1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
571 
FARMERS’ CLUB DISCUSSION. 
(CONTINUED.) 
gets the credit of being. Though the 
scraps cost nothing at all, the cutting 
will make the feed an expensive one. I 
find it impossible, however, to get scraps 
for less than half a cent per pound. 
Under these conditions, three feeds a 
week are enough for economical results. 
In connection with bone, I feed wheat, 
corn and bran, making bran the morning 
feed, and whole grain at night. A small 
feed is allowed at noon when the hens 
are confined. 
1 have found cut bone feeding imprac¬ 
ticable in summer. Scraps cannot be 
obtained from the butcher until some, 
at least, are old, and when taken oft' 
from the ice, they will be unfit for food 
before they can be prepared and fed. 
Decayed meat is not legitimate hen feed. 
The Farmer’s Answer to Mr. Hog. (hage 524). 
J. M. D., St. Anthony Park, Minn.— 
Yes, I know, Mr. ilog. it would be a fine 
thing for you to be out there in that 
clover; but I can't have you in the corn 
or the garden, and the neighbors would 
be after me if you got into their crops, 
as you certainly would do as soon as you 
could walk through the clover field. I 
have taken The R. N.-Y.’s advice and 
abolished all inside fences, so, you see, 
you will have to stay in the pen. A man 
like Theodore Louis, of Wisconsin, who 
makes hog raising a business, has hog- 
tight fences all over his farm. Mr. (labril- 
son, the sheep man of Iowa, has all his 
fields fenced with lamb-tight fences, so 
that he can turn sheep or lambs into 
any field at any time. I know that it is 
a fine thing to have no fences in the way 
when plowing or cultivating, for I have 
found that I can travel 20 miles in a field 
120 rods long, in the same time that it 
takes to go 10 miles in one where the 
rows are only 30 rods long. Between 
you and me, Mr. Ilog, the fellow who 
invents a perfect, portable fence, will 
win undying fame among the farmers. 
If I could have a portable fence that 
would cost no more than barb wire 
fence, that would need no posts, that 
would not rot, that could be put up so 
readily that one man could fence in 
enough clover before breakfast to last a 
dozen hogs two or three days, then, Mr. 
Ilog, you would be in clover. Your time 
isn't worth much ; suppose, since you 
seem to be such an intelligent hog, you 
set your wits to work to invent the kind 
of fence 1 have been telling you about ! 
A Cheap Barn Paint. 
S. B., Ckesckntville, O.—Nearly two 
years ago, I built a large poultry house, 
and used rough oak boards for siding. I 
mixed petroleum (such as is used in 
farm machinery) and Venetian red (such 
as is used in painting iron roofs), and 
gave it a coat of paint ; it has withstood 
the storms of nearly two years, yet it 
has neither faded nor scaled off. The 
cracks were battened with basswood, 
painted with red paint; this paint faded 
badly. 
Fruits on a Battle Field. 
D. O. M., Falls Church, Va. — We 
are on a hill seven miles west of, 
and overlooking, Washington, D. C., 
100 feet higher than most of the ad¬ 
joining land. This hill was captured 
by the Confederate army about six weeks 
after the first Bull Run battle, and 
fortified and held by them for about 
that length of time. Frequent skir¬ 
mishes took place in a peach orchard of 
700 trees that was planted on the hill in 
1856, in which one Confederate was killed. 
The first crop of peaches gathered from 
the orchard was in 1860,100 bushels being 
sold in the Washington market at an 
average of §4.50 per bushel, it being the 
only orchard in this locality that escaped 
the late frosts of that year. The next 
year there was another good crop, but 
because of the war, only a few were 
marketed, the hill having been taken by 
the Confederates early in the season. 
That orchard remained until about 10 
years after the war, seldom failing to 
bear a crop of peaches. In the spring of 
1889, I planted another orchard on the 
same ground, of 800 peach and 200 cherry 
trees (Montmorency and Early Rich¬ 
mond). In 1891, the first crop of peaches 
was gathered, 100 bushels. In 1892, the 
orchard again bore 100 bushels, and in 
1893, I sold on the trees over 600 bushels 
at an average of 83 cents per bushel. In 
1894, the ground froze three inches deep 
while the trees were in blossom, killing 
all the fruit. 
