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EARUEST&BEST. NOVELTIES IN 
FlOWERS&VEGETABLES . 
C.&./\LLEN,brattleboro,vt. 
The Farmers' Club. southwesterly exposure. Grape vines will 
(Continued.) grow on new land, of course, and pro- 
from the female, or seed-bearing parts. duce fruit; but ’ to be P rofitab1 ^ would 
Thus seme are fertilized and produce be necessar y subdue tbe “under¬ 
seeds while others are not and do not. * rowtb -” New land is the best of all 
That is the answer in a nutshell. land for ^ ra P es ’ as for else 
.. _ . Send for Prof Bailey’s new book on the 
Fruits for Idaho. . 17 
grape. 40 cents in paper and 75 cents in 
./. A. Carey, Idaho .-What arc the clotb . bo hld at this offlce . 
names of some good hardy apples, pears 
and (herries that will bear early and Potatoes, Ashes, Roup, 
be adapted to this locality where some- O. D., Waterport, N. Y. —1. Which 
times the thermometer is 25 degrees be- i® ^ be best potato to plant ? 2 . What are 
low zero and the altitude is about 4,500 ashes worth per ton for peach trees ? I 
feet? Will a one or two-horsepower can buy unleached for $14 per ton, hav- 
engine do good work pumping water ing to haul them only one mile. Is there 
from a 100 -foot well and will it be an y cheaper fertilizer that will answer 
cheaper than a wind-mill in cost and the same purpose ? 3. How can one tell 
the expenses of running it? when a fowl has roup ? 
Ans —Such an engine as called for can A.NS—1. Early Sunrise, Puritan, New 
be had in Tacoma for SI25 complete, and Queen and R. N.-Y. No. 2 are good kinds, 
will do good work. As for apples that maturing in this order. 2 . Ashes are a 
will stand the climate named, there are fine fertilizer for peach trees, as far as 
many varieties that would be suitable, they go. We want more phosphoric acid 
such as Red Astrachan, Oldenburg, King, and nitrogen. Add raw bone flour. The 
Baldwin, Ben Davis, Red Cheek Pippin, P rice of th e ashes is too high. Even 
Wolf River, the Russets, Winesap, White though they contained as much as seven 
Winter and Blue I’earmain. Among P er cent of potash and two per cent of 
pears, Bartlett, Anjou, Clairgeau, Beurr 6 phosphate which is improbable—they 
Easter, Idaho and others would do well would not be worth $12 a ton. Muriate of 
A temperature of 30 degrees below on potash and boneblack would be cheaper, 
the western side of the Rockies, does not ^ ee articles in previous R. N.-Y.s. 3. 
seem to affect trees as much as 10 de- (Continued on next page.) 
grees below zero would east of the big - 
ridge .r. m. ogle. 
tiding. 
How to Grow Oats and Peas. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Several Subscribers .—Will some practi- thk rural New-Yorker. 
cal dairyman tell us just how he grows 
and handles a crop of oats and peas 
grown together ? 
Ans. —Thoroughly fit the soil so that 
it will not be too rich, but in fairly good 
heart. With a grain drill sow a bushel 
and a half of Canada peas; weight the 
teeth so that the peas may be put in four 
inches or more deep; take off the 
weights and cross-sow a bushel and a 
half of oats of some stiff-strawed variety. 
One third of the latter sown could be 
barley if one prefers it. Clear the ground 
of all obstructions and roll it to put it 
in as fine condition as possible and level 
it to facilitate harvesting. In doing this 
mow a swath around the field, take a 
self-rake reaper, tip the guards down a 
little and go ahead ; let every rake run 
that leaves the oats and peas in a swath. 
When cured, with a wire-tooth rake, rake 
in rows by letting the horse go between 
the swaths. You can load directly from 
the rows or bunch; be sure that the 
peas are dry when you commence to cut 
and not too dry when you rake, or they 
will shell badly .Just before the dew r is 
all off is about the right time. As a soil¬ 
ing crop or for grain, this fills the bill 
for any dairyman where it can be grown 
successfully. I can not praise oats and 
peas grown together for all practical 
purposes too highly. I have never made 
as much butter from the same amount of 
milk as when these have been fed ; then 
from 13 to 14 pounds of the latter makes 
a pound of the former. Every farmer 
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OLDS’ SEED POTATOES 
Where to Plant the Grapes. 
IF. S., Plggott, Ark .—I live in a country 
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slightly mixed with a sandy subsoil clay 
and moderately hard, hut not a hardpan. 
The timber is cut off, but some of the 
undergrowth still remains. Will this 
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Wild grapes of the yEstivalis type grow 
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