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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 31 
E. L. G., Loudon, Tenn. —A few weeks 
ago I received a letter from the Secretary 
of Agriculture saying there had been sent 
me a pint of a very superior variety of 
spring wheat from Manitoba, etc., etc. In 
due time the wheat came, and such a pile 
of trash it was! Poor, little, shriveled 
grains worse than the screenings I take 
from my seed wheat, and, in addition to 
that, it was full of foul seeds of some 
sort. Part of them I knew and part I did 
not, but, knowing that we had enough 
weeds here without importing them from 
the Northwest, we boiled the wheat and 
the rest and fed to the chickens. If this 
Administration is engaged in the feed 
business, let it say so, and not impose on 
farmers a lot of villainous stuff as valu¬ 
able seeds. In June, 1893, they sent me 
a lot of turnip seed of a “ new and ex¬ 
cellent” variety, and I, like a fool, sowed 
them without close inspection. The re¬ 
sult was turnips of every shape, size and 
color, and a lot of noxious weeds wholly 
unknown to me and as hard to get rid of 
as Canada thistles or artichokes. In the 
npme of decency, has not this expensive 
farce gone far enough ? If the Govern¬ 
ment wishes to economize, let it stop 
buying trash from political henchmen to 
send out as good seed. It is enough to 
make a fellow swear to see such brazen 
impudence, and from a man who has read 
Adam Smith and a city daily at that. Let 
The R. N.-Y. thunder in his ears a few 
times until he learns some manners if not 
sense. 
R. N.-Y.—They are very deaf ! 
Temperature and Pears; Potatoes. 
B. B., Fabmingdale, Idd. —On page 156 
The R. N.-Y. asks about the hardiness of 
pears. Here, neither Bartlett nor Keiffer 
can usually stand minus 25 degrees with¬ 
out injury to the young wood, and often 
to many of the fruit buds. Keiffer is not 
very hardy. I would grade as follows : 
Keiffer tenderest, next Bartlett, then 
Seckel. The Lincoln is much hardier 
than any of these ; its main fault is lack 
of color. I feel just as positive as Mr. 
McAnally, page 154, on the “ potato mix¬ 
ing ” question, but I have not often seen 
it. I came to the conclusion years ago 
that this was the cause, mainly, of pota¬ 
toes “ running out.” I do not pretend to 
explain, and I seldom mention it, for I 
know that a scientific man would look on 
me as I do on the party who “ plants in 
the moon,” who believes in “ water- 
witching,” etc. I have not noticed any 
case of mixing since the days of the 
Peachblow. 
find that I can draw a much larger load 
on the farm than I could when the tire 
was IH inch and there seems to be no 
extra draft on the road except when the 
mud is soft and deep; then I think the 
wide tires do increase the draft some¬ 
what, as this is the only wagon of the 
kind on the road. I would not have the 
wagon changed back on any account, 
and if this wagon ever gives out, as 
C. G M., insisted any old wagon would 
in a short time, I shall replace it with 
another with four-inch tires, with wheels 
not over three feet in diameter for rear, 
23^ feet for the front, for farm use. The 
weight of this wagon with top box, is 
1,090 pounds. 
Whoa as to Sparry. 
A. T. W., Ontakio County, N. Y.—I 
saw an inquiry on page 153 in regard to 
spurry. Tell the readers to go slow on 
spurry. Any old farmer who raised fiax 
for the lint, 50 years ago, can tell you 
that it was a pestilent weed of no value, 
the seed being very common among fiax 
seed. About 40 years ago, seed was dis¬ 
tributed by the patent office. As soon 
as farmers grew the plants and found it 
was the old weed with an infernal name, 
they were careful to exterminate it, but 
every few years articles in relation to it 
go the rounds of the agricultural press 
An Early Spraying. 
A. R. R., Lockport, N. Y.—I am ready 
to spray as soon as this freeze is over, 
and before the buds or foliage are out. 
Reasons—I can use the ammoniacal solu¬ 
tion of carbonate of copper much stronger 
than I can after the foliage is out, thus 
destroying the fungus that makes the 
apple scab, more thoroughly than could 
be done with the regular formula. I did 
the same last year, and had the finest 
apples I have had in 20 years with one 
exception, and you know that last year 
was not a year for fine apples in Western 
New York. I drench thoroughly the 
bodies, large limbs and ground under the 
trees as well as all the tops of the fruit 
trees, and the grape vines, trellis and 
posts ; also, if on or near the side of a 
building, the sides of building especially 
under the cornice. I saturate every place 
where a spore could find shelter. Let 
every fruit grower try it. 
Cabbages in Sawdust. 
O. D. C., Granby, Conn. —Next to rais¬ 
ing cabbages is the interesting question 
of keeping them through the winter. 
There are certain known ways of doing 
this on a large scale, but where one 
stows away a winter’s supply in the cel¬ 
lar along with other vegetables, fruits, 
preserves, etc., they should know of a 
new way, not only to keep the cabbages, 
but also to avoid all odor from the same. 
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Late in the fall when it is time to gather 
them, cut from their stalks sound heads, 
discarding all loose leaves. Cover the 
bottoms of fiour or sugar barrels (I am 
not certain but dry-goods boxes, three 
or four feet square will answer, although 
I have not tried them) with green saw¬ 
dust, then pack in a layer of cabbages, 
covering the same with sawdust well 
packed around them, then another layer 
of cabbages, and so on until the barrel is 
full, keeping the last layer well covered 
with sawdust, green, not dry. Dry may 
answer, but I have not tried it. Those 
who have never attempted this way of 
keeping them will be surprised to see 
how nice and fresh they turn out, and 
they never will know by any odor that 
there are cabbages in the cellar. I con¬ 
sider the medium-sized and hard heads 
the best for this purpose. Soft heads for 
poultry can be kept in good condition 
until March 1 or later. 
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J. E. n., Db Ruyter, N. Y.—Some 
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