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September 16, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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More About Sowing Vetch. 
O. V. 8., New Alban)/, Jnd. —On page 814 
an article by J. H. Haynes, on Hairy vetch 
is not quite full enough to satisfy me. 
Could you give me more definite informa¬ 
tion? I wish to sow in corn. Is it sown 
in the corn hopper or fertilizer hopper of 
drill? How many rows are put between 
two corn rows? What method or device 
is used to regulate the flow of seed? Could 
the seed be sown by hand and plowed or 
cultivated in? 
Ans.— In corn we sow with a one- 
horse wheat drill, hoe preferred, as it 
does less harm to the corn than a disk 
drill. In the open field we use a two- 
horse drill. If the feed gauges of aver¬ 
age drill are entirely shut off they will 
sow exactly 50 pounds to the acre. 
This is what is sown here by most 
persons ' u some sow less. One can regu¬ 
late the amount to be sown by chang¬ 
ing the gauge as required. It can be 
sown broadcast and then disked or cul¬ 
tivated by using a corn cultivator. In 
sowing broadcast a little more seed 
should be used unless ground is in the 
best condition for receiving the seed. 
Vetch seed will germinate even when 
the soil is very dry. No other plant 
seed will do this under the same condi¬ 
tions. If wanted for turning under for 
enriching land we sow vetch alone. If 
wanted for seed or hay we sow a peck 
of rye per acre along with the vetch. 
This gives a support for the long stems 
of the vetch. For seed every other 
feed opening might be closed and the 
others gauged to sow double quantity; 
this gives more room and better seed. 
If this is done 30 pounds per acre with 
the rye is enough. I see by the cata¬ 
logues that 60 pounds of seed is a 
bushel—not 50. The yield of seed per 
acre varies from 10 to 15 bushels. In¬ 
quiries as to inoculation are often made. 
Nothing of this kind is done here so 
far as I know, and success has followed 
all sowing made. To distinguish Hairy 
vetch for the other kinds observe the 
coat of hair-like covering of the entire 
stem. All other kinds have smooth 
stems. Also the flower stem of Hairy 
vetch is quite long, and the flower a 
purple color, while the flower stems of 
other kinds are short. To distinguish 
the seed, size, color and shape will 
enable anyone to know the true seed. 
The seeds of Hairy vetch are round, 
quite hard and a bluish black color, 
those of the others are flattened, larger 
than the 'former, and of a grayish 
COlof. J. H. HAYNES. 
Indiana. 
ICEHOUSES OF CONCRETE. 
Very few icehouses are being built with 
walls 'of solid concrete. A few have been 
so constructed, and are giving good satis¬ 
faction. There is no reason why icehouses 
so made should not be satisfactory, if the 
concrete is mixed rich enough with cement 
so that the walls will not be porous. If the 
walls are porous moisture will permeate 
them, dampening the sawdust and thus in¬ 
juring it as an insulator. A large number 
of icehouses are being made of concrete 
blocks. The open air space in such a wall 
serves as a partial insulation and does away 
with the danger of moisture passing through 
into the sawdust. 
The walls of icehouses are not of the 
greatest importance. Farmers oftentimes 
construct them by simply laying up ordinary 
fence rails and covering them with boards 
for roofing, but so carefully that rains will 
not beat down into the interior. The saw¬ 
dust on the sides will be dampened by rains, 
but being exposed to the wind will soon 
dry out. The two requisites of a good ice¬ 
house are good drainage and good ventila¬ 
tion. In the construction, the builder 
should see that there is an outlet of the 
water resulting from the melting of the 
ice. and that the ice is held off the ground 
so that the water can easily filter off and 
thus keep the insulator drier. An air space 
under, around and above the Dody of the 
ice should be allowed so that the air can 
circulate freely and thus carry off any of 
the atmosphere that may have become 
warm. There should be an outlet in the 
extreme upper point of the roof to allow 
the heated air to pass out. The greatest 
problem in icehouse construction is not so 
much the material of which it is built, but 
the drainage of air and water. If these 
are carefully considered there would be ab¬ 
solutely no danger if the walls were built 
of solid concrete. w. r. i.iverance. 
Michigan Experiment Station. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGRI¬ 
CULTURAL EXHIBIT. 
