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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 21 
Grass on the Land. 
B. P., Haverhill,, Mass. —I would 
think that that land described on page 
584, was too poor to hold grass more than 
two years. I would suggest a four-years’ 
rotation. First, sow the land with oats 
and grass seed, using 10 or 12 pounds of 
clover seed with the grass seed. I would 
cut the oats at a time when there were 
green spots all over the field ; cut at 
that stage, the straw would be almost as 
good as English hay, and one would get 
more oats that would not shell so much. 
The next year, one would get a large 
crop of grass and clover ; the third year 
clear Timothy. It would then need plow¬ 
ing again. The owner might go into 
dairy farming, feed out all of his grass 
and fodder, and return all of the manure 
to the land ; in that case, his first year's 
crop should be corn with the manure, 
the second, oats, without manure, the 
third and fourth years clover and grass ; 
then plow again. 
A Strawberry Point. 
A Reader.— There is one point in re¬ 
gard to varieties of strawberries for the 
multitude, which I do not think has been 
made sufficiently plain. Many sorts are 
like the little girl. “When they are 
good, they are very, very good, and 
when they are bad, they are horrid.” 
When well grown, some sorts are very 
fine in flavor and shape, which, when 
neglected, are unfit to eat. There are 
others which are always perfect in shape, 
never running to “ nubbins.” The En¬ 
hance, Eureka, Williams and many 
others are poor, if not well grown, and 
worthless in drought. The Beder Wood, 
Warfield, and Old Downer, and others 
seldom produce hard berries. The gene¬ 
ral rule is that the larger berries are the 
harder to grow to perfection. 
Two Good Strawberry Tools. 
A. R. Y., Meriden, Conn. —In reply to 
the inquiry of C. S., on page 583, 1 would 
say that I used the Perfection plant setter 
in setting one acre of strawberries last 
spring, with highly satisfactory results. 
I never had plants live so well before, 
and don’t think that I lost half a dozen 
out of 7,000. Like all other tools, it 
works better on land free from stones ; 
but I think that it would work well on 
any ordinary soil. The Automatic run¬ 
ner cutter has two opposite fingers, to 
catch the runners, attached to an up¬ 
right twisted shaft which plays in a slot 
on the handles. By simply placing the 
cutter squarely over the plant, and 
pressing down on the handles, the fingers 
make a half turn carrying- the runners 
with them, until they reach the stand¬ 
ards, where they are cut oft’ by knives 
provided for the purpose. 
Is Socialism Ahead ? 
F. L. T., Frostburgh, Maryland.— 
That is the way these inventors work. They 
give increased power and saving to the great 
enterprises, and take more or less manual labor 
away from the ordinary workman. How is the 
latter to live in the future ?— K. N.- Y., page 588. 
That is the great, the burning ques¬ 
tion of the present day. There is no 
other question that, in point of import¬ 
ance, takes rank with it. All the best 
minds of the world are pondering it, 
and earnestly searching for its solution. 
The trend of the workingman's condition 
is still downward, as it has been for (500 
years. In the thirteenth century, his 
wages were lai-gely higher, relatively to 
his expenses, than they are to-day. 
While to every rational being, it would 
appear that the producers of wealth 
ought to be its principal beneficiaries, 
the fact is far otherwise. Of all the 
millions their toil annually creates, only 
the merest fraction falls to their share. 
The disquieting part of the matter is 
that this fraction is indubitably a van¬ 
ishing quantity. The denominator 
grows gradually larger, the numerator 
gradually smaller. Is it any wonder, 
then, that all the world asks, “ How is 
the workman to live in the future ? ’ 
He does not live now ; he drags out a 
few years in a dwarfed, starved, joyless 
existence—but life? He doesn’t know 
what it means. 
And monopolies increase ; combina¬ 
tions of capitalists invade all occupa¬ 
tions. All manufacture and all distribu¬ 
tion of its products, are fast falling 
under the control of syndicates and 
powerful corporations. A few years 
more at the present rate, and all the in¬ 
dustries of the world will be the prop¬ 
erty of a dozen or so of these organiza¬ 
tions of aggregated wealth. Even farm¬ 
ing will be no exception. Capital and 
machinery are already ruining small 
farms by the thousand. Y r anderbilt’s 
operations near Asheville, have destroyed 
the opportunities of his neighbors for at 
least 20 miles around. This is monopoly’s 
age. It is destiny. Nothing can abolish 
or arrest it in its course. It is a neces¬ 
sary stage in the evolution of the race. 
Without it, mankind could never pass 
into the next great phase of its develop¬ 
ment, socialism. For socialism is but 
an extension of monopoly, or monopoly 
by the State. Then, indeed, will the 
world see the beginning of the Golden 
Age, when the State subordinates the 
self-interest of the individual to the self- 
interest of society. 
