1909. 
the; RUF^AL NEW-YORKER 
LET S ALL GET RICH. 
Some of the religious weeklies and 
monthlies are carrying an advertisement 
in which these statements are made: 
We are planting together in a combina¬ 
tion orchard two of the most profitable 
horticultural products of the world: one 
of them an absolutely new development, a 
creative industry, wonderfully rich and po¬ 
tential in profit possibilities: the other pro¬ 
ducing hundreds of dollars of profit per 
acre annually. 
This investment represents the complete 
evolution of an entire industry : the chang¬ 
ing of the source of the world's supply of 
a product of wide use from the present 
crude method of gathering this product 
from wild trees scattered in the woods to 
the production of improved varieties twice 
as large, of infinitely finer quality, grown 
in orchards conducted under the most care¬ 
ful scientific horticultural management and 
conditions. 
When you follow this up you re¬ 
ceive a booklet on the “Combination 
Orchard.” It seems that the Combina¬ 
tion Orchard Company offer, to plant 
peach and pecan trees together in Texas. 
They offer you what they call “Harvest 
Shares” at $75 each, payable at the rate 
of $3.50 per month for 20 months and 
$5 for the twenty-first month. Each 
share represents 20 peach trees and 
seven pecan trees. There are some 5,000 
words to the proposition, but in brief a 
buyer is to pay $375 for an acre of 
mixed peaches and pecans. Thus, even 
if the management of this company is 
honest and capable, an investor will pay 
them four or five times as much as it 
ought to cost to develop an acre of 
orchard. At the end of 2JL months the 
investor would have spent $375 for the 
acre of trees. There seems to be no 
guarantee that they would be planted, 
and they certainly would not be in bear¬ 
ing. The gentlemen who are running 
the “combination orchard” would not 
have to wait so long for their share of 
the funds. 
Good authorities tell us that such an 
orchard as these parties talk about can 
be developed in the part of Texas they 
mention for $100 per acre. This sum 
would allow the developer 20 per 
cent per annum for the two years re¬ 
quired to do it. They can start right 
now and buy thousands of peach 
orchards, in their prime, for $100 per 
acre! It is also true that peaches and 
pecans are not likely to succeed on the 
same soil. What is that, however, to 
the man who “holds the bag” and gets 
live times what the orchard would 
reasonably cost inside of two years from 
planting ? It does not seem possible 
that Northern people can be found to 
invest in such a scheme as this. The 
company actually estimates that one 
share costing $75 will be all paid back in 
profits in four years, while on the tenth 
year it will give a dividend of $149.25. 
The Post Office Department ought to 
investigate such figures. 
SOMF PROBLEMS IN DRAINING. 
Part II. 
Drainage prevents or greatly reduces 
erosion. The water which would other¬ 
wise wash the surface is passed off 
through the tile, where no harm can 
come. Drainage allows us to work all 
parts of a field at the same time, and 
not leave a sag or a pond hole or a wet 
corner to fit later on, and sow possibly 
to buckwheat, or more likely not at all. 
And, finally, most important of all, 
drainage increases the yield of crops. 
This is of course usually the real rea¬ 
son we drain, though sometimes it is 
done from a sanitary point of view. 
The increase varies wdth the original 
condition of the land, and we might 
say that the more swampy or wet the 
land originally the greater its produc¬ 
tivity after having been drained; in 
other words, its productivity after 
drainage is, as a rule, directly propor¬ 
tional to its wetness before. 
The first thing to be considered in 
the laying out or planning for a drain¬ 
age system, no matter how extensive it 
may "be, is that it is, or should be, a 
permanent improvement, for if tile of 
good quality and sufficient size are prop¬ 
erly laid, there is practically no time 
limit to their efficiency. Always begin 
to ditch in the worst places first, and in 
laying out the course of the ditch follow 
the natural depressions as far as pos¬ 
sible, avoiding sharp angles or turns 
when able to do so. In deciding on the 
outlet, be sure to have a good free one, 
for the outlet is the most important 
part of a ditch, and upon its being kept 
open and free depends the usefulness 
and permanency of the ditch. For this 
reason have as few outlets as possible; 
hy using one ditch as a main, with 
larger tile of course, and having the 
laterals empty into it, as these ter¬ 
minals will not become clogged. In 
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ordering the tile great care should be 
used in securing omy hard-giazed or 
vitrified tile, for they cost only a trifle 
more, and are not disintegrated by frost 
and air as soft tile are. In fact frost 
has no effect on them. The size of the 
tile must also be carefully considered; 
the »nly danger is in laying too small 
tile. Since the labor of digging, placing 
and covering is the same, one should 
not try to economize too much on the 
size. Nothing less than three inch 
should ever be used, not only on ac¬ 
count of the larger amount of water 
which it will carry, but also because it 
will not become clogged or filled with 
sediment nearly so quickly. 
Having obtained the tile, -we start at 
the lower end of the ditch or at the 
point selected as the outlet, and exca¬ 
vate if possible to a depth of 30 inches. 
This will be below all danger of harm 
from frost or the plow not only, but 
the efficiency of a ditch increases 
greatly with its depth; that is, a ditch 
from 30 inches to three feet in depth 
will drain an area at least twice as wide 
as one two feet deep. In excavating the 
dirt should be thrown out half on either 
side of the ditch; the object of this 
will be seen later on. This work re¬ 
quires tools constructed especially for 
the purpose. Foremost among them is 
the ditching spade, about 16 inches in 
length and four or five inches in width. 
