cy><?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
1203 
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The  Home  Acre 
Farm W  ork,  Also,  Proves 
Hyatt  Dependability 
Notes  and  Comments 
Sweet  Clover. — Our  Northern  friends 
seem  to  be  getting  enthusiastic  over  the 
Sweet  clover.  Doubtless  it  In  s  for  them 
the  value  put  upon  it.  That  lovable  man, 
the  late  Joe  Wing,  was  completely  car¬ 
ried  away  in  his  praise  of  Sweet  clover, 
and  he  wrote  to  me  urging  me  to  recom¬ 
mend  the  plant  to  the  Southern  farmers. 
I  told  him  there  was  no  doubt  that  nu¬ 
clei’  Ids  climatic  conditions  the  Sweet 
clover  would  be  a  very  valuable  plant 
but  that  down  here  and  southward  we  do 
not  need  it,  for  we  can  do  with  cow  peas 
and  Crimson  clover  all  that  the  Sweet 
clover  would  do  in  the  improvement  of 
the  soil  and  do  it  in  half  the  time  that 
a  biennial  plant  would  do.  The  Sweet 
clover  grows  rankly  along  roadsides  and 
on  ditch  hanks  here,  hut  is  simply  re¬ 
garded  as  a  weed.  In  fact  I  have  not 
found  that  cattle  care  for  the  plant  in  a 
pasture,  for  I  have  seen  them  contentedly 
eating  the  grass  in  a  field  where  the 
Sweet  clover  grew  six  feet  or  more  high 
along  the  ditches,  and  they  had  not  dis¬ 
covered  that  it  was  good  to  eat.  Where 
Crimson  clover  fails  to  winter  well, 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  Sweet  clover 
has  great  value.  But  here  with  cow 
peas,  lime  and  Crimson  clover  we  can 
more  rapidly  improve  the  soil  than  with 
the  Sweet  clover. 
T’sing  Seaweed. — Tears  ago,  when  I 
was  farming  on  the  shores  of  Hampton 
Roads,  in  Virginia,  I  hud  half  a  mile  of 
beach,  and  gathered  great  quantities  of 
seaweed.  After  every  gale  the  beach  was 
strewn  with  if,  and  I  had  it  thrown  hack 
in  heaps  out  of  reach  of  the  tide,  and 
hauled  it  as  needed.  My  barn  was  con¬ 
structed  with  a  cemented  open  basement 
The  cow  stable  was  on  the  floor  above. 
This  basement  was  thickly  covered  a  load 
deep  with  the  seaweed  after  it  lmd  dried 
to  some  extent  on  the  bench.  The 
wooden  gutters  of  the  cow  stable,  above 
had  leaking  holes  bored  in  them,  so  that 
the  urine  dripped  on  the  mass  below,  and 
had  trap  doors  through  which  the  solid 
manure  was  shot  down.  The  manure 
from  the  horse  stable,  ou  the  same  floor 
as  the  cemented  basement,  was  also 
thrown  on  the  heap,  and  the  mass  rotted 
rapidly,  and  never  fires  as  manure  from 
straw  will.  In  this  way  I  accumulated 
s  valuable  mass  of  manure,  for  the  dry 
weed  is  a  wonderful  absorber  of  the 
liquids.  For  the  sweet  potato  crop  I 
used  the  plain  seaweed,  covering  the  en¬ 
tire  soil  in  Fall  and  Winter  and  plowing 
ft  under.  Then,  with  a  good  application 
of  acid  phosphate  and  potash  in  the  fur¬ 
rows  under  the  beds  we  made  wonderful 
crops  of  sweet  potatoes.  The  composted 
manure,  after  being  turned  and  fined,  was 
used  largely  in  the  frames  for  growing  let¬ 
tuce  and  cauliflowers,  supplemented  with 
phosphate  and  potash :  for  corn  it  was 
simply  surprising.  The  corn  grown  on  a 
heavy  coat  of  this  manure  grew  greeu  to 
the  last  and  never  fired  a  blade.  And  all 
kinds  of  garden  truck  seemed  to  delight  iu 
it.  One  of  the  chief  values  of  this  ma¬ 
nure  was  its  moisture  retaining  quality 
due  to  its  salty  nature.  A  shore  farmer, 
with  a  salt  water  beach,  has  a  gold  mine 
riglil  at  hand. 
Liming  On  Sod, — If.  II.  I.yon  (page 
1120)  is  doubtless  right  in  considering 
the  harrowing  in  of  lime  the  best  method 
to  use.  But  I  have  had  splendid  success 
from  spreading  lime  on  clover  the  second 
Spring  and  simply  brushing  iu  over  with 
a  smoothing  harrow  before  growth  began. 
The  clover  thus  treated  compared  well 
with  that  in  an  adjoining  field  where  no 
lime  was  used,  hut  an  equal  money  value 
of  plaster  was  applied.  The  lime  beat  the 
plaster  a  long  way. 
riuuGATiON. — The  cloth  pipes  described 
on  page  1120  may  for  a  time  answer  a 
good  purpose,  hut  iu  the  long  run  the 
overhead  irrigation  pipes  will  lie  found 
not  only  cheaper  hut  are  far  better.  I 
use  the  Skinner  system,  and  its  gentle 
rain  fails  <m  rows  and  middles  alike,  and 
the  whole  soil  is  moistened  far  better 
than  any  means  of  running  water  between 
the  rows.  Falling  just  like  a  shower,  the 
water  does  not  pack  t lie  soil  as  ruuuiug 
water  on  the  surface  will 
My  Cotton  Chop.-  -Lust  Spriug  a  cor¬ 
respondent  sent  me  some  cotton  seed, 
which  he  had  bought  from  an  advertiser 
and  did  not.  consider  good.  I  told  him  I 
would  test,  it,  and  I  planted  three  short 
rows  in  my  garden.  Now,  the  last  week 
in  August,  the  cotton  is  heavily  boiled 
and  promises  to  mature  a  crop.  Many 
years  ago,  when  people  spun  and  wove  on 
the  farms,  patches  of  cotton  were  common 
here,  and  all  ginned  by  hand  and  spun 
and  used  as  a  warp  for  homemade  fus¬ 
tian,  and  I  can  remember  well  when  the 
countrymen  all  wore  this  blue  homespun. 
