1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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EVERYBODY'S GARDEN, 
Will some of the readers of The R. N.-Y. 
tell me what crops and management would 
be best for me, from their experience In 
similar circumstances on a small farm? I 
have a farm of 30 acres, about 15 acres 
cleared, the rest brush and woodland, and 
am out of debt. I would like to know how 
to make expenses, live and keep a team 
of horses and one or two cows. My land 
is somewhat wet in Spring and Fall; is good 
gra.ss land, also well adapted to fruits. I 
have a small bearing orchard of apples and 
cherries, and am situated about four miles 
from village of 600 or 600 population, but 
the market is very poor for fruit. Our best 
market is for hogs and poultry. o. a. r. 
Northeastern Pennsylvania. 
Things at Hand. —I believe the things 
already at hand will be the first to de¬ 
velop and improve. First then, the land 
is the foundation, and its highest pos¬ 
sible producing power ought to be the 
end sought. Then how to gain this end, 
and meet the living expenses in the 
meantime will be the question. The or¬ 
chard is already there, so take that. I, 
of course, do not know the previous 
treatment, hut it is perfectly safe to say 
that two or three years of judicious 
handling will prove pretty clearly 
whether orchard work will be safe to 
tie to or not. First decide whether you 
will adopt the mulch or clean culture 
method. I have seen the practical re¬ 
sults of both, and knoiv that each has 
merits under certain conditions. You 
have read the discussions in Tile R. N.- 
y., so take what seems best suited to 
your case. Only if it is the mulch sys¬ 
tem, follow it to the end of the law. 
Half-hearted work will not be sufficient 
proof as to its merits or demerits. Be¬ 
gin just as early as weather will per¬ 
mit, and prune cautiously with refer¬ 
ence all the time to low, well-balanced 
heads; but never fear to remove all dead 
wood or branches that lock horns with 
their neighbors. A liberal application 
of manure will be of much service and 
lacking that. Dr. Jordan gives a good 
formula on page 67. Remove all the old 
rough bark by careful scraping, or an 
old broom and strong soapsuds or lye 
and water, well rubbed in. You already 
have good grass land, but rather wet. 
Can you not begin some system of un¬ 
derdrainage, even if but a small begin¬ 
ning? With some planning as to the 
future work, it might be started, and go 
on as fast as time and means will allow. 
Of course, the faster the better, for it 
will be a permanent investment. 
Boakdinq the Cows.—With the hog 
and poultry market already established, 
would it not be safe to follow up these 
lines to some extent? It might be easier 
than growing smail fruits and garden 
truck, and creating a market into the 
bargain. The question is worth con¬ 
sidering at all events. At this distant 
viewpoint, I can see no surer way to get 
the land in thoroughly good shape, with 
a somewhat steady income, than by the 
pig and poultry route. If your ground 
is or can he made good corn land then 
I think the venture would be safe. The 
cows you speak of if good ought to add 
much fertility to the soil. They at least 
would go a long way toward wiping the 
living expenses off the slate. The wood 
land pasture with a small space for 
sweet corn fodder for the August short¬ 
age ought to solve the problem of their 
Summer board. A half acre or more of 
mangels for Winter, with some grain, 
hay and corn fodder will carry them 
well through and pile up fertility for 
future grains. 
ring potatoes, every pound produced 
would return to the farm or pocket- 
book. 
Small Fruits and Trucking. —Here 
too is a road out, and the above outline 
would in no way clash with, but rather 
prepare the way for successful work in 
these lines. For successful work in 
these operations, the labor question 
would play an important part. The 
small fruits especially, could not he 
handled without available help when it 
was needed. With me, that would he of 
more importance than the question of 
markets. I have never allowed the sub¬ 
ject of marketing to keep me awake 
nights, for I have always found that 
there were lots of things that other peo¬ 
ple would rather buy than bother with. 
The real fact is that many garden pro¬ 
ducts actually bring better prices in 
small towns than in the large cities 
where competition is so much greater. 
1 may be foolish, but I don’t believe 1 
would be afraid to venture small fruits 
and vegetables to some extent at least, 
right in your locality. For several 
years I watched this work in different 
sections of your State. I was much in¬ 
terested in the outcome, for anything 
like large towns were few and far be¬ 
tween, An instance or two may furnish 
you with clues that would be profitable 
to follow up. A friend of mine there, 
three miles distant from a small town, 
was interested somewhat in small fruits 
and garden truck. He had from 20 to 30 
cherry trees, about three-quarters of an 
acre of black raspberries, and each year 
grew something more than an acre of 
cabbages. There were cherries all over 
that country, and the woods were full 
of wild blackberries and raspberries. He 
was never able to supply the demand for 
his fruit. His cabbages were all made 
into sauerkraut, and he never had any 
to spoil on his hands. He used to tell 
me that he realized more from the 
ground thus used than from the re¬ 
mainder of his 97-acre farm. Still an¬ 
other man in a different locality was 
eight miles from anywhere, and much 
of his trade was in the lumber camps 
16 miles distant in another direction. 
