396 
May 11, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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please see whether it is not answered in 
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separate piece of paper. 1 
BUILDING A MODEL FARM. 
Headers will remember what W. B. Kurtz 
told us on page 169 about his experience in 
building lip a run-down farm. Now he will 
try his hand at another piece of land in 
New Jersey, and this is his plan : 
“I have bought a 16-acre plot one-half 
mile east of Bound Brook. The land is 
level sandy loam, and has at present a crop 
of rye on it. I do not expect to build for 
a year or two, but wish to plant in fruit 
and grass in part: remainder I want to 
bring into as good tilth as possible without 
spending an unnecessary dollar, or withhold¬ 
ing a penny where it will do good. In 
short, I want to make It as near a model 
farm as science and hard work can make 
it. I shall supply the hard work, but will 
rub up against The It. N.-Y. and the New 
Jersey Experiment Station for the science. 
I intend to keep five cows and produce cer¬ 
tified milk. My plan is to seed four acres 
to permanent pasture, two to Alfalfa, one 
to fruit, one for buildings and lawn. The 
remainder I want to plant to cow peas and 
Crimson clover (as soon as rye is off), to 
plow down in Pall and next Spring, and 
wish to do same next year. I shall dress 
liberally with 10-8 fertilizer.” 
REPLANTING THAT CANADIAN 
VINEYARD. 
In answer to S. B., Ontario, Canada (page 
320), the best thing he can do is to let his 
vineyard go as it. is at present; 10x6 feet 
is out of the ordinary as grapes are planted 
in the Lake Keuka region; 8x8 feet is the 
usual distance, but a good many vineyards 
arc 7x7 feet. This is too close to work in 
with a team or run a horse-power spraying 
machine. On the steepest side hills here 
one horse is used exclusively, and on level 
lands one horse is used to finish plowing 
close up to the vines and to run horse hoe. 
S. B. would better train his vines on the 
fan system, running the laterals so that they 
meet or even pass. As S. B.’s vineyard 
has a northeast exposure he will need all 
the sun he can get in the late Pall to get 
the color and ripen his grapes. W. h. 
Yates Co., N. Y. 
On page 320 S. B., Ontario, Canada, asks 
advice in regard to his vineyard which is 
set on a hill. I can tell what I would do 
if the vineyard in question were mine. I 
would reset those vines and make the rows 
nine feet apart and the vines eight feet 
apart in the row. The field could be staked 
out, then holes dug where stakes were set, 
then the vines removed to the holes by tak¬ 
ing a good quantity of earth up with the 
plant. I think the work could be done 
quickly, and I do mot think the plants 
would suffer much of a setback; in fact, 
they would scarcely notice the change, as 
they have been set only a year. I live in 
t ire northwest corner of Cattaraugus 
County, but the Chautauqua County grape- 
belt spills over into this county a little and 
I have been caring for grapes more or less 
for the past 15 years. w. G. p. 
Perrysburg, N. Y. 
Painting a Leaky Roof. 
D. J. L., Banner Elk. N. C .—I have a 
roof on my barn made of % x 6-inch sawed 
undressed boards doubled, showing about 
eight feet. It was put on about two years 
ago and has leaked badly from the begin¬ 
ning. The leaking is caused by water get¬ 
ting between the boards and following the 
saw cuts to the inside. Would a few coats 
of thick paint stop this roof from leaking? 
The boards are of hemlock, and are perfectly 
sound. The roof has a pitch of 45 degrees, 
and it looks as if it would turn water per¬ 
fectly. The roof has about 30 squares in it, 
and I would not like to have to replace it 
with a new one. 
Ans.— I have had no experience as to 
whether painting a board roof will prevent 
leaking or not, but it is reasonable to think 
that it would be of some help. But as far 
as painting a roof for durability is con¬ 
cerned, it is of doubtful utility. Paint 
applied to a shingle or lapped board roof 
after roof is on makes little ridges be¬ 
tween the exposed portion of the shingle 
and the portion not exposed. This re¬ 
tards the drying out of a painted roof 
after a rain, and thus hastens decay under 
the edges of the overlying shingles or 
boards. This condition, however, ought 
to have a tendency to prevent water run¬ 
ning under the boards, which seems to 
be the trouble with D. J. L.’s roof. He 
might try a portion of his roof with 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
thick paint and another portion with coal 
tar, and note the effect If the roof were 
mine I think that I would lay some good 
roofing material over the boards just as 
they are. o. davis. 
fln Experience With Nitrate of Soda. 
