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Barley in Southern New York. 
J. J. S., Rockland Co., N. Y. —Can bar¬ 
ley be raised successfully In this section? 
Give best manner of growing same, land a 
gravelly loam. Which is the better clover. 
Red or Crimson, to sow in rye this Spring 
to be turned under next Fall, ground to be 
used for potatoes the following Spring? 
Ans. —Beardless barley will make a 
fair growth in Rockland Co., N. Y., 
but unless it be for seeding to grass it 
is not superior to oats. For grain and 
straw we should sow oats. Use Red 
clover by all means for Spring sowing. 
Never, under any circumstances, sow 
Crimson clover in the Spring. It is a 
cool weather plant. As soon as hot 
weather comes it will go to seed and 
that ends it. Sow Crimson only in -late 
Summer and early Fall. 
Crops for Sour Soil. 
II. L., North MHddleboro, mass. —My 
soil is sour. What causes the sourness, 
is it phosphoric acid or some other kind? 
I have been' using fertilizers analyzing 
4-8-10 for vegetables, mostly potatoes. 
What grasses will grow best on acid soil? 
Will Alfalfa grow on acid soil? What 
grain will succeed best, wheats 'barley, 
oats, rye, millet, peas, beans, or Indian 
corn, or what other fodder or cereal? 
Ans. —You ought to have some bul¬ 
letins from the Rhode Island Station 
(Kingston). Dr. Wheeler gives much 
information about sour soils and also 
lists of plants which are affected by 
liming. The continued use of acid phos¬ 
phate will have some effect in souring 
the soil, but the acid condition is usually 
the result of decaying vegetable matter. 
Potatoes are well suited to a sour soil, 
as the scab disease is not so had in acid. 
Red-top is the best grass for a sour soil. 
Clover and Alfalfa do not thrive there. 
With us rye and corn give better re¬ 
sults on acid land than the other grains. 
Material for Water Pipe. 
A. II., Dalton , Pa .—Would you let me 
know what objections there are to terra 
cotta pipes for leading water from a spring 
to house? 
Ans. —I have had no experience with 
clay pipe for bringing water to a house; 
hut from a sanitary point of view there 
could be nothing better than the vitri¬ 
fied salt-glazed sewer-pipe, for its glassy 
surface is perfectly impervious to cor¬ 
rosion. I take it A. B. means this vitri¬ 
fied pipe, though terra cotta might mean 
any composition of baked clay, from 
that in the common brick to that of 
the finest pottery. We have at our 
home a drain of this sewer-pipe that 
takes the water from cellar and bath 
tub and waste from kitchen sink to an 
outlet 35 rods away. I put this in'10 
years ago with a grade of only 10 inches 
to 100 feet, using Portland cement and 
clean sand in proportion of one to two 
for making joints tight. This works 
all right and I see no reason why it 
would not work as well in bringing 
water to a house as in carrying it away. 
Be sure to let the cement get well set 
before turning the water through. 
J-. F. v. s. 
The Value of Poudrette. 
F. L. IF., Pennsylvania. —Will you give 
ns some information in regard to “pou¬ 
drette” or .dried deodorized flight soil. 
Give at least an approximate analysis, as 
I have not been able to get at its manurial 
value, especially as a market gardener's 
manure. Is it safe to use on plants with¬ 
out danger of injuring the roots? Also 
is there danger of disease to humans from 
using vegetables fertilized with it, or are 
all disease germs killed in its manufacture? 
The price per ton is low if its value is 
what I think it is. I have used a great 
deal of commercial fertilizer but am look¬ 
ing for best results at least expense. Be¬ 
sides the scientific or theoretical value of 
“poudrette” or night soil, I should like 
some accurate information from practical 
gardeners as to its actual availability as 
a plant food. 
Ans. —You should never buy “pou¬ 
drette” except on a guaranteed analysis. 
It varies greatly in composition—all the 
way from less thafi one per cent of 
nitrogen to nearly four per cent. This 
depends somewhat upon the way the 
material is dried and what is mixed 
with it. We can give no idea of the 
value of the sample you mention with¬ 
out an analysis. There would be little 
danger in using it. The demand for it 
does, not seem to be large. We would 
like *he 'experience of those who have 
used it. __ 
A City Farmer's Job. 
F. A. K., Brooklyn , N. Y .—What can I do 
to improve a farm I have bought in Orange 
County, N. Y., finding the land in a more 
than poor condition? It has been rented 
out for the last eight years to people who 
never thought of manuring and cultivating 
properly. What fertilizer shall I use for 
potato, corn, wheat land and meadows? 
What is the best method to remove berry 
vines from land? I have bought this farm 
to utilize my free time and try to get best 
returns of the investment instead of spend¬ 
ing Summer in a boarding house with my 
family. 
Ans. —First of all do not expect too 
much from the farm, and do not under¬ 
take too much. This farming as a side 
issue is not like working the soil for 
business. We should' buy the special 
fertilizers for the crops mentioned, and 
not try to mix the chemicals, at least 
until you know more about the soil. 
Study the farm and take certain fields 
that you want to improve, and go at 
them in a thorough manner. If we 
knew the size of the farm and what is 
growing on it now we could give better 
advice. Most likely a good share of it 
is in poor grass or weeds. Get some 
good farmer to tell you which is the 
latest seeding and which is the best 
grass. Broadcast fertilizer on that for 
your hay crop. Plow what you think 
you can handle of the weedy old sod, fit 
it well and plant corn, using at least 
600 pounds per acre of a good corn 
fertilizer. Plant in hills and work both 
ways so as to clean the ground. Take 
the best of last year’s corn ground for 
potatoes using 1,000 pounds of fertilizer 
per acre. Don’t plant too many. They 
must be sprayed and kept clean or your 
money will be lost. As soon as you 
can get it clean seed most of your farm 
to grass, for hay is one of the best 
crops for that kind of a farm. The 
best way to get rid of berry vines is to 
cut them in August, burn the vines and 
then plow the ground and tear it up 
with a spring-tooth harrow. Then sow 
rye or grass._ 
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