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Hope Farm Notes 
THE GARDEN. 
Every year at or before this time the 
garden question becomes a living issue. 
It is far more important to us than the 
tariff, the Mexican question or Mr. 
Bryan’s management of the State De¬ 
partment. Villa may be Mexico’s presi¬ 
dent and he may try to annex the United 
States or Mr. Bryan may send a case of 
grape juice to King George, and still 
Hope Farm would move on. If, how¬ 
ever, we were not able to go out at any 
time during the Summer and pick a doz¬ 
en or more different vegetables there 
would be a social earthquake here. Prop¬ 
erly so, because from Redhead up to 
Baldhead our folks have been trained to 
know that it is the duty of a piece of 
land to provide 00 per cent, of the family 
food through a good garden. These men 
who claim that it is cheaper to buy 
vegetables, or who are willing to live on 
meat, eggs and potatoes all Summer long 
will get no followers here. There is no 
law to prevent their prohibition of a 
good garden except the law of common 
sense, and who can enforce that? 
A garden will cost some money and 
more work, but it is worth it all. You 
cannot spend a dollar to better advan¬ 
tage, and no hoe can scratch up more 
gold than a garden hoe. This season 
is late, and there is still ample time for 
some of these non-gardeners to make 
their start. Most of the wise ones have 
bought their seeds, but still we have peo¬ 
ple come asking for an outfit that will 
provide a full supply for an average¬ 
sized family. I could tell what we buy, 
or I could get other individuals to give 
their choice, but I find that gardeners 
vary in this as they do in other things. 
\Y hen you find the Leghorn hen man 
admitting the claims of his R. I. Red 
neighbor, or the Airedale dog man claim¬ 
ing that the bull dog has anything on his 
friend in fur you may expect two gar¬ 
den cranks to argue on seeds. To the 
man without much experience advice 
based on wide knowledge is better, for 
such advice is sure to cover observation 
of many different soils and localities.. If 
I wanted to know what varieties of 
strawberries would be likely to do well 
in a certain section I would go to a man 
like W. F. Allen, wl;o sends plants every¬ 
where and knows from reports how the 
varieties behave. So in order to get a 
fair idea of best seeds for an average 
garden I went to W. Atlee Burpee. The 
following list is based upon personal ex¬ 
perience and also upon distribution, for 
critical buyers will discard the unsuita¬ 
ble and continue to try what satisfies 
them. 
The following list has been compiled 
with a view of furnishing a family of 
six people with vegetables throughout the 
season : 
150 feet peas. Prolific Extra Earlv, one 
quart. 
75 feet peas, Pioneer, one pint. 
75 feet peas, Stratagem, one pint. 
40 feet onion sets, one quart. 
100 feet onion, Southport Yellow 
Globe, one ounce. 
75 feet beet, Black Red Ball, Detroit 
Dark Red, one ounce each. 
50 feet lettuce, May King, Big Boston 
and Iceberg, one packet each. 
30 feet spinach, Long Season, one 
ounce. 
75 feet parsnip, Offenliam Market, one 
ounce. 
50 feet carrot, Early Short Scarlet, 
Danvers and Saint Valery, one packet 
each. 
30 feet turnip, Early Milan and Red- 
Top White, one packet each. 
200 feet sweet corn, Golden Bantam, 
Howling Mob, White Evergreen and 
Country Gentleman, one packet each. 
100 feet string beans, Burpee’s String- 
less. Green Pod, Burpee’s Stringless 
White Wax, one pint each. 
100 feet beans, dwarf Lima, Burpee 
Improved, Fordhook Bush, one pint each. 
12 hills cucumber, Fordhook Famous, 
one packet. 
15 hills watermelon, Fordhook Early, 
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Fordhook, 
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one packet. 
15 hills muskmelon, New 
one packet. 
6 hills Summer squash, 
White Bush, one packet. 
6 hills Winter squash, Ilubbard, 
packet. 
6 hills pumpkin, Golden Oblong, 
packet. 
Two to four ounces of radish, Scarlet 
Button, Rapid White and White Icicle 
to be sown in the rows with other crops 
such as lettuce, as they will be used ere 
they would interfere with the maturing 
of the other crops. 
Celery and late cabbage may be plant¬ 
ed after early peas, string beans, etc., and 
room must bo left for at least 50 tomato 
plants, or if it is preferred to raise these 
from seed, sow one packet each. Chalk’s 
Early Jewel and Burpee’s Matchless. 
