1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
23 
Grape Tests in Wisconsin. 
(CONTINUED.) 
than the Delaware, and almost as pure 
in flavor as the vinifera. It has one 
fault, however, that practically con¬ 
demns it for this climate ; it is not hardy 
enough in hud. The slightest indication 
of frost injures many of the buds, and 
either from this cause or some other, the 
fruit ripens unevenly. Fruit may be 
found, during the ripening season, in all 
stages of ripeness, and even as late as 
October 1, bunches may be found per¬ 
fectly green. 
Colerain. —This white grape, a seed¬ 
ling of Concord, ranks midway between 
Green Mountain and Niagara in season, 
size, and quality. It is much better in 
quality than the latter, but lacks the 
pure flavor of Green Mountain, being 
decidedly foxy; not as prolific as Nia¬ 
gara, but seems to be more hardy. 
Early Ohio. —This resembles Concord 
in many respects, in size of bunches and 
berries and quality ; it is, hosvever, fully 
three weeks earlier than Concord, and a 
week to 10 days earlier than Moore's 
Early. It is not an attractive grape in 
quality or appearance, but for the North, 
is valuable on account of its earliness. 
Grape growers here must have a grape 
that will ripen before the rush of Con¬ 
cords from the East and South floods the 
market. Moore’s Early is now exten¬ 
sively grown for an early variety, but 
although early and handsome, it is not 
prolific enough to be valuable. 
Green Mountain. —The earliest white 
grape grown here, and remarkably pure 
in flavor ; bunches medium in size, com¬ 
monly shouldered; berries small, but 
larger than Delaware; flesh tender, 
juicy, sweet and almost entirely free 
from any harsh flavor. The berries are 
not borne compactly, neither do they 
adhere well to the peduncles. For these 
reasons, it will not be valuable for long 
shipment. It ripens with Early Ohio. 
Moyer. —This variety has but little to 
recommend it aside from its earliness. 
It ripened last year with Early Ohio and 
Green Mountain; bunches small; ber¬ 
ries small with tough skin ; flesh tender, 
and with a strong foxy flavor. The vines 
lack vigor, and are not prolific. 
Potter’s Seedling. —A trifle earlier 
than Concord; bunches large, shoul¬ 
dered ; berries as large as Moore’s Early, 
with thick, tough skin; flesh firm, tough. 
This is an exceedingly prolific variety. 
Worden. —So well known now that no 
description or mention is needed except 
to predict that it will, in time, displace 
its parent, Concord, for home use and 
local market. 
Many other varieties fruited, and no 
doubt, possess much merit; but these 
are the ones that remain most distinct 
in memory. After all, it is but one 
opinion. My friend in Minnesota, no 
doubt, saw entirely different things when 
looking at similar varieties in his vine¬ 
yard. If his opinions differ from mine, 
I can only say that he did not see the 
grapes that I saw, neither was his taste 
the same as mine. Frederic cranefield. 
Wisconsin Ex. Station. 
HOPE FARM NOTES. 
Better Egg ltecords.—Our hens took quite a 
start after December 10, and finished the month 
with a record of 362 eggs. Last year, we had over 
twice as many fowls, yet they laid only 71 eggs. 
We have more pullets this year, and we think 
the feeding is better. We began to feed a small 
quantity of oil meal in the mash about December 
15. This seems to have suited the hens very 
well. In 1897, we fed nothing but soft mash, 
keeping a well-balanced ration before the hens 
all the time. It did not work well. The 
older hens ate too much and got fat and dumpy. 
Some died from this cause. Now we are 
feeding mash in the morning, and cracked corn 
noon and night, with plenty of green cabbage. 
Eggs are selling “ eight for a quarter ” in our 
local market, and nine eggs a day will pay the 
grain bill for the entire flock. The White Leg¬ 
horns are doing the best laying thus far. The 
Minorcas in the house with the Leghorns eat 
more food, and seem happier through the cold 
spells, but have not shelled out quite so many 
eggs. 
“Following Instructions.”—A neighbor has 
a nice flock of hens—a cross between White 
Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn. This man 
takes a well-known poultry paper, and used to 
swear by it. He read in it some advice about 
feeding salt—some one said he fed four spoonfuls 
of salt in the morning mash. This man put in 
four spoonfuls with no apparent effect on the 
egg yield. Then he put in five, six, seven, eight, 
and finally nine. The result was that he “ took 
out a bushel of dead hens /” He swears at the paper 
now. No use talking, the newspaper man has 
much to answer for—both his own sins and the 
sins of those who carry his teachings out to 
ridiculous extremes. 
