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THE HURAIv NEW-YORKER 
EVIDENCE OF COLD WEATHER. 
This Winter seems to have beaten all 
records for low temperature and 
strange “misfits.” In proof of the for¬ 
mer we can show at Fig. 130 the pic¬ 
ture of an automobile which carried its 
load across Lake Erie on the ice. These 
men live at Catawba Island, Ohio. Of 
course this never happened before, be¬ 
cause the last time the lake froze up 
there were no motor cars to go over. 
Those who care to skate in this way 
may do so. We stay on land. An illus¬ 
tration of the misfit weather is given in 
the following note from Augusta, Me.: 
The city crew has been busy hauling snow 
onto Water street, on the bridge and on the 
hill on Cony street, as the recent warm 
weather melted the snow to such an ex¬ 
tent that there was no sleighing. 
Think of it. At the time when they 
were hauling snow in Central Maine to 
make sleighing (February 23), New 
York was battling with a blizzard. It 
seems that it. is not uncommon jiri 
Maine to ‘snow” the open bridges, but 
rather unusual to treat city streets in 
this manner. As the country roads are 
impassable for wheels, it brings busi¬ 
ness to town to hold the “sledding” on 
a few streets. 
Disking Soil for Oats. 
With regard to the proper cultivation 
for oats, I would say I have had about 
25 years’ experience with several dif¬ 
ferent kinds of soil raising oats, and 
believe that the treatment which would 
be best under some circumstances might 
be wrong at other times and places. In 
a loose loam almost any kind of sur¬ 
face cultivation would be sufficient, but 
I would at least want it thorough 
third by residents and property owners of 
Sussex County. A committee composed of 
farmers and business men of the county has 
collected the sum of $1,288.50, a large por¬ 
tion of it being contributed by the farmers 
and land owners of Sussex County. Appli¬ 
cation has been made for establishment of 
the bureau, which will be established in 
the near future. Citizens of Newton and 
non-resident property owners liberally con¬ 
tributed toward the project. A plan of 
the outline of the work to be done by the 
Government expert in charge of the bureau 
would be to get acquainted with the farmers 
of the county, study the soil, climate, also 
the kinds of fruit adapted for the county ; 
the most suitable crops to raise, the differ¬ 
ent kind of fertilizers and their use, the 
various kinds of stock that are most profit¬ 
able, and anything pertaining to agriculture. 
The bureau expert will give personal advice 
to any farmer or farmers needing such. It 
is believed it will be of much benefit to 
farmers, fruit growers, truckers and dairy¬ 
men of Sussex County and vicinity, which 
will greatly enhance the value of farm land, 
and make farming more profitable. We are 
informed that this will be the only Govern¬ 
ment Farm Bureau yet established in the 
State of New Jersey. b. a. m. 
Newton, N. J. 
Tip and Butt Kernels. 
I have read a report from some professors 
that the kernels from the butt and tip of 
the corn ears should be mixed in with the 
others, as they are stronger. We have 
been taught to reject these end kernels 
as inferior. What do the “corn judges” 
say? c. e. w. 
There is a good deal of discussion about 
the value of tip and butt kernels for plant¬ 
ing purposes. I remember that the Geneva, 
Ohio, and Kansas Stations carried on an 
experiment which was practically a dupli¬ 
cation of work and they found varying 
results. My own opinion is that we ought 
to use for seed the well developed kernel, 
and that either tip or butt kernels are 
abnormal, and especially in the case of the 
tip kernels, which are not likely to be 
properly matured. Personally, I have never 
known of any ill effects to be had from dis¬ 
carding the tips and butts and using only 
the well matured kernels from the center 
of the ear. At the same time, I am aware 
that a good many people claim this will 
result in a number of different things in¬ 
jurious to the crop. wm. D. hurd. 
Mass. Ag'l. College. 
Sugar Makers’ Association Wanted. 
On account of having sugar works in 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where I tap 3,500 
trees, I recently attended a maple sugar 
makers’ convention at Burlington, Vermont. 
