The Question Box. 411 



What crop is the best crop to sow in the fall, to be plowed under the 

 next spring? 



Mr. Converse. — I would sow some crop that would add nitrogen 



and humus, and not at the same time remove fertility. I would 



not sow buckwheat, or rye, but the clover instead. Crimson 



clover may be sown as a catch crop in the corn or potatoes and 



'left on the ground as a cover crop to be plowed under in the 



spring. I should never plow a furrow in the fall unless the soil 



was a very heavy one so that I could not work it early in the 



spring. 



Should a farmer own a mill of some kind and grind his cattle food at 

 home? 



Mr. Cook.— We have a mill run by wind power. It will grind 

 from eight to fifteen bushels per hour, depending on the amount of 

 wind; we are satisfied with it. 



Dr. Smead. — A year ago I bought a No. 1 sweep, one-horse 

 powder mill. It is ball-bearing and runs easily and will grind from 

 eight to twelve bushels per hour. If I were going to buy another 

 one, however, I would get a No. 2, which will grind from twelve 

 to fifteen bushels per hour. It grinds very finely and costs no 

 more for hired man and horse power to run it than it does to draw 

 grain to and from a mill, while I save the toll. My mill cost me 

 $20.2.5 delivered at my station; a No. 2 costs just |2 more, 



Mr, Cook. — When we had our grain ground at a custom grist 

 mill it cost js .f 50 per year for toll ; that sum we now save. 



Will Mr, (T, B.) Terry tell us what kind of soil his is? 



Answer. — Ours varies from heavy clay to a loam. But some of 

 it had to be underdrained with tile two rods apart to get out the 

 water, to allow the clover to grow. 



How much had a man with a farm income of $1,000 per year, ought to 

 pay a hired man? 



Mr. Van Alstyne. — It will all depend on the hired man. Some 

 of them are not worth haviug about at any price. The best man 

 I ever had I paid ?!22 a month and his board. Another one re- 



