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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 23 
Girdle the Fig Trees. 
R. J. E., Skguin, Tex.—I f G. H. P., 
page 713, will girdle his fig trees by tak¬ 
ing out a piece of bark about one-half 
inch in width all around the tree, it will 
make them produce fruit. The girdling 
must be done when there is a good flow 
of sap. 
Mulch in Small Gardens. 
A. II. G., Mayville, N. Y.—Directions 
were given in The R. N.-Y. for winter 
protection of strawberries. The advice 
was good, but on heavy soil, the leaves 
or corn stalks are liable to rot the vines. 
I have had the best success with Ever¬ 
fourths less, ana I manage to bank a 
little each year, besides the improve¬ 
ments. The money will go to educate 
the children, or be divided among them 
when they settle in business, which, I 
believe, will suit them better than 80 
acres of run-down land, and a worn-out 
father and mother.” 
Although my business is in the city, 
I had an “eye-opener,” and could 
plainly see why so many farmers were 
complaining of hard times and hard lives 
—while their sons sought employment 
as far from home as possible, with an 
unpleasant remembrance of boy life on 
the farm. 
R. N.-Y.—The trouble in most farm 
neighborhoods would be to find a buyer 
for the land. 
A Point for Irrigators. 
A Hired Man Talks. 
C., Peace Dale, R. I.—I was pleased 
to note the article on the hired man by 
E. C. Gillett, in The R. N.-Y. of August 
24. I would be glad had 1 had the op¬ 
portunity a few years ago, of getting 
acquainted, and a chance to put in a 
year, with such a farmer as Mr. Gillett. 
There are some points upon which he 
did not touch. Does he give his men an 
opportunity to read, to write, to study, 
to think ? My personal experience in 
farm life, was not elevating, and I have 
seen the days when I would have been 
glad to have my employer hand me a 
pair of slippers, and other comforts, to 
be in presentable shape to be with the 
family at meal times and evenings. I, 
however, never had an opportunity to 
associate with the family, either at meals 
or anywhere else ; but found that I was 
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green branches, which not only keep out 
the sun, but prevent the snow from 
blowing off. In addition to all that, 
when they are removed in the spring, 
the little needles that fall off furnish an 
ideal mulch. 
A Bit of Experience. 
N. VV. B., Ohio.— In the spring of 1894, 
I plowed three acres of corn stubble, 
sowed one acre to oats, planted one to 
corn, and the other to potatoes. After 
harvesting the crops, I disc-harrowed 
the field, and sowed it to wheat. There 
was good wheat after the corn and pota¬ 
toes, though that on the latter was not 
quite so good as that on the former ; but 
the wheat on the oat stubble was very, 
very poor. This is my first attempt to 
raise wheat after oats without plowing. 
I would like to hear from others through 
The R. N.-Y. along this line. 
Common Sense and a Humbug. 
J. II. V., Michigan. —In dry weather, 
the cultivator must be kept going. Let 
it stop too long and allow the ground to 
bake, and cultivation does more harm 
than good. Keep the cultivator going, 
and crops can be grown, even in very 
dry weather. Many farmers allow the 
cultivator to stop two or three weeks 
during harvest, and then give their crops 
a final working, almost always doing 
much damage. 
The floral column of a ladies’ maga¬ 
zine contains the following : “ Never 
plant a white next a pink or red chrys¬ 
anthemum, as the pink will fade out 
and the white will turn pinkish, even 
though they may not touch. Every 
plant, unseen by human eye, has an 
aura ; this surrounds it for a certain dis¬ 
tance. If the aura of one blend with the 
aura of another, they will lose each their 
individuality.” There you have it. Per¬ 
haps it is this “ aura ” that causes pota¬ 
toes to mix. Doesn’t such nonsense 
weary you ? 
Making a Raise. 
M. M., Emporia, Kan.— “ You must 
have made a raise, cousin Ben,” I said, 
saluting him in the midst of a fine field 
of corn, after a five-years’ absence. 
