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THE KU R A Tv NEW-YORKER 
Hope Farm Notes 
W ATER SUPPLY—That is the most 
important thing I know of for the 
house. In our big family there is 
great need of water, and whenever the 
tank runs dry we have trouble. I think 
our system has been explained several 
times. We have a big tank at the top 
of the house, and this supplies kitchen, 
bathroom and sinks. The water has 
been pumped out of a deep driven well 
and forced about 300 feet to the house 
and up to the tank. A windmill directly 
over the well does this work whenever 
the wind blows. Year after year this 
faithful mill has lifted the water with¬ 
out cost, save for a little oil and a few 
cheap repairs. There are times of dead 
calm even in strenuous New Jersey, and 
usually these seasons bring the greatest 
demand for water. The mill stands still, 
and we never realize what it does for 
us until we take hold of the pump 
handle and force the water to the tank. 
In order to help out the windmill we lift 
the gasoline engine off the sprayer when 
its work is done and mount it near the 
well with a jack fitted to the pump 
handle. It coughs away and pushes the 
water on when its friend the windmill 
cannot secure a breeze. That is, the engine 
does this when it feels just like it. Now 
and then there will come a still, cold 
morning when neither mill nor engine 
will work, and it is “all hands to the 
pump !” 
Tiie Spring. —While straightening out 
my back after one of these pumping 
spells I decided to have a third power on 
that water job. Some 1,200 feet from the 
house, at the foot of our steep hill, a 
good spring gushes out of a rock. I have 
never known it to go dry but once in 15 
years, and the water is very superior. 
The ground was about level with the 
spring, but as we dug into it we found 
the remains of an old tank and water 
fixture. Years ago it had been bricked 
up and connected with a wooden pipe. 
This pipe seemed to have been made of 
chestnut poles bored out with a hand 
auger. One end of each was chopped 
down like the point of a stake and this 
end was driven into the hole of the next 
joint of pipe, thus making a continuous 
line. We dug up many lengths of this old 
pipe still in fair condition and capable 
of carrying water after 40 years of 
service. This pipe led to the barn—they 
never thought of watering the house! 
We dug the spring out down to the solid 
rock and built up a concrete tank capa¬ 
ble of holding about 600 gallons. Later 
there will be another tank which will 
hold 1,000 gallons. We laid a l^-inch 
pipe 1,200 feet from the house to the 
spring. This pipe enters the spring tank 
three feet below ground . and connects 
with a covered strainer or filter, which 
takes the water from the bottom. There 
are two overflow pipes, one at the top 
and the other below. At the house the 
pipe enters at the cellar. There is a 
faucet at the lowest point for emptying 
the pipe and also for attaching a hose in 
case of fire, or for watering the garden. 
The pipe passes up over the tank in the 
attic. I did not think at first that the 
water would flow into the tank—it did 
not seem possible that the spring was 
high enough up the hill. Yet when we 
finally turned the valve the water gushed 
into the tank in a solid stream. It would 
rise about 10 feet higher. 
A Sure Supply. —No more tiring or 
straining at the pump or waiting upon 
capricious engines or self-willed breezes. 
The spring water runs down hill upon its 
own feet, and mounts up stairs without 
scolding or bribery. We have just put 
the water at work, whereas up to this 
time it absorbed the labor of others. No 
one can realize until -he has been without 
it what a blessing it is to have this cool, 
soft water flowing through the house, 
ready at a touch and never failing. The 
water from the well is hard and full of 
lime, though the surface of the farm is 
sour. This lime water is excellent for 
children who are manufacturing teeth 
and bone, but older people begin to feel 
it in knee and other joints, as the lime 
is deposited there. Soft, spring water 
is far better for them. I wish that every 
farm might have just such a spring 
flowing through the house. If I could 
put such water and the fixtures which 
should go with it into every farmhouse 
I would change the entire aspect of 
country living inside of 10 years. In 
our case we bought the pipe and con¬ 
crete and hired a plumber to put on the 
attachments at the house and spring. 
All the rest of it was done with farm 
labor. 
