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May 13, 1922 
Honeydew, sold here for $1, They looked 
more like n small pumpkin than a melon. 
1 did not try them, hut many people will 
buy anything that is of an exotic charac¬ 
ter and call it good. Alligator pears, for 
instance; I would as lieve eat a little 
green gourd. When Florida oranges pass 
out of the market I stop buying oranges. 
The California oranges have too much 
bark for the price. 
What has become of the “Citranges” 
which the Department of Agriculture an¬ 
nounced years ago as likely to stand zero 
weather? These crosses of the seedy 
Trifoliata of Japan with sweet oranges 
were to give ns oranges that we could 
grow in this latitude. But nothing has 
been heard of the Oitranges of late years. 
Citrus trifoliata is hardy enough and 
makes a fine hedge. w. f. massby. 
about the same place, though the acci¬ 
dents occurred some years apart. In 
both cases the horses were found before 
they were seriously injured, but their 
getting out was a greater undertaking 
than the one in the straw, as the ditch, 
while not deep, was just wide enough to 
fit their backs snugly, and they were as 
directly on their bucks as if (hoy had 
had been carefully fitted to the place. 
It is a job for two or three strong men, 
and a team or truck would be a great 
help, care being used to avoid injury to 
the animal when pulling on him. It just 
goes to show that one must look after 
stock to avoid loss and trouble. It is a 
good plan to see and count- all the stock 
once a day at least, and once a week to 
look them over carefully for injuries or 
other troubles that, may need surgical 
attention. w. K. duckwaix. 
Ohio. 
It. N.-Y.—We have had some exper¬ 
ience with animals getting “down” in this 
way. Horses usually retain their cour¬ 
age or “nerve.” and will jump up when 
made free. We have had cows “down” 
in this way which absolutely refused to 
get up. Their courage seemed to forsake 
them entirely, and they lay for days as 
if paralyzed. 
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Farm and Garden Notes 
A vast project for covering 203,000 
acres of sand in Nebraska with trees is 
under way. It is calculated that three 
billion trees will be required, and, during 
the present Spring, at least one and one- 
half millions of young yellow pine (P. 
australisi and jac k pine (P. Hanksiana) 
will be planted in the reservation known 
as the Nebraska National Forest. The 
young trees have been specially produced 
in the State* nursery; repealed plantings 
of stock from Wisconsin and Minnesota 
proved abortive, so for the past IS years 
efforts have been made to select a type 
and species of tree that would flourish 
under the conditions obtaining. The 
young trees from tile “Ressey” nursery 
have proved they can grow in the driest 
situations. 
Three thousand wild geese cn route 
from Florida to Hudson’s Pay. Labrador, 
and the fringe of the Barren Lands, 
stopped at .Tack Miner's bird sanctuary 
near Kingston, Out. Some years ago 
Mr. Miner became interested in provid¬ 
ing a safe retreat for these birds during 
their migrations, and, starting with seven 
geese, this number has grown until now 
several thousand annually visit his farm. 
The Shoshone. Idaho, wool clip has 
been sold by a pool headed by Senator 
Frank R. Gooding and his brother, 
at an average price of 30 cents per lb. 
to the B. Harris Wool Company of St. 
Louis and Salt Iaike City. The clip 
consisted of l,000,0<X> lbs. The prices 
paid are more than 100 per cent higher 
than last year. 
BERRY PLANTS 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, earliest, latett, Iurgeat. most 
productive and everbearing varieties. Raspberry. Black, 
berry. Gooseberry, Currant, Grape, Dewberry Plants 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Asparagus, Rhubarb, Hornrntibli, Cabbage, Tomato, 
Beet. Cauliflower, Celery, Suge, Mint, Hop, Egg Plant, 
Pepper. Onion, Sweet Potato, Lettuce Plant*. 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
April ended cold, while the freeze of 
April 23 has not been repeated; the 
weather has been too cold for the re¬ 
planted crops to start. My one green 
row of string beans, the good old Red 
Valentine, which I saved by covering, is 
about the only green thing in sight in the 
garden, except peas and lettuce. Every¬ 
thing is ready for the tomato plants, but 
they are still in the frame, are getting 
pretty large, for these plants came above 
ground before the end of February. They 
have been transplanted twice, and ought 
to be out in the garden now. In fact, I 
have often had them out soon after the 
middle of April, but this season they are 
better off in the frame. The Lima beans 
were not up when the freeze struck, but 
the seed rotted all the same. Now I am 
waiting to replant, but I want the soil to 
get wanner. A day or so after the freeze 
I concluded that there would be plenty of 
peaches, as my trees seemed to be carry¬ 
ing plenty of sound ones. But alas! 
they have nearly all fallen. The plums 
seem to be holding on to a fair crop. The 
Early Richmond arid Montmorency cher¬ 
ries will make a crop, but earlier cher¬ 
ries few. We are looking towards May 
for a change. The weather man has 
been predicting rain, but it does not 
come. Rain is needed now. 
