Vol. XLVI. No. 1963. 
NEW YOKK, SEPTEMBER 10, 1887. 
PRICK FIVE CENTS 
$2.0(1 PER YEAR. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, In the year 1887, by the Rural Nkw Yorkkr. in the «mee of the Librarian of CongTess at Washington. 
4fcepcrintfttt Cirouml.o' of the $urel 
Dtcuj-Uovkcr. 
NKW STRAWBERRIES CONTINUED. 
Davis, Hilton, Truitt, .Jessie; the Evergreen 
Blackberry; aid kinds of potatoes and 
new. 
Davis. —Hants of this were received from 
Oh ax. S. Jones, of Newark, N. J., Aug. 25th, 
of last year. Our notes are as follows: “June 
7. Flowers perfect, plants vigorous. More 
productive than Sharpless. Berries about the 
same size and shape, but even more irregular; 
often with white tips. June 10. Davis bears 
monster berries, but usually with whitish 
tips and always irregular. An exaggerated 
early Sharpless of no better quality.” 
The illustrations from nature, Figs. 82(5 and 
827, show the characteristic shapelessness of 
the berry. 
Hilton, from H. 11. Alley, of Hiltou, N. J. 
Our report this year is similar to that of last 
year. Vines healthy and remarkably vigor¬ 
ous. Flowers pistillate. Ripens a few days 
after Sharpless and continues longer. It gives 
Pig. 326. 
us not only the largest berries, but the great¬ 
est number of large berries to a peduncle of 
any variety we have raised. The lierries are 
no more irregular than those of Sharpless; 
they are rather (inner, (hough more acid. It 
is well worthy of trial. A first rate portrait 
appeared in the Rural of July 17, ’8(3. 
Truitt was received from J. IT. & G. II. 
Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., not until 
April 12 of this year. It. originated in Kan¬ 
sas. The berry is firm, ovate, regular, medi¬ 
um as to season of ripening. The illustration, 
Fig. 888, shows the average size and shape of 
the fruit from spring-set plants. Flowers 
perfect. 
Jessie, from C. A. Green, Rochester, N. Y.; 
M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, ami also 
from the originator, April 14-20. 
Probably uo other new strawberry has had 
such a “send-off” as this, and the accounts we 
have received of it from several experienced 
growers, in different parts of the country, 
would seem to justify all that is claimed for 
it. The Rural has no right to express any 
decided opinion, one way or the other, from 
the behavior of plants set last spring. The 
two illustrations from these plants, Figs.820uml 
880, (see next pugs) show the average sue and 
two shapes, which seem to be equally typical. 
The quality is that agreeable combination of 
tartness and sweetness which constitutes the 
strawberry flavor at its best. The flesh is whit¬ 
ish inside, crimson without. It is quite firm. 
The flowers are perfect. The plants are fairly 
vigorous and free from disease thus far. 
The Evergreen Blackberry.— Those who 
are interested in the Evergreen Blackberry, 
so much talked of last year and the year be¬ 
fore, will recall the Rural’s remarks regard- 
imr it, as well as the three illustrations on 
pages 85, 86 and 87 of last year, drawn from 
specimens of the fruit, stem aud leaves sent 
to the office by Mr. W. J. Sears, of Walla 
Walla, Washington Territory. Some of our 
friends there, as well as in Oregon, were not 
quite pleased that we should have said that it 
was chiefly valuable as an ornamental vine, 
or as a curiosity in the way of a blackberry 
vine. In the spring of last year vines were 
received from Mr. J. M. Ogle, of Puyallup, 
W. T., aud planted in a sheltered place. They 
made a long growth of vine—10 feet, perhaps 
—most of which was killed by the past winter. 
This season the vines have grown luxuriantly 
and are bearing a few berries, small in size 
and of only fair quality. We are quite well 
satisfied that this European species—R. fruti- 
cosus—is one of those go-between things really 
valuable neither for its fruit nor for orna¬ 
ment, and that our eariy remarks regarding 
it need not be modified. 
yf./VLpr- 
Fig. 327. 
“superior in all respects.” 
We have just been digging a few hills of 
Beauty of Hebron and Clark’s No. 1 potatoes, 
as grown in our rich garden soil. Both yield 
at the rate of over 600 bushels to the acre, the 
B. of H. giviug fewer small tubers. A few 
hills of these two varieties were planted in 
this trial plot, simply to have a standard by 
which the comparative season of ripening of 
the other kinds might be judged. What we 
desire to say is that of at least 100 uew kinds 
tried in this plot during several years, said to 
lie larger yielders. better in quality, and al¬ 
together superior to the Beauty of Hebron, 
wo really cannot mention one that is its su¬ 
perior, taken all in alL There are others 
more shapely, others earlier, others that will 
yield more; but uoue, so far us the writer can 
judge, that will give a higher sum-total of 
good traits. Still, it is doubtless true that 
other kinds are better suited to different 
climates. 
CARE OK THE CUCUMBER PATCH. 
