1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
625 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
Lima Beans. —The Extra Early Jer¬ 
seys are now in evidence, with first 
picking on August 20 from seed planted 
May 1. They were sufficiently large for 
use August 15, which would be about 105 
days from planting. According to these 
dates this variety would be fairly en¬ 
titled to the extra early class. Though 
to me a new sort it promises to be valu¬ 
able. It certainly must be hardy to have 
weathered the cold and made any 
growth, planted thus early. I remon¬ 
strated with my wife for planting them 
while it remained so cold, but she ar¬ 
gued that if the frost did not catch them 
we would be that much ahead, and if 
they were caught it would cost but lit¬ 
tle to plant over again. She was right, 
but later on I found it safer to cover 
them, which I did by nailing boards to¬ 
gether, V shape, and covering old car¬ 
pets over all. It gives evidence of pro¬ 
lific bearing quality, and as to flavor is 
very fair, though less pronounced than 
King of the Garden, and much inferior 
to Burpee’s Bush Lima. The beans were 
planted just outside the drip of the eaves 
and were run over the south end of the 
house. In spite of all the clipping back 
they have grown beyond their limit, 
which was nine feet, and so we have 
beans growing on the roof. Thus far 
they have served well their day and gen¬ 
eration, contributing something of 
beauty to an otherwise rough exterior, 
and affording shade for a very sunny 
window. Through all the terrible down¬ 
pour of rain the vines have remained 
healthy and luxuriant, and are now 
yielding a generous table supply. Ac¬ 
cording to my present way of thinking 
I shall never bother with poles while I 
can find old sheds to cover up, or set 
posts for trellis. I have always found 
more or less trouble in having to tie up 
repeatedly, but they will climb a coarse 
twine string as readily as will a morn¬ 
ing glory. In using the twine 1 have 
never had occasion to tie a vine even at 
first. With the very excellent varieties 
of the bush Limas now under cultivation 
and the ease with which the pole sorts 
may be trained to any support where a 
twine string can be hitched up in the 
air, it is not a littie strange that their 
cultivation is so much neglected. Re¬ 
ports from our experiment station at 
Lansing have been very discouraging 
for the reason that they failed to ma¬ 
ture in season. This seems a strange 
claim, when but 30 miles farther south 
they have been matured in abundance, 
when planted as late as June 12. 
Tomato Crop. —In so far as my ex¬ 
perience extends this year is the record 
breaker for the tomato growers. This 
by no means implies a bumper crop, but 
the exact reverse. A small proportion 
of the first blossoms set, but the later 
ones refused to do so until quite recent¬ 
ly, with the result that many of our 
large growers as yet have little more 
than a home supply. Up to August 20 
the home-grown crop was in no way 
equal to the demand and prices have 
ruled steadily at $3.50 to $4 per bushel. 
This pressure has been somewhat re¬ 
lieved by shipments from the South, but 
even now the home-grown are light in 
supply and inferior in quality. For 
those who succeed in maturing the late 
crop, there will be good prices in sight, 
but from the present outlook this class 
will be in the minority. There is, how¬ 
ever, some consolation in the promise 
of a seed time and harvest, and a rea¬ 
sonably late Fall will give us something 
of a crop. Through inability to procure 
stock, many of the large canneries have 
been obliged to cancel nearly all orders 
for Fall delivery. This being the case, 
the supply will be exhausted long before 
the next year’s crop will be available, 
and ought to make a bright outlook for 
the growers next year. 
Cabbage Worms. —There seems to be 
no end of trouble now with this pest, 
and I have never felt more ready to cry 
“quits” than just now. Remedies that 
have always proved effectual heretofore 
appear to have little euect unless applied 
almost daily. Flour and black pepper, 
ashes and cayenne pepper, ashes or soot 
and salt, tobacco dust in abundance, will 
any of them hold the worms in check 
for a day or two, but as soon as a little 
new growth has been made the worms 
are ready to begin anew. Between ali 
these remedies and picking the worms 
off daily the cabbages manage to get 
ahead somewhat, but they make haste 
very slowly. Now this is not the case 
in the large fields or even plots of mod¬ 
erate size, but the small garden plots are 
where the worms scatter consternation. 
The point is, that growing cabbage in 
small quantities is expensive, and who¬ 
ever attempts it usually buys his crop 
very dearly, especially if late varieties. 
By force of circumstances we had but 
very small space to devote to cabbage 
this year, and were fully convinced be¬ 
fore beginning that we would pay dear¬ 
ly for what we got. But there were a 
few sorts to be tested, and if we suc¬ 
ceed in maturing any there will be bet¬ 
ter things in store for the future. This 
is by no means written to discourage 
growing in small quantities, but in most 
cases the small plot of late cabbage will 
be dearly bought. The green worms, 
however, are always worst late in the 
season. The next remedy will be strong 
tobacco tea applied with the sprayer, 
and the plants will get a thorough 
drenching with it. If it does the work 
all right, well and good. If not, then 
kerosene emulsion will follow, and 
somehow and somewhere we will get at 
the best remedy. These experiments 
are costly in more ways than one, but in 
the end they are very helpful. As com¬ 
pared with the same season last year, 
the prices (not of worms, but of cab¬ 
bage), are away off. A year ago the de¬ 
mand was brisk at $30 to $35 per ton. 
