1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
645 
which these are made more available to the 
plants. Some 10 years ago the R. N.-Y. ex¬ 
perimented with different quantities of salt 
on wheat. In no case did it increase the 
yield. This, however, was within two miles 
of the ocean... 
Henry Stewart reminds readers of the 
N. Y. Times that a mistake is often made 
in the use of hot water in cleaning dairy 
utensils. Hot water makes milk curd in¬ 
soluble and hard and tough, so that when 
utensils are scalded before they are thor¬ 
oughly cleaned from the remains of sour 
milk, the curd is solidified in the pores of 
the wood and becomes a permanent agent 
of mischief. Any alkali dissolves curd of 
milk, and after first well rinsing the uten¬ 
sils, and especially the churn, with cold 
water, a solution of common soda or salera- 
tus (carbonate of potash) may be very use¬ 
fully employed to complete the removal of 
all traces of the sour milk. Then another 
rinsing with cold water, followed by a 
scalding with boiling water and a finishing 
dashing of cold water, always pure, will 
complete the work. The washed utensils 
should then be placed under an open shed 
in the free air or in a clean, airy, dry dairy 
for use again. 
In the American exhibit at the World’s 
Exposition in Paris, is oil made from the 
germ of corn. Florida has a “strong alco¬ 
holic cordial made from oranges.”' There 
are 400 specimens of grass prepared by Air. 
Vasey the United States Botanist. 
Early Red Clawson is advertised as the 
earliest variety of wheat in circulation... 
Jones’s Winter Fife is advertised as 
Department of Agriculture?” Answers 
were received from three persons only. 
They reported that they did not know the 
insect, that they had no personal knowledge 
on the subject, and did not know that they 
had so reported. What are statistics worth 
if we are to have such reports?. 
Burying Grape Vines in Wisconsin. 
—Bulletin No. 17 of the Wisconsin Station, 
issued in 1888, contained an excellent article 
on Wisconsin grape growing by Prof. W. 
A. Henry. After giving some strong argu¬ 
ments in favor of growing grapes in Wis¬ 
consin, Prof. Henry proceeds to give a list 
of the most suitable varieties, the portions 
of the State where the industry is most 
promising, and hints concerning the culti¬ 
vation and care of the vines. The pictures 
given in this bulletin were of unusually 
good quality. The R. N.-Y. copies the one 
that is most timely at this season. It is en¬ 
graved from a photograph taken in the 
vineyard of the Wisconsin Station, and 
shows just how the workmen proceed to 
prepare the vines for winter. This is what 
Prof. Henry has to say about it: 
“Burying the Vines.— Here is another 
point greatly misunderstood by many. Our 
S le have mostly immigrated from a 
er climate than this and are not ac¬ 
customed to burying plants to protect them 
from the rigors of winter. As well let cat¬ 
tle go unhoused in winter as grape vines 
unburied. Both may possibly survive, but 
at entirely too great a cost. Nor is the la¬ 
bor of properly protecting them great as 
will be shown further on. In order to make 
this matter plain, we present an illustra¬ 
tion of a scene in our vineyard this fall 
when we were closing up the vineyard 
work See Figure 244. A trimmed vine 
temporarily tied to a post is shown on the 
-Breeder’s Gazette: “No; the demand 
for Dr. Brown-Sequard’s alleged “ elixir of 
life ” is not likely to affect the market for 
lusty buck lambs to an extent justifying 
sheep-owners in making any very extended 
preparations for furnishing on a grand scale 
the raw material for rejuvenating the lame, 
the halt, and the blind.” 
“Beyond any question the hogs inoculat¬ 
ed by Dr. Billings were cholera-proof.” 
-Life: “A cut-and-dried affair—A load 
of hay.” 
-Orchard and Garden: “Pres. Lyon 
in the Rural New-Yorker, pronounces the 
Erie and Lawton Blackberries not alike. 
The Editor of the R. N.-Y., considers the 
Erie a hardier variety. We have grown 
these varieties for some time and noted 
them carefully. While there is a similarity 
in habit of growth and also in fruit, a care¬ 
ful comparison will show them to be dis¬ 
tinct. In season of ripening the Erie is 
much earlier than the Lawton, the canes are 
more vigorous in growth and very much 
hardier.” 
-Eli Minch: “J. H. Hale of South 
Glastonbury, Conn., is reported in the 
Rural New-Yorker to have the promise 
of a large peach crop which he claims to be 
the result of the use of 400 pounds annually 
of muriate of potash and a liberal use of 
bone dust. We find the same results in 
our case. We prefer kainit and bone, as 
the kainit contains so much salt which for 
the peach is a good restorative of unhealthy 
trees. This fact is emphasized in a marked 
manner by the unusual health"and vigor 
some having even traveled a distance of 
over 5,000 miles—by means of refrigerator 
cars upon American railways, and by cold 
storage upon Transatlantic steamers. 
The American meats are kept in a large 
and admirably-constructed refrigerator, 
made expressly for the United States Gov¬ 
ernment by the well-known Chicago firm, 
Messrs. Wickes & Company. This re¬ 
frigerator, which has no parallel in the Ex¬ 
hibition, has been much admired by visitors, 
and it is a pity that it is not illuminated 
from within, a defect which arises from 
some difficulties between the Exhibition 
authorities and the electric light companies, 
which the United States Commission has 
been unable to overcome. In this same re¬ 
frigerator may be seen the American dairy 
exhibits of butter and cheese. These are 
necessarily small, but they form a most rep¬ 
resentative collection, and it is, indeed 
doubtful whether so fine a collection of 
butters has ever been brought together be¬ 
fore. Amongst them are the products of 
three of the best known American dairy 
farms, all in New England. These farm- 
made butters command a high price in the 
United States throughout the year. Be¬ 
sides these exceptional butters, there is a 
collection of butters made on the factory 
system, all of good quality, and well kept 
after crossing the ocean. The American 
cheeses are less striking in quality than the 
butters, yet they are well made, rich in 
flavor, and well cured. Even more in¬ 
structive, perhaps, than the exhibits them¬ 
selves are the photographs, maps, and 
charts, illustrating the types of animals 
and the methods of husbandry, and of 
slaughtering of animals which are so char¬ 
acteristic in their extent and economy of 
labor.” 
