TtyirsfiaU&Cbr/i  Cribs 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
suckers  from  field  corn.  T  said  no.  At 
the  next  institute  in  the  same  county  the 
same  man  brought  out  two  of  his  corn 
plants,  each  one  of  which  had  two  suck¬ 
ers,  and  the  main  stalk  had  two  ears  and 
each  sucker  had  two  also.  Better  let  the 
suckers  alone.  w.  f.  massky. 
bushels  each,  and  covered  with  three  to 
four  inches  of  straw,  and  only  enough 
soil  to  shed  the  water  until  freezing 
weather,  when  enough  soil  or  manure  is 
added  to  prevent  the  beets  from  freezing 
during  the  severe  weather. 
K.  w.  PE  BAUN. 
RURALISMS 
PUTS  Utli 
Propagating  Bulbs 
Will  you  tell  how  bulb  growers  in¬ 
crease  their  stock  of  tulip.  Narcissus  and 
hyacinth  bulbs?  P-  o. 
Fulton,  N.  Y. 
Hyacinths  are  increased  by  making 
two  cuts  with  a  knife  at  right  angles 
upon  the  bottom  of  the  large  bulb  about 
one-fourtli  inch  deep  when  planting.  The 
resulting  small  hulblets  must  be.  grown 
three  years  to  make  a  large  (lowering 
bulb.  Daffodils  and  Narcissus  each  form 
small  bulbs  naturally,  same  as  tbe  Glad¬ 
iolus,  which  require  two  to  three  years' 
growth  to  make  a  large  bulb  for  flower¬ 
ing.  Tulips  require  same  treatment  as 
hyacinths.  elmkk  j.  weaver. 
Crossing  Cotton  and  Okra  Mixed  Corn 
Since  you  intend  to  do  a  little  cotton  Two  years- ago  T  planted  IS  rows  of 
raising,  why  not  try  a  little  hybridizing?  >u  on('  patch  -six  rows  or  Black 
It  is  fascinating  nnd  absorbing  and  with  Mexican,  six  of  Red  Cory  and  six  ot 
cotton  easily  accomplished  with  its  sitn-  Country  Gentleman.  As  soon  as  the  corn 
Tile  flower,  and  who  kumvs  but  what  you  was  matured  I  noticed  that  the  greater 
would  create  a  valuable  cross— cotton  on  number  of  the  eats  were  mixed.  Most 
okra  for  instance,  taking  up  the  experi-  "]  the  white  corn  ears  were  pilb  d  vith 
niont  which  1  tried,  unsuccessfully,  but  black  kernels,  and  most  ol  the  black  cars 
which  is  not  impossible,  since  they  are  b«d  some  white  kermis  L  noticed  that 
related,  and  it  is  thought  one  of  the  there  were  no  mongrel  kernels  that  is, 
Egyptian  cottons  is  such  a  cross?  I  mad.*  the  black  kernels  on  the  white  ears  were 
hundreds  of  crosses  and  finally  got  what  l>»n>iish  him*,  the  same  color  as  the. 
I  thought  was  a  perfect  germ,  a  real  jn.e  Black  M.-xicnn  corn,  audthewhite 
plump  seed,  hut  although  carefully  k''i  m-ls  on  the  hl.u  k  <  ,11s  win.  vvhiti. 
nursed,  nothing  resulted.  My  objects  in  there  being  no  kernel  Striped,  spotted  or 
producing  such  a  c-ross  were  these  :  First.,  Vi,"  '1°  i°  i  .V  '(;(  V11!!  t  !ls.,OOI,u,  '**} 
to  endeavor  to  get  enough  okra  blood  in  planted  last  year,  and  the  ears  produced 
the  hybrid  to  make  it.  distasteful  to  the  y™  "bout  the  same,  with  the  exception 
boll  weevil.  Second,  to  got  a  cotton  that  that,  some  of  the  ears  were  more  heavily 
would  mature  as  early  ns  the  okra  plaut.  1)1  .  V1’!  y  V-s  ' 1 a  ' '  ’ 
Third,  since  ramie  is  produced  from  the  l.iooKijn,  r  .  l. 
