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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 9 
M. M. C., Bedford, N. Y.—The remarks 
on the liquor traffic in “The Prospect,” 
page of The R. N.-Y., of October 28 re¬ 
mind me of the story told of a prominent 
United States Senator from one of the 
great corn-growing States. It was in the 
early days of the Prohibition party, and 
the honorable gentleman was stumping 
his State against the new political factor. 
“What would you farmers do with your 
grain if no liquors were made?” he asked 
of a large audience of farmers. No one 
could undertake to reply to such argu¬ 
ment, and there was dead silence. Again 
he cried, “What would you do with your 
corn if there were less distilleries? There 
was silence more oppressive than before 
for a few moments, when an old farmer 
in the back part of the hall shouted out, 
“We would raise more hogs and less 
hell!” Could the connection of the liquor 
traffic with farming be more forcibly 
stated ? 
It is a fact established by the most 
careful scientific investigation (so states 
Prof. Richard T. Ely) that if the money 
consumed by the liquor traffic were spent 
for bread and other needed things, there 
would be a demand for seven bushels of 
grain for every one that is now used in 
the manufacture of the accursed stuff. 
Could the iniquitous traffic be wiped out, 
there would be an unprecedented boom, 
not only in all kinds of farming, but in 
legitimate business of every sort; and in 
place of nine-tenths of the want and 
misery existing, there would be plenty 
and happiness. 
How to Get Good Eeiffers. 
J. G. K., Buckners, Ky.—I think you 
are pretty hard on the Keiffer pear, and 
wish you could see some we have just 
enjoyed, as large and good as any Cali¬ 
fornia pear I ever ate, flavor not ex¬ 
cepted. I admit that I have been more 
successful this year than ever before, and 
so will give my method of growing them. 
I cultivate and fertilize the trees, thin 
the fruit, and, just as the pears begin to 
change color the least bit, pick and pack 
them away in thin layers in a cool place, 
and cover to exclude the light. If the 
place of keeping them is right, the pears 
will be in perfection from about Novem¬ 
ber 10 until Christmas. Four-year-olc! 
trees averaged over one bushel of large 
fruit, which I know would be worth now 
in the market $5. Does any one make 
more out of other varieties ? No Keiffer 
has ever blighted for me yet. You also 
condemn the Lutie, which is the most 
profitable grape we have. It is first to 
ripen, and is equal in flavor to Delaware. 
It never rots or mildews, and is a heavy 
producer. It is the first grape to be at¬ 
tacked by the bees, and I think they are 
pretty good judges; the only fault it has, 
it shatters or shells when over ripe. 
Bees and Mongrel Vegetables. 
L. E. R. L., Nebraska. —The article 
on page 760 of The Rural regarding the 
bee and the dog, and others of a similar 
nature which I have read from time to 
time, prompt me to try to probe the 
matter a little deeper in the hope of get¬ 
ting down to solid facts. I don’t pretend 
to know everything, but I aim to seek 
knowledge from every available source, 
and manage to at least form an opinion 
regarding what I see and read. If the 
honey bee is a benefit to the gardener and 
fruit grower, aside from its honey pro¬ 
ducing qualities I have yet to learn it. It 
seems to me I can offer good argument in 
support of my opinion. If The R. N.-Y., 
or any one else, knows that I am wrong 
and can convince me of the same, I shall 
be glad to have them do so. C. C. M. 
says : “ If no bees came to his trees, so 
little fruit would set that the worm 
breeders would be starved out.” I beg 
leave to differ with the gentleman. I 
lived several years in Wyoming, was en¬ 
gaged in the growing of vegetables, fruits 
and flowers, for commercial purposes, 
and was in the seed business. We had 
no bees in that country until two years 
before I left there. We grew apples, 
crabs, raspberries and strawberries, the 
latter in great quantities, of immense 
size and most excellent quality. Then our 
wild fruits, plums cherries and service 
berries bore year after year, the trees 
being literally loaded down with fruit. 
