1892 
What  Others  Say. 
( Continued .) 
Potato  plants  started  from  seeds 
(true  seeds)  in  February  were  planted  in 
a  single  trench,  a  foot  apart  and  covered 
with  mosquito  netting  stretched  over 
half-hoops  and  held  down  on  either  side 
by  soil  thrown  over  the  edges.  This  was 
done  May  24.  In  a  few  days  many  holes 
were  noticed  in  the  leaves,  which  were 
seen  to  be  alive  with  the  beetles.  The 
net  is  no  protection.  There  is  absolutely 
no  protection  against  this  pest  in  so  far 
as  Thk  R.  N.-Y.  is  informed,  and  it  will 
be  remembered  that,  four  years  ago,  we 
tried  almost  every  known  insecticide. 
Many  are  claiming  that  tobacco,  either 
as  dust  or  in  solution,  will  kill  or  drive 
them  away.  It  has  no  such  effect  in  our 
experience . 
Prof.  Meehan  questions  whether  Crab 
Grass — Paspalum  or  Panicum  sanguinale 
— is  an  annual.  If  it  is  an  annual,  it 
might  seem  easy  to  rid  lawns  of  it  “  by 
weeding.”  After  this  mean  grass  once 
gets  a  foothold,  it  seems  to  take  entire 
possession  of  lawns  during  the  later 
season . 
The  effects  of  good  fertilizers  on  poor — 
absolutely  unproductive — land  are  well 
shown  on  a  part  of  the  Rural  Experiment 
Grounds.  A  wide  band  (20  feet)  needed 
cutting  down  a  foot  for  grading  purposes. 
This  removed  all  of  the  fertile  soil,  leav¬ 
ing  only  the  yellow  subsoil.  Upon  several 
parts  of  this  barren  land  fertilizer  has 
been  mixed  with  soil  to  be  spread  upon 
the  other  parts.  Where  the  fertilizer  was 
thus  mixed — round  patches  about  six 
feet  in  diameter — the  grass  is  as  thick 
and  luxuriant  as  possible,  while  on  the 
other  parts,  briers,  potentilla  and  the  like 
alone  make  a  stunted  growth . 
Dr.  Byron  1).  Halsted's  experi¬ 
ments  demonstrate  beyond  question  that 
the  celery  blight  can  be  checked  by 
spraying  with  the  ammoniacal  carbonate 
of  copper,  even  after  the  fungus  has  be¬ 
come  well  established  upon  the  plants, 
and  may  make  all  the  difference  between 
a  fair  crop  and  one  that  is  too  poor  to 
harvest  for  the  market . 
Two  rows  of  celery  in  all  respects 
equal,  were  selected  for  the  test  and  one 
was  sprayed  weekly,  beginning  August 
6,  until  the  close  of  the  season.  The 
blight  was  conspicuous  upon  the  plants 
at  the  beginning  of  the  experiment,  and 
the  chief  point  was  to  determine  whether 
the  remedy  would  be  effective  when 
used  after  the  enemy  was  well  estab¬ 
lished.  The  substance  used  was  the 
standard  carbonate  of  copper  and  am¬ 
monia  mixture,  applied  by  means  of  a 
knapsack  pump.  On  November  (5,  the 
celery  was  dug,  cleaned  of  all  adhering 
soil  and  weighed.  The  25  feet  of  un¬ 
treated  plants  gave  72  pounds,  while  the 
corresponding  row  that  had  been  sprayed 
yielded  124  pounds.  These  figures  show 
that  the  crop  by  treatment  was  increased 
three-fourths . 
Dr.  Halsted  (New  Jersey  Station) 
justly  characterizes  the  Ipomoea  pan- 
durata  ( Potato  vine  or  Man  of  the  Earth) 
conspicuously  announced  and  illustrated 
in  many  seedsmen’s  catalogues,  as  a  weed 
eradicated  with  great  difficulty  because 
of  the  perennial  nature  of  its  large, 
deeply-buried  roots . 
