December 26 
856 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Last Word About Those Premiums. 
When this issue reaches its readers, there will be about a week 
left for those nine premiums that go out January 1 to the nine larg¬ 
est clubs received during the month of December, yet there will be 
time enough left for any one to go to work and win one of the pre¬ 
miums, and a lively hustler could come in for the $50 premium. The 
conditions have changed little since last week. The watch this week 
goes to Mr. F. E. Van Eps of New York, for a club of about 
the same size that sent it to Mr. Moore of New York State last week. 
As far as we are able to see, there is but one agent who has really 
been working for the premiums, as he is the only one who has sent 
in at different times, and his club is not large enough yet to discour¬ 
age any one from competing for the $50. The time is short now, 
however, and if you want one of the premiums, you will need to get 
to work at once. There is no better time in the year to do it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
HORSE SHOE FARM NOTES. 
A DRIVE THROUGH DELAWARE. 
We have very little to say under this Some men—notably Prof. Sanborn—are advo- 
heading 1 this week. We have had our eating the idea of taking up a large tract of 
say already on page 853, and if you eastern land and pursuing the plan of extensive- 
.... . , ... ... . , intensive agriculture. Plenty of plant food scien- 
wxll look back there, you will see what tiflcally applied 
, constant cultivation and special 
we expect to do next year. We have now crops are to be relied upon to give remunerative 
only to Say that this is the last issue of returns. While here and there one may succeed, 
The R. N.-Y. for 1896. We now saw off 1 believe the masses will fail. At the present 
,, ... . ... ... .. price of products there is an exceedingly small 
another stick and put it with 47 others „ . . ^ ..... . . , ... 
■v margin of profit, and any little drawback or fail- 
that have gone before. ure, or even exceeding success, brings loss. The 
When a man gets on the shady side of cost of labor is so great in comparison with re- 
40, the ending of the year is a pretty se- ce *pt 8 ' that many are reducing their products. 
• , . , . ... -it i. i The only profit now obtainable by the masses is 
nous event m his life. Yet when you ,___ „ ... , T . ... 
J from crops grown by themselves. I believe that 
come to think of it, a man of mature the greatest prosperity is found in those sections 
years ought to look forward with a more Where the farms are smaller and the crops are 
hopeful spirit than the young and un- dlv ersified. 
... , . In many sections of Delaware the farms are 
tried workman. The young man has ,_ , , „ ........ 
J b large, and have passed into the hands of people 
Only the front sight to look through for who reside in the towns. In one ride of nine 
an aim, while the old man has been get- miles, I was told that there was not one farm 
ting the hind sight into shape. Experi- occu Pi ed by its owner. The farms show the 
. . . , ,. -I-,-, usual run-down condition found where there is 
ence, trouble and observation should__ ..... . . 
’ no personal attention given, and the renter does 
have made the older man a better marks- not expect to stay. Here and there are found 
man, so that his work will come closer men who have, in the better times of the past, 
to the bull’s eye of 1897. accumulated a competence, but they claim that 
m, . , jj j ..... . ., at the present time, intensive plans give no profit. 
The past year has added a little to the Am .. . _ *. , , * 
, J .A man must be young, in fine physical condition, 
effectiveness of The R. N.-\. S hind- an agricultural student, a reader of the farm 
sight. We have a high mark and haven’t papers, energetic and a good salesman, to make 
always hit it, perhaps. Some of our en o u ffh to secure a fair salary. Five hundred 
shot have gone into the ground without do “f 8 wor ‘ h ° f bor re<iuire8 car ’ loads of prod - 
° B uce to pay the bill. 
touching the scrubs at all. We have At Camden, I had the pleasure of visiting Hr. 
better powder and a better aim for next E. H. Bancroft, known to many readers by reason 
year, and we expect to move up to a lit- b * s Crimson clover. He has a magnificent 
. . T r . . , . location, the soil is easily worked, vegetation 
tie closer range. We promise only to do , ’ , 
D r shows a remarkable growth, labor is cheaper 
our best and to make that best a little than in our State, but nearly one-half of the re¬ 
better than the best of last year. ceipts are absorbed by the railroads. It is the 
The year closes pleasantly in many 8aine in all sections. Hr. Bancroft has 12 acres 
__ .__ tt 7 „ i__ „ _, . „ „„ , . . of asparagus, several acres of strawberries and 
ways for us. We have a whole cart-load , ’ __ . . 
acres of clover. When he has to cut over the 
of things to be thankful for. At one whole 12 acres of asparagus, pick the acres of 
time trade was a little dull, but we strawberries and the clover is ready to go into 
worked harder and said nothing. Now tbe sbo > ab tbe 8ame day, he has to hustle. One 
the tide is coming our way. Since we ^ p ^ U8tomed tothe hurry ’ would give up in 
have been in business, we have never had a stranger is surprised at the entire absence of 
the first three weeks in December yield meadows. This farm is a vast garden, and the 
so many subscriptions as this December soil is of a 8an< fy nature, with enough clay to 
has done. Our friends have rallied as “ akeitbold fertility - it is easily worked, and 
.... the weeds are not so hard to kill as in New York; 
they never did before, and we take this if they were, so large an area could not be de¬ 
occasion to thank them for their loyal voted to fruit. We could not afford the labor, 
support. The best of it is that our Very few dairies are found, and yet this section 
letters indicate a more hopeful feeling offers the best opportunity for successful dairy- 
among farmers generally. It is not that sowe <i in the fall will give an immense yield, 
there has been any large increase of which can be put in the silo in Hay. This land 
actual cash among them, but many of £ ives an enormous yield of corn or cow peas. 