The Boston Chamber of Commerce will 
make agriculture a prominent feature of its 
Industrial Exposition in Mechanics’ Build¬ 
ing, Boston, during the entire month of Oc¬ 
tober. One entire section is to be given 
up to an agricultural exhibit, as nearly 
complete as possible, and to include exam¬ 
ples of development in all the different 
New England States. The central portion 
will be a model dairy. A full sized cement 
cow barn will be installed, with a dozen 
cows. This will show the various modern 
appliances, the floor, stanchions, stalls, feed 
rooms, etc. Adjoining will be calf pens, and 
pens for little pigs and sheep. Located con¬ 
veniently there is to be a model dairy, 
showing how milk is handled scientifically 
and cleanly, and illustrating the best mod¬ 
ern methods. Milk room, wash room, 
churns, separators, etc., will be all of the 
most improved type. The sub-committee in 
charge of this dairy exhibit consists of 
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, George II. Ellis and 
Charles F. Whiting. There will be an ex¬ 
tensive exhibit of poultry, with the most 
modern and approved houses, equipment, 
feeds, etc. At one end of the hall is a large 
apartment for products of the soil, veg¬ 
etables, grain, etc. There is to be a special 
fruit show during the last week of October 
in Horticultural Hall. One ticket will ad¬ 
mit to both the fruit show and to the exposi¬ 
tion. The sub-committee in charge of the 
exhibit of vegetables and products of the 
soil consists of Charles M. Cox and Harry 
Hall, President of the Boston Market 
Gardeners’ Association. This exhibit will 
be of a strictly commercial character. Po¬ 
tatoes are to be shown in bushel baskets, 
and other vegetables In the usual commer¬ 
cial quantities, and different varieties of 
cranberries. Attention is also to be given 
to tobacco raising, which is so important 
in the Connecticut Valley. 
All communications may be addressed to 
the Committee on Agriculture, Boston 
Chamber of Commerce, Boston. Mass. It is 
especially desired that the different grow¬ 
ers’ associations will unite in planning to 
send exhibits from their respective locali¬ 
ties, so that the potatoes of Aroostook 
County may be shown in competition with 
those of Vermont, and the squashes of 
Western Massachusetts in competition with 
those of the market gardeners near Bos¬ 
ton. All New England raised products are 
eligible for exhibition. With regard to the 
entire exhibit, special attention will be 
given to its educational possibilities. To 
accomplish this the co-operation of the 
various Agricultural Colleges and Experi¬ 
ment Stations has been invited, and there 
will be exhibits of the various plant dis¬ 
eases and insect enemies, the most ap¬ 
proved methods of pruning, trimming trees, 
spraying, etc., with free lectures or talks 
on various farming topice by men of prom¬ 
inence. 
MASSACHUSETTS CROPS. 
We have had a hard season to produce 
even an average dry season crop all over 
New England; in some sections it has been 
worse than in others. This has been the 
third in succession, and if anything the 
worst of the three. The Fall rains have 
now set in, and we think will give us 
enough moisture to start growth to carry 
things through the Winter. .Winter apples, 
while fairly thick on some trees, will be 
below the average crop in many sections, as 
some trees have none, and any I have seen 
are small size, which we all know do not 
fill the barrel near as full as the large 
ones, and cost more to pick. All the fruits 
drop badly as a result of the dry season. 
Potatoes are a light crop both in acreage 
and yield. Hay will be 25 per cent short 
of an average crop, and while many put 
in catch crops to help out, so much has 
been fed to help out the pastures that these 
will not increase the total yield to any 
extent. Corn, our stand-by, looks as well 
as could be expected, and if the frosts 
only hold off until well into September, 
we will secure a fair crop of cured ears. 
We shall need this badly, as meal sells 
for $1.55 per hundred, and will not be 
cheaper. All grains are equally as high 
in comparison ; even oats sell at $1.25 and 
better. Cranberries, which looked good 
for an extra crop at one time, will not 
equal an average crop, the worms and 
dry weather being mostly to blame for this. 
Meats of all kinds have taken quite a 
raise, but ■will not stay wheer they are 
long; yet they will sell at fair prices right 
along for a season or two at least, prob¬ 
ably longer, and I believe any farmer who 
can turn his products into fresh meat of 
any kind will reap more profit than in 
dairying under present conditions for some 
time to come, especially if he can pick 
his market, as many of us can here in New 
England. By this I mean local markets, 
which on the average are best anyway you 
look at it, as you know or can easily find 
out about the person you sell to, and do not 
have to take the chances you do when 
sending your products hundreds of miles 
away to strange people and in most cases 
to strange markets. a. e. p. 
Massachusetts. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Electric Lights make the brightest, safest, v 
cleanest and most reliable lighting system 
known for farms and country homes. The 
Dayton Electric Lighting Outfits are low in 
cost, easy to install, cost almost nothing to 
operate. Give you better lights than most city 
people enjoy. Write today for complete illus¬ 
trated catalog showing outfits, fixtures, etc. 
DAYTON ELECTRICAL MFG. CO. 
231 St. Clair Street Dayton, Ohio I 
THE SPRAYER YOU WANT 
DEYO POWER SPRAYER 
Comes ready to use. Nothing to buy 
but gasoline and spray mixture. Every 
part guaranteed for one year. Replaced 
whether worn or broken. Let us refer 
you to a DEYO user near you. . . . 