Pig Pork —During the holidays, pork is usually 
low in our part of the country. Farmers take 
this time for slaughtering. It takes several hogs 
to pay taxes, and many are crowded upon the 
local market about tax-paying time. Local 
butchers can buy dressed pork for five cents. We 
were offered 6J4 cents for our largest shotes. We 
found that, by selling to private customers half 
a carcass at a time, we could get 7 and 7 Vs- The 
shotes are not fat, and will dress about 75 pounds 
each. This pig pork is very popular. It gives a 
small joint and a small chop, and there is not too 
much fat about it. As we raise them, these little 
pigs are profitable. They were fed on rape and 
farm refuse until cold weather, and then we 
began to cook up cabbage, small potatoes and 
turnips, thickening the mess with wheat bran, 
and fed it warm. We have not used any corn 
except the nubbins of sweet corn which were 
left as too small at picking time. Pork made in 
this way is very cheap, because it represents 
produce that might otherwise be wasted. We 
are satisfied that a Spring pig of good parentage 
pushed through the Summer on rape, clover and 
sorghum, and fed a little bran and corn, is a 
mighty good farm boarder. 
Holiday Presents.—The Hope Farm folks fail 
to see why New Year’s is better than any other 
day for making promises. The best way to spell 
promise is to take the first and last letters and 
put these letters in between, “erformanc.” Santa 
Claus managed to get around to Hope Farm, but 
his bag was nearly empty when he got there. He 
left several suggestive presents for the children. 
The Graft has picked up one or two tricks that 
must be pruned out of him. He found in his 
stocking a bunch of stout switches to remind him 
of the pruning process. The largest Scion is 
likely to go at his food after the manner of Billy 
Berkshire. Santa Claus brought him a big 
wooden paddle with a suggestive note written on 
it. The Bud cries too easily, and in her stocking 
was a sheet which her mother was to hang up in 
the corner. Whenever the Bud plays “bawl”, 
she has to go and wipe her eyes on the sheet. 
These suggestions have been very useful to our 
little folks. There are plenty of grown-up people 
that might profit from them. 
Scarlet Fever.—On December 13, we were 
startled to find that the youngest Scion had the 
scarlet fever! No one can tell just where it 
came from, but I can tell you it was dishearten¬ 
ing with Christmas near at hand, and four little 
folks in the house. The house was quarantined 
aVonce. We put the sick child with a nurse into 
one of the up-stairs rooms, kept the other chil¬ 
dren down stairs, and got ready for the fray. I 
say “ we ”, but to tell the truth, I had little to do 
with it. I was away from home when the case 
broke out, and as I would not take the responsi¬ 
bility of going and coming from the house, I 
stayed away except for two short visits. We 
took every precaution we could think of, but in 
spite of all, just as we thought the end was in 
sight, on December 31, down came the larger 
Scion with the fever. It was a sad ending for the 
old year. The Hope Farm folks will be shut in 
for weeks yet. -I don’t care to say much about 
treatment and precaution for holding the dis¬ 
ease till the siege is over. Then, I think, our ex¬ 
perience as a “ shut-in ” family will be inter¬ 
esting. 
A Smart Girl.—A younger sister of the Cut¬ 
ting, now about 15 years old, is a miss who 
usually hits. She doesn’t take to housework or 
picking beans or berries, but is a great hand to 
sell things. She sold tea and coffee enough to 
buy a bicycle and a watch. She buys seeds, and 
raises plants for sale, and even sells wild soil out 
of the woods. This came from selling wild flow¬ 
ers and ferns. Ladies in Paterson bought ferns 
and potted them in common soil. The ferns did 
not thrive, and this girl brought them soil from 
the woods—low places where the ferns grew. 
This led to quite a trade in such wild soil at 15 
cents per half peck. This is about the most 
singular trade I have heard of yet. It shows 
what a young girl can do with almost unknown 
possibilities if she will only try to hunt for op¬ 
portunities. It shows, too, that Nature knows 
what plants need, and that about the best we 
can do is to imitate rather than to try to improve 
her methods. H- w - C. 
Lost flesh lately? 
Does your brain tire? 
Losing control over your 
nerves ? 
Are your muscles becom¬ 
ing exhausted? 
You certainly know the 
remedy. It is nothing new; 
just the same remedy that 
has been curing these cases 
of thinness and paleness for 
twenty-five years. Scott’s 
Emulsion. The cod-liver 
oil in it is the food that 
makes the flesh, and the hy- 
pophosphites give tone to 
the nerves. 
$oc. and $i.oo, all druggists. 
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists, New York. 
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“DLANET JR.” CHAPTERS.—II. 
HOW THEY GROW ONIONS 
__ IN RHODE ISLAND. 
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