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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 8 
Mrs. Mary WAOKR-FisnBR. — That 
Rosa Setigera, page 475, should be so little 
cultivated, is, from every point of view, 
surprising. For more than a dozen years, 
I have found more pleasure in it than in 
any other rose in my garden. I have it 
clamber over the fences about the lawn 
in every direction, and in July its cor¬ 
ymbs of exquisitely shaded bloom are 
charming indeed. Its lusty growth, 
freedom from vermin of every descrip¬ 
tion ; its fresh, youthful coloring, and 
the beauty that a single flower always 
has over the double, because one can see 
the open heart of it, ought to make it a 
great favorite. It is fine in any situation 
where its long, strong branches have 
room to stretch out, and as they bend in 
curves, they form graceful clumps. 
August ie the month in which to set 
outdoor rose cuttings for propagation. 
Make ready as many glass bottles with 
the bottoms knocked out as there are 
cuttings. Prepare the ground near the 
rose bushes from which the cuttings are 
to be taken, and after inserting them, 
cover with the bottles, banking up the 
earth well about the bottom of each 
bottle, which is to serve through the 
winter and spring as a conservatory for 
the plants. Water well, and when win¬ 
ter comes, put stoppers in the bottles. 
Fruit jars with no bottoms can have the 
tops screwed on. 
Mr. Fuller’s suggestion on page 459 
about the planting of nut trees along 
roadsides instead of maples, etc., is ex- 
cellentin theory; but would not the profit 
of the nuts go into the pockets of the 
wayfarer, the tramp or the “ common- 
wealer” ? In some sections of New York 
State, app'e trees have been planted by 
the roadsides, but the farmers, I believe, 
have not found the fruit profitable to 
themselves. Probably in sparsely settled 
regions, farmers could control the har¬ 
vesting of their nut trees, but in regions 
where people abound, my observation 
has been to the effect that anything the 
“great public” wishes to lay hands on, 
it does, without the asking. 
The *' Ont-of-Work “ Side. 
R. G. T., Vineland, N. J.—On page 
378, T. M. R., Fairview, Pa,, writes : “I 
think it is an outrage and a shame on 
this nation that they should let such a 
horde of tramps as Coxey’s gang, march 
through the country to the seat of Gov¬ 
ernment, annoying and imposing upon 
the charities of civil and industrious citi¬ 
zens. ‘ In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread. ” And he says, “ These 
gangs should be compelled to earn their 
living in some way,” winding up with 
the remark : “There is work of some 
kind, or uncultivated land about every 
man’s home or town or city to give them 
a chance to earn a living if they are will¬ 
ing to work.” This may read fine on 
paper, (and I may at once say that I have 
no sympathy with Coxey’s plan of road¬ 
making, for it does not meet the neces¬ 
sities of all the unemployed, but only a 
class) ; but T. M. R. could never have 
known what it is to go around seeking 
employment, and day after day be told 
from morning till night, that those to 
whom he applies, have all the help they 
require. It takes a very short time to 
spoil clothing and wear out shoes, and if 
no money is being earned, how are they 
to be replaced, to say nothing about food 
or rent ? As for going on to uncultivated 
land, it requires money for seed, tools, 
and food while crops are growing. And 
what about manure or fertilizer? Has 
tl e seed only to be dropped, and some 
time afterwards the planter to come and 
gather a paying crop ? I find that it 
nowadays requires capital and brains to 
get along. If these Coxeyites break the 
aw, they are imprisoned ; during that 
time they are fed, clothed and housed, if 
sick, have medical attendance and medi¬ 
cines. Is not this inviting them to break 
the law ? Would it not be far better to 
have places established by the Govern¬ 
ment where all that want employment 
may apply, and so save the loss of time 
spent in looking for work, and putting 
each to what he is beet able to per¬ 
form ? Of course, it would cost money 
at the start, but in the long run, far less 
than it costs now. None would be in¬ 
jured, but all benefited, we would require 
less jails, therefore fewer judges, law¬ 
yers, policemen, jailers, etc. 
