1903 
373 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
A Comparison.— Referring back to my 
records of 1898, I note that on April 10 
there was considerable frost in the 
ground. On April 20, however, I ven¬ 
tured to plant sweet corn. This had 
been previously sprouted, or it might 
have fared badly, but it came through 
nicely and on April 28 was worked with 
the wheel hoe. The Winter had been 
unusually severe, and kept very busy at 
it until Spring stepped in and from that 
time there was no backward movement. 
The present Spring tells a different tale. 
The evening of March 16 the frogs were 
croaking in full chorus and kept it up 
until very near the close of the month. 
Since then they have had a good many 
interruptions, and April 30 they post¬ 
poned their concert on account of weath¬ 
er. The next morning the mud was 
frozen sufficiently to hold a heavy man. 
1 am glad for once that I have no sweet 
corn planted, and for that matter very 
little else. At this writing. May 2, very 
(Sheffield Sugar) was planted as above 
stated, April 20. There was no lack of 
culture, but the corn, especially on the 
high light soil, suffered somewhat from 
drought. July 9, or 81 days after plant¬ 
ing, we had corn ready for table use, but 
marketing did not begin until July 15, 
and estimating that used at home at the 
same prices as that sold, the yield was 
79 dozen at an average price of 0.975 
cents, or a total of |7.45. To this must 
be added 3 bundles of stalks at 25 cents, 
or 75 cents in all. If my arithmetic is 
right, this would make a total value of 
?149 per acre, which considering the 
labor of tending is a pretty good show¬ 
ing for profit. With favorable soil con¬ 
ditions and good culture, I think this 
rate could be depended upon for even 
much larger areas. 
Mode of PnAimNO. —There were some 
points as to close or dispersed planting 
which I wished to settle a little more 
definitely. Doubtless the results were 
not conclusive, and by some might be 
little seeding or planting has been done, considered as amounting to nothing, yet 
and early cabbage and cauliflower I was more fully established than ever 
ground is just now being fitted, which in my preferences for the latter method, 
ordinarily would have been planted three The rows were planted in groups 
weeks or more. But we are living in 
hope, and a few bright warm days will 
bring a brighter prospect. 
PaoFrrs in Sweet Corn. —Of course 
we are not all favorably situated to make 
the best out of a crop of sweet corn, but 
for me it has been one of the best money 
crops. 1 have never sold an ear of corn 
on the market, but always to the private 
trade, and picked customers at that. 
Sweet corn to be at its best should never 
be picked and held over night, but ought 
to be delivered to customers as soon as 
uken off the stalk. Consumers soon 
learn to discriminate between corn or 
peas thus handled, and that picked in the 
afternoon, then carted to market next 
day and from there to the commission 
houses, and thence to the customers at 
any time before the husks begin to rat¬ 
tle. By the former way I have often sold 
side and side with the hawkers at double 
the prices they were calling. Many grow¬ 
ers are too far distant from their cus¬ 
tomers to make this method practical, 
but when such is the case then the best 
is all any of us can do. My experience 
has been that most profit is in the early 
crop, as it always brings a better price, 
and a second crop of some other kind can 
easily be grown on the same ground. 
This calls for heavy manuring, but noth¬ 
ing is lost by this, as the second crop 
will show the results even more than 
the corn. 
An Experiment in Intensive Cul¬ 
ture. —The year above referred to I tried 
to see what could be done with a plot 
containing one-twentieth of an acre, and 
have drawn upon my records as to treat¬ 
ment and results. The soil varied from 
very light sand to quite heavy sandy 
loam, and up to three years previous had 
been occupied by a barn and hotbeds. 
This was not a bad preparation, and 
when the barn was removed I was ob¬ 
liged to cart some manure away. The 
first and second seasons vine, corn and 
root crops were grown. The third year 
corn was grown, and the ground was 
top-dressed with coarse manure when 
the crop was nearly full grown. The fol- 
33 
inches apart. The previous sprouting 
gave the advantage of discarding infer¬ 
tile seed and assured a pretty even stand. 
The first row was planted one kernel 
every six inches, second row every 12 
inches, third row, two feet apart with 
three kernels to the hill, and fourth and 
fifth rows same as first and second. The 
results throughout the season were in 
favor of the hills two feet apart, while 
the 12-inch planting was second. The 
six-inch planting, while fairly good, 
suckered too much and gave fewer first 
quality ears. Different varieties will 
very likely give other showings, but my 
own preference with either corn or po¬ 
tatoes is planting in check rows wide 
enough to work the crop in all direc¬ 
tions. I have planted all kinds of dis¬ 
tances, but the record-breaker with me 
and the yield which exceeded any show¬ 
ing I ever had was a plot of Early Mas¬ 
todon (dent) which by mistake in mea¬ 
surement was planted four feet six 
inches apart each way. j. e. mouse 
Michigan. 
