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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 8 
NOTES FROM “ LUAVA." 
The month of July has been very wet 
thus far. Our garden is low, and while 
the drainage is fair, a part of the ground 
has been like a sponge most of the past 
three weeks. Under such circumstances, 
is it safe to recommend perfectly level 
culture ? On part of the sweet corn and 
Lima beans, a workman made the mis¬ 
take (?) of hoeing up a steep ridge along 
the rows. It is like the deep “ plowing” 
which we find in some old-fashioned 
corn fields. In this wet season, however, 
the hilled-up corn and beans are the best 
we have. We have observed a number 
of wet fields of corn and potatoes, 
and in almost all such cases, the 
hilled crops are better than those that 
have level culture, because the hilling 
seems to enable the soil about the plants 
to dry out more rapidly. In a dry sea¬ 
son. or in one of average moisture, sur¬ 
face culture would give the better re¬ 
sults for just the opposite reason that 
the hilling helps this year. On land with 
perfect drainage so that the surplus 
water would be rapidly taken off, we 
would want nearly or quite level cul¬ 
ture ; but this year’s experience goes to 
show that, on naturally wet soil, ridge 
culture is best. 
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Last spring, we sowed three acres of 
oats on an old sod that was badly run 
out and had, evidently, not been manured 
for years. The sod was plowed and 
worked over with the spring-tooth. We 
then broadcasted on the three acres, a 
mixture of 600 pounds dissolved rock, 
600 pounds nitrate of soda, and 350 
pounds muriate of potash. These chem¬ 
icals were put in layers of one bag each, 
and mixed with hoe, rake and shovel. 
The field was then paced off and divided 
into as many strips as there were bags 
of the chemicals. In broadcasting, one 
bag at a time was placed on the stone 
boat and driven down each strip, the 
driver scattering the fertilizer right and 
left with a shovel. This gave a very 
fair distribution when the fertilizer was 
harrowed in, though, of course, not 
equal to the work of a grain drill. The 
oats have made a fine growth—an aver¬ 
age of nearly five feet high and are well 
headed out. 
This same mixture has been used on 
six acres of Hungarian grass with 
equally good results. On sweet corn, we 
have used 100 pounds less nitrate of soda 
and 50 pounds more muriate. This was 
simply a rough-and-ready mixture of 
materials that happened to be on hand. 
A less expensive mixture, and one that 
would give more lasting results, would 
contain about half as much nitrate of soda 
and 600 pounds of cotton-seed meal. The 
large amount of nitrate has forced the 
oats and Hungarian in this wet season, 
but the seeding to follow will need 
nitrogen every year if it is to be kept up. 
X X X 
We have six bushels of cow peas for 
planting in the corn. It is, probably, 
too late to mature the vines, but we 
hope to obtain growth enough to pay 
for plowing under. Our corn fields are 
too late for Crimson clover. We planted 
late varieties of sweet corn in the early 
part of June, making successive plant¬ 
ings in order to delay the crop until 
September. We think that Late Mam¬ 
moth and Evergreen will bring more 
money then than will the earlier varie¬ 
ties. For field culture, we have the 
Early Black cow peas. They will be 
sowed between the rows of corn at the 
last working, and also dropped in the 
hills and covered with the foot. The 
latter plan is merely an experiment. It 
has been tried with some success near 
Philadelphia. On July 24, we planted, 
in the garden, a small quantity of an 
improved variety of cow pea sent by J. 
O. Loftin, of Mount Olive, N. C. This 
seed was from this year’s first crop, and 
Mr. Loftin says that he has always suc¬ 
ceeded in maturing two crops of seed 
when the second crop was sowed as early 
as July 15. Our seed broke through the 
ground three days after planting. Any 
cow pea that can be planted as late as 
that with us and give a fair growth of 
vines before frost, will be of great value 
in our farming. 
Twelve years ago, The R. N.-Y. 
planted 11 different varieties of cow peas 
on the Long Island farm. They were 
planted in drills six feet apart and six 
inches in the drill. The soil was poor 
with no manure for eight years previous. 
The peas were planted May 18. A 
variety called Whippoorwill, or Java, 
ripened seed September 5 with vines two 
feet high and six teet long. Conck 
did not ripen seed, but grew 12 feet long. 
The Goat pea was ripe September 1. 
but made a small growth. Poor Land 
pea ripened from August 15 to Sep¬ 
tember 25 with vines four feet long. 
Little Black ripened September 10. and 
made an immense growth, while Tory, 
Red Ripper and Early Favorite were 
much the same These early experi¬ 
ments proved that cow peas will ripen 
seed as far north as Long Island. We 
now wish to see what use can be made 
of the plant in our northern system of 
farming. We have a six-acre corn field 
that we wish to keep in corn for a num¬ 
ber of years. It is planted so late that 
Crimson clover could not be started in 
time to make growth enough to stand 
the winter. If we can start cow peas in 
the hills, so that cultivation will not in¬ 
terfere with the early growth of the 
vines, we can make sure of a fair crop 
for turning under, or adopt the Southern 
plan of turning in the hogs to eat down 
the vines. h. 
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