Lively Growinc Millet. 
B. T. W., Rochester, Mass. —In June, 
I sowed millet in a dry time on a small 
piece of land well fertilized with stable 
manure. August 15, it stood, some of it, 
61 inches high. June 30, I sowed a patch 
with Japanese buckwheat, on new land 
lightly dressed with green manure di¬ 
rectly from the stable, and well harrowed 
in. August 18, some of it stood 57X 
inches high. The buckwheat grew on 
an average 1 15 inches per day from the 
time of sowing. I don’t know the exact 
date of sowing the millet, but think it 
did not come up till the very last of June. 
Crimson Clover Not Saccessfal Sown In Spring:. 
A. N Brown, Wyoming, Del —I have 
sown Crimson clover in the spring at 
three different times as an experiment, 
and it has proved to be practically worth¬ 
less. The last sowing was done under 
the most favorable circumstances—the 
clover was seeded with oats in an apple 
orchard, the soil of which was in a high 
state of cultivation. I expected that the 
shade of both oats and trees would pro¬ 
tect the young clover until it was well 
started, after which I anticipated no 
trouble. It started nicely, and grew to 
about six inches high, when it formed 
short, imperfect blooms and died by the 
time the oats were ripe. Crimson clover 
is practically a winter crop, growing 
when other crops are dormant, furnish¬ 
ing one of the best protections for the 
soil during the winter, and not interfer¬ 
ing in any way with regular farm crops. 
Herein lies one of its most valuable char¬ 
acteristics. I think that fully 25 per 
cent of my correspondents want to know 
whether it can be sown in the fall with 
wheat like Timothy, or in the spring in 
wheat like Red clover. To all such in¬ 
quirers I say emphatically, no. Never 
sow it in the spring under any circum¬ 
stances or with wheat in the fall. If a 
crop of wheat is wanted for soiling or 
ensilage, however, the clover and wheat 
sown together, not later than September 
20, will give excellent results. 
Bltstlng: Stamps With Dynamite: Caution. 
W., Monroe, Wis.—I t not infrequent¬ 
ly happens that the fuse contains a 
“ fault;” that is, a space in which is no 
powder. Then the charge will some¬ 
times “hang fire ” perhaps for several or 
many minutes, till the fire has slowly 
eaten its way in the cotton of the fuse to 
the powder, or the fire may go out al¬ 
together. I write from my own experi¬ 
ence in using dynamite. If a charge 
fails to explode, don’t go near it till you 
know the fire has gone out. “ Nothing 
valuable can be lost by taking time,” 
plenty of time to keep away from that 
stump ; it will not run away—and going 
to see why it doesn’t explode may re¬ 
sult in disaster. It may be thought that 
no one would run such a risk. A few 
years ago, two men from this place were 
employed in blasting rock on a railroad 
in process of construction near by. One 
of them went to see when a charge 
“hung fire,” and was thrown 20 feet in 
the air by the explosion that occurred 
just then, and was carried home to his 
wife and children, dead. The other, in 
another cut, went to see what was the 
matter under similar circumstances, and 
was not killed. I see him often, being 
his neighbor, but he, poor fellow, will 
never see anything in this world; both 
eyes were destroyed by the delayed ex¬ 
plosion. ' 
Experience with Crimson Clover. 
J. L M , Covington, Pa. —I bought 
two bushels of Crimson clover seed last 
spring. On April 1, I sowed one bushel, 
using the same quantity each of Mam¬ 
moth clover and Timothy on a field that 
was hurt by the drought last summer. 
