1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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ence in the weight per bushel of the grain 
grown by the same manure in different 
seasons than between that of the grain 
grown by the more than 20 different con¬ 
ditions of manuring in the experimental 
field in one and the same season. In other 
words, quality of grain depends much more 
directly on the character of the season 
than on the description of the manures em¬ 
ployed . 
Professor Carroll says that at the 
suggestion of an eminent medical man an 
interesting experiment as to the value of 
small doses of chlorate of potash in increas¬ 
ing the milk of newly-calved cows has been 
tried at the Munster Dairy School. The 
experiments show that there was a slight 
increase in the average yield of milk dur¬ 
ing the time the cows were receiving one- 
quarter ounce of chlorate of potash per 
day. The cows kept in good health during 
the experiment, and there was an increase 
in their weight, showing that the increased 
yield of milk was not brought about by 
any drain on the system induced by the use 
of chlorate of potash. 
It was said, long ago, by a careful econo¬ 
mist, says the Husbandman, that farm¬ 
ers East would find larger profits if they 
would abandon half their acres under cul¬ 
tivation and bestow all their labor upon the 
remaining half. The estimate was not ex¬ 
travagant. There are many farms.that 
give no profit whatever under cultivation, 
except from small areas, properly fitted and 
tilled, although much larger areas are 
plowed, seeded and yield crops barely suffi¬ 
cient, or less than sufficient, to pay for the 
work. 
In the case of wet fields it is poor econ¬ 
omy to do anything with the land until it 
is drained and made fit for use. Better 
leave it for grazing, or for any use that does 
not involve labor, for labor expended upon 
it while it is not in proper condition is 
something like direct loss. 
A HUNDRED bushels of potatoes to the 
acre may yield some profit, but with soil 
well kept up to all needs the yield may be 
200 bushels, or even 300 bushels, the excess 
in large part, profit. So with corn, wheat, 
oats, barley and other crops. The trouble 
is in spreading over too much surface. 
Under present conditions thoroughness 
in farming is the only guarantee for suc¬ 
cess, and thoroughness is impossible to the 
farmer who spreads his labor over an area 
so great that seasons and conditions over¬ 
rule his plans. 
The National Stockman says that 
whether one is justifiable in borrowing 
money or not depends on his ability to 
make out of it more than it costs him. If 
he cannot do this borrowing is unwise. 
Many are compelled to borrow from time 
to time, though, in order to save what 
they have, and are in a state of perplexity 
as to whether it is better to sacrifice out¬ 
right or t<5 carry a load which one’s income 
hardly seems to warrant. Debt should, of 
course, wherever practicable, be avoided ; 
and the man who never finds it necessary 
to borrow is to be congratulated. The 
trouble with farmers borrowing money is 
that margins have been so narrow as to 
render it doubtful whether its use will pay 
its interest; and yet we know many farm¬ 
ers who are operating on mortgage money 
to advantage... 
Dr. Hoskins mentions, in the Vermont 
Watchman, as under his observation in his 
own town, a line orchard, well cared for in 
unbroken sod, that had been giving but 
light crops of fruit, or none at all. Last 
autumn the owner plowed up one half of 
it, applied a l’glit coating of manure, and 
gave the land a good stirring up. It had 
not before been plowed for many years, and 
of course, many of the roots were torn up 
and broken off. The result of it is that 
the plowed portion of the orchard is loaded 
with fruit, the foliage of the trees is large, 
and of that deep-green shade which indi¬ 
cates health and thrift, while the unplowed 
section has but a scattering crop of wormy 
fruit, and the foliage is dwarfed and sickly 
pale in color. The experience carries its 
own lesson. Don’t be afraid of putting the 
plow at work in the orchard. 
“ Tiie Numbo Chestnut begins to bear at 
once. No waiting a life-time. So does the 
Paragon.” 
Thus speaks the Farm Journal. But 
the two varieties ought not to be men¬ 
tioned in the same breath. The Numbo is 
coarse of flesh and bitter. The Paragon is 
of fair quality. Neither will bear anything 
like a crop in less than four years fiom the 
nursery. 
The pecan can be grafted on hickory 
stocks and when successful renders the tree 
more hardy and induces early fruitfulness, 
Orchard & Garden says that some experi¬ 
ments on this point are necessary both as 
regards the best method of grafting, and 
best stocks to use. Mr. Georgeson advises 
that we raise or procure our trees from 
nuts grown in the north, and although it 
is not an absolute guarantee of hardiness, 
the percentage that winter-kill will be very 
small .. 
Nuts should be planted in the open 
ground as soon as possible after they have 
ripened. If obliged to keep them over un¬ 
til spring pack away the seed in moist sand 
or soil; they should not be allowed to dry 
out, moisture is the secret of keeping nuts 
for seed. The proper depth at which to 
plant nuts is about one and a-half to two 
inches for hickories, walnuts and' pecans, 
and about one inch for chestnuts. Sow the 
seed in nursery rows and firm the soil over 
them. 
After seven years’ test, Dr. Hoskins pro¬ 
nounces, in Orchard and Garden, the Red 
Bietigheimer iron-clad in New England. 