MILK FEVER OR PARTURIENT 
apoplexy. 
HIS Is a disease peculiar 
to parturition or calv¬ 
ing. It is not a fever, 
as is generally sup¬ 
posed ; the rise of 
temperature to 101 or 
2» P. is always favor¬ 
able. 
Symptoms .—The cow 
appears a little weak 
or unsteady in the 
bind quarters, has dif¬ 
ficulty in rising, forgets her calf, the secre¬ 
tion of milk is suspended, she staggers and 
falls, and is unable to rise, her head is thrown 
to her side and she becomes unconscious of 
everything about her. Cows most subject to 
it are deep milkers, fat animals, about the 
third calf, after an easy natural birth. 
Treatment .—Nux vomica or strychnine has 
given us best results. Tincture of nux 
vomica in from 2 to 4 dram doses may be 
placed on the tongue every two hours. If 
twitching of the muscles is shown, decrease 
the dose. The urine should be drawn with 
the catheter. The rectum should he emptied 
by copious injections of warm water. 
A physic is dangerous to administer and 
almost useless, as the animal will have died 
or recovered before a physic could operate. 
The iodide of potash in parturient apoplexy 
is now being employed quite successfully. 
One hundred and fifty grains of iodide of 
potash should be dissolved in a quart of 
boiled water. Then one-fourlh of this should 
be injected, at the temperature of the blood 
into each teat. Bag should be thoroughly 
kneaded immediately after Injection. In¬ 
jections should be repeated in twelve hours 
if the animal has not Improved. Before 
using injections, the udder should be thor¬ 
oughly cleansed with carbollzed water or one 
to one-thousandth solution of bichloride of 
mercury. All the milk should be completely 
drawn. 
If the temperature rises or the rectum fills 
with fecal matter. It is a very favorable in¬ 
dication. Prevention Is better than cure In 
these cases, as the disease is extremely fatal. 
Light, laxative feed for two weeks before 
calving with plenty of exercise, wards off 
All through this treatment give Dr. Hess’ 
Stock Pood, a powerful tonic and reconstruc¬ 
tive, which gives additional value and nu¬ 
triment to the food and steadily strengthens 
the animal’s entire systemic condition. The 
Improvement will be noticeable after the first 
three or four doses and entire recovery will 
quickly follow. In every package or this food 
Is enclosed a little yellow card entitling the 
purchaser free prescriptions from Dr. Hess. 
Dr. Hess’ Invaluable Stock Book—a med¬ 
ical treatise in practical form—will be sent 
free to any one that will write Dr. Hess & 
Clark, Ashland, Ohio, mention this paper 
and state what stock he has and what stock 
food be has used. 
Stanley’s Crow Repellent 
For preventing Crows and other birds pulling com. 
Non-poisonous, easily applied, will not clog any ma¬ 
chine. Price, delivered to your express office,»l per 
can. Liberal discount on larger orders. One can will 
cover two bushels of corn. Send cash with order. 
THKO. A. STANLEY, New Britain. Conn. 
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Cow Peas for Green Manure. 
R. D. B., Oanastota, N. Y.—l have a field 
that is deficient in humus too far from the 
barn to draw manure to it. I plowed 
down a light .sod in November, would sow 
to wheat or rye and seed to grass again 
this Fall. Shall I sow buckwheat, cow 
peas or Soy beans to plow under, or treat 
it to a course of repeated harrowing? 
through the Summer? 
Ans.— If we had that field on our own 
farm we would plow it or cut it up with 
a disk harrow early in June and sow 
either Wonderful or Whippoorwill cow 
peas in drills three feet apart. We 
would use about three pecks of seed per 
acre and cultivate the same as for beans 
or corn. Let them grow as long as pos¬ 
sible and then plow under the vines and 
seed to grass and grain. We have had 
no experience with buckwheat as green 
manure. Soy beans, with us, require 
rich soil or manure to make a fair 
growth, while the cow pea thrives on 
poor soil. If possible we would use a 
mixture of three parts acid phosphate 
to one part muriate of potash with the 
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