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February 18, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEB 
PLAN FOR RECORDING ARTICLES. 
As a reader of The R. N.-Y. I rarely 
find a copy but what I see some article 
which interests me in particular, so much 
so that I will say to myself: “Now I 
will try to remember that,” and to be 
sure not to forget it will make some note 
on the margin or other place to remind 
me when the time comes that I want 
to look it up again, but I find this 
method very unsatisfactory. I presume 
I am like many others, or more prop¬ 
erly, there are many others like me; 
their minds run in certain directions, i. 
e., there are certain subjects which are 
more interesting than others. These 
thoughts have suggested to me that if a 
little booklet properly lined, with space 
for marginal notes or titles could be sup¬ 
plied to your subscribers, it would be a 
source of great convenience, and would 
be the means of placing the information 
sught for where it could be found when 
needed. 
The trouble I have is, when the time 
comes to put to use some information or 
suggestions which I have seen some¬ 
where in months past, I cannot find 
it. For a while I made the practice of 
cutting out certain articles and pasting 
them into a scrap book, but I think too 
AGRICULTURISTS, FARMERS, CROPPERS. 
The following letter was sent to Con¬ 
gressman M. E. Driscoll, who represents 
the Syracuse district, by our old friend 
Grant G. Hitchings: 
Hon. M. E. Driscoll: 
My Dear Sir :— 
I write you to protest' most vigorously 
against " the enactment of the reciprocity 
agreement of President Taft with Canada. 
I write you from the standpoint of a 
farmer. Understand me; there are three 
classes engaged in farming, viz., agricul¬ 
turists, farmers, and croppers. The. defini¬ 
tion of these classes is as follows: An 
agriculturist is one who derives his money 
for carrying on his farm outside of the 
farm proper. A farmer is one whose liv¬ 
ing and money for carrying on his farm is 
derived entirely from the farm itself, and 
who mattes it his. business to conserve and 
ini prove the fertility of his farm for the 
benefit of the future." A cropper is ( one 
who takes what is offered for his produce 
without knowing its cost and without re¬ 
gard to what effect his management has 
on the future productivity of his soil; in 
other words, a soil robber. In this im¬ 
mediate vicinity there are a goodly num¬ 
ber of farmers who are earnestly working 
for an uplift in country conditions. We 
are handicapped by- agriculturists and 
croppers, and now this proposed reciprocity 
agreement will make a much harder load 
for us to carry, and is unfair to us as 
farmers to compel us to buy from manu¬ 
facturers at a protective price and sell 
our goods back at a free trade price. I 
SUBJECT 1911 
ORCHARD CULTURE 
| 
i 
COST OF APPLE ORCHARD 
4081 
33 
BROWN ROT PEACHES 8.C. 
408?. 
57 
LIME & SULPHUR 
4082 
4082 
60 
57 
POULTRY SUBJECTS & C. 
POULTRY MANURE 
POULTRY TEED. 
4081 
35 
4081 
47 
RECORD PAGE FOR MEMORANDUM BOOK. 
much of the paper to mutilate its pages. 
The leaflet shown in diagram may 
explain my idea, and possibly suggest 
something to you which would be prac¬ 
tical, and I am sure would be appre¬ 
ciated by your readers. 
A. S. PENDRY. 
SPRING RYE FOR PASTURE. 
c. IF. H., Pennsylvania .—Can you in¬ 
form me how Spring rye would do for early 
pasture 7 
Ans. —The remarkable thing about 
the German Spring rye is its quick 
growth. As to Spring pasture, much 
depends upon what is meant by Spring, 
and if it is meant to sow the rye in the 
Spring; if the latter, the ground needs 
to be well warmed before the rye will 
germinate, and then about three to four 
weeks will produce good feed. If the 
rye is sown in the Fall in time to get 
out of the ground, and a little green, 
then you will have pasture within two 
weeks after it is warm enough for any¬ 
thing to grow. I sowed a field early 
in November and about the 15th sent 
a man to see if it was up. He came 
back and reported “No, there wasn’t a 
sign of rye, but the field was all cov¬ 
ered with green grass.” This has grown 
perceptibly during the January thaw. 
The factors to be taken into account 
are time and manner of sowing, climate, 
and late or early Spring. To promote 
quick growth, there should be a good 
seed bed, seed sown (broadcast and/ 
lightly covered, a fertilizer rich in ni¬ 
trogen harrowed in with it, and then 
the ground well rolled. For this kind 
of covering I use a Hallock weeder, 
and I use this after every rain. Sown 
for pasture three to four bushels of 
seed should be used. I use a drill and 
drill it both ways. frank hyde. 
realize that the cost of living is high. This 
is not the farmer’s fault, for he does not 
receive over 33 cents of the dollar that 
the consumer pays for his living expenses. 
The trouble is between the farmer and con¬ 
sumer; there are excessive prices charged 
for delivering, too many unnecessary 
profits. The effective remedy for this is 
parcels post. The kind of parcels post we 
want is a department entirely independent 
of the Post Office Department, broad 
enough for the whole country, with gradu¬ 
ated charges for distance. This would be 
fair to all, and hurt nobody but the ex¬ 
press companies. It would solve the high 
cost of living, and would be such an up¬ 
lift to the real farmers of the country 
that their boys would be only too glad to 
stay on the farms. We farmers have had 
tons of advice; we demand now a little 
of the real thing. Kindly call President 
Taft’s attention to the kind of parcels 
post wanted by the real farmers. The 
man who comes forward and pushes this 
plan for a parcels post to a finish will be 
the next President in the opinion of 
GRANT G. HITCHINGS. 
What A Dollar Will Buy. 
The report of a friend about buying 
grapes grown in New York at 15 or 20 
cents a basket, tells a great story in a lit¬ 
tle. It is right and natural to buy at low¬ 
est prices; we cannot well get over that 
idea, but see how much the grower gets! 
After passing through several hands as deal¬ 
ers, each to have a small but sure share, 
the grower mostly gets what is left. They 
used to send and sell them on commission; 
that is ruinous almost every time and 
place, and the low prices those grapes were 
sold for in Naples, N. Y., left smallest 
part possible to the grower, so much so 
that some of the growers make wine of 
them to realize more for them. The differ¬ 
ence in price in some things between the 
grower’s price and the retail is too much 
in many cases, but the producer is not the 
one to make the large part of it. Meat is 
the highest of any country product at retail, 
but when sold to consumers, it is high 
enough; somebody makes good profit. The 
retail trade seems to figure well for the 
profit end of it. They pay here .$7 per 100 
for beef, and it retails for 15 to IS cents, 
which should prevent any loss in the busi¬ 
ness. Pork is $6.50 and sells for as high 
as 30 cents when in bacon. a. h. g. 
Kansas. 
Available 
Nitrogen 
is the thing in practical 
fertilizing. 
Nitrate of Soda 
is the cheapest and most available 
form of Nitrogen for all crops. 
“The Cost of Available Nitrate,” Sent Free 
It is worth dollars to you. In this book Prof. Voorhees 
shows how the American farmer could have saved 
$17,000,000 on the cost of nitrogen in 1909. Address 
Dr. William S. Myers, Director of Propaganda 71 Nassau Street 
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