1 have received a circular from the 
Iowa Experiment Station giving high 
praise to the llubani annual Melilotus. 
The Ohio station does not esteem it high¬ 
ly. Here and southward we do not need 
any more weeds. The biennial Melilotus 
is one of our common weeds, growing 
along the roadsides 6 ft. tall and o» ditch 
banks in the pastures, and nothing cuts 
it when there is plenty of grass. If it is 
found that the annual variety is valuable 
in the North we have no objection to its 
being grown, but we have so many bet¬ 
ter things which do not thrive so well in 
the North we can afford to ignore the 
Melilotus, either annual or biennial. 
Cow peas. Soy beans and Crimson clover 
are all better. Then to my mind the 
habit of calling plants clover that are not 
in the genus Trifolinm should be discour¬ 
aged. The true clovers arc all Trifoli- 
ums. T remember very well when Alfalfa 
was called Lucerne clover. It will pre¬ 
vent confusion and error to call no plant 
clover except the ones in the Trifolium 
genus. The Melilotus and the Medicago 
genera are distinct, and should have then* 
true names. While Alfalfa is not now 
called clover, there is another species of 
Medicago which is commonly called Rurr 
clover in the South, and is <if little value 
except to inoculate the soil for Alfalfa. 
We grew the Ilubam Melilotus here the 
past Summer. We do not need it. Two 
varieties of Soy beans from the gulf 
coast made a wonderful growth. These 
were the Biloxi and the Otuotnn. Both 
failed to mature here from seed grown at 
Biloxi. When seed can be had ripened 
farther north it is likely that the Otoo- 
tan will he a very valuable crop. Even 
the unripened crop of both these varieties 
made a heavy hay growth. 
A reader a*-ks my opinion of the llon- 
eydew cantaloupes. The Honeydew is a 
good-sized white, smooth-skin melon. It 
is later than the net soils of the Rocky 
Ford class, and keeps well after ripening 
to near Christ in as. It is eatable after 
the Pollocks and Eden Gems are gone. 
But it lacks any distinctive flavor and 
is simply dead sweet, and not near as 
good its the earlier netted sorts. But 
this is an individual opinion. Others 
may find it very good. I grow them 
mainly because of their keeping quality 
and their coining when there are no other 
inusktnelons. Some people say that the 
Montreal melon is fine. Perhaps they 
are when grown by the Montreal garden¬ 
ers. but I have grown them to a very 
large size and apparently perfect of the 
variety. I have done this in different 
seasons, but never grew one that was tit 
to cat. Soil and climate make great dif¬ 
ferences in many plants. T once saw 
some of the Montreal melons at a fruit 
store in Philadelphia, brought direct from 
Montreal- I thought that I would try one 
to see if they really were good. But 
when the fruit man asked SI each for 
them I concluded that no cantaloupe was 
worth a dollar. But last Fall the Casa ha 
from California, one of the pa rents of the 
FLOWER PLANTS 
Colomhin*. Foxglove, Canterbury Bella. Ancliusa, 
Delphinium. Gtilnrilln. Hollyhock, I .tty of th« 
Valley. RudbeckU*. Shunt a. Onlay, Sweet Willlum, and 
other Perennials; Aster. Pansy, Ageratum. Dahlia. Iris. 
Gladiolus. Snapdragon Chinese and Japanese Pink, 
Cosmos. Begonia, Canna. Larkspur, Flrahiuh, Petunia, 
Phlox. PctrtuUca, Safvfct, .SalpiglosMA. Verbena. Scabiosa, 
Zinnia, and other Annuals. ROSES and SHRUBS, 
Catalogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. ¥. 
More Profits 
in Celery 
the bleach 
Strawberry Plants 
will be yours if you lower 
ing cost. Both boards and dirt are 
expensive and inefficient. Areanddee 
Celery Bleacher is cheaper and 
makes the stalks cleaner and whiter 
than any other method you can use. 
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Ten of the beet varieties se¬ 
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Obituary 
A. R. PHILLIPS.—Many of the older 
readers of The; R. N.*Y. will regret to 
learn of the death of A. It. Phillips, which 
occurred at his home in Chagrin Falls, 
(>., on April 5), at the age of 70 years. 
Mr. Phillips was of pioneer New England 
stock, a farmer by birth and by vocation. 