I left that favored clime, and came to 
what is termed the fruit belt of Nebraska, 
but I want to tell you that we had more 
and better fruit in a day in Wyoming, 
where we had no bees to fertilize the 
blossoms, than I have seen here in two 
years, with an apiary at every second 
house. Why is this? Will our friend of 
the bee, rise and explain? Again, in 
Wyoming we had no trouble to keep 
varieties of vegetables and flowers pure 
and true to name, here we find it to be 
impossible. There, where we planted a 
pure strain of Hubbard squash, we knew 
we should gather Hubbards in the fall; 
here we have no means of knowing what 
manner of mongrel we shall find in our 
Hubbard patch at harvest time. Where¬ 
fore is this thus? The bee, my friend, 
the pesky, snooping, meddling honey 
bee, nothing more, nothing less. Will 
TnE R. N.-Y. now come to the front with 
a, “thus saith the Editor,” and thus end 
the controversy? 
How I Save the Carrot Crop. 
J. B., Amherst, Mass. —I noticed in 
The R. N.-Y. of November 11, page 757, 
the query and answer in regard to har¬ 
vesting carrots, and would like to give 
our method. The carrots are grown in 
rows about 15 inches apart. To pull, we 
first run a plow along the lower side of 
the row, cutting as near the row as 
possible without touching the carrots, 
and throwing the soil away from them. 
The carrots are then easily pulled by 
breaking over towards the edge. After 
the first row is pulled, plow away the 
next one, using a swivel plow. If the 
rows are not long, three or four persons 
can follow the plow at intervals and 
remove the carrots quite rapidly. We 
store them in narrow, shallow pits, cov¬ 
ering lightly with earth. When cold 
weather comes we take them in or cover 
deeper and put on swale hay. We feed 
them to our horses. 
Roots Are After Water. 
A. W., New Hartford, N. Y.—In the 
discussion on roots in tiles, page 733, it 
seems to me that all the writers have 
ovetlooked the main point, viz., the 
reason. Why do the roots get into the 
tiles ? It is because there is water in¬ 
side when there is none, or very little, in 
the soil outside the tiles. This occurs 
whenever the water from a living spring 
is carried through soil which is dry dur¬ 
ing a portion of the year. In such a 
case, it is necessary to have the joints 
very well protected by collars or by 
cement, and in some cases it may be 
good policy to lay an iron pipe to carry 
the spring water. Then if the ground 
through the orchard needs draining, a 
line of tiles can be laid beside the pipe. 
There will be no trouble from roots in 
the tiles if the water stops running in 
them as soon, or nearly as soon, as the 
surplus water has been carried away out 
of the soil surrounding the tiles. 
A Manure Talk. 
W. T. S., Chester County, Pa. —The 
practice of our more intelligent farmers 
in applying manure for wheat about ac¬ 
cords with the views of Prof. Roberts as 
given in The R. N.-Y., viz., that it is bet¬ 
ter to give a light dressing of barnyard 
manure, and a moderate addition of some 
commercial fertilizer. Most soils seem 
to have a larger reserve of nitrogen than 
of either phosphoric acid or of potash. 
In our own practice where we use cattle 
manure we cover lightly, and drill with 
the wheat 300 pounds of superphosphate 
to the acre. Where no manure has been 
applied, we increase to 500 pounds. This 
latter quantity, by tbe way, cost us $7.50 
per acre. The yield the present year was 
32 bushels to the acre, the highest by a 
trifle we have ever had. The fertilizer 
used was a high-grade, guaranteed 10 37 
phosphoric acid, 2.90 nitrogen, 4 20 pot¬ 
ash. Thinking we could dispense with 
the nitrogen, we had a trustworthy firm 
mix for us 1,800 pounds of dissolved bone 
to 200 pounds of sulphate of potash, and 
only regret that we did not make the 
percentage of potash higher. The grow¬ 
ing crop of wheat, however, looks fine 
We have so many other crops besides 
wheat that seem thankful for a share of 
our home-made manure, that we try to 
make the supply—always inadequate— 
go as far as possible. Corn needs a lib¬ 
eral supply, while the soiling crop is a 
gross feeder. And then the berry and 
truck patch comes in for its share, and 
pays for it better than either of the 
others. If there happen to be any left, 
the old pasture fields are ready to absorb 
it all, and are still hungry. So, you see, 
we come out in the end about where 
Prof. Roberts’s teaching seems to lead. 
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