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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 15, 
SOWING OATS AND RAPE. 
Our experience at the Station Farm is 
that if rape seed is sown with the oats, the 
rape comes on equally rapidly with the 
oats, and we get an excellent crop of green 
forage, but are not able to cure the mass 
so as to thrash and save the oats. In 
fact, the rape grows too fast for the ob¬ 
ject sought. Therefore, it is better to 
sow the rape 10 days or two weeks after 
the oats were put in. In this case the 
oats have become started, and soon over¬ 
grow the rape and hold it in check, so 
that at harvest time it does not interfere 
with securing the crop of oats, and is still 
established in the soil to make rapid 
growth in case weather conditions are 
favorable. It is desirable at the time of 
sowing the rape to go over the land with 
a light harrow or with a weeder, particu¬ 
larly if there has been rainfall since the 
oats have been sown, but if there has been 
no rain since the oats were sown, so that 
no crust is formed, and there is ap¬ 
pearance of rain coming immediately after 
sowing the rape, it probably would not be 
necessary to harrow in order to get a 
catch of rape seed. Rape sown immedi¬ 
ately after oat harvest would give con¬ 
siderable Fall pasture, but would not be 
so satisfactory a crop as if it were sown 
as above suggested. However, weather 
conditions would affect results very ma¬ 
terially. Oats require a large amount of 
moisture to mature the crop. If the 
weather has been somewhat dry, the soil 
is quite apt to have been quite thoroughly 
relieved of moisture and the rape would 
start and grow slowly. If, however, there 
is sufficient moisture to start the rape 
promptly and cause it to make a rapid 
growth, then quite satisfactory results 
might be secured, even sowing after the 
oats are harvested. j. l. stone. 
It is not advisable in this section to 
sow rape with oats to use as pasturing 
after harvesting the oats, nor would it 
be advisable to sow rape after the oats 
are up unless the oats are to be cut green 
for soiling. Very good Fall pasturing 
with rape can be had from seeding imme¬ 
diately after the oats are cut, harrowing 
the stubble, and, if the weather is dry. 
rolling it. A very good crop of Fall rape 
can be had after corn, by simply sowing 
i* at the time of the last cultivation. Last 
Fall I pastured lambs on rape after corn 
until frost came, but this does not work 
as well where the corn harvester is used. 
Vermont. george axtken. 
I understand now what I had already been 
told that celery must have room all to itself 
to thrive. We had a fair crop from second 
planting in the usual way. As we buy 
our celery plants each year, I would note 
for the benefit of those who do likewise, 
that with us the “seed bed” plants always 
do better thafi the transplanted ones, and 
at less cost. 
Certainly the garden has been a great 
pleasure to take care of, though this 
has not always been perfectly done, ow¬ 
ing to “pressure of business,” that tired 
feeling, and other causes. Cost of plow¬ 
ing, manure and seeds was about $11. I 
do not know anything which comes as 
near turning work into fun as a double 
wheel hoe in the small garden. On any 
piece of ground over 25x50 it is almost 
a necessity, where the work must be done 
in spare moments by the householder him¬ 
self. The scuffle hoes and cultivator teeth 
are all that are necessary. Let alone the 
“plows” and rakes which go with it, and 
look so useful in the catalogue. Have 
your ground plowed if you can rather than 
spaded, but don’t harrow it much if at all. 
A horse tramps down a small piece more 
than he will loosen it up with the harrow. 
Put on all the manure you can get or 
afford—a one-horse load to every 25x25 
ft. is none too much if it is good and 
rotten. Further, I think it pays to let 
berries, asparagus and such things alone 
unless you own your ground, and don’t 
plant novelties and things you don’t want 
and will not take care of “just to see what 
they are like.” Stick to tried varieties 
and give them good culture. An hour of 
work every morning or even half an hour, 
will keep a surprisingly large piece of 
ground in the pink of_ condition if done 
conscientiously and with a love for it. 
Another half hour in the evening setting 
out plants, tying, training, and fussing 
about will do the rest. Above all things, 
make a plot of your piece of ground to 
scale on paper, and lay it off as you intend 
to plant, and then order your seeds in 
time. Get them in the ground when they 
ought to be there, the hardy ones a lit f le 
earlier than you think safe, and the tender 
one a little later than you think necessary. 
Keep a blank book among your garden 
requisites, and jot down in it occasionally 
things you will like to refer to—first plant¬ 
ings, favorite varieties, first pickings, and 
comparative yields, and such like. Make 
the rows straight and lay the whole garden 
out with an eye to the looks of it; if you 
have a small place you can add to its at¬ 
tractiveness, for there is nothing more 
pleasing than a neatly ordered and well- 
kept kitchen garden. x. Y. z. 
Anthracnosf. in Berries. —T have never 
been able to eradicate anthracnose in rasp¬ 
berries, except by destroying the affected 
plants. I believe the Experiment Station at 
Geneva has decided after thorough trial 
that. Bordeaux will control it if begun in 
Spring and persisted with, hut it has seemed 
to me that it cost too much. My plan Is to 
begin with the healthiest plants obtainable, 
give thorough cultivation, and if disease ap¬ 
pears, dig out and burn affected plants, and 
renew the whole plantation once in from 
three to foqr years. F. E. van Ers. 
New York. 
POSSIBILITIES OF A BACKYARD. 
Sound Advice from a Backyarder. 
Part II. 
Cauliflower we have vainly attempted 
to raise several times, Last year the cool, 
moist season did allow us to get a few 
heads, but none was really first-class. 
Cabbage did well enough, as also kohl rabi, 
which we discovered -is about the meanest 
vegetable that grows unless you know 
how to cook it. Brussels sprouts and late 
turnips were too late in getting in, and 
did not amount to much. We had a single 
row of kale. 
We had about half a barrel of Winter 
beets, also parsnips, carrots, ruta bagas 
and oyster plant to draw on through the 
Winter. Our Swiss chard was still flour¬ 
ishing a month after frost; it is a vege¬ 
table which should be in every garden. 
It “grows itself/’ and gives a continuous 
supply of delicious greens, which when 
cooked are identical in taste and appear¬ 
ance with young spinach, but unlike spin¬ 
ach, it does not go to seed and can, in fact, 
should be cut, or rather pulled (like rhu¬ 
barb, which it somewhat resembles in 
growth) continuously throughout the sea¬ 
son, taking only the best outer leaves 
without injuring the heart. Our celery 
was in good shape—what there was of it. 
I made the experiment of planting it 
between widely-spaced rows of onions, 
and lost my first planting. I figured that 
the onions would be out of the way by the 
time the celery needed to be handled, but 
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