okra  plant,  perhaps  the  staple  would  bo  When  two  or  more  kinds  of  corn  are 
improved.  I- mirth,  okra  hearing  its  pods  planted  within  200  yard  ;  of  one  another 
from  the  main  stalk,  might  produce  a  *  '  .  . ,  ,  „ 
hybrid  with  the  same  habit,  thereby  mak-  they  will  erosS-pollmato,  provided  they 
ing  a  storm-proof  cotton.  Fifth,  okra  are  in  flower  at  the  same  time.  The 
being  of  erect  or  upright  growth,  a  by-  b,*<1  Dory  is  a  quick  grower  and  mav 
hrid  wilh  these  qualities  could  be  riant-  }  1]inatP(1  bpfnre  the  there- 
ed  closer  than  ordinary  cotton,  and  yet,  ’  *  .  .  ., 
producing  as  prolificnlly  and  as  preco-  fore  that  may  account  for  the  reason  for 
ciously  as  okra,  would  far  outyield  or-  not  having  mentioned  it.  as  having  en¬ 
dinary  cotton.  Sixth,  surh  a  hybrid,  terod  into  tbe  mixtures  on  the  ears.  Gnrn 
maturing  in  90  days  as  against  about  150  is  one  of  the  very  few  things  that  show 
days  for  Cotton,  might  allow  of  two  the  effect  of  cross-pollination  the  first 
plantings,  or  would  at  least  mature  its  year.  According  to  the  Mendelian  theory, 
crop  long  before  the  boll  weevil  could  when  plants  of  different  colors  are 
get  ill  its  work  of  destruction.  As  a  mat-  crossed  the  seed  produced  will  be  one- 
tcr  of  fact  the  boll  weevil  is  slowly  mov-  quarter  of  the  one  color,  one  quarter  of 
ing  eastward  nnd  cotton  is  now  being  tbe  other  and  one-half  of  the  p.-edominnt- 
suecessfully  raised  in  those  communities  ing  color.  In  your  case  the  black  pre- 
where  it  was  once  impossible;  besides  dominates  over  the  white,  therefore  those 
better  cultural  methods  are  in  vogue  and  black  kernels,  which  are  half  of  the  white 
that  helps  some.  v.  T..  corn,  are  all  black.  If  those  black  ker- 
Toxas.  nels  which  are  crossed  with  white  are 
,  ..  ,,  .  ,  .  ,  „  .  planted  by  themselves,  theoretically  the 
Mlule  both  cotton  and  okra  belong  to  rf,a„itjnSr  product  would  he  one-quarter 
the  general  order  Malvaceae,  they  are  in  pure  bhu  .  one-quarter  pure  white  and 
different  genera,  nnd  while  I  would  not  one-half  mixed  and  of  course  black. 
say  that  it  is  not  possible  to  cross  gen-  These  resulting  pure  blacks  and  pure 
•’  .  1  ,  .  whites  would  produce  pure  strains  just 
era,  it  is  certainly  doubtful.  I  lie  okra  as  they  had  never  been  mixed,  at  least, 
is  Hibiscus  csculentus  and  the  cotton  so  far  as  color  is  concerned.  On  the  other 
plant  is  Gossvpium  lierbaeoum.  It  is  hand,  the  crossed  seed  would  continue  to 
,.  ,  “  ,  .  onnnifta  break  up  into  one-quarter  pure  black  and 
comparatively  easy  to  ciosa  species  n  ono_f|Un{.tPr  purR  white,  and  one-half 
the  same  genus,  hut  I  very  much  doubt  crossed,  and  so  on.  It  will  he  easy  to 
the  fact  that  okra  and  cotton  will  by-  pick  out  the  pure  white,  but  quite  im- 
bridizc  Then  lias  it  ever  been  proved  Possible  to  pick  out.  the  one-quarter  pure 
,  ,  ,  ,,  ..  ..  ...  1...0  black  seed  from  (he  three-quarters  which 
that  the  boll  weevil  dislikes  okra?  would  look  the  same.  it.  u.  B. 
Ramie  is  not  produced  from  the  okra  - 
plant,  but  belongs  to  an  entirely  different  Transplanting  Laurel 
botanical  order,  the  TJrti caeca?  or  Net¬ 
tle  familv.  It  is  Thehmeria  tenassissima.  .  1  followed  your  advice  in  transplant- 
1.1,  “  .  ,  ,  ing  laurels,  and  now  we  shall  have  a 
I  know  that  a  certain  variety  ot  cotton  quantity  about  the  houses.  We 
has  been  popularly  thought  to  be  a  cross  have  a  great,  quantity  in  our  woods,  from 
with  okra,  merely  by  the  shape  of  the  which  comes  the  farm  name,  but  until 
,  ,  .  T  ,  _'e  __  4.1. ni>  von  helped  us  we  couldn’t  “get  it  going’’ 
leaves  but  1  know  ot  110  real  cross  time  •  .  ,  * ,  ...  •  , ,  •  , 
J  1  ’  nicely  about  the  premises.  It  is  most 
has  been  made  between  okra  and  cotton  beautiful  in  the  woods  and  hundreds  of 
and  do  not  believe  that  it  has  ever  been  people  come  to  see  the  sight,  but  I  have 
done  There  is  certainly  still  room  for  been  most  anxious  to  see  it  from  the 
.  *  .  v.tt  windows  and  doorways.  It  looks  now  as 
improving  the  earl  mess  ot  o  .  .  trlioiiixli  we  may.  for  many  of  tbe  trans- 
anv  doubtful  crossing,  hut  by  intelligent  planted  plants  are  in  bloom  just  now. 
Eureka  Harness  Oil  keeps 
leather  soft  and  pliable  by 
replacing  the  natural  oil. 
Excellent  for  carriage  and  automo¬ 
bile  lops. 