Mr.  Joseph  Meehan,  a  safe  authority 
to  follow,  says,  in  the  Practical  Farmer, 
that  the  florists  in  his  vicinity  make  their 
own  “  Bordeaux.”  They  use  but  one 
pound  of  copper  sulphate  and  one  pint 
of  ammonia  to  22  gallons  of  water.  The 
florists  use  it  for  destroying  black  spot 
on  roses  with  marked  success . 
For  earliest  celery  the  plants  should 
be  set  now.  White  Plume  for  early  use 
is  as  good  as  any.  The  one  need  of  early 
celery  is  water . 
The  White-flowering,  Red-flowering 
and  Pendulous  Dogwoods— one  of  each, 
may  well  be  in  every  collection  of  shrubs 
or  small  trees . 
P.  H.  Jacobs  recommends  a  cross  be¬ 
tween  Indian  Games  and  Langshans  or 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
399 
Houdans,  or,  if  something  choice  for  the 
table  is  desired,  Indian  Game  males  and 
Dorking  hens . 
A  writer  in  the  Country  Gentleman 
says  that  he  would  sooner  have  one  ton 
of  Scarlet  Clover  hay  for  feed  than  one 
and  a  half  ton  of  Red  Clover  or  Timothy 
hay.  For  ensilage  nothing  is  superior  to 
it,  and  for  green  manure  it  hardly  has 
an  equal  and  not  a  superior  in  any  of  the 
numerous  green  manure  plants.  Thous¬ 
ands  of  acres  of  this  clover  have  been 
seeded  in  Sussex  County,  Delaware,  in 
the  past  few  years,  and  thousands  more 
will  follow,  because  much  land  that  can¬ 
not  be  used  for  Red  Clover  or  other  crops 
can  be  seeded  with  this  and  give  profit¬ 
able  returns.  He  has  125  acres  of  it  him¬ 
self,  and  others  have  many  more — in  fact, 
3?ou  can  scarcely  find  a  farm  that  has  not 
from  one  to  a  hundred  acres  seeded  with 
it . 
Emmenanthe  penduliflora  is  a  hydro- 
phyllaceous  annual  found  in  California 
and  recently  introduced  by  a  London 
firm.  It  grows  about  a  foot  high  and  is 
described  in  the  Botany  of  California  as 
bearing  handsome  campanulate,  unwith¬ 
ering,  nodding  flowers  half  an  inch  long 
and  of  a  cream  color.  The  plant  grows 
a  foot  high  with  pinnatifid,  viscid  leaves. 
It  has  been  called  California  Yellow  Bell. . 
early  enough  to  get  a  good  strong  root  be¬ 
fore  freezing  weather,  the  Crimson  Clover 
will  stand  the  winter  better  than  any 
other  clover.  It  is  the  only  clover  that 
will  remain  perfectly  green  all  winter. 
With  us  here  (Kent  County,  Del.),  the 
best  time  to  sow  is  between  July  15  and 
August  15.  I  have  sowed  it  as  late  as 
September  15  and  got  a  tine  crop,  but 
think  the  earlier  sowing  preferable.” 
- N.  Y.  Tribune:  “  Why,”  queries  a 
New  England  Farmer  correspondent, 
“  should  a  pile  of  manure  under  a  stable 
be  any  more  healthful  than  a  cesspool 
beneath  the  living  room  of  a  family  ?  ” 
“  No  ‘  nice  clean  office  ’  can  ever  fur¬ 
nish  the  resources  of  farm  life,”  says  one 
who  has  tried  both.  “  The  farmer’s  boy 
has  enjoyments  that  only  the  millionaires 
of  the  city  can  afford.  After  spending 
his  life  in  a  city  office,  he  says :  ‘  If  I  had 
my  life  to  live  over  again,  I  would  stick 
to  the  farm  and  be  a  man.’  ” 
“One  sharp  cut  on  the  muzzle  will  cow 
(expressive  word)  any  bull.” 
