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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April It), 
DEWBERRIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
Mr. Dighton McGlachlin, a retired 
businesss man, came from the Dakotas 
to the sandhills of North Carolina and 
bought a home in Moore County of that 
State. In February he set out one-third 
of an acre in dewberry vines, placing 
for them to climb on posts cut from the 
swamps and pine woods outside of the 
town. There were fair crops of the 
fine, juicy berries the first and second 
years, while the vines were maturing. 
The third year there were picked 1,001 
quarts. From the sale of these $50.25 
was cleared. Three and one-half bush¬ 
els had been reserved for table use, 
trip as Field Naturalist to the expedi¬ 
tion. Mr. Loring replies as follows; 
“To describe the various ways and 
styles of making horsehair snares to 
capture birds and mammals would re¬ 
quire some hundreds of typewritten 
pages. I refer your correspondent to 
‘Camp Life and the Tricks of Trapping.’ 
It might be wise for him to first con¬ 
sult the Pennsylvania game laws, for 
I think that he will find that there are 
few species of birds or mammals that 
he will be allowed to capture in 
snares or traps.” 
2. “As regards a way to make snakes 
harmless, a wise Creator has provided 
A PATCH OF DEWBERRIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. Fig. 183. 
preserving and the making of a red wine 
which sells for $6 or more by the 2j54 
gallons (prescribed by State law). The 
expenses besides railroad freights and 
middleman were $9 for crates, and, in 
the three years, $7.50 for commercial 
fertilizer. The secret of the success of 
the berries, beyond reasonable cultiva¬ 
tion with a hoe, was a compost which 
did not cost a cent, made of oak leaves, 
wire grass and pine shatters raked into 
a heap in the Fall and wet with soapy 
waste water from the house. As Mr. 
McGlachlin said, “Land that will pay 
for itself at the rate of $150 per acre 
and which cost no more than $20 an 
acre to begin with is worth owning. A 
younger man than I with some experi¬ 
ence in truck farming—of which I have 
had none—could make a 10-acre farm 
earn good interest on $100 an acre.” 
While dewberries yield but one crop 
a year and pre-empt the ground for 
other use, the workable soil of the sand¬ 
hills is adapted also to the raising of 
melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, early peas, 
and two plantings of Irish potatoes in 
one season. The semi-warm climate ad¬ 
mits of growing during the Winter, 
with only slight protection, lettuce, 
spinach, onions, collards and turnips, 
garden products wanted by the thou¬ 
sands of tourists and Winter residents 
in this salubrious section. M. w. 
Tryon, N. C. 
R. N.-Y.—The picture, Fig. 183, shows 
the crop in the field. Bear in mind that 
it is never safe to figure the possibilities 
of a large enterprise from the success 
of a small unit. That is where many 
back-to-the-landers go wrong. Some of 
the larger berry growers who are obliged 
to ship North for a market have com¬ 
plained bitterly about prices and net re¬ 
turns. 
Horsehair Snares; Taming Snakes. 
J. A. K.j Philadelphia, Pa, — 1. Can you 
tell me how to make horsehair snares to 
catch birds, rabbits, etc. 2. How can you 
make a snake harmless? 
Ans. —Surmising from his letter that 
J. A. K. is a budding naturalist who 
would not find the ordinary farm 
method of rendering a snake harmless 
suited to his needs, I referred his in¬ 
quiries to Mr. J. Alden Loring, the 
well-known naturalist who accompanied 
Col. Roosevelt on his recent African 
for this in all but the various species 
of rattlesnakes, water moccasin and two 
species of semi-poisonous snakes known 
as the coral snakes. It is extremely 
dangerous for anyone but an expert to 
render these species harmless by re¬ 
moving the fangs. Even then, the ef¬ 
fect is only temporary for snakes are 
continually growing new fangs to re¬ 
place those that Tiave been shed, broken 
off or extracted.” m. b. d. 
Master (who is trying to make a 
good impression on his strait-laced 
aunt from whom he has expectations) : 
“Mary, have you seen a letter anywhere 
about marked ‘Private?’” Mary: “You 
mean the one from the man what can’t 
get ’is money out of you, sir? I put it 
be’ind the mirror, sir.”—Punch. 
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Many users of roofing have 
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In fact, it is cheaper in the long 
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Amatite is sold in the usual handy 
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