A Big Potato Yield. 
H. C. R., Bridgewater, Vt. —I re¬ 
ceived last spring from The R. N.-Y., 
one Carman No. 1 potato, weighing less 
than two ounces. It contained nine 
eyes, and I made nine hills, from which 
I have just dug 51 potatoes, weighing 
28% pounds, the largest weighing one 
pound. There were only eight unmar¬ 
ketable potatoes, and but one that was 
not smooth and of perfect shape. 
Cultivating During Drought. 
J. II. V., Michigan.— I have heard 
much discussion this summer, in regard 
to cultivation during drought, and some 
of it leads me to believe that the reasons 
for cultivating plants are not very well 
understood. We need some primer 
science on the subject. Many condemn 
all cultivation in dry weather, because 
they have found that their methods do 
more harm than good, not seeming to 
realize that, while one method may be 
harmful, another may be beneficial. 
The past summer has been the driest 
on record in this part of the country. I 
have kept the cultivator running right 
along, and am sure that I have hurt 
nothing; but I didn't throw up the soil 
from below to be dried out by the sun. I 
used a set of sweeps on my Planet Jr., 
when I wished to kill weeds. This stirred 
the soil two or three inches, but left it 
in about the same position as before 
cultivation. A great deal of cultivation 
has been done with a cultivator contain¬ 
ing 11 drag teeth. With this run among 
the berries, I kept the soil constantly 
mulched with dust. There has not been 
a time when moist soil was not to be 
found just below the dust. I exposed 
no damp soil, the top looking as dry after 
as before working. 
While nothing else fully takes the 
place of rain, we can tide over an ordi¬ 
nary dry spell by constant cultivation in 
the right manner. My observation leads 
me to believe that constant cultivation 
conserves the moisture better than a 
straw mulch. 
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Because with impure blood you are in 
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AND 
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says K. S. Cabman, R. N. Y„ and 
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The only Yellow Freestone PEACH 
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A FULL 
CROP OF 
STRAWBERRIES 
POT-GROWN 
NEXT SEASON 
FROM OUR rU I "UI1U If II PLANTS. 
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ROGERS, 
DANSVILLE, N. Y. 
Don’t forget these two when you want trees. Rogers Is the man who 
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finest trees in the world. You get the benefit of both by writing for 
catalogue and prices of Hardy New York grown Trees to 
ISAAC C. ROGERS, Manager, MOORESTOWN, N. J. 
After October 1, Dansville, N. Y. 
If You 
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Mount Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
—The largest handler 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
grown Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, 
Is JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber. Mil¬ 
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C RIMSON CLOVER SEED—Buy of the grower 
to be sure of getting guaranteed home-grown. 
No. 1, recleaned, $11.50 per bu., sacked. 8end check 
with order. WYNKOOP BROS., Milford, Del. 
NEW WHEATS. 
Jones’ Wheats are giving the largest yields in all 
sections. It will pay you to sow them this fall. 
Send for descriptive price list to A. N. JONES, 
Newark, N. Y., formerly of Le Roy, N Y. 
SWEET POTATOES w p .™“4.“V«p 
all winter. Price, per barrel. $2.50, f. o. b. 
J. B. JOHNSON. Eatontown, N. J. 
Plant the Best Currants 
WHITE IMPERIAL excels all others In quality 
for a fine table currant. 
PRESIDENT WILDER combines qualities that 
make it the most valuable market and table Red 
Currant that has been put upon the market. For 
prices apply to 
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300,000 PEACH TREES, 
20.000 Apple, 900.000 Asparagus Roots. Millions of 
Strawberry Plants. Twenty-page Catalogue free. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 
BERLIN NURSERIES, - BERLIN, MD. 
POT-GROWN. 
S. H. WARREN. 
Weston, Mass. 
THE BRANDYWINE 
STRAWBERRY 
has now produced a full crop for the sixth consecutive 
season. Plants ready July 15, that with care will 
make a good matted row for next season's fruiting. 
For prices address the originator, 
EDWARD T. INGRAM, West Cheater, Pa. 
■ and found $1 Grape Vines by mall. 
LiI These prices make me stagger: 
2 Moore’s Early....Blue, two-year....$0.30 
2 Diamond.White, .50 
2 Eaton.Blue. “ 60 
2 Niagara.White, “ 30 
2 Brighton.Red, “ 30 
Total.$2.00 
m~ «2 for Si. 
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ORIOLE »• IDEAL 
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Circulars free. Est. 25 years. Specimen orchards. 3.000 
Two best early new but well-tried 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Description, history and price free. Also low prices 
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GRAPE V,NES 
I rn V. ■ MM Small Fruits. 
All old and newvarietiea Extra quality. Warranted 
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