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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SEPT 12 
Saving J. M. Smith $99. 
G. Q D., N. Epping, N. H.—I notice that 
in The Rural of August 22, Mr. J. M. 
Smith offers $100 for one dozen of a variety 
of strawberry that has a perfect blossom 
and that is a big yielder, attractive and a 
good shipper. There is no need that Mr. 
Smith pay any such price for such a straw¬ 
berry. For 20 years I have been looking 
for just such a variety, and at last I think 
I have found it, and 1 can supply Mr. 
Smith with one dozen plants for the small 
sum of one dollar, and thus save him $99. 
The kind I refer to is the Warfield No. 1, 
and in speaking of it I would caution all 
not to confound it with Warfield No. 2, 
which is a pistillate and also one of the 
best. I had some correspondence with Mr. 
Warfield when he brought this variety out, 
and advised him to give it some other 
name, as I felt sure it would be confounded 
with his No 2; but he wrote me that it 
was so different it could not be mistaken 
for the other. The No. 1 is certainly very 
different from the No. 2 in its fruit, but 
the appearance of the plant and its man¬ 
ner of growth are very much the same. I 
have grown and carefully tested up to date 
over 300 varieties of strawberries, and 
until I found the Warfield No. 1, I had 
never been able to find a perfect blossom¬ 
ing variety that came anywhere near what 
I wanted or was looking for. The Pearl 
was the nearest approach to it, but was 
away behind in yield ; but at last in the 
Warfield No. 1 I have found a standard 
variety that not only produces a crop equal 
to the pistillates, but also a berry that is 
very attractive, a good shipper, and a 
yielder of an enormous crop from the early 
part of the season to the close. It is free 
from rust or burn, is a vigorous grower, 
produces many plants, and is all right in 
every way. Let Mr. Smith try the War- 
field No. 1, and I feel sure he will be satis¬ 
fied, and can save $99 out of his $100 for fu¬ 
ture use. 
A Dry Cellar Bottom. 
J. J. D., Mongaup Valley, N. Y.—Some 
me since I saw a discussion in The R. 
N.-Y. in reference to cellar bottoms. As 
we were similarly troubled with an inflow 
of water, and consequent soft cellar bot¬ 
tom, my way of overcoming the difficulty 
may be of interest. 
First I provided a blind drain to carry 
off the water as soon as it accumulated, 
but this did not prevent the bottom from 
becoming actually muddy at times and 
keeping things in a general state of moist¬ 
ure. Then we dug it out a foot deeper, 
pounded in small stones, and put in a 
heavy coat of cement. Tais made it better 
for a short time, but things were never sat¬ 
isfactory. Recently I determined to make 
one more effort, and it has resulted very 
satisfactorily. Drains were cut through 
the cellar bottom radiating from the open¬ 
ing to the blind drain, and these were all 
thoroughly lined with cement. The ceil¬ 
ing being too low to admit of raising the 
stringers from the ground, these were also 
laid in cement, and a Southern yellow pine 
floor of narrow, matched material was laid. 
Through the middle of this and leading to 
the blind drain, we made a slight depres¬ 
sion in the floor, so that any milk from the 
churn or portable creamery that was acci¬ 
dentally spilled can be readily washed off 
with a dipperful of water, and swept into 
the drain, which is thus made to carry off 
the water from the floor as well as from 
the drains under it. The cost was compara¬ 
tively little and it is most satisfactory. 
Bordeaux Mixture and Flea Beetles. 
E. S. Goff, Madison, Wis.—H as The 
Rural tried the Bordeaux Mixture for the 
flea beetle on potatoes ? In another pack¬ 
age I send a sample of the foliage of 
Drter’s Standaid Potato from a portion of 
a row that has received two applications of 
Bordeaux Mixture, and also a sample from 
the same row that has not been thus 
treated You will observe that while both 
samples show the work of the flea beetle, 
the leaves are fresh and in condition to do 
duty on the sample from the treated part 
of the row, while on the other sample they 
are destroyed by blight. I am coming to 
the opinion that the damage we have been 
laying to the flea beetle really comes from 
the blight in great measure. My exper¬ 
ience this season with the Bordeaux Mixt¬ 
ure is the same as last. It is preserving 
the foliage of late potatoes notwithstand¬ 
ing the fact that we have been visited with 
a period of extreme heat and drought. 
R. N.-Y.—One sample shows the work of 
the flea beetle, yet the leaves are compar¬ 
atively green and vigorous, The other 
sample also shows the flea beetle’s work, 
but the leaves are dead. 
Yes, The R. N.-Y. tried the Bordeaux 
three years ago on half of a 1 20bh acre plot. 
It did not seem to kill or drive off the flea 
beetle while the vines were seriously 
harmed by the application. The Mixture 
was made according to the early formula. 
Killing Squash Borers ; Beans Eye 
Down; Lime for Peach 
Tree Borers. 
B. F. B., Brockton, Mass —In a late 
Rural under the heading of Garden Gos¬ 
sip a writer tells us of the manner in which 
he rids his tquash vines of the borers. It 
has been impossible for me to raise squashes 
on account of the pests; but last year I 
tried a new remedy. I made a strong tea 
of tobacco and added one ounce of dissolved 
camphor to four quarts of It. When the 
vines commenced to run I applied a small 
amount to the roots, repeating the dose in 
one week. I made three applications: re¬ 
sult, not a borer. I have done the same 
this year with complete success. 
The correspondent also says that he can¬ 
not make beans climb the poles. I used to 
have the same trouble, but have learned to 
plant them eyes down; the vines then come 
up all ready to climb instead of having to 
turn over before they can do so. 
