March H 
i9o 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Fitting Ground for Berries. 
ir It. S., Nnjilen, N. I [)Ii)\vo(l (luce 
acres of pround for berries last Fall, 'rhere 
was not much sod on it. Would you pl<>\\ 
it again in the Spring, or would you put a 
wheel eiiKivator on and then drag it? 
Which way will hold the moisture best and 
v.ill be best for the berries? 
A NS.—We would plow the sod again 
this Spring and then do as much culti¬ 
vating as you intended doing in place of 
jilowing. You cannot prepare the soil 
too well for berries. 
The Worden Seckel Pear. 
II. ir. II., Greene Go., N. Having been 
(iild at our farmers’ institute that tlie Wor¬ 
den Seckel pear bears the largest fruit and 
therefore is the most desirable type to 
plant; and then being advised by a nur¬ 
seryman not to plant It as there are better 
kinds of Seckel, I carry the question to the 
court of appeals, 'ruE R. N.-Y. Which is 
the better variety of Seckel pear? I have 
found that the best seller is the largest 
pear. 
Ans.—T he Worden Seckel pear is 
much like the Seckel, but it is larger and 
for that reason is preferred by some who 
have both kinds in bearing. It is a dis¬ 
tinct seedling, and for market purposes 
has the advantage of size over the parent 
variety. They are about of equally good 
quality. ii. e. v. n. 
Building a Round Silo. 
J. R. Greensboro, Md.—l would like to 
have a simple plan for a round .silo, of a 
size that will be sufTicient for eight or 10 
cows for the Winter months, or through 
the feeding season. Give size of lumber, 
what kind of bands, their size, and how 
many. Is it nece.ssary to have a perma¬ 
nent roof? Is a round silo very difficult to 
build? 
Axs.—We have a round silo in use 
that is in many respects the best one I 
know. The staves we had sawed 2% 
inches thick and six inches wide. This 
extra thickness has nearly prevented 
freezing, 'ihe width is about right. 
They are beveled, grooved and tongued. 
If I could not get the stuff near at hand, 
prepared, I would buy it of some silo 
dealer—just the plain staves jointed, 
beveled and grooved without hoops, 
doors or roof. The hoops 1 would get 
in steel wire rope, or more commonly 
known as “guy wire,” % inch in diam¬ 
eter. The cost will not be greater, and 
the result more satisfactory; easy to put 
on as a clothes line, no danger of break¬ 
ing in cold weather; in fact they are 
ideal. They can be fastened with a turn 
buckle or common nuts through a four- 
inch scantling. The doors I would put 
on the outside of silo, hanging them 
with heavy hinges bolted on. The door 
should be made like an ice box or re¬ 
frigerator door, secured with ice-box 
door fasteners. That means as tight a 
door as can be secured in any other 
way. These doors can be put in in al¬ 
ternate rows or one directly above the 
other, placing them about one foot 
apart, fortifying the short staves be¬ 
tween the doors with a stiff piece of elm 
plank or a four-inch wagon tire bolted 
to them. They are always ready for 
use, never out of place, no patent upon 
them, and the silage will keep as well 
against the doors as any part of the silo. 
Where there is no danger of freezing 
thinner staves will do as well, and no 
roof will be required. Ten cows will 
consume 400 pounds a day, or 42 tons in 
seven months. A silo 12 feet in diam¬ 
eter and 25 feet deep if filled with 20 
feet of finely-cut, well-packed silage will 
supply these requirements. h. e. c. 
Sorghum and Soy Beans in Massachusetts. 
,1/. D., I'ilctihury, .t/ns«.—Will sorghum 
grow satisfactorily in Massachusetts, and 
if it will, state time and manner of plant¬ 
ing and wlictlier tlie Amber or the Early 
Orange variety would be best? 'Phe idea is 
(0 use some green and cui'e (he remainder 
for hay and thus get a better hay crop 
tlian could be obtained from any other 
forage crop. Is it good pi-ac(lce to i>lant 
corn and Soy beans in the same row for 
cutting into silo? If so, what is (he best 
Soy bean for this part, and the number of 
grains of corn and beans and distances to 
be planted? 
Ans. —The past season at this Station 
an equal quantity of the beans and corn 
were sown together for fodder purposes. 
