The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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are “healthy.” Where can you find n 
better source of potash? At ouc time I 
counted 10 peoj)lc squatting mi the ground, 
holding these long sticks over the fire, 
looking like a group of fishc-nam sur¬ 
rounding a small pool. Mo t o" them 
sorely had good Idles. We made a great 
!■ access at trimming that lunch, and then 
all hands went at the trees with renewed 
vigor. We beaded, about 250 trees, all 
told, and I called it a good job. It was 
a little tiresome to work in the high wind, 
hut as the sun went low most of us left 
the hills with genuine regret. Next to 
“Stringfellow” is the “Black” orchard. 
Here are many McIntosh and Wealthy 
trees which have never been well headed. 
They have really made their on n heads. 
As T left the hills it seemed ti me that 
Hies. “Stringfellow” youngsters (after 
the i stial manner of youth) were calling 
over Hie stone Avail to those veterans in 
Black : 
“Here, you old-timers, take a hack seat! 
We have now received a college educa¬ 
tion. We are trained trees, and avc arc 
to be the people on this farm in years to 
come. We’ll show you the power of edu¬ 
cation.” 
And, as is usual with self-made people, 
the “Black” trees had but one answer: 
“Hoar the boys talk. Wait till you get 
experience in facing the wind and storms 
on this hill. Then you will Avish you had 
the shape and protection which Nature 
has given us.” h. av. c. 
ROOFING 
THE CAPACITY IS CAST 
IN THE PLATFORM 
That Unsatisfactory Hired Man 
1 think "Parmer,” page 175. would bet¬ 
ter get a new man. or else get rid of the 
farm as soon as possible. even to giving 
it to the present man. Avho seems to have 
the use of the farm free and SNOO extra. 
If “Fanner” gives him the farm outright. 
Im will save the taxes and repairs and the 
$S<)0. and the man Avill have to get out 
and hustle for a living. e. f. n. 
Double Furrow System for Potatoes 
rot quickly. I cleaned out the outside 
vault occasionally and threw it into the 
pit. covering with a layer of dirt. When 
I cleaned the henhouse I saved the best 
portion in barrels, but the contents of the 
scratching floors Aveut onto the compost 
heap. 
In the Fall I built a fence of poultry 
netting around the pit, and the enclosure 
was filled in with leaves. I had plenty, 
for I had nine large maple trees across 
the front of my land- 
In the Spring I had a lot of rich. well- 
rotted compost—just Avhat. I needed. A 
neighboring farmer plowed for me. using 
tin* double-furrow system, similar to the 
sketch. In the bottom of each trench 1 
placed a layer of compost, covering lightly 
with soil. I planted my potatoes in drills 
for the manner of plowing, and the rich 
fertilizer enabled me to do this. 
From a small plot. not. larger than 
about one-fifteenth of an acre, I raised 
about 45 bu. of potatoes, and big ones at 
that. My next-door neighbor {not the 
one who plowed), with his more than 300 
acres, planted 10 times ns much laud as 
I did. but his crop was a failure, and was 
mostly small ones that he had to feed out. 
lie used nothing but barnyard manure, 
and very sparingly at that. 
I think the plowing bail much to do 
with my success, for the trenches seemed 
to hold water longer. This double-furrow 
system is especially adapted to dry, sandy 
soil. C. R. R. 
Connecticut. 
It. N.Y.—One trouble iu making such 
a compost heap is that plant diseases are 
often carried on viues and stalks. If 
there is any such disease in the garden, 
better burn the infected plants. 
\A r ay. Now and then the sausage or the 
bacon might drop into Hie ashes, but what 
of that? We all know that Avood ashes 
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The Compost Heap 
Why do so many people Avith gardens 
or small farms burn all the leaves in the 
Fall? A feAv years ago I had a small 
place iu the country (two acres), devoted 
principally to poultry and small fruits. 
I had no fertilizer for my garden, nor was 
I in a position to get any at that time. 
This was in the Spring, and I decided to 
plan for the next year by making a com¬ 
post heap. To be sure. I had the drop¬ 
pings from about 100 hens, but I felt I 
wanted something else, for the soil was 
sand.' and needed humus. 
I dug a pit 2 or 3 ft. deep aud 10 ft. 
across. I threw in everything I had of 
a perishable nature—rhubarb leaves, corn 
husks, all vegetable rinds, rotten apples 
and pears: in fact, anything that would 
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