J. H. Hale gives a recipe to keep borers 
out of peach trees. I put air-slaked lime 
around the tree, and have never known the 
fly to lay an egg in such a tree. The pre¬ 
ventive is as good for apple trees also. A 
dose is from one to three pints according to 
the size of the ties. Apply June 1. 
A Mountain Home For City Workers. 
C. T. S., Swanton, Maryland.—The 
Rural of August 15, invites correspond¬ 
ence in aid of H. S. L., who wishes a coun¬ 
try home. Having been a city man, lived 
in New York and Ohio and seen something 
of 11 other States, when I claim this section 
to be the best for a poor man to get a start, 
my statement should have weight with any 
prospector and be of particular interest 
to H. S. L., especially as I am in no way 
connected with the sale of land. 
This western county of Maryland, on top 
of the Alleghanies, is totally unlike the 
sandy, tidewater portion of the State—in 
climate, timber, adaptation to crops, etc., 
being like much of “ York State ” except 
that we have more frequent little showers 
in summer and no long continued cold In 
winter. The temperature ranges y* arly 
from 20 degrees below zero to 90 degrees 
above, rarely reaching either extreme. 
Plowing can generally be done every month 
in the year. There are thousands of acres 
which once were or still are covered with 
alders, wild grass and cranberry marshes. 
These “glades,” when drained and im 
proved, make the most beautiful of dairy 
farms, and a fortune awaits the young man 
here who has a little means and under¬ 
stands cranberry growing. 
As one sweeps down the mountain on the 
main stem of the Baltimore and Ohio, in 
12 miles he passes through a variation of 
climate equal to 15 degrees of latitude in a 
level country. 
Sheep raising, dairying, fruit growing 
and the keeping of summer boarders are 
becoming our leading industries. They are 
profitable because thousands of coal miners 
and lumbermen make our local prices 
average 50 per cent more than those of the 
great cities; the superior flavor of our 
mountain mutton has gained considerable 
reputation; our hill-sides produce Blue 
Grass spontaneously, while the “glades” 
are the natural home for all varieties; cold 
springs abound everywhere; our great 
altitude (2,500 feet) and sheltered coves 
among the hills give high color with 
superior flavor to our fruits, and our prox¬ 
imity to Deer Park and Mountain Lake, 
famous for their delightful mountain 
scenery, cool, refreshing nights, tonic at¬ 
mosphere, freedom from hay fever, mala¬ 
ria, insect pests, etc., is already bringing 
thousands who prefer private accommoda¬ 
tions. 
It is a good place for a poor man to start 
because land is cheap and payments easy, 
while very little machinery is used, and a 
man is respected for what he is—not for 
what he wears or eats. I came here in 1886 
with less than $50. My land, half a mile 
from the railroad station, stores, school, 
churches, etc , and six hours’ ride from 
either Washington or Wheeling, and 18 
from New York, cost $6 per acre, payable $1 
annually. On the 100 acres there were about 
400,000 feet of lumber, worth $3 per thou¬ 
sand on the stump, and 10 car-loads of tan 
bark worth $600 in the car. On this land 
this year, and with no previous knowledge 
of berry growing for market, I grew over 
$500 worth of strawberries per acre. What 
it would cost a man to live one year in the 
city will keep him here for five, and he will 
be respe cted for his economy while he is 
getting a start. Nevertheless, let him bring 
with him all the money he can command, 
for it takes a lifetime of privation and hard 
work to wrest a home from the forest with¬ 
out it. Courage, industry and ecomony 
will win, but some money is a great help. 
We already have quite a little colony of 
“ York State ” people here and room and a 
hearty welcome for all who may comp. 
“Working for a Country Home.” 
J. E. H., Greene County, N. Y.— The 
Rural’s advice to H. S. L. in a recent 
Rural, is good and to the point. He should 
consider matters well and carefully before 
leaving a fair business in the city and trj- 
lng to earn a country home. There are 
many farms in the Eastern States and in 
New York that can be bought for le s than 
the cost of the buildings and improve¬ 
ments; but if he is earning $12 per week 
in the city and uses the amount as eco¬ 
nomically as he would have to do in the 
country, he can live better and pay for a 
home much sooner than if one of these 
cheap farms was given to him rent free. I 
have “ been there ” and know just how it 
is. I like the farm and the country, but if 
I had practiced the same economy when in 
the city that I have had to practice in the 
country, I would be much better off to day. 
“ Capillary Action.” 
E S. Goff, Wisconsin PIxperiment Sta¬ 
tion. —“ J. W. I.,” pige6. ; 6, needs to be re¬ 
minded that professors are not the only 
people who know too much. He makes the 
unqualified statement, “No tube has ever 
been made small enough to raise the water 
a single inch.” Any good work on cflem- 
ical physics would have told him that this 
statement is untrue. In the winter of 1887, 
I made some simple experiments on this 
point, and found that water will rise four 
or five inches high in a tube not so slender 
that it may not be handled with impunity, 
and in which the rise of the water can read¬ 
ily be watched without a magnifying glass. 
Had J. W. I. studied his premises more 
carefully, he would have been in a better 
condition to decide about the causes that 
influence the movements of soil water. I 
should add, however, that the wisest men 
know all too little about. it. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
Judge Whittemore 
Of St. Albans, Vt., cheerfully says a good word for 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla: “My wife’s mother, an elderly 
lady, whenever run down or under the weather, 
takes it until it puts her in good condition again, 
which it invariably does in a short time. She thinks 
it absolutely essential to her existence, and wilt not 
allow herself to be out of 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
My wife, also, speaks highly of it.” Hon. Rodney 
Whittemouk, ex-judge of Franklin Co., Vt. 
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