1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
479 
What  Others  Say. 
( Continued .) 
Iowa  Beauty,  Jucunda  Improved  and 
Timbrell.  One  result  of  the  past  season’s 
strawberry  trials  at  the  Rural  Grounds 
is  that  we  heartily  commend  a  trial  of 
the  above  three  varieties  to  our  readers.. 
The  R.  N.-Y.’s  experience  gives  a  very 
clear  light  as  to  the  selection  of  seedling 
potatoes.  We  have  always  started  the 
seeds  in  flower- pots  or  shallow  boxes 
about  the  first  of  March  or  a  little  before. 
For  several  years  all  the  plants  that  ger¬ 
minated  were,  when  from  three  to  six 
inches  high,  transplanted  from  the  pots 
or  boxes  to  little  three-inch  pots  and 
these,  when  well  rooted,  were  planted  in 
well  prepared  soil  in  the  garden,  about 
June  1,  whether  the  plants  were  feeble 
or  vigorous.  In  a  few  seasons  it  was 
found  that  no  variety  of  exceeding  value 
need  ever  be  hoped  for  from  seedlings  of 
a  weakly  habit.  They  may  safely  be  re¬ 
jected  just  as  soon  as  it  is  found  that  they 
are  weakly.  A  far  better  way,  however, 
and  one  that  The  R.  N.-Y.  has  with  great 
satisfaction  adopted  of  late  years,  is  to 
raise  a  lot  of  seedlings,  say  500,  more  or 
less,  in  boxes,  and  transplant  to  the 
thumb-pots  only  those  which  are  notably 
of  sturdy,  not  to  say  rampant  growth. 
In  this  way  we  are  likely  to  secure  a 
survival  of  the  fittest.  That  is  to  say, 
the  varieties  which  ultimately  will  be 
found  worthy  of  cultivation  or  introduc¬ 
tion  are  among  the  score  of  strong  plants 
and  not  among  the  490  rejected  weaklings. 
Prof.  Sargent,  according  to  William 
Falconer  in  the  American  Florist,  is 
getting  solicitous  about  the  value  of  the 
beautiful  Blue  Spruce,  Pungens,  as  a  per¬ 
manent  garden  plant,  as  he  sees  indica¬ 
tions  that  it  will  lose  its  lower  branches 
as  does  the  wretched  Balsam  Fir.  Well 
treated,  however,  it  holds  its  lower  foli¬ 
age  for  30  years,  so  that  there  is  no  need 
of  crossing  that  bridge  until  we  come  to 
it . 
A  correspondent  of  the  London  Gar¬ 
den  calls  attention  to  the  deadly  proper¬ 
ties  of  the  flowers  of  our  Papaw,  Asimina 
triloba.  The  expanded  blossoms  are,  as 
a  rule,  studded  over  with  dead  flies  and 
gnats . 
Here  is  a  choice  little  selection  of  Tea 
and  Hybrid  Tea  roses :  Perle,  La  France, 
Mermet,  Bride,  Niphetos,  Mme.  Cusin, 
Papa  Gontier,  Mme  Hoste,  Bon  Silene, 
Sunset . 
The  boy  says  he  is  tired  of  farm  life. 
Tired  of  what?  Is  he  tired  of  sweet, 
green  grass,  of  pure  air,  of  holy  sun¬ 
light  ?  Is  he  tired  of  waving  grain,  of 
lovely  flowers,  of  rich,  luscious  fruit  ?  It 
is  time,  comments  Farm,  Field  and  Stock- 
man,  that  he  learned  that  there  is  more 
to  think  about  and  to  be  entertained 
with  on  the  farm  than  on  any  other  place 
on  earth.  “Is  it  possible  that  I  have 
been  with  these  things  all  my  life  and 
To  see  the  full  effect  of  bagging  to¬ 
matoes  it  is  best  to  cut  off  all  the  toma¬ 
toes  in  a  cluster  and  bag  the  single  one 
remaining . 
Mr.  E.  S.  Brack  of  Higlitstown,  N. 
J. ,  favors  us  with  the  following  informa¬ 
tion  as  to  the  Japan  Wineberry:  “  1  was 
foreman  for  Mr.  Lovett  at  the  time  he 
received  the  seeds  from  Prof.  Georgeson, 
then  in  Japan,  and  planted  them  my¬ 
self.  Though  growing  in  an  exposed 
place,  the  plants  have  never  been  winter- 
killed.  I  believe  the  variety  perfectly 
hardy  in  this  section,  if  not  at  the  Rural 
Grounds,  and  I  would  not  hesitate  to 
commend  it  as  an  attractive  and  curious 
novelty  to  all  my  friends.” . 
There  is  one  advantage  in  Hungarian 
Grass  which  renders  it  of  invaluable  aid 
to  farmers,  says  the  Weekly  Press.  If  it 
did  nothing  more  than  perform  that  one 
service,  it  would  amply  repay  for  the 
labor  bestowed  upon  it.  It  is  the  enemy 
of  all  weeds.  It  destroys  as  surely  as  if 
the  cultivator  had  been  at  work  in  the 
field.  This  is  due  to  the  quick  germina¬ 
tion  of  the  seeds  of  Hungarian  Grass, 
and  its  rapid  growth . 
