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should  not  try  it  again.  The  one-horse 
cultivator  would  no  doubt  be  the  best  im¬ 
plement  for  cultivating  where  trees  stand 
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RURALISMS 
Dried  Chinese  Watermelon 
The  picture.  Fig.  601,  shows  strips  of  a 
hard-fleshed  variety  "f  watermelon,  hung 
on  lines  to  dry  in  the  sun  and  air.  This 
was  reproduced  from  Bulletin  117  of  the 
Office  of  Foreign  Seed  and  Plant  Intro¬ 
duction,  the  photograph  being  taken  by 
Mr.  F.  N.  Meyer  near  Chiang  po,  Shensi, 
China.  The  melon  after  being  sufficient¬ 
ly  dried,  is  cut  into  short  pieces  and 
pickled  in  brine,  in  syrup,  or  made  into 
glace  sweets.  As  the  fruit  is  referred  to 
as  a  hard-fleshed  watermelon,  we  infer 
Disappointing  Chicory 
I  have  been  growing  witloof  chicory 
and  sidling  in  New  York  for  three  years. 
This  year  I  got  my  seed  as  usual,  and 
grew  my  crop  the  same  as  other  years, 
but  it  is  not  the  same  variety  of  chicory 
that  I  had  in  1915  and  1914.  This  crop 
has  a  large  root,  n  small  crown,  and 
slender  leaves.  That  which  I  grew  be¬ 
fore  had  a  wide  thick  leaf,  a  large  crown 
and  the  roots  were  of  a  different  shape. 
This  year  they  are  all  bottle-necked,  that 
is,  they  are  about  three  times  as  thick  be¬ 
low  ground  as  they  are  at  the  crown. 
You  are  getting  more  money  for  your  milk. 
But  are  you  getting  the  full  benefit  of  the  higher  prices? 
Corn,  too,  is  high.  Does  this  mean  profit  or  loss  to  you  ? 
Perhaps,  you  are  giving  a  large  part  of  your  profits 
to  the  Western  corn  growers. 
Plan  now  to  keep  these  profits  at  home  by  growing 
your  own  Corn. 
will  help  you  grow  more  corn  on  the  same  acres. 
For  sixty  years  these  brands  have  assisted  practical 
farmers  to  increase  their  crops  and  their  profits. 
Mr.  H.  W.  Collingwood,  the  able  editor  of  The  Rural 
New-Yorker  says: 
“  Our  experience  is  that  when  these  old  fields  are 
Pi  owed,  fertilized  reasonably  and  planted  with 
Flint  corn,  they  will  give  a  surprising  yield  of 
grain  and  forage. 
“Do  not  believe  those  who  tell  you  that  you  must 
have  manure  in  order  to  grow  corn.  Some  of  the 
largest  yields  on  record  have  been  grown  with  com¬ 
mercial  fertilizer  and  sod.” 
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Chinese  Watermelon  Hung  Out  to  Dry.  Fig.  601 
Crop  Book 
Department 
Last  year  they  tapered  from  the  crown 
to  the  eud  of  the  root.  I  had  good  suc¬ 
cess  last  year  and  year  before,  but  this 
year  with  the  same  treatment  these  roots 
do  not  head  or  make  good  endive.  They 
just  throw  out  a  bunch  of  slender  shoots 
or  leaves.  There  is  about  two  per  cent, 
of  this  crop  that  makes  good  endive  and 
the  plants  can  be  seen  iu  the  field  (before 
they  are  dug)  to  be  of  a  different  variety, 
so  I  concluded  I  had  been  fooled  in  the 
seed  and  grown  a  crop  of  coffee  chicory. 
I  wanted  to  know  whether  the  large- 
rooted  or  coffee  chicory  would  he  a  profit¬ 
able  crop  if  I  were  to  prepare  it  and  sell 
it  as  chicory  root.  There  are  several 
companies  in  Now  York  that  buy  and 
grind  the  dried  root.  I  have  put  this  sea¬ 
son’s  work  on  it,  and  would  like  to  get 
something  out  of  it.  R.  w.  it. 
Odessa,  N.  Y. 
In  all  probability  the  roots  which  you 
have  will  not  produce  the  excellent  salad 
which  you  are  used  to  growing.  How¬ 
ever,  it  is  quite  possible  that  when  the 
roots  are  fairly  dried  out  they  will  be 
better  than  the  first  batch.  Chicory 
roots  usually  bring  very  good  prices, 
therefore,  you  may  still  have  a  chance  to 
got  good  returns  from  your  crop.  'Witloof 
chicory  seed  is  very  scarce  this  year. 
An  agent  told  me  more  than  a  month  ago 
that  all  of  the  wholesale  dealers  put  to¬ 
gether  only  had  about  100  pounds  of 
seed,  most  of  which  was  contracted  for. 
I  would  suggest  that  you  write  at  once 
to  several  of  the  largest  seed  growers  and 
procure  your  seed  supply,  even  if  they 
ask  large  prices  for  them.  When  you 
get  the  desired  strain  save  a  few  roots 
over  Winter,  set  them  out  the  next 
Spring,  and  try  growing  your  own  seed. 
it  is  like  our  citron  melon,  which  is  really 
a  liard-fleshcd  form  of  the  watermelon, 
Citrullus  vulgaris. 
