1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
73 
All Sorts. 
A Bone Cutter Pays. —In The R. N.-Y. of January 
10, F. G., Stuart, Mont., says that it is time to call a 
halt in the green-bone cutter business. I have always 
been able to get ail the green bones I needed at one- 
half cent per pound. I use a Mann No. 8 bone cutter, 
and think that it has added a big profit to my egg 
account. At first, I ran it by hand. On this size, there 
are two cranks ; but I found out very soon that to cut 
100 pounds of green bone, required about as much 
labor as to cut a cord of wood ready for the stove. 
We now run it with a little four-horse power engine, 
and all that is necessax-y is to hold the feed handle 
and stand bacK and smile while steam power does the 
rest. I can fill up the hopper while the machine is in 
motion, so that no time is lost. I can get several 
barrels of bone every few days and use considerable 
scrap with the bone. For this I pay one cent per 
pound. I formerly got scrap for one-half cent per 
pound, but some parties bid them up. 
When I first got the cutter, I made a bai-gain with 
the leading butcher of our town for the year around, 
to take all the scrap and as much of the bone as I 
needed. I have never worked up a whole carcass in 
the cutter, but can see no i*eason why it could not be 
done. The animal should be cut in quarters and 
hung up where it .will freeze, and then it will cut up 
very easily. I have tried cutting up lungs and chunks 
of raw meat when fi’ozen. As to the price of a cai-cass 
here, I am certain that I could get all the horses for 
nothing ; that is, horses that their owners wanted 
killed. R. s. K. 
Kelly Point, Pa. 
Success With Sublimate Solution. —Having no¬ 
ticed frequently in the columns of The R. N.-Y. the 
vai’ying results from the use of the sublimate solution 
treatment for potato scab, I give my experience in 
using it last year. In 1894 I planted a barrel of fine 
quality Carman No. 1, and on account of the rainy 
season which continued daily from May 10 to June 12, 
was obliged to plant on clover sod which had been 
prepared for corn, heavily fertilized with fresh stable 
manure, from which I harvested 270 bushels per acre, 
all more or less scabbed, some of them very badly. 
Out of this stock, I sorted two barrels of txibei-s so 
completely covered with scab that no eyes were 
visible. These were ti-eated last spring at planting, 
in the following mariner : Four ounces of corrosive 
sublimate were dissolved in 30 gallons of water. One 
half of the solution was put in a barrel and the latter 
filled with the diseased potatoes, which were left in 
the solution 90 minutes. The solution was then 
drawn off from a plug at the bottom of the barrel and 
put in another barrel filled with the rest of the pota¬ 
toes, to which was added sufficient of the unused 
solution to cover the potatoes, and these were allowed 
to stand as before. After treatment, the tubers were 
spread on the floor to dry preparatory to cutting. 
This seed was planted in the same field alongside 
of selected seed of the same stock and variety not 
treated. From the treated tubers, I have harvested 
perfectly smooth stock, first-class in all respects, and 
of a much better quality than that x-aised from toe 
seed not treated. The conditions of cultivation, soil, 
etc., being the same, is conclusive to me of the valxxe 
of sublimate solution for the cure of scab. e. s. c. 
Newark, N. J. 
Likes “ Corn Hay.” —I am much intei-ested in the 
discussion about shredded fodder, having used a 
husker and shredder for four seasons, and I would 
hardly have my corn husked and the stalks bound in 
bundles in the old-fashioned way if it were done fox- 
nothing. It is necessary to have the stalks dry, that 
is, free from rain, dew or fx-ost, in storing the shredded 
fodder, to prevent molding. If some juice x-emain 
in them, some di-y straw or hay mixed with them 
helps very much. Then, in mowing, avoid treading 
on them. We use a steel barley fork, and fill the 
back end of the mow first, and as the fodder takes 
only about one-third as much room as the whole stalks 
do, we have no difficulty about that. Stock eat it 
much closer than whole stalks, and what they leave 
makes good bedding. 
J. M. Corwin, of Seneca County, says : “ It is gen- 
ex-ally conceded that the men required to run the 
machine, can husk more corn the old way.” I wish to 
dispxxte that statement. Last year, I had 10 acres of 
heavy corn, drilled, estimated to yield 100 bushels of 
ears per acre. Seven men with the machine husked 
it in three days, cribbed the corn, and put the stalks 
in the barns, moving three times. In estimating the 
cost of husking by machine, I think that only two men 
are really to be counted—the man who feeds and the 
engineer ; the othex-s are drawing stalks and ci-ibbing 
corn. We think 300 bushels a fair day’s work with 
seven men all told. The use of the husking machine 
is increasing in this vicinity, and I know of no one 
that is not well pleased with it. A neighbor and my¬ 
self own ours, and do not husk for othei-s ; but one 
was brought here late in the fall, and had plenty of 
work to do. w. h. o. 
Clyde, N. Y. 
Potatoes at Twenty-eight Inches.—The R. N.-Y. 
of Januax-y 18 says : 
In his account of growing straw potatoes, Mr. Miller speaks of 
making the rows three feet two inches apart. In soils where the 
vines gi-ow 5 l A feet long, as his did, this may be a good distance. 
But we are inclined to believe that, on drier soils, closer planting 
would be preferable. What is the best distance anyway—all 
things considered ? 
