1892 
39 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Farmers’  Club  Discussion. 
(Continued.) 
pretty  coral  red,  acid  and  small,  and 
after  the  frost  had  come  the  robins  dis¬ 
covered  them,  and  a  nice  feast  they  had. 
Since  the  fame  of  the  Longipes  has  be¬ 
come  widespread,  many  thousand  little 
one-year-old  plants  have  been  imported 
from  Europe,  and  doubtless  many,  like 
myself,  will  in  time  want  to  know  the 
name  of  the  Elaeagnus  they  bought  for 
Eongipes ;  for  nurserymen  are  aware 
that  inaccurate  names  for  imported  trees 
are  more  abundant  than  for  those  raised 
in  the  United  States. 
Highly  ornamental  as  this  variety  of 
Elseagnus  is,  I  do  not  believe  it  will  be 
profitable  for  fruit  for  sale.  We  have  so 
many  better  varieties  of  fruit  ripening 
at  the  same  time,  that  this  kind  will  not 
be  popular. 
How  Shall  We  Catch  Clover  ? 
S.  Y.,  Flourtown,  Pa. — The  failure  to 
secure  a  good  catch  of  clover  has  been 
noteworthy  in  this  locality  for  the  past 
two  years.  We  sow  Timothy  (with  which 
we  have  no  trouble)  with  wheat  in  the 
fall,  and  clover  on  wheat  in  spring.  We 
had  no  clover  the  past  season  and  there 
is  none  in  the  fresh  sod  for  next  year. 
To  improve  our  soil  with  “  chemicals  and 
clover”  therefore  seems  to  be  an  impossi¬ 
bility,  at  least  as  far  a.4  the  clover  is  con¬ 
cerned.  Perhaps  things  may  change,  and 
I  hope  so,  as  I  consider  clover  invaluable 
as  a  stock  food  also,  and  its  place  can 
hardly  be  supplied. 
R.  N.-Y.— Clover  is  a  ‘‘nitrogen  trap,” 
but  what  is  a  trap  for  clover  ?  Chemicals 
will  help  catch  it. 
not  been  a  day  in  which  we  have  not  had 
turnips  from  the  field,  and  fall-planted 
cabbages  are  now  heading.  On  Decem¬ 
ber  30  I  planted  English  peas  and  trans¬ 
planted  lettuce,  and  to-day  I  am  putting 
out  young  cabbage  plants.  Beets  are 
up,  onions  growing  finely  a  foot  high,  and 
oats  and  wheat  cover  the  ground.  It 
would  do  the  hearts  of  farmers  living  in 
‘  ‘  mud,  fog,  drizzle  and  stick  ’  good  to  be 
out  this  bright,  clear  day  and  see  my 
plow  turning  over  the  mellow,  crumbling 
soil,  which  “is  just  right  to  work,”  and 
from  which  I  expect  a  handsome  return 
in  cabbages,  which  we  always  sell  by  the 
pound.  I  would  say  to  all  who  love  to 
farm,  “Come  South  !  Come  South  !  1  he 
only  objection  will  be  that  they  will  find 
too  many  days  good  for  working.  How¬ 
ever,  when  July  and  August  come,  no 
matter  how  industrious  they  may  be, 
they  will  soon  fall  into  the  habits  of  the 
country  and  spend  most  of  the  day  in  the 
shade  eating  peaches  and  water-melons, 
the  like  of  which  they  never  imagined. 
The  one  thing  which  Northern  farmers 
coming  South  should  learn  is  to  reverse 
the  seasons  and  times  of  planting,  and 
not  to  expect  any  crops  except  corn, 
sweet  potatoes  and  cotton  to  thrive  dur¬ 
ing  July  and  August,  which  months,  if 
dry,  constitute  our  season  of  rest  as  the 
winter  is  yours. 
What  Saved  the  Potato’s  Life  ? 
DII)  WARM  FEET  SAVE  THE  BODY? 
Jas.  Nimon,  Grayson  County,  Tex.  I 
send  two  small  potatoes  which,  some  time 
this  fall— perhaps  about  eight  weeks  ago 
— were  dropped  close  to  the  cellar  wall 
on  the  north  side  of  the  house.  Both 
have  sprouted  and  made  a  growth  of  sev¬ 
eral  inches,  but  one  has  been  killed  by 
frost  for  some  time,  while  the  other  is 
perfectly  fresh  and  green,  although  they 
were  within  three  inches  of  each  other. 
