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THE RURAL, NEW-YOKKKK 
October 15, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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STORING A FAMILY SUPPLY OF 
CABBAGE. 
What is the best way of storing a family 
supply of cabbage and similar vegetables? 
I have wintered thousands of cabbage 
and kept in good condition by burying 
in the ground. Select a place with good 
drainage, plow three or four furrows close 
together, shovel out the loose dirt, mak¬ 
ing a trench eight or 10 inches deep. 
Place in the cabbage three wide, heads 
down, roots up and two heads in be¬ 
tween; cover with about six inches of 
dirt. When the dirt freezes cover with 
common hay or cornstalks so as to pre¬ 
vent the frost from entering too far, 
enabling you to get at the cabbage dur¬ 
ing midwinter. Of iate years that 
method is not satisfactory, which I at¬ 
tribute to the kind of cabbage now 
grown, mostly a quick-growing variety. 
The old Late Flat Dutch was the only 
cabbage to keep, well, the genuine seed 
of which is difficult to obtain. I have 
kept small lots by placing them with 
roots on in some outhouse, covering with 
common hay or stalks. Red cabbage 
can be kept the same way. All Hie cab¬ 
bage that go to the market by cars in 
Winter are kept in cold storage. 
New Jersey. a. johnson. 
We have used different methods with 
different success. The best way I think 
is to keep it as cool as you can, even if 
it freezes some, provided the cabbage is 
hard and matured. If not, a little 
warmer and considerable moistuie will 
make soft heads grow and get harder, 
but would make hard heads crack open. 
We never had very good success storing' 
in trenches outside. J. c. thies. 
New York. 
My best success in storing cabbage 
has been to pile it up in the op- n, lirst 
scooping out a place about a foot deep, 
then make a conical pile or rick of the 
cabbage, perhaps two or three feet high, 
and cover this over so as to Keep out 
hard freezing. I generally put stiaw or 
corn fodder next to the cabbage, then 
dirt, then another layer of straw or fod¬ 
der. Be careful to select a weil-arained 
place so that the water will not settle 
in the pile. Red cabbage is stored the 
same as green. henry field, 
Iowa. 
NEWS NOTES. 
The first meeting of the Kinderhook, 
• N. Y., Homological Association was hold 
September 24 at the farm of E. W. Mit¬ 
chell. The purpose of the Association is 
the study and practice of the best pomol¬ 
ogy, especially the investigation and rem¬ 
edy of the diseases of fruit trees; co-opera¬ 
tion iu the manufacture of spray mixtures, 
in the purchase of spray materials, fer¬ 
tilizers and other supplies, in packing, sell¬ 
ing and marketing of fruits; and doing 
such other things as the Association may 
decide to be iu the interest of its members. 
The enrollment of students in the De¬ 
partment of Animal Husbandry of the Ohio 
State University has passed all previous 
records in a striking degree. Last year 
there were 90 in the freshman four-year 
class on market classes and grades of cat¬ 
tle and sheep and this year over 100 are 
enrolled. There are also about 50 men in 
the first-year two-year course, making a 
total of over 200 new students. Including 
the other more advanced classes, about 200 
four-year and two-year students are taking 
the animal husbandry work. This is a very 
large enrollment for this work in an Ameri¬ 
can college. 
Mice in a Warehouse. 
Is there any remedy for the prevention 
and permanent extermination of mice, which 
are so common in any seed warehouse? 
We have for many years relied on cats, 
but these have their drawbacks, and while 
we know of various preparations which 
might be satisfactory we do not know if 
•they have any value. J. M. T. 
('uses have been reported to us where 
rats and mice have been killed by “fumi¬ 
gation” with hydrocyanic acid gas— 
stronger than is used in greenhouse or nur¬ 
series. The room is made as airtight as 
possible and the chemicals arranged so 
that they can be mixed simultaneously in 
different parts of the room. This is done 
at night, when the mice and rats are most 
likely to be out of their holes. Of course, 
if the vermin were killed iu this way the 
room would have to be cleaned to get 
rid of their carcasses. Another plan is to 
spread a disease among the mice. It is 
started by mixing the germs in the food or 
by catching a few mice and inoculating 
them with these germs. The affected mice 
communicate the disease to others. This 
method has given good results in some 
cases while others report failures. We 
have been successful with traps and poisons 
only in cases where the food supply can be 
controlled. Iu a grain warehouse it would 
be hard to tempt mice or rats into a trap. 
After all we have found a colony of hun¬ 
gry cats the best “remedy.” 
SOME YANKEE CORN KINKS. 
A Government corn bulletin recom¬ 
mends first of all the shelling of seed corn 
by hand. This is a slow method if any 
quantity has to be shelled, and a device 
once in use here is far ahead of it. A 
common shovel is laid bottom side up flat 
over the edge of a box, say a foot or 
more deep, and the operator sits com¬ 
fortably upon it while he draws the ears 
of corn upward against the sharp edge 
of the shovel, the shelled corn falling 
into the box. 