I can answer the question from my standpoint, 
which is that of a gardener near Louisville, where 
the land is worth from $200 to $800 an aci-e, and is as 
rich as first-class stable manure can make it. Of 
course I aim to get as many potatoes as possible to the 
acre, and they must be large and early, to yield a 
profit. For me, close planting gives the best i-esults. 
I always plant 10 inches in the row, and 28 inches 
(2)4 feet) between the rows—just wide enough for the 
cultivator to do good work once in the row. My 
neighbors, one and all, have found these distances to 
be the best. We plant eai-ly—genei-ally by April 1— 
and by July 4 have dug and sold our entire first crop. 
The yield in a poor season is sometimes as low as 70 
barrels (200 bushels) to the acre ; but in a good sea¬ 
son, it often reaches 100 and sometimes 135 bari-els. 
Years ago, when I began gardening, we planted 
thi-ee feet or more between rows and 15 to 18 inches 
in the row ; but that was when we used old potatoes 
as seed. They sent up shoots for evei-y eye, and pro¬ 
duced so many potatoes to the hill that all but two or 
tfiree were likely to be small unless plenty of room 
were given. The discovei-y of second-crop seed, which 
sends up only one shoot to the piece, and px-oduces 
from three to seven tubei-s to the hill, enabled us to 
plant much closer and still get practically all mai-ket- 
able potatoes. Having our crop off the ground early 
in July, we are able to put in our second crop in time 
to get a good, if not a full, growth before frost. For 
seed purposes a full growth fis not admissible. Thus 
we get the fullest retui-ns fi’otn our ground, and the 
manure we put on it, and potatoes yield us more 
money than anything else we can plant. Even if 1 
were a farmer and had abundance of land, I would 
still plant as I do now. It is idle to plant potatoes in 
ground that has not been made rich with manure, 
clover or commercial fertilizers ; and if the ground is 
rich enough for one cx-op, my experience is that it is 
rich enough for two cx-ops the same season. The 
maximxxm yield comes for me as the result of close 
planting, and there is no sense in wasting ground 
even on a big farm. 
We grow only the eai-ly varieties, such as New 
Queen, Thorburn, Puritan and Early Uebi-on. Late 
kinds, no doubt, need more room ; bxxt they cannot be 
gx-own here as a paying second crop, and they never 
do well as a first cx-op, because the scorching hot 
weather we generally have in July cooks the vines. 
Louisville, Ky. ,r. c. p. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Those who are interested in hen foods, will do well to write the 
York Chemical Works, York, Pa., for price list of their bone meal 
and other forms of lieu food. 
A humping cart is one of the handy implements that few farmers 
would do without after having once used them. These carts may 
be had with narrow or wide tires; but get the wide tires by all 
means. Hobson & Co., 4 Stone Street, New York, are the manu¬ 
facturers. 
The farmers of this country are not the only ones who appre¬ 
ciate a Handy wagon. The Farmers’ Handy Wagon Co., Sagi¬ 
naw, Mich., a few days ago, sent a car-load to the West Indies. 
The sale was made, the firm writes us, through their advertise¬ 
ment in The It. N.-Y. 
A 160- page book that tells about the leading breeds of fowls, 
ducks, geese and turkeys, about feeding, killing and dressing for 
market, .and about diseases, is sent by the Reliable Incubator 
and Brooder Co., Quincy, III., for 10 cents. It also tells all about 
artificial incubation and brooding, and is packed full of informa¬ 
tion that every business poultry raiser should possess. 
Ex-President Harrison is now writing a series of articles for 
the Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa., that should be read 
by every one of the 70.000,000 people in the United States, or at 
least, that portion of them who are old enough to read. We 
recommend them especially to young men and women, who should 
be familiar with the principles on which this great and free gov¬ 
ernment of ours is founded. 
Curing Sour Soils. —Since the articles under this heading ap¬ 
peared, many farmers have tested their soils and found that they 
need an application of lime. Where can we get the lime ? That is 
the question asked by many farmers, especially in the West. We 
have lately heard of a ground shell marl which appears to afford 
an excellent source of lime. This marl is dug out of a swamp, 
thoroughly dried and heated, and ground to a fine powder. It is 
very soluble, and, being finely powdered, may be easily drilled or 
broadcasted. Wherever lime is needed, this ground shell marl 
will be very sure to benefit the soil. It is sold by the Sandusky 
Mining and Milling Co., Sandusky, O., and we advise farmers who 
need lime to correspond with this firm. 
Tobacco. 
Waste on the Farm. 
No crop varies more in qual¬ 
ity according to grade of ferti¬ 
lizers used than tobacco. Pot¬ 
ash is its most important re¬ 
quirement, producing a large 
yield of finest grade leaf. Use 
only fertilizers containing at 
least io% actual 
(K 2 o) 
Around the farm there is at least a ton or two of materials, such as Ashes, 
Hen Droppings, Wood’s Earth, Marl and other things, which, if mixed with 
Powell’s Prepared Chemicals, 
make fertilizers rich in Ammonia, Potash and Phosphoric Acid, which will be 
quick acting, producing large crops and at the same time permanently improve 
the soil. A fertilizer made in this way is certain , but costs very little — only 
about $12 per ton. 
Many thousand farmers have saved fully half their fertilizer bills by the use of Powell’s Prepared 
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