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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 20 
Fall-Planted Potatoes. 
J. C. S., Ore Banks, Va. —Last fall, 
The R. N.-Y. set forth the intentions of 
a contributor to plant potatoes in autumn 
in order to be able to market them extra 
early. Here, it is a common practice to 
do so. Whole potatoes are planted, and 
the ground then mulched with forest 
leaves. My object in writing is to draw 
out from the experimenter the result of 
his experiment in case he made it. My 
own experience, this season was a very 
striking one. As far as I mulched the 
potatoes, I got as good a stand as one 
may wish. Though not ripe at the time, 
many of the tubers were of good cook¬ 
ing size (about as large as a hen’s egg) 
by the middle of May. A few rows were 
left uncovered intentionally, with the 
result that the stand was too poor to ad¬ 
mit of my allowing them to occupy the 
ground longer than necessary to con¬ 
vince me that I need not look for any 
more. Those that did come up, were 
later in doing so than potatoes planted 
about April 1, when the mulched lot had 
made considerable growth. 
Judging from this single trial, the 
natural inference is that, although we 
may get volunteer potatoes from seed 
left in the ground, we, nevertheless, can¬ 
not get, or depend upon, a regular stand 
from fall planting, unless a mulch be 
applied. The depth of planting may 
have something to do with it. Mine were 
covered with four inches of fine, freshly- 
prepared soil. Most of the mulched lot 
have dropped their bloom, and 1 noticed 
to-day, June 1, that some of the plants 
indicate that the tubers are undergoing 
the ripening process. 
Crimson Clover and Rye Hay. 
C. A. S., Whitehall, Wis. —I sowed 
about two acres of Crimson clover, mostly 
in corn, in July and August, 1895. It 
came up quickly, but the weather be¬ 
came dry, and it made a poor growth, 
until the corn was cut; then rains came, 
and it pretty nearly covered the ground, 
enough to have made a good stand if it 
had lived. But the snow went off in 
February, and we had no more to speak 
of, but a good deal of hard freezing and 
wind which it could not stand. Occa¬ 
sionally, a bunch that was covered with 
some dead grass, was alive this spring. 
I sowed a small patch in some pop corn 
in the garden, left the stalks standing, 
and the most of that lived and looks 
very well, so that 1 am in hopes to get 
some seed. I think that if we had had 
the usual amount of snow, it would have 
come out all right. It was all sown on 
sand and sandy loam, except a small 
patch on muck in an old marsh. I shall 
try again this fall. I have just cut some 
rye hay; the rye was sown in corn at 
the last cultivation, and was pastured 
until the ground was frozen last fall. I 
think that it will yield two tons to the 
acre. I find it equal to Timothy hay for 
horses and milch cows. I shall plow the 
land and sow to millet, or could plant to 
early corn, making three crops in two 
years. I manure the ground well for 
corn. 
Japan Walnuts in New Jersey. 
J. H. Black & Co., Hightstown, N. J. 
—On page 308, is a short article regard¬ 
ing the hardiness of Japan walnuts, over 
the initials, W. E. M., Jefferson County, 
N. Y. We would make the following 
comments, and trust that the same will 
be of benefit to your readers. This is 
our actual experience. Last fall, we 
had several thousands of the Japan wal¬ 
nuts standing in the nursery row, in an 
exposed section, which were not pro¬ 
tected by snow at any time during the 
winter. They were one, two and three- 
year-old trees, all side by side and none 
of them seemed to be hurt in the least. 
Alongside of them, were some English 
walnuts grown from the northern-grown 
seed, and they were all right also ; but 
some few hundred yards from them, 
were some English walnuts grown from 
imported seed, and we found that every 
one of them had been hurt more or less. 
Returning to the subject of the Japan 
walnuts, we, however, had transplanted 
some larger ones, during the fall, in 
places where we wished them to fruit, 
so that we could show them to our cus¬ 
tomers, and we found that nearly every 
one of them had been killed half way 
down to the ground during the winter. 
We also found that some that we had 
planted on similar ground, the previous 
spring, were in perfect condition, and a 
large bearing tree of four or five years 
of age, was not hurt in the least, the most 
terminal bud starting out immediately 
upon the weather warming up in the 
spring. We, therefore, have come to 
the conclusion that Japan walnuts are 
hardy enough, but they should be set in 
the spring instead of in the fall, so that 
they will be better able to take care of 
themselves during the winter. 
"Out West.” 
