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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 22, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Crops for a Garden. 
S. T. H., Johnstown, Pa .—Last Septem¬ 
ber and October as I dug potatoes I sowed 
Sand or Hairy retch for a cover crop. The 
ground is covered so thick that you cannot 
see any hare earth; it is from four to six 
inches tail. I shall plow this Spring. What 
would be the most profitable crop to plant 
on this plot, sweet corn, tomatoes, cucum¬ 
bers, strawberries, beans, peas? Which of 
these crops will give me the best yields from 
this patch of vetch? I can give it a coat 
of lime or manure. Which would you ad¬ 
vise? 
Ans. —We could not answer such a 
question without knowing what crops 
sell best in your market. With us in 
New Jersey the following would pay: 
Take part of the land for strawberries. 
Plant the rest to a succession of peas 
from early to late. Put the rows wide 
apart and as the peas are picked, or 
when the time is right, plant sweet corn, 
tomatoes and cucumbers between the 
rows of peas. Pull the pea vines after 
picking and give clean culture to the 
other crops. Use manure if you can. 
Fruit Trees in Sod. 
A. J. F., Sauquoit, N. Y .—I am going to 
set out apple trees this Spring, mostly near 
to the line fences of my farm. The larger 
part will be in mowing. I intend to adopt 
for them the mulch system. What kind of 
fertilizer would be best? I have a quantity 
of wood ashes, how would it do to use ashes 
and ground bone with a heavy mulch of 
coarse manure? If this treatment would 
answer what amounts of each would be best 
to use per tree, and would it be right to mix 
both with the soil at time of setting the 
trees? Also, would the same treatment an¬ 
swer for cherry and plum trees set where 
they will be cultivated? 
Ans. —Wood ashes and bone make a 
good mixture for all sorts of fruit trees. 
We should use three pounds of the ashes 
to one of bone. Do not try to mix be¬ 
fore using. The fine ashes will not mix 
well with the coarser bone. Scatter the 
ashes over the ground around the tree 
and follow with the bone. Spade or hoe 
up a circle around the trees after plant¬ 
ing and then put on the manure—not 
close up to the tree but a little out from 
it. Use four pounds of the mixture to 
each young tree. The hoeing or spading 
will mix in the ashes and bone. Cut 
the grass and pile it on top of the 
manure._ 
Sme Apple Notes. 
I was rather amused at C. E. B.’s esti¬ 
mates of expense in growing an orchard, 
page 458. He must have been an earmark 
for a tree agent to give 50 cents each for 
apple trees, for I can get as good trees as 
I want to plant for 10 cents. Then it cost 
$75 to plow and harrow 10 acres of land. 
How could farmers make a living at that 
rate? I think I could prepare the 10 acres 
in first-class manner for $20. Then he 
paid 10 cents a tree for fertilizer (I sup¬ 
pose that is what he means by “phosphate”) 
the first year, and it cost 10 cents to set a 
tree. Awfully poor work that. And now 
with an orchard 10 years old it has been 
nothing but expense, and he thinks it must 
be expense for some years yet. Now it 
seems to mo that unless he has planted a 
variety like the Northern Spy that does 
take a long time to get in bearing, the 
orchard could be giving fruit enough to pay 
expenses before it is 10 years old. Then, 
too, in all these 10 years he could have 
been growing vegetable crops between the 
young trees, and leaving a legume Winter 
cover on the land, and could at least have 
paid all the expenses of cultivating and car¬ 
ing for the orchard. Certainly it can be 
done here, if not in New England. This 
Winter Stayman apples that run the same 
size all the way through the barrel (for I 
have bought them) are retailing here for 
80 cents a peck, from orchards in Delaware 
that are not 10 years old, and the dealers 
say they sell so fast that they cannot keep 
in them. And 1 will guarantee that the 
orchards where these apples grow have paid 
their way from the start. I suppose that 
C. E. B. must have got some one to grow 
the orchard for him, and paid him fine 
prices for everything. Mr. Van Deman is 
right in saying that the bulk of an apple 
orchard on this peninsula should be Stay- 
man and Winesap so far as Winter sorts 
are concerned. But it is also the experi¬ 
ence of the growers that the early Summer 
apples have been more and more profitable 
every year in spite of considerable planting 
of Summer fruit, but for eating purposes I 
would rather have a Peninsula grown Stay- 
man than a dozen of the showy turnip- 
flavored apples that come from Oregon. 
