1904 
283 
HARROWING CLOVER IN WHEAT 
Harrowing clover or other grass seed 
into grain crops is practical, and if done 
at the right time is beneficial to the 
growing grain. Watch the soil, and as 
soon as it will crumble away from the 
harrow teeth and the horse’s feet will 
not cut up the field get out your smooth¬ 
ing harrow. Any harrow with the teeth 
sloping rearwards is termed a smooth¬ 
ing harrow. I like the round-toothed 
style best. Run the harrow ahead of 
your clover seeder, and do not be afraid 
of injury to the grain. Harrow the 
field once over thoroughly and follow 
the clover seed with a light or heavy 
roller, as the condition or character of 
your soil demands. In short, harrow, 
seed and roll as nearly in one operation 
as you can. The roller will replant any 
displaced wheat. The writer has fol¬ 
lowed this method for many years, very 
wet seasons only excepted, and then 
only on very heavy land. As a boy I 
have heard my grandfather tell how a 
great hunting lord in England was sued 
by a tenant for riding with a pack of fox 
hounds in the early Spring over a wheat 
field, and cutting it up in a terrible 
manner. The gentleman settled the 
claim, but was much surprised the next 
Fall when the tenant came to him and 
paid back the amount of the fine, say¬ 
ing “the portion of the wheatfield that 
had been most torn up had given much 
the best yield.” An old sod can be fear¬ 
fully torn up with spike-toothed har¬ 
rows, reseeded, rolled and prove very 
profitable. The only trouble is that 
such work is not thoroughly done; the 
owner is too weak hearted. 
Ohio. D. E. HOW ATT. 
GOOD SENSE FROM NORTHERN 
NEW YORK. 
Is it an actual fact that the majority 
of so-called farmers around the cities 
depend on mill feed almost wholly for 
their dairies? This buying so much 
mill feed year after year isn’t what it 
is cracked up to be. All right for the 
rich to use up some of their surplus 
capital or cash, just to relieve them of 
the so-called pressure, but the ordinary 
farmer does not have that pressure to 
contend with. As a rule it is the lack 
of it. Why don’t farmers try to raise 
more of the feed their cows eat? Why 
keep more stock than we can feed? I 
know by experience that we do not farm 
thoroughly enough. What I mean by 
that is we have too many acres. Too 
much good soil lies uncultivated too 
long. With a small farm well tilled we 
readily see the result. It does us all 
good to read what 10 little Jerseys have 
done. Perhaps we cannot all do just 
as well as this one man, but we can all 
try. The majority of farmers at least 
up here in this locality are afraid of 
buying too much chemical fertilizers 
which I think is a sad mistake, as I 
think and I know by actual experience 
that by using a good high-grade potash 
fertilizer and using plenty of it we can 
raise our own grain and improve our 
farms generally at a small cost For 
instance, if a few farmers would join to¬ 
gether to send for a carload of fertilizer 
they would save a few dollars that way 
and get just as good and perhaps better 
fertilizer than if they bought it of some 
of these agents riding around taking or¬ 
ders. I believe farming is like anything 
else; to make it pay we must curtail all 
unnecessary expenses and figure the 
thing right down fine. Farmers can 
make money and do make money about 
as easily as any class of people if they 
manage rightly. Even at present prices 
if a farmer raises all his feed and is not 
afraid to sweat just a little for his 
health there is a good living at farming 
and some besides. If your farm has 
been neglected and is run down get up 
a good muscle and dig a little harder. 
Spring is coming; is almost here; let us 
set our stakes out as far as possible 
and then get up good grit and work out 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
to them. That’s what we are here for. 
Lewis Co., N. Y. w. s. G. 