Write for bulletin 1-C 
DEYO-MACEY ENGINE CO. 
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
All kinds spraying out¬ 
fits for all purposes—Bar¬ 
rel, Knapsack, Power 
Potato Sprayers, Com¬ 
plete Gas Engine Orchard 
Rigs, etc. Send for catalog, FREE. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP COMPANY, 
2 1 1 th Straet, Elmira, Now York 
Paint the barns and other 
buildings near the farm house 
so attractively that they will 
add to the appearance and value of your 
place. It is worth while to use one color 
Barns and 
Silos 
ter tbo nr b nlit 
“Dutch Boy Painter'' 
Pure White Lead 
and pure linseed oil mixed “on the job” make 
the most reliable paint you can buy. Give the 
metal parts of your silo two coats of pure red 
lead first, and then cover with white lead and 
oil. tinted as desired. 
Our Free Painting Helps. We will send you free 
on request color schemes and miscellaneous painting 
instructions that you will find of real prac¬ 
tical value. Ask for Helps 2808. 
.National Lead Company 
New York Cleveland Chicago 
8t. Louie Boston 
Buffalo Cincinnati 
Ban Franciaco 
( John T. I.ewie it Bros, Co., 
Philadelphia) 
(National Lead & Oil Company 
Pittsburgh) 
BALED ALFALFA HAY 
ItRIlMiiK & SOUTElt Cnnnatotu, N. Y. 
CULL BARREL LOTS of slightly damaged Stoneware 
I shipped to any address direct from pottery at 
New Brighton. Penna., for $1. Lots are well as¬ 
sorted, containing crocks, jars, pans, bowls, pitch¬ 
ers, tea and bean pots—a little of each. Send casli 
with order. Write us. E. SWASEY 8 CO., Portland, Me. 
COR SALE—Full-blooded Great Dane Bog; Rex Gloria 
I strain registered stock for several generations: 
21 months old; brindle color; perfectly sound, well 
developed; fond of children; no vicious habits. 
L. N. DENNISTON, 39 South Main St., West Hartford, Conn. 
Ci.t\ FINEST HUSKY HOSE C. R. I. REI> 
U" COCKERELS, selected from 300 range 
grown, at $2.00. Shipments at 0 lbs. made in order 
of remittances received. Gobi & Son, Ulster, Pa. 
TWENTY 
FINE HOSE COM!? 
RHODE ISLAND KED 
COCKERELS. March hatched. One Dollar 
eaeb. D. A. PHILLIPS, Andover, Ohio. 
PLANT 
FRUIT 
TREES 
THIS 
FALL 
I have a large stock of thrifty Apple, 
Pear, Peach and Plum trees which 1 am 
offering at special prices. Also Cali¬ 
fornia Privet. Plant this Fall and gain 
a season. Write me today for Catalog. 
My reputation as a nurseryman back of 
every sale. I also have some special 
offerings in those famous Jersey Red 
Pigs—the lively growers. Prolific and 
profitable. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS 
Box R Moorestown, N. J. 
FALL PLANTING 
has big advantages, avoid risk of 
planting in n hot, dry spring. Fine 
stock on band—fruit trees, small 
fruits, shrubs, perennials. Buy 
direct from grower at 
wholesale prices. 
r.p.y,p>\ Send for Catalogue 
TBrrt ) GROVER NURSERY CO., 
GROW J 71 Tru,t Rochester, N. Y. 
875,000 FRUIT TREES 
MALONEY BROS. & 
At Wholesale Prices. Every tree 
own growing,fresh dug, true 
name, the beet trees money 
can buy, grown from bearing 
orchards. No scale. Personal at¬ 
tention given each order. Every¬ 
body write for free illustrated 
catalogne. Established 26 years. 
2 APPLE TREES, 1 McIntosh and 1 
Ihinnnn, sent post.pnid, for 25 cts. 
WELLS CO., Box 14 Ilnnsvillc, !J. V. 
Peach and Apple Trees 
For fall or spring planting. Prices right; stock 
right. ,11 YEK & SON, Jiririgeville, Delaware 
•"PUPpo I By the Millions. A complete line 
tv p p ^ 1 at wholesale prices. Largo supply 
* •'DUU • of peach trees and Privet Hedging. 
The Westminster Nursery, Westminster, Maryland 
APCIJTC UfANTEn to take orders for our 
Alien I 0 ftAn I CU ‘-High Quality’’ Nursery 
Products. Liberal commission paid promptly. 
Outfit free. Experience not necessary. PENN¬ 
SYLVANIA NURSERY CO., 36, GIRARD, PA. 
APPLE 
or Hoops. 
LO T S OR 
Also Heads 
ROBT. GILLIES. Medina, N. Y. 
