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THE R.URA.G NEW-YORKER 
May 11, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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HITCHING THREE HORSES TO THE PLOW 
Until last season we bad done most 
of our plowing with a two-horse team. 
While the plow was only a 12-inch one, 
if the ground was at all hard, and this 
condition occurs often in late Spring, it 
made the two 1,000 pound* horses wig¬ 
gle and squirm to get it along at the 
depth necessary for good work. So 
last Spring we fixed it up for three 
horses. To one who has never plowed 
with three horses it is a revelation to 
see how much easier the work is done. 
The three-horse hitch that we use is 
an old, and in some sections, well-known 
device, but as there still seem to be 
many more who could use it if they 
understood it, an explanation may be 
well worth while. 
Through a piece of bar iron about 
two inches wide and five-eighths of an 
Plow-hearl. ^ __ 
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Hitch ring 
PLOW-HEAD EXTENSION. 
inch thick by 11 inches long, shown in 
diagram, three half-inch holes are drilled 
at A, B and C. A and C are near one 
edge of the piece nine inches apart, 
and B is three inches from the lower 
hole C, and near the other edge. A 
ring 2y 2 inches in diameter is put 
through the middle hole. The plow 
clevis is attached to this ring. Through 
the loWfcr hole another ring is welded, 
only it should extend on the opposite 
side of the bar from the middle ring. 
A hook is put through the top hole on 
the same side as the lower ring. As 
will be' plainly seen, this makes an 
evener of such proportions that one 
horse hitched to the hook at the upper 
end can pull against two hitched to the 
lower ring. 
Now for using it. If the plow-head 
is wide (extends with several holes to 
the left on a right-hand plow), fasten 
THREE HORSE HITCH, SIDE VIEW. 
the device with the middle ring in the 
plow-clevis and the hook end up. Drop 
the ring of a short single-tree over the 
hook with a common clevis fasten to 
the lower ring the middle of a double- 
tree which should be a little longer 
than the average, long enough so that 
when two horses are hitched to it there 
will be room between them for the third. 
A long double-tree can be quickly im¬ 
provised from a hard-wood 2x4. For 
best results the three horses should be 
hitched quite closely together, the mid¬ 
dle horse of course being hitched to 
the short single-tree on the hook. If 
the plow-head is narrow it may be 
necessary to make an extension to it. 
For this we took two pieces about eight 
inches long, of old inch and a half 
wagon tire. A half-inch hole was drilled 
near one end of a piece. Measuring on 
centers, another hole was drilled so 
that the distance between holes would 
be equal to twice the distance between 
two holes on the plow-head. Suppose, 
for instance, that the holes are an inch 
apart; then the distance between the 
two holes on the iron should be two 
inches. This end bolts to the plow-head. 
Measuring from half way between these 
two holes about four inches, drill 
another. Then an inch beyond this 
another. Both pieces of iron should be 
exact duplicates. Bolt one above and 
one on the under side of the plow-head 
so that the free ends extend to the left, 
(on a right-hand plow). Insert the 
middle ring of the three-horse hitch in 
between the other end of the irons 
where the holes are drilled and insert 
a bolt in one of the holes, whichever 
one will give the nearest proper width 
of furrow. The irons may also be 
moved to the right or left for adjust¬ 
ment on the plow-head. Once having 
worked three horses on the plow, it is 
extremely reluctant that we feel when 
necessity compels us to return to the 
two-horse team for this kind of work. 
New York._ r. l. g. 
POTATOES UNDER MULCH. 
It is hardly a practical thing to plant a 
large area of ground in potatoes in this 
way, but it is an excellent and simpler 
manner of growing a good crop on a limited 
spot of garden land. It would pay pro¬ 
portionately well on larger areas, but get¬ 
ting sufficient straw to plant in this way 
makes it impossible for most people. As 
most of the straw now is either used for 
stock food or bedding for farm animals, or 
is baled and sold, large old straw stacks as 
once found on most farms are a thing of 
the past. To those having the straw, no 
matter how old and half decayed it may 
be, or those who can get it for the hauling, 
I advise that they plant some potatoes 
that way this season. Success is almost 
sure to result. The first time I tried grow¬ 
ing potatoes in this way I was disappointed 
in results. The plan was new and the in¬ 
struction we received was far from being 
correct for good results. I used entirely 
too much straw, and besides this, I dropped 
the seed on the ground and did not use any 
soil for covering; just used straw and put 
It over the ground near one foot deep. 
