1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
143 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
(CONTINUED.) 
the night soil will make the basis of a 
fertilizer good for any crops. The effect 
of “killing the smell” on the value of 
the manure, depends on the disinfectant 
used. Ordinary plaster or charcoal will 
“ kill” at least a portion of the smell, 
and both retain the greater portion of 
the ammonia. Sulphate of iron is some¬ 
times used. This is the best smell-killer 
of all, and it also retains the ammonia ; 
but experiments at the Rural Grounds 
show that this substance, in large quan¬ 
tities, is injurious to plants. There will 
probably be no injury, however, if the 
night soil is mixed and extended as we 
suggest. 
A Word About Potatoes and Clover. 
W. A., Balm, Pa .—If the teaching of the inclosed 
clipping is correct, its publication will save farm¬ 
ers thousands of dollars, as it saves the expense 
of fertilizers which we cannot afford to buy at 
present prices of grain: “We have hardly ever 
known of a failure of a wheat crop after potatoes, 
when there was wheat anywhere, and this is due 
to the fact that potatoes gather but little less 
nitrogen than corn does, and the laud is left by 
the crop in good condition for the wheat that fol¬ 
lows. Where potatoes can be grown with profit, 
a good rotation and one founded on a sound basis 
is, clover, potatoes, wheat, beginning at clover 
again. One of the best farmers we ever knew, 
followed a rotation of clover, mown for hay one 
year and pastured the next, then corn, oats and 
wheat and clover again. His farm was noted for 
its large crops, and for a generation he kept his 
manner of farming up, and to-day it is better than 
ever, and never a pound of commercial fertilizer 
has been used on it.” 
Ans. —That may be all true, and yet 
you may not be able to do it on your 
land. If the farmer mentioned bought 
lots of grain, fed it to stock and used 
the manure, and was careful to grow 
large crops of clover, it is easy to see 
how this rotation would succeed. T. B. 
Terry grows large crops of clover, wheat 
and potatoes, without the use of fertil¬ 
izers. He keeps his soil in the best pos¬ 
sible condition, and cultivates thor¬ 
oughly and well. It took him a number 
of years to make sure of a good clover 
soil for potatoes. If you have a strong 
clover sod on your farm, we have no 
doubt you can grow a fair crop of pota¬ 
toes on it, and that with excellent cul¬ 
ture, you can get a fair crop of wheat 
and another catch of clover. With oc¬ 
casional dressings of muriate of potash 
and bone, we have no doubt that this 
may be kept up indefinitely. But will it 
be more profitable in the end than to 
use a high-grade fertilizer on every crop 
of potatoes ? While the outlay for fer¬ 
tilizers will be less, the crops may be 
smaller and the productive capacity of 
the farm remain at a standstill or de¬ 
crease. If we used fertilizers at all, we 
would use them all on the potato crop. 
We would take no man's advice and give 
them up until fair experiment proved 
that the money spent for them did not 
come back in increased crops. Above 
all, in these times, we would not leave 
standard goods and buy a second-rate 
article because it costs a few dollars less 
per ton. 
Butter or Milk Selling. 
J. W. T., East Henrietta , N. Y .—Which is the 
most profitable, selling milk at 254 cents per 
quart, or making butter at an average price of 
26 eents per pound for the entire year, feeding the 
buttermilk and skim-milk to pigs and calves? 
The cows are to be well fed on corn fodder, clover 
hay and seven pounds of grain per day (four of 
bran and three of corn meal). 
Ans. —You can readily see that this 
question can have no general answer. 
It depends too much on location, farm 
conditions and personal feelings. For 
our own part, we would prefer the but¬ 
ter making for these reasons: By skillful 
breeding and proper feeding, we would 
expect to produce milk so rich that 16 
pounds of it would give one pound of 
butter. An average quart of milk weighs 
2.15 pounds. At 2)4 cents a quart, the 
16 pounds would be worth as milk 1834 
eents, and as butter 26. We would use 
the skim-milk and buttermilk to feed to 
poultry. With a poorer quality of milk, 
the difference would not be so great, but 
why produce poor milk when the cows 
and food needed to make a good article 
are to be'^obtained ? With improved 
dairy implements, the butter dairyman 
is not such a slave to the cow as is the 
milkman. He is not obliged to travel off 
to the car or creamery every day—rain 
or shine. His work is done at home. The 
“Milk Exchange ” doesn’t dictate prices 
to him, or do half a dozen middlemen 
take part of the milk to pay for handling 
it. If he makes a superior article, he 
stands a better chance of getting paid 
for his care than when he ships milk to 
this great market. That is one side ; 
what is the other ? The butter making 
needs more capital, and involves a good 
deal more worry and care. Machinery 
and dairy rooms cost money. There is a 
constant chance for leaks and wastes 
all through the operation. You strain 
the milk into a can, cool it, and off it 
goes. Between the milk pail and the 
butter printer, there are a dozen chances 
for fat to be lost. There are, therefore, 
two sides to the matter, and you can see 
why men can prove by the best of figures 
why both are “ best.” Like everything 
else, “ it’s in the man.” 
Truck Farming on Shares. 
C. II., Bristol, III .—I have some rich bottom land 
suitable for trucking, which I wish to let on 
shares and furnish everything complete for 
carrying on operations, the tenant to furnish 
labor only. What would be an equitable or cus¬ 
tomary division of the crops ? If fertilizers are 
bought, which should pay for them ? 
A-Ns.—T he customary share given to 
the tenant who raises farm crops under 
such conditions, is one-third of the pro¬ 
ceeds. I he extra labor required to grow 
garden truck, might make a larger share 
more equitable in payment for the labor; 
still, under ordinary conditions, one- 
third should be a good return for the 
labor. The tenant should be able to 
make considerably more than day wages, 
because he runs the risk of failure. Each 
should furnish the same share of ferti¬ 
lizer that he receives share of the crop. 
Corn and Cotton Worms; North and South. 
E. B. P., DesMoines, la .—Recently in a farmers’ 
meeting, I stated that the Corn-worm and the 
Cotton or Boll-worm of the bouth, are the same 
species. This is so stated on page 12 of “ Our In¬ 
sect l'oes,” by Elias Long. Another farmer, a 
native of the bouth, said that this is not true; that 
in the bouth, they were separate species. Is that 
true ? If there are two species, which do we have 
here in the North—the Corn-worm or the Boll- 
worm ? 
A ns -—What is known as the Cotton- 
worm confines its work almost entirely 
to the cotton fields of the South. It is a 
different insect from what is known as 
the Boll-worm in the South ; and this 
Boll-worm is the Corn-worm of both 
Northern and Southern corn fields. In 
the North, this Boll-worm also works in 
tomatoes (usually in the fruits) and in 
the pods of peas. Thus the Cotton- 
worms and Boll-worms are different 
kinds or species of insects (but the 
adults of both are moths), and it is the 
Boll-worm which works on corn, toma¬ 
toes, etc., in the North ; the Cotton-worm 
rarely occurs very far north of Mason 
and Dixon’s line. m. v. s. 
gutmtisinQ. 
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