R. N.-Y.—Yes, most dairy and stock 
farmers near the large towns and cities 
buy part of their grain. Conditions of 
farming are often such that this is not 
a bad plan. Farms are often small and 
markets such that an acre of potatoes 
or sweet corn will bring money enough 
to buy the grain that would grow on 10 
acres. Where dairying or feeding is 
combined in this way with fruit growing 
or gardening such a plan often pays. We 
have known a farmer to raise Zy 2 tons 
of Timothy hay on an acre. He could 
sell that for $70, and with this money 
buy bran or gluten and obtain more 
actual food than any acre of grain could 
produce. Such farmers are now experi¬ 
menting with Alfalfa; for if they can 
get a few acres of this started they can 
still raise their market crops and buy 
less grain. Thus we see that no general 
rule can be made for all to follow. We 
must do what is best for our own sec¬ 
tion. The fear that chemicals will hurt 
the soil is dying out. When a dairyman 
learns what his manure lacks and what 
his soil needs he can make up the dif¬ 
ference in chemicals and increase all 
his crops. _ 
Sawdust for Manure.— I notice that the ! 
farmers make use of quantities of sawdust, 
I suppose for bedding. There is one thing 
I use it for that I have not known of oth 
ers doing; it is to pack beets, turnips or 
other vegetables in. Cabbages I do up in 
newspapers and pack in the same way, and 
find they keep better than any other mode 
of keeping I have ever tried. For fertiliz¬ 
ing, it reminds me of being on Cape Cod 
many years ago. A man had been to the 
sea shore and hauled up a lot of seaweed 
which he intended to use in the barnyard. 
I asked him if there was much virtue in 
it as a fertilizer. He remarked no, but ne 
wanted to keep himself busy. He said, 
coming up with the load, the horse 
dropped manure, and he thought he sunk 
money! It always seemed to me that as a 
fertilizer the sawdust must pan out about 
as the seaweed did. p. m. a. 
Littleton, Mass. 
Beans and Rye.— My sister found a bean 
in the coffee and planted it in flower gar¬ 
den; when ripe saved the plant. After a 
while there came an account, I think from 
Massachusetts, of a wonderful lot of beans 
from one who wanted to know who could 
beat it. Then I thought I would shell the 
product of the one bean. There were 1,620 
beans from that one. The R. N.-Y. thought 
that while Massachusetts could grow 
statesmen New York grew beans numer¬ 
ously. Several years ago The R. N.-Y. 
sent different kinds of grain to its sub¬ 
scribers to experiment with. Among them 
was what was called Thousand to One rye. 
I sowed as directed, one kernel in a place, 
a foot apart each way. I harvested over 
1,000 kernels from one. I would like to 
know whether it was the mode of cultiva¬ 
tion or the kind of rye that made the yield? 
Central Square, N. Y. b. p. m. 
R. N.-Y.—We think it was the cultivation 
more than the variety. 
FROM A VETERAN.d 
About 30 years ago I commenced to use 
the Bradley fertilizers, the leading kind 
then made, and it fully sustained its repu¬ 
tation and name, and I am glad to say 
that it still does so after so many years 
of use. I used these fertilizers for years 
on corn, potatoes and grain with good suc¬ 
cess. I found them of great help with the 
manure made on the farm in producing 
good crops and in sustaining the fertility 
of the soil. 
Farmers should make all the manure 
they can and then use a liberal amount of 
quick-acting fertilizers that assist so great¬ 
ly in giving the crop an early and vigorous 
start-a most desirable object with us al 
the North—as well as carrying them for 
ward to successful maturity. 
For this purpose I believe Bradley’s fer¬ 
tilizers rank foremost in value, paying a 
good return for the investment. 
E. R. TOWLE. 
ISnosburg Falls, Vt„ Dec. 21, 1903.—A dv. 
FOR SAI/E—Seed Sweet Potatoes. Asparagus Roots 
Catalog free. C M HARRISON. Vineland, N J. 
BERRY BASKETS immediate orders. 
CHARLES I. ALLEN, Terryvllle, Conn. 
RATHBUN & WILSON, JR. BLACKBERRIES 
Kansas and Cumberland Blackcap; Hiller Red Rasp 
berry; plants for sale. Fine stock of Strawberry 
Plants, all leading varieties, some as low $1.50 per 
1,000 and up. Mv stock Is true to name. Catalog free. 
MOSLEY S NURSERIES, Dover, Del. 