For many years he ably represented 
Geauga County in the General Assembly 
of his State, and was a leader in agri¬ 
cultural legislation, llis education was 
of the broadest kind, he was a naturalist 
of recognized authority, an able writer 
and a pleasing speaker, and a man of 
sterling worth and integrity. 
ST R A WB E RR Y 
ASPARAGUS CROWENS, TOMATO, CANTALOPE urn! other 
seeds. Stock the BEST mid TRUETO-NAME. FREE —our 
New 1922 Catalogue. V. R. ALLEN, R No. 1. Seaford, Del. 
SURPLUS ClrAwhflrrv Plant* »KNT P. PAID. 
LOI OF OiraWDBrrjnaniS Senator, Dunlap, Klou- 
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for my Priee List of Vegetable and Flower Plants 
and Dahlia Root*. DAVID HOOWAY. Hatfly. Delaware 
GTKAWBKRRY PDAXTS-POSTPAID 
150 Sen. IujhIhp, 150 Warfield 
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Emergency Hay Crop At 
Red Clover Prices 
2 bu. & over $15.00 
per bu. 
1 to 2 bu. $18.00 bu. 
10 to 60 lbs. 50c per 
WINSOR’S WHITE DENT 
Many Times State and County 
Grand Champion 
, Severely iMilectPi! f<»rtvj»e, yield 
anti vigOf. Breed true stock 
from nir-to-ro w method plats, 
linn produced 1 Hi to 142 bu. 
^ shelled COW per acre in 
| official cotitwt*. Husked 
\ Htunditvr- Dried on racks— 
jyfll I Order early. 
i& . £d**rd W.Winsor.MonmoijIh Farm 
f armingdalc, New Jersey 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. MAY 13. 19k. 
FARM TOPICS 
PlltrrT CAHM Country Gentleman, 
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L/ II ZjL. 1 hu i-Hk.-o qualify Seeds. 
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Rye the Hardiest of Grains. 
What Silo Shall I Build. 
Experience in Clover See ing: 
Coming Farmers' Meetings.. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
New York State Notes. 
iVEET Potato, Tomato 
Seed. Catalog free. M. N. HO KUO. Vineland. N. J, 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Sweet Potato Plants 
M-y 800—$1.25; 50tf— $2; 1,000—$8, postpaid. Express, 
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Pine Needles for Bedding. 
Changes in the Dairy Country. 
When a Horse Kolia.6 
A Calm Discussion of the Milk Troubles 
Election of League Directors. 
Settlement of Milk Prices. 
Pig-feeding Questions . 
Improving Ration . 
Troutilesomc Cow; Feeding Young Pigs. 
The Trotter as a Farm Horse. . 
No Trotters Wanted Here. . 
Ferrets for Rats.. 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 
THE HENYARD 
4,000,000 Sweet Potato Plants 
Yellow Jersey. Hie Lent, Gold Skin. N, J, River and 
Red Nnnsemond. C. E BROWN, Bndneville, Delaware 
Beauty Has 
Cash Value 
(i re i- ii Mt. and 
. Kuril I Varieties. 
Murrtflelcl, N. Y. 
Prize Winning Potatoes For Sale 
Y M. PATTINGTON Cf SON 
AX/HEN you make your 
w v home grounds look 
better you make them 
worth more. And you can 
make them look a great 
deul better by investing a 
few dollars in otir healthy, 
hardy Evergreens, Shade 
Trees and Flowering 
Shrubbery. 
Buy direct from growers 
of established reputation. 
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A Big Egg from An Egg-laying Contest 
Leg Weakness . 
Various Questions .. 
Egg-laying Contest . 
Soft-shelled Eggs . 
HORTICULTURE 
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Grc>»n in Western NewYork for 
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WRIGHT BROS Baa P Eri«. Pa. 
Life on a Big Maryland Fruit Farm 
Notes on Transplanting Trees. 
Early Rivers Peach . 
Dahlia Notes .. 
Setting Cherries; Stock for Lilac... 
New Zealand Spinach. .... . 
Living Bean Poles a Failure. 
Frost in New Jersey. 
Grcwo in N»* JBof land 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day... 
The Rural Patterns . 
A Successful Attack on Midnight Marauders 
676, 
Some Choice, Well-tested Recipes. 
Cakes and Candies. 
Spiced Beets . 
Embroidery Design ..... 
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Damages from Nails in Old Lumber. . . 
Cement for Foundation Bor er. 
Scarecrow for Birds and Chickens. 
Preserving Insects and Reptiles. 
Events of the Week..., . 
Income Tax Deductions... 
Levy for School Taxes. 
Eight of Te-snt to SuMet Property... 
Seasoning Poplar Lumber. 
Earth's Curvature from a Given Point 
Editorials . 
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