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C he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  15,  1910. 
land  and  decompose  until  Spring.  < if 
course  you  can.  if  practicable,  haul  lni- 
mus  soil  from  the  forest,  but  in  your  sec¬ 
tion  there  is  so  little  forest  that  it  may 
not  bo  practicable.  I  have  found  by 
careful  experiment  on  sandy  soil  that  it 
pays  to  cover  the  soil  with  fresh  ma¬ 
nure  heavily  in  the  Fall,  and  let  it  lie 
to  be  turned  under  in  the  Spring,  when 
it  will  have  decomposed  to  such  an  ex¬ 
tent  that  it  will  be  in  condition  to  feed 
plants.  You  could  have  sown  Crimson 
clover  on  the  land  last  Summer,  and 
would  have  had  a  humus-making  crop  to 
turn  under,  but  now  it  is  too  late  to 
attempt  anything  of  the  sort.  Possibly 
you  might  get  some  growth  of  rape  by 
sowing  it  thickly,  say  10  pounds  an  acre, 
as  early  as  the  soil  can  bo  worked  in 
Spring,  and  get  some  growth  by  planting 
time,  in  June.  If  manure  is  not  avail¬ 
able  this  is  the  only  forlorn  hope  I  can 
suggest.  Work  in  a  good  application  of 
commercial  fertilizer  to  urge  the  growth 
of  the  rape,  and  this  plant  is  so  hardy 
that  it  can  be  sown  very  early  in  Spying. 
\v.  F.  MASSEY. 
A  GreatFarm  Bargain 
A  Farm  of  368  1-2  Acres 
with  all  Tools  and  Stock 
for  $17,000 
Farming  in 
Part  I 
single  house  with  one  or  two  stories, 
rectangular  or  square  in  shape,  in  which 
only  the  family  lives.  Opposite  to  this 
house,  but  farther  hack,  is  the  barn,  and 
the  back  space  between  the  house  and  the 
hit  fit  is  occupied  by  a  wooden  shed  under 
which  the  implements  are  kept. 
Sanitation. — <  >n  account  of  the  in¬ 
sufficient  room  and  crowded  condition  of 
l lie  buildings,  the  sanitary  environment, 
in  most  houses,  Is  not  very  good.  For 
instance,  in  many  places,  the  manure 
and  other  rubbish  is  thrown  directly  in 
front  of  the  main  entrance,  which  may 
he  in  front  of  the  house  and  next  to  the 
road,  or  at  one  corner  or  center  of  the 
court  which  is  situated  at  the  side  or 
front  of  the  house.  G  r 
This  farm  is  located  on  the  macadam  road,  within 
7  miles  of  a  fine  town  of  a. 000  inhabitants,  on  two 
main  lines  of  li.  It.  ami  within  2ks  miles  of  two 
other  smaller  towns  with  R.  It.  stations  and 
markets.  The  hirildings  arc  ad  line;  a  10-room 
house  with  fine  cellar,  water  in  kitchen,  acetylene 
lights,  and  painted  white:  also  good  tenant  house; 
main  ba;  n  filixOii  with  nil  24x3(1;  flue  basement  amt 
silo:  besides  two  Other  barns,  hog  h  on  an  and  hen 
house.  100  acres  of  flats,  th*>  rest  rolling;  a  fine 
piece  of  timber,  worth  from  *0,00(1  to  |4.0iJ0,  about 
200  sugar  maples  with  all  eouvenienees  for  making 
syrup.  For  quick  sale  the  owner  will  include  in 
this  price  17  head  of  high-grade  Holstein  stock, 
one  tine  pair  young  horses,  1  pair  mules  for  which 
the  owner  has  been  off'eton  $t;ii(l,  and  ail  tools  neces¬ 
sary  to  run  a  farm  of  this  ucm-i  iption.  This  farm  will 
easily  carry  ,'iOcows,  Will  make  reasonable  terms. 
Send  lor  onr  list  of  southern  New  Yoi  k  farms,  free. 
HIRAM  MINTZ.  216  Phelps  Bldg..  Binghamton.  N.  Y. 
XTWII'.F. It  AMI  SIZE  OF  FARMS, 
Per  Per 
f  cent  of  Total  cent  of 
gs  Number  Total  acreage  Total 
1.25  A..  2.08-1,000  3(5.30  1.547,fllJ.O  1.4 
25  to  r.  A,  1.204,4  19  22.0  4,082.340.  4.4 
i  to  12.5  A  1.000,277  17.5  10,700.052.5  10.0 
.5  to  50  A  1,005  530  18.0  34 ,421 .302.5  31.0 
to  225  A.  202,101  4.0  31.557.527.5  20.3 
5  to  i25ti  A.  20.008  0.3  15.000.077.5  14.8  _  Wh.it  is  flic  cause  of  vow  small  insects 
5"  a  ,  r  a.  3,4os  o.i  8,705.350.0  8.2  in  books,  and  what  can  bo  done  to  get  rid 
of  them?  j  [,-  g 
all  Farms. — It  will  be  observed  Michigan. 