At present the crop is moving but slow¬ 
ly at $7 to $8. Were the reverse true 
it would be more encouraging, as it is 
disheartening to sell the little that has 
been saved at unremunerative prices. 
Autumn Work. —In addition to the 
usual rush and hurry of this season of 
year, there is much additional work 
sorely needed, in repairing the damages 
of the earlier season. When the floods 
began there were acres and acres of 
ground under the best of culture and 
covered with flourishing crops. To-day 
they are growing tons and tons of nox¬ 
ious weeds that ought to be destroyed 
before maturing their seed. Doubtless 
some will be cared for, but much will 
be left to be fought in after years. Then 
the crops that do mature must be cared 
for whether or no. The dry weather is 
already being felt, and special culture is 
much needed to husband the rapidly 
evaporating moisture. The old rubbish, 
especially from the vine crops, ought to 
be destroyed in order to break up house¬ 
keeping as much as possible for the vine 
beetles. There are cover crops also that 
ought to be sown as fast as the ground 
becomes vacant, and surplus manure 
that should be out on the land. All told 
I fear this is a poor season for vacations. 
Michigan. J. e. morse. 
HIGH OR LOW HORSE FEEDING. 
High Rack or Ground? 
What is your practice in feeding hay to 
horses? Do you put it in high racks or 
make them eat it from the ground? We 
have heard it argued that eating from 
high places gets the horse in the habit of 
carrying his head high, while on the other 
hand good breeders say that feeding from 
the ground will do the same thing. Which 
is right? 
We feed the majority of our horses 
their hay right on the ground, and we 
consider it as good a way as any, if not 
better. We have a number of horses 
running out in the sheds in the Winter. 
A manger runs through the shed in 
which we feed them their grain, and also 
their hay, which is about the same as 
though it was eaten off the ground, and 
we find it an excellent way of feeding 
horses. village farm. 
East Aurora, N. Y. 
We feed hay in racks because there is 
less waste in that way. I do not believe 
that it makes a horse carry his head 
any higher to feed from a high rack. 
Donerail, Ky. harry burgoyne. 
We always feed on the ground or 
floor, right under their feet. The horses 
will always be all right, no matter what 
kind of hay is fed, so that they eat it up 
clean. m. l. ayres. 
Shenandoah, Iowa. 
I am raising Shetland ponies on a con¬ 
siderable scale. When not in pasture 
they are fed both hay and grain in low 
mangers. My observation is that a horse 
or pony that is bred and built right will 
carry himself right, j. Murray iioao. 
Maquoketa, Iowa. 
Feeding from the ground is the best 
for the horse, in my opinion; it is more 
natural, better for the eyes, and also 
keeps the back in good shape. When 
fed too high while young sometimes the 
back suffers. Keep on the ground. 
BROOKSIDE FARM CO. 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
We have used all heights of racks and 
mangers, and at present are using man¬ 
gers, the floor of which is five inches 
above the stable floor, and if we were to 
build more would put them about that 
height. Personally, I do not think 
height of manger or rack has much to 
do with carriage of head; it has to be 
bred into the horse as much as the man. 
I would as soon expect to see a horse 
with straight shoulders fly as to see him 
carry his head high; he simply cannot 
do it, but give him a sloping shoulder 
and his head will be up, check or no 
check, high rack or low manger, only 
give him good feed and a good driver. 
Plymouth, Conn. geo. l. Gordon. 
If feeding from ground would make a 
horse low headed it would seem that 
they would all be this way, for from the 
time they are two months old until 
breaking time all through their growth 
and formative period they are taking 
their feed from the ground, and any 
amount of education in after life could 
not overcome the conformation estab¬ 
lished during the growing period. The 
fact is the carriage of the head is almost 
entirely a matter of nature, which can 
be modified but not entirely made over. 
I feed my horses from the floor to keep 
them straight on their knees; would 
not feed from a high rack. All experi¬ 
enced practical horsemen that I know 
agree on this point. c. a. chapman. 
Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
We are inclined to the opinion that 
feeding from high racks may have a ten¬ 
dency to make a horse hold his head 
higher than he otherwise would, but our 
horses are inclined to hold their heads 
high enough any way. We have tried 
these high racks and discarded them for 
the following reasons: It is an un¬ 
natural way for a horse to eat. It is a 
wasteful way, much of the food being 
thrown upon the floor. Third and most 
important of all, horses are apt to get 
dirt and bits of hay in their eyes. We 
have fed on the ground, and do so now 
under some circumstances. It is the 
natural way for a horse to eat, and the 
only objection we know of is that it is 
wasteful of the feed, more or less being 
scattered, tramped on, or wet. For the 
most part we are feeding from mangers 
30 inches hign, with the bottom near the 
ground. This approaches the natural 
method of feeding, and is less wasteful 
than either of the others. If one wants 
high-headed horses we think it better 
to breed horses that naturally hold their 
heads high, than to try to produce this 
result by making them reach up for 
their food like a giraffe. 
MORGAN HORSE CO. 
Carpentersville, Ill. 
flniftn No more of them. Sow my 
UniUll WvIS hardy White, earliest, Yellow 
and Red. 3 kinds. Send for testimonials and prices. 
BEAULIEU, the Onion Specialist, Woodhaven, N.Y. 
M ammoth white winter seed 
RYE.—Will mail Circular, with picture of my 
Rye shown at i’an-American, on receipt of postal. 
Price *1 per bushel. E. L. CLA KKSON, Tivoli. N. Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
^ L Q M N best varieties, carefully selected, per¬ 
fectly clean. Fresh stock, sure to grow. 
Leading wheat varieties. Mealy and Dawson's Oolden 
Chaff. Other kinds. Poole, Fultz, Red Cross. Send for 
circulars and prices. O. C. SHEPARD CO., Medina, O 
Mammoth White Rye 
The most productive of all. Average yield 30 
bushels and one ton straw per acre, worth $30. Price, 
$1 per bu. GEO. A. BONN ELL. Waterloo, N. Y. 
W HEATS tested30to38 bu.; W.Chaff, 
Jones. McKinley, Bald, Democrat, 
Reliable. Rudy, Tuscan,Arcadian. Gold 
Coin, Mealy, Fultz, Red Wonder, Daw¬ 
son. Description; save dollars experi¬ 
menting. Prices reasonable. All wheats 
well cleaned. Write at onoe. SMITH'S 
Wheat Farm, Box A, Manchester 1 N.Y. 
Seed Wheat 
I It always pays to plant the best. Don’t sow old 
worn outsorts when you can obtain new anti 
I improved varieties which will yield 45 to 
60 BUSHELS PER ACRE. 
Write tor our new Winter Seed Wheat Catalogue 
with full descriptions and history of our New 
I Malakoff wheat, the grandest new variety ever 
before introduced. Requires less seed per acre, 
stools better and gives a larger yield than any 
other. Price !$2.()0 per bushel. 
•‘TURKISH . . . $1.25 per bu. \ Rug* 
‘WILLIAMS AM HER,” $1.50 per bu. / Free 
"RE1I RUSSIAN,”. . . . $1.00 per bu. >• In 
I “BULGARIAN.”.$1.00 per bu. \ nil 
|“MAMMOTH WINTER RYE,” 75 ct* per bu. ) case* 
Ash for Prices on Clover and Timothy 
Address J. H. KATKK1N & SON, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
SPENCER’S 
Hercules. A five wire, large bale press- 
Guaranteed capacity 3 tons an hour. 
The Alligator Box Press can bale 22 tons 
in 10 hours, or no pay. Write for catalogue. 
J. A. SPENCER, Box 60, Dwight, Ills. 
ARROW BRAND 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. 
130 Water St., New York. 
Asphalt 
Ready Rooting 
can be very 
advantageous¬ 
ly applied on 
SILOS, Farm 
Buildings or 
Sheds by any 
handy man. 
Send for free 
samples. 
For the Roofs and 
Sides of your Barns 
and Poultry-Houses 
RUBEROID 
(TRADE-MARK REGISTERED! 
ROOFING 
Lasts Indefinely. Booklet “K” 
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102 William St., New York. 
proof 
Cold Wa.ter£i< 
PAINT. | 
Other advantages— ^7? 
costs only one-fourth 
what oil paint does. 
Neither cracks, scales 
or blisters, and adheres 
to any surface. Made bjj 
In white an«l all colors. Mixes with cold 
water. Anybody can apply it. Ask the dealer 
for It. Write us for prices, tint cards, etc. 
The Water Paint Company of America, 
Dept.A-13, 100 William St. .New York. 4W 
Handy Farm Wagons 
make the work easier for both the man and team 
The tires being wide they do noteut into the ground: 
the labor of loading Is reduced many times,because 
of the short lift. They are equipped with our fam¬ 
ous Electric Steel Wheels, eitherstraightorstag- 
ger spokes. Wheels any height from 24 to 60 inches. 
White hickory axles, steel hounds. Guaranteed to 
carry 4000 lbs. Why not get started riglitby putting 
In one of these wagons. We make our stpel wheels 
to fit any wagon. Write for the catalog It is free 
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