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July 9, 19111 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
I I . . 
I have been hoeing strawberries 
through the forenoon. That is what a 
worker who takes no “joy in the job” may 
call an eternal and infernal round of 
labor. We have already hoed these plants 
three times, and cultivated them twice, 
and the worst weeks are still ahead. How¬ 
ever, you cannot have big berries unless 
you are willing to work for them—and I 
want the big berries. As I came out of 
Ihe field into the road I saw far down 
under the trees by the corner two gray 
objects slowly moving into view. They 
are Tom and Broker, the big gray horses, 
bringing up the last load of hay. We 
have a little more to cut, but this is the 
last from that field, where we bought the 
standing grass. There have been several 
light showers—just enough to wet the 
hay without helping crops. There they 
come now with the last of it, and it will 
be safer in the barn, for if I understand 
the language of these broken clouds we 
are to have a soaking shower tomorrow. 
The rope on the hayfork suddenly gave 
way with the last load, and this one must 
be pitched off by hand. It will be a job, 
for the rakings are in it, and they are 
well twisted and ’bound together. Our 
hay crop is good this year. We shall have 
about four acres of oats to cut green a 
little later, and our stock will be well 
provided with fodder. 
***** 
These oats are not quite as good as 
they ought to be. I presume that is our 
fault for not understanding their lan¬ 
guage. We should have used more fer¬ 
tilizer on that crop. On a farm like this, 
where market garden crops are grown, the 
tendency is to feed the cash crops heavily 
and let the others go. Somehow the mar¬ 
ket gardener seems to feel that sweet corn 
or tomatoes which sell for cash are more 
deserving of care than plain corn or 
grass or grain which are fed out on the 
farm. Some men feel much the same 
about their orchards. They appear to 
think that a big, healthy tree should be 
able to care for itself, and thus the or¬ 
chard gets little feeding. In a way this 
seems to be about the way some farmers 
feel about the difference between hired 
help and household help. The hired man 
will probably get his cash wages and be 
well provided for, since in these times he 
can generally enforce his demands. The 
women and children do not, as a rule, get 
any such attention. They often put in 
longer hours than the hired man—and at 
more trying and monotonous labor—but 
too many of us neglect to pay them in 
cash or attention as' we do the hired help. 
They are partners, you say, and should 
not expect to draw wages? Some of them 
are mighty silent as partners. We did noi 
fully understand the language of our oats 
when they called for more food. I rather 
think it is this failure to understand the 
language of our people and our plants 
that is responsible for many of our 
troubles. 
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Take an illustration from real life. 
When I got up this morning I found little 
Rose ahead of me. She evidently had 
some great message to deliver. She tried 
to explain what it was, but I could not 
hear her little voice. Then she tried lip- 
reading. but that small mouth made it 
much like trying to read very fine print 
spread before a near-sighted man. I 
thought as she tried so hard to make me 
hear that here was a theme for some 
great story writer. Let him throw a deaf 
man and some little child unable to write 
upon a desert island or into some great 
danger. The little one has a message 
which must get to the man. Let our 
story writer work out the processes 
through which the child may learn to in¬ 
terpret things for the man, or find a new 
language for him! At any rate, little 
Rose found she could not deliver her 
message. She had seen the older children 
write out their communications to me— 
and why should not a little student in the 
first grade do the same? So she borrowed 
a pencil, found a piece of paper, and 
with much rolling of her tongue and 
twisting of her little mouth she produced 
the following: 
tf^Trruzh TcJ 
s°R;P^our,j & 
They tell me that Horace Greeley once 
wrote a letter declining to speak at a 
public meeting No one could read it, and 
in desperation the chairman of the pro¬ 
posed meeting carried it to Mr Greeley 
and asked him to translate it. With much 
violence Mr. Greelev said that any fool 
might see that he had accepted the invita¬ 
tion to speak. 
