1S03 
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EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
Finished Work. —Early in the season 
we outlined a plan for preparing a hill¬ 
side for the planting to peach trees next 
Spring. I judge that said hillside has 
had pretty poor grooming and scanty 
rations in the past, and we have been 
aiming in our season’s treatment to im¬ 
prove these conditions. The original 
plan w'as to sow buckwheat early in 
June and about August 1 plow it under 
and plant wax beans for the late sea¬ 
son’s market. The slow maturing of the 
beans already in the ground convinced 
me that planting more at that late sea¬ 
son would simply return us our labor 
for the pains expended, so another plan 
was followed. We left the buckwheat 
until September and turned it under af¬ 
ter maturing and followed up with a 
heavy application of well-rotted manure. 
After several harrowings at intervals 
rye was so'Wij with a pretty lavish hand. 
Tim(jthy seed has been scattered well, 
and early in Spring we shall supplement 
this with clover seed. So thus far the 
job is finished; the work has been well 
donq. and ttue ground appears to be in 
fine condition. As to the alter treat¬ 
ment, I believe that sod mulch will be 
cheaper than clean culture, and present 
expectations are, to follow that course. 
I expect that in the Spring there will be 
buckwheat, rye and Timothy growing 
there. Possibly the rye may be cut for 
hay, but I think not, as I am after a 
covering for that hill, and so prefer to 
clip it off and leave it on the ground. 
There are far too many stones covered 
up there to make cultivation very in¬ 
spiring sport, but stony as it is a few 
years ago it produced famous crops of 
peaches, and we hope to coax it back to 
its old-time cunning. The root cellar is 
now aiEO one of the completed jobs. Two 
or three days’ labor of one man and $1 
outlay for slabs to make the roof were 
about the sum total of expense. The 
knoll made most of the two sides and 
rear end, so there was little outside to 
provide for save the roof and front end. 
1 think it is rain proof, as a soaking 
rain has already tested that feature, and 
frost will have brisk hustling to find an 
entrance. 
The Unfinished Business. —There is 
a long list of it, and it will require good 
weather and lots of it to place the whole 
in the finished column. The wagon just 
now passed by heavily loaded with ma¬ 
nure, which will find its way to the red 
raspberry grounds, and this reminds me 
that this will remain unfinished busi¬ 
ness as long as the manure piles hold 
out. The only regret in this connection 
is that there are not more and larger 
piles accessible. We have the satisfac¬ 
tion of knowing, however, that more 
has been done in this line the past sea¬ 
son than in three or four years previous¬ 
ly, and this we hail as a favorable symp¬ 
tom in the change we are endeavoring 
to work. The onions for early Spring 
bunching are coming on in very good 
shape, but the colder weather now ad¬ 
monishes us that they must soon be pro¬ 
vided with their Winter “hat.” We be¬ 
lieve that protection during cold weath¬ 
er is good for them, although we shall 
uncover them at the first peep of Spring, 
Of late we have been into a sort of gen¬ 
eral cleaning up as the odd hours have 
permitted. We have not had very far 
to seek to find much rubbish that is 
more profitably burned than consigned 
to a compost heap. Cremated insects 
and weed seeds are far more safe and 
reliable than if left lurking around. We 
prefer their remains to their living, 
moving bodies. A red raspberry patch 
that has served its day and generation 
has been receiving some attention. First 
we allowed the fire to run through it, 
which has cleaned up considerable rub¬ 
bish. Now we are clearing off the 
brush preparatory to breaking up the 
ground with the plow. We think it good 
policy to let frost wrestle with the roots 
during the Winter and put as many as 
possible out of business. The ground is 
favorably situated for some early hoed 
crop, and with thorough fitting and 
plentiful manuring in Spring we think 
a crop of sweet corn will, fit in very 
nicely. The fact is, that all our land 
has been poorly cared for the past four 
or five years, and we believe that change 
of crops with clover, lime and all the 
manure we can get hold of will be about 
the best tonic w'e can prescribe at pres¬ 
ent. So we have nearly decided to make 
haste siowly in enlarging our small 
fruit plantations until the ground has 
been more thoroughly renovated. 
Work for Wet Days.— Just now 
there is a dearth of wet days, and so the 
rainy weather jobs are going by default. 
Among these past times the cleaning, 
oiling and repairing of harness looms up 
conspicuously. Then the field and gar- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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den tools come in for their share of at¬ 
tention. Some of the woodwork of these 
tools will be much benefited by a coat 
of paint. This we have on hand, but 
we have never tried this particular 
brand for wood painting. It is said, 
however, to add years of l^fe and wear 
to timber, and we’ shall test its meritri 
We have found the ordinary brands of 
axle grease very good for the steel and 
iron portion of the tools, and it cer¬ 
tainly pays to use something of the sort 
before placing in Winter storage. Some 
argue that tools of all kinds are so plen¬ 
tiful now and so easily obtained that 
time expended in their care is practical¬ 
ly thrown away. In other words, the 
time thus spent will buy the new ones 
and their improvements, and the old 
ones may be laid aside without practical 
loss. This argument is decidediy lame, 
for a tool properly cared for will amply 
repay the cost of all the labor bestowed 
in the ease with which it is operated, 
and the better work which it will do. 
J. E. MORSE. 
EXPERIENCE WITH FALL LETTUCE. 
