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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 24 
NOTES FROM “ LUAVA.” 
The cow peas grew steadily until Octo¬ 
ber 9, when the frost killed the vines. On 
July 29, we planted rows of cow peas be¬ 
tween the raspberry bushes. The vines 
are now nearly three feet long on the 
average, and cover the ground fairly 
well, though this variety grows upright 
like a bush bean. Blossoms formed 10 
days ago. A single plant with the root as 
pulled up by hand, weighed exactly 
three ounces. These plants are 15 inches 
apart in the drill, and the drills average 
two feet apart—leaving out the space 
occupied by the raspberries. As we have 
said before, this variety came from North 
Carolina, and the seed we planted was 
of this year’s early crop. 
We also planted the Early Black cow 
pea in the sweet corn. This was done 
without special care, simply dropping 
the peas and scraping earth over them 
with the foot, but the peas have all 
gx’own. They are not as large as the 
vines in the raspberries, as the growing 
corn shaded them too much. The corn 
has now been cut, and the vines make 
a good showing on the ground. We 
estimate that the vines give a heavier 
growth on an equal space than Crim¬ 
son clover sowed about the same time. 
As grown among the raspberries, the 
cow peas are far ahead of the Crimson 
clover sowed about the same time. 
It is hard to see how any manurial crop 
could make a heavier growth in two 
months than these peas have made. We 
shall let them lie on the ground all win¬ 
ter, and turn them under in the spring. 
Where early varieties of corn are grown 
so that the stalks may be cut early, we 
believe that the plan of planting cow 
peas at the last working is well worth try¬ 
ing. Of course, much depends upon the 
use that is to be made of the land after 
the corn, but where the field is to be 
left without a crop till spring, a good 
growth of cow peas will prove a valu¬ 
able investment. Another year, we shall 
sow them between the rows of straw¬ 
berries. 
X X X 
We planted five hills of Hubbard squash 
alongside the new asparagus bed. A 
handful of Mapes’s vegetable fertilizer 
was put in each hill. These five hills 
have monopolized half the garden. There 
are 33 marketable squashes from them. 
The longest vine is 43 feet long, and has 
produced a big squash 35 feet away 
from the hill. It has been a perfect bat¬ 
tle for the past month to keep the vines 
from running into the celery and chok¬ 
ing it out. Though turned away repeat¬ 
edly, the vines will veer around and 
make for the celery. One vine crawled 
into the Lima bean patch and climbed 
two poles, bending them both over. We 
are very fond of Hubbard squash at 
our house. The favorite way of cooking 
it is to split through the center, take 
out the seeds, and then bake in a hot 
oven. Thus cooked, it makes a fine 
substitute for sweet potatoes. 
X X X 
We have made a “strawberry barrel” 
somewhat after the plan given by Mr. 
Jenkins, on page 671. We took a linseed 
oil barrel and charred the inside. Then 
we bored 13^-ineh holes four inches 
apart around the barrel, and in rows 
eight inches apart. The barrel was 
filled to the first row of holes, with rich 
earth with a little fertilizer worked 
into it. The plants were dug with 
a Richards’s Transplanter and pushed 
through the holes from the inside, so 
that the large ball of earth stuck to the 
roots. The balls were so large and the 
holes so close together that it required 
close packing, but we think that we 
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shall obtain better results than where 
the roots are shaken clean of earth and 
pushed through from the outside. In 
order to test the matter, we have put in 
one complete row with the roots shaken 
clean and spread out. The varieties 
used were Parker Earle and Atlantic. 
The latter variety is the strongest 
grower we have. From the habit of 
Parker Earle, we expect best results 
from that variety in this “ barrel ” cul¬ 
ture. The new “ vineless ” strawberry 
ought to do well grown in this way, and 
we shall try it another year, if we can 
obtain enough plants from our single 
specimen. We shall put the holes four 
inches apart in both directions for this 
variety. The barrel, when filled, pre¬ 
sents a novel appearance, and if painted 
white, would make a unique ornament 
for the lawn._ h. 
TURKEYS AS HATCHERS. 
THEY MAY BE TRAINED TO SIT AT ANY 
TIME AND USED FOB LONG PERIODS 
IN PLACE OF INCUBATORS. 
Part II. 
“ Not all turkeys are willing to be 
forced to sit; still the restives are rare. 
When these birds are desired as sitting 
machines, they ought to be selected 
carefully. Breeders who intend to go in 
for them, should purchase one or more 
as needed, and give them a trial; those 
which do not give entire satisfaction can 
be fattened and sent to market, and will 
pay for the remainder. Above all others, 
may it be animated or artificial brood¬ 
ers, turkeys are the best; to brood with 
them is not so expensive as using either 
incubators or foster mothers, and gives 
much less trouble. 
