THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 16 
762 
Crimson Clover in Canada. 
M. B., St. Catharines, Ont —What 
about Crimson clover this season ? Some 
of us have tried it in this locality for the 
first time, and are somewhat disgusted 
with the results. On my own place, 1 
Sowed about two acres in my corn. Aug¬ 
ust 10. A fine rain fell August 17, and 
in a very short time, the clover was 
showing up very evenly through the 
corn. The soil is a medium sand. W r hen 
the corn was cut on September 28, the 
clover, though small, was fresh and 
green, and I confidently expected to see 
it get a big hustle on. So far from that 
being the case, it is, even at this date, 
pretty much as it was then, and is weak 
enough to die of fright when winter 
stalks on the scene August 23, 1 also 
sowed about an acre in a young pear and 
plum orchard. This patch must be pro¬ 
nounced an unequivocal failure, but I 
put it down in part to the soil which has 
a considerable admixture of clay, and 
got a little baked before the clover had 
well started. On August 26, I also sowed 
half an acre on a piece of good sandy 
soil, where I had recently plowed under 
a strawberry bed. Here the clover 
started well and, apparently, had every 
chance in the world to gather in nitro¬ 
gen ad infinitum ; but though there are 
plants in abundance, it is a weakly, poor 
looking crop. It would be an unfortu¬ 
nate cow that had to depend on it for pas¬ 
ture this fall. Will the clover in its 
present state, be likely to stand the win¬ 
ter and amount to anything in the shape 
of a crop to plow under in the spring ? 
Who knows ? What kind of food would 
cooked potatoes be for young growing 
pigs ? 
It. N.-Y.—We will back the clover till 
next May fails to bring it out. Boiled 
potatoes mixed with corn meal and skim- 
milk make an excellent pig food. 
A “ Dust Blanket" for Moisture. 
W., Monroe, Wis. —Some writers in¬ 
sist that a ‘‘dust blanket” of three inches 
of the surface, is the best and only 
remedy for periods of drought—constant 
cultivation to secure the dust blanket 
condition the only way unless the land 
can be irrigated. Perhaps they can also 
tell how farmers are to do it, even in 
corn fields, when other work must be 
done, and the time has come to do it. 
With corn at 25 to 30 cents, potatoes any¬ 
where below 25 cents, how much of the 
crop will it take to maintain this con¬ 
stant and frequent cultivation ? Who 
can do it at all in a potato field, when 
the tops cover the ground ? Supposing 
it done, however, what is the effect on 
the three inches of soil that forms the 
“dust blanket” mulch ? Has not that 
process destroyed more fertility than 
would be absorbed by most kinds of 
growth ? Is it not really costly and im¬ 
practicable, except in special cases, and 
on very limited areas ? In a dry season, 
mulching the potato crop seems to be, on 
some accounts, the very best way ; but 
where is the mulching material to come 
from, for any considerable area, at a cost 
that cau be considered ? Like irrigation 
over wide stretches of fertile land, with 
water to be pumped from 1U0 to 200 feet, 
it may oe desirable, but wholly imprac¬ 
ticable. 
Advantaqe of Cut Fodder. 
W. SS., Bkllefonte, Pa. — Cut corn 
fodder, to be safe for stock to eat, must 
be cut aud crushed into a pulp, and 
steamed before being fed to the stock. 
Isaac S. Frain, a farmer of Centre County, 
Pa., has for many years been using a 
fodder cutter which cuts and crushes 
the fodder. He informs me that he fills 
a hogshead in the evening with crushed 
fodder on which he puts two bucketfuls 
of boihug water. In the morning, he 
fiuds the fodder steamed soft ready for 
u*e. After emptying it, he fills tiie hogs¬ 
head in the same manner, and finds his 
fodder soft ready to feed in the even¬ 
ing. D. H. Shivery, another prosperous 
farmer, informs me that he used a 
Tornado fodder cutter and crusher last 
year, with as good success as Mr. Frain. 
