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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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uniform health, and require less care 
and attention than when planted in soil. 
Regarding Jadoo Liquid, the company 
has this to say : 
“It is a highly concentrated solution 
of the elements which enter into Jadoo 
Fibre, the proportion of these elements 
being slightly changed. It is used, di¬ 
luted with water, in the proportion of 
one part Jadoo Liquid to 48 parts water. 
We believe it to be the best liquid fer¬ 
tilizer made. It is easy and clean to 
handle. Its composition never varies, 
thus avoiding all possibility of mistakes 
in its use. The next best thing to plant¬ 
ing a plant in Jadoo Fibi’e is to water it 
with Jadoo Liquid.” 
Our friends will kindly observe that 
we personally have nothing to say, either 
for or against the Fibre or Liquid, be¬ 
cause we know nothing about it from 
our own experience as yet. In quantity, 
the price of the Fibre is two cents per 
pound, the Liquid 75 cents per gallon. 
At this time, there are no flowers 
blooming at the Rural Grounds, save 
roses, that we so much prize as those of 
the Japan Irises, Iris Kaempferi (Laevi¬ 
gata). The plants thrive anywhere, 
though partial, perhaps, to a moist situ¬ 
ation or lake bank. They have this ad¬ 
vantage over roses, viz., insects do not 
harm them. They bloom during a long 
season; the flowers are exceedingly 
showy, being six inches and more in 
diameter, and the range of colors in¬ 
cludes white, violet, blue, lavender, rose, 
crimson and various brilliant combina¬ 
tions. The plants are thoroughly hardy, 
and readily propagated by divisions of 
the roots. They cost not over 50 cents 
per half dozen, and a half dozen with 
any sort of care, means Japan Irises for 
all time. As between the popular Gladio¬ 
lus (and we are thinking of the latest im¬ 
provements), and the Japan Irises, we 
would choose the latter without a parti¬ 
cle of hesitation, could we have but one 
or the other. 
HOPE FARM NOTES. 
Late Cow L’eas.—Our cow peas are later this 
year than usual. Last year we sowed them on 
May 1.5, but the first sowing- this year was on 
June 17. The season was so late that we did our 
other work first. The first sowing was in what 
we call the “ boueyard ”, a back field so poor and 
thin that people in former times brought dead 
animals to bury there. It was in cow peas last 
year, and on part of the field, we cut the peas for 
mulching material. This year, the soil was cut 
up with the Cutaway, the cow peas broadcasted 
and worked in with the Acme. They are up and 
looking well. Next year we hope to grow pota¬ 
toes on this ground. 
An Object Lesson.—On another part of this 
same old field, we let the cow peas grow and die 
down. Last Spring, we worked them under with 
the Cutaway, crushed the surface down with the 
Acme, and planted Crosby sweet corn with about 
•100 pounds per acre of high-grade fertilizer in 
the drill. You ought to see that corn! It is fine, 
and you can see to a yard where the full growth 
of cow peas ended. It is a great object lesson to 
one who knows that old field, and it shows the 
wonderful ability of the cow pea to improve a 
light and sterile soil. I call it a great crop to use 
on a thin back lot which, otherwise, would, prob¬ 
ably, never be improved. Most of us have some 
tough old back field that does not pay hoof wear 
for the cows. We haven’t the manure to haul to 
it, and we don’t like to buy fertilizer—and there 
it stands. Turn it out to cow peas, and you will 
be astonished at the crop of corn it will produce. 
New Plans with Cow Peas.—Just before the 
last cultivation of the Cory sweet corn (June 25), 
we sowed cow peas along the rows about as we 
would Crimson clover. After cutting out the 
corn, we hope that the peas will possess the 
ground, and give us a fair growth before frost. 
We let over an acre of the Crimson clover stand 
until June 22. It was then dry with full seed 
heads. We broadcasted Soybeans and cow peas 
right in the clover, and then chopped it up with 
the Cutaway. It might well have been rolled 
after this, but we let it go. The cow peas and 
the beans are sprouting, and we hope to get a 
good seeding of clover, also. There ought to be 
great potatoes on that field next year. We have 
not used any fertilizer with the cow peas this 
year—in fact, almost all our fertilizer thus far 
has oeeu put in the drill. The way to get the 
most possible out of cow peas is to use the potash 
and phosphoric acid with them. My experience 
is that it pays to use a small amount of nitrogen, 
too; while the cow pea is capable of making a 
fair growth on soil too poor to grow a good crop 
of rye, it is a perfect glutton for food, and I am 
sure that about all you can pour on the cow peas 
will be held in good condition for the following 
crop. 
