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'Bushels. Bushels per acre." 
„ . n , n J.U or j 1881 . 201 804 
Crimson Clover Braves the Blizzard. 1882 . 195 780 
,, IT _ . t ", . A a . 1883!! ....’!.’.’!’.!'.! 203 812 
G. H. B., Obbisonia, Pa.—O n Septem- 1884 . 253 1,012 
ber 5, 1 sowed some Crimson clover on Jjjj®. Jj® In¬ 
land that had grown cabbage and pota- 1887. 207 828 
. , ...... . 1888. 191 764 
toes last summer, and it is now the most ]88 9 . 2 17 ggg 
glowing spot of green that I see. But . |jj® ™ 
it was covered with snow from Decern- „ , . ... 
„ „ T , ,, Years of experience in raising onions 
ber 20 until March 1. We removed the , ... , , , 
,, . _ and other crops, both with stable manure 
snow from a small square m February, , ... , . ,, ,, 
. , , .... and with fertilizer, have thoroughly con- 
to put it to a more severe test. While 7 - , 
r , ,, vinced me that a liberal amount of plant 
exposed the mercury fell to 17 degrees , , , .. , . . , . , . 
. , ., , .. . food must be applied in order to obtain 
below zero, and it was also bare during .... f, , .. , . , . 
, ’ , „ T , , . satisfactory results, half fed crops being 
the great blizzard of February. Strange . T * n * . * 1 . 
b . . . unprofitable. In the fall of 1891, the 
to say it is still living and is commencing . . . , ,, . . . , 
J piece on which the onions had been 
° gr ° W ' Cow Peas for Ensilage. grown, was seeded to grass without any 
^ , , T ^ rT other dressing, and the crop the next 
O. O. G., Aylett, Va.—E. II. Bancroft, . b , F .. .. ,, 
’ , .... ,, year, owing to rust, was quite light. 
Camden, Del., writes me that he “grows 'L e , 
. , But for the past two years, the piece has 
about 20 acres of cow peas for ensilage, , , . , , 
. , , ,, , , .. .... produced two very heavy crops each 
and that mixed half and half with corn r , .. , ... ... . ... 
, , ,, , .. , year of excellent quality, without addi- 
grown separately they make excellenten- 
h . .. tional dressing, 
silage, and cut in two the bill for cotton 
seed and bran.” If the peas are not cut Settin 9 By Machinery. 
until the vines are full of matured peas, M. F. T., Rio Vista, Va.—I prefer a 
of course a few will be dry, but for en- machine for planting strawberries, cab- 
silage. hay or fallow, the right time to bage, tomatoes, etc. It takes two horses 
save or plow under is when the peas are or mules ; I use the latter. They go very 
fit for table use, and the first few dry slowly at first until the droppers get used 
peas appear. The ensilage will be ex- to handling the plants. They can be 
ceedingly rich, and so far from needing planted 6, 12, 15, 18 inches apart or as 
more grain, cotton seed or bran will re- much farther apart as desired. It takes 
quire diluting with corn as Mr. Bancroft one team and driver sitting on the ma- 
does, or with hay or other bulky food in chine and two boys or men to sit behind 
order to get a balanced ration. Sow one putting in the plants. The machine has 
quart of corn to a bushel of peas to hold two wide wheels and elevated on top is a 
them up. barrel holding about 50 gallons of water. 
The Milk Situation. There is a hose connected with the bar- 
B. C. Sears, Orange County, N. Y.— rel leading to the ground whereby the 
I served for some time on the old price water can be let out at the bottom of an 
committee, but we ha d no authority opening that is made by a cutter to in- 
and no means of enforcing our decis- sert the plants. It opens the space, and 
ions, and were unable to dictate the as fast as the two hands sitting on the 
price at any time. At that time, I was back of the machine can straighten out 
in favor of an “open board meeting,” if the roots and hold them in position until 
it might be so called, at which the a shoe comes along open in the center 
farmer might be represented by his and presses the soil on each plant, not 
agent, and the dairy offered for sale, the disturbing the plant in the least, the job 
present dealer to have the preference if is done. This machine more than paid 
acceptable to producer, the average of for itself last year. I plant strawberries 
price to be the market price. First-class from 15 to 18 inches apart in the row, 
dairies might at times bring a premium, according to the variety, and the rows 3 
Meetings to be held on or about the 10th feet apart for fruit, keeping the beds 
and 25th of each month. Now, so few narrow. In this manner we plant about 
dairies are shipped directly to New York, five acres per day. When the plants are 
and the milk is so largely controlled by planted, say four feet apart in the row, 
creameries, that I do not see how such an one man would be plenty ; and if the 
arrangement could be made, unless the rows are five feet apart, twice as many 
creamery men would offer a certain acres can be planted per day. We have 
amount at some time. But as they are a boy who gets the plants ready at the 
on both sides of the market, they would (Continued on next page.) 
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