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(Principal  Offices) 
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Special  Strain  Asparagus 
The  bunch  of  green  asparagus  shown 
in  cut  below  was  13^-  inches  long;  it  con¬ 
tained  10  stalks  and  weighed  three 
pounds  and  six  ounces.  Some  of  the 
stalks  weighed  more  than  six  ounces. 
The  picture  shows  a  silver  half-dollar 
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The  freak  stalk  at  the  side  of  the 
bunch  was  2%  inches  wide,  but  only  a 
lmlf-inch  thick  all  the  way  up.  The 
bunch  and  the  ribbon  stalk  were  grown 
at  the  Atloek  Asparagus  Farm,  iu  South 
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Suckering  Sweet  Corn 
I  have  just  been  looking  over  The  R. 
N.-Y.  in  the  effort  to  find  out  something 
about  Country  Gentleman  corn.  I  have 
always  planted  that  variety;  could  not 
have  a  garden  without  it.  Now  along 
comes  some  one  who  says,  to  be  grown 
properly,  all  the  shoots  or  suckers,  should 
be  pulled  off.  save  one;  only  this  one 
allowed  to  stay  and  bear  corn.  My  Coun¬ 
try  Gentleman  is  shoulder  high,  with 
from  three  to  five  and  sometimes  six 
shoots  from  the  hill,  from  one  to  three 
being  very  strong,  husky  shoots,  with  a 
few  weak  shoots  at  base.  Shall  I  leave 
the  whole  dump  intact  or  take  out. 
which?  If  there  is  a  better  way  than  I 
have  been  doing  T  want  to  know  it. 
Athens,  Ga.  e.  k.  l. 
I  grow  the  Country  Gentleman  corn 
and  several  other  varieties  of  sugar  corn. 
They  are  all  inclined  to  make  suckers, 
blit  I  have  never  found  that  it  pays  to 
pull  them  off.  The  more  foliage  a  plant 
has  the  more  it  is  able  to  get  carbon  from 
the  air,  and  carbon  is  essential  to  the 
making  of  starch  in  the  grain,  and  plants 
Beets  for  Fall  and  Winter 
Beets  may  be  planted  any  time  until 
the  10t.li  of  July.  The  soil  should  be  care 
fully  prepared  and  well  manured.  Poul¬ 
try  droppings  are  especially  good  for  this 
purpose,  and  should  be  worked  into  the 
soil  before  the  seed  is  planted.  Most 
home  gardeners  prefer  to  have  their  rows 
14  inches  apart,  while  tbe  market  gar¬ 
deners  are  planting  them  in  rows  20 
inches  apart,  so  that  they  can  work  them 
with  a  horse.  A  light  application  of 
lime  or  wood  ashes  just  after  the  ground 
is  plowed  is  usually  very  line  for  beets, 
because  (his  crop  cannot  do  well  in  a 
sour  soil.  T’suall.v  the  beets  should  be 
thinned  to  stand  about  two  inches  apart- 
"When  they  are  about  an  inch  and  a  half 
in  diameter  they  may  be  pulled  and 
canned  for  Winter  use.  or  they  may  b> 
allowed  to  grow  until  they  are  about  21  7 
inches  in  diameter  for  immediate  use. 
The  market  gardeners  store  hundreds 
of  bushels  of  beets  in  pits  in  the  field  for 
the  Winter  markets.  When  heavy  frosts 
threaten  in  the  Fall  the  beets  are  pulled 
and  the  tops  cut  off  an  inch  from  the  root, 
or  twisted  off  to  prevent  bleeding.  They 
are  then  dumped  on  piles  of  about  20 
N  °  matter  what  your  power  re-  f, ,  \  \ 
pld  H'A  nuiremeuts  may  be — whether  you^^y 
need  a  smallengine  for  pumping,  run-^|k  -  j^iu. 
I ^^Foing  separator,  light  plant,  etc.  or  xvheth-^^Wj^wJgB 
you  require  a  bigger  Portable  Engine  or^^^T^-*i8p 
i^^^^^^^^Tractor  for  the  heavier  farm  work,  you’ll  find 
BH^^actly  the  size  and  type  of  engine  you  want  in 
Portable,  s'l'j-  TfcfiwSOWJffiOSrftfM'  Euo,  1J 
Portable  and  _ /  MEOOSENE AND  GASOL/ME  Cheap  Oil  Fuel. 
Stationary. 
_ the  engines  that  are  always  “on  the  job”  ready  to  deliver  power  when  you 
want  it — the  eiiRines  that  are  guaranteed  to  give  you  smite.  Sumter  gear-driven  magneto 
makes  starting  quick  and  easy.  No  batteries.  Special  patented  kerosene  cai  buretor 
bodies  new  ideas  in  cheap  fuel  carbur.ition.  No  torch,  no  pre-heating,  no  carbon 
in  cylinder.  Deliver  lull  rated  H.  P,  without  tioubie.  Wearing  parts^ — 
are  case  hardened  steel;  gearsdrop  forged  and  unbreakable.^^^g^^^^^l 
cylinder,  piston  and  rings  ground  to  fit.  Built  for  tue 
want,  «iawe  l| 
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