Broadcast or in Drills.—That brings up the old 
question about applying fertilizers. Take pota¬ 
toes for example; shall we broadcast the fertilizer 
ail over the field or put it in the drill right beside 
the plant ? This year, we have drilled almost 
entirely, but I am satisfied that we would have 
done better to put at least half the fertilizer 
broadcast. Opinions vary greatly in regard to 
this matter. Mr. Garrahan, of Pennsylvania, 
would broadcast entirely, and feed 90 per cent of 
the fertilizer to the cow peas and clover which 
follow the potatoes. Mr. Lewis, of New Jersey, 
tells me that he is using more fertilizer in the 
drill at the time of planting, as he has found 
little advantage in broadcasting. It is like many 
other things; we cannot lay down any ironclad 
rule. The application of fertilizer must be varied 
to suit the tools, the crops, the soil—and the man. 
Crimson Clover Seed.—Here we are again 
within a few weeks of the first Crimson clover 
seeding. It was only last week that we worked 
the last of this year’s clover into the soil. It is 
said to be a “ catch crop ” growing between two 
others without interfering with either, yet it 
holds the ground for eight or nine mouths. That 
is a forcible reminder of the fact that most of the 
crops that yield us a living do much of their 
growing in 100 days out of the year’s 305 ! When 
you come to think of it, a good deal of our culti¬ 
vated land is idle for a good share of the year. 
That thought is almost enough to make any man 
a crank on the subject of cover crops, for Winter. 
Keep this idle land doinq somethinq, say I. As we 
arc situated. Crimson clover in the corn and after 
the early potatoes is the ideal cover crop, and 
we shall begin sowing it about July 15. If, for 
any reason, the clover does not “ take ” or looks 
sickly by October 1, we shall cut it up and sow 
rye as we did on one field last year. As we are 
situated, I think it would be a mistake to let the 
laud go through the Winter without some liviug 
crop on it. I would not say that this is true of 
every farm, for that is one of the questions that 
each one must answer for himself. 
The Hen Beats the Brooder for a hot-weather 
nurse. I am satisfied of that fact. We have 
stopped the incubators, but shall set a few more 
hens, even at this late date. We are unable to 
save the late-hatched chicks in the brooders. 
They just die without any warning, in spite of 
good care and attention. At the same time, the 
little chicks with the hens thrive and grow like 
good fellows. In cool weather, the brooders were 
a little ahead, but now the hens are in front. 
Whether a hen is able to cool off the little things, 
or what it is, I am unable to say; but the fact is 
that the brooder must take a back seat when 
good corn weather comes on. During the past 
month, the little chicks have died like flies, not 
only at Hope Farm, but all around us. 
Various Notes.—We planted a half bushel 
of peas on June 24. The chances are, probably, 
against a good crop, but it’s worth trying. As 
fast as a small load of manure is made at Hope 
Farm, we haul it out and work it into the ground 
for some late crop. As we are situated, I think 
the manure is safest three or four inches under 
ground We use planer shavings for bedding, 
and they have given good satisfaction thus far. 
We bed the horses, and when the shavings be¬ 
come wet and foul, they are thrown into the 
hog pen, where they are soon worked over into 
goo.l manure. A lively hog will soon root the 
acid out of these shavings. Several soaking 
rains of late have about made the potato crop 
sure. It is remarkable how quickly our light 
soil will dry out. The other dav, after a smart 
shower, I dug into the ground and found the 
upper three inches wringing wet, while below 
that there was perfectly dry dust. Who says the 
Light Brahma hens are such lazy layers? One 
of'our hens has shown no inclination to sit, but 
still keeps on shelling out the eggs. The other 
one did incubator duty for six weeks. She will 
fight like a tiger for her chicks—but those great 
feet are certainly clumsy. 
Those Sweet Potatoes.—Well, now, we are 
glad that they are on a back field. We set out 
7,000 plants, and my estimate is that 3,000 of them 
are now alive. We made one great mistake 
when we set them out, in dropping the plants 
too far ahead of the planters. The plants lay in 
the hot sxin too long, and I think the roots were 
dried out. Those that have lived are looking 
well. A volunteer crop of muskmelons has come 
up so as to fill many of the missing places. In 
the final misses, we shall plant white beans, so 
that by Fall, we expect to have a regular hash 
or succotash. The weather at present is favor¬ 
able for growth, and no doubt the field will look 
better when the sweet potato vines spread out 
more. h. w. c. 
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