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the rural nkw-yorker. 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
Crops for Canning.— 1. WViat are the 
most profitable crops to grow for the can¬ 
ning factories? 2. How would tomatoes 
do, and what are the best varieties? I had 
ilso thought of cabbage and cauliflower. 3. 
What would be the average cost and yield 
per acre of any of the above crops? 4. I 
have grown sugar beets, and when loaded 
on the car there was no further trouble, 
and would prefer to grow crops that could 
be handled in the same way. m. o. r. 
Albion, Mich. 
1 . It will depend entirely upon the de¬ 
mand of the factories for which you 
grow. Corn, cucumbers, tomatoes or 
perhaps cauliflower are all fairly good 
crops for any of the factories which use 
them; but most of the manufacturers 
have special lines and do not use all va¬ 
rieties of vegetables. The safe way then 
will be to consult them as to the crops 
desired, and make contracts according¬ 
ly. 2. Tomatoes are a good crop to grow, 
and probably the surest of any. The va¬ 
rieties will depend upon the needs of the 
canneries in your locality. If the red 
varieties are sought after I know of 
nothing better than Success, Matchless 
or Combination. If purple or crimson 
varieties are most used, then any of the 
.standard purple sorts will be good. It is 
safest, however, to consult the wishes of 
the manufacturers as varieties used vary 
in different localities. Cauliflower would 
not be a safe crop to grow for the pick¬ 
ling factories only, and ordinarily the 
demand would not be very great. Cab¬ 
bage would be very little used by the 
.factories, but would be a good crop for 
the open market, or could be stored for 
a longer or shorter time. 3. The esti¬ 
mates as to cost of growing and yield 
per acre are only approximate at best, 
and vary widely owing to conditions. 
Good authorities, however, give for to¬ 
matoes a yield of 200 to 400 bushels with 
a value of $100 to $200 per acre; cabbage 
produces from 4,000 to 12,000 heads with 
value from $150 to $400 or $500 per acre. 
Cauliflower would not vary widely from 
cabbage. These estimates are not par¬ 
ticularly reliable for the single individ¬ 
ual and may, of course, vary,from al¬ 
most total failure to even larger than 
the highest estimates. Many chances at 
best must be taken. All we can do is 
,to sow in hope, doing our part well and 
.trust in Providence for results. 4. Cu- 
. cumbers are a good crop provided the 
factories in your locality use them; but 
none of the above crops excepting cab¬ 
bage can be handled all at once as can 
the sugar beets. Tomatoes, cucumbers 
or cauliflower can only be handled as 
they mature, and this will cover quite a 
long season of close application. They 
must be handled when ready and delay 
will be at the expense of the crop. This 
'Consideration will be of much import¬ 
ance in deciding which crop or crops will 
best suit your condition. 
Cover Crop for Garden.—M y garden is 
on the hillside. I cannot plow it on account 
of small fruits. What can I sow there 
to keep it from washing in Winter, and 
when? F. p. b. 
Ayer, Mass. 
This is a difficult question, as I know 
of no crop that could be sown after the 
garden crop would come off that would 
make sufficient root to be much protec¬ 
tion again washing. Crimson clover or 
rye might be of some assistance, pro¬ 
vided the garden crops grown would 
permit of sowing the seed before they 
were taken off. The most reasonable 
treatment would be to work the ground 
late in the Fall across the face of the 
hill leaving the surface rough as pos¬ 
sible with occasional trenches, then 
cover with fine manure well mixed with 
plenty of coarse litter. Sand Lucerne or 
Alfalfa would doubtless solve the prob¬ 
lem if the root system could become 
well established; but this would be im¬ 
possible in so short a time. The above 
treatment will assist very materially. 
More About Wheel Hoes. —On page 
306 Dr. Van Fleet takes issue with my 
previous assertions as to the double 
wheel hoe. Many of our readers cannot 
afford two implements so why not add 
a little to the cost of the cheaper one 
and buy the one that will do the work 
of both? Much of the work of the ordi¬ 
nary garden can by no possibility be 
done with the light cheap hoes described 
on page 306. While it can be easily and 
rapidly performed with the double hoe 
as directed on pages 251 and 289. We 
grant that the double wheel hoe ready 
for work weighs about 16 pounds. The 
single wheel, same make, weighs some¬ 
thing more than one-half this amount. 