To dry the corn, tying string around 
center of ear is recommended. This takes 
time and sometimes disfigures the ears. 
A lot of common fence wire staples 
found on almost every farm can be used 
if one does not care to trace the corn by 
braiding the husks. A staple is pressed 
or lightly driven into the butt of the ear, 
and a lot of ears can thus be strung on 
a strong cord. Staples are easily put in, 
easily removed when corn is dry, and 
can be used again and again. 
Sweet corn is our most important gar¬ 
den product, and it is worth while to 
lengthen the season if only by a few 
days. It seems nonsense to talk about 
covering it to protect it from frost like 
tomatoes, but it can be done. Beginning 
at the end of the rows the stalks are bent 
over at right angles just below the ears, 
each hill or lot cf stalks resting on the 
preceding, so that the stalks and ears 
lie horizontally, making a continuous row 
or ridge, which can be easily covered 
with hay caps or blankets. My experi¬ 
ence is that after the stalk is bent the 
corn ripens very slowly, and with the tail 
growing kinds the ears are up from the 
ground far enough to escape the skunks 
which do some damage here, especially 
to low-growing corn. g. s. paine. 
Maine. 
WHAT CONSUMERS WANT.— As a con¬ 
sumer, there is a point which has been 
bothering me, in that it is causing a good 
deal of waste that seems to be falling on 
the consumer, but certainly will hurt the 
producer iu time, that is, it will hurt the 
producer who does not pay any attention 
to it, as they don’t seem to be paying any 
attention to it now. 1 buy celery for our 
table, and nine times out of ten, I* find that 
the nails, generally one, often more, which 
hold the three or four roots together in a 
bunch, have been driven right through the 
heart of the celery. The heart is the best 
part of the celery. I would like to see you 
call it to the attention of the farmers who 
send celery to the market, requesting them 
to leave the root two inches long and drive 
the nail through the root about three- 
quarters of an inch away from the heart 
of the celery or the top of the root. This 
will leave it so that a little of the root can 
be cut off with the heart. None of the 
celery -will be wasted. consumer. 
Send Name for 
Book of Over 125 
Buggy Bargains 
"DIG BOOK—in colors—including 
1910 Split Hickory Auto-Seat 
Buggy and over 125 latest style ve¬ 
hicles and harness, direct from my 
factory—made-to-order—30 Days’ 
Road Test—2 Years’ Guarantee. 
Save $26.50 or Up 
Prices all astonishingly 
low — vehicles shown in 
colors from photographs. 
Don’t buy before writing 
me for sure cash savings. 
H. C. Phelps, Pres. 
The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co. 
Sta.290 ,Columbus, O. 
Trees, Plants 
and Vines for Sale • 
' Green’s fruit and ornamental trees grow and 
are TRUE 10 itAME. Established thirty years. 
Capital $125,000. Huy of Green and save half 
your money. No agents. Send for our big fruit 
| catalog, 72 pages illustrated, and get free copy 
a «»° Green’s Fruit Instructor. 
Book worth a Dollar for 1 O Cents. Send 10 
1 cent ® * or postage and mailing Green’# Book 
i r rult Growing. Send in tree order now. A 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO*. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
A Concrete Root Cellar 
is cooler, drier, more easily kept clean than one of 
earth or loose stone. You can build it yourself 
and it will last forever if you use 
EDISON CEMENT 
You will find “Edison” the most economical cement you can 
use, because it is the finest ground of any and goes at 
least 10.% further than any other brand. 
Skilled labor is not necessary for 
concrete construction. 
We would like to send 3^011 free of 
charge a book, “Iiow to mix and use 
concrete on the farm.” 
m 
l’lease write for it toda}'. 
Edison Portland Cement 
Company', 
iiUjJ tl . 801 St. James Building, 
New Y r ork 
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APPLE and PEAR BOXES 
If interested 
send for 
sample 
and prices. 
THE ST AND AR 
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FOR MENDING HARNESS 
shoes, teats, awnings, hydraulic hose, pulley 
belts, carpets, saddles, suit cases, buggy 
tops, dasli boards, or for sewing any 
heavy material. 
Stewart’s Automatic Awl 
is the only 
perfect 
sewing 
awl. 
It takes 
a wax thread 
that feeds from 
a spool and will do 
the same work as any 
$C50 Harness maker ma¬ 
chinery. It is an indis¬ 
pensable tool for farmers. 
Agents wanted. Sent prepaid for 
SI. 2.3. Send at once for descriptive circular. 