I wrote the Department of Agriculture to 
ascertain if there was a Maple Sugar Mak¬ 
ers’ Association in New York, and if there 
was one, I desired to join. I am informed 
that there is no such association in New 
York State at present. It seems to me that 
the farmers who have maple trees in New 
York State and operate sugar works could 
derive quite a benefit from an association ; 
they would be able to make a better product 
and get a better price for it. If such an 
association could be organized I would be 
pleased to become a member of it. 
Massachusetts. frank a. cutting. 
Clover With Canada Peas. 
By sowing clover in with Canada peas 
and oats, reaping the peas and oats for hay, 
can one expect a cutting of clover in the 
Fall, and what kind of clover is best to 
soW, ground being sandy loam. w. D. 
New Milford, Conn. 
In our own experience we have) not had 
great success in seeding cloveT with oats 
and peas. The latter make such a heavy 
growth that the clover is often smothered. 
Others, however, report good catches of 
clover. We should use a mixture, half and 
half, of Bed and Alsike clovers. 
Bacteria and Clover Crops. 
Is this nitrogen bacteria any good? I 
expect to sow clover and Alfalfa ; as I have 
not been able to get a stand the last few 
years, would try anything that would 
help me out. We have a clover famine here 
with no prospects of any relief soon. 
Pittsfield, 111. a. s. a. 
W T e have tried to give the facts about this 
matter. All the bacteria can possibly do is 
to help the plants make a stronger growth 
if the soil and conditions are right. If 
the ground is sour or badly fitted or not 
rich enough the bacteria will not help you. 
In the above case it is quite likely that lime 
is needed as much as anything. We caution 
our readers not to believe anyone who tells 
them these bacteria can do any more than 
we have repeatedly stated. 
Legal Weight of Peas. 
Is there a legal weight for shriveled peas 
in this State? The pea seed I buy here 
I get 56 pounds to a bushel, but I bought 
several bushels from a firm in Syracuse and 
they claim 52 pounds in a bushel. Is this 
the weight for wrinkled peas? a. N. b. 
Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
Under the New York law it makes no 
difference whether the peas are plump or 
shrivelled. The legal weight is 60 pounds 
per bushel. _ 
Concrete Ice House. —During the com¬ 
ing season it will be necessary for us to 
build an ice house. We wish to store about 
100 tons of ice for use on a dairy farm. 
We have in mind a concrete building of 
double wall, with say six or eight inches 
air space. Of course the walls must be 
stayed or tied together by iron rods at 
proper distances, perhaps five feet apart. 
Would like also a concrete roof, and cooling 
box in the milk room. Can any of your 
readers give us experience as to the prac¬ 
ticability of such building, and if success¬ 
ful, the comparative cost of such, as com¬ 
pared with a plain but substantial frame 
structure, at present cost of lumber in 
northern New Jersey? s. s. 
Sussex Co., N. J. 
R. N.-Y.—We have had several statements 
about concrete ice houses and there will be 
more. Let us have all possible facts about it. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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THEY CROSSED LAKE ERIE ON THE ICE. Fig. 130. 
enough to kill all perennial weeds which 
might be growing, and about the only 
way to do this job at oat sowing time 
will be to turn the land lightly. In 
heavy, clayey soil much more work will 
be necessary, as a thorough fining is 
best. Even then if excessive rains come 
and pack the soil it is very hard on the 
crop. In the case of P. H. D., page 190, 
I should think a good disking both ways 
would be all right if the land is not too 
much infested with weeds. Some of my 
best successes have been in this way. 
Another fine crop was made on land 
which had been in grass and clover 
pasture, broken in the Fall, and the oats 
harrowed in with a common tooth har¬ 
row early. A noticeable fact with thi§ 
crop with us is that the old-time late 
maturing kind which used to do so well 
with us seldom succeeds any more. In¬ 
deed, we find them hardly worth sow¬ 
ing, but a newer variety which matures 
with Winter wheat does well, the only 
objection being too much work com¬ 
ing at once. R b. tiiomas. 
Missouri. __ 
Government Farm Bureau in New Jersey. 
For some time past a committee has been 
busy soliciting subscriptions which will go 
toward defraying part expenses of the’ es¬ 
tablishment of a farm bureau in Sussex 
county, N. J. The money to meet this re¬ 
quirement for the term of one year has been 
subscribed, one-third by the Government, 
one-third by the D., L. & AV. R. R., and one- 
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