1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
889 
PREPARING GRAPE CUTTINGS. 
Inquirer (No Address ).—I wish to grow 
about 3,000 Concord grapevines from cut¬ 
tings. At what time should they be cut, and 
how kept until planting time? At what dis¬ 
tance apart to plant, how deep and what kind 
of soil to give me a good strong one-year 
vine? Will some one who has had actual 
experience answer? 
To grow grapevines I take well ripened 
wood, soon after the foliage falls; use 
two eyes to a cutting, tie 25 in a bunch 
and bury them in the earth bottom end 
up, with the top ends two inches below 
the surface of the ground. Cover them 
with two or three feet of earth and a 
heavy mulch over that. As soon as the 
frost is out remove the mulch and sur¬ 
plus earth and leave until corn planting 
time. When taken out the cuttings will 
be well callused and sometimes new 
roots well started on the lower end of 
the cutting when changed right side up. 
They should be planted in mellow earth 
in rows four feet apart and one foot in 
the row, with the top bud just at the sur¬ 
face of the ground, great care being taken 
not to let cutting dry even the least. They 
should be cultivated every week until Sep¬ 
tember 1, or until the foliage covers the 
ground. The cuttings can be packed in 
green wood sawdust and kept in the cel¬ 
lar until Spring instead of burying them. 
A sandy loam with a southern slope is 
preferable to heavy clay or even black 
prairie soil. Ground that will produce 
100 bushels of corn to the acre is poor 
enough to grow grapevines if you want 
gilt-edged success. s. e. hall. 
Illinois. 
The present time is as good as 
any to make grape cuttings. They 
should be cut from sound, well-rip¬ 
ened wood, into lengths of three buds, 
cutting close to the lower bud and an 
inch or so above the upper bud. Tie in 
bundles of 50 or 100, with soft wire; 
string is liable to rot and let the bundles 
loose. Dig a trench a foot and one-half 
deep in soil that is dry; that is, where 
water will not settle and stand in the 
trench. Place the bundle of cuttings in 
the trench top downward, packed closely 
together. Cover with earth, and just 
after the ground freezes a little, cover 
with coarse manure. As soon as the 
frost is out in the Spring, remove the 
manure and a part of the soil, leaving 
only two or three inches over the ends 
of the bundles. By the middle of May or 
the first of June, the ends of the cuttings 
will be callused over, and little rootlets 
will have started on most of the cuttings. 
Now dig up and plant out in rows far 
enough apart to admit of cultivation with 
a horse, if growing quite a quantity; oth¬ 
erwise closer, and cultivate with a hand 
cultivator. Plant about six inches apart 
in the row, getting all the cutting in the 
soil except three or four inches. Any 
good soil will grow roots, but a loose 
sandy loam is preferred. It is easier to 
cultivate, holds moisture better, and the 
roots come out easier when they are 
wanted. If I wanted 3,000 No. 1 vines, 
I would put out at least 10,000 cuttings, 
for all the cuttings do not make good 
roots. E. C. GILLETT. 
New York. 
The sooner the inquirer cuts the wood 
from the vines the better. It should be 
cut before the first of January, or before 
severe cold. Cut the cuttings from 
strong, well-ripened wood from two or 
more buds, or eight to 10 inches long. 
Cut close to the bottom bud or eye, and 
from one to two inches from the top bud. 
Tie in bundles of about 100, and pack 
away in sand, or sawdust will do, and 
place in a cool cellar, or bury below frost 
in high dry soil. As early in Spring as 
practicable plow and mellow the soil eight 
to 10 inches deep. The best soil is a 
sandy loam. Mark it off 2j/j to three 
feet apart, and with a small plow or some 
other tool make furrow about as deep as 
the cuttings are long, and place them 
against the straight side of the furrow 
about three inches apart. Put on enough 
soil to fill furrow about half full; then 
* 
tread or firm the soil by some means very 
solid about the cuttings; then pull in 
remainder of soil so that the top bud is 
even with the loose soil. It is important 
to have the cuttings about all the same 
length and the top bud nearly even, or 
some will be covered too deeply and oth¬ 
ers not enough. If a few buds are slight¬ 
ly covered , no harm; the most important 
thing is to have the soil very firm 
around the bottom of the cuttings. Cul¬ 
tivate well, the same as for any hoed 
Crops. CHAS. BLACK. 