-47.7 <7^  Of  the  agricultural  ami  is  v„  t:  • 
,  .  ,  ,,•  ,,  ,P,  disruption  is  given,  so  we  can 
id  in  holdings  below  ot)  acres.  Flic  _T1i_  _  ,  , 
.......  .  ,  onl5  guess  dial  the  intruders  art*  book 
or  of  these  holdings  is  very  large,  ,  ,  .  ,  . .  ,  .  ,  • 
l(V  ...  ...  m  i  ,  llc0  (Atiopob),  a  tiny,  almost  colorless 
;4.4%  of  the  total.  The  largest  .  .  ,  .  , 
iir  ■ .  .  ,  •  insict  found  in  books,  and  sometimes  in 
ot  those  holdings  are  situated  m  . 
,,  .  „  .  starched  linen,  clothing  or  mattresses 
icru  Gcnuanv,  as  in  Bavaria,  Wur-  ,,  ,  , 
...  7  1,1,  ,IIP  lb11?  undisturbed.  These  in- 
■rg.  Baden,  etc.,  and  are  devoted  to  „  „  .  .  ,,  ,  '  ..  .  . 
,  ,  ....  sects  arc  not:  true  lice,  but  are  biting  in- 
roductioti  of  crops  requiring  niton-  ,  .  .  .  .  ,  n  - 
■arc.  The  holdings  ranging  from  50  8<**  8  ."'Inch  snhs.st  chiefly  upon  starchy 
5  acres  constitute  29.3%  of  the  to-  ^  five,,  the  popular 
tea  and  4.0%  of  the  total  number,  ua™  °+f  Ide!,tlj  to  tla-  P'“ 
tbc  holdings  from  225  to  1.250  °1nI,“r  801,11(1  ma,1°  S0Iilp  sPp- 
and  over  represent  23.00%  of  the  Wlnch  18  girded  by  the  snpersri- 
ac-reage  with  only  0.4%  of  the  to-  """*  fS  a"  of  ,1oath’  T,a'sp  ia‘ 
oldings.  Most  of  these  large  os-  8CCtsr do  1)1,1  "sl,all-v  om,r  ,n  Placps  tb;lt 
are  found  in  the  I'russian  Frov-  "'I*  ,pll",  nl  used,  especially  if  well 
of  Pomerania,  Posen,  Saxony.  ,nre( a»d  c,pnnf(1-  Control  methods  are 
lenburg,  and  in  the  East  and  West  ■suu  >mg.  dusting  and  airing,  loll  owed 
ja  ,,t(?  by  spraying  with  gasoline  in  all  cracks 
f.  Tenant  System.— The  farming  811,1  crevices.  The  use  of  naphl baleue  in 
rnmny  is  largely  proprietary.  More  box,s’  tba"01s  aiul  shelves  will  aid  in 
85%  of  the  land  is  farmed  by  own-  thp  insects  away.  All  these  enn¬ 
ui  only  about  12%  by  tenants.  A  tro]  m£tho(ls  "in  als<>  rid  of  the  fish 
lerable  amount  of  the  rented  land  n,oth.  or  s,lver  fisb-  !>  Hftlo  silvery  gray 
;s  to  the  Government.  The  land  hsb-hke  emiture  which  often  damages 
ted,  as  a  rule,  on  an  IS  year  lease,  hooks  in  old  libraries.  1  liese  little  erea- 
h..  vme  n,„.n.Anl«  n,  ,.ncb  turcs  may  often  l.ie  seen  msliiiig  into  some 
r  I  •Sir  farMS 
ALONG  CHES.&  OHIO  RYT 
At  $15.0(1  an  acre  rind  up.  Abun¬ 
dant  rainfall,  rich  soil,  mild  winters, 
plentiful  labor,  excellent  markets, 
x  WIite  for  free  illustrated  Farm 
Home  booklet,  “Country  Life  in 
Fj  Virginia, ’’and  low  excursion  rates. 
J  Address  K.  T.  CRAWLEY,  In- 
—3  dustrial  Agent,  C.  &  O.  Ry., 
Room  1003,  Richmond,  Virginia 
SOUTHERN  LANDS  ARE  LOW  IN  PRICE 
but  high  in  pvndnet.lv®  value;  make  two  to  four 
ei’ong  a  year,  and  give  largest  pro  tits  in  grain,  vege¬ 
table-.  fruit.®,  live  stock  ami  dairying;  unsurpassed 
climate.  good  markets  Publication®  on  request. 
