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May 26, 1917. 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
Charity Farmixo. —Perh.np'! that is 
not a good nanio for it —rpo if yon can 
suggest a better Several woeks ago 
I told how Mother and the children will 
try to grow a orop for the Bible Teach¬ 
ers’ Training School. To niy surprise I 
find that other people have inucli the same 
thing in mind. They seleet a goo<l piece 
of land and the work is done by those 
members of the family who are not ranked 
as skilled fann workers. The crop goes 
to some institution or individual which 
must depend largely upon contributions 
for its existence. In this wa.v such 
worthy institutions are helped and the 
work is done without great interference 
with the farm job of feeding the world, 
A Good Tiitxo. —That is what we call 
it. In times like these v.’ith the war ex¬ 
citement growing, many fine charities are 
likely to suffer. The new revenue taxes 
will cut into the heart of many a big in¬ 
come—a share of which formerly went 
to help others. TTicle Sam will get a lot 
of money which formerly went to help 
the needy. This will go for new taxes 
and also for buying bonds. We shall all 
have to put this up, and a great deal 
more before this war is ended, but in 
the meantime the things of peace which 
mean so much for humanity must not be 
permitted to fade out. Some will say— 
let them become self-supporting. From 
the very nature of the Christian spirit 
upon which they are founded if they did 
that they would have very little time or 
spirit for doing anything worth while for 
humanity. They .are made strong and 
useful, not by great endowments, but by 
the help which comVs fi'om human sac¬ 
rifice and personal work. 
Helping Ott.—T hus T think a small 
part of the farm may well be devoted to 
.such work. It will not interfere with the 
regular fanu work—T think all hands 
will feel better for doing it. .lust now 
the papers are full of .advice .about Avork- 
ing lawns and baseb.all grounds and back¬ 
yards. You would think these patches 
of soil Avere to feed all the* European 
armies! Mo.st of them Avill simidy feed 
money to the dealei-s in garden outfits. 
The Avorld Avill be fed and clothed, as 
usual, by the fanners Avho make .a busi¬ 
ness of groAving croi)s. The scientific 
farmei’s and OAvners <Af big estates Avill 
make most noise, but the backs will be 
coA'ered and the stomachs Avill be filled by 
the plain. hard-Avorking men on medium¬ 
sized farms Avho. ever since the Avorld be¬ 
gan, have carried the true burdens of 
humanity, f^o T AA’onld let the hiAvns and 
ball grounds alone, and put in some such 
charity field as IVfother and the children 
are cultivating. Take it from me. Ave 
shall all need something of Avhat the ball 
field and the charity field stand for be- 
foi*e this Avar is over. We haA'e got to do 
our share of playing in some Avay to take 
the stretch out of our nerves', and Ave 
must h.ave something of what this charity 
stands for in order to keep the nerves in 
tune. Play is the oil of life—true charity 
is the spirit. Every one of us at Hope 
Farm, up to the limit of our mental 
capacity, realizes Avhat the next 10 years 
are to mean to this country. The burden 
of it Avill continue on to the last days of 
the smallest child—and beyond. 
We f?TART. —We got our Bible School 
potatoes in on !May 12. They .should • 
haA'e been planted before, but the cold, 
Avet Aveather jiut us back. At first Ave 
planned to have these potatoes fedloAV the 
asparagus plants, but that field Avas bet¬ 
ter for straAvbei-ries. and aa’o changed to a 
piece of land p.art way up the hill—just 
beside the first oi-chard. This has a gen¬ 
tle slope to the east, and Ave know it is 
good soil. Merrill had idoAved it. AVoiked 
it once Avith the disk and tAvice Avith the 
Acme. The rest of the Avork Ava.s su)>- 
posed to he done by Mother and the chil¬ 
dren, It Avas my job to furnish the seed 
and fertilizer and act as agriculturiil ad¬ 
viser. Bight aftei- breakfast Ave Avere on 
the job. The adviser noticed some big 
stones on that field, so the <hildreu 
hitched Bob to the stone boat and inniled 
these hardheads off. The field is about 
200 feet long, and Ave decided to jmt in 
15 rOAvs of potatoes'. That means three 
enrh for Mother and the three boys, and 
lp< each for the little girls. So they 
measured off each end and put stakes 
VAe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
three feet apart. Then came the cavalry, 
represented b.v Bob. to make the furroAvs. 
One boy stornl at the stake as a guide, 
another boy led Bob, and the other heh 
the small pIoaa'. By coming back in e.ach 
fiiricw they made quite a straight job 
and a good Avide furrow. 