them seem to feel that things are now Th ! se cr °P 8 “me off in time for sowing to clover 
. ana winter oats. The oats are sown thin, and 
bound to improve slowly but surely, serve to hold up the clover. No expensive pas- 
You may be sure that we hope most ture lands are needed, no cost for fences, no ex- 
sincerely that they are right in this treme cold weather, and the best food in the 
belief world in abundance at the least cost. The man- 
" ner of caring for the corn on most farms is ex- 
We lay down the pen for 1896 to Wish pensive. Hen go through and cut off the stalk 
One and all just above the ear; this is tied up when dry, and 
^ P£_^PPY NEW YEAR ^ stacked. Later, they go through and husk the 
corn from the standing stalk. These stubs are cut 
Some of you, for one reason or another, off and piled in great piles, where they lie until 
may not see fit to continue with US for ba,uled into the barnyard to be trampled upon by 
1897. We would like to have you stay * he 8tock ‘ Sometimes the stubs are left t0 
. . " , down, and no crop is put on until wheat is sown 
m the family, but m any event, we wish the next fall, it must be an expensive process, 
you well. Good luck to you wherever and, with 56 pounds of shelled corn worth only 20 
you go, and if, after your wandering, cen t 8 > and no use made of the fodder, there is no 
you desire to come back, remember that 
*9 . The only trouble with Crimson clover is a fail- 
the door is always open. ure t0 get a <, 3 ,^ on account of dry weather. It 
---will start in a very dry soil and then die. Where 
To 
) You must have a neighbor who sown in September, it has made a fine stand, this 
wants The R. N.-Y. Now is the season earlier sowing being a failure. There is 
( time to interest him. Send us his no doubt in the minds of the people here as to its 
| , dollar, and he will get the paper value. The soil is darker, moister, and the 
* ' to January 1, 1898, and you may mechanical condition improved—advantages not 
usually spoken of. The warehouses are filled 
with foreign seed, and the people here think we 
northern men are unsuccessful because we buy 
It. It is thought that it is not as vigorous and 
more liable to winterkill. There should be some 
way to protect the buyer. 
Hr. Rosa, at Hilford, showed me plum trees 
that had grown such long branches in one sea¬ 
son that they broke down. His 3,000 bushels of 
sweet potatoes, which were the largest and finest 
colored I ever saw, grown on 10 acres, and his 17 
acres of strawberries, which frequently yield 300 
bushels per day, were all from land enriched by 
clover. These potatoes were all in one bin, and I 
was surprised to see no rotten ones. If I buy a 
barrel, they will rot badly. Hr. Rosa said, “ We 
handle them as carefully as we would peaches. 
No man can throw them into a basket when pick¬ 
ing up. We empty them on to the pile ourselves, 
and keep the temperature even, about 60 degrees. 
You should keep them in a dry, warm place with 
an even temperature, and do not handle.” In 
most cases in the North, they are put into cold, 
damp cellars, and a large per cent rot. 
The growing of peaches is a lottery, and, to 
some extent, demoralizing. Intelligent men say 
that Delaware would be better off if a peach tree 
had never been planted. Once in a series of years, 
there will be a crop that will give an immense 
profit, sometimes paying for the land. The fail¬ 
ures are forgotten, the price of land is raised too 
high, money is borrowed to live on and when a 
crop is obtained, it has all been absorbed in ad¬ 
vance. Enough is wasted, because it seems 
small, to aid much, A good deal of the time 
there is no work to do which brings in any money. 
Debts are incurred, to be paid for with peaches 
which fail to come, or like last season’s, are so 
poor in quality that they are harvested at a loss. 
In sections where immense profits are occasion¬ 
ally obtained, the people become adverse to 
growing crops that give regular profits, and the 
general prosperity, social conditions and happi¬ 
ness decline. I see no encouragement for either 
individual or national success in great agricul¬ 
tural undertakings. 
At the Felton Institute, I was taken to the home 
of John Heyd. He is one of the few who have 
dairy, silo and success. He is successful with 
strawberries, and finds Tennessee Prolific one of 
the best to use for a fertilizer, is a strong, vigor¬ 
ous grower, sending out many plants, and gives 
a fine yield. It resembles the Crescent, but the 
fruit is larger. Host of the perfect-blossomed 
varieties are poor yielders, and I shall try this. 
Bubach is the favorite. He remarked, “We made 
as much clear profit when we grew only what 
our regular help and family could care for as 
now, when we have so much work.” 
Hr. Rosa has 17 acres, and sold 54,000 quarts. 
Had they been Greenville, there would have been 
double that. Several acres set with plants pur¬ 
chased for Bubacb, proved to be worthless varie¬ 
ties, and yielded practically nothing. The seller 
should be made liable by law for such mistakes. 
The two-horse planter works to perfection in this 
soil, which is loose and without a single stone. 
The Lady Thompson has many friends, and does 
best on the heaviest soils. Further north, only 
the Bubach finds favor, even the Parker Earle 
being condemned. The Hiller red raspberry is 
being extensively planted, and is said to be 
earlier, better colored, and firmer than Cuthbert. 
If it is, it’s good. 
The manner of trimming trees is very different 
(Continued on next vage.) 
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