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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 22, 
Keeping Green Cornstalks. 
C. C., So. Brantree, Mass. —Will some one 
give his experience in keeping cornstalks 
b.v piling them up green, like cord wood, 
with the butts out, and a cheap roof over 
them? Will they heat and spoil? 
Ans. —Our experience is that there is 
always more or less loss. Will those 
who have tried it give their experience? 
soil. Farther along we had to dig through 
a dry gravelly ridge. The clover is a 
mass of roots at two feet deep and some¬ 
times a bunch of strong white roots are 2% 
feet down, going around a stone in a way 
that means business. If we could wash 
out one of these clover plants and get all 
the fibers just as it is in the earth what 
a peculiar looking plant it would be at 
this season, with one-inch top and 30-incli 
roots. The soil on this field is about five 
Temperature of Gasoline Engine. 
IF. F. IF., Doics, Iowa .—What tempera¬ 
ture should cylinder of gasoline engine he 
to get best results from three to six horse¬ 
power engines? 
Ans. —The best results with gasoline 
engines are usually obtained when the 
temperature of the cylinder and piston 
head is kept cooled to between 160 and 
180 degrees Fahrenheit. If the tempera¬ 
ture is allowed to run higher than this 
there is danger of binding by expansion 
of the metal, and of overheating the 
inches. The August sown Alfalfa has 
some chickwced in. Will it run the Al¬ 
falfa out? A. E. R. 
State Road, Del. 
It is hard for one who has never seen 
this clover grow on the Delaware pen¬ 
insula to realize what a wonderful help 
it may become. Great stories may he 
told of its value there, but northern 
farmers who read them must remember 
that this clover is by its nature best 
adapted to the southern climate. 
Burning Sawdust. 
oil; besides, the timing of the explosions 
may not be right for the best results. 
Should the temperature become high 
enough so that water dropped on the pis¬ 
ton head is at once converted into steam 
the engine should be stopped and al¬ 
lowed to cool. F. H. KING. 
Crimson Clover Hay. 
A. F. G., Burnham, Pa .—In regard to 
the “Manorial Value of Sawdust” as asked 
by R. B., page 80, would it not be better 
to burn the sawdust, or would mixing 
with liine hasten decay, or could it not 
be mixed with the manure heap or in the 
stables if there is no manure pile? Would 
It pay mo to collect the lop brush of about 
seventy acres of limber land that has just 
been cut off, and burn it for the ashes? 
M. L., Bergen Co., N. J .—Last year 
we had an acre of Crimson clover and 
cut a good yield for hay. It stood until 
most of the heads were dead. I am told 
tins hay should not be fed to stock—that 
is, horses and cattle, hut that it should 
be cut up for hens. What are the facts? 
Ans. —The hay is all right for cows, 
but we would not feed much of it to 
horses. This clover stood too late be¬ 
fore cutting. Look at a head of Crim¬ 
son clover after the seed has formed 
and you will find it covered with hard 
barbs or hooks. Cases have been known 
where these heads formed hard balls 
in stomachs of horses and mules, caus¬ 
ing serious cases of colic and even death. 
There is no danger in feeding such 
hay to cows, as they have a larger 
stomach where the food is thoroughly 
soaked. Crimson should he cut be¬ 
fore the heads turn brown. 
What About Crimson Clover? 
C. M. B., Fredcricktoun, Mo .—I am a 
young farmer living 100 miles south of St. 
Louis. Is Crimson clover a new kind of 
clover, and is it better than any other kind? 
Is it adapted to northern climates, or does 
it grow only in the South? When is the 
best time of the year to sow it? Can it be 
sown in the Spring? When clover is sown 
here in the Fail it freezes out in the 
Winter generally; the ground freezes and 
pulls the clover up. 
Ans. —Crimson clover has been grown 
for many years at the South. More re¬ 
cently it has been tried in many parts 
of the North. While we usually suc¬ 
ceed in growing fair crops in northern 
New Jersey, we do not advise its use 
except for experiment much north of 
Philadelphia. It is an annual—that is, 
like corn or wheat, making its seed and 
then dying. The only time to sow it is 
in late Summer or early Fall. It grows 
best in cool weather. If you were to 
sow it in Spring like Red clover it 
would start, make a small growth, and 
when hot weather came on form a head 
and die. Therefore it should never be 
seeded in Spring. The great value of 
Crimson is in following a Summer 
crop, covering the ground through Fall 
and Winter, and making a good crop 
for cutting or plowing under before 
another crop is planted. Thus it grows 
between two other crops. Failure with 
it usually comes in the latter part of 
an open Winter or early Spring, when 
the ground is bare. When the days are 
warm and the nights cold there is a 
freeze and thaw which lifts much of the 
clover out and kills it. We doubt if 
this clover will thrive in your section. 
The following report is from a place 
where the clover is at its best; 
To-<5ay, January 30, we are digging an 
underdrain across the corn stubble, having 
plowed a Rouble furrow for the drain be¬ 
fore this freeze.. Crimson, clover was 
sown in the corn at the last working. In 
the water-logged rod and yelknv clay we 
find clover roots one to 1% foot, and I 
can’t help pitying the clover, trying so 
hard to get a UviBg from such wet cold 
Of what value Is a bushel of ashes as a 
fertilizer? 
Ans. —It is a hard proposition to burn 
sawdust in large quantities. It is so 
fine that an ordinary grate will not 
bold it. Lime will hasten decomposition, 
but where stock is kept the sawdust can 
be used back of the cows to absorb 
liquids or for bedding in box stalls. The 
ammonia in the liquids will help neutral¬ 
ize the acid. Mixed with the manure pile 
the sawdust will decay faster. As for 
the brush, it will depend on the cost of 
gathering and burning. A ton of such 
brush would contain not far from eight 
pounds of nitrogen, three of phosphoric 
acid and six of potash. Of course all the 
nitrogen will be lost in the burning. The 
potash and phosphoric acid in the ashes 
from a ton of the brush will be worth 
about 45 cents. There will be about 20 
pounds of lime. A bushel of nnleached 
wood ashes usually weighs about 40 
pounds and contains two pounds of pot¬ 
ash worth nine cents, about 12 ounces 
of phosphoric acid worth 2/ cents, and 
12 pounds of lime. 
Another Stomp Puller. —Edwin Hunt, 
in his advisie about pulling stumps on 
page 43. says: “Don't get a machine de¬ 
signed to pull a stump sideways.” I 
would say most emphatically don’t get any 
other kind. They are made strong enough 
with capstan and steel wire rope to pull 
any ordinary stump or tree. One can hitch 
to a stump more readily with one of these 
machines, and when the stump is partly 
tipped over the dirt can l>e cleaned off and 
dropped back in the hole, and the stump 
then turned bottom side up, which is al¬ 
most impossible to do with a lift machine. 
Then you do not have to move the machine 
to every stump. Two to three acres can 
he cleared at one setting of the machine, 
and one horse, a boy and two men are 
force enough for grubbing any common 
stumps. I have pulled thousands of 
stumps, trees and grubs in Michigan. 
Boca Raton, Fla. f. h. c. 
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