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FAR M FRS’ CLUB 
f Every quei . must bo accompanied by the 
name and ncldrasa of tho writer to insure 
attention. Before asking r. question, plenso soo 
wliotlier it i.s not answered in our advertising 
columns. Ask only a l’ow Questions at one time. 
Put questions on a separate piece of paper.! 
Keeping Farm Accounts. 
My system of keeping the account of 
the farm operations is very simple, and 
when once used its value for refer¬ 
ence cannot be over-estimated. It is 
not only a record of what is done on 
the farm, but shows the different sea¬ 
sons as to time when crops are planted, 
the amount of work given to each from 
plowing to harvest. I use an ordinary 
diary, 4x6, with a page for each day. 
It cost 75 cents and is worth many 
times that to me. The farm is divid¬ 
ed into fields and numbered, and each 
field is known by its number. The 
work is recorded as being done in 
field No. 1 or 10 for whatever crop is 
to be planted or is growing in that 
field. If it is less than a day, forenoon 
or afternoon, plowing, disking, harrow¬ 
ing or planting the time is given and 
the kind of work. 
Trimming a Wistaria. 
F. A. 1 '., Monncy, N. Y .—Should a Wis¬ 
taria vino be trimmed, and bow should It 
be done? 
Ans. —The best way, to our taste, to 
trim a Wistaria is to leave it alone. Its 
gnarled, irregular growth adds very 
much to its picturesque effect, and we 
would rarely do any more cutting than 
to remove a dead or troublesome 
branch. However, when it lias been 
growing undisturbed for a number of 
years, it often produces a lot of thin 
wiry twigs that do not flower, and these 
may be cut out at any time. Where 
an abundance of flowers is desired, it ii 
customary to trim back to spurs each 
season, cutting as soon as the flowers 
have fallen. Short spurs produce the 
Spring bloom, while a few Fall flowers 
are usually produced on the current sea¬ 
son’s terminal shoots. To produce the 
short flowering spurs the branch is cut 
back to within two or three buds of the 
flowers, and one good shoot is pro¬ 
duced each season, an old shoot being 
cut out entirely. This treatment will 
produce an abundance of flowers, if the 
Wistaria has a congenial situation, but 
Our specialty is fruit (wish Hope 
Farm Man could have seen our apple 
trees six years ago when we started to 
farm and then again this last Fall 
when we picked the apples! I believe 
lie could write a page on what “back- 
to - the - landers" can do when they 
“stick") and cream from a few cows. 
By the record we can always tell when 
and how long it took to spray, whether 
we are earlier or later than last year 
(by this you can see the difference 
in the seasons), the kind and how much 
material it took to do the work and 
any other facts we care to record. The 
cream is taken to the confectioner 
practically every day and paid for, so 
there is no “running" account. The 
amount is recorded daily; also when 
and how much is churned for home 
we admire the effect of the old wood 
quite as much as the flowers. 
Fakes and Fakers. 
You would better warn C. W. F., page 
84 , that lie should look out, or that “gold 
watch” chap will have him arrested for do¬ 
ing a pawn brokerage business without a 
license. 1 have seen that thing done. Many 
of our courts would uphold the plea and 
let the scamp go free, lie might easily 
carry n card from some cheap detective 
agency and set up the plea that he was a 
private detective looking for law breakers. 
Oh, yes, some of our "American institu¬ 
tions” would make great "settings" for 
Shakespeare were he alive to-day; lie would 
not have to fall back on English or Euro¬ 
pean royalty for subjects to put before the 
footlights. 
There are limes when the whole country 
Is Hooded with literature trying to Induce 
young men to become "detectives" ; usually 
a fee of $.'$ to $. r > Is demanded for enroll- 
usc, or if the cream sours in the Sum¬ 
mer, sent to the creamery or churned 
at home and the butter sold. 
A record is kept when the apples are 
picked, number of hands working, num¬ 
ber of barrels picked each day, and the 
different kinds of apples. Five years 
ago, or in 1907, we had about 10 bar¬ 
rels of poor apples, this last Fall 200 
barrels of first class. Another import¬ 
ant feature is the breeding record of 
all the stock. The breeding of marcs, 
cows, sows and starting the incubator 
are all kept. By this means there is 
never any guesswork as to when a 
mare, cow or sow arc to “come in”, 
we know, and we act accordingly. Also 
the kind of colt, calf and number and 
kind of pigs with their dates. A rec¬ 
ord is kept of all kinds of stock sold 
apd price received. General conditions 
of the weather arc also kept, that is 
if it is colder, hotter or windier than 
usual and every time it snows or rains. 
There are a great many different 
kinds of fdrm account books to be had, 
hut unless a person is somewhat of a 
bookkeeper it is my opinion that a di¬ 
ary beats them all. It is a very sim¬ 
ple matter to keep a single entry ac¬ 
count of your finances, to set down each 
day tlic number of eggs, amount of 
butter, poultry, cream, milk, hogs, veal, 
apples, or anything sold and the price 
received. So far as l have been able 
to learn that is more than most farmers 
keep. 
