had an opportunity for 
above the cost of gram and care. We making his opinion worth something I 
have made no charge for fodder, rent, do not know how much he is doing to 
ThP Of course tins is n ° gre t t record - put religion and science at work & It 
Jvl ?7 nnn f 3 H ? lste ] n c ?™ . that made se f ems to me that a very scientific kind 
over 27,000 pounds of milk in a year, of science would be more in his line 
Molhe is far behind any such ocean of We do not need him here. I think I 
m.lk but she does her share. This know what he means, and probably the 
recoi d has been a good thing for all paper twisted up what he did say These 
concerned. We now plan more of such “uplifters” are mighty depressing a? 
records—with hens and pigs. How can times. I would not, if I could hefp it 
anyone know the difference between loss have a child of mine brought up in the 
or profit unless there are accurate fig- city. Perhaps, however Chancel o 
ures. I am often asked to give a good Brown has more red heads than we 
grain ration for a family cow. I should have, and his brand may be far moSe 
Rt,"]y the cow and find what she likes, “fit” than ours. The country is Zd 
She will do better on what tastes good, enough for us for child raising lmt I 
As a simple mixture, one-third each do hope these ‘'uplifters” will not trv to 
cornmeal, wheat bran and ground oats make it over for us on their ‘‘scientific-’’ 
with about one pound per day of oil plan. h wT 
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