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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 27 
FARMERS'CLUP 
f;\ DISCUSSiONS 
Another Wheat Estimate. 
F. S., Monaca, Pa. — I want to give 
my opinion of the cost of raising an acre 
of wheat in Beaver County, Pa. The 
figures given on page 834 and at other 
times are all right except in one item, 
and that is manure. T. S. S., Coopers- 
town. Pa., charges $10 per acre for ma¬ 
nure. Now, that is just about the 
amount that we put on an acre here, but 
I don’t believe that whole $10 should be 
charged against the wheat, for the rea¬ 
son that it doesn’t get all the benefit. It 
is customary here to seed wheat land 
with Timothy and clover, and in doing 
that we get the benefit of the manure 
on the grass as well as on the wheat. 
Further, we usually keep the land in 
grass three or four years, and the effects 
of the manure are seen at the end of the 
fourth year in grass. Grass pays here 
better than wheat at present prices I 
think that $10 should be divided equally 
among one crop of wheat and three 
crops of hay, or j ist $3 .'>0 for each year. 
It may be also mentioned that all the 
plowing, harrowing and preparing the 
land for wheat and grass is charged to 
the former, whereas, if we were going 
to seed to grass alone the same amount 
of work would be required ; therefore, I 
think part of the cost of preparing the 
ground should be charged to the grass, I 
would say about one-fourth. Here is my 
estimate of the cost of raising an acre of 
wheat: 
Interest on land. $4 OO 
Proyur nji land, one quarter cost On , 
wheat. 80F 
Manure, oue-quart«‘r cost on vtaent. 2 60 
Sred.-1 00 
Sowinx. 4(j 
HoU'Iuk. 80 
TDrachinii. j 75 
Mathfcti/.}?. 1 (0 
KeaplrK. 160 
Total. .$ 3 76 
Yli Id ot wheat. 23 ousliels per acre, at 
()6 cents prr buehtl. $4 95 
Straw. 5 to 
I’roHt. It; 20 
Stamps and Stamp Machine. 
A. J. S., Clkarfieli) County, Pa.—O n 
the question. Does it pay to pull all 
stumps out in clearing woodland? Prof. 
Big: Crop of English Walnnta. 
T. C. K., Athenia, N. j. —Growing 
near us at the base of the first ridge or 
mountain are two English walnut trees, 
about 15 years old, that have yielded over 
100 pounds of nuts the past season. The 
location has an eastern slope and is 
hemmed in by the ridge from the severe 
north winds. The soil is of a rocky na¬ 
ture and is especially favorable for the 
growing of these nuts. 
More Bedbng:8 on Bats. 
J. W. C., Chautauqua County, N. Y.— 
Some time ago I noticed an article in 
The R. N.-Y. in regard to bedbugs living 
on bats and birds. Though I have never 
seen them on bats, I have on two occa¬ 
sions found them on birds. In the sum¬ 
mer of 1847, as I was looking up the 
chimney of a fireplace in a vacant log 
house, I observed a bird's nest of peculiar 
shape and mak“. I arranged the chim¬ 
ney so that I could climb up it after dark; 
and, upon doing so I caught a bird, which 
I took into my house, and, to my sur¬ 
prise, found on it two live bedbugs, I also 
found several nits. Five years later I 
took a bird, which I supposed to be a 
chimney swallow, from a hollow stump 
located a quarter of a mile from any 
building. This bird also had live bed¬ 
bugs and nits. In each of these cases I 
am positive that they were bedbugs, as 
I distinctly recollect their characteristic 
odor—an odor which is not shared by the 
wood tick or any other insect 
Did Not FUl His SUo. 
S. H. W., Weston, Mass. —In speaking 
about failures, I think John Q. Wells 
has made a mistake in attributing his fail¬ 
ure to keep his ensilage from heating, to 
his corn not being ripe enough before 
putting it into tbe silo. I have found that 
ensilage will heat when exposed to the air 
whether the corn be well matured or not; 
but I presume the less matured corn will 
heat more readily. I have had some ex¬ 
perience in feeding ensilage, having 
built my silo the next season after Dr. 
Bailey introduced the system into this 
country, and I have filled it every season 
but the last. 
I had a number of reasons for not fill¬ 
ing it then ; the first was that last year I 
was very much surprised, after feeding 
all my dry stover, that when I began to 
feed ensilage, the cows didn’t give much 
if any more mUk on the ensilage than 
they did on the dry corn stover. It was 
Evergreen sweet corn that I planted. I 
buy the best seed I can find, and, if the 
green corn sells well (from 50 cents to 
with a rope, then put around the shock 
g old hay bale wire, and drew it to the 
r barn as I wanted it. I find the stock eat 
i, it better when drawn in fresh from the 
r shock than they do after it has laid to- 
e gether in the barn even one week. By 
s keeping some young stock, there will be 
e no waste in feeding the dry stover. 
^ When To Set Tomato Plants. 
