1908 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
317 
Clover and Turnip Seeding. 
IV. R-, Urbana, Ohio .—How much Crim¬ 
son clover and how much Cow-horn turnip 
seed is required for one acre? 
Ans. —We use 12 pounds of Crimson 
clover seed and about 24 ounces of' 
Cow-horn turnip. This gives about 
enough turnips if the seed is thoroughly 
mixed. 
Fertilizing Value of Soot. 
Every year we have several questions 
about soot as a fertilizer. There is a 
belief that it must be very valuable. 
Soot is for the most part composed of 
small particles of unburned fuel. These 
pass up in smoke and are deposited in 
the chimney. A ton of average soot 
will contain about 15 pounds of nitro¬ 
gen, 17 of potash and 10 of phosphoric 
acid. There will also be about 50 
pounds of lime. This would make it 
worth 50 per cent more than manure if 
all this plant food were available. It 
is not, however, and for immediate use 
the soot is probably not worth more 
than manure. It is still quite largely 
used in England, where -10 to 50 bushels 
are used per acre. It gives best results 
on light soils or on heavy soils which 
are cold and slow. The soot darkens 
these soils and makes them warmer, as 
the dark color absorbs heat readily. 
Fertilizing the Corn Crop. 
O. F. U., Circleville, O. —I intend to fer¬ 
tilize a part of my corn land this Spring, 
and to get the best results which is more 
desirable, sowing the fertilizer broadcast be¬ 
fore the corn is planted or applying to the 
corn in the hill after it is a few inches 
high? Would it pay to apply dried blood to 
each hill after the corn is a few inches 
high, and if so, how much? I would pre¬ 
fer applying it to the young corn. What 
do you consider the best food for the plant 
when applied that way? 
Ans. —With us it depends upon the 
acreage of corn. If large we would drill 
in the fertilizer before planting. If an 
area small enough to do it economically 
we apply by hand when the corn is a 
foot or so high, scattering it beside the 
hill and working it in. The usual ad¬ 
vice is to scatter the fertilizer all over 
so as to induce the corn roots to go 
everywhere for it. We have had good 
results from scattering near the hill. We 
would not use dried blood alone for 
corn. That supplies nitrogen, but the 
corn needs both potash and phosphoric 
acid. A good corn manure should con¬ 
tain at least 2^2 per cent nitrogen, eight 
phosphoric acid and seven potash. You 
would obtain the 50 pounds nitrogen in 
400 pounds dried blood, the 160 pounds 
phosphoric acid in 1200 pounds acid 
phosphate, and the 140 pounds potash in 
300 pounds muriate, and this would 
make a good combination for corn un¬ 
less you knew some element was not 
needed. Many Ohio soils evidently need 
phosphoric acid. 
Manure or Chemicals for Alfalfa. 
•/. C., Mexico, N. Y. —We have a piece of 
land which showed considerable Sweet 
clover after mowing the past Summer. 
Would it be well to sow to early peas, 
then to Alfalfa in August? If so, which 
would be the best fertilizer, stable manure 
or phosphate? The soil is coarse and 
gravelly. 
Axs.—It depends upon circumstances. 
If you have a dairy or stock farm and 
thus have plenty of manure it will prob¬ 
ably pay best to put a good coat of it 
on the peas and plow them under. If* 
you have not a large supply of manure 
it would no doubt pay better to use 
chemicals. We would use manure and 
chemicals together from choice as Al- 
talfa, like clover, does best on a soil 
tilled with humus. As we are situated, 
without much stock, and with steep 
hills, we would sow the peas and cut 
them as they are forming pods and let 
them wilt before plowing under. This 
will help to prevent souring the land, 
i ut on at least a fon of lime after 
plowing and harrow it in. Keep the 
surface fine until the middle of August 
and sow the seed with 300 pounds fine 
bone and 100 muriate of potash per 
acre. 
Dynamo for Use with Gasoline Engine. 
E. L. M., Bloomflcld, Conn .—What kind 
of dynamo should I purchase to light my 
dwelling with a five horse-power gasoline 
engine? 
Ans. —I have little confidence in the 
scheme of lighting a dwelling and barn 
from a dynamo run by a gasoline en¬ 
gine. Certainly it will not be economi¬ 
cal to do so, although there is no funda¬ 
mental difficulty outside of the question 
of the cost of gasoline and attendance. 
Probably it will be better to install an 
acetylene gas plant, which in most re¬ 
spects is quite as satisfactory as elec¬ 
tricity. Where water power is available, 
it is an entirely different matter. So 
far as a suitable dynamo is concerned, 
it may be said in a word that the dy¬ 
namo is a well perfected machine and 
many manufacturers can supply them. 
To attempt to name the best would be 
like trying to pick out the model auto¬ 
mobile or “thrashing machine. Ordin¬ 
arily it would be a small, direct current, 
110 volt generator. j. v. w., jr. 
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Apples for Worcester County, Mass. 
J. E. P., Gardner, Mass. —1. I have 
been for several months thinking of going 
into the apple business near Worcester, 
Mass. Will you give me an idea of soil 
best suited for that purpose? I should ex¬ 
pect later to send a 'sample to our experi¬ 
ment station. 2. What are the best two or 
three varieties for this section? 3. What 
number of trees should be set to the acre 
for best results? 4. Can trees propagated 
from buds be bought and if so, where? 
And is it generally conceded that they are 
worth much more than ordinary four to 
six-year-old trees? 
Ans. — 1 . There is no question as to the 
profit of commercial orcharding in cen¬ 
tral Massachusetts conducted on busi¬ 
ness principles, and the location in ques¬ 
tion is one of the best. The soil best 
suited for the growth of the apple is 
a deep moist loam or a well-drained 
clay loam; a northern or western ex¬ 
posure. An analysis of the soil will be 
of little value. A careful inspection of 
the surface and subsoil and an investi¬ 
gation of the crops the land has pro¬ 
duced in the past will be of more value. 
2. Baldwin, Hubbardston, McIntosh, 
Gravenstein, etc., are among the best va¬ 
rieties. 3. Plant 40x40 feet for perma¬ 
nent trees and fill in small growers or 
short-lived trees 20x20 feet, to be cut 
out when they crowd. 4. Yes. Trees 
from buds, No. 1, two years old are 
better than those older. Reliable nur¬ 
serymen all have this age for sale. 
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