This year, from present prospects, 
there will be over 1,000 bushels. Those 
marketed so far — Early Canada and 
Troth’s Early—have averaged about SI 
per bushel. The varieties grown are 
Early Canada, Troth’s Early, Reeves’ 
Favorite, Stump the World, Brandywine, 
Morris Red, Fox Seedling, Wheatland, 
Chair's Choice, Smock and French Late. 
The orchard has been well cultivated 
and kept free from grass and weeds. 
The first two years after planting, it 
was covered with stable manure, and 
good crops of corn were raised. Since 
then, there has been no crop raised or 
stable manure applied, but bone, gas 
lime, muriate of potash, and nitrate of 
soda have been used. The trees are 
planted 16 feet apart each way,.and are 
pruned and cut back each year, so that 
a large part of the peaches can be 
gathered while standing on the ground. 
Down on the Robin. 
C. A., Medina, N. Y.—Will you ex¬ 
plain where the good comes, to me, of 
having robins ? I have six kinds of 
cherries, and the robins begin on them 
before they are fit to eat, and take nearly 
all. Then I have five kinds of black¬ 
berries, and I can hardly find one ripe 
enough to eat. Then the Sweet and Sour 
Bough and Red Astrachan apples are 
literally alive with the robins, and in a 
short time, it will be pears that they 
have a mortgage on. Then come the 
grapes, raised just for their especial 
benefit. Any bird that is good, I like to 
have around ; but give me English spar¬ 
rows by a good ways, in preference to 
robins. 
Boys and Farms. 
J. II. V., Michigan. —Why don’t the 
boys stay on the farm ? Chiefly for two 
reasons : First, because parents, very 
many of them, do not want them to do 
so. They feel that they have had a hard 
life, and feel that they would prefer 
their sons to have it easier. This is as 
true of other occupations as of farming. 
We see our own ills and “fly toothers 
that we know not of.” Recently a 
physician fold me that he advised his 
son not to study medicine, lie thought 
that a physician led an exceptionally 
hard life ; and just so the farmer feels, 
and prefers to have his sons take up a 
more honorable (?) occupation, and one 
that requires less toil. Second, because 
they have no farm to stay on. All of 
the boys can not find a place on father’s 
farm. Father probably wants it himself 
for a while yet. A pretty face has be¬ 
witched the young man, and he feels 
that he must make a home for himself 
and the owner of that face. How is he 
to do it ? It seems easier to get a start 
at a trade, or by working for a salary, 
than at farming, and he leaves the farm, 
not because he prefers to be a mechanic 
or a clerk, but because it appears to be 
easier to secure one of these positions. 
It is very difficult for the average man, 
with no money, to buy a farm and pay 
for it by farming. A few may be able, 
but the many are not. 
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FARMER’S 
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Hay Presses &WaterWheels 
DELOACH MILL MFG. CO., Box 367, Atlanta, Ga 
ARMSTRONG & McKELVY 
Pittsburgh 
ANCHOR, 
Cincinnati. 
ATLANTIC, 
New York. 
BEYMER-BAUMAN, 
Pittsburgh. 
BRADLEY, 
New York. 
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New York. 
COLLIER, 
St. Louis. 
CORNELL, 
Buffalo. 
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Pittsburgh. 
ECKSTEIN, 
Cincinnati. 
FAHNESTOCK, 
Pittsburgh. 
JEWETT, 
New York. 
KENTUCKY, 
Louisville. 
J0HNT.LEWIS & BROS.CO 
Philadelphia. 
M0RLEY, 
Cleveland. 
MISSOURI. 
St. Louis. 
RED SEAL, 
St. Louis. 
SALEM, 
Salem, Mass. 
SHIPMAN. 
Chicago. 
SOUTHERN, 
St. Louis and Cnicago. 
ULSTER, 
New York. 
UNTO!!. “ 
i H rom foundation 
stone to tip of spire, from priming to fin¬ 
ishing coat, for inside or outside painting 
use only Pure White Lead. Don’t mistake 
the brand (see list genuine brands). It is 
the only way to be sure. 
Pure White Lead is easily tinted to any 
shade of color desired by using the Nationr 
al Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead tinting col¬ 
ors, prepared expressly for this purpose. 