S, C. N., on page 773, asks about sow¬ 
ing lettuce seed and caring for it 
through Winter. I will give him a lit¬ 
tle of my experience. I- sow my seed 
the first of September, when the plants 
have four or five leaves transplant them 
in frames made of boards a foot wide, 
the frames made to fit any window sash 
I may have. Of course regular hothouse 
frames are best, but not really neces¬ 
sary. Make the soil very rich, water 
the plants well when first set in beds, 
and give them plenty of air. So far this 
year I have only put the glass over them 
nights. 1 want them only to get thor¬ 
oughly rooted in the Fall, then remain 
almost dormant through the Winter and 
be ready to force as early as possible 
in the Spring. I have now over 2,000 
lettuce plants under glass, and feel sure 
of having liettuce ready for the table by 
the time the seed can be sown in open 
ground. This year I was using and sell¬ 
ing lettuce to my neighbors by April 15. 
It readily sells for nearly two months 
from that time for 10 cents a head. Two 
years ago I sold $55 worth, the last year 
it brought me $65.20, and one good thing 
about it is the money comes in when we 
are getting very little from the garden. 
I treat pansies the same way and real¬ 
ize nearly as much, the lettuce being 
only $1 ahead of the pansies. My other 
early work that brings in the money is 
rhubarb, but the rhubarb has fallen 
behind in the race, only reaching $49. 
1 used to put in Boston Market and Big 
Boston lettuce. They both winter well 
but I did not like the color of the Bos¬ 
ton, and the Big Boston takes too much 
room. I now put in Grolden Queen, 
which makes a good head of rich color 
and fine flavor. I set the plants in rows 
about seven inches each way. In the 
center of each square made hy four 
plants of the Golden Queen I put a plant 
of Grand Rapids; that is not a head let¬ 
tuce but I And it to be very hardy, a 
very pretty curly leaf and rapid grower. 
I have then an equal number you will 
notice of the two kinds of lettuce. The 
Grand Rapids can be taken out easily, 
tie three of them together, and the 
bunches readily bring 10 cents. That 
gives the headed lettuce plenty of room 
which will be ready to pull by the time 
the Grand Rapids is gone. I say pull 
because I find that if pulled and the 
roots washed clean it looks nearly as 
well and does not wilt as quickly as 
when jt is cut. My experience may be 
given too late to help S. C. M. this year 
but it may the next. n. h. d. 
North "rarrytown, N. Y. ‘ 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
The coffee habit is quickly over¬ 
come by those who let Grain-O 
take its place. If properly made 
it tastes like the best of coffee. N o 
grain coffee compares with it ia 
flavor or healthfulness. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
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CALIFORNIA 
APPLE BOXES, 
One-third barrel, regulation size with. 
Panel Ends. Samples and prices on 
application. 
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CASE BROS., COLCHESTER, CONN. 
THERE IS NO 
SLICKER LIKE 
Lorty year 5 and after many years 
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$ 
19 
.80 
“LEADER” Road 
Wagon — Imitation 
leather trimmed: 
carpet, wrench and 
shafts; just as illustrated, 
description. 
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$ 
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50 
"CHALLENGE" 
Buggy—24 in. body, 
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Cos Cob, Conn. 
$ J I foi* this large 
I I handsome 
I I steel range 
without high closet or reservoir. With 
large, high roomy warming closet, tea 
shelves and reservoir just as shown in 
cnt, {16.95. Reservoir is porcelain on in¬ 
side, asbestos covered on outside and set 
into a steel casing so that it retains the 
heat and keeps water much hotter than the 
old style. The top ol this big rsnge is 
26x46 inches, has 6 cooking 
holes, large roomy oven 20x 
16x13 inches with square 
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liave steel ranges with much 
larger and smaller ovens, 
sizes to suit all.) The body 
ofthis high grade range is made of 
cold rolled steel, top and all castings of 
best No. 1 pigiron. Crate; we use im' 
$ 
3 
Qfl for this 
Oak 
Heater 
Just as illustrated. Burns 
hard or soft coal or wood. 
Has drawn center grate, 
corrugated fire pot, cold 
rolled sheet steel body 
heavy cast base, large cast 
feed doer, ash pit door and 
large ash pan, swing top, 
double screw draft-regula- 
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top ring name plate, foot 
rails, etc. 
We have heating 
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I lot blast, air tights, the 
kind thatretailsfbr$3.00, 
for 96c. Base burners 
at the regular price. 
WE GUARANTEE 
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^ 1903 Shredder Blades 
{"Patent Applied_for) 
make efficient shredders out of "Ohio” Feed and Ensilage 
Cutters. The New Shredder Bla.de is the regular "Ohio” 
knife with solid integrally projecting bits which cut and 
tear corn stalks into a nicely shredded condition, as shown 
in the picture. It makes corn-hay of the fodder. 
Shredder Bla.des are interchangeable with knives on all 
sizes "Ohio” Cutters. They successfully reduce fodder to 
the proper condition and do not pulverize the leaves like 
other styles. They sKred with the same power, speed and 
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to 700 revolutions. Power, 2 Horse Tread up to 12 h. p. 
Engine according to size. Let us send the 1903 catalogue 
of "Ohio” Cutters and Shredders. "Modern Silage 
Methods” 10c, coin or stamps. Manufactured by 
THE SILVER MFG. CO.. Ssklem, Ohio. EstabUshtdiSS4- 
