1909 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
823 
CONTENTS 
Tiih Rural New-Yorker, March 20, 1909. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Famous Potato Country.293, 294 
A Permanent Timothy Meadow. 294 
Bean Growing in Michigan. 294 
Profits in Tomato Canning. 29G 
Value of Fertilizers; Moon’s Influence 
on Planting . 297 
The Percentage of Errors. 297 
Nitrate of Soda for Onions. 299 
Tools for 100-Acre Farm. 302 
The Mixing of Crude Fertilizers. 302 
Farm Tools and Implements. 302 
Seeding to Clover. 303 
({rowing Tomatoes in Delaware. 304 
Sugar Beets in Michigan. 304 
Handling an “Unoccupied Farm”. 303 
Farm Institutes on Wheels. 305 
A Farm Renting Problem. 305 
Hope Farm Notes. 307 
Apples on the Pacific Coast. 309 
Vitrified Conduit Drains. 312 
Potatoes Scabby in Spots. 313 
I,ate Alfalfa Probably Dead. 314 
Silo Questions . 318 
The Locust Tree as a Soil Renovator.. 318 
A New York Farmers' Institute. 318 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Mill Man and His Hens. 295 
Warm Water for Cows. 312 
Barley for Hog Pasture. 312 
Ridding Fowls of Lice. 312 
“Floats" for Hen Manure. 312 
Some Forage Questions. 312 
Ugly Dorsets . 312 
Ilog Raising in Maryland. 314 
Justice to Molly of Edgewood. 315 
Highest Price for Butter Fat. 315 
Chances in Certified Milk. 315 
Trouble With Brood Sows. 315 
Foints for Butter Making. 317 
Value of Feeding Straw. 317 
A Fodder Crop in Rhode Island. 317 
indigestion . 317 
Getting Rid of Cattle Lice. 319 
A Small Batch of Butter. 319 
Trouble in Churning; Bitter Cream... 319 
Feeding Value of Straw. 319 
Fireproof Henhouse . 320 
Poultry House and Manure Shed. 320 
Red Water . 320 
HORTICULTURE. 
Planting Apple Trees on Roadside.... 294 
Stayman Winesap and Other Apples. . 295 
That Spray-Mixing Station. 295 
Cutting Back Kieflfers. 296 
Care of a Young Orchard. 297 
Big Sunflowers . 297 
How to Kill Trees. 298 
Experience With Japan Plums. 298 
Value of Scions. 298 
Apples for Southern Pennsylvania.... 299 
Texas Peach Notes. 299 
Growing Trees and Shrubs from Cut¬ 
tings . 300 
Forcing Asparagus in Hotbeds. 302 
Stunted Pear Tree. 302 
The Demand for Good Apples. 303 
Foster Mother Root-Grafting Practical 
in Northwest . 305 
Ruralisms . 306 
Melon Growing in Arizona. 313 
How to Spray. 316 
Using the Kerosene Torch. 316 
California Olives . 320 
Keeping Insects from Trees. 320 
Tree Roots and Drains. 320 
Tree Roots and Tile. 321 
Refitting an Old Apple Orchard. 321 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 310 
Fresh Pork Stew and Other Things... 310 
Curing That Sticky Griddle. 310 
Pork Stew and Coffee Cake. 311 
Plain Waffles . 311 
Virginia Waffles . 311 
The Rural Patterns. 311 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
How Locomotives Scatter Fire. 294 
Death of Prof. Sliugerland. 296 
Mail Delivery Under Difficulties. 296 
Instrument for Testing Vinegar. 303 
The Way They Talk. 305 
Editorials . 308 
Events of the Week. 309 
The New York Barrel Law. 309 
News from Fakeville. 309 
A Small Canning Outfit. 316 
Wanted, Parcels Post Delivery. 320 
A Problem in House Drainage. 321 
Publisher’s Desk . 322 
Humorous . 324 
Killing Quack Grass. 
Quack is Dot to be despised as hay, if 
cut early, before it gets tough; but if C. S., 
page 163, will plow this land early, and 
harrow often and deeply, taking pains to 
do this on a sunny day, if possible, in the 
morning, so the sun can scorch the roots, 
I think he could subdue the quack, as well 
as other weeds by buckwheat seeding time. 
It will do no good to harrow quack just 
as a rain is commencing. I have followed 
this method on my sandy and gravelly soil, 
in sowing buckwheat, with good success, 
although I have not tried to seed to grass 
with buckwheat. Last year I used the 
same method on a small piece near the 
house, which was badly rooted with quack, 
and by the aid of a dry spell at just the 
right time, practically exterminated the 
quack in time to plant*kidney beans. 
Cato, N. Y. __________ J. a. j. 
Apples for Montana. 
A good selection would be Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, Duchess, Wealthy and Alexander, 
the latter being the most profitable market 
variety, growing well both in grass and 
clean culture, and needing no thinning. It 
stays well on tree while Wealthy falls. 
Belleflower is not a success, the Fameuse 
family suceeding the best of the Winter 
apples, Snow, McIntosh and Shiawassee 
Beauty. A local strain of the latter is 
grown here that is the best in tree and 
fruit of the family, name “Missoula.” For 
a late keeper we are not so decided. 
Bethel’ Spy, Rome Beauty, Delaware Red 
and Ben Davis are onlv partly a success. I 
am inclined to favor old Ben myself. This 
year it ripened up in good shape, but does 
not do so every year. Some day we will 
originate a Winter apple for ourselves. We 
have tried over 200 varieties only to dis¬ 
card. Wealthy. Alexander and McIntosh 
are our three market varieties all through 
the mountain country, h. c. b. colville. 
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