I made it a practice for a uumbor of years to 
let the first cucumbers which appeared on the 
vines, go to seed. The result wax I had very 
few cucumbers for tablo use aud scarcely uny 
smaller ones for pickling. Now l take special 
pains to pick off every cucumber whether 
needed for table use or not, and the result is a 
strong growth of vine aud plenty of either cu 
cumbers or pickles. Ic is astonishing how 
much difference there is in the yield from a 
patch where some of the cucumbers which 
come on early are permitted to go to seed, and 
a patch from which every pickle and cucum¬ 
ber is carefully picked each morning. I have 
found that the best plan is to begin to pick the 
small cucumbers as soon as they will do for 
pickles, and as a rule enough will escape our 
notice, until they are too large for pick¬ 
ling, to supply the family with cucumbers. 
A plot 40 feet square with proper care will 
furnish all the pickles and cucumbers a small 
family will require; certainly all the average 
housewife will care to attend to. G. 
Queens Co. 
farm Qzconomij. 
UTILIZING CORN-FODDER. 
How to get the most out of corn fodder. Re¬ 
marks try A. L. Crosby , H. .1. Whittemore , 
H. Caulkins, James Perkins , Prof. IV. C. 
Latta, E. Davenport, G. W. Fry. 
One of the greatest wastes known in Amer¬ 
ican agriculture occurs in the neglect of the 
stalks and blades of the corn plant. In the East 
where forage is often scarce and high, farm¬ 
ers are forced to take reasonable cure of their 
corn-stalks, but in the genuine “corn country” 
of the West thousands of acres of valuable 
stock food are yearly wasted. Prof. Henry, 
of the Wisconsin Experiment Station, has 
been quick to notice this waste. His experi- 
fL.N~Y 
Fig. 328. 
ments with cut and uncut corn-stalks have 
placed the matter very forcibly before West- 
ern farmers. As an element in the produc¬ 
tion of dairy products these corn stalks were 
proved to be valuable. Prof. Henry calcu¬ 
lates that the uncut stalks on an acre of 
land, supplemented by 1,(590 pounds of grain, 
will produce 158 pounds of butter. If the 
stalks are cut and crushed with a Liou cutter 
aud fed with 8,685 pounds of grain, they will 
produce 242 pounds of butter. Calling the 
uncut stalks worth $4 aud the cut stalks $5 
per ton, the butter cost 13,1 and 12.3 cents, 
This shows how this vast crop could be utilized. 
Many good Western farmers believe that it 
will not pay to handle the crop of coru-stalks. 
A wagou is driven through the fields and the 
ears are snapped from the stalks ami thrown 
into it. The cattle are then turned into the 
field to eat what they will and tramp down as 
much of the staudiug stalks as possible. The 
writer has horded cattle on these great corn 
Helds many a day. The cattle never con¬ 
sumed one-quarter of the available forage. 
They tramp about among the frozen stalks all 
winter tilling themselves with food about as 
indigestible as sawdust, and paekiug the sur¬ 
face of the ground with their hoofs. In some 
parts of the country the coru-stalks serve for 
fuel. When bound in tight bundles two feet 
long and six inches in diameter, they give out 
considerable heat. Two men in half a day 
can bind enough of these faggots to last three 
weeks It will be remembered that Prof. 
Bheltou advocated the use of the coarser parts 
Of the stalks for heating water for stock in 
winter, lie thought they would help the 
stock more when used in this way, than in 
any other. 
How shall the corn-stalks be utilized ? The 
silo offers one of the best solutions of the prob¬ 
lem. Now that it seems generally under¬ 
stood that the ear can be cut up with the 
stalk without auy loss in feeding value, th e 
labor of tilling the silo will be little greater 
than that of pulling and husking the ears. 
Tills ought to silence the arguments of those 
who let the stalks stand in the field because it 
is too much work to handle them. Still, we 
shall always need a certain amount of dry 
fodder of some sort. 
There is one disputed point regarding the 
feeding of corn fodder, that always comes up 
for discussion. Does it pay to cut the stalks ? 
Prof. Henry, in the experiment before men¬ 
tioned, estimated the increased value of the 
cut stalks at $1.20 per tou, This was simply 
the increased value for feeding purposes. He 
did not estimate the improved value of the 
manure or the greater ease in handling it. 
Fanners must determine whether or not they 
can cut the stalks for that money. As for 
corn fodder, where the plant is grown for the 
Fig. 329. 
stalk and blade and not for the ear, nobody 
can doubt its value as a forage crop. With 
Stowell’s Evergreen sweet corn, Prof. Henry 
obtained a yield of 11,232 pounds per acre. He 
calculated that this amount, supplemented 
with 2,256 pounds of brail, would make 290 
pounds of butter, worth $58. The bran he 
called worth $13.47, leaving $44.58 as the value 
of the fodder corn from one acre when manu¬ 
factured into butter. 
Some ideas as to the value of corn fodder, 
as well as the methods employed in various 
parts of the country to secure it, may be 
gleaned from the following notes. They were 
written in answer to the question—“ How do 
you handle corn fodder in order to get the 
most out of it (” 
FROM A. L. CROSBY. 
When I fed cattle I had no trouble in get¬ 
ting the value out of fodder. Early in the 
winter I cut the fodder aud mixed it with 
clover or Timothy hay, and fed it this way 
until the cuttle began to be tired of it, which 
I could tell by the increasing amount of fod¬ 
der left in the trough. Then l would use it 
for bedding once or twice a week—always cut¬ 
ting it of course—aud they would pick out the 
finer parts auil it would be a good change for 
them. If the horses were not at very hard 
work I fed them so liberally that enough went 
