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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 3, 
Leading Crops of New York State. 
Jf. G. A., Kendall, N. Y .—In a dispute at 
school a few days ago our professor said 
that the three leading products in New 
York State were hay, grain and dairying, 
and I held an opposite view. I would like 
to have your opinion on this subject. 
Ans. —We assume the debate was 
about the most valuable or important 
crops raised in the State. Here are 
some figures taken from the agricul¬ 
tural reports of the crop of 1907: 
VAI.rE OF 
Hay crop . 
Wheat . 
Corn . 
Oats . 
Barley . 
Bye . 
Buckwheat 
potatoes . 
Milch cows . . . . 
Horses . 
Sheep. 
NEW YORK CKOrS. 
.$91,388,000 
. 7.125,000 
. 11,502,000 
. . 2.225.000 
. 1.080.000 
. 1,710,000 
. 3.981.000 
. 23.796.000 
... 59.932,000 
‘. 78.048,000 
. 5,440,000 
New York ranked first of all the 
States in the value of hay, potatoes, 
buckwheat and milch cows. 
Tools and Farming. 
1 have just read the articles on page 302 
on tools used on the farm by the “Argyle 
Farm" and by F. II. I think they must 
both be young farmers, without any great 
amount of experience and not likely to 
make a fortune out of their farms in the 
near future! I am what they usually call 
an “old has-been.” I have been farming 
on the same farm for 42 years, in < raw- 
ford County, Pa.; have a farm of 120 
acres, on which I have run a dairy lor a 
number of years, but of late years ha\e 
done mixed farming, and consequently have 
tools and implements of all descriptions, 
various kinds of plows, harrows, cultivators 
and hay and harvesting implements .of all 
kinds needed. They are, of course, the 
accumulation of years. I want different 
tools for different ground and different 
crops, and no farmer can work successfully 
with one tool at all seasons, wet or dry, 
Spring or Fall. I started on practically 
nothing except a strong will; have now 
one of the finest farms in this State, with 
the best of buildings, and a good healthy 
bank account. 1 still stick to the old farm, 
not of necessity but because I love the 
farm. I have been much more successful 
than the average, and most of my success 
was the result of the teaching of The R. 
N.-Y., which I have read for the last 40 
years and will continue as long as I can 
roa( J. CHARLES A. LANG. 
Crawford Co., Pa. 
An Orchard of Newtown Pippins. 
Uead-cr (A o Address).—I want to estab¬ 
lish an orchard of Newtown Pippin apples. 
Shall I be ahead in the end to buy the 
trees sold for Newtowns from the nursery¬ 
men and let them develop, or buy trees of 
some other variety, let: them grow a few 
years and then top-work them with wood 
from bearing Newtowns? 
Ans.—I think the inquirer would be 
reasonably sure to get the Nev. town 
Pippin true to name if lie dealt with 
a well-established and reliable nursery¬ 
man. At least the writer has had this 
experience in dealing with the nut set y- 
men here in central New York. Au¬ 
thorities generally agree, however, that 
Newtown Pippin is rather slow growing 
and only moderately vigorous, and for 
this reason nice shapely trees are hard 
to get from the nursery. I think the 
main point to consider then would be, 
can he get a better orchard of New¬ 
towns in the end by buying Hgoious 
trees of another variety and top-work¬ 
ing on these buds or scions from a 
well-known Newtown tree of good type 
vigor? I think the chances ate 
in favor of this method. This is just 
the way * I should proceed to get a 
healthy and long-lived orchard of Kings 
in this locality. I would advise the 
inquirer to prepare for this orchard 
a year and perhaps more in advance. 
T would prefer the ground to he in sod 
the ye^ir before planting. I would i 
cover the entire area with a liberal 
coat of manure, and plant with corn, 
potatoes or some kind of hoed crop. 
The year following I would plant the 
trees. I would select two-year-old 
trees of the first class of some vigor¬ 
ous variety like Northern Spy or Ben 
Davis. Tf the budding method should 
be decided upon I would cut back 
severely at time of planting, and the 
chances are the majority of those trees 
would he ready to bud the same year 
in August. This whole plan might 
prove a failure and disappointment 
should that pesky little enemy, the bud- 
moth, attack the trees the next year. 
As a precaution I would spray them 
thoroughly with arsenate of lead just 
as the tips of the buds begin to show 
green. w. a. bassett. 
Pumping Water Up Hill. 
IF. IP. P., Charlotte, Vt .—Will some one 
give his experience in forcing water from 
a spring up to the barn? My spring is 
about 700 feet from barn. Water will have 
to be forced up a steep hill all of the 
way. Which would be best and cheapest, 
a windmill or a small engine? 
Ans. —Windmills are used more gen¬ 
erally than engines for pumping water 
in this section. The cost of installing 
the plant would probably be about the 
same in either case. If a windmill is 
used a storage tank should be erected 
large enough to hold at least a week’s 
supply of water, in order to provide 
for a long period of calm. This might 
make the windmill plant a little more 
expensive to install, but the expense of 
operating would be in favor of the 
windmill. A friend tells me that he 
lias paid out $5 for repairs on a wind¬ 
mill in 15 years. This windmill has 
pumped water for about 50 head of 
stock out of a 72-foot well. The re¬ 
pairs on an engine would probably be 
more than this, and, in addition, there 
would be a daily tax for fuel. 
E. S. BRIGHAM. 
“I thought you were working on 
Smith’s new house.” said the house- 
painter’s friend. “I was going to,” re¬ 
plied the housepainter, “but I had a 
quarrel with him, and he said he’d put 
the paint on himself.” “And did he 
do it?” “Yes, that is where he put 
most of it.”—Credit Lost. 
Police Justice: The man you ran 
down swears positively you were grin¬ 
ning like a fiend before the car hit 
him.” Trolley Motormalh: “I was, 
Your Honor. But you will understand 
when I tell you that I was a chauffeur 
for three years before I got my pres¬ 
ent job, and from force of habit I 
thought I could steer the car to avoid 
him, after throwing the usual scare 
into him.”—Puck. 
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