1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
775 
Hope Farm Notes 
Hollixg Ground.— Here is a problem 
from Kentuck.v: “Would the Hope Farm 
man let me know if I can roll ground 
where gras.s, clover and Winter oats have 
been sown, and where some of this seed 
has already sprouted and is about one- 
sixth of an inch high? I did not roll it 
.sooner on account of rain, and now am 
afraid to crush it. Is fertilizer sown be¬ 
fore or after the seed?" 
I would be willing to roll the land pro¬ 
vided it is not too wet. It w’ould not answer 
to roll muddy land, for the roller would 
bunch up like a snowball and ruin part 
of the seeding. If the ground is dry enough 
the roller will not hurt the grass roots. 
We seeded grass in one field of corn this 
year. In cutting the corn much tramping 
was done on the young grass. For a time 
it looked as though great damage had been 
done, but the grass came up without in¬ 
jury. The best time to use fertilizer is at 
the time of sowing the seed or before. It 
is better to work the fertilizer into the soil 
as would be done by harrowing or drilling 
in the seed. The best place for fertilizer 
is in the upper part of the soil. 
Why? 
Because that is where the feeding roots 
of the plant work, and the tendency of 
most fertilizers is to go down anyway. 
Clover and Rye. —Here is a Jerseyman 
after information: “In Hope Farm Notes 
it is .said that the writer has sown rye 
in his corn and hopes to add clover in the 
Spring. That is just what I should like to 
do. Will he tell me when and how to add 
the clover? I expect to cut the rye early 
for fodder.” 
Yes, after the corn is cut we scatter 
rye over the field and work it in with the 
cultivator. This is not the best way to 
sow rye. The field would do much better 
if plowed and harrowed, but we have not 
been able to do much plowing this Fall, 
and this rough seeding of rye is better than 
nojie. Clover will be added next Spring 
in the usual way. The best time with us 
is the latter part of March or early in 
April. We take a frosty morning while 
the crust is frozen into little cracks and 
wrinkles, and broadcast the seed. A corn¬ 
field thus seeded ought to be rolled to 
crush down the stalks and level the ridges. 
We would do this when the crust is frozen, 
otherwise the roller will take up too much 
mud. Y’ou must understand that I intend 
this rye and clover for hog pasture. Foi- a 
mowing field this preparation would not 
make it smooth enough. What we expect 
10 do is to let the hogs pasture on the rye 
and then go to. another field while the. 
clover is getting large enough for them. , 
Farm Notes.— The last of the corn was 
cut October 23. . It liad not been hurt seri- 
ousl 5 ’ by frost at that time. We might 
have let all the corn stand until October 
1"), but I expected frost earlier, and had it 
all cut but a small patch of a new variety 
which we are trying. It is a wonderful 
corn for fodder. Even in this slow' season 
most of the stalks are over 12 feet high, 
and fair-sized stalks well matured w’el.gh 
4',4 pounds. Yes, I understand that such 
stalks mean a possible 40 tons of silage per 
acre, and with a full knowledge of w'hat ;i. 
“big story” is I believe that I can easily- 
make it yield 30 tons. Whether the lower 
part of the stalks w'ould be better than 
])ine chips is another discussion! This i-'i* 
a dent variety, entirely new, and must not 
be confused with the yellow flint which 
is the mainstay at Hoj)e Farm. 
Would we have g^iined much by letting the 
corn stand two weeks longer? Not much. 
'I’he wind and flood w’ould have blown most 
Of it down, and. after all, corn never grows 
much in October after it has lost ground 
in July. Even the cabbage and yellow 
turnips make a very slow growth during 
these beautiful October days. Corn might 
mature seed better on its roots, but there 
would not be much other gain. There is 
no iLse expecting October to correct the 
moods and tears of a wet July., .... 
We are selling ajjples all the time. The 
ciuality never was better, and we have no> 
trouble in disposing of them. I could 
easily sell 10 times as many. Our Green¬ 
ings are larger than ever before. As I 
have stated, the Greening orchard is in sod. 
