THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 5 
i78 
THE CULTURE OF WATER CRESS. 
Collect all the water from the spring 
or springs into one basin, and do not 
allow surface water to run into the 
spring. Then lay a sewer pipe large 
enough to carry all the water to a piece 
of ground which is nearly level where 
the ditch is made. The pipe should be 
cemented, and laid underground. It 
should have a valve and waste pipe, 30 
that there is perfect control of the wa¬ 
ter; shut it all off or turn all the water 
into cross ditch shown herewith. The 
ground must be graded so that the wa¬ 
ter will have a gentle flow. Lengthwise 
of the ditch, if not more than five rods 
long may be level, but across from in¬ 
let to outlet a fall of about 14 inches in 
100 feet is enough. Dig the ditch as 
shown by the diagram, water to run 
north and south, ditch 3% feet wide and 
banks six feet wide. When the ditch is 
dug and dirt is thrown out on the 
banks it is then about two feet deep. 
The outlet must have a pipe 30 feet long 
to prevent any wash in the ditch. Test 
the ditch by turning in some water. 
Planting the Cress. —If plants can 
be bought it is better to buy in April. 
Set two rows the entire length of the 
ditch. Pick up six or 10 stalks, lay at 
bottom of the ditch near the side so the 
tops will be above the water, then two 
feet from there set another bunch of 
plants on the other side. Anchor the 
plants by placing a pile of dirt on the 
roots of the plants. When the plants 
are all set turn on the water—a small 
stream. Do not give the cress a full 
flow of water until Winter. If plants 
are to be grown from the seed make a 
seed bed near the spring in soft very 
wet ground, but do not let the water 
run over it. Scatter the seed and press 
into the mud with the back of a spade. 
Set the plants any time when Targe 
enough to handle. 
Came of the Cress. —If the cress is 
set in April or May it needs no atten¬ 
tion until about the first of August, 
when it has spread all over the water 
in the ditch. Then it is time to mow it 
off at the top of the water. Clean off 
the clippings. It is all done with the 
grass scythe. About the first of Septem¬ 
ber begin at the inlet and mow off one 
or two ditches each week until all is 
mowed again. When it grows up this 
time it is ready to cut for market—one 
or two ditches each week in succession. 
Marketing the Cress. —The best 
way to put up cress for market is to 
cut it about three inches long, set up in 
any box or crate easy to carry, take it 
to the cellar and pack in the Michigan 
strawberry box; then put in 16-quart 
crates for shipment. If for home mar¬ 
ket put in boxes holding four or five 
dozen. The cress is cut by hand. Place 
a plank eight inches wide and 10 feet 
long across the ditch, sit on the plank, 
gather the cress with the left hand and 
*cut with a sharp butcher knife. The 
home market prefers to buy by the 
dozen or half dozen at 40 cents per 
dozen. Cutting and selling can be done 
any time during the Fall, .Winter and 
early Spring, when the air is above 
freezing. About the first of May it be¬ 
gins to show blossom buds; then stop 
selling cress for the season. Soon as 
possible after May 1 pull out all the 
cress in ditch, root and branch, except 
a small patch for plants, then shut off 
all the water and let the ground dry for 
about two days. That kills all the 
snails and other insects. Then repair 
the banks and reset the cress as stated 
above. Proceed for second year same as 
first. The cress pond or ditch needs 
protection during Winter on the north 
and west side by timber or a high 
board fence. For the large cress use a 
packer to keep it under water. The 
packer is a frame made of pine three 
feet long, 16 inches wide with four 
crossbars. Nailed on the bars is wire 
cloth one-fourth-inch mesh. The handle 
has an angle up from the frame. Pack 
all large cress under the water once 
each day during cold weather. If moss 
should grow, let the cress grow until 
it shades the water; it will disappear. 
More water may be turned on. Cress 
must have cool running water. If the 
spring rises and falls regulate the flow 
by the valve in the supply pipe. A six- 
inch sewer pipe will water enough for 
one-fourth acre. ira coe. 
WEAK KIDNEYS AND 
BL ADDER T ROUBLE. 
Had to Pass Water Very Often Day and Night. 
Cured by the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp=Root. 
Among the many famous cures of 
Swamp-Root investigated by “Rural 
New-Yorker” the one we publish this 
week for the benefit of our readers, 
speaks in the highest terms of the won¬ 
derful curative properties of this great 
kidney remedy. 
and was obliged to pass water very often 
day and night. I tried medicines and 
doctors without getting relief. Noticing 
an advertisement in the Topeka State 
Journal of Swamp-Root, I determined to 
give it a trial and bought a bottle. By 
the time I had finished the first bottle 
the pain had entirely disappeared from 
my back. The pain and frequent desire 
to pass water ceased. However. I con¬ 
tinued to take the medicine, using about 
six bottles in all. That was over a year 
ago and I have had no return of the 
trouble since. 
Chief Engineer, State Capitol Building, 
Jan. 2nd, 1902. Topeka, Kan. 
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re¬ 
sponsible for more sickness and suffering 
than any other disease, therefore, when 
through neglect or other causes, kidney 
trouble is permitted to continue, fatal 
results are sure to follow. 
We often see a relative, a friend or an 
acquaintance apparently well, but in a 
few days we may be grieved to learn of 
their severe illness, or sudden death, 
caused by that fatal type of kidney 
trouble—Bright’s Disease. 
The mild and extraordinary effect of 
the world-famous kidney and bladder 
remedy, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, is 
soon realized. It stands the highest for 
its wonderful cures of the most distress¬ 
ing cases. A trial will convince anyone 
—and you may have a sample bottle sent, 
free by mail. 
Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Sent Free by Mail. 
EDITORIAL NOTE—Swamp-Root has been tested in so many ways, and has 
proven so successful in every case, that a special arrangement has been made by 
which all readers of the “Rural New-York er” who have not already tried it may have 
a sample bottle sent absolutely free by mail. Also a book telling all about Swamp- 
Root and containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters re¬ 
ceived from men and women who owe their good health, in fact their very lives, to 
the wonderful curative properties of Swamp-Root. In writing, be sure and men¬ 
tion reading this generous offer in the New York “Rural New-Yorker” when send¬ 
ing your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 
If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can pur¬ 
chase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at the drug stores everywhere. 
Don’t make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s 
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. 
A. H. NOONEY. 
DR. KILMER & CO., Binghamton, N. Y. 
About two years ago I had a very severe 
case of kidney and bladder trouble. The 
pain in the small of my back was so 
severe that I could not stand it to stay in 
one position more than a moment or two, 
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- 1869 - 
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1878 - 
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T riumphs. 
- 1900 - 
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