* * * * * 
There were thorns in this message from 
little Rose, for to save my life I could 
not read it, and I could not hear her ex¬ 
planation. The third line is supposed to 
be an explanation of the upper lines, but 
have I not heard explanations from scien¬ 
tific men which tangled their previous 
remarks beyond all hope of understand¬ 
ing? This message from little Rose was 
as great a mystery to me as Prof. Ein- 
stein’s great theory. So I called in my 
daughter to act as interpreter. And little 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Rose sat on her knee and finally trans¬ 
lated the message. Here it is: 
•'/ worked and earned five cents!” 
Perhaps this is not the first time that 
a deaf man failed to hear when a bill col¬ 
lector got after him. At any rate, Rose 
got her five cents, and I got what seems 
to me an idea as I look down the road 
and see Tom and Broker straining at 
their collars as they pull that last load 
to the barn. I said two weeks ago that 
the great need of our rural childi’en is 
a thorough knowledge of English. That 
is true, but there are other forms of lan¬ 
guage which we must master. One great 
trouble with mankind seems to be his 
failure to understand the language spoken 
by the things over which he has been 
given dominion—like the animals, trees 
and plants on the farm. They evidently 
try to talk to us and tell us their needs. 
It would be good for us if we could un¬ 
derstand them, but in too many cases we 
are like little Rose trying to make me 
understand. 
* * * * * 
Right behind the load of hay comes 
Brownie, (he little sorrel driving horse, 
hauling the hay rake. The father of this 
little horse was a king of the turf. Her 
mother was of royal blood, and up to last 
year this dainty little animal never- did 
any work. All she did was to trot along 
the road ahehd' of a light carriage. Then 
came the car and the truck, and Brownie’s 
stable mates faded away. Bob and Jerry 
and Madge and Kelley are all under the 
sod, and there was no need of replacing 
them—and Brownie must play the part of 
third horse. And she doesn’t like it. Here 
is one creature that would gladly have the 
gasoline engine wiped out and forgotten, 
for it has made her work harder than 
ever. I may be wrong about it, but I 
think there are many thin-waisted and 
elegant humans who will be, during the 
next few years, forced to sweat and strive 
as Brownie has been—at unusual labor. 
They cannot even say, like little Rose, 
that they have worked and earned live 
cents. There is surely a readjustment of 
conditions coming which will drive many 
a human drone out into the hay field at 
unusual labor. Somebody must pay for 
all these shortened hours of labor, this 
daylight saving and all the other efforts 
to provide an easier living and more play 
time. As I see it, the farmers and coun¬ 
try people are trying to give their message 
to the town, but somehow the city workers 
cannot grasp it, any more than I could 
get that message from little Rose. Who 
will act as interpreter and make them 
understand that the farmers have worked 
and earned more than five cents? 
***** 
All over this farm our plants and ani¬ 
mals are trying to write out their mes¬ 
sage. The Sweet clover is trying to tell 
me that it cannot do its best without lime. 
So is that field which breaks up into great 
lumps. Those young apple trees where 
we put chicken manure are trying to write 
out their complaint that we should have 
used phosphate, too. That yellow com 
in the middle of that field beats little 
Rose in its written message that there 
must be a drain dug through that spot. 
That black calf is trying to tell us that a 
handful more of bran would help her 
make bone growth. There are a dozen 
cases right within sight where plants and 
trees and soil are trying to communicate 
and tell us what they need. They till 
want to “work and earn five cents,” and 
we have got to listen to them if we ever 
expect to have the five cents for payment. 
True knowledge, as I take it, is the power 
to interpret these questions. You cannot 
get all of it out of books. I can imagine 
a college graduate so thoroughly “edu¬ 
cated” that he could hardly hear a word 
of what nature and real humanity had to 
say to him. But here comes little Rose 
once more to tell me dinner is ready. She 
doesn’t need to write out that message. 
She can rub her little stomach and pre¬ 
tend to cat a large mouthful. I do not 
need any interpreter for that. And the 
rain did come after that hay was safely 
housed. How it did soak the dry ground ! 
Now we can plant the cabbage and plow 
that piece for the yellow turnips. All day 
on Sunday Tom and Broker stood in their 
comfortable stalls, and watched the 
blessed rain come down. We could all 
understand its language. ir. w. C. 