Mr. Burpee also likes Blue Bantam 
and British Wonder peas. lie would add 
a rutabaga turnip and substitute Way- 
ahead for May Queen lettuce and add 
Deacon. Extra Early is a good cucum¬ 
ber. Rapid Red is preferred to Scarlet 
Button radish. There are many who pre¬ 
fer Emerald Gem or Spicy to other 
melons. 
Hens.- —-The Hope Farm representa¬ 
tives at the laying contest are still work¬ 
ing away. They manufacture eggs on the 
whole better than I expected. I shall 
soon give their record, and financial 
standing up to date. We had them 
“scored” by an expert poultry judge to 
sec how they would stand at a poultry 
show. You remember that seven of these 
birds were bought in the New York live 
poultry market—just as they came from 
Southern poultry dealers. The other 
three are of known parentage. When 
you see the scores you will know what we 
got. At home we have a flock of mon¬ 
grels, a small pen of Leghorns and a 
bunch of R. I. Reds which I bought in 
Northern Vermont, expecting to compare 
these northern-grown birds with another 
lot from the Gulf coast. These Reds are 
good ones—not show-ring birds but 
Strong, healthy hens and good perform¬ 
ers. I want to breed the best of them 
to a cockerel of known pedigree. We 
have one in mind—son of a trap-nested 
hen of over 200-egg record, and sired by 
the son of another trap-nested hen of 
known pedigree. Following what we 
know about breeding cattle I think the 
use of such pedigreed birds on our best 
hens is the way for hen men to “breed 
up.” If I can get some good pullets from 
this cross I will enter them in the next 
contest. We have another pen of “runt” 
Leghorns. You may remember that last 
Fall I got hold of a pen of small stunted 
birds. They were out of a large flock of 
finely bred Leghorns, but in some way 
they failed to grow in spite of the best 
care and feeding. The usual plan is to 
kill these runts, but I wanted to see if 
they would lay or breed, and if they did 
whether their chicks would come back to 
normal size. Most poultrymen thought 
they would not lay, but they started in 
March and are doing fairly. We have 
some of their eggs under good hens and I 
hope to show that chicks from these 
runts will “come back” and make good- 
sized birds. 
“Slicking Tip.”—We are trying our 
hand at. a little landscape gardening this 
year. From time to time we have added 
to the lawn space around the house, but 
not much has been done at planting trees 
and shrubs. A\ hen we came to consider 
it seriously we found that some expert 
advice was needed in order to do it right. 
Fixing up the home grounds is something 
like making a dress—you have got to 
know how the separate pieces are to fit 
in and make contrasts before you start. 
Any man can dig holes and put in little 
trees or shrubs, but he ought to know 
before he starts them how they will look 
when they grow up. This is what we 
call vision or understanding. The pos¬ 
session of it separates the expert from 
the ordinary workman. Some people 
never can get it in any way. When it 
came to planning the future of our home 
grounds I confess that I could not tell 
how to group things for best effect. 
A\ hen one must make such a confession 
he is wise to leave the job 
who knows. Mother knew 
she wanted, but did not understand the 
details, so we got expert advice. It is 
remarkable how these men who know can 
run their eye over a place and see how 
it will look years ahead when their plans 
mature. As this thing of making the 
home grounds attractive is coming to be 
more and more important I will try to 
tell how we do it—step by step as the 
work is planned. No one should tell me 
that such work does not pay. In the 
Last at least now that roads are im¬ 
proving and travel is increasing a well- 
kept, neat lawn is a standing advertise¬ 
ment for the farm and the farmer. 
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“Have you lived here all your life?” 
asked a traveller of a cadaverous rustic, 
who stood idly leaning against a fence. 
I lie rustic shifted his weight from one 
foot to the other. “Not yet!” he replied. 
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Pick out your 
California Farm 
this Spring 
. Look into the money-making possibilities of dairying, poultrv- 
raising and fruit-growing in the San Joaquin Valley — heart of Golden 
California now. J his year will see thousands of homeseekers in 
Calfornia. Your foresight should lead you to anticipate this influx. 
Here is a wonderfully fertile valley whose deep, rich soil, all-the- 
year- round growing climate and irrigation facilities make it a food 
factory that produces a great range of crops in bountiful measure. 
Its location gives it ready access to markets eager for all that can be 
produced. 
Tt is already a well-developed country. People here get together 
and cooperate to save and to make money for each other. 
I am here to help you to locate to advantage. I am not selling 
land — but I can point out the land best adapted to various crops. 1 
can save you time and travel. I want to secure ambitious, progressive 
farmers to cultivate these prolific acres along the Santa Fe. 
