1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
637 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
What We Are Doing. —Just now the 
chief occupation is trying to ward off the 
effects of the severe drought. Our main 
efforts are directed towards shallow sur¬ 
face culture. It is very dry in our imme¬ 
diate vicinity, but thanks to thorough 
Spring preparation of the ground, most 
of our crops are thriving fairly well. We 
had no vegetable matter in the soil worth 
speaking of, but simply the thin sand and 
gravel of a once productive, though now 
starved and run-down farm. Plowing 
began as early as circumstances permitted, 
and the float, roller and harrow followed 
in quick succession. Cultivating and hoe¬ 
ing have been unremittingly followed on 
the planted ground, and harrowing as 
strenuously kept up on the ground await¬ 
ing crops. No weeds have been allowed to 
rob the plants of moisture and fertility, al¬ 
though eternal hoeing has been the price 
of clean ground. So while dust follows 
the workmen in clouds, and the surface 
of the ground is almost powder, below 
the soil looks cool and fresh. How long 
we can hold out is a question which be¬ 
comes more serious every day, for our 
irrigating system is not yet in operation, 
so we are hoping to hold out until rain 
comes to the rescue. 
Other Precautions. —Fortunately we 
have plenty ot manure piled near the vine 
crops, and fearing the drought we mulched 
the squashes, melons and cucumbers more 
than two weeks ago. There were more 
than two acres, and the task of mulching 
was no play spell. This was followed by 
a drenching in the hills of nitrate of soda 
solution, and the results, I think, have 
more than justified the means. At this 
writing, August 7, the vines are green and 
vigorous, and the cucumbers and Summer 
squashes are in evidence. Upon the 
onions, peppers, egg plants, cabbage and 
cauliflower we have used quantities of 
ashes and salt, and they are doing fairly 
well. Our lettuce, while receiving thor¬ 
ough culture, but no fertilizer whatever, 
has done finely through the dry hot 
weather, and has been pronounced the best 
in our market. Just now, dry as it is, we 
are preparing to transplant for the late 
Fall market, and also expect to grow it in 
the hotbeds for a still longer time. 
Irrigation. —We have been doing a lit¬ 
tle in this line, and the results are grati¬ 
fying. True, it has been only in a very 
modest way as yet, but the effects upon 
beets, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels 
sprouts, corn, etc., are plainly visible. 
Upon beets the growth was noticeable 
within 24 hours after the water was let 
into the trenches. The question of water 
we believe is already solved and we have 
it in plenty. The power and storage, al¬ 
though not fully decided upon, is under 
way, and we hope before long to be able to 
hold the drawbacks of drought in check 
to a great extent at least. We had hoped 
to be in position to test the effects of irri¬ 
gating to considerable extent before this, 
but unavoidable delays have narrowed 
our scope and still confine us to a limited 
space devoted to flowers and the vegetables 
named above. The operations, though 
very small, are giving us an idea of the 
value of water, and also some of the 
things that may be accomplished even in 
dry weather. 
Some Other Products. —We had pretty 
poor soil for our Uima beans, and were 
sorry, for we believe their cropping capac¬ 
ities are almost unlimited with favorable 
conditions. After thoroughly fitting the 
ground a quantity of fertilizer was raked 
into the rows before planting. Two ap¬ 
plications of nitrate of soda solution, a 
liberal dressing of bone meal and recently 
a generous quantity of nitrate of soda 
have been applied. Cultivation has been 
thorough, and they are trellised up on 
posts and wire, and are now loaded with 
blossoms and small pods. Our strawber¬ 
ries have not proved a success, as we got 
a poor stand of plants. They were fairly 
vigorous, but the ground, while quite wet 
at planting time, soon dried under a very 
hot sun, and many failed to answer at the 
roll call. Then the cutworms appeared 
to have a grudge against them, and withal 
they had a sorry time. A fertilizer strong 
in potash was applied previous to plant¬ 
ing out, and more recently a liberal 
amount of nitrate of soda was scattered 
around the plants and worked into the 
with those mentioned in the orchard 
growing. As to the pears, nothing is said 
in the inquiry as to the number of trees 
desired, but supposing that ten would be 
enough, the following would be suitable 
for Michigan: Wilder, Clapp, Flowed, 
Seckel and Lawrence, which ripen in suc¬ 
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GREEN 
ground with the hoe. Late this month 
or early in September we hope to give 
them 300 to 500 pounds of a high grade 
fertilizer, and see if it will not prove help¬ 
ful during the period of making fruit buds. 
An Old Practice Revived. —A few miles 
distant from us is a cornfield that at 
present writing seems to laugh at the shal¬ 
low culture theories. Excepting this one 
field I have not seen any corn that was 
not pinched by the dry weather to a 
greater or less extent. Some pieces are 
practically ruined now, and the crop in 
general will be greatly injured even if rain 
comes immediately. In that vicinity the 
crop is suffering seriously, and that single 
field stands uninjured. The owner tells 
me that during the hottest days and the 
high winds that have prevailed the leaves 
have not rolled. The corn was planted 
late, and afterward was harrowed with a 
light harrow. This was followed by cul¬ 
tivating both ways with a harrow-tooth 
cultivator. The corn was then plowed 
both ways in the old-fashioned style, turn¬ 
ing the furrow each time to the row. This 
done, the fine cultivator followed once 
through in the way opposite to the last 
plowing, and the crop was laid aside. I 
have known of virtually the same practice 
with potatoes during a severe drought, ex¬ 
cept that the work was done with the 
shovel plow as deeply as the plow would 
go. I shall watch the results of this cul¬ 
ture with interest, as it may in a measure 
prove that the theory of shallow culture is 
not entirely watertight. j. e. morse. 
Michigan. _ 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER . 
Fruit Near Line Fence. 
Will you tell usi who Is owner of fruit on 
trees that stand so near a line fence that 
fruit falls on land adjoining? Must owner 
of tree give them to owner of land? Can 
owner of tree go on to another’s land to pick 
them up, or must they be gathered from the 
branches? There is much misunderstanding 
and many quarrels about the matter. 
Pitcher, N. Y. c. s. 
cession from early to late. H. E. v. d. 
Potato Diggers That Pick Up. 
W. B. D., Moravia , N. Y. —Is there a potato 
digger that digs and sacks or puts them in 
piles? 
Ans. —Some years ago it was reported 
that a company in Michigan had invented 
a digger which scooped up the potatoes, 
sifted out dirt, vines and weeds, and 
dropped the tubers into a wagon which 
ran behind the digger. On some open 
soils, free from stones, this machine is 
said to have done fair work, though re¬ 
quiring great power to run it. On hard, 
stony ground it failed. We do not believe 
there is a farm in New York State where 
such a digger would work. We hear of a 
case where a Hoover digger was used 
with a stone boat running behind it. A 
traction engine was used for power. The 
digger took out the potatoes and delivered 
most of them on the store boat. That 
work was done on mellow soil where there 
were few stones. 
Queries About Grapes. 
II. G. 8., Collington, Md. —Is there a prac¬ 
tical way of treating, in large quantities, 
grapes that have been sprayed too heavily 
with Bordeaux? The grapes are to be used foi 
wine. Can Elvira or Riesling be grafted suc¬ 
cessfully on Ives stock? The Ives vines are 
six years planted, vigorous in growth and full 
fruiting. 
Ans. —So far as I know* there is no 
practical way to remove the coating of 
Bordeaux Mixture from grapes. Ives is 
an excellent stock for the varieties men 
tioned, and they can be grafted on early 
next Spring. All of the three, including 
the Ives, are strong growers. 
H. E. v. D. 
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