Since  this  growth  started  we  have  several 
times  had  sufficient  frost  to  kill  all  tender 
vegetation;  even  some  varieties  of  month¬ 
ly  roses  within  15  feet  of  the  potatoes 
have  been  killed  to  the  ground.  Only 
three  nights  ago  there  were  15  degrees  of 
frost,  with  a  cold  wind  from  the  north¬ 
west,  and  still  this  potato  plant  is  as 
green  and  lively  as  ever.  My  curiosity 
got  the  best  of  me  this  morning,  and  I 
carefully  removed  both,  to  see  if  I  could 
discover  why  the  one  should  be  killed 
while  the  other  remained  alive.  The  in¬ 
vestigation  disclosed  the  fact  that  the- 
roots  of  the  live  plant  had  found  their 
way  into  a  crevice  in  the  rock  wall  of  the 
cellar  which  contains  a  hot  water  heater 
for  heating  the  dwelling  above.  Now,  is 
it  possible  that  the  heat  absorbed  by  the 
roots  from  the  cellar  wall  was  sufficient 
to  save  its  life  while  the  other  perished  ? 
I  can  hardly  think  so,  but  I  could  find  no 
other  cause  or  explanation  in  connection 
with  the  surroundings  of  the  two  plants, 
so  refer  the  matter  to  The  Rural. 
R.  N.-Y. — We  incline  to  Mr.  Nimon’s 
opinion  that  the  warmth  about  the  roots 
could  scarcely  have  protected  the  tops — 
and  yet  we  have  no  data  by  which  to  form 
a  positive  opinion. 
What’s  the  Matter  with  Georgia  Weather  ? 
ABRIL  SHOWERS  AT  CHRISTMAS  ! 
A.  W.  S.,  Americus,  Ga.—“ Whew!  what 
Christmas  weather!  Mud,  fog,  drizzle 
and  stick  !  Nothing  out-of-doors  to  be 
merry  over.”  With  the  compliments  of 
the  season,  I  offer  my  sympathy  to  The 
Rural  and  all  living  North  where  such 
words  can  be  written.  Here,  in  Sumter 
County,  Georgia,  there  was  a  sprinkling 
of  rain  during  the  day,  but  it  was  like  an 
April  shower;  while  to-day  (Sunday)  the 
temperature  in  the  shade  was  61  degrees 
in  the  morning  and  70  degrees  at  noon, 
with  violets  and  hyacinths  blooming  in 
the  open  ground.  This  winter  there  has 
A  Friend  of  the  Keiffer  Pear. 
O.  H.  M.,  Parnassus,  Pa. — In  the 
Rural  New-Yorker  of  December  19, 
there  is  an  article  from  A.  E.  Briggs  of 
Michigan,  entitled  “  Which  More  Harm¬ 
ful — Curculio  or  Tree  Tramp  ?  ”  In  it  he 
exclaims  :  “  How  many  have  been  de¬ 
frauded  with  Keiffer  Pears,  Apples, 
Peaches,  etc.”  I  would  not  purchase  from 
an  unknown  traveling  agent;  but  in  con¬ 
demning  them,  I  do  not  like  to  see  reflec¬ 
tions  cast  on  the  Keiffer  Pear.  I  have  2;> 
varieties  of  pears  and  to  my  taste  none  is 
better  than  the  Keiffer,  We  take  them 
off  the  trees  on  October  20,  and  then  for 
six  or  eight  weeks  we  enjoy  a  luxury. 
Give  a  true  Keiffer  the  right  situation  and 
soil — a  rich  top  soil  with  a  clay  subsoil, 
well  drained  and  rather  sandy — and  the 
Keiffer  will  make  a  satisfactory  return. 
For  earliness  in  bearing  and  productive¬ 
ness  I  know  no  better, 
A  ns. — There  is  truth  in  this  statement. 
The  R.  N.-Y.  condemns  the  Keiffer  for 
general  culture  and  has  always  done  so. 
There  are  a  few  favored  places  where  the 
Keiffer,  like  the  Le  Conte,  will  succeed 
better  than  any  other.  Therein  the  place 
for  it.  At  the  Rural  Grounds  and  north 
of  such  an  isothermal  line  the  Keiffer  is 
next  to  worthless. 
economy,  however,  to  be  a  scrub.  Nar¬ 
row-mindedness  in  living  and  in  dealing 
is  generally  short-sighted,  and  leads  to 
failure.  The  penny  soul,  it  is  said,  never 
came  to  twopence.  Generosity  and  liber¬ 
ality,  like  honesty,  prove  the  best  policy 
after  all.” 
- Farm  and  Fireside  :  “  Just  as  soon 
as  the  bulk  of  the  wheat  is  out  of  the 
farmers’  hands,  speculators  will  work  to 
put  prices  up.” 