We cut a heavy crop of grass, and at once 
put on nitrate of soda. This shot up the 
grass for the second crop and, I think, also 
helped the apples. It is now well known 
that my idea of feeding apple trees is to 
use manure in the Fall if at all. If w'e 
are to use chemicals I w'ould use potash 
and i^hosphoric acid in late Summer or 
I'^all. I do not know of any better form of 
nitrogen for trees than nitrate of soda, 
and I would make tw'o or three applications 
of it through the season.We are 
to plant 500 apple trees this Fall—probably 
they will go into the ground the first week 
in November. As for varieties there will 
be 300 Baldwins, 100 McIntosh Red, 50 Sut¬ 
ton Beauty and 50 Wealthy. I may be- 
criticised for planting so many Baldwins, 
but this variety is about at its best in our 
locality under sod culture. We have them 
this year as solid as baseballs and red as 
cherries. As for McIntosh I consider n- 
the best Fall red apple we have. With 
Rod Astrachan, Williams. Wealthy, Mc¬ 
Intosh, Baldwin and Sutton we expect to 
have a string of dark-colored apples that 
will run through the whole season. People 
want red fruit, and such a string will out¬ 
sell Y'ellow Transparent, Porter, Fall Pip¬ 
pin, Grimes Golden and Greening, though | 
the lighter colored fruit is quite as good 
for eating or cooking. I wish we could 
grow good Spitzenburgs, but we seem to 
be a little out of line on that.Our 
buckwheat crop was fair, and what is far 
better we Imve a fine “catch” of Timothy 
in the grain. All our grass was cut twice, 
but the open Fall has started it up well 
for the third time, and it will go into Win¬ 
ter quarters in fine condition. Geo. M. 
Clark advises cutting such grass close be¬ 
fore Winter, or even burning it off. My 
experience is that it is a good thing to 
have a little coat of dead grass on the 
fields. 
Odd Questions.— Here is one from the 
State of Washington: “Do the clingstone 
peaches sell as well in the New York 
market as the freestones?” 1 
No—the New York market prefers a-free¬ 
stone peach. The great bulk of peaches in 
the city are sold from fruit stands—eaten 
out of the hand. Commission men make 
quite a point of breaking open a peach to 
show that it separates well from the pit 
when selling to the fruit stands. Few 
people like to eat a cling peach out of the 
hand. While of coim^e best clings will 
sell in New York the freestones are more 
popular. 
Here is a curious question from Penn- 
syivania: “Will you name the best lantern 
or substitute for a lantern that a young 
woman, obliged to walk every night along 
a lonely country road about a short half 
mile, can carry? Safety and convenience 
of lighting are the two points sought, and 
if there is one constructed to carry a sup- 
i)ly of matches it will be very desirable.” 
Our folks u.se a Dietz lantern with a 
reflector at such times. This lantern gives 
a strong light, is not easily blown out. and 
the reflector throws the light out well. I 
have used a bull’s eye or dark lantern at 
such times. This throws the light only in 
front, and shows the track very well. I 
would like to hear from others about this. 
What form of lantern do you find best, 
and how do you use it on a wagon in the 
dark? 
Home NotUs.- One of the little gray cats 
followed us on our Sunday afternoon walk. 
She kept up very well for about two miles, 
and then all of a sudden she disappeared 
in the thick woods. We called her and 
waited for her, but she probably had an 
engagement w'ith some squirrel which of¬ 
fered fresher meat than our society. The 
sun was going down and we were obliged 
to head for home. The children were sad 
to think of Tabby alone in the woods, and 
they could hardly believe that she could 
find her way home. All through Monday 
they waited in vain for her. but long after 
dark, after supper, there came a crying at 
• the door. When it was opened in ran 
Tabby, gladder to get home than any 
prodigal son that ever ran the whole range 
from riotous living to husks. Some of you 
.good folks who haven’t known what it is 
to be really glad for years should have 
heard the shout our little folks let out 
;it the sight of that gray cat! It was a 
welcome that a man might well walk 
many a mi e to earn. I am glad to see 
(Children have such honest pleasure oyer 
simple things, and I like to have them give 
their friends a welcome that means some¬ 
thing.We have great times in 
our home after supper before the open fire. 
There is just enough snap in ,the air to 
make the fire agreeable. Of course the 
lamps are put out and there is a great de¬ 
mand for stories. Something started us 
to telling Indian stories the other night, 
and I told ;the children about the attack on 
Deerfield—that bitter cold night years ago. 
'Phen I told them about the brave Ohio 
woman who. alone in her cabin at night, 
thought she heard the Indians outside. 
She left her sleeping children inside an(3 
went out, hoping that the Indians would 
take her and leave her little ones un¬ 
harmed. Happily there were no jndlans 
near, but that didn’t dim her record. The 
Indians .seemed very near to the httie 
boys after these stories. They concluded 
that our old stone house would be a fine 
place for a fort. When the Indians come 
we expect to put the girls down cellar and 
stand to our guns like men. while the 
Madame and Ida are to throw hot water 
at the redskins. The little boys talked 
bravely of what they will do. but w'hen 
they went to bed they were fflnd to pull 
the cover up over their heads—to prevent 
their being scalped! h. w. c. 
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except the sun itself can possibly be so 
useful to the farmer in stable, loft, cel¬ 
lar. doing a hundred chores, as a 
DIETZ Blast LANTERN. 
Wherever it goes it drives away blackness 
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There’s no other so convenient. Dietz lan¬ 
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Icsrn to know thoin. Then you cui got your cboloo from 
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