The Crimson began to blossom about 
June 25, and was mown July 13. It 
began to blossom again about August 
1. The seed is now ripe, although some 
of it is still in bloom. It did not make 
a heavy growth, but it helped to fill in 
and made good hay. I have a better 
seeding of Mammoth than if I had re- 
plowed and seeded to oats. I have sown 
the other bushel in buckwheat and corn; 
if the buckwheat does not smother it (it 
is now from two to four inches high) I 
expect to use it for fall pasture. What 
I sowed in the corn, has not yet come up. 
I am well pleased with it; it will grow 
where Mammoth will not. 
How Mr. Crawford Uses Fertilizers. 
M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, 0.— 
I have never used muriate of potash on 
strawberries, or any potash except in 
wood ashes or some complete fertilizer. 
If I were planting strawberries in the 
fall, I would apply ground bone then ; if 
in the spring, then. It is not a fertilizer 
that wastes away easily, and for this rea¬ 
son it may be used in the fall without 
fear of its being washed away and lost 
in the winter. I would use as much of 
it as I could afford, up to a ton to the 
acre of coarse bone meal, or half a ton 
of fine. I would use wood ashes in the 
fall on ordinary land, but if it were very 
sandy, I would wait till spring, as they 
would be likely to be wasted by leaching 
in the winter. Forty bushels to the acre 
is as much as I would care to use. 
In the spring of 1892, we ordered, 
through a friend, a plant of “Childs’s 
All Summer” raspberry. We need not 
state just what Mr. Childs claims for it, 
but rather what we have found it to be. 
Last year we felt fairly positive that it 
was the old Belle de Fontenay. This 
year we are inclined to regard it as an 
improved Belle de Fontenay, which we 
have not cultivated in 10 years, and may 
not speak of except from memory. The 
season has been unfavorable for rasp¬ 
berries on account of dry weather, This 
All Summer raspberry has, however, 
borne berries from mid-season until now 
(August 22), and many of them ; large 
and of good quality—as large as the 
Cuthbert at its best and better than 
Shaffer or Columbian. It is now ripen¬ 
ing berries freely when the blackberry 
season is nearly over. Bslle de Fon¬ 
tenay is recognized as the best of the 
“autumn bearers,” but we have never 
had a Bdlle de Fontenay or any other ' 
red raspberry that ripened so much fruit 
through so long a season. If now we 
had a dozen plants all bearing as the 
one plant does, we would be provided 
with a dessert of excellent raspberries ‘ 
every night or so. As to the hardiness 
of the “All Summer,” we may say that 
it has not been harmed thus far by 
drought, cold or anthracnose. 
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IN writing to adyertlsera please always mention 
Thi Rural. 
After Vacation 
People often feel as tired as before. This 
is because their blood is poor, their nerve- 
strength gone, their vitality exhausted. 
U..cd'8 Sirsaparilla is needed. It will 
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parilla 
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purify and vitalize 
the blood, create an 
appetite and give 
health and strength i 
in place of weariness, weakness and irri¬ 
tability. It will build up tlie wnole system ' 
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Uood’8 Pills are purely vegetable. 25c. 
Let us now tell our readers how our 
five or six Loudons have acted during 
this dry season. The plants are growing 
in poor soil and under the shade of two 
seedling peach trees. They have made 
a sturdy, though not tall growth, and 
have been free of anthracnose, which 
renders raspberry culture with market 
gardeners about the Rural Grounds, an 
unprofitable industry. Most market gar¬ 
deners have destroyed their plantations 
of both caps and reds. Oa June 30 Cuth- 
bert began to ripen, and on July 6 was 
ripening freely. Loudon began to ripen 
July 2. The drupelets of Loudon were 
slightly larger than those of Cuthbert 
and the berry was firmer; quality much 
the same. The berry holds to the re¬ 
ceptacle better than in Cuthbert. The 
Cuthbert berries average more conical 
in shape. Perhaps Loudon averages, in 
color, a brighter red. The vines are 
hardier. July 25 was about the end of 
the Loudon season. The Cuthbert sea¬ 
son ended a week previously. We find 
a note July 30 ; “ Loudon still bearing a 
few berries” 
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