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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 3, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
the name and address of the writer to in¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper.1 
REMEMBER WADSWORTH. 
The following members of the New 
York Senate voted against Governor 
Hughes in his efforts to remove the Su¬ 
perintendent of Insurance. They repre¬ 
sent agricultural counties, where farmers 
are in a majority. Every one of them 
merits defeat, and should be plowed un¬ 
der by the'votes of farmers. Send them 
to the political graveyard at the first op¬ 
portunity : 
JOTHAM P. ALLDS.Norwich, N. Y. 
ALBERT T. FANCHER, . . Salamanca, N. Y. 
S. P. FRANCHOT, . . , Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
S. PERCY HOOKER,.LeRoy, N. Y. 
JOHN RAINES.Canandaigua, N. Y. 
SANFORD W. SMITH, . . . Chatham, N. Y. 
WM. J. TULLY, . . . Corning, N. Y. 
HORACE WHITE, ... . Syracuse, N. Y. 
BENJ. M. WILCOX.Auburn, N. V. 
JOSEPH ACKROYD.Utica, N. Y. 
FRANK M. BOYCE, . . East Schodack, N. Y. 
Draining a Low Field. 
TV. L., Fort Wayne, Tnd .—I have some 
ground along a creek that is a very heavy 
sticky blue clay. It Is naturally wet, and al¬ 
though it is well drained it is so sticky that 
the water sometimes stands in the furrows not 
more than a foot above a tile, and will not 
go down. Part of this ground is now in 
Timothy and part in corn. What can I do 
with this ground to make it drier and more 
easily worked? 
Ans. —If the inquirer is '-sure that the 
drains are open and laid to a grade, the 
most that can be done to help them now 
is to keep off the ground when it is 
at all wet, and grow clover or some other 
deep-rooting plant in his rotation of 
crops. This will help to ameliorate this 
unfriendly clay, and when the clover 
roots decay below the plow, water will 
find its way down in the holes punched 
for it by the clover roots. The inquirer 
does not say how long these drains have 
been in. Newly-laid drains are never so 
satisfactory as they will be after water 
has made its way to them for a time. If 
real stiff blue clay never got dry or had 
holes driven into it by plant roots we 
might store gunpowder in its drains, but 
the drying process develops cracks, and 
when the water comes in it finds a road 
through these cracks to the drains. Do 
not expect too much of these drains, for 
while they will relieve a stiff soil of its 
free water, and plenty of decaying organic 
matter with tillage at the proper time will 
improve its mechanical condition, we can 
no more expect the former to make this 
kind of soil dry like porous gravel than 
the latter to make of it a nice garden 
loam. J. F. VAN SCHOONHOVEN. 
Clearing Brush Land. 
A. L., Old Lyme, Conn .—I had a piece 
of ground which was covered with small 
brush, rose briars, sumach and such growth. 
I had it cleared this Spring, and by this 
date there is a growth of about 18 inches 
of everything that was cut down. What is 
the very best thing to do just now? Eventu¬ 
ally I want to seed hay on that piece. Shall 
I plow it now in July or August, and sow 
buckwheat and plow it again in Spring, and 
then sow my hay seed? I want to know 
which is the best and cheapest way to get 
clear of this wild growth and put the land in 
good shape for hay? 
Ans. —I do not know of any better 
treatment which can be given the brush 
land described than to take a strong plow 
and one or two yoke of oxen and break 
it up. After plowing the Cutaway har¬ 
row should be put on and run over it 
repeatedly until all surface growth is ef¬ 
fectually destroyed. This Cutaway har¬ 
row should be used at intervals of one 
week until the middle or latter part of 
August, when the grass seed may be 
sown. Or if seeding is to be delayed 
until next year then the harrowing should 
continue until Fall and the ground should 
be plowed again next Spring, after which 
the land should be harrowed thoroughly. 
This may be done next Spring and grass 
and clover seed may be sown with oats, 
or, better yet, the oats may be cut for 
hay and then the ground may be fitted 
for grass seeding. The soil if mellow 
and loose, may be fitted with the Cut¬ 
away harrow, but if the soil is inclined to 
be hard and compact then put on the 
plow and break it up once more. By this 
time the wild growth ought to be pretty 
well subdued. l. a. clinton. 