There was a fair crop of tubers in number, 
but they were small, pale in color and of 
poor quality for table use. The plan now 
recommended is to prepare the ground for 
planting, the same as if the potatoes were 
to be a cultivated crop in the regular way. 
Tliis done, run small furrows two feet 
apart, and drop the seed, cut to one and 
two eyes, 12 inches distant in the rows. 
Cover the seed from two to three inches 
deep, leaving the ground about level, im¬ 
mediately or very soon after the seed is 
planted proceed to cover the ground thor¬ 
oughly with about four inches of straw as 
it lies loose. It will in a short time settle 
down closely on the ground and form the 
desired mulch, which is designed to help 
hold the moisture and prevent the coming 
up and growth of both weeds and grass. 
To accomplish what is designed in the 
above respect, it is plain to be seen that no 
large amount of straw is necessary. When 
the tops get up well through the straw, in 
due time the potato bugs will put in their 
appearance. Spray the crop the same as is 
done in regular potato growing, or else 
there can be no yield. It is advisable to 
plant only the early varieties in this way, 
so they can be dug by the middle or last of 
June. If removed from the ground as soon 
as the tops die down the space can be 
planted in sweet corn, late cabbage or cu¬ 
cumbers for pickling, and thus grow two 
crops on the land. When ready to dig, 
fork off the straw, and the potatoes will 
be found in clusters if they do well, and 
are easily thrown out with the potato hook 
or pronged fork. w. a. g. . 
Indiana. 
Cleaning Peas. 
How is the best way to separate dam¬ 
aged peas from sound ones? Will soaking 
them in water damage the peas? 
Woodlawn, Va. e. w. j. 
I do not know of any method of separat¬ 
ing damaged peas from sound ones, ex¬ 
cept hand picking. If the peas were planted 
immediately, three to four hours’ soaking 
would do them no harm, provided soil is 
warm. Peas germinate quickly, and I doubt 
very much if soaking them in water before 
planting would be of advantage. k. 
Harrowing Wheat. —A news bulletin 
from the Kansas Agricultural College ex¬ 
plains the reason for harrowing Winter 
grain. “The snows last Winter were bene¬ 
ficial. The snow covering protected the 
wheat during the hard freezes and then 
most of it melted and went into the ground. 
Later snows packed and crusted the soil. 
The crust keeps out air which the roots 
need, and it increases the evaporation. 
Cultivation to break this crust is neces¬ 
sary to produce a bumper crop. Harrowing 
wheat early in the Spring almost always 
is advisable. Such treatment will never 
do any harm, and likely will increase the 
yield materially. This year the ground has 
crusted as a result of the heavy snows 
followed by drying winds. The harrow 
does not break this crust effectively so the 
corrugated roller, the subsurface packer, 
or the spike-tooth Alfalfa renovator are 
recommended in preference to it. In ordi¬ 
nary years the harrow would accomplish 
the purpose. The implements should be 
driven at right angles to the drill rows. 
The disks of the disk harrow should be set 
straight up and down so as not to tear 
out too much of the wheat.” 
At Glassboro, N. J., Repp Bros., have 
20 acres in grapes yielding an average 
of about 7 tons to the acre. They spray 
with Pyrox. Wise growers are ordering 
early. Ask the Bowker Insecticide Co., 
of Boston, for book.— Adv. 
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from 2 to 10 dollars ? 
You know that you can not —but that is exact¬ 
ly what you are doing if you pay three or four 
profits to small dealers. 
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MONTGOMERY 
Chicago Ave. Bridge 
CHICAGO 
WARD & CO. 
19th and Campbell Sts. 
KANSAS CITY 
NAME 
P.0_ 
-STATE- 
“BLACK’S QUALITY” 
FRUIT TREES 
NONE BETTER 
None Give Better Returns when They Fruit 
Buy Hired From the Nursery 
and save agent’s discounts and middleman’s 
profits. When you buy our trees you get a 
Hollar’s Worth of Trees 
for every one hundred cents you remit to us. 
PEACH and APPLE TSITES 
a specialty. _ CATA LOGUE FREE 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO. 
HIGHTSTOWN. N. J. 
100,000 Fruit Trees 
APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES 
P L U >1 S at wholesale prices. 
All Stock Government inspected. Stock budded 
from bearing trees. 
Write today for our Free Catalogue. 