FRUITVALE FARM 
IN THE GARDEN OF JERSEY 
For BALE. 
Owing to advancing years and falling health of the owner, Mr. Mortimer Whitehead ho has 
famous and profitable fruit farm In my charge ; either to find him a ^ u yi r ’, 0 L 1 , houses two 
preferred. Tnls property consists of one hundred and forty-eight aeres of . nd, two Kowl hous t 
setsoffarm buildings. Has been In present owner’s possession for over forty years, was flrstcarruu 
a stock farm for many years, then changed to small fruit growing, and is now In the 
HIGHEST POSSIBLE STATE OF FERTILITY. 
all ^ung^nd'thrffty f , 6!o(ro^?ear* 1 LW)0 ikppley 
berries, Raspberries, Blackberries, etc., etc. One-third of orchards . p 
*5,000 to $10,00(1 worth of fruit annually. Within five years thl 8 can be more than doubled. f TO , les 
Located on New Jersey’s hard road system, one mile from 1 ® b® a f)' 1^. Woot Church Store, 
from New Brunswick, one hour from Now York, 05 miles from 1 hiladtlp a, i , 
^mghheaTthy location, beautiful country5So” 0 rth of'’eggs^omhis lUtle 
pt^s^b^ltles^^poMtry^eeplnglnc^nQectlon g w1th fruit growing 
are here in the broadest form. 
Price, $30,000, one-half may remain at 5 per cent. 
and arrangements made to see the property by 
GERALD HOWATT, White Plains, New York. 
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GREAT CROPS OF 
STRAWBERRIES 
AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
SAVE MONEY ON 
FRUIT PLANTS 
Strawberry Plants, $1.75 and up 
Raspberry, Blackberry, Currant and 
Grape Plants, etc. at lowest prices. 
Seed Potatoes, $2.25 to S3 Bbl. 
Everything guarateed first-class - 
and true to name 
Free Catalogue tells more. Send postal to 
0. A. E. BALDWIN, Z x . Bridgman, Mich. 
A strawberry book written b. ,the “STRAW- 
BERRY.KINO" so called because he discovered 
the way to develop the fruit organs of a plant and 
make it grow two big berries where one little one 
grew before. He grows the biggest crops of the 
biggest berries ever produced, and the book tells all 
about how he does it. It is a treatise on PLANT 
PHYSIOLOGY and explains correct principles in 
fruit growing. It is worth its weight in gold to any 
fruit grower. Will be sent free to all readers of 
RURAL New - Yorker. Send your address now. 
The finest THOROUGHBRED PEDIGREE 
PLANTS In the world. 
ft. M. KELLOGG. THREE RIVERS, MICH. 
FREE BOOK DEPARTMENT. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
UNCLE JIM, Auto, Climax, Bubach, Success,Sam¬ 
ple. Money makers. Clean stock. No disease, rust 
or blight. Our 24th annual catalogue freetoall. It 
tells how to grow Cantaloupes. CALEB BOGGS & 
SON, Cheswold , Del. 
STRAWBERRIES TO PLANT iSfii 
rletles, as good as can bo bought, at the BIGHT price. 
This is the RIGHT place and this the RIGHT season 
to order. -Will serve you RIGHT. 8ample: 300 of 
good varieties, prepaid, II. Now be sure you are 
RIGHT, etc. Address WM. PERRY, Cool Spring, Del. 
grown especially for SEED, 
17 varieties SEED OATS, 15 of 
ter Apples, over 
wants and get prices. 
The Peach. 
beautiful golden yellow, delicious. 
Best for market, most prolific. All 
the choice varieties. We propagate in 
the greatest peach climate of the 
world. Trees always please. Ask for 
free 1904 catalogue of all fruits. 
Harrison's Nurseries, 
Boc 29, Berlin, Md 
The Apple 
is the mainstay in fruit, for all 
raisers. Plant for the future. 