,/. B., Stanley, N. Y .—Three years ago I 
thought I would try a little experiment on a 
Timothy meadow, with nitrate of soda. I 
measured off one-half acre in a Timothy field 
VINE AS PLANTED. Fig. 185. 
of nine acres, and about the time that grass 
began to start in the Spring, sowed the same 
with a little less than one hundred pounds 
of nitrate of soda. Soon after sowing, the 
treated part began to jump ahead of the rest 
of the field. I, as well as others who saw 
it, thought for a time that it would yield 
at least one-third more hay than the rest 
of the field ; but after awhile, the rest of the 
field began to catch up with the half acre, 
and at tlie time of cutting the grass, no 
one could tell the difference. The soil is 
gravelly surface with clay subsoil. There is 
evidently a good deal of lime in the soil, 
as our well water is very hard. 
Ans. —Nitrate of soda contains the sol- 
END OF FIRST SEASON. Fro. 186. 
uble form of nitrogen—available at once. 
Very likely the soil was in good condi¬ 
tion, able to produce a fair crop without 
fertilizer. In such soils oftentimes the 
nitrogen does not become available to 
feed plants until the surplus water has 
been dried out and the soil becomes 
warmer.- The nitrate, however, would 
feed the crop at once, and that was prob¬ 
ably why the grass in this half acre “be¬ 
gan to jump” early. Later, as the soil 
grew warmer, its nitrogen became more 
available and the other grass grew. It 
is not a sure thing to decide such ex¬ 
periments by the eye. There have been 
many cases where old farmers looked at 
different fields and called them exactly 
alike, while the scales showed a great 
difference. If the season had been un¬ 
usual—either very dry or very wet—the 
grass where the nitrate was used would 
have been better than the other. Re¬ 
member that nitrate of soda provides 
nothing but nitrogen for the crop. Its 
nitrogen is very soluble, and is very use¬ 
ful in starting crops early, or giving them 
a quick growth. 
You Need a NEW Roof 
Your present one is leaking and worn beyond repair. Why not put on a roof this 
time that will outlast your building and never cost another cent.during the rest of your 
life? What's me use of spending anymore of your hard earned money for short-lived 
shingles, i in. metal or composition roofs that require constant painting and repairs? Why 
not buy a sanitary, fire-proof, handsome, "never-wear-out” SLATE ROOF—one that will 
end your roofing troubles forever and increase the attractiveness and selling value of your 
property ? A 
Sea Green or Purple Slate Roof 
Costs Little More than Short-Lived Roofing 
and the act ual value added to your property more than makes up the difference. This is 
an absolute fact. BUILDINGS ROOFED WITH SLATE HAVE A HIGHER MARKET 
VALUE. Sea Green and Purple Roofing slate is nature’s own product, solid rock, quarried 
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Our FREE is yours for the asking. It tells all about the different roofings 
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THE AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE CO., 
Box lO. GRANVILLE, N. V. 
PETER C. KELLOGG CO. 
WILL SELL AT AUCTION THE ENTIRE 
BERKSHIRES BONNIE BRAE FARM HERD 
-OF- 
REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE 
PROPERTY OF ALBERT O. OAVIS, 
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1907, 
, COMMENCING AT 11 O'CLOCK, AT 
BONNIE BRAE FARM, GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS. 
The Catalogue 
of ST. LAMBERT, 
together with their sons and daughters, l>y a son of imported LEU AN’S ADA 1*39539,60 
lbs. milk a day; prize winner. This son of Leluan’s Ada, to which many of the cows are 
bred, by a grandson of GOLDEN LAD, will also be included in the sale, w ith all his get in 
the herd. The herd is in fine condition, and the sale will offer a rare opportunity to those 
wishing to reinforce existing herds or others about to establish new herds. 
For CATALOGUES, Address 
PETER C. KELLOGG CO.,107 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. 
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Galvanized Iron Tanks 
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—Best seed for sale. Write 
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$60 
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Clean, fast 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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DAVID RODWAY, 
25 per 1000 up. 
Hartly, Del. 
DMinM CCCn-PrizeTaker, $1.00 per lb.: Southport 
unlull OLLU Yellow Globe, $1.50 per lh. ; South- 
port White Globe, $2.00 per lb. Subj 
unsold. ‘" 
Globe. $2.00 per lb. Subject to being 
EDWARD RIGG, Jr., Burlington, N. f. 
F OR SALE—Crimson Clover Seed, #4.50 bushel. 
Red Clover Seed, $>7.50 and #3.00 bushel 
Onion sets, #3.00 and #3.60 bushel, Cow Peas- 
#3.50 to #3.75 bushel. Joseph E. Holland, Milford, Del. 
SPY, SPITZ, SUTTON, MdNTOSH, 
GRIMES, JONATHAN, RED CANADA, 
STAYMAN WINESAP and CORNELL 
BALDWIN. These are the leading 
kinds we grow. They are the 
kinds you need if you want to 
grow the best ajiples in the world. 
Why not plant safe trees once 
more? We are closing out. No 
- time to lose now. Onr tyees are 
going. We will grow them until Fall for you if 
desired. Our Apple Breeder tells more. It s tree. 
ROGERS OS THE HILL, The Apple Breeder, Danavllle, K. Y. 