There is no record made of the 
chores unless there is something out of 
the ordinary. We make it a point 
always to try to get out into the field 
or to start at whatever we intend do¬ 
ing at seven o’clock and quit at six. 
The chores arc done before and after 
that lime. In Winter when the days 
arc short, or when the days commence 
to get short, the field hours are gradu¬ 
ally cut to eight and five. The rec¬ 
ord of all day hand work i.s kept, what 
they are doing and prices paid. To 
me the above seems a very simple mat¬ 
ter, much easier done than to tell it, 
from five to 10 minutes each day after 
everything is over. d. d. hunt. 
Virginia. 
rnent with tin* statement that "no uniform” 
Is required, as detectives go about In “citi¬ 
zen’s dress,” but they Btnte you must furn¬ 
ish your own revolver, blackjack or brass 
knuckles, and handcuffs, hut that you can 
make lots of money and get renown a« a 
detective. Once, being disgusted at the 
frequency such literature was shoved at ine, 
I started out to run them to earth, and 
chancing to live near the metropolis where 
their "headquarters” was located, I started 
for It; but on arrival found only the tail- 
quarters, as they had moved, removed and 
removed, until lllled with a combination of 
disgust and rage I sought an intimate 
friend who was a noted criminal lawyer 
and who smilingly told me there were a 
dozen loopholes in the law through which 
they could walk boldly out, and tlint the 
removals were not to dodge prosecution, but 
to avoid rent. To pacify myself and cool 
off 1 bolted for the nearest theatre. It 
chanced to be a play "set” In England, and 
one of the cliaps on the stage wound up 
about every other sentence In a drawling 
tone with the words, "And there you are;" 
so 1 quote, “And there you are !" 
_ G. H. W. 
Who Owns My Farm ? 
I was much Interested In regard to the 
fool game laws, but the most Important 
points have never been toucln*d. There 
are at present at least one million per¬ 
sons in these United Stutes drawing fat 
salaries that are no good to anyone, and 
these same game laws furnish excuse for 
several thousand in this State. Hut tin 
most Important to me is this: I bought e 
Himill farm, about 40 years ago, and l'oi 
nearly 80 years was allowed peaceable pos 
session; could raise anything I wished am 
no “llsli, Hash nor bird" was allowed or 
my farm without my consent. Now whal 
have 1 done to forfeit that right? What 
has the State clone to obtain possession ? 
These game wardens claim the right t.c 
Inspect my premises at any time, and cb 
anything* they wish. They certainly shed 
one of my best: cows last Fall, and also 
claim anyone has a right to hunt, llsh 01 
trap during the open season, because all 
game belongs to the State. Now this game 
canned be couflne*d and kept, as you keep the 
rest of your stock, but must he allowed t<> 
do all damage they wish ; then when sea 
son opens they belong to the* elfv eludes. 
II any part of my farm hedongs to the 
Stale. I wish to have* II fenced, and I will 
agre*e no trespass on my part or my slock. 
If any of this farm belongs to me I shall 
try to hold tile same right I had 40 years 
ago, no trespass, and “light It out on this 
Hue if It takes all Summer.” n K 
Afton, N. Y. * K * 
HUNDREDS OF CARLOADS OF 
nd Ornamental Trees 
EvflrereemiB.Sliruks, 
Hardy Hoses, etc. 
I ,200 ncros, GO In 
II arely Hoses, nono 
bet ter grown. 47 
greenhouses of 
Palms, Ferns, JBegonlns, 
1 Cvnrblooming Hoses, <Jo- 
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too numerous to mention. 
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.T. H. HACK 
My Master-Stroke for Fruit Growers 
the J.H. HALE Peach 
I have secured for orchnrclistH* commercial planting 
tho exclusive distribution rights of J. II. Hnlo’a greatest 
triumpn, tho wonderful “J. H. HALE” Peach—the most 
amazing peuch ever propagated in America. 
William P. Stark. 
Witt. P. STARTS 
The King of All Peaches 
Eight years ago,when M r. Halo first showed 
ipo his ’J. H. IIALE” Poach, I exclaimed. 
You’vo got a poach that will absolutely 
revolutionize poach growing in America—if 
It’ll remain true to Its characteristics In all 
poach regions.” For here was a peach as 
big as n small cannon-ball, twice tho size of 
an civerngo Elbcrtnj (loop golden yellow, over¬ 
laid with carmine; smooth, thick skinned, 
with no trace of fuzz; llesll solid, firm, yet 
delicate: and tho most luscious peach Uavor 
I have-ever tasted. 
8 Years of Tests, 3,000 Trees Planted 
But not until Mr. Halo had planted TWO 
trees— 2 ,(XX) in Connecticut and 1.000 in Geor¬ 
gia nnd fruited, experimented and tested 
them for 8 year*, was ho ready to offer this 
remarkable poach commercially. 
And In eight years it has grown better nnd 
better. It has been proved out In most widely 
divergent peach soils and climates. It lias 
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man and others in the snmo orchard wore 
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thousands of miles successfully. Commis¬ 
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proclaim It tho greutust poach the world bus 
ever known. 
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Remember what money-makers tho first 
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L can supply a limited number of growers 
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