Get right stock. Our trees 
unapproached. Ben Davie, 
Gano, Baldwin, Wirve Sap, 
etc. Summer, Fall and Win- 
100 varieties. Tell us your 
We urge that great favor¬ 
ite, Elberta. Large, 
FOR SALE- 
;—Second Growth Seed Potatoes Early 
Rose, $3.75 per bag; Crown Jewel, $3.75 
per bag; Polaris, $3.75 per bag. Home-grown Crimson 
Clover, $3.50 per bu. Cow Peas, $1.50 per bu. Onion Sets, 
$2.50perbu. J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
OATS 
SENSATION. 123 bu. per acre, re- 
clcanf-d seed, 75c. per bu. Circular 
free. THEO. BURT & SONS Mol-ose O 
PDCPP DAODQCD D V Choice, well-tooted 
Untub nAorDLnnl plants,$5 per 1,000 
E. L. ALBERTSON, Hopo, N. J. 
100 Choice Strawberry Plants senior 
catalogue. KEVITT’S PLANT FARM,Athenia,N.J. 
POTATOES_ 
Strawberry Plants 
GEO. H. COLVIN, Crest Farm, Dalton, Pa 
*P|A|i TDCCC One year from bud 2c to 4c each. 
rhAun Intto Also Plum, Apple, Pear, etc. 
R. S. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
YOUNG STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
vines 
BERRY 
PLANTS 
Ask lor our ^oa Auuuai ouaaj'- me. 
CLIMAX, the wonderful new arly 
Strawberry, with many other kinds 
fully described. Good varieties as low 
as$1.50M. Slay maker & Son, Dover, Del 
STRAWBERRY F1ANTS 
Over fifty varieties of the leadlDg old and new kinds. 
Send for price list. 
WILLIAM PALMER, Grooms, N.Y. 
Big Stock. GrowD on fresh 
land. Plants ah young, 
thrifty, bright. Trees, plants. 
Catalogue Free. ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Burlington Co.,Moorestown, N. J. 
“Strawberry Plants That Grow.” 
C. Em WHITTEN, Bridgman, Mich 
Grape Plants. Descriptive Catalogue with 
Cultural Instructions FREE. R. F• D.No. 1 
Standard sorts, $1.75 to $3.u0 
per thousand. Also best Rasp¬ 
berry, Blackberry,Currant and 
■vnrrh MNin ni MNITO Free from Scale. New and Choice Variet ies. 
TREtO ANU iLANIu Blackberries, Strawberries, Raspberries 
| Our FREK CATALOGUE will save you money. MYER Si SON, BrldgeviUe, Del. 
Fruit trees 
XX. s. 
its buy Trees from Wiley. 
WIIjHY, box 
FREE vOtU catalog, I send a 12-page 
pamphlet giving different formulas and 
remedies for the destruction cf insect 
pests; also issued separately from catalog, 
careful transplanting directions to e- 
ther with proof showing why so mai.y 
Write to-day for it; all for the asking. 
03, Oaytxga, "ST. 
TREES 
APPLE, PEAK, CHERRY and PEACH, healthy, true to uamo 
and fumigated. All kinds of trees and plants at low whole- 
$8 Pei 100 
sale prices. Don’t buy until you get our catalogue, which is free, or send list of 
wants for special prices. Address RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 10, Geneva, N. Y.' t 
A i-v STARK GRAPE NURSERIES are In the heart of the famous Chautauqua 
fl w l-w /\ I—* r“* Grape Belt, which produces the finest vines grown in the U. S. we have 
A m../ - *. A A-/ an i mm ensestock oi all leading sorts; quality perfect; prices low as those ol 
_____ __ any reputable grower. Send us your orders—one vine or a car load. A com- 
\l I pletelineof fruit trees, small oqr A ni/ DDA’C PORTLAND, N.Y. 
\ | |T| I a. 1 fruits, etc. Price List free. O 1 A UVIV. D Iv U O Louisiana. Mo. 
These trees go far around the land, 
You meet their friends on every hand, 
TREE BREEDERS. 
The buyer bides his time in peace 
f Whose orchard is of Rogers Trees. 
ROGERS-ON-THE-HILL, Dansville, N, 
