1913 . 
426 
THE; RURAb NEW-YORKER 
A Faker at Large. 
I want to tell you what happened to 
me and a good many of our farm 
neighbors. A couple of weeks ago a 
man was traveling around this neigh¬ 
borhood, advertising a spraying chemi¬ 
cal, which he called Camura, and he 
claimed that this chemical came from 
Japan and was dug 6,000 feet beneath 
the earth. The color of it looks like 
ground bluestone. He said to use an 
ounce of this stuff (Camura) to every 
25 gallons of water, and let it stand 
for 96 hours, and then it would turn 
red and would be ready for use. He 
said dip white potatoes in it and let 
potatoes stand. 10 minutes, and after 
planted they would not be interfered 
with by bugs or any other kind of 
insects or disease. For sweet potatoes 
dip in same liquid and they would be 
out of danger of black-rot and any 
other disease. As a spray it was good 
for the scale, blight, rust, leaf-curl and 
for all kinds of fungus diseases. We 
think he is a swindler or faker. He 
was charging 25 cents an ounce for it. 
Let me know something about this mat¬ 
ter. j. p. 
New Jersey. 
R. N.-Y.—This man is a fake from 
Fakeville. No use fooling with him or 
his stuff. Let him alone! 
Indoor Farm Closets. 
A. V.j New York .—I have seen in various 
farm journals advertisements describing a 
new process which will serve to eliminate 
the dangers encountered in rural districts 
where the old-style country privy is still 
in use. In appearance, this toilet is the 
same as any modern one where water is 
used to flush with, but in this case the 
waste is consumed by the action of two 
or more chemicals which are stored in the 
base of the object. I would like to know 
whether such a device would be practical 
and serviceable enough to install. 
L. G. T., Black Creek, N. Y.—We expect 
to build this Summer and had planned on 
a bath room. We are not sure we could 
keep water pipes from freezing in Winter 
with the flush closet and wondered if this 
would not take its place very well. In 
buying the deodorizer they speak of, would 
they not have an opportunity to charge 
an exorbitant price for it after they are 
onee purchased and in running order? 
Ans—S o far as I can judge from the 
circular sent, the devise mentioned con¬ 
sists essentially of a commode ventilated 
by means of a small pipe to the house 
chimney, and of sufficient size to hold 
a small quantity of some disinfecting 
solution. This indoor closet seems to 
us an excellent one in principle, though 
it may be questioned whether the con¬ 
venience it affords could not be secured 
at somewhat smaller cost. It cannot 
fully replace the water closet, since it 
must be emptied by hand at more or 
less frequent intervals, but it has the 
advantage of disinfecting its. contents, 
and an efficient solution for this purpose 
could be cheaply prepared at home or 
by any druggist. The detached privy, 
which can be reached by women and 
children often only by wading through 
snow and storm, and a visit to which 
was once characterized by an eminent 
physician as tantamount to being buf¬ 
feted by Satan for a season, is a relic 
of barbarism which should not be tol¬ 
erated in an American home. If run¬ 
ning water is not at farm, a lead-lined 
or galvanized iron tank in the attic, 
supplied from the roof, furnishes a 
cheap and thoroughly practical source 
of supply, and a cesspool or a septic 
tank will care for the effluent. If this 
cannot be afforded, a water-tight vault 
of cement or brick should be accesible 
directly from some room of the house, 
and a supply of dry loam or road dust 
should be kept at hand, and enough 
placed in the vault from time to time 
to absorb all liquids- Such a vault need 
not be at all offensive, as dry loam is 
an excellent absorbent and deodorizer, 
and its contents may be utilized as fer¬ 
tilizer when they are removed. All privy 
vaults should be made inaccessible to 
flies, which may carry the germs of ty¬ 
phoid fever from them to the food in 
the house._ m. b. d. 
The I^ondon Gardeners’ Chronicle re¬ 
ports that timber suitable for clog soles 
Is in increasing demand, showing a larger 
use of this footwear in certain lines of 
industry. Birch and alder are favorite 
timber for this purpose, though small quan¬ 
tities of sycamore, willow, liorsechestnut 
and lime are used. Clogs or wooden soled 
shoes are worn by dyers and other factory 
workers who stand on wet floors; we see 
tnem daily near THE R. N.-Y. office worn 
u.v the men _ employed in some great ice 
cream factories. They are more comforta- 
me than sabots, because the thick wooden 
n fl s a leather upper, and they are 
j'ght, warm and dry. Some gardeners find 
them convenient for working among flowers 
mid truck crops in heavy dew. 
Preparing for Corn. 