For further information send for pamphlet 
and color-card — sent free. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., 
i Broadway, New York 
HENCH & DROMGOUD’S 
FORCE FEED 
Brain & F ertilizer 
Positively the neatest, lightest, and strongest 
grain drill on the market. Many points of supe¬ 
riority; it is geared from the centre. The quantity 
of grain and fertilizer to be sown to the acre can be 
changed while in operation without the use of 
different gear wheels as in most other drills. Fully 
guaranteed. Positively accurate in quantity to 
the acre. Give one a trial and be convinced. Agents 
wanted. Circulars free upon application. Address 
IIENC’II tfc DROMGOLD, Mtg’s, York, Pa. 
HENCH & DROMGOLD'S 
Agents Wanted. 
Circulars Mailed 
FHEJS. 
Positivelythe sini- 
Pl est, neatest, 
most effective A chi 
est Potato 
the market, 
more potatoes in 
day than any 
other digger for 
the price. 
IIENCII & 
York, Pa. 
HOW ABOUT A NEW 
FEED CUTTER? 
It will prove a great saving of time, 
strength, patience and nerve force and an 
economical move on your part to have one 
this fall. Then why not investigate the 
merits of the oldest and best series of cutters 
on the market, the 
BALDWIN IMPROVED 
FEED and ENSILAGE CUTTER 
They are simple, strong, durable, most 
perfectly constructed and will do the same 
amount of work with half the power re¬ 
quired by any other cutter on the market. 
Your equipment is incomplete without one 
of these machines. They are made in all 
sizes for either hand or power. We issue a 
catalogue descriptive of above cutter and 
carriers, sent free. Drop us a line and see 
for yourself. Our general Farm Tool Cata¬ 
logue will also he sent if you ask for it. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR AUL. TOOL CO., 
Box 75. - - Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
ENSILAGE 
AND FODDER 
carrier attached. 
Wit 
look, “Siloeand Ensilage 
with Hints to Dairymen” 
with descriptive catalogue 
, Free. Write to SILVER 
MFG. CO., Salem, Ohio 
Improved Low-Down Pennsylvania 
Force Feed, Grain, Grass and 
Phosphate Drill. 
Built either with or without Phosphate Attachment 
iV?ents wanted In unoccupied territory. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., YORK, PA. 
Prices lower than the lowest. 
POTATO DIGGER 
HOOVER, PROTJT & CO., Avery, O. 
POTATO 
DIGGER.! 
ASK YOUR 
DEALER.: 
If he can’t show it,, 
. Send Direct! 
to us. 
SUCCESS JR. 
Large Sales 
in 1893 and 
1891. 
GREATLY 
IMPROVED 
FOR 
1895. 
With good 
references 
we will send ! 
On Trial.! 
D. Y. HALLOCK & SONS. YORK, PA. 
Feed Cutters, $2.80 
and upwards. 
It AL.ANCE HUMP HAY 
KAKK. Also Hay Ted¬ 
ders, Mowers, Cultiva¬ 
tors, Hay Presses, and 
other implements at cash 
prices satisfactory to the 
farmers. Address THE 
ANN AKBOK AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL COMPANY, ANN 
Arbor, Mich. 
FRENCH BUHR MILLS 
28 sizes and styles. Every mill warranted. 
For All Kinds of Grindi 
A boy can operate and 
in order. "Book on Mil 
and sample meal FREE. 
All kind. mill machinery. Klour 
mills built, roller or huhr system. 
Red need Prices for ’95. 
N0RDYKE & MARM0N 
270 Day Street, 
Ind. 
e OLD RELIABLE 
PEERLESS 
FEED 
GRINDERS 
Grinds more grain to any 
ree of fineness than any other mill. Grinds ear- 
r» cote ote fine enough for anvnurnose. War- 
TH 
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST Mill OH EARTH. 
Write us it once for prices and agency. 
There is money in this mill. Made only by the 
JOLIET STROWBRIDGE C0 i5 JOLIET, ILL. 
Jobbers and Manufacturers of Farm Machinery, 
Carriages, Wagons. Windmills, Bicycles, Harness, 
etc. Prices lowest. Quality best. 
