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He  did  not  go  to  the  barn,  but  stayed 
about  his  cage  and  in  the  door-yard. 
However,  we  feel  sure  that  he  was  the 
cause  of  their  departure,  for  they  had 
been  with  us  for  25  years,  and  no  amount 
of  shooting  them  had  ever  driven  them 
away.  Arthur  piper. 
Vermont.  _ 
Allowance  for  Shade  Trees 
Will  you  inform  me  if  there  is  a  law 
in  New  York  State  which  allows  a  per¬ 
son  one  dollar  rebate  front  taxes  for 
every  shade  tree  planted  along  a  public 
highway,  provided  such  trees  arc  plant¬ 
ed  before  Arbor  Day  in  the  Spring?  If 
so,  please  advise  what  course  is  neces¬ 
sary  tu  collect.  n.  o,  s. 
New  York. 
There  shall  be  allowed  by  the  town 
superintendent,  with  the  consent  of  the 
town  board,  to  each  owner  who  shall  set 
out  or  transplant  by  the  side  of  the 
highway  adjoining  his  premises,  any  for¬ 
est,  fruit,  or  nut  trees  suitable  for  shade 
trees,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each 
three  living  trees,  to  be  paid  by  the  su¬ 
pervisors  to  sueh  owner  upon  the  order 
of  the  superintendent.  The  allowance 
shall  only  be  made  for  trees  set  out  dur¬ 
ing  The  preceding  year  and  living  and 
well  protected  from  animals  at  tbe  time 
of  the  allowance.  Such  trees  shall  be  set 
out  not  more  than  eight,  feet  from  the 
outside  line  of  any  highway  three  rods 
wide,  and  not  more  than  one  additional 
foot  distant  for  each  additional  rod  in 
width  of  highway,  and  not  less  than  70 
feet  apart,  on  the  same  side  of  the  high¬ 
way,  if  elms,  or  50  feet,  if  other  trees. 
Large  Vegetables 
A  friend  and  myself  have  made  a 
wager  as  to  who  would  grow  the  largest 
(not  most)  of  each  of  the  following  veg¬ 
etables:  Cabbage,  encumbers,  lettuce, 
onion,  watermelon,  pumpkin  and  toma¬ 
to.  's.  Can  you  advise  the  variety  of 
seeds  to  obtain  to  achieve  this  end?  I 
have  no  experience-  tit  gardening,  and  am 
doing  this  as  pastime  in  our  back  yard. 
I  low  and  when  shall  I  make  my  hotbed? 
Can  I  use  poultry  or  pigeon  droppings 
for  my  hotbed?  What  chemicals  useful  for 
fertilizing  remain  in  the  ashes  of  burned 
poultry  or  pigeon  droppings?  h.  j. 
New  York  City. 
The  largest  growing  varieties  that  I 
have  found  in  my  experience  are :  Cab¬ 
bage.  Autumn  King;  cucumbers,  White 
Spine  (extra  long);  lettuce.  New  York; 
onions.  Yellow  Prize-taker;  watermelons, 
Jumbo;  pumpkins.  Mammoth  King;  to¬ 
matoes,  Ponderosa.  There  is  a  very  large 
growing  squash  called  the  Mammoth 
Tours,  which  is  in  reality  a  squash  and 
not  a  pumpkin.  Y'ott  will  not  need  a  hot¬ 
bed  in  the  growing  of  any  of  these  vege¬ 
tables.  You  ma.v  start  the  lettuce  plants 
perhaps,  or  the  tomato  plants,  in  boxes 
near  a  window  in  the  bouse.  In  growing 
the  last  three  mentioned  crops  you  should 
be  cautioned  about  having  the  ground  too 
rich,  especially  when  using  chicken  ma¬ 
nure  as  a  fertilizer.  Excessive  vines 
would  develop  at  the  expense  of  fruit. 
Apply  a  little  lime  for  each  of  the  crops 
with  the  exception  of  watermelons  and 
tomatoes.  Cultivate  often  and  have  the 
plants  growing  a  good  distance  apart.  In 
the  case  of  watermelons,  pumpkins  and 
tomatoes,  it  may  bo  well  to  trim  the 
vines  and  pick  off  the  extra  specimens 
that  set  on  the  vine,  so  that  the  entire, 
strength  of  the  vines  will  go  to  develop¬ 
ing  enormous  size  in  the  specimens  which 
you  select.  Each  of  these  vegetables 
should  be  planted  at  certain  times  for 
their  best  development. 