ONTARIO NURSERY CO. 
box Ko. iil Geneva, N. Y. 
Peach and Apple Trees 
For fall or spring planting. Prices right; stock 
right. MYElt & SON, Bridgeville, Delaware 
SURPLUS STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
20.000 Blaine, 60.000 Gandy, 60,000 C. Cluster, 25,000 8 
Dunlap, 50,000 S. L. Champion, 10,000 Mixed 8. I>. and 
Parsons Beauty, 60,000 Chipman. They are all true to 
name and all fresh dug. Also send for my free cata¬ 
logue. Prices—Plants, 5.000 lots, at $1.50 per 1,000. 
DAVID RODWAY, - Hartly, Del. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS—Send for list of 
surplus stock of strong, woll-rooted plants. 30 
varieties. H. H. BENNING, Clyde, N. Y. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS— lteliable money-matting vari¬ 
eties only $1.75 and $1.08 per 1C00. New ISO? lllus. 
Catalogue free. S. A.VIKDIN. Hartly, Delaware. 
PflP Q A I C-HALL’S EVERGREEN HONEYSUCKLE, strong 
T Ull 0 ML.L roots, 50c dozen, $3 pe r 100, $ 20 pei l000. 
W. T. FLEMING Walden, New York 
Fill Your Silo Satisfied” 
We want to prove that onr machines are a 
good investment before you give up your 
money. We know they are so good that we do 
not feel it a risk to make this offer. Many new 
features havo been added which you should know about 
before buying a machine. Catalog explains all. It is free. 
The E. W. Ross Co., Box 113 Springfield, O. 
Over 
60 
Years 
Experience 
Buck of it. 
pAPC Machines are 
IWAjQ fully guaranteed 
You take no risk 
HnCr 111 Don’t kill your calves at ’ 
B J I \ birth. Raise or veal them with- 
aSA \£± out milk. Make each calf a profit 
jp*- 3 vx® — «ell your milk. Hundreds of thousands 
f of dairymen and farmers are turning losses into bis 
profits by using tho famous 
BlatchforcPs Calf Meal 
Illustrated. Write at once. 
Blaichford’s Calf Weal Factory 
^ Waukegan, Illinois 
Est.at Leicester,Eng., ^ 
in 18C0. 
Keeps Water Pure 
Moe’s, Top-Fill, Poultry 
Drinking Fountain 
Will not slop over—dead air space 
keeps water coot in summer, 
winter. Fill from top—no 
vet out of order. Holds one 
If not at dealers, sent on 
of $1.25. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Otis & Woe, 2016 Now Otis Bldg., Chicago 
C ABBAGE, LETTUCE, BEETS—Fine plants, $1.00 per 1,000. 
Cauliflower, $2.r>0 per 1,000. Sweet Potatoes, Peppers, Toma¬ 
toes, Celery; best kinds. Send forlist. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa. 
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A8BAGE AND TOMATO PLANTS-Frost-proof, at $2 per 
thousand. G. E. BUNTING, Solbyvillo, Del. 
For Sale ?™ZT'cu> VO r seed. $0.00 to 
$2.00 to $2,50 bushel; 
$7.00 bushel; Red Clover Seed, $12.00 bushel. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND_ Milford, Delawauic. 
WEED LESS ALFALFA 
is what we are trying to sell our customers. FREE 
sample will show you that we come pretty lieai 
doing this. All other field seeds; also Field and 
Cow, Peas. Soy Beans, Vetch. Rape, etc. 
0. M. SCOTT & SON, 100 Main Street, Marysville, Ohio 
Vegetable Plants 
Large transplanted plants of Cabbage. Tomato. 
Celery, Kgg Plant, Pepper Cauliflower. Write for 
Price List. THE J. E. HUnON CO., Conyndham.Pa. 
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QUART BASKET 
ADDRESS 
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BERRY 
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USE BERGENPORT DRAND 
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pay, whether the work is permanent, and whether 
you prefer a single or a married man, with or with¬ 
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immigrants to becomo farmers. We charge no 
commission to employer or employee. Address 
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Record Broaklng Pumping 
Outfit 
Here’s a oompaot pumping 
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for itself with one season’s 
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A lot of power for littlo 
money. 
Will pump 3000 gallons 
of Wafer for 6 Cents. 
WHY WE GIVE 
30 DAYS TRIAL. 
WRITE FOR 
PRICES 
