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THIS RURAL) NEW-YORKER 
March 16, 
“Crown Budded” Apple Trees. 
J. V. I 1 ., Crown Point, Ind .—I have been 
reading with a great deal of interest the 
contributions from different people regard¬ 
ing apple trees as I intended putting out 
an orchard this Spring. We could not de¬ 
cide as to whether we would have piece- 
root, whole-root, grafts or buds. Now 
comes a nursery company of Springfield, 
Ill., claiming they crown-bud on whole 
seedling roots. They show some very nice 
samples of wood. I have had considerable 
experience with piece-root grafting and the 
trees usually get rotten at the heart and 
blow over in five or six years. Can you 
tell me if their methods are any better 
than those used by other nurseries, as they 
charge $1 feaeh for their trees, while 
other firms sell theirs at about 30 cents 
each. 
Ans. —This matter of budding apple 
seedlings at the crown is nothing new. 
I have seen such trees for the last 50 
years, and they are good, so are well- 
grown root-grafted trees on both the 
“whole” and pieces of roots. Indeed, 
the only difference between the “whole” 
and what is usually called “piece” roots, 
is the size of the pieces used. By the 
“whole” root-grafted trees is usually 
meant that upper six inches or more of 
the seedling is used while the “piece” 
root-grafted trees are from smaller and 
usually the second or third lower cuts 
of the seedlings. I have made and 
grown many thousands of such in the 
nursery and later in the orchard. So 
far as the trees “rotting and falling 
over” is concerned, I do not think there 
is any good reason for it if the trees 
are well grown, which they usually are. 
The dollar a tree price is enormous, 
and looks as though it was based on 
a deceptive understanding that the 
nursery wishes to create. Good budded 
apple trees on whole roots are worth 
not to exceed 25 cents, in fair sized 
quantities. H. e. van deman. 
Hog Pasture in Orchard. 
J. B. G., Edinburg, Va .—I have a young 
orchard, three acres, 100 trees, coming into 
bearing. This orchard has received good 
attention, have grown cow peas. Crimson 
clover, common clover and last Fall grew a 
good crop of buckwheat. What time can I 
sow rape? Could I use cow peas and rape 
sowed about May 10, using 300 pounds 
basic slag per acre for hog pasture, and 
then about September 15 disk and sow to 
Crimson clover? Will it pay best to sow 
Soy beans and Crimson clover about June 
20 ? I would like to have early hog pas¬ 
ture. I will take care of the trees to keep 
hogs from rubbing. 
Ans.—N o, it will not do to sow cow 
peas and rape together, for the peas 
should not be sown till the weather is 
warm, while the rape can be sown as 
early as you can work the soil in good 
shape, and if the rape was sown with 
the peas it would probably be smothered 
by the peas. Sown early it will be 
some time before you can turn the 
hogs on the rape, and by the time they 
have eaten it down you can sow Crim¬ 
son clover in your section. The cow 
peas would make better hog feed, but 
they would be later in coming into use 
or coming off, and the clover should be 
sown in Shenandoah County earlier 
than the hogging off of peas would al¬ 
low. w. f. masse v. 
Pears for Northern New Jersey. 
J. A. D. (No Address). —1. Will you state 
which variety of the pear is the best com¬ 
mercial sort to plant in Northern New Jer¬ 
sey? We were given -00 Anjou trees last 
year by one who told us that this is a 
great commercial variety for this section, 
and now along comes a farmer who gave 
me a copy of your paper in which I read 
that this variety will not set fruit alone 
if the trees are planted in solid blocks of 
six foot rows. Can we plant other varieties 
on the sides and along the ends? We arc 
going to plant 50 Bart.letts bought this 
year. Will this variety do for the purpose? 
2. Is the McIntosh apple good for this sec¬ 
tion? 3. Can Prunus Pissardii be grown 
by cutting or how? Can I make cuttings 
now or later and plant them in cold frame 
and raise new plants from them? 
Ans.— 1. It has not been proved by 
careful tests that the Anjou and Bart¬ 
lett pears will cross-pollinate each other 
well, but they may do so. Clapp is one 
of the strongest of all pollenizers 
among the pears, and would be well 
to set near the Anjou and Bartlett trees 
to fertilize their flowers. It would be 
well to take up a row of the Anjou 
trees and plant in their stead a row of 
Clapp. With plenty of bees to carry 
the pollen these few trees may be suffi¬ 
cient for all the rest. 
2. The McIntosh apple does very well 
in Northern New Jersey, and may be 
planted with good hopes of success 
there. • 
3. Cuttings of such things as are 
grown in-that way may be made now 
and put in the open ground when Spring 
opens. Prunus Pissardii is usually 
propagated by budding, but in rare cases 
it will grow from cuttings. 
