THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
sir 
“Just Like Finding Money” 
The recent Invention ot an all-steel Motor 
Press makes Hay Baling one ot the finest 
profit-paying businesses on earth—so say men 
who are using the new Sandwich Motor Press 
1911. 
THE NEVER-ENDING WATER PROBLEM. 
Will It Pay to Irrigate? 
The high prices in the local markets of 
some farm products, due to the dry season, 
have made me wonder if a small irrigating 
plant would not be a good investment for a 
man with a few acres adjacent to a good 
stream of water and near a good home mar¬ 
ket. Would you please give an estimate as 
to the cost of installing a plant large enough 
to take care of 10 acres, supposing the tract 
was adjacent to a creek or river, and that 
the land slopes gently toward the stream? 
'Estimate to cover the cost of pipe and gas 
engine, tank or whatever equipment you 
may think necessary. It is understood that 
the land so irrigated would be given over to 
raising vegetables, berries and the higher 
priced products and intensive cultivation 
practiced, and that a good location would 
be sought in one of the Northern or East¬ 
ern States. j. b. a. 
Findlay, Ohio. 
With good business management and in¬ 
tensive cultivation, including adequate fer¬ 
tilization, devoted to market gardening, 
there is no reason to doubt that, if there is 
an abundance of water, close at hand, with 
a lift not greater than 20 feet, so that a 
No. 2 or No. 3 centrifugal pump could be 
used for raising the water, by means of a 
gasoline engine, the installation of a simple 
Irrigation plant would be a paying invest¬ 
ment where the land lies in a compact body 
with reasonably uniform slope so that the 
water may be readily distributed over it. 
Three-inch lap-wekl iron pipe would cost in 
the neighborhood of $13 per hundred feet; a 
three horse-power gasoline engine could 
probably be bought for not more than $150, 
and a No. 3 centrifugal pump for in the 
neighborhood of $50. A rectangular 10- 
acre tract would be likely to require 700 to 
800 feet of three-inch pipe. This should be 
laid below the level of the plow, with Ts 
and risers with caps or plugs, for taking out 
the water at suitable intervals, and the 
system laid to drain itself completely. The 
labor of installing, housing the pump and 
engine, etc., can best be estimated by the 
man himself. f. h. king. 
A Farm Water Supply. 
Can you give me any information as to 
the most practical water supply with the 
following conditions to meet? A never- 
failing spring of good water about 75 rods 
below buildings, with a 45-foot rise to the 
kitchen floor. If an attic tank be used it 
means about 10 feet more. The house is 
above barns, so can feed barns by gravity. 
The location of spring is such that a ram 
cannot be used. What kind of a pump 
would be required? What kind of pipe, and 
how large, and how much power would be 
required to operate it? Also, where should 
the pump be placed? Could it be placed 
above the spring and half way toward the 
house, or would the pumping plant have to 
be located at the Spring? Would it be pos¬ 
sible to use a compressed air outfit or would 
the attic tank be preferable? This outfit is 
for a farm of ISO acres, one dwelling and 
about 30 to 35 head of stock. What would 
be the approximate cost of such a system? 
Montrose, Pa. H. b. s. 
It would be very expensive to install a 
pumping plant with pipe laid below frost to 
carry water 75 rods for the purpose of sup¬ 
plying an ordinary farm dwelling, with 30 
to 40 head of stock. If an abundance of 
good well water can be had even at a depth 
of 100 feet, a better water supply and a 
cheaper system could be provided. To pro¬ 
tect against frost the pipe would have to be 
laid at least four feet beneath the surface, 
and galvanized pipe at least an inch in di¬ 
ameter would be required. It would be best 
to install the pump at the spring, but to 
arrange a motor to do the work and to go so 
long a distance to start and stop it would 
be so much trouble that it would seem un¬ 
wise to consider such a solution. A wind¬ 
mill might be used with a compressed air 
tank at the spring, and arranged so that 
it would work continuously whenever there 
is sufficient wind, or throw itself out of gear 
and in again when the pressure rises above 
or falls below a certain point. We would 
not advise such a plan, however. 
F. H. KING. 
Go Out and Study. 
I have about 30 acres of land that is very 
nearly level, and there is a river on one 
side and a brook on .the other; the land is 
very light soil, inclined to be sandy, but not 
gravel. What is the best method to raise 
the water on this land? I can get it within 
10 feet, but I do not know whether it is 
best to force it up with an engine, and, if 
so, how large an engine would lie needed. 
Part of the land is where the Indians used 
to raise corn. There is one part where the 
Water would go easily, but it is almost level. 
I do not know anything about irrigation, but 
want to make a start. w. p. u. 
Milford, Mass. 
As nothing is said regarding the use to 
which this land is to be put, and as the 
correspondent is entirely unfamiliar with ir¬ 
rigation, the safest advice for him would bo 
that he visit some irrigated tract or else sub¬ 
mit Ills problem, with such details as In¬ 
can give, to an irrigation expert. It would 
be unwise to undertake the installation of 
an irrigation plant to cover 30 acres such 
as described without first acquiring some 
detailed knowledge of the subject, or else 
turning the problem over to some one who 
has. If it is contemplated to irrigate or¬ 
dinary farm crops only, it is very doubtfu/ 
if _ the venture should be attempted: cer¬ 
tainly not without first acquiring some per¬ 
sonal knowledge on the subject. A letter 
addressed to the Office of Experiment Sta¬ 
tions, Washington, D. C., asking for suitable 
literature and the address of parties who 
could safely advise, would bring sucli in¬ 
formation as they can give. f. ii. king. 