W. F. Massey, Raleigh, N. C.—In 
answer to A. A. H., Bellows Falls, in re¬ 
gard to early tomatoes, you advise not to 
^ set in the open ground until the weather 
^ is so settled that they will go on growing 
^ and not be checked by cold nights. Our 
experience is that it is always best, if the 
_ plants are properly hardened off in the 
^ frames, to put them out as soon as there 
,, is a fair chance for their surviving, even 
though some protection must be given 
_ after planting. I once planted out 55,000 
. tomatoes in northern Maryland in late 
^ April. They were turned blue-black by 
cold in early May, and yet 1 shipped fruit 
J the last week in June three weeks ahead 
[ of others in the same latitude who waited 
for the May full moon to pass. Here we 
J set out some plants April 3, and set the 
, remainder of the same lot late in the 
month. Those set the third were shel- 
[ tered on two or three cold nights, and 
ripened fruit May 25, while those set later 
gave first fruit June 13, It is very easy 
to protect a tomato plant in its early 
growth outside. If cold threaten, simply 
_^bend the plant gently to the earth and 
put a shovelful of soil on it, This is done 
rapidly and is perfectly effectual. The 
' earlier the plants can be got to live out¬ 
side, the earlier the crop will be. 
(Continued on next page ) 
In writing to sdyertlsert plesM always men turn 
Phi BUBAn. 
I Could Not Walk 
1 and was bedfast most of 
\ the time because of rheu¬ 
matism. I ate but little 
S and was reduced to a 
skeleton. As Hood’s Sar¬ 
saparilla had cured my 
brother of rheumatle 
trouble I also took It and 
have Improved rapidly. I 
I have regained my appe- 
: tlte, sleep well, am 
heavier and walk long 
i distances. Bwwd’e 
Karr. V 
-- - weight In gold.” H. A. 
Bukkjitt, Curryvllle, Pa. Hood’s Cures 
Hood's Pills act easily yet efrecUvely. 
Massey says: “We have never yet seen a $i per bushel), I pick off the best of it 
stump machine that did not waste more 
time and labor in moving and getting 
ready to pull than would be required to 
dig most stumps out with a mattock.” I 
am afraid that were we to dig stumps 
and put the rest into the silo. The second 
reason why I did not fill the silo last year 
was that I keep but six or seven cows. I 
found that I was obliged to feed more en¬ 
silage to my cows to keep it from spoil- 
out with a mattock here the land would ing than was good for them. Most of the 
be very costly. Some of our stumpy land 
would cost about $300 per acre to clear. 
If Prof. Massey will come up here, I can 
show him machines that will pull stumps 
at 25 cents each that would take a man 
with a mattock about two or three days 
to dig out at, say, $1.35 per day. The 
average price here is 25 cents per stump. 
The best machine I have had was a lever 
machine that used long chains and rods, 
and by anchoring it to a stump or tree, a 
half acre could be cleared without mov¬ 
ing the machine, using only one horse. 
We never got a stump we could not pull, 
and we have green oaks three to four feet 
in diameter. I paid $2.25 per day for a 
man and machine. Darge pine stumps 
with the heart rotted out can not be 
blown out with dynamite except at great 
expense, and then it leaves a large bole, 
while those pulled with this lever 
machine are turned over from one side 
and the dirt dug back into the hole from 
the roots. The question with me has been 
whether it will pay, with farm products 
at present prices, to stump land that is 
not very fertile having been “farmed 
out.” The taxes are more a thorn in the 
flesh for me than the stumps. I scarcely 
get all paid for one year before they com¬ 
mence in the next. 
time I gave them nothing but ensilage 
and their grain, which I always mixed 
with it, and then the ensilage would 
warm up so fast that I had to give loads 
of it away to my neighbors to keep it 
from spoiling, late in the spring when 
the weather was warm. 
I always weighted heavily, and at first 
took up two planks and cut down the en¬ 
silage three or four feet, fed that, and 
then took up two more planks ; but the 
heat would get in at the top edge before 
I took up more planks. After I had fed 
ensilage five years, I made my large silo 
into two small ones by putting in a parti¬ 
tion, and then uncovered the whole top 
and took off a thin layer every day. This 
worked better, particularly in cold 
weather, but as the weather grew 
warmer, the heat would get the better of 
me ; then I would give it away to keep 
the rest of it from spoiling. Ensilage is 
better adapted to feeding a large stock of 
cattle than a small one. I think one good 
feed a day of ensilage and hay, and 
some other dry food for the rest of 
the day, would be much better for the 
stock. This year I cut my corn and laid 
it on the ground to let it partly dry, then 
bound it in bundles, and set it up in 
large shocks. I drew it together tight 
CHOPPEBS 
ATTENTION' 
I^SK FOR THIS AXE. 
USE NO OTHER. 
Wood^hoppers, try the 
Kelly PeitectOxe 
It will cut more wood 
than any other axe. 