M.  V.  RICHARDS,  lmlristn.il  and  Agricultural  Com¬ 
missioner.  Room  87,  Southern  Railway.  Washinntnn,  D.  C. 
FARMS— VI R  G I N I  A— FARMS 
Booklet,  free.  .JOHN’  K.  W.t  LK  ICR,  Salem,  Va. 
Virginia  Farms  and  Homes 
1  RF.I-  >  ATAEOUFK  OF  SPEENDfO  P.ARi;  MNS 
K.  JL  <  1 1  \  I- I  ’  I  N  At  l  u,,  (lie.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Sedan  Grass. — You  nsk  about  Sudan 
grass  growing  <»n  tbc  Atlantic  Coast.  I 
will  toll  my  experience  with  it  this  sea¬ 
son.  When  sending  my  order  for  seeds  in 
rhe  Spring,  I  included  a  trial  package  of 
the  grass  seed  and  thought  I  would  give 
it  a  show  here  in  the  East,  as  I  have 
read  so  much  about  its  making  large 
yields  in  the  West,  T  sowed  the  grass 
seed  by  band  in  a  field  of  good  loam 
soil  that  I  had  marked  one  way  for  sev¬ 
eral  different  cultivated  crops,  and 
thought  the  grass  would  respond  to  cul¬ 
tivation,  as  I  was  advised  to  do  that  way. 
From  the  package  of  several  hundred 
seeds  I  grew  one  lone  grass  stalk,  and  it 
only  reached  a  few  inches  in  height,  and 
on  soil  where  the  Other  crops  grew  well. 
I  concluded  the  grass  needed  the  West¬ 
ern  alkali  or  climate  or  something  differ¬ 
ent  from  what  the  New  York  soil  and 
climate  could  give  it.  E.  K.  c. 
BOOKS  WORTH 
. . BUYING . - 
Animal  Breeding.  Shaw .  1.50 
ID  veiling  I  arm  Animals,  Marshall..  1.50 
Principles  ot  Breeding,  Davenport..  2.50 
Clieeese  Making  Decker .  1.75 
Business  of  Dairying,  Lane .  1.25 
Clean  Milk,  Winslow . 3.25 
Dairy  Chemistry,  Snyder..,. .  1.00 
Dairy  Farming,  Michels .  1.00 
Handbook  for  Dairymen,  Well .  1.50 
Milk  and  Its  Products,  Wing .  1.50 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER, 
333  WEST  30tli  ST.,  NEW  YORK. 
The  fruits  and  vegetables  which  have  made  Florida  famous 
are  not  by  any  means  all  that  the  State  produces. 
In  fact,  the  total  value  of  the  agricultural  production  last  year 
was  more  than  four  times  that  of  her  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Corn  in  Florida  produces  as  high  as  170.2  bushels  per  acre  and 
last  season  more  than  twelve  million  bushels  were  grown. 
Oats  do  splendidly  in  Florida;  Natal  and  other  grasses  make 
a  generous  tonnage  of  first  quality  hay ;  many  forage  crops  do  well. 
Live  stock  raising  is  a  leading  industry;  all  year  ’round  grazing 
makes  it  unusually  profitable.  Poultry  thrive  and  pay  handsomely. 
Florida  farmers  can  work  every  day  in  the  year.  They  may 
produce  from  two  to  five  crops  annually.  In  most  instances  they 
make  enough  money  with  one  to  be  content. 
For  further  information  address  any  or  all  of  the  following: 
Board  of  Trade,  Avon  Park,  Florida.  Oklawaliu  Valley  Railroad, 
Board  of  Trade,  Bartow.  Florida.  Orange  Springs,  Florida. 
Hoard  of  Trade,  Frostproof.  Florida.  Hoard  of  Trade,  Orange  Springs,  Fla. 
Boat'd  of  Trade,  Ft.  Lauderdale,  Flu.  Heal'd  of  Trade,  Orlando,  Florida. 
Board  of  Trade,  Ft  Myers,  Florida.  Hoard  of  Trade,  Plant  City,  Florida. 
Hoard  ofTrado  ofHowey.Yulaba,  Fla.  Board  of  Trade,  Sarasota,  Florida. 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Hoard  of  Trade,  Seining,  Florida. 
Jacksonville.  Florida.  Board  of  Trade,  Tampa.  Florida. 
Board  of  Trade.  Lakeland,  Florida  Boned  of  Trade,  Womhula,  Florida. 
Board  of  Trade,  Lake  Wales,  Florida.  Board  of  Trade.  West  Palm  Beach, Fla. 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  <-  number  of  Commerce, 
Lake  Worth.  Florida.  ...  Winter  Haven,  Florida. 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Miami,  Fla.  Board  of  Trade,  Winter  Park,  Fla. 