Ct'TTi.vo Seed.—O f course, .some o:: 
you will say your Avay is better. Mosi; 
likely, but this is just a record of the 
way Ave did it. The boys hauled the see< 
up on the .stone boat, and Ave sat under 
a tree to cut. We planted about half 
and half Irish Cobbler and Green Moun¬ 
tain. The Cobblers were "second-croi)'’ 
seed. In South .Jersey the fanners are 
developing a ncAv seed scheme. They 
Avill buy “certified” seed and keep it in 
cold storage until late in July or early 
August. Then, when some early crop is 
off the land, they plant this sound and 
unsprouted seed. This late crop groAvs 
until kilhnl b.A' frost. The tubers are 
iLsually small, but they keep sound and 
firm, cut up Avell, .and are proving very 
productive, in sections around Philadel¬ 
phia. We are trying them out-this year. 
In cutting A\e just .slice the small tubers 
through the center. The Green Moun¬ 
tains require more skill in cutting, but 
the children Avanted to prepare their OAvn 
share of seed. I saw the little girls cut¬ 
ting a number of "dead” eyes, and they 
finally arranged Avith me to cut for them. 
ri-AXTi.vG.—The furrows lay open to 
the sun and Avind for a while to Avarm 
up a little. Sulphur Avas scattered over 
the seed j>ieoes and each one droiqx'd his 
OAvn rows. Mother took most time for 
this, but she claimed the seed pieces AA’ere 
exactly spaced. At any rate they di'opped 
the seod ,'ind then covered Avith hoes. It 
would he quicker to covov Avith the feet, 
but this ai'iny of planter.s believes that the 
hoe does .a bettor job. We figured to use 
fertilizer at the rate of about 1.200 
})ounds ])er acre. So the hoys figured it 
out foi' 1.5 roAvs, hauled the fertilizer and 
scattered it evenly along the roAvs. In 
about a Aveek they Avill put Bob in the 
Aveeder and scratch the field all over 
lightly. This Avill kill many Aveeds and 
mix the fertilizer in. When the potatoes 
AA'ere all pl.'inted Ave sat under a tree and 
considered things. Xo, Ave did not figure 
any .500 bushels to the acre. We huA'e 
.seen too many crop prosiiects fade aAvay 
for that, and aacII we knoAv there are 
many hot days of hoeing and cultivating, 
spraying and bug-killing, ahead of us be¬ 
fore the Bible School has baked pota¬ 
toes from that field. 
Go.aipaxio.x Crops.—W hat shall aa'C 
put in the i-est of the land? That Avas a 
hard question, hecause only Winter cro))s 
can be used, and aac all knoAV Avhat hand 
cro))s mean—on Aveedy land. On the 
Avide strip along the orclnird Ave finally 
decided to put a roAV of TIubhard S(iuash. 
That is gci.id fix id for anyone. Then 
tAvo roAA’S A)f yelloAv turnips and one of 
carrots Avill be good. Turnips are com¬ 
ing back into favor as good food. They 
are strong in sulphur, and carrots are 
rich in ii'on—both .are needl'd in Avar 
times! Then for the balance of the field 
AA'hat could be better than beans? The 
Avorld has got to come to a diet of bread, 
liot.atoes and beams. When the long roll of 
life-savers is called you Avill find the Immble 
bean standing up to ansAA'er “Here I” 
And so. the Hope Farm children 
started their contribtition. T.et us see 
hoAv it turns out. One thing AA'e knoAV, 
there Avill be blisters and SAveat before 
there are potatoes and beans. 
Happy Daa'S.— 'riiis Avork Avent on at 
a lively pace. While the children AA'vArked 
of course the agricultural adviser had a 
chtinoe to cast his eye about the farm. It 
Avas moving on. Merrill Avas ploAving in 
one of the biick orchards Avhere Ave are 
to jd.'int flint corn. Broker pulled on, 
thinking mostly of his dinner. ’roni 
is ne.-irer to jmre I’ercheron blood, 
and he ripped on Avith his he.ad 
Ix'iit a little as if thinking of some 
of his cousins in France—far uAvay 
from this peaceful scene—s"^raining to 
bnng up the guns. Philip Avas jilanting 
Lima beans. You probably Avill not real¬ 
ize hoAv much this means until you come 
to live in Xcav .Tersey. Joe Avas jilanting 
apple trees—filling out the BaldAvin or¬ 
chard. 'J'he .sun Avas shining, but a cold 
Avind bleAV out of the north. We are tAvo 
Aveeks and more late Avith the fruit bloom. 
The peaches have burst out into full 
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