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January 28, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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FARMS IN THE BASHFUL STATE. 
All the big farm enterprises are “out 
West,” are they? They do some little 
business at Fillmore Farms, in Vermont, 
as this statement shows: 
“We usually raise from 600 to 800 
tons of silage corn and have always 
had very good success with it. All pro¬ 
ducts of our place, which is a large one, 
we try to have fed out on it, and are 
carrying now quite a large stock, num¬ 
bering about 700 sheep, 150 horned 
cattle and 30 horses. Our specialty is 
the Dorset sheep and so-called “hot¬ 
house” lamb. We usually grow several 
thousand bushels of oats; this oast year 
made an average of 52.3 bushels per 
acre.” c. c. .tones. 
Interplanting Apples. 
THE 1-? IJ HAL NEW-YORKER 
SOY BEANS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
After reading considerable in the farm 
papers about Soy beans 1 grew inter¬ 
ested and decided to give them a trial, 
so sent to one of the leading Philadel¬ 
phia seedsmen for a packet each of 
llollybrook Early and Mammoth Yel¬ 
low, which I sowed in rows about three 
feet apart May 20. On account of poor 
seed 3nd cool wet weather the latter did 
not come up very good and made a 
poor stand, but what was there made a 
large growth, but was a little too late 
to ripen seed. It also made a spreading 
growth, and was blown down sooner 
than the early variety, but for green 
feeding it would be fine. 1 would con¬ 
sider it too coarse in the stalk to cut 
for hay unless it would grow more slim 
in the stem if it was sown thicker. 
Some of the stems had grown to nearly 
an inch in thickness. The Hollybrook 
Early came up well and the plant was 
more of an upright grower, some of 
the plants having a main stem with a 
number of short branches which were 
well loaded with well-fitted pods. 
Others had more of a spreading habit 
and had very few pods. The seed was 
well ripened before the first hard frost, 
but we did not have early frosts last 
Fall. 1 am now saving seed from the 
plants having an upright growth, which 
1 will sow this year to grow seed for 
a crop in 1612. 1 think if we can grow 
a variety of an upright growth and one 
that stands up well, we can cut it and 
tie it in bundles with a grain binder. 
Many of the stalks were four feet long. 
According to the yield of this row of 
Hollybrook Early it would have yielded 
about 3-1 bushels to the acre. It seems 
to me that some varieties of Soy beans 
could be greatly improved by selection. 
The green plants are greatly relished 
by cattle and hogs, and the poultry are 
very fond of the ripe beans, and they 
soon get busy when a few stalks are 
thrown into their pen. J. H. K. 
Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Field for Potatoes. 
J. W. M., Windham, O .—Will you advise 
me as to which of the two following fields 
is best adapted to raising potatoes? One 
was in oats last year; oats stubble was 
disked and sowed in rye this Fall. The 
other field is an old Timothy meadow. Both 
have same kind of soil. I expect to plow 
rye under next Spring and plant one field 
in potatoes and other in corn. 
Ans. —Without knowing more about 
it we should put potatoes where the rye 
is now growing. Plow early and crush 
the rye down hard with a roller, and 
put the potato seed right down in the 
decaying rye. Our chief objection to 
the old meadow is the fact that such 
fields arc quite sure to be full of white 
grubs. They will do more damage to 
the potatoes than to the corn. ‘ 
Protecting Trees From Rabbits. 
Is there anything we can use to protect 
our trees in a country where the snow is 
very deep and the rabbits run on top of it? 
Ans. —Rabbits are very plentiful 
around my orchard, yet I have never 
had any trees damaged by them. If in¬ 
quirer can get plenty of animal blood 
from some slaughtering establishment 
and give the trees a thorough applica¬ 
tion of it on trunks and lower limbs I 
am sure it would prevent any further 
damage. I think a strong solution of 
lime and sulphur would do the same. 
Veneer tree protectors are best; tread 
the snow down around the trees, and 
leave the protectors on during Summer 
to prevent sunscald on the bark of the 
young trees. a. a. halladay. 
Vermont. 
Lime-sulphur may be used, but is not 
proof against rain or heavy snows. 
There is no danger in using a very 
strong solution of the commercial prod¬ 
uct, and 1 have used the stock solution 
without any injury to the trees. I con¬ 
sider it an efficient protection against 
rabbits. Frederick cranefield. 
Wisconsin. 
A coat of lime-sulphur, about one to 
nine, will keep the rabbits from eating 
the branches of apple trees. Of course 
the application must he thorough ; it 
must cover the branches all around. 
Wisconsin. c. vollenweider. 
Peas and Oats for Grain. 
Is it profitable to sow peas with oats 
when grown for grain? Grain to be ground 
and fed to cows and horses, and straw to 
be used for fodder and bedding. Would 
you sow oats and peas together or plow 
peas under? H. o. 
New York. 
We should certainly add Canada peas 
to the oats. They will add to the value of 
either hay or grain, and leave the soil bet¬ 
ter. Scatter the peas first and plow or 
disk them under. Then drill in the oats 
or broadcast and harrow in. 
REASONS WHY 
BLANCHARD’S 
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Spraying 
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ARE THE BEST 
/•’. Q., Winchester, T’o.—I have a 10-acre 
orchard of Yellow Transparent, Red Astra- 
chan and Wealthy trees three years planted. 
Trees are set 33x33 feet. 1 am thinking, 
of interplanting on the hexagonal plan 
next Fall with Rome Beauty, Stayman and 
King David. Would you so advise? Land 
here is limited. 
Ans.—I t might he a good plan to in¬ 
terplant the varieties mentioned, for they 
are very good ones, and the trees will 
not overbear and die early as will those 
already in the orchard, except the Red 
Astrachan, which makes a durable tree. 
Resides, the Rome Beauty, Stayman 
and King David are Winter apples and 
are therefore more valuable commer¬ 
cially. They all succeed in Virginia. 
The main trouble will be, as I see it, 
that the young trees will not he likely 
to flourish as they should among the 
older ones, supposing that the latter are 
of bearing age. If they were only re¬ 
cently planted the young trees will have 
an equal chance with them. 
H. E. VAN DEM AN. 
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mchard is the only firm whose. 
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THE JAMES A. BLANCHARD CO., 
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Our big orchards make us lots of money. Some of our bearing trees are twenty-five years old. with no 
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-150 ACRES. Genesee Valley 
grown. ''Not the cheapest, hut 
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