“If.  there  is  one  thing  that  farmers, 
irrespective  of  party,  organization  or  lo¬ 
cation,  could  and  should  immediately 
unite  on,  it  is  in  a  determined  effort  to 
crush  out  the  whole  system  of  gambling 
in  food  products.” 
“  When  the  people  of  Europe  once 
know  the  real  value  of  our  corn,  the  de¬ 
mand  will  astonish  us,  causing  an  in¬ 
crease  of  our  tonnage  and  helping  to  re¬ 
establish  our  merchant  marine.” 
- N.  Y.  Herald  :  Parents  can  leave 
children  no  legacy  more  fatal  to  peace  of 
mind  than  the  recollection  of  an  unhappy 
home.” 
- Country  Gentleman  :  “  There  is  one 
thing  that  no  stable  I  ever  heard  of  fur¬ 
nishes  in  sufficient  abundance,  and  that 
is  sunshine.  How  the  animals  love  it  ! 
They  often  move  about  in  their  stalls  so 
that  the  stream  through  the  window  may 
fall  upon  them.” 
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This  excellent  variety  is  distinguished  from  all 
others  by  its  largo  stilt  stalks,  as  shown  in  the  eiiBrav- 
"n«  Stand  nK  up  lik«  <*•  tree  without  support  of  any  End. 
iftST very1 Abundantly  of  large wd 
mat  nos  Vi*rv  smiootli*  and  of  line  llu-vor  •  it  is  ex 
early  and  entirely  free  from  rot ;  the  eaves 
W  t^pUn^ 
FINCH’S  EVERGREEN  CUCUMBER 
A  very  handsome  variety  of  superior  oualltv.flrm 
and  crisp,  of  a  dark  Kroon  color.  growing  from  1 0  to 1  2 
iuches  in  length,  and  immensely  productive, 
FINCH’S  SURE  HEAD  CABBAGE 
Th  nil  head  and  sure  to  bead.  Very  uniform  in 
T^Iwm  senda  PacfefeicUorTomJto.  Cucumber 
ail’d  Cabbage,  with  my  Ulu  strated  Catalogue,  for  on  >  | 
25  cents  in  Silver  or  28  cents  in  < 
FIVE  CINNAMON  VINES  FREE 
This  ramd  crowing  Vine,  with  its  beautiful  heart- 
ahanad  leaves  glossy  green  peculiar  foliage,  and  deli- 
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Olio  Dollar.  Address  plainly  v 
FRANK  FINCH, (Box  R)CLYDE,  N.Y . 
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T«nnato%8o  known  as  the  Prize)  which  has  been 
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quality,  weighing  from  one  to  two  pounds  each. 
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always  had  very  pleasant  dealings  together,  the 
I  as  have  proved  to  be  real  acquisitions.  Raising  many 
'of  these  varieties  myself,  on  my  four  seed  farms, 
and  testing  others,  1  am  able  to  warrant  their  fresh¬ 
ness  and  purity  under  such  reasonable  conditions  as  arecon- 
tainld  hi  mV Catalogue.  Having  been  their  original  lntro- 
r  ] 'r  I  am  headquarters  for  choice  Cory  Corn,  Miller  Melon, 
_  Eclipse  Beet?  Hubbard  Squash,  Deep  Head,  A  1  Seasons  and 
Hull. 
,  we  have 
_ A.  W.  Cheever  :  “The  distance  be¬ 
tween  onrselves  and  the  rest  of  the  world 
depends  quite  as  much  on  the  character 
and  condition  of  our  roads  as  on  the  num¬ 
ber  of  miles  advertised  on  the  guide- 
hoard  at  the  street  corners.  Railroads 
make  men  neighbors  who  live  many  miles 
apart.  So  do  good  common  roads  in  a 
less  degree.” 
_ Self  Help:  “The  Economy  of  Gen¬ 
erosity. — It  was  a  maxim  of  Lord  Bacon 
that,  when  it  was  necessary  to  econo¬ 
mize,  it  was  better  to  look  after  petty 
savings  than  to  descend  to  petty  gettings. 
The  loose  cash  that  many  persons  throw 
away  uselessly  and  worse  would  often 
form  a  basis  of  fortune  and  independence 
for  life.  These  wasters  are  their  own 
worst  enemies,  though  generally  found 
among  the  ranks  of  those  who  rail  at  the 
injustice  of  ‘the  world.’  But  if  a  man 
will  not  be  his  own  friend,  how  can  he 
expect  that  others  will  ?  Orderly  men  of 
moderate  means  have  always  something 
left  in  their  pockets  to  help  others ; 
whereas  your  prodigal  and  careless  fel¬ 
lows  who  spend  all  never  find  an  oppoi- 
tunity  for  helping  anybody.  It  is  poor 
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