1913. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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Subsoil Attachment, 
On page 134 F. R. asks about a sub- 
soiler. The cut shows the Lozier at¬ 
tachment, which can be put on any 
plow behind the moldboard, doing a 
good job of plowing and subsoiling with 
one operation. Three horses handle the 
combination without difficulty. G. L. 
Sucking Up a Mudholc. 
II. B., Maryland .—On our place we have 
a lake of about an acre which has not 
been cleaned out for 20 years or more. In 
all that time it has been draining the fer¬ 
tilizer from all the farms about and is now 
filled up to within a foot or two of the 
surface. It must be cleaned out, or it will 
dry un, and we need it; besides we need 
that rich soil, which must be seven or eight 
feet deep, for our land is in very poor 
condition. We are told that the only way 
is to wait for hot weather, when the many 
little springs will be dried up, and then 
drain off the water and scoop out the muck 
by using a scoop attached to a long chain, 
so that the horses can remain on dry land. 
This might do if we could get it done, but 
we cannot do it ourselves, and we can find 
no one else to tackle the job, as they say 
it could only be done during the busiest 
season. Do you know of any way in which 
this can be done? I have a idea that it 
could be sucked out by a suction pump 
run by a gasoline engine. The muck could 
lie squirted over the fields. The soil is 
not heavy and I believe it could be done 
in some such way. 
Ans. —Such work is now being done 
on a large scale. It might not pay for 
a job of the size you mention. Last 
Summer we described work which is 
the reverse of what you have in mind. 
In this case the object was to wash 
earth from the hillsides down to form a 
dam across a valley. Water was thrown 
under powerful pressure against the hill¬ 
side. This dug into the soil and washed 
it away as a thick mud. This mud was 
washed or floated down hill through 
pipes or troughs to the valley. The water 
slowly drained away and left the soil in 
place. We have seen large engines at 
work cutting canals through a salt 
marsh. Instead of scooping out the mud 
it was pumped up to higher ground 
through pipes. In this way wide and 
deep canals were opened, and several 
acres of the higher land raised at least 
three feet. The plan might not pay on 
a smaller scale, but it is possible with 
sufficient power to pump up the mud 
from that pond and put it about where 
you want it. The mud could be spread 
all over the field, left in a heap as com¬ 
post or pumped into tanks to be hauled 
away. 
Lime or Manure. 
F. .-1. C.j North Kingsville, Ohio .—Will 
manure sweeten the soil so clover will grow 
without using lime? I have made it a 
practice to leave the second crop of clover 
and Timothy to plow under, but now I 
keep enough stock to manure all my sod 
ground, don’t you think in the future it 
would be better to cut the second crop of 
bay and put it in the barn? I put about 
10 tons of manure to the acre. Does it 
hurt ground limestone to lie out to the 
weather all Winter? The only way a per¬ 
son could spread it this Spring would be in 
using a shovel. 
Ans. —Manure well rotted is alkaline, 
but it will not entirely take the place of 
lime in sweetening the soil. It is often 
good practice to plow the manure under 
and then harrow in above it a fair dress¬ 
ing of lime. Our plan, under the cir¬ 
cumstances, would be to cut the second 
growth clover for hay. The ground 
limestone left exposed to the weather 
will not lose much actual lime, but will 
become pasty, and much harder to 
spread or drill. 
Growing Asparagus Plants. 
It. II. C., Milford, Conn. —If asparagus 
seed is sown this Spring would it be advis¬ 
able to transplant it this year, or would 
it be better to wait another season? Which 
is the best variety to put out? 
Ans.— One-year-old asparagus plants, 
if properly grown, are considered by 
many of our best market gardeners to 
be in every way superior to two-year- 
old plants. The roots of asparagus are 
very soft, and are easily bruised or 
broken, and when thus damaged the 
root will frequently decay back to the 
crown, more especially if the plants are 
transplanted in the Fall, which should 
never be done if at all avoidable. Spring 
planting is much more successful as the 
plants seldom die from root damage, 
as they frequently do when planted in 
the Fall. The seed should be sown as 
early as it is possible to work the soil, 
in a well-prepared seed bed enriched by 
liberal application of fine well-rotted 
manure, supplemented by a generous ap¬ 
plication of pure bone meal as a top¬ 
dressing. A light sandy loam soil is 
the best for this purpose. Sow in drills 
two feet apart, and about one inch deep. 
The plants should not stand closer than 
three inches apart in the row. At this 
distance apart one-eighth of an acre will 
grow 10,000 to 11.000 plants, or enough 
to plant about three acres. If the plants 
are properly cared for in the way of fre¬ 
quent cultivation and kept free from 
weeds, during the Summer, they will be 
far superior to any two-year-old plants 
purchasable from nurserymen, or for 
that matter the best home grown plants 
of the same age, as the root system is 
not so large on the one-year-old plants 
and will therefore be much less dam¬ 
aged when dug. As to the best varieties 
to plant, there is a difference of opinion 
among the gardeners, some preferring 
one kind, some another. The following 
varieties are of the best, and have 
proven very satisfactory wherever 
grown: Giant, Argenteuil, Barr’s Mam¬ 
moth, Palmetto. k. 
Impossible Questions. 
IP. IP. A’., So. Hammond, A'. V.—I am 
thinking of buying a farm of 106 acres; 
buildings old and in need of repair, price 
$65 per acre; pasture for 15 or more cat¬ 
tle ; no silo. Would you suggest how you 
would take this farm so as to make it a 
money-maker from the start if possible. 
Land is clay and clay loam. 
Ans.— We print such questions now 
and then as a text for a sermon on 
impossibility. How could any honest 
man answer such a question? Think for 
a moment. We never saw this man and 
do not know whether he is large or 
small, sick or well, whether he has 
worked on a farm—in fact anything 
about him. Nor do we know anything 
about this farm. Is it rocky or smooth, 
level or hilly ? What is growing on it 
now? What were the last crops? All 
these things and many more must be 
known before even the most expert 
farmer could risk even an opinion. Yet 
our friend wants us to tell him how to 
make it “a money-maker from the 
start.” We cannot do it—nor can any¬ 
one else. It would be easy to guess at 
such a thing, or give a bluff answer by 
outlining some plausible general scheme, 
but these are the things which The R. 
N.-Y. tries hardest to avoid doing. We 
do far more harm than good by print¬ 
ing any unlabelled guess. During the 
year vve have many indefinite questions 
like this one—impossible to answer. We 
would gladly help if we could, but how 
could help be given without knowing- 
more of the circumstances? 
Margaret: “They say that Mrs. 
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