The cutting and crushing made the fod¬ 
der edible without injury to the mouths 
of the cattle, as well as made a great 
saving in fodder. He did not use 
half the quantity theretofore eaten and 
wasted by his stock. Fodder cut and 
crushed into a pulp can be fed with great 
advantage. 
Another method of preparing fodder 
is by the Keystone fodder shredder, which 
also prepares it for steaming. Fodder 
may be stored, if it is dry when put away. 
If the husks contain any water, that 
portion of it will mold. If the farmer 
is careful in storing his fodder free from 
rain and snow moisture, it will not mold 
or spoil. The Maryland Experiment 
Station has recently demonstrated that, 
when corn fodder is shredded, the nutri¬ 
ment contained in the blades, husks and 
stalks is equal to the nutriment of the 
corn produced on the same stalk. 
Another experiment has been called to 
my attention, that four tons of shredded 
fodder are equal in nutrition, to three 
tons of Timothy hay. You may rest 
assured that farmers have been losing 
largely for many years, and those w ho 
do not prepare their fodder at this time, 
are also losing largely by not cutting 
their fodder and crushing it into a pulp 
to enable their cattle to eat blade, husk 
and stalk, which prevents a great nuis¬ 
ance in the barnyard, that is, the long 
stalks mixed in the manure. 
A Can-Steaming Station. 
M. M. C., Bedford, N. Y.—One of the 
most disagreeable and arduous duties 
connected with the sending of milk to 
New York City, is washing the dirty cans 
when returned—not always promptly— 
to the farm. This must frequently be 
left to careless help, and far too often 
falls to the lot of the overworked farm 
er's wife. Any one who has seen and 
smelled of a can that has been standing 
unwashed for two or three weeks in hot 
weather, knows how carefully it must 
be cleansed in order to keep the milk 
sweet and pure. Probably no other one 
thing has been the cause of so much 
tainted and sour milk and resulting vex¬ 
ation to the dairyman as imperfectly 
cleaned cans. 
Why has it never occurred to any one 
to establish a steam can-washing plant 
at each of the great city milk depots ? 
Here the cans could be most thoroughly 
cleansed at a merely nominal cost—far 
less than it costs to wash them by hand, 
with a kettle of water heated on the 
already overloaded kitchen stove—and 
returned to the farmer sweet and 
clean. Condenseries and creameries 
wash cans for their patrons, but we can 
hardly hope to have the city dealers 
wash ours. It seems to me, however, 
that it would be to the mutual advan¬ 
tage of producer and dealer to establish 
a cooperative can-washing system, as it 
ould not only result in a great im¬ 
provement in the keeping qualities of 
much of the milk, but would lighten the 
labor on the farm, and go a long ways 
toward making the vexatious milk busi¬ 
ness a little more pleasant. If we are 
not ready for cooperation, would not 
this steam can-washing idea be a profit¬ 
able as well as philanthropic enterprise 
for some individual with a little capital ? 
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In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
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be expelled and the blood made pure if 
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The One True Blood Purifier. 
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$50, $40, $30, $20, $15, $10 and $5 
in cash prizes will be given to the seven agents who send the largest seven clubs 
of yearly subscriptions to The Rural New-Yorker during the month of November. 
Besides a cash prize of $5 will be given every agent who sends 20 yearly subscrip¬ 
tions or more, and who does not win one of the seven prizes. In addition to this, 
the $1 bill will go out every night to the agent who sends the largest club for that 
day ; and in all cases the agent keeps his regular commission when sending the 
names. Two six-months’* or four three-months’ subscriptions count the same as 
one yearly. The winners in the October contest were : 
Names. 