BARRELS 
Open and alsike, both new crop, 
and without a single weed. 
Also alfalfa, vetch and crimson clover. 
O. M. Scott & Son, 100 Main St., Marysville, Ohio. 
GOOD SEED WHEAT-STAiT^SLSS 
that bring results—35 to 48 bushels per acre. Red 
Wave. Gypsy, White Fultz, Improved Poole, Har¬ 
vest King, Rudy, Winter King and Red Wonder. 
Ask for our Special Wheat Circular; it’s free. 
MACE & MANSFIELD, Greenville, Ohio 
Send to Originator for Red Wave and Silver Sheaf. 
Tlie latter (Bearded) has been sown as late as 
November with success. $2.00 per lmshe). either 
sort. Bags 15c extra. A. N. JONES, Batavia, New York 
r'T'T'TY utiit' 1 HP Poole. Gypsy, Mediterranean. 
\ r r 11 VV M r A I Rudy. Fultz and Mam. Rye—All 
JDDD llUD/ii j-ecleanedanti graded. Samples 
anti catalog free. W. N. SCARF, New Carlisle, Ohio. 
JONES SEED WHEAT 
Pure and Well Cleaned. “St. Louis Grand Prize” and 
“Red Wave.” Two of the best yielding and fly re¬ 
sisting wheats grown. Send for samples and prices 
to J. N. McPHERSON, Pine View Farm, Scott sville. N. Y. 
CEED 
O see 
RYE —Mammoth white Winter rye, choice recleaned 
need. SI.26 per bushel. JUDSON RICOS., Kinderhook, N.Y* 
1A I A AITC n—.A practical, willing, working Ameri- 
VVHIiILU can foreman, wishing permanent 
position. Apples, grain and potatoes are the prin¬ 
cipal crops; also some live stock. Wages $00 per 
month, including house. Only drawback, 7 miles 
from station. “D.A.G.,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARMS WANTED fSL 
We have a number of earnest people with moder¬ 
ate means wishing to buy good, productive farms 
costing between $2,000 and $4,000, with or without 
stock, within a radius of 200 miles of New York 
City. Ours is a philanthropic organization, and we 
make no charge to buyer or seller. Rock bottom 
prices must therefore lie quoted. Send for blank. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUS¬ 
TRIAL AID SOCIETY, 177 Second Ave., New York. 
1/ii‘fvSmn Buy a f arm > n Virginia. We have 
vlruini/1 many excellent bargains in Grain, 
VllgllllU stock, Fruit, Trucking and Poultry 
Farms. Write for list, describing 
F q v m a kind of farm you want 
d I III 0 VENABLE & FORD . . . LYNCHBURG, VA 
PAR C AI C—80-Acre Jersey Poultry, Hog. Fruit 
run OnLL and Vegetable Farm; 10c. milk route; 
popular summer resort; location is beautiful. 
$5,000 cash. J. C. AVERY, Lake Sunapee, N. H. 
[fin CA| C IN WEST PEABODY, MASS. 
rUn OrtLL Cider Mill, including buildings, en¬ 
due. boiler, and up-to-dAte hydraulic press, and all 
ippliances in good condition ; capacity 100 to 150 bar¬ 
rels per day; or will sell machinery separate. No 
easonable offer refused . Southwick &Hackett, 
New York State Farms - ^ 8 ^ $ 
be State. Catalog free to parties intending to buy, 
SOUTHERN REALTY CO., Syracuse, New York, 
Raising Fruits and Vegetables tn 6 Son. 
States, traversed by S. A. L. Ry. Land 
’’cheap. Water plentiful. Healthy climate. 
Net $500 to $1000 per acre—2 to 3 crops a ] 
year, in Manatee County, on West Coast ot , 
I Florida. Raise Orangts, Grape Fruit, Vegeta- | 
bles. Illustrated booklet free, 
i T A. PRIDE, Gen. Ind. Agt.,_ __ 
POOR 
ORCHARDS 
MADE 
GOOD 
Six years ago one-half the trees in the orchard of the Fairview Orchard Company, Kearneysville, W. Va., were tagged by the 
Inspector, who reported it the worst scale-infected orchard he'ever saw. After four years’ use of “Scalecide” exclusively as 
a Winter wash, the same orchard is pronounced one of the cleanest in the State, and produced in 1910 over 11,000 barrels oi 
apples, which sold for over $29,000. If the continued use of “Scalecide” brings an orchard that is half dead to life, is_it 
ok, “Modern 
? Apples,” ana new Dookiet, -scalecide, me iree-saver. ■ n your dealer 
111 deliver it to any R R. Station in the U. S. east of the Mississippi and north 
1. bbls., $10.00; 10-gal. cans. $6.76. 6-gal. cans, $3.76. 