STEWART-SKINNER CO., 35 Harmon St„ Worcester, Mass, 
12 FRUIT TREES 
FOR 98c 
WORTH 
$1.90 
1 Roosevelt, J Bradshaw Blum, 1 
Niagara Peach, 1 Bing, 1 Napo¬ 
leon. 1 Montmorency Cherry, 1 
Baldwin, I McIntosh, 1 King 
Apple, I Orange Quince, 1 Bartlett, 
1 Seckel Pear. All first class trees, 
2 yr., 4 ft. high for 98c. Everybody 
write for free illustrated catalogue. 
Maloney Bros. & Wells, Box 13 D&nsville, N. Y. 
The Ireland Straight-Line Drag 
Sawing Machine 
’"J” HIS sawing rig fills a long felt 
want for sawing large timber. 
It is simple, durable and the most 
practical straight-line sawing rig on the marl.et. 
We also make circular saw rigs, saw and shingle miils. 
Get our prices on canvas belting, they will surprise you. 
Write for full information and prices. 
IRELAND MACHINE & FOUNDRY COMPANY, 
14 State Street, NORWICH, NEW YORK. 
manatee-florida 
Where fortunes are made on small farms 
'..^growing Oranges. Grape Fruit and Veg¬ 
etables. Cheap lands now available. Quick 
transportation—low freight rates to Eastern 
and Northern markets via S. A. L. Ry. Two 
and three crops a year, net $500 to $1500 
per acre. Ideal climate year round — no 
freezes—no extreme heat. Write for illus¬ 
trated booklet—it’s free—address. 
Kid J- W. WHITE, Gen’l Industrial Aft. 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. 
NORFOLK, VA. OCPT. A 
Seed Potatoes 
We offer for sale, carefully packed In barrels, 
seed potatoes of the Green Mountain variety. 
These potatoes have been grown on our own farm 
in Massachusetts, near the New Hampshire State 
line, from Aroostook County, Maine, seed, care¬ 
fully treated with formalin, and planted on sod 
land absolutely free from scab. It is the highest 
type of seed potato of this variety and absolutely 
reliable, and taken from the product of the farm 
where the yield was enormous. Experienced grow¬ 
ers south of us are aUvays looking for seed pro¬ 
duced under these conditions, and we invite corre¬ 
spondence from prospective buyers. 
Price. S2.50 per barrel, or for two and 
one-half bushels—sixty pounds to a bushel. 
Address ST. MARTIN FARM, Littleton, Mass. 
Makes and burns its own gas and 
produces a pure white, steady, 
sale, 100 candle power light. -No 
wick, smoke, dirt, grease or odor. 
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Agents wanted.Write for catalog 
THE BEST EIGHT CO. 
4 01 E. 5th St., Canton, «* 
FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS 
We have a large supply of all the leading varieties 
of Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plnnt and Pencil to offer at 
WHOLESALE PRICES 
Montmorency Cherry trees $10.00 per 100—10,000 
Cherry Currant bushes at $4.00 per 100. Wholesale 
price-list just out, pet a copy. 
L’AMOREAUX NURSERIES, -:- Schoharie, New York. 
BEST 
SEED POTATOES a 0 " 1 *'"° r 
70 varieties free 
A. G. ALDKilMiK, Fisher’*, Ontario County, N. Y, 
CT ARIF MANURF for sale on ears. McGirr Sons, 
O I ADLl lYlAllUflL 534 West 29th St., New York City. 
Apple Barrels 
LOW PRICE; PROMPT 
SHIPMENT. ROBE U T 
GILLIES, MEDINA, N. Y. 
PEACH TREES 
FALL 1910 SPRING 1911 
We are prepared to quote prices and enter 
orders now for just what yon want of our 
own grown trees. Don’t be disappointed 
again the coming season but order now. 
JOSEPH H. BLACK, SON & COMPANY 
HIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY 
and Peach Trees^*,™ 1 ®^ 
Apple 
SALESMEN WANTED 
Mitchell’s Nursery, Beverly, Ohio 
Peach and Apple Trees 
For fall or spring planting. Prices right; stock 
right. UY£R & SON, Bridgevillc, Dei. 
HARRAftF CELERY, BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND 
VHDDRUC) 'CELERIAC, Kst variety tine plants 
$1 per 1,000; 10,000 for$7.50. J. C. SCHMIDT, BRISTOL,PA. 
CTRAWBERRY PLANTS —All thelemliug and moneymaking 
0 varietlea n eatly to ship now. 
1). MODWAY, Hartly. Del. 
For Best EXTENSION LADDER at »T ce8 
JOHN J. POTTEK.U Mill St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
R aspberry plants for sale—M iller Red 
Raspberry, $5.00 per thousand,or prepaid for $1.00 per 
hundred. I.istfree. SLAYMAKER & SON, Wyoming, DeL 
aatAI PA speciosa trees 
I Mine are true to name. Write for free Booklet. 
11. C. ROGERS, Box 111, 
Mcchunlcnburg, Ohio 