His principal crops were potatoes, cel¬ 
ery and cabbage. I watched his work 
for several seasons, and he told me that 
eight of ten acres devoted to that work 
was the biggest end of his 100-acre farm. 
With the labor question fairly well set¬ 
tled, cows, pigs and chickens, either 
with or without the small fruits and 
garden truck, will be a sure road to suc¬ 
cess I think, and with good products, the 
markets will not be a bugbear. You now 
have 15 acres of available land for til¬ 
lage, and the woodland ought to help 
out in pasture for the stock. The 15 
acres with intensive farming will be 
worth four times that amount haggled 
over. J, E. MORSE. 
Michigan. 
TREES SUCCEED WHERE 
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Fruit Book Free. Result of 78 years’ experience 
'stark BROS , Louisiana, Mo.; Dansviiie, N. Y.; Etc 
TDCCC —One dollar’s worth up at wholesale prices; 
• nttO secure variety uow, Spring payment; 80- 
page catalogue. G. C. STONE. Wholesale Nurseries, 
Dansvllle, N. V. Established 85 years. 
REST SMALL FRUITS. 
Standard and i mproved varieties of Haspberries, 
Blackberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Grapes, Strawberries, 
•t«. Sverj pUnt grown and guamntood bj mo. SblponlyolMD, vigaroui, 
woll root^, fresh dug plants that give results. Writ* fur late catalog. 
Allen L. Wood, Wholesaie Grower, Rochester,N.Y. 
Strawberry Plants for Sale —Nicely cleaned, bunched 
and packed,$2 IP 1,000. T. H. Everngam, Concord,Md. 
nuninc CTDAIAIDCDDV plants. I have them. 
UilUluL OlnAVYDLnni Lucas, the berry mr 
which I was awarded a medal at Pan-Amer. Exp., and 
50 other kinds, described in free catalogue. Send 
for it. w. S. TODD, Greenwood, Del. 
Pigs and Poultby, —Here is a good 
combination, always ready to turn the 
waste into money. Three or four well- 
bred brood sows ought to turn consid¬ 
erable profit during the year with their 
litters. Pure-bred stock is always worth 
the money either for sale, breeding or 
fattening purposes. As I see it, the 
Summer problem with pigs is easy of 
solution. The skim-milk, house slops 
and other wastes supplemented with 
rape and pumpkins will bring them 
through to fattening time with very lit¬ 
tle cash outlay. The Winter season with 
the brood sows represents more outlay; 
but a good Summer will silver-plate 
that. A half acre of rape on rich moist 
soil will keep several shotes busy a good 
portion of the Summer. The poultry 
business has to be learned, and the way 
to learn it is to do it. As to the egg or 
meat production, your knowledge of the 
markets there would be the safest guide. 
In either case, a small beginning is most 
sure of later success, and experience will 
dictate as to expansion. Corn, oats and 
potatoes sandwiched with clover and 
cow peas are easy of rotation, and bar¬ 
'The New Auto Strawberry—$10 per M. The 
* Largest, Most Productive, Marketable Strawberry 
Grown. Fruited three seasons with perfect success. 
Great Money Maker, Plants In quantity. Also all 
other leading varieties. « 
JNO. M. KICKAKDS & SON, Camden, DeL 
^ur Strawberry Plants pay you to plant. They are 
grown on new land, and the best soil in the 
world. Every plant Is sure to grow and produce large 
crops of big berries Our catalogue is different from 
any other, and do not forget that the new Cardinal 
Raspberry is a winner. Catalogue free. 
F. W. DIXON, Holton, Kan. 
Lady Garrison Strawberry Plants 
for sale. The great monesrmaker. Order early as 
everybody wants to set them. 500,000 Plants Bubach. 
Kansas Blackcap, Cumberland and Miller Raspber¬ 
ries. Also Lucretia Dewberry. Catalogue free. 
FORK BRANCH NURSERIES, Dover, Del. 
Money in Strawberries 
f Tou GET Good Plants. One of my cus -1 
imera the past season sold 1600 worth of i 
trawberries from oue acre. I sold bim the ' 
lants for 120. You can do the same if yoti buy 
le best—and that’s the kind I have. Cata- 
iguel H. LIGHTFOOT, Chattanooga,Tenn. 
for its 
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^ UMP CO., No. 76 
strawberry Plants 
by dozen or thousand. Send for price-list. 
WILLIAM PALMER, Grooms, N. Y. 
80 VARIETIES 
BEST NEW and 
Standard Straw’by, 
^ Uas’byand Blk’by. 
Plants, Vig:<>rons, Heavy Rooted and Tme to 
Name. Guaranteed to reach you in good condition, 
High quality, and low prices. Large catalogue FKKK 
A. R. WESTON & Co., Box G, Bridgman, Mlch.« 
Strawberry Plants 
and Seed Potatoes. 
How to Grow Biggest Crops. 
Finest Fruit. 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALCGUE FREE. 
Send for it. Bargaiu.s in New 
Varieties. 
FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON, 
Leslie, Mich. 
OOM PAUL 
STRAWBERRIES 
sold at the rate of $.820 per 
32 quart crate; $10 was paid for 
one quart box of six berries at 
our Held meeting. List Free. 