It has never been harmed though two win¬ 
ters of the seven were among the severest 
on record. 
He says that the Milding Apple is win¬ 
ning its way in Maine as a variety suitable 
to localities unsuited to the Baldwin. It 
bears heavily and gives great satisfaction 
to growers as a profitable fruit for market. 
Dr. Hoskins considers the Granite 
Beauty a winter apple of superior merit. 
It is hardier and more vigorous than the 
Baldwin. It is an annual bearer of large, 
roundish-oblong fruit. It is well striped 
and almost covered with two shades of 
red. Flesh, whitish, tender, juicy and 
pleasantly acid. 
Imperishable Labels.— The need of a 
cheap, indestructible label, one on which 
the name of a tree or plant, may be written 
easily and legibly with an ordinary lead 
pencil, will be readily admitted by all who 
grow fruit and flowers. We have before us 
a sample of label that seems to fill this 
want, being simple, effective and imperish¬ 
able. It is made of thin copper, very soft 
and pliable, cut in label form with a split 
tag end of the same material which is 
wound around the tree or plant and gives 
with its growth. It can be written on or in¬ 
dented with a lead pencil or other pointed 
instrument and the writing is ineffaceable 
and indestructible and the label may be 
cleaned and brightened at any time by 
simply putting it in a hot fire. We think it 
is a good thing and it is quite cheap cost¬ 
ing, we believe, about $1.50 per gross. 
Messrs. Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia, 
Pa., are wholesale agents for its sale. 
Upon seeing the above notice, the R. X.- 
Y. wrote to the above firm for a gross, 
which were duly received. Upon examina¬ 
tion, the trouble seems to be with this in¬ 
genious device that the “tag” ends are so 
slight and thin that they do not retain 
their hold of a stake or branch around 
which they may have been twisted. If the 
plate-portion could end in a couple of strong 
copper wires they might well serve the 
purpose for which they are intended. 
WORD FOR WORD 
-Western Rural : “ A wife or sister or 
mother is a pretty good counselor, friend.” 
-New England Farmer : “ When the 
farm does not pay it is of public advantage 
that it be abandoned. The remedy for 
abandoned farms is in so educating the 
farming class that they can make a farm 
pay.” 
-Garden and Forest: “Two years 
ago a Mr. Barber tried the experiment of 
planting Pampas Grass on five acres of 
land in San Bernardino County. California. 
A few weeks ago he cut from the five acres 
70,000 plumes, which he sold for three and a- 
half cents each, or $2,450 for the crop. The 
expeuse of caring for the five acres has not 
been in excess of $450, and the crop has 
netted him $400 an acre. Next season he 
expects to net $500 an acre, as the plants 
will then be three years old and in full 
bearing. The demand for the plumes of the 
Pampas Grass is constantly increasing and 
it has been demonstrated that it can be 
profitably grown on high-priced land.” 
-“ Beet seed is easily grown, and every 
gardener who is desirous of fine beets should 
raise his own seed, carefully selecting 
medium-sized roots, having the character¬ 
istics most desired. These should be pre¬ 
served in sand, carefully set out as early in 
the spring as possible, and the seed stems 
supported as they grow by small stakes 
and strings. A dozen beets will produce a 
pound or more of ripe seed.” 
-Orange County Farmer: “There 
are too many middlemen—one-half of them 
would easily do all the legitimate business 
—the others should go to work at some 
productive lakff." 
-Albany Cultivator : “ To keeD apples 
in winter, spread buckwheat chaff on the 
barn floor, and on this place the apples, and 
then cover them with chaff two feet thick. 
Fill the interstices with chaff. Other fine 
chaff will answer. The chaff will exclude 
cold currents, and absorb incipient decay.” 
-“Manuring Strawberries.—Two 
neighbors set out strawberry beds at the 
same time. One had 14 rods, did not en¬ 
rich his bed, and had three bushels of fruit, 
or at the rate of 34 bushels per acre. The 
other planted only four rods, and heavily 
mulched the bed with manure in autumn 
and spring. He had seven bushels of ber¬ 
ries, or at the rate of 280 bushels an acre.” 
-Sam Jones: “I’d rather be a hundred 
old maids rolled into one, than to be a 
drtmkard’s wife.” 
- Henry Stewart : “If a pig is fed up¬ 
on bran and corn in equal parts, it will pro¬ 
cure healthful subsistence from the former 
and sufficient fattening food from the lat¬ 
ter, without any serious disturbance of the 
digestive or respiratory organs.” 
-S. S. TIMES: “As a rule, the things 
that are best for us are not those that we 
most desire, and the things that we most 
desire are not those that would be best for 
us. Therefore it is that one cause for grati¬ 
tude which we are likely to overlook, is the 
fact that we do not have given to us the 
things that we most desire, and that we do 
have given to us so many things that we do 
not desire.” 
-T. B. Terry: “It is a duty that we 
owe to the women of our households, that 
our personal appearance upon all occasions 
should be such as they may not be ashamed 
of.” 
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