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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 5, 
KEEPING DAHLIA ROOTS. 
A. W. P., Hackensack, N. J. —Will you 
tell me the best way to keep Dahlia roots 
through the Winter? I take them up 
after a frost kills the tops, shake the 
earth from the clumps, let them dry a day 
or two, then pack the clumps in a barrel 
with dry earth. In the Spring I find 
some sprouts a foot long. Would it be 
better to separate the tubers, put each 
variety into a paper bag and place the 
bags in a barrel or box in the attic? The 
cellar is too warm. 
A ns. —Your trouble evidently results 
from keeping the roots too warm. Your 
present system of storing in a barrel 
with dry earth is desirable in any very 
dry place, as it prevents shriveling, but 
where too warm growth is sure to start. 
Sand, tanbark or sawdust is preferable 
to earth. We would advise you to try 
the attic, storing in sand. Even if it 
freezes slightly (not hard freezing, of 
course) we think there would be little 
risk if covered in this way. If by sepa¬ 
rating the tubers the inquirer means to 
break the clumps apart we would not do 
this, but we would put each variety in 
a separate box covered with sand, thus 
keeping track of the different sorts, un¬ 
less they are all so uniform in growth 
that there is no object in it. But we 
like to know them by name, and put our 
favorites in good positions. 
A New York Nut Orchard. 
IF. C. D., Troy, N. Y .—Would there be 
any result if chestnuts, walnuts or butter¬ 
nuts were planted in the Fall, in a lot 
which is not now used, but which I would 
like in some way to cover with trees? If 
bo, how should I go al>out it, and should I 
use this year’s, or last year’s nuts? 
Ans.— All of the nuts mentioned will 
succeed about Troy, N. Y., and indeed, 
over about all of the Northeastern 
States. Nothing but nuts fresh from 
the trees that have never been dried 
at all should be planted. They can at 
once be put right where the trees are 
to stand, burying them about two or 
three inches below the surface of the 
soil and covering with old rotten vege¬ 
table matter of some kind, or very soft 
soils, through which the tender shoots 
can come the following Spring. Or, the 
nuts may be stratified in sand or leaf 
mold and buried in the ground until 
early Spring, when they should be 
planted where the trees are to stand 
permanently. If the intention is to make 
a nut orchard the trees should be farther 
apart than if a forest grove is wanted. 
In the former case the permanent trees 
should be fully 50 feet apart, but it would 
be well to plant the nuts much closer— 
25 or 12J/2 feet apart—to secure a good 
stand, and then cut out or dig and trans¬ 
plant those not needed. The trees 
should have abundant room to spread 
their branches and make round heads 
that will bear an abundance of nuts. If 
a forest is desired then the trees should 
be six or eight feet apart, and be 
allowed to stand and crowd each other, 
so they will make tall bodies. In either 
case it is well to have the trees in rows, 
so they may be cultivated until they are 
able to protect themselves from other 
growth. If the land is very steep or 
rocky this may not be practicable, 
and the nuts must be planted anywhere 
there are good places for them. Of 
course, the trees can be grown in a nur¬ 
sery for two or three years and trans¬ 
planted, but this checks them materially, 
and to put the nuts in permanently is 
the better plan. The Japanese chestnuts 
will flourish and bear well, are perfectly 
hardy in New York and are less subject 
to the newly discovered chestnut disease 
than our own native species. The little 
Shagbark hickory, which is called “wal¬ 
nut” in the Northeast, should be planted. 
The nuts are very deliciously flavored, 
and by planting those of good size and 
easy cracking qualities there would be 
a chance of getting them to reproduce 
to some extent, but no seedlings are cer¬ 
tain to do this. Some Japanese walnuts 
might be planted for variety, and 
although their nuts are not worth 
much, the trees are thrifty and 
fairly hardy. A few Persian (Eng¬ 
lish) walnuts might be planted, too, for 
some of them are hardy and bear good 
nuts in New York. Grafted trees of 
any of these nuts are almost impossible 
to get. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
ONE YEAR AFTER DRAINAGE. 