WALTER JOHNSON, Middlesex County, Conn. 107 
RONSON GERMAN, Macomb County, Mich. 46?£ 
FRED. H. JOHNSON, Worcester County, Mass. 43 
W. J. BILLS, Wayne County, N. Y. 43 
W. F. NEWCOMB, King’s County, N. S. 33 
E. G. PACKARD. Kent County, Del. 26 
PRESTON E. TERRY, Suffolk County, N. Y.1. 25 % 
Besides the prizes, the agents had their commission, and drew many of the 
351 daily prizes. The terms are better for November, because every one is sure of a 
355 prize and $3 commission for 20 names, besides the chance for the daily prizes 
and one of the larger cash prizes. As an inducement to new subscribers, and to 
help agents, we send the paper the rest of this year, free, to yearly subscribers 
for 1896, and full dollar back to any one who is dissatisfied. 
Now, if you want some holiday money, or a new suit of clothes, send for 
samples to go to work, and good luck attend you. 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
If You 
Want a 
Plum, Pear, Apple, Cherry or Quince 
Orchard, or anything In the way of Small 
Fruits, Ornamental Trees or Shrubs, 
Japan, Holland or other Utilbs, write us 
your wants and we will quote you low prices. 
Everything of the best—for Orchard, 
Vineyard, Lawn, Park, Street, Garden 
and Conservatory. Millions of Tree*, 
Shrubs, Roses, Vines Bulbs, Plants, etc. 
Price List and Catalogue Free. 
42nd Year, 1000 Acres. 29 Greenhouses, 
THE ST0RRS & HARRISON CO., 
PAINESVILLE. OHIO. 
Small Fruits. 
All old and new varieties Extra quality, nrrnnteil 
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T. S. IiUBBAIlD CO., FREDOINTA, N. S. 
The Gault Raspberry. 
Very distinct: fruit large, 
handsome, good color and tine 
flavor. Wonderfully prolilic: 
truly a perpetual bearei. The 
most valuable Blackeao yet in¬ 
troduced. Special inducements 
to nurserymen and agents. For 
illustrated circulars send to the 
originator and propagator, 
W. C. GAULT, Box 75. Buggies, 
Ashland County, Ohio. 
MILLER. 
If you want the best rasp¬ 
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Beware of SPURIOUS varieties offered CHEAP by 
unprincipled dealers. Original headquarters for 
MILLER. Also. I'KACH, APPLE, PEAK, 
PLUM and NUT TREES. 
CUAS. WRIGHT, Seaford, Del. 
HERRICK SEED C0„ 
INCORPORATED, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 7 
Purity and Quality Guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
-The largest handler 
of American-grown 
Crimson Clover Seed in the United States. Is JOSEPH 
E. HOLLAND. Grower and Jobber. Milford. Del. 
Also, Cow Peas, Winter Oats, Timothy Seed, etc. 
SEED POTATOES. 
We have about 100 barrels of choice Rural New- 
Yorker No. 2 aud Dutton Seedling Potatoes, grown 
on our clean slate. Sullivan County, potato ridge 
land, that we offer now for $2 75 per barrel, two bar¬ 
rels. $5. f. o. b. Cash with order. The slate soil and 
Northern rugged latitude of Sullivan County give 
potatoes a vigor of special value tor seed purposes. 
Address GROTTO FARM, Mongaup Valley, N. Y., 
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Established 1846. 
One of the largest and best known in the country. 
W. & T. SMITH, Proprietors. 
850,0001 
VINES 
100 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, Are. Bestroot- 
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p U 01 f* F Peach Trees a Specialty. Prices on apnli- 
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PEACH, PEAR. PLUM, leading and new varieties. 
■ ideal. Oriole, Lady Thompson are the coming market 
Strawberries, fully tested. Raspberries— Miller, Loudon, Columbian Black berries— Maxwell. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
BY THE 
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ROGERS’ FRESH-DUG DANSViLLE TREES. 
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TRIUMPH 
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Ripening witfi Ainsden. 
“MERCER 
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EMPEROR 
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U on-Kotti ngCII ERRY. 
For full descriptions send for Catalogue OOc.) We will send ou r Beautifully fllus. Catnloffue with 
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