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October 31, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Culture of Garlic. 
M. II., Shermanville, III —Will you give 
me full description of the culture of garlic? 
I would like to know how to prepare the 
ground, when to plow, about fertilizing, 
time and manner of planting and harvesting. 
My soil is a sandy clay. 
Ans. —The culture of garlic is about 
the same as the culture of onions. If 
manure is to be used it should be well 
rotted, spread on the ground in the 
Spring and plowed under very shallow. 
The sets can be bought from any seed 
house and should be planted as soon as 
the ground can be worked in the Spring. 
They are planted in rows 12 inches apart 
and about three inches in the row, and 
covered with about one inch of dirt. 
They should be hoed often to keep the 
weeds down and the ground loose. As 
soon as the tops begin to dry, which will 
be in August, they should be pulled and 
left in the sun for a few days to dry, 
when they will be ready for us. c. N. 
Apple Pomace for Hogs. 
A. P. C., Nuangola, Pcnna .—What value, 
if any, is there in the pomace from an apple 
cider press (hydraulic) for feed for hogs? 
The apples are cut in slices and the juice 
extracted very quickly, at the rate of more 
than a bushel per minute. The refuse or 
pomace can be had for the hauling. 
Ans. —We have no record of experi¬ 
ence in feeding apple pomace to hogs. 
Such pomace has long been fed to cattle, 
and with good results. For several years 
the Vermont Experiment Station com¬ 
pared pomace put into a silo with good 
corn silage. In these experiments the 
pomace gave as good results as the sil¬ 
age, and there was no bad effect on milk 
or butter. It was estimated that pomace 
at one dollar a ton or even more was a 
fair equivalent for corn silage. The ton 
also brought to the farm six pounds of 
nitrogen, five of potash and two of phos¬ 
phoric acid. It was fed lightly at first 
until the cows were used to it, and then 
about 35 pounds per day. There is no 
doubt about its value for cows. It ought 
to be good for hogs, but we want prac¬ 
tical experience from farmers who have 
fed it. Tell us how to feed it, and what 
grain to give with it. 
Pasturing Rye in Fall. 
T. L. C., Madison, Conn .—I would like to 
bear your opinion on pasturing rye off in 
the Fall. I pastured my rye off last year, 
and the result was freezing out in patches. 
In feeding rye I find it has a tendency to 
give young pigs fits. My ration in feeding 
was six bushels rye, three bushels corn on 
cob, one bushel middlings, ground together. 
Please advise me if potash will pay on rye. 
I can raise 1% ton straw to the acre, but 
only get 10 to 12 bushels; the ground is a 
sandy loam. 
Ans. —Our experience in pasturing 
Fall grain with cattle has convinced us 
that it does not pay. In a wet season 
the cattle tramp the ground and leave it 
full of holes. When the soil freezes and 
thaws the roots of the grain are thrown 
out. There might be cases on light soil 
where the Fall grain made too much 
growth, but as a general rule we would 
keep the stock off the grain fields. How 
do you know the rye made these pigs 
have fits? We have fed it without 
trouble. If you think the rye caused it 
we would cut the proportion of rye in 
two. As a rule on our lighter soils it 
pays to use potash for grain crops. The 
only way to make sure is to use at the 
rate of 75 pounds of muriate per acre on 
part of the rye. Since the grain fails to 
head well we think phosphoric acid is 
needed too. A mixture of three parts 
acid phosphate to one of muriate would 
be better than potash alone. 
<T'HE RURA.I> NEW-'t OKKER 
When and How to Mulch Trees. 
J. K., Barrington, III. —At what time of 
the year, and with what material, is it best 
to mulch young fruit trees in a large or¬ 
chard? What kind of tree protectors would 
you use for young one-year-old trees in an 
orchard where there are many mice and 
rabbits? 
Ans. —From choice we would put the 
mulch on during or just after a wet 
spell, when the soil is well filled with 
moisture. We have not had good re¬ 
sults in mulching while the ground is 
parched by a drought. In this case, 
while the mulch saves some moisture, it 
does not permit light showers to get to 
the soil. The mulch absorbs much of 
this rain, and it is dried out without 
giving full benefit to the orchard. If 
the mulch material was handy we would 
like to put it on in April, before the soil 
dries out. Or the mulch can well be 
put on the frozen ground during Win¬ 
ter provided it is not put too close to the 
trees. We would use anything that will 
rot on the ground. In some grain sec¬ 
tions straw is cheap, and this makes a 
fine mulch. Apple pomace and sawdust 
are sometimes used, but we should not 
put them on heavily without using lime 
also. We have used grass, weeds, ma¬ 
nure, forest leaves, vines of all farm 
crops and brush or tree trimmings. Be 
careful to move the mulch away from 
the body of the tree early in the Fall. 
