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THE Ft URA L, NEW-YORKER 
November 6, 1915. 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
I have been farming now for three 
years and had decided never to own a 
dog, but now I think I want one. What 
shall I buy, an Airedale, collie or New¬ 
foundland? I want one for general pur¬ 
poses on a dairy farm, namely a watch 
dog. I think I read an article from the 
Hope Farm man some time ago recom¬ 
mending the Airedale. Give me your ad¬ 
vice. READER. 
I would cut out the Newfoundland at 
once. Some years ago I found that many 
people wanted a Newfoundland dog as 
companion for their children. I thought 
there would be profit in breeding these 
dogs, and I was ready to import a few 
from Newfoundland. I learned, however, 
that these fine dogs will not thrive when 
taken from their cold, native land. In 
our warmer country they suffer from the 
heat and after a few generations become 
feeble and worthless. There are few of 
them to be found now. The collie is a 
fine dog for stock work and as a com¬ 
panion, easily taught and very intelli¬ 
gent. For a general farm dog I prefer 
the Airedale. I am well aware that this 
thing of selecting a dog is much like se¬ 
lecting a wife—not a job for a stranger 
to undertake. I like the Airedale for 
his many good qualities. You can teach 
him anything that a dog can do. He is a 
good ratter and a wonderful watch dog, 
a faithful friend, not afraid of anything, 
and with almost human intelligence in de¬ 
ciding between friend and enemy. A 
good farm dog has many duties if his 
master is efficient, and the Airedale can 
perform most of them well. Maybe I 
am prejudiced since our Airedale helped 
save my life, but I think this breed has 
good stuff in it. 
Why a Dog? —Of course I know that 
the anti-dog men will be at me at once 
with the weight of a Newfoundland, the 
grip of a bulldog and the teeth of an 
Airedale. I am not going to argue with 
them. The dog is just the reflection of 
his master, and many of these outbursts 
against the dog ought to be directed at 
the man. Nine times in 10 what we call 
the cur dog is merely a curse put upon 
the neighborhood by the evil or shiftless 
qualities of his master. Some men stamp 
their qualities, good or bad, upon a poem, 
or a cow, or a corn crop, or a child. We 
are told in the Scriptures how the evil 
spirit left the man and entered the swine. 
I see some worthless curs, unfed or cared 
for at home, roaming about, and I know 
they carry the evil spirit of neglect and 
unthrift of their masters. The trouble 
is that while these curs carry a load of 
this evil spirit there is plenty more of it 
at home. Sometimes when the country 
minister has his salary all paid up and 
feels fully secure he ought to preach a 
sermon on this, and I suggest the follow¬ 
ing text: “There is that scattereth which 
increaseth!” 
Use For a Dog. —As for the uses of a 
good dog—here is one. During the past 
season we have had over 200 bitter com¬ 
plaints from people who are annoyed by 
chickens and little pigs that come over 
from the neighbors’ premises and scratch 
and root and steal. No use talking to 
the owners—they have no respect for 
property rights and seem to think their 
own live stock has rights which any hu¬ 
man is bound to respect. The best pro¬ 
tection I know of is a smart and active 
dog, trained to watch for these tres¬ 
passers and prey upon them when they 
show up. One of our Airedales would 
nip' the tail feathers out of a few of these 
trespassing birds or a part of the tail off 
one of the pigs, and it would serve as a 
wholesome lesson for the rest. There is 
no neighborhood nuisance greater than 
this wandering hen or pig, and when the 
owner is a big man who lets his stock de¬ 
stroy the property of a small woman—as 
is often the case—it is time to let loose 
the dogs of war. A man can shoot the 
hens and then fight it out with the own¬ 
er if he is big enough, but a woman must 
often see her garden and flower beds torn 
up and ruined by these wretched animals 
which, like the cur dog, carry the mean¬ 
ness and disregard of property rights of 
their owners. A good dog trained to his 
work will chase the evil spirit out of 
this trespassing stock even if he does not 
shame the owner. There are many other 
ways in which a good dog can be made 
useful. When, however, a man keeps a 
dog, as some seem to, because he can¬ 
not get human beings to acknowledge his 
superiority, I feel sorry for the dog. 