THE  COE- 
MORTIMER  CO 
saud  peai*.  This  Sines  Seedling  pear  I 
thought  might  be  worth  growing  and 
propagating  from.  It  is  a  good  cropper, 
hears  young,  vigorous  grower,  quality, 
size  and  shape  of  pear  somewhat  similar 
to  the  Kieffer ;  color  more  russet  than 
Kieffer,  season  of  ripening  about  same  as 
Kieffer.  The  tree  or  fruit  is  a  big  im¬ 
provement  over  the  parent  Kieffer  tree, 
hut  I  think  would  be  worth  propagating 
for  the  reason  that,  the  blight  has  just 
about,  destroyed  nearly  all  the  Bartlett, 
Seckel,  Howells,  Clapp,  etc.,  even  the 
Leeonte.  Garber  and  Kieffer  were  badly 
injured  by  Wight,  while  Sines  Seedling 
showed  very  little  injury  from  the  blight 
so  far.  Out  of  eight  seedling  trees  laised 
from  seed  taken  out  of  the  same  Kieffer 
pear,  seven  were' worthless  and  the  one  I 
call  Sines  seemed  worth  keeping. 
Atlantic  Co.,  N.  J.  george  sines. 
At  Fig.  596  is  shown  a  picture  of  this 
pear  of  exact  size.  In  flavor  we  con¬ 
sider  it  quite  a  little  superior  to  Kieffer. 
The  flesh  is  not  quite  so  coarse  ns  that 
variety,  and  on  the  whole  it  seems  to  be 
a  more  desirable  variety.  It  is  a  ques¬ 
tion  whether  we  need  more  varieties  of 
the  Kieffer  type,  yet  we  think  this  one  is 
worthy  of  trial,  especially  in  places 
where  other  varieties  go  down  so  badly 
with  blight. 
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Dwarf  Apples  in  Peach  Orchard 
I  have  five  rows  of  peaches  16x16  ft. 
apart  in  straight  lines,  cast  and  west, 
north  and  south.  Could  I  plant,  dwarf 
apples  in  the  centre  of  the  diagonals 
without  interfering  with  growth  of  the 
peach  trees?  I  wish  to  use  the  space  be¬ 
tween  the  trees  till  they  come  into  hear¬ 
ing.  Is  a  cutaway  disk  harrow  suitable 
for  such  work,  us  I  can  only  use  one 
horse?  m.  s. 
South  Bend,  Ind. 
The  planting  of  apple  and  peaeh  to¬ 
gether  is  pretty  generally  condemned  by 
our  best  orehardists,  basing  their  objec¬ 
tions  on  the  idea  that  the  peach  inter¬ 
feres  to  a  greater  or  lesser  extent  with 
the  proper  growth  and  development  of 
the  apple.  Nevertheless  it  is  practiced  to 
a  considerable  extent,  many  claiming  it 
is  a  paying  proposition,  even  though  the 
development  of  the  apple  should  he  some¬ 
what  retarded.  If  you  have  tried  out  the 
plan  of  planting  dwarf  apples  between 
peaeh  and  found  it  a  success,  there  is  no 
reason  that.  I  can  think  of  why  you 
Growing  Mangel  and  Carrot  Seed 
Will  you  give  the  correct  way  to  raise 
seed  from  mangel-wurzels  and  also  from 
carrots?  No  matter  where  I  buy  my 
seed  1  cannot  get  a  clean  strain,  and  I 
would  like  to  raise  my  own  seed  in  a 
small  way.  ir.  s. 
Fast  Hampton,  N.  Y*. 
The  home  production  of  mangel-wur¬ 
zel  and  carrot  seed  is  a  very  simple  mat¬ 
ter,  and  may  he  easily  accomplished  by 
almost  anyone  willing  to  give  the  mat¬ 
ter  a  little  careful  attention.  The  plan  is 
to  select  the  best  roots  from  those  that 
are  of  the  type  nearest  your  ideal,  at  dig¬ 
ging  time.  These  are  preserved  iu  the 
best  possible  condition  either  by  burying 
them  in  the  ground  or  storing  them  iu  a 
frostproof  rout  cellar  until  the  following 
Spring,  when  they  are  planted  out  as 
early  ps  possible  in  good  soil.  The  man¬ 
gels  to  stand  18  inches  apart  in  the  row, 
and  the  carrots  10  to  11?  inches.  k. 
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ions:  1.  How  much  does  it  weigh?  If  it  weighs  more  than  60  pounds  per 
,  horsepower — why?  The  old-time  flrvtumen  r  v>  that  heavy  weight  was 
Decen  ary  to  keep  it  rtraidy:  hut  if  an  engjne  is  properly  bu-auced,  it 
>  tlocsn' t  need  pig  iron  to  hold  it  do wn. 
.  .  2.  Is  it  Throttle  Governed?  A  throttle  governor  insures  steady, 
quiet  and  economical  power. 
3.  Doos  It  have  a  good  carburetor?  The  Cushman  has  the  Schebler. 
SMany  manufacturer*)  of  farm  engines  won't  pay  the  price  for  a  good  car¬ 
buretor,  aa  they  think  the  farmer  doesn't  know  the  importance  of  it. 
.  ,1-1  Cuahman  engines  are  not  cheap,  bnt  they  are  cheap  in  the  long  run. 
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