II., Kansas.—C. R. W., page 351, 
wishes some one to write the differences 
between farm life in the East and in the 
West. I am not his man, but so closely 
related, that, perhaps in the absence of 
the right individual, mine will do for 
amusement, if not for profit. Though 
born in the West, I have had some ex¬ 
perience in farming in Pennsylvania, 
Ohio and New York, and discovered that 
“ adaptability is the twin sister of suc¬ 
cess” wherever we may go. If I owned, 
free of debt, a choice farm in either 
State, especially, if past middle life, I 
would stay there. I have seen so many 
come here full-handed, and go away 
“ broke”, that I consider it a serious 
thing to advise one to move. Yet, on 
the other hand, many are the men who 
came here with nothing—not a change 
of clothing—who now have large posses¬ 
sions. They moved at a snail’s pace, and 
learned wisdom. 
Most men who come West, if able to 
buy 40 acres of land, contract for 160 
acres. If able to buy 160 acres, they con¬ 
tract for a whole section, and so on. 
There never was a better time to come 
West, to get the most for a little money; 
yet it must depend upon the man him¬ 
self, whether he be successful or not. 
As to raising four bushels of corn here 
to one in the East, I will say, that in a 
good year, it is more like 40 to one ! 
And for 36 years, with one exception, 
we have not had as near a failure of 
corn, or anything else, as the last two 
years in Ohio. 
Baling Fresh-Cut Hay. 
C. E. Chapman, Tompkins Countv, N. 
Y.—The hay must sweat before it is safe 
to bale it. One friend had his pressed 
four weeks after drawing in, and stored 
it in a storehouse. When ready to sell 
it, later, it was found to be ruined. It 
had heated, soured and was grown to¬ 
gether with white mold. A hay buyer 
said, “ It is unsafe to press hay before it 
has ceased sweating. I tried some, and 
the bales shrunk nearly one-third in 
weight. It soured and molded.” I do 
not believe that hay can be cured in the 
field so as to be baled with safety. All 
efforts in this locality to do so, have 
been failures. 
Berberis Repens. 
C. S. H., Weeping Water, Neb.— I 
have just returned from a trip to the 
Rocky Mountains, where I have been 
spending a few weeks in search of health 
after severe professional duties. I was 
much impressed with the beauty, fra¬ 
grance and general attractiveness of the 
Berberis repens [Creeping barberry]. It 
is an evergreen, a creeper, with leaves 
much like the holly. It often grows on 
very rough, rocky places, covering un¬ 
sightly spots with its attractiveness. Its 
chief attraction is when in bloom in 
springtime. The foliage is deep green, 
and it bears flowers in great, rich golden 
racemes, which have a fragrance which 
fills all the air. It is a very profuse 
bloomer. I had seen it years before, but 
never fully realized how attractive it 
must be as a border plant. It is very 
hardy, and endures the drought well. It 
blooms in early May. The fruit is about 
the color of the Concord grape, with a 
deep bloom, and about half its size. It 
is sometimes called the “Oregon grape.” 
It bears in July, and the fruit is often 
used by the mountain people for jams 
and jellies. 
There is a growing demand for this 
plant in the East. I saw a man gather¬ 
ing quite a quantity for some leading 
horticulturists. I cannot see why it 
should not be quite an acquisition as a 
border plant. The flower is, certainly, 
very attractive, both in color and fra¬ 
grance. The leaf is beautiful, and the 
fruit, though not the best, might be 
greatly improved by cultivation. 
The White Grub Question. 
W. B. Alwood, Virginia Experiment 
Station. —I am satisfied that the regular 
White grub occasionally breeds in sum¬ 
mer, as I have observed this fact myself 
in a number of instances, and in one 
particular case they were present in 
immense numbers in hog manure that 
had been left some time in the yard ; 
but I do not believe that they breed in 
fresh manure which is liable to fermen¬ 
tation. I think that Mr. Slingerland 
unintentionally errs in calling the larvae 
of Allorhina or Green “June bug” the 
White grub of the South. While Allor¬ 
hina and its larvae are quite common 
throughout this section of the South; 
they are nothing like so common as the 
larvae of the true May beetle. In fact, 
the May beetle occurs here in such num¬ 
bers that the adults often defoliate large 
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WORLD’S FAIR DIPLOMA 
on collective exhibit of 12 varieties of Dotatoes, some 
of which yielded over 1,000 bushels per acre; the 
average was 400 bushels per acre of large, smooth 
and good flavored potatoes. It Is therefore proven with¬ 
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Early Siberian Oats are new and direct from the 
International Seed Co. The heads are from 10 to 18 
inebes long, with three oats In a chaff, shuck thin, 
berry large. Mr B Truax, of t'hittenango Station, 
harvested 108 bushels of these oats from two busbels 
ol seed. Price. $i per bush.. 60 bush..85c. Address 
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