“ In the country, a flock of turkeys, 
be it very large, costs nothing to keep. 
Mine are turned out on a lawn partly 
planted with wood, and they never get 
a handful of corn, or any meal, until 
severe winter sets in—that is, when the 
snow covers the ground. All are in ex¬ 
cellent condition. At night, they come 
home, their crops always full, and are 
shut up in a stable, where they find their 
ideal perch—an old wheel planted on a 
stake a few feet from the ground. In 
our climate, the winters are not long, 
and rarely very severe. We may calcu¬ 
late to have to feed our turkeys during 
two months. The manure which they 
produce in great quantities the whole 
year ’round, pays amply for the expense 
of the food during that period, which is 
also the time we require their services 
for brooding. Thus the cost of feeding 
ought not to be taken into account ; 
nevertheless, if we do, the food of four 
turkeys, which will cover 100 eggs, will 
not come to the cost of heating an incu¬ 
bator of the same capacity. 
“ As for the trouble, I do not think 
that it takes more labor to take the hens 
from the nest once a day than to turn, 
morning and evening, a quantity of eggs, 
clean the lamp, fillup the water, etc., 
without counting that the slightest 
neglect may expose the whole contents 
of the incubator. With turkeys, nothing 
like this is to be dreaded. Of mild and 
submissive disposition, they can be 
handled in any way, and seldom break 
any eggs intrusted to their care. They 
will brood with the same tenderness, all 
sorts of eggs, may they be of geese or of 
pheasants. 
“ Turkeys are very attentive mothers, 
and protect their chickens well. I never 
had one taken by vermin or birds of 
prey, which abound in the grounds 
around, because of the proximity of a 
forest; although my turkeys, with their 
young ones, are free to run where they 
like, and go, sometimes, 300 or 400 yards 
from the house. If they know each 
other, several may be allowed to run 
together without danger of fighting. 
These goodies will accept any change or 
addition of chickens, and brood the new¬ 
comers as tenderly as their own. I often 
saw turkeys whose chicks had been 
joined to others, adopt large chickens 
more than two months old which had 
been forsaken by the hen. 
“ Training turkeys to sit does not take I 
away their laying qualities when they 
are properly managed. Therefore, allow 
them to lay their clutch of eggs after 
they have brooded and raised the early 
chickens. They will ask to sit immedi¬ 
ately they have finished laying ; you 
may let them, and have no fear of over¬ 
working.” 
In This Country. 
Last spring, I, while at the Rhode 
Island Experiment Station, tried this 
scheme, and with complete success. 
But one young turkey was set, and as it 
was before the flock had laid, she, prob¬ 
ably, had never laid an egg. Not then 
knowing that the use of spirits was not 
necessary, I did as this writer advises 
for three days. On the fourth day, the 
nest was uncovered and the hen allowed 
to go on or off as she chose. She kept 
closely to the nest, and soon after, 11 
goose eggs were put under her ; three of 
these were afterward tested out. At the 
proper time, six goslings were hatched 
and safely removed while she continued 
to sit. The nest was within a slatted 
front shed, so the turkey was under con¬ 
trol when off the nest. Here she was 
very mild and submissive, although as 
wild as any domestic turkey when out 
in the field. 
It seems that most people who have 
heard of the possibility of setting tur¬ 
keys in this way, have either been 
skeptical that it is a fact, or have failed 
to put it to a test. A brief account of 
this practice, published last spring in 
the Reliable Poultry Journal, called out 
letters from two parties who had availed 
themselves of this knowledge. Mr. W. 
Enos Stevenson, Seary, Ark., wrote in 
May, 1896 : 
“ Take turkey hens, three to ten years 
old, treat them kindly so as to have them 
very tame, and they can be trained to 
sit at any time. In the winter, make a 
nest in a barrel laid upon its side, or in 
a box of suitable size, warm six to ten 
china eggs so that they will be quite 
warm, and put them in the nest about 
dark ; put the hen on and hang an old 
gunny sack or quilt over the opening so 
as to darken the nest. Feed very lightly 
for three days. Any one can tell the 
third day whether the turkey is broody 
enough to give her the eggs for incuba¬ 
tion. If she is, give her from 20 to 30 
eggs, according to her size. No, sir ! No 
corn juice or grape juice for the turkey ! 
Prohibition has full sway here! Turkeys, 
with proper care, can be depended upon 
to hold the nest for 10 weeks, but for 
best results, should not be made to work 
over six weeks. They are not good 
(Continued on next paje.) 
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