H. e. van deman. 
N. Y. STATE DRAINAGE ASSOCIATION. 
The third annual convention of the New 
York State Drainage Association convened 
in Room 222, Dairy Building, College of 
Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., February 19 and 
20, four sessions being held. At each suc¬ 
ceeding annual meeting a broader and more 
intelligent interest in the practice of farm 
drainage is evident. This increasing in¬ 
terest is due, first, to the fact that the pro¬ 
gressive agriculturist is quick to recognize 
and take advantage of an opportunity, and, 
second, that there are so many thousand 
acres of land in this State lying near the 
best markets which, when m'operly drained, 
would out-rival the possibilities of the newer 
lands of our far Western States, and less 
capital is required to purchase and bring 
our State lands under profitable cultiva¬ 
tion. 
The convention was called to order by 
the president, Prof. E. O. Fippin. In order 
to show the scope of the association, I quote 
from the programme. The experience of 
Prof. C. O. Dubois in the use of the cyclone 
ditcher on hill land was very instructive. 
The discussion on drainage machinery was 
opened by C. It. White with a lantern slide 
lecture. This was followed by the writer's 
experience in using the cyclone ditcher in 
installing 10 miles of tile drains this past 
season. Mr. .T. F. VanSchoonhaven treated 
on his experience in orchard drainage on 
sandy soil. At the Monday evening session, 
Mr. David M. Dunning, of Auburn, N. Y., 
who was awarded the prize, last year, for 
the best report on experience and results of 
drainage, presented a paper on the subject 
of land drainage as a public policy. This 
is a broad, practical subject, and many 
good suggestions were made. He said the 
bank that he is connected w r ith never fore¬ 
closes on land that is underdrained, but 
gives the occupant further time to make 
good, and suggested w f ays by which per¬ 
sons who did not have the means to drain 
their land could procure money for that 
purpose on satisfactory terms. This would 
establish confidence and encouragement that 
would cause a brightening of the imme¬ 
diate horizon of our too many discouraged 
farmers, and give a new uplift to our pres¬ 
ent agricultural progress. Charles J. Mel¬ 
lon, the present owner of the Johnson Farm 
at Geneva, told of the good and lasting 
results of the system of drainage that has 
been in operation on that farm for the 
past 70 years, and exhibited the medals 
that Mr. Johnson had received from France 
as well as from this government as a re¬ 
ward for his advance w r ork in farm drain¬ 
age. There were four papers offered .in 
competition for the prize medals offered 
for the first, second and third best report 
of a drainage system installed under the 
immediate supervision of the contestant. 
At the Tuesday morning session, the 
drainage situation on - some of the State 
farms was discussed by Prof. B. B. Robb, 
showing the great progress made by the 
State along the line of demonstrating what 
can be accomplished in the drainage field. 
The paper on the drainage of claj* land, by 
J. Hunter Black, was read by Lawrence 
E. Doty, as Mr. Black could not be present. 
Then there was a chalk talk' by T. E. Mar¬ 
tin showing his ideas as to the laying out 
of drainage systems. At the business ses¬ 
sion that ensued, the following (Committees 
were appointed : The officers for the com¬ 
ing year are: President, J. C. II. Cook, 
South Byron, N. Y.; secretary, E. O. Fippin, 
Ithaca, N. Y.: and treasurer, C. It. White, 
Ionia, N. Y. It was proposed to divide the 
prize drainage contest into two classes, 
operations on farms of under 200 acres and 
another set of prizes for farms from 200 
acres up. Two private donations of $50 
each were offered for this purpose, and an 
opportunity is offered to any member who 
may so desire to subscribe to the fund 
for amounts from one to five dollars. This 
whole matter of prizes was left in the hands 
of the committee, David M. Dunning, Au¬ 
burn, N. Y.; H. E. Cox, Geneseo, N. Y., 
and Mr. Beckwith, Hilton, N. Y. At the 
last session held Tuesday afternoon, Burt 
Olney told of the miracle of 300 miles of 
tile drains on their large farm at Oneida, 
N. Y., and J. E. Mayhew discussed drain 
tile. This included the different kind of 
clays used, and also the use of cement as 
a material in tile manufacture. This latter 
branch of the subject called forth much 
important discussion, with the result that 
it was made apparent that the proper 
manufacturing of this class of tile is not 
yet advanced enough to warrant a very 
extended use of cement tile, for the present 
at least Mr. W. II. II. Rogers told of the 
very remarkable effect that tile drainage had 
accomplished in transforming the fields 
where clay had been removed in manu¬ 
facturing brick and tile into the best of 
land for producing heavy crops of wheat 
and grass. As the drainage convention of 
1912 passes into history we cannot help 
but believe that the hand on the dial of 
progress in agricultural methods has been 
moved forward one point at least. 
henry e. cox. 
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