I wrote you last Winter about a piece 
of sour wet land which I wanted to fit 
for cabbage. After studying out a plan I 
put in tile. I put on this sour wet land 
about 30 tons of fresh stable manure to 
the acre and 10 tons of wood arhes per 
acre and planted 13,000 hills of cabbage 
and the remainder of the field in sweet 
corn and beans. I have had a good many 
visitors to see this field and they estimate 
this cabbage to yield 100,000 pounds, as 
it is the heaviest crop of caobage ever 
grown in this section. There w<is seven- 
eighths of an acre of this field in cabbage 
last year and the remainder in buckwheat, 
and the ground left bare last Wi iter. We 
spread the manure on top and p.owcd the 
ground in May five inches deep, and then 
put the wood ashes on top, disked thor¬ 
oughly and put the ground in co idition of 
an onron bed, and I dropped the cabbage 
seed on top of the ground in rows about 
three feet each way on June So. The 
weather was favorable and the seed sprung 
up at once, and I had from 10 to 15 plants 
in each hill. 1 commenced cultivating in 
about 3 0 days after planting and trans¬ 
planting all missing hills, and gave all my 
neighbors hundreds of plants. It ihen set 
in very dry about July 30 and remained 
so for about six weeks, or till August 20. 
I ran the diamond-tooth cultivator through 
twice eacn week and did a lot of work with 
hoe. B. E. v. 
West Virginia. 
STORING CABBAGE FOR WINTER. 
While nearly, or quite all, of the cabbage 
grown for market purposes in this locality 
is disposed of soon after harvest, I know 
of no good reason why a portion of the 
crop could not be held until midwinter l'or 
disposal in the local markets, provided due 
precaution is exercisi-d to protect from 
frost. Of course, the extra expense in¬ 
curred to accomplish this should be con¬ 
sidered by one contemplating such a 
course, together with the probable increase 
in the value of the crop at the time of 
sale. For many years the writer practiced 
the following method for holding sufficient 
for family requirements in good condition 
during the entire Winter. 
First, make a trench in naturally well 
drained soil, about 8 or 3 0 inches deep 
by 2 feet wide, and of required length de¬ 
sired. After placing a coat of 3 or 4 
inches of straw in the bottom, it will be 
ready for the cabbage, which should be 
placed on the head, closely together, mak¬ 
ing a single row in the trench. This 
should have a good coat of straw also, then 
all should be covered with dirt, only suffi¬ 
cient to protect from frost, the roots of 
the cabbage being allowed to protrude. 
During recent years, however, we have kept 
them in the ordinary vegetable cellar, with 
good result: , after, having prepared them 
just in the same condition as when sent 
to market in the Fall, but to prevent heat¬ 
ing care should be taken not to allow them 
to remain in large heaps. But for storing 
large quantities the true method would 
seem to be to construct an outdoor cellar 
similar to those for storing potatoes, now 
so common in large potato-growing dis¬ 
tricts, when it could be safely opened at 
any time during the Winter, as occasion 
required. ikving d, cook-. 
New York. 
Ten Acres Enough. 
Would it be possible for a novice to 
make a living on 10 acres, raising truck 
or chickens, if he could pay cash for the 
farm, and invest about $500 for horse, 
implements, etc. C. F. H. 
Philadelphia, Fa. 
Yes, but no one except the “novice” him¬ 
self could demonstrate it. Not 15 per cent 
of ordinary people can expect to size up to 
“possibilities.” Thor® are some people who 
make a living on a small farm, but many 
more who attempt it fail or have a hard 
struggle. We should want to know all 
about the man before venturing a direct 
opinion. 
Tariff on Potatoes. 
Did the Pa.vne-Aldrich tariff bill raise 
or lower the tariff on potatoes? w. o. s. 
The Wilson bill made a tariff of 15 cents 
a bushel on potatoes. The Dingley bill in¬ 
creased this to 25 cents and the I’ayne- 
Ahlrich bill left this figure unchanged- 
Finishing Concrete Floor. —If E. D. 
C., Litchfield. Conn, (on page 95TV. will 
sweep his concrete floor with old broom 
just before it gets set. he will find no 
trouble with horse slipping. Care must be 
taken to sweep just at the right stage of 
dryness. b. a. d. 
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