The ditch is only dug wide enough to 
permit of a common long-handled 
shovel being used in it, in the upper 
part, and in finishing it up or “bottom¬ 
ing” it, a light pick and a narrow bot¬ 
toming shovel are used, making the 
ditch about 12 inches wide at the sur¬ 
face and about eight inches at the 
bottom. If the ground is dry and the 
grade or fall is close or small, a ditch¬ 
ing level is absolutely indispensable, for, 
regardless of the experience one may 
have had, the eye cannot be depended 
upon as infallible in deciding the 
proper fall. And it is well to use the 
level anyway to detect the little in¬ 
equalities in the bottom, so that they 
may be trimmed off to give a smooth 
even grade. A ditching plow is also a 
great labor-saver at times; with a long 
stretch of hard digging it can be profit¬ 
ably used. This requires four horses, 
two on either side of the ditch, with a 
long evener and a chain to the plow. 
This will loosen the hardest driest hard- 
pan, and save nearly all the picking, 
this tool being needed only in bottoming 
the ditch. The amount of fall or grade 
may vary from next to nothing up; in 
fact the water will run and the tile keep 
open if portions of the ditch are on a 
dead level. All goes well so long as 
there is no fall the wrong way; then 
look out for trouble. 
In laying the tile begin at the lower 
end of the ditch again and distribute 
the tile alongside, and within reach of 
one standing in the ditch, placing them 
end to end. This will assist one in 
drawing out to the field practically just 
the number needed to complete the job. 
In putting the tile in their final resting 
place great care must be used to make 
tight joints, after turning and changing 
ends many times before feeling satisfied 
with their position, each one being 
chucked against the last one laid, to 
drive them together as tight as possible. 
The upper end is always covered with a 
flat stone placed against the last tile. 
When all laid, enough dirt is filled in by 
hand and thoroughly tramped, to cover 
the tile and protect them from stones 
that might rattle in as the final covering 
or filling is done; this is accomplished 
with a team and plow, which is rapid 
way of filling them in. Always leave 
the ground immediately over the tile 
slightly higher than on either side; this 
prevents surface water from accumulat¬ 
ing directly over the tile, and finding its 
way too quickly to them, often washing 
little channels and carrying the dirt into 
the drain before it has had time to set¬ 
tle and become packed. All branches 
should connect with the main at an 
acute angle, and the union should al¬ 
ways be laid in Portland cement. Next 
week I shall refer to special problems. 
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and make them up when so ordered. 
But first get our illustrated catalog, 
with prices, shipping tags and instruc¬ 
tions. We are the largest custom fur 
tanners of largo wild and domestic 
animal skins in tho world. 
Distance makes no difference what¬ 
ever. Ship three or more cow or horse 
hides together from anywhere, and 
Crosby pays the freight both ways. We 
sell fur coats and gloves, do taxidermy 
and head mounting. 
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Rochester, N. Y. 
Brooks’ Appliance, 
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Binds and draws 
the broken parts to¬ 
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prove it. Catalogue and measure blanks mailed 
free. Send name and address to-day. 
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What 
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Agriculture 
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Dried Beet Pulp 
We can absolutely prove to you that you’re not making: as 
much money as you might. 
We can show you how you can make each cow earn 
$15 more per year, how you can have healthier animals 
and save money besides. 
Just add Dried Beet Pulp to the ration you are now feeding. 
See how quickly the cows respond! Weigh the milk before 
and after feeding Dried Beet Pulp for a week—the results will amaze 
you. You’ll find you can produce a gallon of milk for less money by 
adding Dried Beet Pulp to the ration than you can without it. 
Dried Beet Pulp 
“June Pasture the Year 'Round” 
Dried Beet Pulp contains all the 
succulent, nutritious qualities of the 
sugar-beet. Only the sugar and water 
have been extracted. It is not a sec¬ 
ret mixture, nor a proprietary prep¬ 
aration—it is a natural, vegetable 
food and, like many roots,isawonder- 
ful milk producer and flesh former. 
You can add it with advantage to 
any ration you are now feeding. 
Substitute it for part of the heavy 
grains and harsh, dry forage. 
It is especially valuable because ithelps 
the cow to digest all she eats. You find 
no undigested frrain in the voidings of 
cows fed on Dried Beet Pulp. 
10 Per Cent More Milk 
The New Jersey Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station in Bulletin 189, 
showed that cows fed on Dried Beet 
Pulp ration produced 10 % more milk 
than on a corn silage ration, and \ % 
more milk than on a hominy ration. 
The Wisconsin Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station showed that the 
Dried Beet Pulp ration yielded 5 % 
more milk than a bran ration. 
Dairymen from all over the country 
write us, “ Whenever we feed Dried 
Beet Pulp our cows always increase in milk 
—when we stop they always decrease 
Yon get a cheaper ration, increased 
milk production, fatter, healthier cows, 
and make more money! 
Sold by Grain and Feed Dealers 
You can get this appetizing, succulent “June 
Pasture’’ in bags the year ’round. There’s money 
waiting for you in every sack. Dried Beet Pulp 
will increase your profits! If your dealer isn’t 
handling it, write us direct, and we will see 
you are supplied. Cut out this coupon and mail it 
today. 
FREE Sample and Booklet 
Larrowe Milling Co., 
1551 Ford Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 
Please send me a sample of Dried Beot Pulp, so I 
can see what it is like, and your booklet “FeediuR 
for Larger Profits.” 
The Larrowe Milling Co., 1551 Ford Bldg. Detroit, Mich. 
Dealers! 
We’re shipping carloads of Dried Boot Pulp daily, 
feed men are making money. Write us today foi 
Wise srrain aud 
or quotations. 
Name .. 
P.O. 
. State 
(Write Dealer's name here) 
If satisfactory. I would like to buy Dried Beot Pulp 
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