KEVITT’S PLANT FARM, 
Atbeiiia, N. <T. 
The President 
strawberry Culture. 
By M. Crawford. Over 40 years* experience. 
A 60-page Book—not a catalogne. Send 10 cents 
for a copy, read it, then return It and get your 
money back if you want to. 
M. CRAWFORD COMPANY, 
Box 1005. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
The fine.st new strawberry now on the 
market. Largest size and brightest color. 
Send for circular. Price, $10 per Iiundred, 
$3 per dozen, by mail. 
THOMAS R. HUNT, 
Originator, Lambertville, N. J. 
Bia STRAWBERRIES. 
Flnevarl esof strawberries are my specialty. With 
an e;- peii j ce of 20;'3ars I have selected and i)erfected 
a list of loading am. finest sorts. A line selection of 
Raspberries and Blackberries, nr rants, 
lirapes, etc. Everyth 1 g true to name, guaranteed. 
Send for fre calalO;ue t>day. 
D. BRANDT, Box 306, Bremen, Ohio. 
DWYER’S 1903 SPRING CATALOGUE 
Two Hundred Acres of Hardy Fruits and Ornamentals. 
Reliable descriptions; perfect illustrations and beautiful colored plates. T. J. Dwyer’s Book on 
Hardy Trees, Plants and Vines iSO cents. This work will be sent postpaid, free, for all Spring 
orders. The Catalogue is free. W’rite for it to-day. 
T. J. DWYER &, SON, Orange County Nurseries, Cornwall, N.Y. 
STRA WBERRV 
Raspberry and Blackberry Pl.ants. A larg*^ 
and fine stock. All of the best new and old 
standard ^ arieties. 
phints as well as seeds are the best. Our Catalogne is valuable, both in information .and low 
price of stock. Don’t fail to send for it. It may be worth dollars to yon. 
04WO KNIGHT A SON, Sawyer, Mich, 
CUIMAM, 
DELAWARE PLANT FARMS 
.strawberry Plants that grow large unlfonn berries is our 
.specialty. We have control of the woiulerfnl new strawberry, 
CLIMAX, the greatest yielder, most iiniform, largest early berry 
known. For full description and origination of this woii<lerful 
berry, send postal for our large Illustrated catalogue of all 
standard varieties as well as the new ones. 
CORDREY BROS,, Laurel, Sussex Co,, Del, 
CWIMA«« 
Giant Argenteuii Asparagus. Early Hathaway Strawberry 
A new and most productive sort. Supe* 
rlorto any other variety in size of stalk 
and earliness. Brin« top price on the 
market. lAoiiald’iu Elmira and other 
choice varieties. 
Harrison's NurserieSf 
brings fancy prices. Plants large, dark 
leaved, strong growers, early fruiters. Im¬ 
mensely productive of large, showy, 
bright red berries, firm and of excellent 
quality. Catalog of many varieties free. 
Box 29f Berlin, Maryland 
All Grand lot of trees, Rrown on the bank of Lake Erie, more 
BIb N stocky and hardy than trees grown in the interior. Two miles 
■ from any peach orchards and free from borers and all other 
diseases. Large stock of fruit trees and small fruits of all kinds. Headquarters for 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRURS, PLANTS, BULRS, SEEDS. 
40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Greenhouses filled with Palms, Fiens, Ferns, 
Pandanus, Roses, Etc. Seeds, Plants, Etc., by mail a specialty. Valuable 
catalogue free, send for it. Get the best direct from the growers and save 
money. Correspondence solicited. 
THE 8TCRRS & HARRISCN CC..Box 201. Palnesville. Chlo. 
TREES 
4 PLUM and PEACH; healthy, true to name 
IPO per INJU and Fuinigiited. All kinds of trees and plants at low wholesale 
prices. I>on’t buy until you get our catalogue, which Is free, or send list of wants for 
special price. Address RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 1, Geneva, New York. 
CORRECTIONS th^ TREE BREEDER 
On page 8 of the Tree Breeder for First Month, ’03, in report of the N. Y. State Fruit Growers’ Meeting 
at Buffalo, under PACKAGES used in Government coid storage test, 6th and 7th lines from bottom 
should read, “From one to three w’ceks’ time was required to get the temperature of the fruit In the 
center of the barrels dowm to that of the cold storage room, depending on the temperature at the time 
it was packed.” On page 12, under photograph of Rogers’ Steam Digging Otitfit, weight should read 
about 14 tons. If you have not received copies of the Tree Breeder (It’s FVee) just tU-op a line to 
THE TREE BREEDERS. Rogers on the Hill, Dansviiie, N. Y. 
FRUIT CATALOG 
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM and 
combined showing' 30 or more of the most 
practical, conservative, distinguished large 
orchardists in this and other States who plant my Trees, who have extensive Fruiting 
Orchards of them. I promise best care and best values in Fruit Trees of all kinds; will 
convince you if you will let me. Get catalogue now, it is free, together witli a 
treatise (13 pages) on Peac/J Cu/ffire. H. S. WILEY, Cayuga, N. Y. 