Mice work under it, and if it is close to 
the tree they will gnaw the bark. For 
tree protection our choice would be fine 
wire screen cut in strips and rolled 
around the tree, pressing it a little into 
the ground. Make the strips long 
enough so that the rabbits cannot gnaw 
above them. This will keep off mice, 
and to some extent prevent the work 
of borers. 
Wastes from the Sea. 
F. II. C., Boca Raton, Fla .—September 5 
in an editorial you stated that no fertilizing 
material is ever entirely lost. How about 
the thousands of tons of fertilizer that are 
poured from our sewers into the ocean every 
year? How can we ever expect to get this 
waste back unless by a convulsion of nature 
which might make fertile continents of the 
ocean beds and submerge our worn-out 
farms and deserts, but which is not likely 
to happen in our day? I understand that 
in some European cities the sewerage is 
utilized for farming purposes. 
Ans.— It may be said that much of 
this fertility is wasted, but not lost. 
Some of it is recovered. Fish consume 
this waste each year; we all know thou¬ 
sands of tons oi fish are taken from 
the sea. Fish scrap is used alone or 
mixed in fertilizers. Along the Atlantic 
coast large quantities of seaweed and 
other marine growth are used direct as 
fertilizers or burned for the ashes. 
These grow from the plant food washed 
through the rivers and sewers into the 
sea. The guano brought from the dry 
islands in the Pacific Ocean is really 
dried bird manure from birds which live 
largely upon fish. Thus the sea gives 
back a small part of the plant food 
which, runs into it, and as time goes on 
more and more will be taken from it. 
Analysis of sea water shows that it con¬ 
tains in solution small quantities of 
every substance known to nature, in¬ 
cluding gold and silver. We believe that 
in the future methods will be devised 
for taking more plant food from the 
sea. There will also be less poured 
into it. In Europe and in some parts of 
this country “sewage farms” are suc¬ 
cessful—where the sewage is run di¬ 
rectly upon meadows and gardens. In 
other places the sewage is dried and 
condensed and thus saved for use. 
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Ask about my prices on Rubber Tires, they will 
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c. Besides it makes easy work of the drudgery of the farm labor. 
The operator works in the shelter of the barn at all times. He 
simply loads the manure, and gives the car a push. It runs to the place 
desired, dumps and returns automatically. It is swung into position with £* 
the hand or fork, and is again ready to fill. Note how the three operations “ 
are shown in the illustration. 
C.The work is easily done with half the time and effort of 
the old method. And that is not all. 
C.The carrier method insures cleanliness and banishes a 
fruitful source of disease by removing the manure away 
from the barns. 
«L It saves the liquid manure, the most valuable part, and 
puts all the manure wherever you want it for convenient 
handling, in the manure lot, the 
compost or spreader as desired. 
C.In wages of help alone, the Drew 
Elevated Carrier saves its entire cost 
in a few months. 
Warning to Buyers of Carriers 
Oskaloosa, Kans , Mar. 23,1908. 
Drew Elevated Carrier Co. 
The litte outfit from your firm received 
■nd installed some time ago. I am very much 
pleased with the system and regret that I did 
not install it earlier in the winter. I can save , , 
one day every week over the old wheel-barrow system. This means some¬ 
thing at the price o labor f.J.SEARLE, Prop. East Side Dairy Farm. 
C, And it will last a life time. There is no machinery to 
wear out. There is no trestle work or supports to encum¬ 
ber your barn yard, and get out of repair. 
C,The swivel trolley is a feature original with the Drew. 
With this improvement, the car can be turned end for end 
without lifting from the track, and the turning of corners is 
accomplished without difficulty. 
«L Besides handling manure, the Drew Carrier can be 
used to transport hay, ensilage, grain, milk cans, or anything 
you wish to carry to and from the barns. 
C.We guarantee the Drew in every particular. Its reputation 
and record of performance are addi¬ 
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DREW ELEVATED CARRIER COMPANY 
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WHY NOT USE HUBBARD’S? 