Write for our free books, “San Joaquin Valley,” “Dairying” and 
Poultry.” Read what they tell of the reasons why this country is 
good — of people who have made successes, and how — of results 
which you can get if you have only the necessary energy and ambition. 
I would like you to read what 
the farmers already here have 
to say in regard to what has 
been done by them to win for¬ 
tune in this land of big returns. 
Send coupon, or your name 
and address on a postal, say¬ 
ing “San Joaquin Valley.” 
This will bring the books 
promptly and any additional in¬ 
formation desired. Write to¬ 
day. 
C. L. Sea graves, Genl. Colonization Agent, 
A. T. & S. F. Ity., 2209 Railway Exchange, 
Chicago: 
Please send me free copies of your three 
books on farming in the San Joaquin Valley, 
California. 
LOCAL 
FARMERS 
List with 
us, WHY? 
Because they know we ad¬ 
vertise truthfully and exten¬ 
sively. COMMAND tlie re¬ 
spect of our Banks and Merch¬ 
ants, and look after their inter¬ 
ests as well as those of the buy¬ 
er. Our bargains are bargain's. 
Seeing is believing. 
FARMERS REALTY CO. 
Quakertown, Pennsylvania 
Stock and Tools Included - 
-105 acres. 15-room 
house, two barns, 
main one 40x00; basement; silo; fruit; 2 miles 
Railroad town; 7 cows; 5 horses; 50 hens; binder; 
plows; harrows; mower; rake; heavy wagons; 
buggies; sleighs; numerous other things, all for 
$4,000; $2,500 cash; balance, three and live years. 
Lady owns it must go. Catalog No. 102. HALL'S 
I'AK.U AGENOY, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
THE BEST FARM IN NEW JERSEY I honestly 
believe, is one of 136 acres just out of Washington; near 
trolley. House of 9 rooms, bath, furnace; excellent out¬ 
buildings, with slate roofs. Und slopes south-east; 127 
acres cultivable, E. E. SLOCUM, 141 Broadway, N. Y. City 
I Rfl 1 FOR SALE—Near Phila. and Trenton markets; 
I JU good It.lt. and trolley facilities. New catalogue. Es¬ 
tablished 25 years. HORACE G. REEDER. Newtown, Pa. 
VIRGINIA 
FERTILE FARMS 
SI5° = °ACRE8cUP. 
WANTED — Responsible party to take charge of 
—--;- our business in each county handling 
sale of Automatic Coni lunation Too], a combined 
wive fence stretcher, post puller, lifting jack, etc. 
Lifts or pulls 3 tons, weighs 24 pounds. Sells 
readily to farmers, shops, contractors, etc. No 
experience necessary. Descriptive catalogue, prices 
and terms free upon request. HAHKAH MI'G. 
CO., Drawer O, Bloomfield, Indiana 
HEADQUARTERS 
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“FARMS WORTH 
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F ERTILE farms—B eautiful Perkiomen Valley, excellent 
markets. Catalog. W. M. Stevens, Pcrkwtlc, Pa. 
The most profitable fanning in America is in the 
mild, healthy climate of Virginia. Yearly rain¬ 
fall 45 inches. Alfalfa 4 to 6 tons acre. Corn 50 
to 100 bn. acre. Specially adapted for cattle and 
bogs. Write for official list and literature. 
F "■ LA BAUME, Agri. Aqt., N. S W. Ry., 
Room 266 H. & W. FWn., Roanoke, Va. 
A Farmer’s Garden 
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Helps his wife to plan her table in busy times. Saves work s 
and worry, saves buying so much meat, gives better satis- S 
faction to the help. A good garden will be almost impossi- - 
blc in your busy life without proper tools. They cost little E 
and save much hard work. z 
WHEEL HOES l 
AND DRILLS! 
IRON AGE 
will sow, cultivate, ridge, furrow, etc., better than you cm 
with old-fashioned tools and ten times quicker. A woman, 
boy or girl can do it. Can plant closer and work these hand 
tools while the horses rest. 38 combinations 
from which to choose at $2.50 to $12. One 
unbined tool will do all of the work. 
Ask your dealer to show them and 
write us for booklet, “Gardening 
With Modern Tools'* and “Iron 
Age Farm and Garden News” 
both free. 
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BATEMAN 
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Boj |Oi.t 
Gronloch, J. 
Not Something 
For Nothing... 
but something in exchange 
for a little work securing 
new or renewal subscrip¬ 
tions to The Rural New- 
Yorker. A post card 
addressed to Department 
“M,” The Rural New- 
Yorker, 333 West 30th 
Street, New York City, 
will bring you the details. 
Better send today. 
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