I have several acres of ground that had 
not been plowed for 10 years until last 
Spring, I put it in sorghum for stock feed; 
sowed rye and Hairy vetch in last cultiva¬ 
tion. Both are now looking well. I wish 
to put in corn in the Spring. Part of the 
land is very good and part of it is a 
little thin. Would you advise using any 
fertilizer with the rye and vetch? I have 
some stable manure I could put on the 
thin places. j. a, s. 
We should put the manure on the thin 
places this Winter. When the vetch has 
made good size, and in time for corn 
planting, plow the whole thing under and 
use a good brand of corn fertilizer in the 
hill. _ 
Ohio Conditions. 
We are now getting 10 cents per pound 
for hens and young roosters, 22 cents per 
dozen for eggs, 25 cents per pound for but¬ 
ter. These are prices paid by local retail 
grocers in this city. I understand that the 
buying price paid by retailers to farmers 
for potatoes is 50 cents per bushel. Corn 
is being sold by our farmers to local buy¬ 
ers for 50 cents per bushel. Wheat is 
bringing .$1 per bushel; hay, from $12 to 
$15 per ton depending on quality and kind, 
pure Timothy ranging higher in price than 
any other. Loose Alfalfa hay can be 
bought from farmers at $14 per ton, corn 
fodder at 20 cents per shock, purchaser 
hauling same. Horses, hogs and cattle all 
high. Farm sales are now going on and 
high prices are being realized for stock. 
etc., sold at farmers’ sales, and almost 
all purchases are paid In cash. But little 
Is raised in this section, the principal farm 
crop being corn and wheat and cloverseed, 
the buying price of the latter from the 
farmer being $10 per bushel this Spring 
and clover seed is being sold by the deal¬ 
ers for from $11 to $12 per bushel. There 
is quite a large amount of hay raised, most 
of which is used and sold locally and hay 
has been a high price for several years 
past. Horses are bringing all the way 
from $100 to $300 each; milch cows, from 
$40 to $70 each ; hogs are selling extremely 
high, but few sheep are raised or handled 
in this county. u b. y. 
Chillicothe, O. 
Storing Mangeis. 
I wish to raise mangel beets for feed, 
and yet I have no adequate place to keep 
them during the Winter. Can I send a 
quantity of them through my cutter and 
into my silo along with the corn? If not, 
what is a good method of storing them 
without cellar room ? w. E. b. 
Bluetnont, Va. 
We never heard of cutting mangels into 
the silo and doubt if the plan would work. 
The large pieces of mangle would be likely 
to let too much air into the silage. Crush¬ 
ing the mangels might do better, but the 
plan seems doubtful. Has anyone tried it? 
How would you store mangels without a 
cellar? _ 
Bricklayer or Farmer. 
P. T. B. on page 102 wants to know if 
he can make a success at farming. It 
depends in part how tired you are of brick¬ 
laying and how much stick-to-itiveness you 
will have after a season or two of back 
aching and back-breaking labor and numer¬ 
ous failures. Do you love to see things 
grow? Are you interested in the develop¬ 
ment even of weeds? Is it any pleasure to 
see an animal, as a calf, increase in weight 
and intelligence? Do you want to learn 
how to circumvent the cutworm and apple- 
tree borer? Do you want to learn how to 
get water for your potato tubers when it 
will not rain for four weeks? Then take 
a farm. Don't begin until you are 
ready. Have the boy begin his agricul¬ 
tural course first. If he is interested and 
will remain so you will succeed and will 
have accomplished something worth while. 
But you will have to work just as hard 
as where you are, and will not have as 
much money at the end of the year at 
least for a few years. The money question 
is not the side that will give you the satis¬ 
faction in the change of occupation. I am 
one of those who has taken up farming 
after passing the 50-year milestone. Suc¬ 
cess is largely a matter of personality. 
Success also is not a matter of dollars and 
cents, but the accomplishment of something 
worth while. Perhaps bricklaying is where 
your success lies. Herbert w. denio. 
Sod for Potatoes. 
IF. T., La Grangeville, N. Y .—I have 
about five acres loose sod plowed last Fall 
and wish to plant potatoes on it this 
Summer. In your opinion do you advise 
a second plowing this Spring, or let it lie 
and get the seed on top of the sod, as I 
have heard the latter method results very 
satisfactorily? Fertilizer analyzing am¬ 
monia, 4% ; potash, 10% ; phosphoric acid, 
7%, which we intend to apply at rate 
of 500 pounds per acre; do you advise 
adding chicken manure, as we have plenty? 
Ans.—F rom our own experience we would 
not try to replow this sod now. It will 
be very hard to fit it for potatoes, as it 
will be cloddy and lumpy. We should fit 
the upper surface well and plant the pota¬ 
toes down into the old sod. Hen manure 
has given us surprising results on potatoes. 
We should scatter it over hill or drill after 
planting and cultivate in. 
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