Clearing Brush. —One job for this 
Winter is clearing up a four-acre field 
at the back of the farm. This is our 
last “loafer field,” and it has certainly 
had a good loaf—being thick with brush 
and small saplings. These will be cut 
with ax and brush scythe and the whole 
growth piled and burned. The field is 
on a hill sloping to the east, and is a 
little moist from hidden springs. Prop¬ 
erly handled it will make a good location 
for a mulched orchard. In the Spring 
our plan is to dig a wide ditch across the 
lower end—next to our boundary line, 
and put in a big stone drain. Running 
into this, up and down the hill, through 
the damp spots, will be smaller stone 
drains to take out the surplus water. 
Then we shall plow the field as well as 
we are able and chop it up with the 
cutaway. Apples will be planted 20 feet 
each way—McIntosh for permanent trees 
and Wealthy for fillers. Each McIntosh 
will be surrounded by four Wealthys. 
These varieties grow well with us and 
Wealthy is the best filler I know of. We 
expect to raise corn between the rows 
of trees and give good culture to kill 
out the grass and brush. It will be a 
rough-looking place for awhile, but we 
have conquered such fields before in this 
way and turned them into fine orchards. 
The little boys are at work clearing out 
the brush. They each want a wheel, but 
the only way to get it is to earn the 
price at fair labor. So they will clear 
part of this field on contract or by the 
square rod, doing their own measuring 
and figuring. No doubt I shall be told 
that this is a mean and cruel way to 
•treat these boys. Why not give them a 
wheel? They are far better off to cam 
it by fair labor, and they are not at all 
likely to hurt themselves by over-work. 
Can you give me any information as 
to where I could sell my poems, border¬ 
ing on the religious? I mean singly for 
a paper or magazine. M. F. L. 
New York. 
I am afraid I cannot help you much 
in this line. I do not know of anyone 
likely to pay for religious poems. The ! 
market for poetry is dull at best, and I 
religious poems have, usually, very little 
value. I imagine most editors would 
expect such things to be given “freely 
and without price,” though the authors 
must live as well as those who write 
jokes or “ragtime” melodies. The re- 
ligiotis or denominational papers would 
be most likely to use such poetry, but it 
would have to be exceedingly good to 
command payments. I wish I could give 
young authors more encouragement, but 
the truth is that there is little or no 
chance to sell much of the matter which 
is poured in upon the editors. A large 
proportion of it is dull and vei'y com¬ 
monplace, without even a spark of that 
fire which makes good literature. Young 
peeople sometimes attempt to write poems 
or stories which deal with great prob¬ 
lems of life. The authors have had no 
experience which would justify them in 
writing such things, and they have never 
known either great joy or great sorrow. 
What they write is pitiful to people who 
have seen the world and know something 
of human nature. I would hold up such 
authors if I could, but when you get in 
front of a fountain pen in the hands of 
one who thinks that ink alone indicates 
genius you are very likely to be drowned. 
If I thought these young authors would 
take my advice I would give it, but as 
I know they do not want it, I will simply 
“saw wood.” 
Winter Work. —Just now we are get¬ 
ting down our year’s supply of fuel. This 
is cut in the woods—mostly dead or 
dying chestnuts. The poles are hauled 
to the back yard. There we take the 
sprayer engine and belt it to a circular 
saw, and soon rip up the stove wood. 
This is thrown into a shed, where it 
dries out well. The little boys split it 
as needed or work a lot of it ahead on 
rainy days. Plenty of water and dry 
fuel are cornerstones of a household 
heaven. . . . We shall begin pruning 
as soon as the wood is down and cut 
up. In former years this pruning job 
has been left until later, but this year 
promises to be a busy one, and all pos¬ 
sible work will be done in January. We 
do very little pruning anyway—mostly 
cutting out ingrowing branches and 
shortening the tops. Many of our bear¬ 
ing trees have never been cut back at 
all—simply trimmed to keep an open 
top and left to head themselves. Some 
of our peach trees would probably make 
an expert groan, but as they give us 
beautiful fruit in profitable quantity I 
can stand the groaning, since we do not 
ask others to do the same thing unless 
they fully understand about it. It is one 
thing to practice and quite another to 
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daughter. It was unpleasant-looking 
stuff, and she demurred at taking it. 
“But,” pleaded her father, “poor old dad 
has spent his last dollar for this medi¬ 
cine.” Touched, the child took the draft. 
But a little later she sidled up to her 
father. “Dad,” she said, “if—if you 
think you could afford it, I’d like to 
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