1904 
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Corn Planting in Niagara County. 
W. D. J., Woodhull, N. Y .—In remarks td 
the question when to haul and spread 
manure, I note J. S. Woodward says that 
by applying the manure to clover sod, “it 
causes the clover to start quickly, and by 
the time we are ready to plow for corn 
the clover is knee high to the horses.” 
What time of the year does he plow for 
corn, and in what latitude does he live? 
I see that he signs the article New York. 
In our vicinity (southern Steuben County) 
we have to plow for corn by the first of 
May if we get any corn, and we think the 
season is unusually early if our young 
stock can get a living by that time, and to 
have a man say that his clover is knee 
high to horses at that time sounds rather 
large, and reminds me of some of the in¬ 
stitute speakers heard here. 
Axs.—In western New York the usual 
time of corn planting is from May 25 to 
June 10. We seldom have any frost to 
injure vegetation before the middle of 
September. Last Fall it was the last of 
October before the tenderest plants were 
hurt. We used to plant earlier than 
now, but we have found that corn plant¬ 
ed after the ground and air get warmer 
comes up quicker, is of a better color 
and grows much faster and makes a 
larger yield than when planted so early 
in the cold ground. Clover in Niagara 
County often begins to show blossom by 
June 10, in fact we have begun haying 
clover sometimes by June 15. Circum¬ 
stances alter cases, and because an in¬ 
stitute speaker makes a statement that 
does not accord with your experience, 
you must not think he is misstating un¬ 
less you know the conditions. I think if 
W. D. J. will underdrain his land so as 
to get the cold water out of it quickly in 
Spring he will find it much earlier in 
starting the grass, especially clover, if 
top-dressed in Winter. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. J. s. woodward'. 
Lightning Rods on Buildings. 
Header, New Jersey .—Many farmers are 
satisfied that rods properly put on the 
building will give some protection against 
lightning, but there is now a proposition 
to put up the rods without any connection 
whatever with the building. The rods are 
arranged over the house or barn and con¬ 
nected with the ground by means of poles 
separated from the house. Is it probable 
that with these rods, all properly connect¬ 
ed in the ground, the service would be as 
effective as it would be if the wires were 
run in the usual way, down the sides of 
the house? 
Axs.—The question of electricity and 
lightning and lightning rods is one to 
which in my younger days I gave much 
attention. I have not the slightest doubt 
as to the perfect protection of a suitable 
lightning conductor properly erected 
against all forms of lightning except it 
may be ball lightning in which the bolt 
seems to go horizontally along and ex¬ 
plode when it comes in contact with any¬ 
thing. We once lost a system of five 
barns by such a bolt. A neighbor saw it 
pass along and strike the cupola of one 
of the barns and explode, and in less 
than half a minute the whole barn was 
in flames. I doubt whether any form of 
protector will save a building from such 
a bolt. But luckily these are very rare. 
There is not the least objection to hav¬ 
ing the rod or conductor placed on a pole 
or poles detached from the building, but 
the poles should be close enough to the 
building and liigb enough above so as 
to have the point at least half as high 
above the highest point of building as 
the radius of the circle described about 
the conductor. Still, it is expensive to 
put up and maintain such pole or poles, 
and practically it is just as safe to have 
the rod attached to the building and by 
all means have it connected with all the 
metal such as metal roof conductors and 
troughs on the same. The one thing 
essential is to have it of the best con¬ 
ducting metal and large enough to carry 
safely any charge that might come to it. 
I would surely make the rod of copper. 
Ordinarily 2 y 2 to three inches is wide 
enough and of sufficient thickness so as 
to have it strong. I would rather have 
a support to hold a point from the top 
of gable at each end with a rod running 
down each end to and into the ground to 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
a sufficient depth to reach ground al¬ 
ways moist, and what would be better 
still, with its lower end cut into fine 
strings and buried in a bed of charcoal 
or a lot of broken old iron. Then run a 
rod along the ridge connecting both rods 
together, and if a half dozen sharp 
points were made to stick up a foot or 
two at different points along the ridge 
so much the better. If one cannot get 
the copper strip easily he can use copper 
wire, using such a number of strands as 
shall make a surface equal to the above 
mentioned strip. With a house so pro¬ 
tected the owner may rest just as con¬ 
tented in his feeling of security against 
lightning strokes as against damage 
from rain under a good shingled roof. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. .r. s. woodward. 
A Canadian Snow Pr.ow.—I send a 
representation (see Fig. 32) of snow 
plow used about here. Farmers usually 
use a plow with only one wing, but we 
use the double-winged plow, so as to 
clear the road at one passage, and not 
A CANADIAN SNOW PLOW, Fio 32. 
delay teams hauling in wood or ore. Of 
course the number of teams attached de¬ 
pends on the snowfall; one team will 
clear the road after a fall of eight to 10 
inches. This is a good machine and 
does good work. g. m’d. 
Drummondsville, Quebec. 
Pennsylvania Strawberry Notes.— 
After growing strawberries for 40 years, 
and experimenting with all the new varie¬ 
ties, I have at last settled down on a few 
kinds, Johnson Earliest, Pride of the 
West for early, for medium, a new 
double cropper, Bubach and Sample; Les¬ 
ter Lovett for late. As to ever-bearing 
strawberry, I do not think there is such 
a berry, but the double cropper I have 
will come the nearest of any. It will com¬ 
mence bearing or ripening its fruit with 
me about June 10 and keep it up till all 
others are done; then if the patch is 
cleaned and worked they will commence 
bearing again in two or three weeks, keep¬ 
ing it up till Winter. Some in our, neigh¬ 
borhood who grow this variety were sell¬ 
ing berries all Fall at 25 cents per quart. 
There is no other kind that bore a second 
crop. There are a good many new varie¬ 
ties sent out called double croppers, but 
not like this. The double cropper, Bu¬ 
bach and Pride of the West, will produce 
more and better berries and larger than 
any others I ever saw. J. t. m’l. 
Leech's Corners, Pa. 
Next Spring, when you are drilling a 
hillside, of course you would not drill “up 
and down” on account ot the wash of the 
land, and in drilling lengthwise of the hill, 
be it large or small, be sure to work from 
bottom to top if possible, or if necessary 
to work from top down, turn your team 
up the hill at the ends, and you will be 
surprised to see how easily you can bring 
the drill around into place. Try it. 
_ h. s. w. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
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