As  a  hoy  I  Spent  many  an  hour  in  a  little 
shop  where  a  man  made  spinning  wheels 
for  the  country  people.  Now  it  would  be 
hard  to  find  one  of  the  ohl  spinning 
wheels,  or  the  hand  looms  where  the  far¬ 
mers’  wives  ouee  made  the  fustian.  I 
have  in  my  possession  an  old  counter¬ 
pane  made  for  my  grandfather  over  100 
years  ago.  It  is  two-ply.  half,  cotton  and 
half  wool,  the  wool  figures  blue  and  the 
Cotton  white,  and  the  cotton,  wool  and 
blue  dye  were  all  made  here  on  the 
Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland.  The  old 
counterpane  is  no  longer  used  as  a  bed 
cover,  but  kept  as  an  heirloom.  The  old 
folks  made  their  blue  dye  from  the  wild 
iudigo,  Baptisia  tinctoria. 
W.  E.  MASSEY. 
^T'HE  Modern  Farm  is  a 
^  machine-equipped  factory. 
The  tractor,  the  motor  truck,  the 
automobile,  and  farm  mnehinery 
in  general — never  suffering  from 
the  summer  heat,  never  tiring, 
and  always  ready  to  serve — now¬ 
adays  form  the  equipment  upon 
which  the  farmer  depends  for 
maximum  crops  and  profits. 
Hyatt  Roller  Bearings  make 
such  machinery  more  depend¬ 
able. 
And  the  value  of  these  machines 
to  the  farmer  is  in  direct  pro¬ 
portion  to  their  dependability. 
Hyatt  Roller  Bearings  save 
power,  reduce  friction,  and  are 
the  best  assurance  of  that  care¬ 
free,  dependable  bearing  service 
that  the  farmer  must  have. 
Hyatt  Roller  Bearings  are 
used  almost  universally  in  trac¬ 
tors,  automobiles  and  motor 
trucks.  Because  of  their  per¬ 
formance  in  these  machines,  the 
demand  for  them  in  all  farm 
machinery  is  growing  with  re¬ 
markable  rapidity. 
Make  $ure  that 
Hyatt  Roller 
Bearings  are  a 
Part  of  Your 
A  u  tomohile. 
Motor  Truck, 
Tractor,  or 
other  Machin¬ 
ery  in  which 
headings  are 
used. 
Apricots  and  Nectarines 
I  planted  last  Spriug  two  apricot  trees, 
hut.  the  leaves  are  just  like  pencil  leaves. 
Do  apricots  have  different  leaves  from 
peach,  and  has  the  nursery  made  a  mis¬ 
take?  Do  nectarines  come  true  to  seed? 
IIow  are  they  propagated?  Should  they 
be  pruned  similar  to  peach  trees?  a.  k. 
Emerson,  N.  J. 
The  apricot  is  a  member  of  the  Prnnus 
(plum)  family  and  the  foliage  of  none  of 
the  sorts  hears  any  resemblance  to  the 
peach.  You  will  no  doubt  be  the  gainer 
if  the  trees  are  peach,  particularly  if  they 
are  good  varieties,  as  the  apricot  will  not 
succeed  except  in  favored  localities.  They 
bloom  so  early  iu  the  season  they  are 
almost  invariably  killed  by  late  frost,  and 
if  they  do  escape  frost  they  are  almost 
sure  to  he  destroyed  by  curculio. 
The  nectarine  is  similar  to  the 
peach,  about  the  only  difference  be¬ 
tween  them  being  in  the  skin,  the  peach 
having  a  downy  skin,  while  the  nectarine 
is  smooth.  Both  are  supposed  to  have 
their  origin  in  one  and  the  same  parent, 
nnd  in  growth,  habit  and  foliage  they  are 
so  nearly  identical  that  the  one  can 
hardly  he  distinguished  from  the  other. 
Trees  grown  from  seed  usually  produce 
nectarines  again,  but  occasionally  pro¬ 
duce  downy  fruit,  or  peaches,  therefore 
they  .should  he  worked  on  peach  stocks. 
The  nectarine  Is  rather  a  shy  hearer  iu 
many  sections  of  the  country,  in  many 
cases  probably  due  to  insufficient  prun¬ 
ing,  which  should  never  he  neglected. 
The  nectarine  should  never  he  allowed  to 
form  a  close  or  dense  top.  hut  should 
be  so  formed  that  light  and  air  can  have 
free  access  to  the  center  of  the  tree,  and 
all  branches  of  the  previous  year's  growth 
should  bo  cut  back  fully  one-half  every 
Spring.  With  this  treatment  they  will 
usually  give  fair  returns,  wherever  the 
curculio  is  not  too  prevalent.  The  cul¬ 
ture  of  the  nectarine  is  in  all  respects 
about  the  same  as  for  the  peach.  k. 
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