The Contest Pullets. —After much 
study and considerable argument we se¬ 
lected the Red pullets which are to rep¬ 
resent us at the egg-laying contest. It 
was a job. Some of these experts tell 
us all about it, but it is hard to follow 
their directions. A hen may have the 
breed and shape they tell about, yet 
the “pelvic bones” may not be according 
to their story. After struggling with this 
pen I am convinced that it is a sort of 
“gift” or instinct which enables Tom 
Barron, Ed Cam, Lincoln and the rest 
we read about to pick good performers. 
They know how to do it, but I doubt if 
they can fully explain it to others. I 
know men who, as I fully believe, can 
communicate, mentally, w r ith horses and 
cows. They have some instinctive lan¬ 
guage which the animals understand. 
Philip has raised these pullets, and 
knows them from the egg. I found we 
did not quite agree, and I took first 
chance, he second and so on to the full 
pen. We shall see which knew most 
about it. One thing is sure, much de¬ 
pends on a good start, and it takes a 
good jockey to fit the pullet so she will 
start in early. It’s about like the race I 
saw run out on the plains in Colorado. 
Two cowboys ran their horses in a quar¬ 
ter-mile race. One of them insisted that 
they must back their horses up to the 
starting line and at the signal each turn 
and run. It looked fair, but one horse 
had been carefully trained to twist 
around. At the signal he turned like a 
rabbit and had three good jumps before 
the other started. Philip and I are no 
hen jockeys. All we know is that our 
pullets have mighty good parents and are 
strong and healthy—though small. We 
do not brag or beg about them. If they 
average 200 eggs we shall say it is no 
more than we expected, considering their 
parents. If they never lay an egg we 
shall still back them as fine for the frying 
pan. Their parents are all right. Ten 
hens in our breeding pen laid 132 eggs 
the first 24 days in October—after lay¬ 
ing steadily all the year. Our Leghorns 
have quit entirely and it surely takes a 
good hen to lay in October and November 
as these Reds are doing. 
The Farm. —Just now it is all ap¬ 
ples. We got them all off late in Octo¬ 
ber—a better crop than we expected. 
They are now being sold. Not having 
good storage yet we turn them off as 
soon as possible after picking. Local 
trade is best. I do not like to ship away 
by freight in small lots. I advertise in 
our local papers, and it is surprising 
how much trade this brings in. The 
other day two families got a small auto 
truck and came 15 miles to buy five or 
six barrels. Many autos stop for a sup¬ 
ply, and Tom and Broker are kept busy 
hauling off great loads to neighboring 
towns. We make no effort to held peo¬ 
ple up for a fancy price, and our trade 
is mostly with middle-class people who 
look for bargains. One thing we make 
plain—I will never do business the sec¬ 
ond time with a “kicker.” Reasonable 
complaint is all right and we sometimes 
deserve it, but there are a few profes¬ 
sional “kickers” who always find fault 
for the purpose of getting a little more 
than is coming to them. My way of deal¬ 
ing with such people is to return their 
money, make them a present of the fruit 
and decline to do any more business with 
them. They are few in numbers, though 
they can make a large noise, and it does 
not pay to trade with them. We sell 
three grades of apples, No. 1, No. 2 and 
pie apples, carefully stating just what 
each grade is. I find that many windfalls 
and bruised fruit can be worked off for 
pie and sauce if you tell people just 
what they are. That is far better than 
trying to work such stuff off in the mid¬ 
dle of the barrel. 
I never saw so many crows as we have 
this year. I scared up a flock of 500 or 
more in one of our back cornfields. The 
corn shocks were black with them. They 
had gnawed in almost like squirrels and 
destroyed a lot of corn. These black 
rascals have become a perfect nuisance 
this year. This is no time for some “bird 
lover” to come and argue with me that 
crows should be protected. H. w. c. 
Visitor : “What’s that new structure 
on the hill there?” Farmer: “Well, if 
I find a tenant for it, it’s a bungalow; 
if I don’t, it’s a barn.”—Credit Lost. 
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