.Tust now (April 6 ) they are coming out 
of cold storage considerably browned, and 
evidently have been there too long. 
Maryland. w. F. massey. 
Treatment of Kaffir Corn. 
Will some one tell how to plant, culti¬ 
vate and harvest a crop of Kaffir corn? 
IIow far apart should stalks stand in the 
row? Can the fodder be fed to horses, or 
is it possible to turn it under for humus? 
Eakles Mills, Md. c. w. d. 
Kaffir corn can be grown just as you 
would grow sorghum or broom corn. The 
rows can be made four feet apart and the 
plants left stand a foot apart. The Kaffir 
corn has the one advantage that it will 
succeed in drought better than Indian corn, 
and hence is adapted to the semi-arid West. 
In Washington County, Maryland, the 
Indian corn is worth a great deal more, 
and the fodder from Indian corn is far 
better than that from any of the non¬ 
saccharine sorghums like Kaffir corn, and 
in your section you can grow a far heavier 
crop with Indian corn. w. F. massey. 
Turnips and Clover. 
I sowed your favorite combination of 
Cow-horn turnip, Crimson clover and rye 
in my orchard last Summer, but owing to 
the drought it made very poor growth, so 
that at this writing (April 1) I have no 
cover crop worth turning under. The clover 
is just beginning to show signs of growth 
now, and I am undecided whether to plow 
the orchard now or leave it for a few 
weeks till the clover has made a little 
growth this Spring. Would it pay to let it 
grow a few weeks, do you think? J. e. 
Rhode Island. 
We should let the crop grow if it is to 
be plowed under to help the orchard. By 
May 1 there will probahly be a fair growth 
there. Of course, if the land is wanted 
for an early crop, you will have to plow 
it at once, but if not, let it grow a few 
weeks. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
LAND LIME 
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needs no slaking: is easy to handle; contains one- 
third Quick Lime and two-thirds Carbonate of 
Lime. It contains more lime than marl or ground 
limestone or Hydrated Lime. It will not injure 
new seeding. 
Land Lime is the cheapest fertilizer you can 
buy. One ton of Land Lime will set free the high- 
priced fe. tilizers that are locked up in the soil. 
Land Lime warms and sweetens sour soils. (Most 
of our soils are sour, as is shown by the presence 
of moss and sorrel grass.) I.and Lime aids the 
decomposition of humns and loosens up the clay 
soils. I.and Lime will increase the yield of 
Clover, Alfalfa, Cabhages, Timothy. Beets, etc. 
I.and Lime is absolutely necessary for Alf n If a. 
Yon cannot grow Alfalfa without lime and Alfalfa 
is the best paying crop on the farm. It is the only 
forage crop that will take the place of grain. 
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THE APPLE BUSINESS 
Is a sure thing—if you have the right kind of 
a tree. People may plant too many oranges 
but the good old apple is a sure thing. The 
time to get in with that hillside is right now 
—this Spring. 
There is some discussion about the best 
aged tree to plant. Some want big trees and 
some little whips. We have them all! 
The size is a matter of opinion but every¬ 
body agrees that the health and life of the 
tree is more important. We put life and 
health in our trees—or they doit themselves. 
They grow in strong ground with no 
check from start to finish and with a long 
fall season to harden and ripen their woods. 
They are sound, free from disease and 
ready to grow. Every variety you want 
and every tree right. 
The Catalog tells all about it. 
HARBISON’S NURSERIES, Box IS, BERLIN, MD. 
Poor Corn is dear at any price. 
Good Corn is cheap at any price. 
Then why not buy the best even if it does cost a 
little more ? Our 
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and Longfellow 
flint varieties, have a reputation 
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EUREKA ENSILAGE 
has a record of 64 tons per acre. 
SHEFFIELD PRIZE 
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has a record of 123.8 bushels 
of CRIB DRY corn per acre. 
This corn won the first, the only 
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flint corn per acre, at the New 
England Corn Show held in this 
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acre. That alone would pay the 
increased cost of the seed; but think 
of 120 bushels per acre when 
you have been growing on an 
average of not over 40 bushels. 
WHAT HAS BEEN CAN BE. Do 
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to have 100 bushels at least. You can do 
it with proper seed and up-to-date ways. 
SPECIALIZE. Do not try to grow 
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If you do you will make a failure of both. 
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