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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 2G. 
DURUM WHEAT FOR CHICKS. 
Let us know what you think of Macaroni 
wheat, a hard variety, in comparison with 
the ordinary red wheat as grown around 
here. We can usually buy the Macaroni 
wheat for $1.85 per 100 pounds from deal¬ 
ers, and red wheat from farmers for $2 per 
100. We have always considered the red 
the cheapest, and it seems to contain the 
most substance. The Macaroni wheat is so 
hard that we do not think fowls care as 
much for il. and don't think it as good for 
them. I would like the analysis of Macaroni 
Wheat. F. H. 
Summit, N. J. 
The analyses of Durum or Macaroni 
wheat, as grown in North Dakota, show 
a product richer in nitrogenous constitu¬ 
ents than the soft red wheats grown in 
the East. Therefore, Durum or Ma¬ 
caroni wheat lias a higher feeding value 
than the red wheats; and j may add, that 
flour produced from a good grade of 
Durum wheat we have found to be super¬ 
ior in many respects (not in whiteness) 
to that produced from other wheats. 
E. F. LADD. 
North Dakota Exp. Station. 
PUREBRED IOWA CORN. 
Many of us in the East have little idea 
of the work done in "corn breeding” in 
PRIZE-WINNING IOWA CORN. 
many Western States. Iowa has led in 
this work. Prof. Holden of the .Agricul¬ 
tural College has been of great service 
to Iowa in creating an interest in the 
work, organizing farmers and making 
standards for judging grain and .ears. 
The cut shows a prize-winning ear grown 
by one of our readers, Mr. Clias. O. Gar¬ 
rett of Polk Co., Iowa. This ear sold for 
$160. We have had our doubts as to 
whether this judging of the car alone 
would really result in great permanent 
improvement in the crop, since the entire 
stalk and its surroundings have so much 
to do with the crop. Mr. Garrett writes 
us the following statement of how he 
grew this ear of Reid’s Yellow Dent: 
“Having moved from the city about 
twelve years ago to this, then nameless, 
run-down farm, your paper and its ‘Hope 
Farm Notes’ have been a help and an in¬ 
spiration to me many times. While I am 
especially interested in fruit, I am also 
breeding corn, not only for show or 
beauty, but also for utility or bushels per 
acre. My place is rather high rolling 
clay land, with some slough or wet land 
between the hills; this low part has all 
been tiled out, mostly by my own work. 
A few years ago about 25 to .35 bushels 
was all the corn this land would produce, 
but with rotation of crops, clover and 
thorough tillage for the last three or four 
seasons I have been getting an average 
of 65 bushels per acre, and hope to do 
much better in the future. This particu¬ 
lar ear was grown on clover sod; the 
clover had not been cut the year before 
but simply grew up and went down and 
grew up again, then plowed under this 
last Spring for corn, with good results. 
Some would say this car was an acci¬ 
dent. To prove that it was not I enclose 
pictures of other prize ears also grown 
this year. The sweepstakes junior ear 
was grown by my son, Orville Garrett, 
in his acre block which was planted from 
the sweepstakes 10 ears in junior show 
of the year before. The other ears won 
places as single ears in various shows 
this year, and will go into my breeding 
work this year. There is no more reason 
for saying purebred corn is not a good 
producing corn or a good feeding corn 
than there is for saying a purebred ani¬ 
mal is not as good a producer as a scrub. 
Give good corn poor soil, bad s.eason, 
late planting, etc., you must not expect 
good corn any more than you would ex¬ 
pect to have a good, animal without feed, 
shelter, etc. On the other hand give 
good seed, good soil and good care and 
you must get better results. Why? Well- 
bred mature corn will show better shell¬ 
ing per cent, and better feeding value. 
The improvement in corn throughout 
this State and particularly this neighbor¬ 
hood since Prof. Holden has taken up 
this work, is something remarkable. The 
heaviest yields of corn ever made in this 
State have been made with purebred 
corn. Mr. John Sundberg of Whiting, 
Iowa, grew 154 bushels on one acre this 
year.” 
Remedy for Ivy Poisoning. —On page 
1.32 a correspondent asks for a sure 
remedy for poison from poison ivy. I 
give you one that has been used by a 
very large number of people for 60 
years past, to my knowledge, and has 
never failed: Sixty grains sulphate of 
zinc, SO grains sugar of lead, one-half 
pint of any kind of rum and one-half 
pint of water, shaken before using. If 
the skin is broken part of it can be re¬ 
duced by more water. Of course it 
should be labeled “Poison” for safety. 
The rum is cooling and stops the itch¬ 
ing. Bathe 20 or more times in a day. 
When possible keep cloths saturated with 
the wash bound on the parts affected. 
This dries up the poison and docs not 
drive it into the blood, it is claimed. 
When I was a boy I could not look at ivy 
with the dew on, without getting a dose 
oof poison. I have given this remedy 
when I was traveling to many in this 
State, and many times have been written 
for the same prescription from those who 
had lost it. The reason I mention to 
bathe 20 times per day is to cure the 
trouble sooner. w. h. ii. miller. 
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Lewis Burdeck, Drury, Mass., says: Tubular 
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cent. All want to knowwhat separator we have.” 
A. M. Shenk, Washington Boro, Pa., says: 
“ Been using Tubular about nine years. Never a 
thing done to it yet.” 
Chas. Foss, Cedarvilie, III., won first premium 
for dairy butter at big Illinois State Dairymen’s 
Meeting, Jan. 20,1910. H. M. Lee, Windsor, Vt., 
won Dairy Sweepstakes Cup at Vermont Dairy¬ 
men’s Association Meeting, Jan. 5. 1910. Fred. 
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FARMERS EVERYWHERE ARE GETTING READY FOR SPRING. ARE YOU READY? 
Never was so much manure piled around the barns and feed lots as there is this vear 
Never in 15 years has there been such a need for manure spreaders as there will 
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WM. GALLOWAY, 
President, 
THE WILLIAM GALLOWAY COMPANY, 
667 Galloway Sta, 
WATERLOO, IOWA. 
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