1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
89 
Farmers ' Club Discussion. 
(CONTINUED.) 
which is very deep muck, and set 2,500 
plants, Kalamazoo and Pere Le Grande, 
both green varieties, as I intended to 
finish blanching in the cellar. I set 
them 6x12 inches, so as to admit of the 
use of a wheel hoe. They did well, and 
grew to a height of 18 inches or two 
feet, and fairly stocky. But when it 
was time to harvest, I found the stalks 
so hollow as to be worthless, and it is in 
the field yet. The same varieties set at 
a greater distance apart, were perfectly 
solid. Different parts of this plot were 
fertilized with wood ashes, sulphate of 
potash, and a bone manure, and a por¬ 
tion was unfertilized, but I could see no 
difference, either in the growth or 
quality of the celery. I shall try it 
again this year at a greater distance 
apart—12x12 inches perhaps. 
Crimson Clover as Hen Food. 
J. C. S., Virginia. —Score another 
point for Crimson clover, and keep on 
adding points. The R. N.-Y. has of late 
been saying a good deal about the high 
ration required for hens. I am sure that 
nine-tenths of the readers will not sup¬ 
ply their hens with some of the feeds 
suggested. I have been interested in 
this matter for about 20 years, and have 
spent money for advertised foods, and 
experimented with home products, and 
now manage to get all the eggs I want 
throughout the year. 
It came about in this way : About six 
winters ago I noticed that we were get¬ 
ting decidedly more eggs than customary 
at that season, and I soon discovered the 
cause. It happened to be the first win¬ 
ter that I had several acres of Crimson 
clover. When the weather was open, 
the hens scarcely took notice of the 
grain, but walked over it as indifferently 
as though it were so much gravel. They 
skirmished along the line, pecking here 
and there, but “on to the Crimson clover 
patch ” was their battle cry. They took 
the crimson out of the clover, and put it 
into their combs, and strutted about as 
gayly as a private who has just been pro¬ 
moted to his first stripes. Health and 
vigor, these prime essentials, they cer¬ 
tainly knew how to abstract from the 
Ci’imson clover, and many more eggs 
has been the result ever since. I would 
continue to sow Crimson clover if my 
hens were the only consideration. It is 
more highly nitrogenous than Red 
clover, and hens are exceedingly fond of 
it. Being of rapid digestion, the hens 
can eat enough of it during the day to 
supply the necessary muscle-makers, 
while the amount they clip up to bug 
time does not materially affect the quan¬ 
tity of hay. 1 took special note of this 
fact. Of course, my hens are not limited 
to this, and in the few days in which 
the ground is covered with snow, they 
get, besides their other feed, additional 
muscle-makers in the shape of cow peas, 
and linseed jelly is dissolved in their 
drink. 
Late Keeping Grapes. 
A. L. J., Canada. —The Duchess grape 
kept in an ordinary cellar, is quite good 
eating at the end of January. Having a 
few Malagas to compare with them, I 
am wondering why we have not a tough, 
sweet grape that will keep through the 
winter instead of the inundation of soft 
skinned grapes that flood the country in 
the fall. One of our household last 
autumn remarked, “ Grapes have such 
a short season ; we have to eat in one 
month for the other 11.” The same 
grape, in fact, does not -often retain its 
flavor a month, while Malagas are eat¬ 
able for a long season. True, grapes are 
kept in cold storage, but they are poor 
substitutes for good fruit fresh from 
the vine. While grapes as now grown 
are unprofitable, it seems as if there 
ought to be something done for “the 
other 11” months of the year—especially 
the months when fruit is scarce and in 
demand. New grapes are propagated, 
but the keeping qualities do not seem 
the first thing studied. Yet at this time, 
T. J. DWYER 
they are the most essential to profitable 
grape growing. Have we not enough sun- | Jn A 
shine to ripen a Malaga ? If not, let us 3 gA 
invent something near akin to it, that 3 
will help us through “the other 11.” = |VI G i*C G K C h G YY 
R. N.-Y.—The Alice grape will cover | We have all kinds of s 
several months. 3 JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO 
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Two Blocks to a Tree. 
T. L. R., St. Louis, Mich.—I n The R. ^________ 
N.-Y of January 5 are directions tor ----Q FRUIT 31 
grubbing out large trees. A better way ■ Mf k b FOR SPRIT* 
to pull them is to use two blocks. Hitch I 11 Handsome Ne- 
one end of the rope at or near the anchor 
post, or where the snatch block is fast¬ 
ened ; pass it up to the block that is 
hitched high up in the tree to be pulled, w 
then back to the snatch block. Hitch 
the team to the other end of the rope, 
and drive back in an opposite direction 
to that which the tree will fall. To aid 
in getting the stump out of the hole, 
draw a large log for the tree to fall 
across near the hole ; that will leave the 
stump high enough to roll clear. 
A Cold Country Root Cellar. 
J. M. D., Minnesota.—E. L., Lake- 
field, Minn., asks for directions for 
building an outdoor root cellar. He 
says that he wants to build at the small¬ 
est possible cost, and gives the follow¬ 
ing prices of materials obtainable in his 
locality : Lumber, $20 per M. ; lime, $1.25 
per barrel, and cement $2. Stone and 
gravel are within easy reach. He does 
not state whether his land is level, or 
whether there is a chance to take ad¬ 
vantage of a side-hill location for the 
cellar. If possible, the cellar should be 
dug in a bank. In this case, there need 
be no stairs or ladder used to get down 
into it. If the bank is stiff clay, there 
will be no need of stone work. Simply ______ 
plastering the sides and bottom with STORRS& HARRIS 
cement, will answ er every requirement. 
Only a little should be wet at a time as 
it sets very quickly. A finish coat of f~ fy [ 
pure cement should be put on with a ¥ 
whitewash brush. This will make a 
very good wall if it is allowed to dry 
very slowly, and never allowed to freeze. is'HiS SAUESM__--.‘j 
If the cellar is built in a gravel or h eepI~^(¥-» ha u £ 
sandbank, it will be necessary to lay TRE1:S; R «?Kxi bef< 
walls of some sort. The roof or cover bf ST, 1 guar/we 
need not be expensive. A covering of I _ j®JSL TRUE best 
poles or planks, these covered with 
straw, then a layer of earth, then an- £R 
other thickness of straw and a final v 
covering of earth, will be sufficient to 
keep out the cold. There should be a •iiuiiuniiiifli»iuimiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiHii"imiii 
good door frame with two doors which | f & 'SBI 
must fit very snugly. This will give a | Jj 
dead-air space which will be effectual in 5 DH B B 
keeping - in the heat. Of course the door- | I H 
way should not be large, and in cold | * 
weather should be opened only when | All 
necessary to pass through. When the 3 ^ _ __ . 
cellar is built in a bank or on level | I l^g ^ J* 
ground, attention must be paid to proper 5 
drainage. The earth on the roof must 3 l*F 
be so shaped as to shed water readily, 3 (l 
and ditches should be dug if necessary, | ^ U. & D&. 
to keep all surface water from settling = REID 1 
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E ood Diseases 
>fula and Anaemia, Skin Eruptions and Pale or 
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the Cream of Cod-liver Oil. No other rem¬ 
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Thin, Emaciated Persons an<1 a11 
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