In early September the beans were pod¬ 
ded and corn fairly well eared. The mix¬ 
ture was cut and bound successfully Oc¬ 
tober 4 with the Deering corn harvester, 
at which time the bean stalks were quite 
tough, the bean pods filled, and the corn 
kernels glazed. This is the first attempt 
made to cut the corn and bean mixture 
with a harvester. A larger area will be 
planted another season, in order to see 
whether the mixture can be economical¬ 
ly handled for silage. Corn and Soy 
bean silage was grown and used at this 
Station during 1895 and 1896. At that 
time the corn and beans were grown in 
separate fields. The silo was filled in 
the proportion of two-thirds corn and 
one-third beans. The silage was satis¬ 
factory, eaten clean, and furnished 30 
per cent more protein than did corn si¬ 
lage. It was believed at the time, how¬ 
ever, that the increased cost of handling 
the two crops w'hen grown separately 
more than counterbalanced the value of 
the additional protein secured. If it 
proves economical to grow and handle 
the two together it will in a measure aid 
in increasing the supply of home-grown 
protein. Sorghum has not been satis¬ 
factory as a forage crop when compared 
with corn. The stalks are more slender 
and will not bear the weeder as well as 
young corn plants. Again, the young 
sorghum plant appears to grow very 
slowly in its early stages of develop¬ 
ment. and weeds are likely to gain the 
mastery. The yield as a rule is not as 
large as Indian corn under similar con¬ 
ditions. The writer would prefer barn¬ 
yard millet to sorghum for green forage 
or hay. J- b. einosey. 
Hatch Experiment Station. 
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from 2z to S8 inches apart. 8 extra feed wheels for fertilizer at¬ 
tachment drills 20 to o2o lbs fertilizer per acre. Gronnd wheel In 
front can be raised or lowered for deep or shallow planting 
Extra rings can be supplied for droning or drilling peas, beans, 
ensilage corn, etc. Write for Catalogue p 
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A Great Planter 
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Distributer. 
.\ machine (Ustiiift'kshed for perfection anti Tariety 
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at the same time. Piants either in drills or in hills 
45^.9,12. 18, 24, 36 or 72 inches apart. Distributes 
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lumpy, eis:. 25 to 700 lbs. per acre. Improved row 
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MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM. Mt. Blanco, O. 
For Sale 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
BFFORE BUYING ^ pustagre 
A NEW HARNESS with full description 
_and prices to consumer 
King Harness Co., No. 10 Lake St., Owego, N. Y. 
Any variety. 
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1 bu. upward. Also other seeds. Book on Forage Plants 
free. Binghamton Seed Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 
—Second-growth Seed Potatoes, 11.25 
Glover Seed, $.3 per bushel; Cow I’eas, $1.75 perbu. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
POTATOES 
MAINE GROWN. 
Fifty varieties. Ad¬ 
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as many Apples, Plums, Cherry, 
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Seed Oats 
^ Seed Corn. 
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Nursery Stock 
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AIM 
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ROSS BROTHERS, Worcester, Mass. 
Cow Peas. 
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and Soil 
Improvers. 
WE ABE HEADQUARTERS for these and all 
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Write for prices, and our interesting Catalogue 
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' T. W. WOOD & SONS, - Richmond, Va. 
COW 
C. C. BROWN, Bridgevillc, Del. 
fhnyuu Dr/I C—Supply your ground with 
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Clay’s or Unknown at $1.25 per bushel. Cash with 
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grown especially for SEED 
10 varieties SEED OATS. Eight 
POTATOES 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
GEO. H. COLVIN, Crest Farm.Dalton,Pa. 
AROOSTOOK 
Seed Potatoes 
AND 
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Early and Reliable. 
Catalogue FREE. 
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CARIBOU, MAINE. 
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EDWARD F. DIBBLE, honeVye fallIVw. v. 
210 Kinds for 16c. 
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La Crosse, Wis. 
Wheeler’S RELIABLE SEEDS 
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iCfsS’.,47 
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Hubbard’.s Fertilizers do not rest until the work is done; when the frronud 
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the following' from the J’ast Master of the Massachusetts State tirange : 
The Rogkks & Huhbaui) Co., Middletown Conn. 
Gentlemen- I used about nine tons of Hubbard’ Fertilizer this season and am satisfied that it 
was particularly true of the Hubbard’sOats and Top I)res.sing. Its use enabled us to cut the first crop betore 
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$22:§? 
For 
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retails at 
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Nickel of 
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50 styles bugffy harness to se 
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For ^$10 >75 
this 
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For 
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Traces in. x ft., doubled 
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r.xtra 
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