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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 13 
Turning: Posts. 
E. F. M., Fonthill, Ontario. —As the 
country gets older and timber scarcer, 
the cost of fence and vineyard posts is 
becoming a serious matter. I would draw 
attention to an expedient which I have 
practiced, and I presume others also, 
which will about double the lifetime of 
the post at a comparatively small ex¬ 
pense. When a lot of posts set at one 
time give signs of weakness by two or 
three of them giving way after five or ten 
years, depending upon the timber and soil, 
let them be lifted out and the top end set 
in the ground. The more or less decayed 
end will, in nearly every case, be found 
sufficiently strong for the top, while the 
well-seasoned, sound end will last longer 
than a half-seasoned new post. With 
proper tools and in ordinary soils this can 
be done at an expense of about three 
cents each in the case of rail fence posts, 
and vineyard posts for still less. Where 
posts cost from 10 to 20 cents each, but 
few farm enterprises will show as great 
a return for the outlay. Of course, to 
the fastidious the question of appearance 
may be considered a drawback. 
Exorcising- Witch-Grass. 
G. E. B., Amesbury, Mass. —This is 
the way I proceed to cast out Witch 
grass : I select a lot for my late cabbages 
(any other crop one can defer planting 
until about June 10, will do as well) 
plow as soon as I can after the frost is 
out and the ground is dry enough, turn¬ 
ing in stable manure at the rate of 8 or 
10 cords per acre. After plowing I let 
it remain a week or two, or until the 
Witch grass shows itself freely through 
the furrows. Then I run through it 
with a harrow or cultivator—the culti¬ 
vator is the better—until the grass roots 
are well torn up. In a week or two up 
comes the Witch grass again fresh and 
smiling. The cultivator covers it and 
tears up its roots again, and this process 
repeated as often as the pest gets a good 
start, will by June 10 so exhaust its 
vitality that it is practically extermin¬ 
ated. In the spring of ’91 I had half an 
acre completely overrun by this dreaded 
foe of clean culture, but by this treat¬ 
ment not a hatful grew on the piece 
after June 10. Last year I sowed it to 
beets and carrots, and there was not a 
handful of Witch grass roots on the en¬ 
tire piece. 
Dealing Straight With Washington. 
E. B. W., Newton, Iowa. —I have 
noticed with interest what The Rural 
has said about the Government cattle 
book. I sent to Mr. Fred. White, our 
representative in Congress for a copy, 
but have received no reply. Not long 
ago he sent me the sheep book on my 
request. I notice, though, that W. H. 
Lowdermilk & Co., of Washington, offer 
it for sale at $1.50. How do dealers 
obtain these books while we for whom 
they are published at the public expense 
cannot ? Doesn’t it look as if there were 
some truth in the statement that some 
of our Congressmen part with their allot¬ 
ment of the Government publications for 
a compensation ? Would it not be better 
in every way, if all the publications of 
the Department of Agriculture were dis¬ 
tributed by the Department itself ? What 
does a man who represents a district in 
the center of New York city care for a 
lot of agricultural reports ? For that 
matter, what does any Congressman care 
for them ? For my part I would rather 
obtain them through the Department 
than through my Representative. But 
for some reason Congressmen are very 
much opposed to any change in the ex¬ 
isting arrangement. Maybe, some day 
they will be forced to remedy this abuse. 
RURfttJ 
The Emily Agnes Carman Rose. —We 
are sorry to see that the beautiful 
Georges Bruant has been seriously in¬ 
jured by the past winter. This rose, it 
will be remembered, is half Tea (Som- 
breuil) and half Rosa rugosa. Fifty feet 
away and in a less favorable exposure, 
the Agnes Emily Carman rose has not 
been injured in the least, which may be 
said of few other roses in The Rural's 
little collection. The female parent of 
the latter, as has often been stated, was 
Rosa rugosa, the male parent Harrison’s 
Yellow. This hybrid originated at the 
Rural Grounds two years before the 
Georges Bruant was introduced, and 
might have been introduced before the 
Bruant had the difficulty of propagating 
it been known at the start. The R. N.-Y. 
has no pecuniary interest in the Carman 
rose whatever, and we speak of it now 
as we would of any other tested novelty 
of re m arkable merit. Wh at are its merits? 
First, exceeding hardiness. Second, the 
foliage resembles that of the female 
parent, Rosa rugosa, while the leaflets 
are much larger. Third, the color and 
odor of the flower are similar to those of 
Gen. Jacqueminot, and, last, it has more 
than one period of bloom during the 
season. 
The rose is now offered for sale by the 
Storrs & Harrison Co., of Painesville, O., 
who control the entire stock A life-size 
picture of the leaves and buds and flowers 
is promised The R. N.-Y., and faithful 
engravings will appear in these columns 
in due time. 
We are told by many catalogues that 
there are sweeter and altogether better 
kinds of corn than Stowell’s Evergreen. 
It need not be discussed just here. Let 
us assume that the Evergreen is the best 
late. Having already planted early, 
medium and late varieties side by side, 
our friends may do no better than to 
make additional plantings according to 
their needs of Evergreen every two weeks 
until July 10. This will assure them 
plenty of the best of sweet corn until 
after frosts next October. 
(Continued on next page.) 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
The Rural Nbw-Yohkbr. 
Our Canal. 
It will take a year or two to 
get water where we begin to 
sell; then ready for settlers. 
Dry land is of little ac¬ 
count in Southern California, 
it stretches away for miles, as 
rich and right as land can be. 
But water is precious; no 
rain to speak of falls. Irriga¬ 
tion is better than rain; the 
farmer gets it when and where 
he wants it. Vegetation ex¬ 
ceeds belief— a three-year-old 
fig-tree five inches through! 
The warmth of the air and soil 
develops exceeding richness in 
fruits and nuts. 
A little land with water is 
wealth. We shall have the 
water; the land is waiting. 
We want a share of our stock 
in every neighborhood ; $50 a 
share will be worth $1,000 
within ten years if we make no 
mistakes. Let us send you a 
pamphlet with map. 
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-A- 
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uuin I but until you have heard from 
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