Hungarian  Grass  is  perhaps  the 
cheapest  crop  that  can  be  grown  for  hay. 
The  seed  may  be  sown  as  early  as  May, 
but  it  loves  the  warm  weather.  On  rich 
land,  if  the  seed  is  sown  in  June,  or  even 
in  July,  it  will  yield  well.  It  entails  no 
labor  other  than  to  plow  the  land,  harrow 
it  well  and  sow.  The  cost  of  the  seed  is 
but  little.  It  is  a  cheap  crop.  It  will 
allow  of  a  crop  of  early  peas  or  early 
potatoes  being  taken  off  for  market  be¬ 
fore  sowing . 
Leaner  pork  can  be  obtained  by  the 
use  of  nitrogenous  foods — skim-milk, 
bran,  shorts,  cotton-seed  meal  if  it  can 
be  advantageously  utilized,  beans,  peas, 
clover,  alfalfa,  and  other  leguminous 
plants.  It  is,  however,  says  Prof.  W.  O. 
Atwater,  impracticable  for  many  pork 
producers  to  change  their  system  of  feed¬ 
ing  at  once.  The  bulk  of  the  pork  of 
the  country  is  and  for  some  time  must  be 
manufactured  from  corn,  but  where  nitro¬ 
genous  foods  are  available  they  should 
be  used,  and  where  they  are  not  avail¬ 
able  an  attempt  should  be  made  to  intro¬ 
duce  them.  Here  is  a  strong  reason  for 
experiments  with  leguminous  forage 
plants  ;  besides  helping  to  make  leaner 
pork  they  have  the  advantage  that  with 
them  poor  hay,  straw  and  corn  stalks  can 
be  utilized  and  that  they  make  rich 
manure . 
There  is  here  a  suggestion  for  dairy¬ 
men  in  the  Eastern  States.  Skim-milk  is 
richer  in  protein  and  on  that  account  is 
excellent  not  simply  for  making  pork, 
but  making  the  lean  pork  that  a  rational 
diet  calls  for  in  place  of  the  excessively 
fat  product  with  which  the  market  is 
flooded . 
There  is,  it  is  true,  a  large  demand  for 
and  make  the  farmers  ridiculous  before 
the  nation.” 
“Take  these  matters  of  trusts,  rail¬ 
roads  and  other  capitalistic  oppressors  of 
the  farming  interest.  Many  of  our  very 
foremost  public  men,  who  understand 
these  matters  from  top  to  bottom,  are 
ready  and  would  be  glad  to  give  all  their 
energies  to  championing  our  rights  as 
citizens  and  producers.  But  when  these 
skilled,  honest  and  influential  statesmen 
find  themselves  ignored  by  the  farmers, 
and  see  them  running  after  a  lot  of  self- 
seeking,  ignorant  charlatans,  who  leave 
us  the  laughing  stock  of  intelligent  peo¬ 
ple,  what  courage  can  they  have  to  come 
forward  and  espouse  the  cause  of  a  class 
or  interest  that  understands  its  own  needs 
so  little.” 
- Farm  Journal:  “  Boys,  one  of  the 
best  things  to  invest  money  in  is  an  acre 
or  two  of  cheap,  perhaps  rough  land,  to 
be  set  to  apple  trees.  Get  father  to  ad¬ 
vise  where,  and  to  take  a  mortgage  on 
it,  if  you  can’t  quite  pay  for  it.  Then 
study  up,  learn  what  trees  are  the  best, 
what  apples  are  in  greatest  demand,  how 
to  set  and  cultivate  them,  and  how  to 
beat  the  orchard  worms,  and,  this  fall  or 
next  spring,  get  good  trees  and  make  it 
your  business  to  take  care  of  them.  It 
will  be  a  grand  move  for  you.  An  or¬ 
chard  worth  hundreds  of  dollars  can  be 
grown  with  but  trifling  expense  on  cheap 
ground  in  a  few  years  if  the  trees  be 
properly  cared  for.” 
- “While  the  farmer  should  be  in 
position  to  do  simple  repairing,  much 
foolishness  is  written  about  his  doing 
carpenter,  blacksmith  and  other  work. 
When  the  farmer  undertakes  to  do  an¬ 
other  man’s  work,  he  is  apt  to  spend  a 
dollar’s  worth  of  time  on  a  50-cent  job.” 
“  A  man  who  has  but  one  eye  must  take 
good  care  of  it.” 
“  How  do  bees  dispose  of  their  honey  ? 
They  cell  it.” 
- Orchard  and  Garden  :  “  Plants  that 
have  missed  in  new  spring-set  planta¬ 
tions  of  blackberries  and  raspberries 
may  be  replaced  by  lifting  young  suckers 
from  another  patch,  taking  them  up  with 
soil  adhering  to  the  roots.  This  is  one  of 
the  jobs  for  a  wet  day,  and  in  this  man¬ 
ner  the  vacancies  may  be  filled  and  the 
young  plants  grow  on  without  check.” 
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opinions  from  the  creamery  men  and  the 
cheese  factories,  but  it  is  coming  into 
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act  upon  the  above  suggestion . 
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it  is  not  the  fat  but  the  lean  part  of  the 
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