- Western  Plowman:  “The  young 
man  constantly  looking  for  a  ‘  soft  thing  ’ 
has  it  under  his  hat.” 
“  One  of  the  best  chances  to  improve 
the  farm  is  by  improving  the  road  that 
passes  through  it.” 
Prof.  S.  M.  Tracy  reports  that  Crimson 
Clover  cannot  be  recommended  for  Mis¬ 
sissippi.  In  many  cases  only  a  scattering 
stand  is  secured  and  the  plants  are  weak 
and  sickly . 
Prof.  S.  M.  Tracy  of  the  Mississippi 
Station,  reports  (1891)  favorably  as  to 
Teosinte.  It  seldom  matures  seed  north 
of  30  degrees.  It  ripened  well  in  1890  at 
the  Louisiana  Station.  It  is  a  remarkably 
vigorous  grower,  reaching  10  or  12  feet  in 
height,  with  an  unusually  abundant  sup¬ 
ply  of  leaves  and  very  tender  stems, 
which  continue  to  grow  until  killed  by 
frost.  If  cut  when  it  reaches  four  or 
five  feet  in  height  it  makes  excellent  hay, 
and  will  produce  a  second  crop  fully  as 
large.  If  left  to  grow  until  September 
or  October  it  furnishes  the  very  best  of 
material  for  the  silo,  and  a  greater 
amount  per  acre,  than  does  either  corn 
or  sorghum,  and  Prof.  Tracy  has  found 
no  other  plant  which  is  its  equal  for  soil¬ 
ing  purposes . 
The  R.  N.-Y.  tried  Teosinte  about  15 
years  ago.  It  grew  with  great  luxuri¬ 
ance,  the  leaves  being  broader  than  those 
of  corn  and  closer  together.  Plants  cut 
back  continued  to  grow  throwing  up 
more  shoots  than  before.  The  plants  did 
not  reach  the  blooming  period. 
Direct. 
- Philadelphia  Weekly  Press  :  “The 
farm  garden  is  usually  a  very  fair  indi¬ 
cator  of  how  the  rest  of  the  farm  is  run, 
and  if  we  may  not  at  all  times  justly 
judge  the  gardener  by  his  garden,  we 
may  at  least  make  a  very  fair  guess  at 
how  he  lives.” 
“How  a  man  can  keep  a  good  con¬ 
science  and  live  on  a  diet  of  salt  pork 
and  boiled  potatoes  all  through  a  hot 
summer  will  continue  to  be  a  mystery  to 
many.  The  luxury  of  living  well  at  low 
cost  is  an  unsolved  problem  with  a  large 
proportion  of  a  class  of  people  who  might 
and  should  at  all  times  have  Nature’s  best 
products  at  first  hands.” 
“  The  advice  often  given  in  the  papers, 
that  farmers  should  sell  the  best  and  eat 
what  is  left,  is  often  accepted  too  liter¬ 
ally,  not  because  it  is  good  advice,  but 
from  overreaching  ideas  of  economy.” 
“  It  is  gospel  truth  that  a  good  garden 
is  a  means  of  grace.” 
- Correspondent  Country  Gentle¬ 
man  :  “I  was  in  my  field  this  afternoon, 
that  was  sown  August  10,  1891,  and  found 
plenty  of  clover  fully  knee-high  and  so 
dense  that  the  ground  could  not  be  seen. 
I  pulled  one  plant  and  carefully  washed 
the  soil  from  the  root,  to  make  sure  it 
was  the  product  of  one  seed.  I  counted 
114  flower  stalks  from  this  one  plant.” 
“  I  have  watched  this  clover  carefully 
for  three  winters,  and  I  find  that  if  sown 
- Practical  Farmer:  “Kind  words 
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they  do  not  have  to  go  through  the  stom¬ 
ach  before  they  act  on  the  heart.” 
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mass  of  lilacs — a  good  assortment  of  vari¬ 
eties — in  good  soil,  and  see  if  in  two 
years  they  are  not  worth  twice  their 
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