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THE RURAL/ NEW-YORKER 
May 15, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Three-Horse Evener. 
On page 432 F. B. D. asks for a light 
three-horse hitch. I enclose drawing 
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Woodwork is all V/ 2 inch thick; White 
elm. White ash, oak or hickory, j. S. S. 
Aurora, N. Y. 
On page 432 you ask how to make 
a three-horse hitch. I send you dia¬ 
gram of one we use that works well. 
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12' inches; to give center horse the 
advantage cut clevis 11 inches instead 
of 12 inches; CCC are common short 
whiffletrees. We find that three horses 
work best by putting the slowest walk¬ 
ing horse in the center, so that in turn¬ 
ing around the other horse will walk 
round him. A. J. T. 
Elmira, N. Y. 
Close-Planted Strawberries. 
C. L. A., Lunenburg, Mass .—I have been 
Interested in your “Kevitt” strawberries as 
reported in “Hope Farm Notes.” As near 
as I have been able to follow your method, 
1 should judge you set the plants in May, 
while Kevitt recommends setting in August 
or September. Is your land so much dif¬ 
ferent that you set in May and thus lost a 
year’s crop, for the land could produce a 
crop of early peas for market or peas and 
oats for fodder? My land is heavy and has 
many small stones. In what month would 
you advise me to set the plants, being so 
far north of New Jersey? 
Ans.—W e set when most convenient, 
or when the soil is fit. We finished 
planting over 6,000 plants this year on 
April 15. This is earlier than usual, 
but the soil was well fitted and had 
been well soaked by rains. Last year 
the season was later and we did not 
finish Spring planting until May. Gen¬ 
erally speaking strawberries are planted 
by this “Kevitt” method at two sea¬ 
sons—as early in the Spring as pos¬ 
sible. or in late Summer after the old 
plants have fruited. Mr. Kevitt plants 
at both seasons, but he has talked most 
about using potted plants or strong 
runners in July or August. One ad¬ 
vantage of this is that you can grow a 
crop of peas, lettuce or even early 
sweet corn or potatoes. When these are 
harrowed the ground can lie worked up 
and the strawberries set out—provided 
there is moisture enough to start them. 
We prefer Spring planting. While 
the July planted berries often give a 
small crop the next season we do not 
find them reliable. Our late Summers 
are usually very dry and the plants 
suffer. When set in Spring and well 
cared for they will make a strong 
growth before July, and get through 
the drought in good condition. If you 
ask what we mean by “good care” we 
can only tell how we are handling this 
year’s crop. We spread manure at the 
rate of at least 30 tons per acre on 
naturally strong soil, and plowed it 
under. The soil was then harrowed 
eight times with Acme and spike-tooth 
harrows. The plants were set in rows 
two feet apart—plants 18 inches in 
row. Kevitt plants one foot apart each 
way, but we want room for horse cul¬ 
tivation. These plants will be culti¬ 
vated with a small diamond-tooth tool 
at least 20 times through the season' 
and hand-hoed often enough to keep 
the field clean. Fertilizer at the rate of 
800 pounds per acre will be spread 
along the rows and worked in. Every 
runner will be cut off except possibly 
one from some plants which we want 
to pot. No one should try this plan 
who has regular farm crops to care for. 
There is too much work about it ex¬ 
cept for a berry specialist. 
We have bought 100 of Kevitt’s 
plants—which he claims will give a 
large crop this year. They were planted 
in good soil April 9. We shall see 
what they come to. Last year after 
the plants fruited we dug up year-old 
plants which had borne fruit and 
planted them in hills. These plants 
were set in May, 1907. They fruited 
in late June, 1908, and were dug up 
and transplanted in July. Our object 
was to see if these old plants, handled 
in this way would give us a better 
crop this year than potted or layer 
plants from others of the same age. 
At present they seem likely to do so. 
but we make not even a guess at straw¬ 
berry yields until picking. 
JERSEY BREEDERS MEET. 
The American Jersey Cattle Club held 
its annual meeting in New York City May 
4 . The business of the year lms been 
heavy, 15,107 animals being registered, an 
increase of 1,805 over the previous year, 
and 16,991 transfers of ownership recorded, 
or 2,479 more than in 1907-8. The total 
number of animals registered from the 
beginning of record to April 30, 1909, is 
310,972. The Club has lost 17 members 
by death during the year, and 17 new mem¬ 
bers have been received. When the club 
was organized, in July. 1808, there were 
43 members, of whom four are now living: 
Edward Ilowe, Silas \V. Bobbins, Chas. M. 
Beach and John I). Wing. The list at 
present numbers 432. Two members have 
been expelled. The treasurer reported re¬ 
ceipts of $56,743. 94 for the year, and dis¬ 
bursements $31,954.92. leaving a balance of 
$14,789.02. Increased interest has been 
shown in milk and butter tests. 413 cows 
having been started on authenticated tests, 
about double the number for the previous 
year. 
Officers were elected as follows: Presi¬ 
dent, E. A. Darling; secretary, J. .T. Hem- 
raingway; assistant secretary, R. M. Cow; 
treasurer, John P. Hutchinson; directors, 
IT. S. Red field. New York; 'J'. E. Marston. 
Bay City. Mich.; M. I). Munn. St. Paul, 
Minn.: C. T. Graves, Maitland, Mo. 
On Tuesday evening the club held a ban¬ 
quet at Hotel Manhattan. New York City, 
which was largely attended by members of 
the club, and invited guests representing the 
press and the National Dairy Department. 
In the after-dinner speeches it was urged 
that much good could be done the dairy 
interests generally and the Jersey breeding 
industry particularly, in selling male calves 
at a normal price to farmers with common 
herds, with the view of encouraging im¬ 
provement, and demonstrating the value of 
Jersey blood. The idea of a national organ¬ 
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also advocated. 
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