THE LOUISIANA LESPEDEZA GROWERS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
On June 27 and 2S there took place at 
Monroe, La., the second meeting of the 
Louisiana Lespedeza Growers’ Association. 
It was a meeting of much importance to 
the farmers of the Southern and Middle 
States. There were two men present of na¬ 
tional reputation, Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, the 
leading authority on veterinary science, and 
Prof. W. It. Dodson, director of the Louis- \ 
iana Experiment Station. There were 
many men present owning large plantations, : 
and of high standing. Many facts were 
brought out at this meeting, and well 
vouched for by the most reliable author¬ 
ity, that seem almost startling. Lespedeza 
striata, or Japan clover, is no new plant. 
It has been grown successfully in the South 
for 30 years, and our botanists have been 
urging its greater use by farmers. It was 
only after the advent of the Mexican boll- 
weevil that it came properly into its own. 
Thousands of acres are now being planted 
all over Louisiana with the most gratifying 
results. Dr. Dalrymple stated that 13 
pounds of Lespedeza hay had a muscle-mak¬ 
ing power equal to 36 pounds of Timothy 
hay, and that if a ton of Timothy hay was 
worth $20 as a muscle-maker then Lespe¬ 
deza was worth $60. While Timothy im¬ 
poverishes land Lespedeza adds greatly to 
Its nitrogen. It was also brought out that 
Lespedeza will grow on land that will not 
raise Alfalfa, that it is far more easily 
cured, that it will grow two to four tons 
of hay per acre, and that it reseeds itself. 
Land planted in it four years, that was so 
poor as to make practically nothing, will 
raise a bale of cotton to the acre. The 
meeting was no promoter’s scheme. There 
were no promoters in it. It consisted of 
the most representative men of Louisiana, 
and I believe that all the statements made 
were strictly truthful. 
A most interesting address was delivered 
by Mr. A. L. Smith of Stirlington, La., on 
“Transforming a Cotton Farm into Lespe¬ 
deza Fields.” In this address Mr. Smith 
stated that in the old time he grew as 
much as 800 bales of cotton on his planta¬ 
tion. When the boll-weevil came he thought 
he was ruined, but he started to growing 
Lespedeza hay, and last year his net re¬ 
turns were greater than when he was grow¬ 
ing cotton. While he was growing cotton 
his lands were getting poorer all the time, 
while now they were getting richer. He 
was evidently telling the plain truth, and 
his address caused much enthusiasm. 
Just how far north Lespedeza will grow 
successfully is not yet known. I have seen 
it growing on top of the Cumberland Moun¬ 
tains in Middle Tennessee. Mr. Benjamin 
Buckman, at Farmingdale, Ill., has been 
growing it in a pear orchard; this is the 
second year, and by Fall can tell us how it 
does in Illinois. Wherever it will thrive it 
will be an untold blessing to the farmer, 
for it will grow in soil where there is no 
lime, and it will grow in damp places. In 
neither of these will Alfalfa do well. 1 
have grown it for four year in my pecan 
groves, and find it far superior to cow- 
peas, Velvet beans, Rod or Crimson clover. 
It is no novelty, it has been known for 
many years. The world is just waking up 
to its great value. 
The city of Monroe is a wonderfu-l town. 
It was the first town in America to own 
its own street railway. It now owns a 
salt-water natatorium 400 feet long, the 
finest swimming pool I ever swam in. It \ 
owns its Summer theatre, and its skating i 
rink. It is fully abreast of any of the 
German towns, and the most wonderful part ! 
of it all, all these municipal functions 
pay. At first the railroad did not pay, and 
it was only after the other things were 
add<‘d that they all began to pay. Many 
another town in America could well copy 
after Monroe, La. 
SAM H. JAMES. 
Transplanting Strawberries. 
I have a patch of strawberry plants which 
I would like to transplant as soon as pos¬ 
sible. Tell me how and when to plant 
same. p. v. S. 
New Jersey. 
You do not say how old these plants are. 
If they are old fruited plants, we would 
not touch them unless you are moving and 
want to carry them away. If they are this 
year’s layer plants you can transplant at 
any time the ground is moist. Make the 
new bed fine and rich. Dig up the plants 
with a ball of earth around the roots and 
put ball and all into the new place. Firm 
the soil around it, but do not pinch. Clip 
off the tops and let the plant alone except 
for working to keep down weeds. You can 
transplant up to September 15. 
Cover Crop for Garden. 
For a kitchen garden of about one acre, 
what would you advise sowing in the Fall 
as a cover crop to spade under in the 
Spring for humus? Do you consider 
kainit the best fertilizer for an asparagus 
bed ? L. 
New York. 
In the latitude of New York, such a gar¬ 
den would naturally be kept going with a 
succession of crops to the middle of Sep¬ 
tember at least. After that rye will be the 
best cover crop. Sow it thickly, about two 
bushels to the acre, after every crop that 
comes out in September. For crops like 
corn, which are horse cultivated, sow Crim¬ 
son clover during August and cultivate in. 
We would not advise turnips as a cover 
crop for a garden. They make a bad smell 
in Spring and might affect another crop fol¬ 
lowing them. On the whole, rye or rye and 
vetch will suit garden conditions. Kainit 
is probably the best form of potash to use 
in asparagus, but potash alone is not a 
full fertilizer. We should use nitrate of 
soda and acid phosphate also. 
“Hay baling has always paid me fine 
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Engine is 7 H. P. hopper-cooled type, 
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