1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
163 
An Invalid’s Help. 
I fell from a load of hay June 1G last, 
and had to lie in bed several weeks from 
the effects. As my neck was nearly 
broken, those caring for me found it 
very difficult to move me even enough 
to change my pillow. A friend, Dr. J. H: 
Dower, came to see me and he took in 
the situation at once. He got some pieces 
of wood and bolted them together in 
2 
the shape of a letter L, with a brace. 
The upright was about two feet long. 
He then fastened the L to the head of 
my bed, with the upright extending out 
over the bed, just high enough so I 
could grasp it nicely with one hand, 
which I would do, and then slip my other 
hand under my head, and up I would 
come. We found this not only a great 
convenience in changing the pillow, but 
all along until I was able to roll over 
and get out without it. Such an arrange¬ 
ment would be of a very great help to 
many a poor fellow with a broken foot 
or leg as well as a broken neck, so long 
as he has the use of his hands. 
Fayetteville, N. Y. e. l. c. 
Prices of Virginia Apple Lands. 
J. M., Rockford, III. Could you give me 
any information in regard to the price of 
land with good bearing apple orchards, 
cither in the Piedmont Valley, Virginia, or 
in the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, 
Va.? Here in Rockford land agents are 
selling land suitable for raising apples, both 
in New Mexico, and in the Bitter Root 
Valley. Montana, under ditch but unim¬ 
proved, from .$100 up to $250 per acre. I 
have an idea that land for apple* culture 
could be got much more reasonable in 
Virginia. 
Ans. —The bearing orchards vary so 
much according to conditions, age, ship¬ 
ping facilities, etc., that one might almost 
say that each orchard has a price for 
itself. I do not feel competent to give 
an average price, but land suitable for 
planting trees in the Piedmont section 
and the Valley of Virginia might be 
bought from $30 to $70 in the former, 
and in the latter at about $75 to $100 
per acre. In most cases this land would 
include some improvement, such as 
buildings, fencing, etc. The government’s 
method of reckoning value of orchards 
is $1 per tree per year planted up to 10 
years. The average number of trees 
planted per acre varies according to 
variety from 35 to 50, averaging in Vir¬ 
ginia probably about 40. These prices 
would vary somewhat owing to local ad¬ 
vancement or conditions. A red apple 
orchard 10 years old (commencing to 
bear fair-sized crops) with average 
facilities is worth in Piedmont, any¬ 
where from $200 to $300 per acre, which 
is lower than the government method 
nf calculating. Walter whately. 
Secretary Virginia Horticultural Society. 
I Go not know of any trials of apple 
jemaee as manure. Not much cider is made 
in this vicinity; the cider mill nearest us 
" as moved a few hundred yards to get it on 
[lie bank of a stream so the pomace could 
Le thrown from the press into the water to 
float away with the least labor. Before the 
move the pile of pomace laid unused until 
natural causes destroyed it. Our farming 
is on the extensive rather than intensive 
order, and the wastes would be appalling to 
one in the Eastern States where there is a 
market for almost everything from the farm 
nt paying prices. This Winter has been un¬ 
usually severe, but as the ground has had 
a covering of snow all the time wheat is in 
first-rate condition, ■ which is not the case 
with ungathered corn ; much of it is on the 
ground under the snow and is being greatly 
damaged. Fruit is all right. Some of my 
neighbors are using Tennessee raw rock 
phosphate, and as they continue to buy it 
they must think it pays them. Manure 
spreaders are becoming common, and they 
certainly pay well. d. e. r. 
l’ayson, Ill. 
An Experience with “Green Manure.” 
II. P. Y., Green Lane, Pa .—I always read 
the articles in R. N.-Y. about cover crops. 
Now I want to tell the experience I had 
with cover crops. In .Tune, 1908, I had 
a patch about three-quarters of an acre, 
seeded to clover. I took off a fair crop 
of hay, plowed it at once, planted it with 
corn, and got a fair crop. I hauled off the 
corn about the middle of October, and 
sowed two bushels of rye in the stubble 
and cultivated it in both ways, manured 
it through the Winter, plowed it down about 
May 10; planted it with corn, cultivated 
the corn five times, and got about 10 
bushels of nubbins. I also sowed in an¬ 
other field one bushel of Crimson clover, 
half bushel middle of July, the remainder 
beginning of August. But in Fall I could 
not find enough for a rabbit to get a meal 
of the clover. Can any one tell me the 
reason of my failure? Of course we have 
not had any rain of any amount from 
middle of June to middle of December. 
Would you advise me to try Crimson clover 
again before the last cultivation, and would 
20 pounds to the'acre be enough? 
Ans. —Our opinion is that the dry 
weather ruined the Crimson clover. Part 
of our crop is but little better this year. 
We should sow it again and add two 
pounds of Cow-horn turnip seed per 
acre. Some of our reports show that 
when first tried the Crimson clover 
failed, but after a few years of steady 
seeding it becomes easier to get a stand, 
and the plant grows larger. In regard 
to the rye, if you plowed that crop under 
green and left the soil loose we can eas¬ 
ily see why it failed. It is often re¬ 
marked that the sap of green rye affects 
the soil in some way so that corn will 
not-grow well. If you simply plowed 
the rye under and cultivated the surface 
the soil was left so open and free that 
the air worked through it and dried it 
out. Thus in a drought nothing could 
grow. When plowing under a crop of 
rye for green manuring it should be 
packed down hard with a roller before 
planting. 
It was at a summer hotel, and the 
baby, being warm and fretful, cried. 
“Tut! Tut! We can’t disturb our neigh¬ 
bors this way,” the fond father said, tak¬ 
ing the child in his arms. “Let me sing 
to him, if he won't go to sleep.” He sang, 
and straightway came a knock at the 
door and these words: “There’s a sick 
lady next door, and if it’s all the same 
to you, would you mind letting the baby 
cry instead of singing to it?”—Lippin- 
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