Bits of Farm Law 
goods, etc., and has it charged to them if 
he wants something that is not on the 
table. He expects to be carried around on 
a chip, so to speak, but doesn’t so much 
as say “thank you,” or show any appre¬ 
ciation for the attention mother gives to 
his meals,’clothes, etc. Father owns one 
horse which the farmer uses whenever he 
needs her. He now refuses to let father 
turn his horse out to pasture. w. K. M. 
On the facts as here stated your father 
would be justified in ending the contract 
and telling this man to get out. If he will 
not go get the constable and put him out. 
This statement is made without hearing 
the hired man’s story. There may be two 
sides to it. We know that there are men 
who take advantage of good-natured old 
people, and greatly impose upon them. 
On the other hand, some people are very 
critical and hard to get on with, and it 
is not fair for an outsider to give positive 
advice without hearing both sides. As¬ 
suming that the above is a fair statement, 
we should “fire” this man promptly and 
get some good lawyer to enforce the act. 
Unrecorded Deed 
About a year ago I purchased a farm 
and received a deed duly sworn to before 
a notary. However, up to the present 
time I have not recorded said deed. The 
former owner gave a note about two years 
ago, on which he has paid nothing, and 
I learn that he has just now been served 
with a summons and complaint to recover 
the amount of said note. He has notified 
the lawyer of the complainant that he 
owns nothing, having disposed of his fai*m 
to me. Can I be prevented at the present 
time from recording my deed? Can my 
title to the property be invalidated in 
any way owing to the above suit if I re¬ 
cord my deed now? Also in ease judg¬ 
ment. is obtained against the former owner 
of the farm and my deed should not be 
recorded, could they seize the property ? 
New York. w. B. 
Nothing can prevent you from record- 
ing your deed at the present time, and 
your title will not be affected by the fact 
that action has been started against the 
former owner. If your deed was not re¬ 
corded at the time judgment was obtained 
against the former owner, the judgment 
creditor might levy on your property, not 
knowing the title had passed from the 
judgment debotor, and it would cause 
some annoyance to straighten the matter 
out. It is never safe to hold an unre¬ 
corded deed, for you little know when 
someone may place a deed on record ahead 
of you. 
Disputed Right of Way 
A and B live on adjoining farms. A’s 
deed calls for a right of way through B’s 
property, and has been used for one for 
over 50 years. B puts up a rail fence 
aci-oss the right of way. lie also put 
in a gap, using extra large fence rails. 
It would be impossible for a lady or 
elderly man to remove said gap rails if 
they have to go through to call at A’s 
farm. Has A right to make B remove 
the fence, and make B put up a more 
convenient gateway for A to get through, 
or make B remote it entirely? If a fish¬ 
erman comes up A’s right of way, has he 
a right to fish along said right of way 
without B ordering him off? A has had 
to build B’s line fence up several times 
to keep B’s stock out of A’s property, 
also A had to erect a gate across right 
of way to keep B’s live stock from de¬ 
stroying grain.. t. m. 
New Jersey. 
When a right of way is granted it is 
usual for the deed of conveyance to con¬ 
tain some provision in regard to fences. 
It might be well for you to study the old 
conveyance with this in mind. B has no 
right to obstruct the right of way in any 
manner so that it is impossible for A to 
have free use and enjoyment of the same. 
If the stream, which the fisherman de¬ 
sires to fish in, from A’s right of way, is 
State water, there is no reason why he 
cannot fish the same so long as he does 
not trespass. If it is private water he 
has no more right to fish than he would 
have to snare apple off the trees or melons 
from his patch. 
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About a year ago my father and mother 
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lows: Father and the young man were to 
go 50-50 on the fertilizer and seed bill, 
and the gross returns, lese; these two 
items, were to bo equally divided. The 
farmer was to feed his team from his di¬ 
vided share of corn, etc. He was to fur¬ 
nish a milk cow, to be fed from undi¬ 
vided feed and to be pastured free during 
the Summer. It was the agreement that 
money derived from the cream was to he 
applied on the grocery bill He was also 
to furnish meat in return for board. 
Now he has refused to pay for his 
share of the meat and feeds the milk to 
a calf that he is raising. Tie is so ill and 
grouchy lately that father and mother 
cannot get along with him. IT*' orders 
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