Storrs (Conn.) Experiment Station. 
Dividing Rhubarb ; Dwarf Duchess. 
G. W. H., Itifle, Col. —1. How soon will it 
do to divide rhubarb roots after the foliage 
and stalks have died down? Mine are near 
ly dried up now. 2. Why is it that nearly 
ail horticultural writers advise planting the 
Duchess pear as a dwarf? I have 500 eight 
years old, and they are not growing at all to 
suit me. The soil is a rich loam. Will stan¬ 
dards grow better? I like the fruit of this 
variety; it sells well, but as a dwarf doesn’t 
make wood enough for a decent crop. 
Ans. —1. Rhubarb is usually planted in 
the East in Spring, but in mild climates 
seeds or divisions may be planted at any 
season. Old roots many safely be divided 
any time when growth is dormant. 
2. The Duchess or Angouleme pear gener¬ 
ally proves more fruitful as a dwarf on 
quince roots than as a standard. Duchess 
standards make fine large trees which 
generally turn out late and shy bearers. 
Rye as a Green Manure , 
W. If. P., Connecticut .—Will you tell me 
the manurial value, as compared with barn¬ 
yard manure, of rye? I have been advised 
to sow it this Fall and plow it under in the 
Spring. It is old ground, having been used 
for a garden a number of years. If I do this, 
can I use same ground next Spring for gar¬ 
den? The rest of my land is just where I 
want it, so am anxious to use this piece 
again before seeding it down. 
Ans.—T he following figures show a 
fair comparison: 
Pounds In a Ton. 
Nitrogen. Phos. Acid. Potash. 
Green rye . 10 5 14 
Manure . 10 6 13 
Thus on the face of it there is little dif¬ 
ference in analysis, yet any farmer will 
know that a ton of rye plowed under 
will not give as good results as a ton of 
good manure. There are two reasons for 
this. The rye adds nothing to the soil. 
It takes a certain amount of plant food 
from the soil, and returns it in another 
form when it is plowed under. There is 
nothing gained, while the plant food in 
the manure is clear gain to the soil. The 
plant food in the rye is not so available 
as that in the manure. Before it can feed 
other plants the rye must decay in the 
soil, and we know how tough and hard 
rye straw is. We have found the chief 
value of rye as a green manure the fact 
that it prevents loss from the soil. At 
the end of Summer, after most crops have 
made their growth, the soil is well filled with 
nitrates, which represent the soluble form 
of nitrogen. If there be some living crop 
growing in the soil most of these nitrates 
will be saved, while if the ground is bare 
much nitrogen will be washed away in 
the drainage water. Thus, by sowing 
rye after other crops have been removed 
we save these nitrates in the crop of rye. 
When we plow the crop under in Spring 
we do not add plant food, but we leave 
the soil loose and open—in better condi¬ 
tion for garden crops. You can certainly 
use such soil for garden next year. 
It was the morning after their arrival 
at a seaside resort. “I have often heard 
of the roar of the ocean,” she said dream¬ 
ily, “but I never knew it sounded like 
that.” “That’s not the roar of the ocean,” 
answered her more experienced husband. 
“That’s the roar of a departing guest who 
has just been presented with his bill.”— 
Judge. 
Small Boy : “Can I have a ride on a 
donkey, ma?” Ma: “No, dear; your 
papa says you are not to have one.” Small 
boy: “Why can’t I have a ride on a 
donkey?” Ma (to her husband): “Oh! 
for goodness sake, James, give him a ride 
on your back and see if it’ll keep him 
quiet!”—Illustrated Bits. 
Poik^Sftawbcrry 
. liBi 
ii The best varieties, both 
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methods of planting to raise a 
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year, are fully particularized in 
Dreer’s 
Mid-Summer Catalog 
Also describes and prices the best 
strains of Celery, Cabbage and other 
vegetable plants. 
A select list of the best Palms, 
Ferns, and decorative plants. 
Seeds of old-fashioned Hardy 
Perennials and other flowers for 
summer sowing. 
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HENRY A. DREER, - Philadelphia. 
* 
FULL CROP 1908 FR0M 0UR mid-summer 
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JOSEPH E 
bushels Crimson Clover 
Address 
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