^U.sccUancou.s Advertising. 
It is Economy tobuy Hoo, ’sSar*aparilIa, because 
It Is the only medicine of whi-h 'an truly be said: "100 
Doses, One Dollar." It pt ssessi s peculiar strength and 
curative power, and effects cures where other prepar¬ 
ations fall. Try it, and you will realize it* merit. Sold 
by all druggists. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 
Highly concentrated. Dose sm&lL In quantity costs 
less than one-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevents and 
cures all diseases. If you can’t get It, we send by mail 
post-paid. One pack. 25c. Five $1. 2 1-4 lb. can $1.20; 
5 cans $5. Express paid. Testimonials free. Send stamps or 
cash. Farmers’ Poultry Guide (price 25c. l free with $1.00 
orders or more. L S. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mass. 
BURYING GRAPE VINES IN WISCONSIN. Fig. 244. 
being for the winter-wheat sections what 
Spring Fife is to the Northwest. 
Golden Cross is highly prized where it 
has been tried in Central New York. 
Now FOR hardy bulbs. Prices are low¬ 
er than ever before, and a bed of hyacinths 
and tulips, so refreshing and beautiful in 
early spring, may be secured at a snuill 
cost. 
The American Farmer advises its read¬ 
ers to raise everything they can to supply 
their table and family wants. When a 
farmer has to buy an article which he 
can produce on his farm, you can just put 
it down that that man has “ missed his call¬ 
ing.” With but few except ions farmers can 
make themselves independent of “ corners” 
on articles of food, and it should be the aim 
of every farmer to make his business self- 
sustaining to the best of his ability. 
Prof. A. J. Cook gives an experience, in 
Gleanings in Bee-culture, showing the care¬ 
lessness with which many statistics are 
gathered. A report from the Department 
of Agriculture stated that the chinch bug 
had done serious damage in five counties in 
Michigan. Prof. Cook did not believe this 
was true, as in all his collecting he had 
never taken a chinch bug in the State. So 
he wrote to the Department ami learned 
the names of the reporters, and immedi¬ 
ately addressed a letter to each one as fol¬ 
lows: “ Do you know the chinch bug? Do 
you personally know that it. has ever worked 
in your county? Why did you report rav¬ 
ages fro m this insect in your county to the 
left. Another trimmed vine is bent over, 
a man standing with his foot upon the top 
while an assistant throws a few spadefuls 
of earth upon it. The foot is then removed 
and both men continue the covering until 
the vine is buried just out of sight. The 
object of covering is not to keep the vine 
from frost, but rather to keep it frozen all 
winter. It is the alternate freezing and 
thawing, not steady cold that injures the 
vine. Bear this in mind and do not cover 
deep. 
Uncovering the Vines.—B efore the buds 
start, but as late as possible, uncover the 
vines by gently lifting them out of the 
earth that encases them with a four-tined 
fork. The work is rapidly performed. It 
required a total of 15 hours’ work for bury¬ 
ing something like 168 vines, while only six 
hours were required for uncovering. The 
earth heaped up in covering the vines is 
leveled again with the first cultivation.” 
WORD FOR WORD. 
—The Century Magazine: “The wages 
of righteousness are earned by the job, not 
by the day.” 
“ You may pull the ox out of the mire on 
the Sabbath day, but don’t push him into 
the mire for the purpose of pulling him 
out.” 
“Blue blood should assert itself without 
the help of a placard.” 
“Life is a half-way house, and each guest 
should take contentedly the room to which 
he is assigned.” 
“ The back-log without the small sticks 
will never heat the room.” 
of all peach trees that grow near the edge 
of salt marshes. Those nearest to the 
marshes are always the most vigorous.” 
-Weekly Press: “When a milk pro¬ 
ducer has been requested a few times by 
his dealer in the city to take some of that 
‘yellow stuff’ off his milk before he ships 
it, he is very apt to do so. It seems to be a 
fact that a large amount of cream in milk 
is not. as a rule, appreciated by the city 
dealer or his customers. Certainly the 
farmer receives no extra compensation for 
it. This being the case, the Holstein or 
Ayrshire is a better cow for the milk pro¬ 
ducer than the Jersey, and is properly 
valued according to the amount she gives, 
and not for the number of cream spaces her 
milk shows.” 
-Prof. E. M. Shelton, “ Almost cer¬ 
tainly the assessors’ returns for another 
year will show a very large increase in the 
area of wheat sown the present fall in Kan¬ 
sas. All this seems to me a good deal un¬ 
fortunate. Wheat is undoubtedly, taking 
the years together, a very profitable crop in 
Kansas when grown in connection with 
other crops, and as a part of a system. It 
is equally true that to cultivate it as a 
specialty is to certainly invite all the disas¬ 
ters that resulted from the excessive wheat¬ 
raising of 12 years ago.” 
-London POST: “ The meat industry is 
represented at the Paris Exposition by 
several firms, who show packed and cured 
meats of various kinds which have all been 
successfully conveyed across the ocean— 
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