New Jersey. 
Wood or canes of this year’s growth 
should be removed soon after freezing 
weather in Fall; before New Year’s is 
supposed to be best. Cut into lengths of 
eight to 12 inches, having at least two 
buds, one within one-quarter inch of the 
lower end of the cutting and another one 
and one-quarter inch from the upper end. 
Cutting this way is found in practice to 
be the most expeditious and also insure 
against cuttings being planted wrong end 
up. Tie in bundles, store in damp sand, 
earth or sawdust, away from frost till 
Spring. Plant in good, rich, deep soil as 
soon in Spring as it is in good condition. 
Cultivate and keep hoed clean all Sum¬ 
mer. A good way to plant or set the 
cuttings is to plow a deep furrow, set the 
cuttings about four inches apart against 
one side with the upper buds just above 
surface. Fill in and tramp the soil down 
firmly. Strike another furrow 18 inches 
to three feet distant, and so on till all 
are planted. Sixty to 90 per cent should 
grow. The growth will vary considerably, 
so the plants will grade as extras, No. 1, 
No. 2, and culls. Dig in the Fall and 
store as the cuttings were stored. 
Pennsylvania. A. I. loop. 
A Parcels Post Argument. —As to the 
parcels post question permit me to give you 
a little illustration. I just had a four-ounce 
bottle of medicine sent to me by mail in a 
mailing tube from the city, for which I paid 
20 cents postage. The distance is 22 miles. 
It is true I could have sent this same bottle 
to San Francisco for the same postage, but 
if the railroad could charge $30 fare for 22 
miles and justify this charge with the state¬ 
ment that I could go to San Francisco on the 
same ticket we would either call them luna¬ 
tic's or thieves. We force the railroad to 
transport us at the rate of two cents a mile, 
localise we are the people, and the peonle are 
the government, but the same government 
charges an outrageous price for forwarding a 
small package. I hope the awakening of 
China will be contagious, and we catch it from 
them, and your innovation will be a success. 
Hammer away, dear sir, Home was not built 
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ltlght here is the New Deero 
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Checks Corn or 
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We make plates for all kinds Of 
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Eighty rods annoaled stool check 
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CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 
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PATENTS 
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SHEPARD & HAVELL, Box 2215-S, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
CUT ICE 
MADE 
IN 
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SIZES. 
With the Dorsch Double Row 
Ice Plow Weguarenteeitwill 
cut more then 20 men sewing by 
bend. Cake, ere cutuuliorm, 
of any aizo end thiclcneaa. One _ 
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Make Your Own Fertilizer 
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WILSON’S PHOSPHATE MILLS 
From 1 to40H. P. Also Bone 
Cutters, hand and power 
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scrap cake mills. Send for 
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CHAIN HANGING I 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever Invented. 
Manufactured and for 
oala hv 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
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sss: 
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The Best Cattle Fastening 
SMITH'S SELF-ADJUSTING 
SWING STANCHION. 
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Cor. Lake and Water Sts., 
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ENGINE 
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Waterloo, Iowa 
T Monarch 
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Great strength and ca¬ 
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V 
Dandy Hay Knife 
Best Hay Knife made. Combination hand 
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thus saving one day’s wages. Can bo used 
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For sale by dealers. Look for the name 
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tx THEO. J- ELY MFG. CO. 
A V Dept. D, Girard, Pa. 
your hens. Feed 
■ ■ I I Wm them fresh cut green 
■ ■ V ■ ■ bone and youMl get 
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IWV If K t Hone Cutter prepares bone right 
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EGGS| 
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BEEN BONE MAKES EGGS 
Lots of them, because it is rich in 
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cuts all kinds of bone, with adhering rr,.*at 
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lit LATEST MODEL 
iviniYXY BONE CUTTEF 
10 Days Froo Trial. No money in advance. 
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It doesn’t take 150 second* to slip a pair of Harvey Holster 
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Box 10, Granville, N. Y. 
A complete combination circular and drag 
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Ahenaque 
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Most convenient and practical sawing device; 
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