The scoop in the blade 
keeps it from sticking in 
the wood, and makes it 
cut deeper than any other 
axe. Ask your dealer for 
it. Send us his name if 
he don't keep it. It is the 
Anti‘Trust Axe. 
Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. 
LOOISVlIiLE. KY. 
_ Harrow, Butterworker, 
or Churn, wholesale price 
h Best. Illustr’d Cat’lg free. 
r| Send now. G. H. Pounder. 
[J No. U, Ft. Atkn^n, Wls. 
Driving the Brain 
at the expense 
of the Body. 
While we drive 
the brain we 
must build up 
the body. Ex- 
ercise, pure air - J y V/ 
—foods that 
make healthy flesh—refreshing 
sleep—such are methods. When 
loss of flesh, strength and nerve 
become apparent your physician 
will doubtless tell you that the 
quickest builder of all three is 
Scott's Emulsion 
of Cod Liver Oil, which not only 
creates flesh of and in itself, but 
stimulates the appetite for other 
foods. 
Prepared by Scott & Bowne, N Y. All druKKiata. 
Ulirr CANNOT SEE HOW YOU DO 
fflrt IT AND PAY FREIGHT. 
? Cin Rn Improved 8 INOER 8«w> 
1 ^IU>0U ing Machine, with a complete set of afc> 
■| tachments and guaranteed for 10 pcare Shipped any* 
^ where on 80 dayt* triaL iV’o money required in 
vanee. 76.000 now in uae. World'e Fair M^al awarded. 
Buy from factory, save dealers'mnd aeente* pre^t. 
Write to-day for our lARQE FREE CATALOGUE. 
Oxford Hfg. Co., 342 Wabash Are., Chicago, lU. 
YOU CAN SELL 
SAP PAIL COVERS. 
We make a metal one cheap. 
Curtis Steel Roofing Co., 
57 8IGLBH 8TUBET, NILES, O. 
Also all kinds of Metal IlooUnk and Paint. 
TAPPINGliUGAilREE 
and getting every drop of sap 
H m means the use oi H ■ 
PuHt’a Xintest Improved 
y EiireUtt Sap Spout. 
esj 'post’s W 
oil PATENT AIR TRAPS. 11 f 
® II 200 or more delivered to HE ^ 
tr El any station east of the Miss- M 
® II issippi at these prices IE ™ 
El Spout No. I, $2.50 a 100. HI g 
^ No. 2, $2.35 a 100. ’ 
® Sample 10c. Circular Free. 
Chas. C. STELLE, Successor to 
C. C. POST, 8i Fifth Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
Nonpareil Grinding Mills. 
THE BEST 
FEED MILL MADE. 
For Circular address 
L. J. MILLER. CINCINNATI. OHIO. 
Fertilizers Unprofitable 
Very often on account of a deflclency of Potash. 
Farmers, avoid these and secure paying yields by 
selecting brands containing high percentages of 
Potash, or apply Potash Salts, such as Muriate of 
Potash, Sulphate of Potash and Kalolt. For in¬ 
formation and pamphlet address 
GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau St., N. Y. City 
S agents $75 
usitiK or sflliuK PRACTICAL 
. PLATING DYNAMO .Themo'l- 
lueihod, Used iu all faciories 
1*^*^^® ***'*"■ goods. Plates gold, 
(Silver, nickel, etc . on watches, 
jewelry, table-ware, bicycles and 
metal goods; tine ouilits for 
jy I» different sizes; always 
jfffy ready; no battery; no toy; no 
I lexperience; no liinit to plating 
^ ' ”* / needed; a great nmney niak* r. 
W. P. HARRiSCN & CO., Clerk No. 15, Columbus, Ohio. 
Many Old 
Worn-Out 
of climate and freedom f 
can Farms the best In 
time; low rate of interest. 
Ig jjtj BA farms aud^^gardenf Won’t Produce a Profit. 
r AnmW witloM^nxVense°U'h^„^‘a^‘^^ 
? cyclones, Gizzards, together with good society, churches etc makn Mlohi 
'ACME” P'Jlverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher «®Leveler 
TS adapted to all soils and all work for which a 
/ AGENTS J. Harrow is needed. 
WANTED. Plat crushing spurs pulverize lumps, level and 
_ smooth the ground, while at the same time curved 
.,vb. coulters cultivate, lift and turn the entire surface 
soil. The backward slant of the coulters 
prevents tearing up rubbish and reduces the draft. 
^ Made entirely of cast steel and wrought iron 
_= and therefore practically indestructible. 
^ CHEAPEST RIDING HARROW ON 
- _ EARTH—sells for about the same as an ordinary 
- - drag-eight dollars and upwards. 
N, B. 1 deliver Iree on board at distributing points. 
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DDANE H NASH Solfi Mfr milllngton, - New Jersey. 
vumtL n. mion, OUlb lUlI,, &3oso.Canal St.,Chicag6. 
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