“Looksthat way,”hesaid, laconically. 
“ Fall heir to it ? Steal it ? Or—” 
“ Neither ! ” he replied, interrupting 
me. “ Just dug it out along with a little 
common sense, mostly put there by The 
R. N.-Y.” 
“ Explain ! ” I began, becoming much 
interested. Everything had a bright, 
healthful look from house to field, and, 
withal, was worth several hundreds 
more than when I last saw the farm. 
“ Bought more land to raise more corn, 
to feed more hogs, to—” 
“Just the reverse,” he replied, with a 
knowing twinkle in his eye. “I con¬ 
cluded that 20 acres of corn producing 
40 bushels per acre, was worth as much 
as 40 acres yielding only 20 bushels per 
acre,” (a wise conclusion, I thought). “I 
sold half the farm (80 acres), and loaned 
the money in my wife’s name—she uses 
the interest for household improvements, 
for whatever she likes. I raise more 
grain now than when l farmed twice as 
much land. The expenses are tliree- 
J. E. W., Ohio. —When we first tried to 
grow potatoes in the desert country 
where we were ranching, we were 
all “ tenderfeet ” together, and having 
been successful farmers in the East, 
thought that wo would succeed there. 
We planted in good, sandy loam, and 
abundantly irrigated the whole season 
through. Result, a prodigious growth 
of vines, and almost no potatoes at all. 
The following year, we employed a na¬ 
tive Mormon, and gave him charge of the 
irrigating. He seemed in no hurry 
about planting the potatoes, but along 
in May, he watered the ground thor¬ 
oughly and then plowed and planted in 
the moist earth. After the vines were 
up, I suggested watering them, but he 
only laughed and said, “ Not yet.” They 
really became very dry, but he was ob¬ 
stinate and would not water until they 
were in blossom. Then he watered 
abundantly, and did not thereafter let 
them get dry until the crop was made. 
It was a magnificent yield. I do not 
think that he knew why he did as he did, 
but I never argue against success. After¬ 
ward we always treated our potatoes in 
that way, and never failed to have good 
crops. 
Green Fodder for Fall Feeding. 
M. M., Medway, Mass. —On page 743, 
the subject of the best green fodder for 
fall feeding cattle is discussed. My ex¬ 
perience for the past two years, leads 
me to suggest a different crop from any 
there mentioned. My land washes badly 
in winter and spring, and to prevent it, 
1 have tried to find some crop that I 
could sow quite late, which would make 
considerable growth in fall, and die in 
winter. 1 tried Crimson clover, but it 
was not a success. I tried peas, which 
did very well. I also tried oats with 
good success. This year I sowed mixed 
oats and peas in my peach orchard on 
August 14. They made a very good 
growth, and I have cut them for fodder, 
feeding all through the month of 
October. 
I am now feeding clear oat fodder cut 
where I sowed oats among my young 
currant bushes, to keep the land from 
washing. Frost has somewhat damaged 
them, but the fodder is still green, no 
more damaged I think than fields of 
barley in the vicinity, and the growth is 
much heavier. The mercury has been as 
low as 22 and 23 degrees F., several 
times. The frost will not injure peas at 
all until heavy freezing weather; and 
pea fodder is most excellent. Oats sown 
with the peas help to make them stand 
up. If to be sown for the purpose of 
growing fodder in this climate, I would 
recommend putting them in about Aug¬ 
ust 5 or 10. I think that oats and peas 
make a more desirable fodder than any 
mentioned in the article above referred 
to, for feeding after frost in fall. They 
are easily grown, yield heavily, and the 
peas are not exhaustive for the land. If 
intended for green fodder until Decem¬ 
ber, it might be advisable to use peas 
alone. If sown thickly, say, three 
bushels per acre, and plowed in, I think 
that they would stand up enough to be 
mowed. 
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