Yet the weight resting as it does on the 
wheels is hardly noticeable in either 
case. Between the double and single 
hoes with the same attachments so far 
as possible, the difference in cost is 
$1.25. In the ordinary garden work 
from planting to laying by the crop, I 
can save this difference in cost in two 
days’ time at prevailing wages. Of 
course the cheap hoes mentioned on 
page 306 are good so far as they go, but 
are as the Shetland pony to the draft 
horse or roadster. I admit that I have 
often grown tired with operating the 
double hoe, yet it was very restful to 
realize that in many kinds of work I 
could accomplish in one hour the same 
amount of labor that I could in two 
hours with the single hoe. The double 
wheel does not necessitate going astride 
the row unless so desired. Set the hoes 
tightly together and peel one side of one 
row as closely as you please, yet it 
makes a merry time of weed killing to 
finish an entire row at one and the same 
time. My wife is quite slight of stature, 
yet I have seen her do splendid work 
and plenty of it with the double hoe 
among the flowers and vegetables with¬ 
out complaint of weariness. My little 
eight-year-old girl can operate it very 
nicely when it is set sufficiently low that 
she can reach the handles naturally. I 
will take the double hoe first, last and 
all the time, but there is a know-how 
that requires thought and study to op¬ 
erate them easily, and at the same time 
take advantage of circumstances to ac¬ 
complish the most work in the shortest 
possible time. J. e. morse. 
Michigan. _ 
Yellow^Peach to Follow Crawford. 
C. T. W., Elizabeth, N. J .—Do you know of 
a more profitable Yellow peach the same 
in season or later than Late Crawford? 
Ans.— Chairs is just such a peach as 
seems to be desired. It ripens almost 
with Late Crawford, being a very little 
later, is fully as good in every way, is a 
little larger, and ripens more evenly, 
and is better liked by those who have 
the two kinds growing in large commer¬ 
cial orchards side by side. h. e. v. d. 
Feeding FI ye in Sheaf. 
T. D. W., Florida —Will rye fed in the 
sheaf injure stock or poultry? 
Ans. —Cases are reported where rye, 
fed in the sheaf, has caused abortion in 
cattle—the trouble being ergot, which 
seems more frequently found on rye 
than any other grain. Work horses eat 
the sheaf rye well, though we much pre¬ 
fer to run it through a cutter before 
feeding. Our hens do not care for rye 
and we find it next to impossible to get 
them to eat it unless ground and mixed 
with other feeds. 
Some Apples for Texas. 
W. W. D., Austin, Texas.—I would like to 
ask of Prof. Van Deman what apples would 
do well here. Would the list given the 
Alabama man, page 305, or any part of it, 
be suitable for Texas? 
Ans. —Yes, the apple best for Alabama 
will do quite well for Texas, but there 
are several varieties of Texas origin that 
seem to be peculiarly well suited to the 
conditions there. The climate of that 
State is quite different, being drier, than 
that of the Eastern and Central States, 
and it is so large and variable within 
itself that what will suit one part of it 
may not be right for another. In Gray¬ 
son, Fanin and others of the northern 
counties, where I have traveled aad in¬ 
vestigated closely, many of the apples 
that succeed best in Kansas and that 
general region do very well. Along the 
Rio Grande, in extreme western Texas, 
I saw many kinds of apples doing well 
under irrigation. But in the vicinity of 
Austin the list would be a little more 
limited. The new varieties of Texas 
origin may be found in most of the nur¬ 
series of that State, and it would be well 
to consult their catalogues. Oldenburg 
seems to be one of the surest bearers 
among the Summer apples and with¬ 
stands the droughts better than many 
others. The same is true of Yellow 
Transparent, which is a very early kind 
and begins to bear at a very early age. 
It may seem a mistaken idea but I have 
noticed that the kinds of apples that will 
safely withstand the most cold will also 
endure the greatest degree of heat and 
drought. The evaporating influences in 
both cases are most trying to the con¬ 
stitution of the tree. h. e. v. d. 
A Lame Man Tends 20 Acres of 
Potatoes. 
We will suppose our potato grower to 
be able to get around sufficiently to tend 
to his horses. He will need three horses 
at least; four would be better. With these 
hitched on to a good riding plow the plow¬ 
ing will soon be a thing of the past. Then 
three horses on the harrow with the driver 
riding the fourth horse and directing them 
would keep the ground in fine condition 
before and after planting, which could be 
done by any of the improved planters 
drawn by horses. When the plants are 
too large to permit the use of the harrow, 
the two-horse cultivator may be brought 
into play. Eagle claws will be better than 
the large shovels unless the weeds are 
large, but the grower must suit himself 
on this point. The digging can be done 
with the horses’ help and the grower must 
hire the picking up done. w. e. g. 
Nebraska. 
R. N.-Y.—Why not ride on the harrow 
an-d use an automatic pump for killing 
bugs? _ 
For the land’s sake, use Bowlter’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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