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Millions  of  Fruit  Trees 
.  We  have  over  2,RnO  acres  plant- 
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wL'j,  [ t  ,  IB  planted  to  trees  from  our  own 
|KU  i  i ’  M ® g u rao r ies.  Hence,  we  know 
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Black  Walnut  Stumps  Valuable. 
Noting  on  page  1328  a  mention  made 
by  J.  II.  Tubbs,  Nebraska,  of  the  Farm 
Bureau  of  his  county  finding  a  fair  price 
for  Black  walnut  lumber.  I  am  prompted 
to  add  a  little  more  information  that 
may  help  him  still  to  get  value  from  the 
same  spot  the  trees  came  from.  I  won¬ 
der  if  it  is  generally  known  that  the  very 
best  figure  in  Black  walnut  comes  from 
the  stump,  that  in  many  eases  is  left  in 
the  ground  to  rot,  and  that  the  high  cost 
of  same  prevents  a  more  general  use  in 
high-grade  cabinet  work?  One  of  those 
stumps  or  butts  30  inches  to  four  feet 
long,  12  to  24  inches  diameter  or  over, 
cut  to  standard  thickness  of  1-28  of  one 
inch,  sound,  with  figure  (there  are  very 
few  without  figure)  would  cost  the  cabi¬ 
net  manufacturer  anywhere  from  $30  to 
$75,  according  to  grade  of  figure.  In 
fact  a  walnut  enthusiast  will  pay  almost 
any  price  to  get  the  figure  that  suits  his 
fancy.  These  stumps  are  diamonds  in 
the  rough,  and  probably  a  gamble  for  the 
veneer  man  to  buy,  but  when  we  know 
the  price  of  his  finished  article,  and  with 
plenty  of  stumps  available  so  as  to  make 
carload  shipments,  it  would  seem  as  if 
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ple  so  often  try  tlieir  scalawag  practices 
reflects  upon  those  who  are  honorable. 
One  day  a  fine  looking  young  man  came 
to  tbe  farm  seeking  to  obtaiu  subscrip¬ 
tions  to  a  road  map  of  Maine.  I  de¬ 
clined  to  enter  my  name.  but.  told  him  if 
t he  map  was  satisfactory  when  1  saw  it 
I  would  take  it.  When  lie  came  to  make 
the  delivery  I  was  dressing  poultry  and 
inadvertently  touched  the  map,  leaving  a 
blood  stain.  That,  of  course,  ruined  the 
sale  of  the  map,  and  I  paid  him  for  it. 
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had  been  omitted  from  the  map.  Soon 
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sir,”  and  then  I  told  him  about  the  map. 
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joke,  and  said :  "I've  heard  of  that 
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The  Crow  and  the  Pigeons 
The  query  of  J.  K.  F-.  on  page  1447, 
about  getting  rid  of  troublesome  pigeons 
leads  me  to  write  you  about  bow  I  got 
rid  of  them,  though  it  could  not  be  put 
in  practice  at  ibis  season  of  tbe  year. 
We  used  to  have  quite  a  flock  of  pigeons 
about  the  barn  that  made  very  _  nasty 
work,  and  stole  a  lot  of  grain  in  the 
mow  before  thrashing,  as  well  as  chicken 
feed  scattered  in  the  yard.  They  were 
about  as  troublesome  as  a  drove  of  rats. 
Three  years  ago  the  children  got  a  young 
crow  from  a  nest  just  when  it  was  ready 
to  fly.  and  tamed  it.  They  made  a  cage 
6x10  feet  out  of  some  old  poultry  fenc¬ 
ing,  and  kept  it  there  for  about  a  month  ; 
then  it  was  so  tame  that  it  stayed  with 
us  till  about  the  middle  of  September. 
When  school  opened  the  crow  seemed  to 
be  lonesome  without  the  children  and,  I 
think,  wandered  away  and  joined  its 
wild  brethren,  for  we  have  not  seen  it 
since.  But  to  go  back  to  the  pigeons, 
evidently  they  did  not  like  our  pet  crow, 
for  they  moved  out  that  Summer  and 
have  never  returned.  The  strange  part 
of  it  was  that  we  never  saw  the  crow 
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