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CUTTING BACK PEACH TREES. 
D. H. L., Garden City, Kan .—I have 
about 300 peach trees set out nine years 
ago, different varieties, which have not 
been topped back for four years. Would it 
be a safe pi’oposition to top back trees 
this age? The growth since topping is 
from four to six feet. If safe, how much 
should I cut back? Peaches were a total 
failure for two years through late freez¬ 
ing. This year the freeze got most of 
them. I had about 60 bushels, and they 
sold for $2.50 per bushel direct to fami¬ 
lies. 
Ans. —It will be entirely safe to cut 
back the peach trees mentioned, and very 
likely they would be greatly benefited 
by it. Peach trees should not be al¬ 
lowed to grow at will from year to 
year, but cut in some at least every al¬ 
ternate year. The amount of wood cut 
off should depend on the condition of 
the trees. Enough of the old wood 
should be cut away to keep up a supply 
of new wood to bear plenty of fruit 
and to keep the trees with round and 
moderately compact heads. As these 
particular trees are nine years old, have 
not been pruned for four years and have 
made growth from four to six feet long 
in that time, I would suppose that they 
need heading back about half way of 
this growth. This should be done early 
next Spring. If done during the cold 
weather of the present Winter the cut 
branches may die back somewhat from 
the effects of the cold. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
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Developing a Grass Farm. 
A. B., Gloversville, N. Y .—I have 10 
acres of clover on my farm near Alta- 
inont, N. Y., that averaged three tons per 
acre first cutting last season. I intend 
to plow it next July, after hay is gathered, 
about eight inches deep, broadcast 1,000 
pounds per acre of good lime, then sow 
Hairy vetch at the rate of one bushel per 
acre. The next Spring about May 1, plow 
it under and sow to oats after broadcast¬ 
ing 200 pounds per acre of high-grade fer¬ 
tilizer. I have five lots of 10 acres each, 
of which this is one. As it is a heavy clay 
hay farm I have four lots in hay each year, 
and one in oats. After the oats are gath¬ 
ered I intensely cultivate like Clark for 
two months, and September 1 sow to 
Timothy and Red-top with 800 pounds of 
high-grade fertilizer without cover crop, and 
in the succeeding Spring 600 pounds more 
and 200 pounds after first cutting. I am 
just commencing this system, and as my 
farm is a natural hay farm I am expecting 
good results. Do you think the clover sod 
plowed under eight inches in July will be 
sufficiently rotted to plow all right the 
next May? Also your opinion about the 
vetch sown in July and plowed under May 
1 as a seed bed for oats? While it is un¬ 
questionably good on sandy soils would it 
be helpful to my soil? I take it for 
granted that there cannot be too much 
vegetable matter in any soil for hay and 
oats. 
Ans. —Yes, we think the clover sod 
can be plowed so as to make a good 
seed bed for oats—also the vetch. The 
latter is better adapted to light or sandy 
soils, but we have reports from farmers 
who, by seed from their own crops, 
have been able to make good use of 
it in all soils. You must remember 
that large amounts of lime will be need¬ 
ed in such farming, and the grass seeded 
in this “Clark” plan must be well fed. 
hired an array of brilliant lawyers, while 
on the other hand, the entire population 
of the valley lined up to defend their 
rights. The storv is told by a correspond¬ 
ent. It has a lesson for other farmers: 
"The Vermont Legislature has a repre¬ 
sentative from every township, consequently 
the House has 246 members. The Senate 
has two or three men from each county 
and about 30 members. How was the bat¬ 
tle fought? A telling petition was printed 
leaving a blank space beneath for signers. 
A copy was placed in all the Woodstock 
stores and in every village store and mill 
up and down the river. Every _ store¬ 
keeper was exhorted not, on his life, to 
let a man get away without signing. Soon 
the committee was overwhelmed by peti¬ 
tions. The bill was fortunately sent to the 
Committee on Conservation of Forests, the 
chairman of which, Mr. Battell, has 
bought and given the State much moun¬ 
tain woodland. The committee had two 
hearings. Many delegations went before 
the committee and a great many more 
wrote letters of protest signing their 
names. One roan made it his business to 
talk against the bill among members out¬ 
side of Windsor Co. Later two lawyers 
were employed when _ it was found the 
paper company had six or seven lawyers 
in the lobbv. The telephone played an 
important part. A very fair newspaper 
article I sent went on the desk of every 
member and was read before voting. Soon 
everv man, woman and child in this val- 
lev 'was enlisted against the Champlain 
Realty Paper Co. with the effect that when 
the final vote was taken the paper company 
got three votes out of the 246.” 
LEGISLATION IN THE BASHFUL STATE. 
We have called Vermont the “Bashful 
State” because her people seemed ashamed 
to tell the world what they have to offer. 
These bashful citizens can put up a bat¬ 
tle when they once get started, and in 
their very bashfulness they set a good ex¬ 
ample to the western boomers. Whenever 
the people of a section stand up and fight 
for their rights we like to let the world 
know about it—for that is the way things 
are done in this world. The Champlain 
Realty Paper Co. got a bill before the 
Vermont legislature granting them the 
right to float logs down the Ottauqueecliee 
River and its tributaries. This would 
have ruined the stream by removing the 
forests, made it dangerous and changed 
the character of the valley simply to en¬ 
rich this corporation. The realty company 
DIRT 
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130 17th Street, Centerville, Iowa 
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sacks, carlots, 
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CALL’S NURSERIES, Ferry, Ohio. 
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v Moreton Farm, Box 31 
COLDWATER, N. Y. 
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Apple, 2-year, 4-5 foot, $8.80 per 100 
Peach, 3-4 foot, $3.50 per 100 
Cherry, fine 2-year, $3.50 per 100 
Write for Free Descriptive Catalogue. 
Bros. Nurseries, 1024Reilly Rtf.,Dansville,N.Y. 
Fruit Trees at $6.48 tor 100 
WE GROW THF, TREES WE SELL, which 
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383 WiatM W North, Rochester, N.Y. 
December 10, 
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“a square deal.” See guarantee page 12. 
Bumper Crops of 
STRAWBERRIES 
in Mid-Summer 
and Lafe Fall. 
Send for Catalogue. 
T. C. KEVITT 
Athenia, N. J. 
OATS 
Merit is Bound to Win 
Some one has truly said that if a man 
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Martin Fertilizers 
again, in 1910, far exceed expectations in sales and 
crop results. Farmers for 20 or more years using 
fertilizers say they never had as good crops as wit h 
Martin’s: oats over 60 bu., wheat over 30 bu. per 
acre with but 150 pounds. Agents are selling more 
MARTIN PURE ANIMAL BONE FERTILIZERS easier and in 
less time than any they ever sold. Haw materials 
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PEACH TREES 
FALL 1910 SPRING 1911 
We are prepared to quote prices and enter 
orders now for just what you want of our 
own grown trees. Don’t be disappointed 
again the coming season but order now. 
JOSEPH H. BLACK, SON & COMPANY 
HIGHTSTOWN,_NEW JERSEY 
Choicest Clover Seed 
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gives you best quality, clean seed, and saves you 
money. Also handle Alsike and Timothy. Sample 
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Seeds—mostly clovers,” 10 Main St., Marysville, O. 
1 AM A FARMER and have FOR SALE 
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Also handle Mammoth and Alsike Clover, Timothy 
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that YIELD. Our Sensation Oats 
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565 Culver Road, Rochester, N. Y. 
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ank 
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