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From Michigan 
Catalpa Tree Agent* Lose. 
There were lively times among the 
farmers around Batavia, N. Y., last week, 
over the lawsuit brought by Burt Walton 
of Indiana, against James Pettibone of 
Batavia. This was a case involving a 
tree agent transaction. Walton is an 
agent for the sale of Catalpa trees. lie 
sold the trees grown by the Tippecanoe 
Nursery Co., and appears to have told 
all varieties of guiT in his efforts to ob¬ 
tain contracts. A number of farmers 
bought the trees on the strength of what 
Walton told them, and then learned on 
good authority that his stories were great¬ 
ly exaggerated, and that the trees are 
not suitable for planting in New York 
State. Mr. Pettibone, it is said, bought 
2,000 trees, and when lie learned the facts 
refused to pay for them, so '"alton 
brought suit to recover $40. The farm¬ 
ers around Batavia became interested in 
the matter, and formed an organization 
of some 300 members. They joined to¬ 
gether to resist payment for these Catal¬ 
pa trees, engaged lawyers, and put up a 
defense fund, Their point was that Wal¬ 
ton misrepresented trees, and got them to 
take a lot of stuff which was practically 
worthless for growing in New York State. 
There was a big legal battle over this 
matter, for it means a lot both to the 
nursery agents who depend on guff for 
making their sales, and also to farmers 
who have been buncoed into buying 
worthless stuff. The case was brought 
before a justice of the peace and six 
jurymen, and was fought out through 
four days. Walton testified that he paid 
$3 to $3.50 a thousand for the trees, and 
sold them for $20 and $25, and he un¬ 
dertook to prove by his witnesses that 
the trees were suitable for planting in 
this State. The defense produced such 
witnesses as Prof. II. P. Baker, of the 
School of Forestry, and other well-known 
scientists, who showed clearly that this 
tree is not suitable for planting here. 
Many farmers testified to the quality of 
the guff which Walton had given them 
in trying to sell the trees. The jury 
was out 15 minutes, and returned a ver¬ 
dict for Mr. Pettibone, and it is rumored 
that Walton may be arrested and prose¬ 
cuted for misrepresenting the trees when 
he tried to sell them. It is a singular 
thing, but the jurymen received only 
50 cents apiece for their four day’s work. 
It was suggested by some of the farmers 
that they raise a purse of money and 
give it to the jurymen, but this was very 
properly stopped by the officers of the 
farmers’ organization, for it would have 
been a great mistake to establish any 
such precedent in a case of this sort. 
This legal battle was a timely one, and 
would seem to settle the question of re¬ 
sponsibility when a tree agent misrepre¬ 
sents his goods and obtains his contract 
in any such way. 
Sweet Clover in New York State. 
Is Sweet clover grown as a cultivated 
crop in New York; ir so, has it proved 
satisfactory? J. b. 
I do not know of Sweet clover being 
grown in this county as a regular farm 
crop. I have observed a few lone plants 
by roadsides and in waste places, in 
which case the plants seem to thrive 
and to attain good size. There is a 
question in my mind, however, as to 
whether this plant would be good for 
fodder in the case of dairy cattle, be¬ 
cause of its extremely woody structure 
due to its habit of growth. I am wonder¬ 
ing if in buying Sweet clover seed one 
would not be apt to get Southern grown 
seed, or a seed which would not he 
adapted to our Northern climate. \Ve 
find this objection extremely emphasized 
in the buying of Alfalfa seed, endeavor¬ 
ing to get a seed that is adapted to our 
Cattaraugus County farming. At pres¬ 
ent, as I stated above, Sweet clover is 
not being grown by the farmers in Cat¬ 
taraugus County, nor have I heard the 
subject agitated to any extent. 
HERMAN K. CROFOOT. 
Cattaraugus Co. County Agent. 
I do not know of any farmers in tlrs 
county who have trieor Sweet clover suf¬ 
ficiently t<> answer this question. Neither 
have I seen any indications as to the 
probable outcome of growing Sweet 
clover. G. P. SCOVILLE, 
Onondaga County. s. a. martin, 
I do not know of a single instance 
where Sweet clover is Doing grown. 
Ondaga County. s. a. martin, 
County Agent. 
I do not know of a single field of Sweet 
clover growing in this county ; there are 
certain sections of the county where it 
grows along the roadside very well, also 
in several places along the railroads. 
Several persons have said to me that 
they were going to try it out in a small 
January ‘M, 
way next year. The Farm Bureau lias 
advised them to try it only experiment¬ 
ally at first, for we believe that Alfalfa 
is the better crop, and will grow in any 
place that Sweet clover will thrive. 
W. I,. MARKHAM, 
Wyoming County. County Agent. 
I have seen very little of it growing 
in Broome County during the last year. 
It is not generally adapted to the hill 
soils of this region, because these soils 
are more or less deficient in lime. In 
the river valleys there is more lime in 
the subsoil, owing to the deposits of 
glacial drift, but even on these soils we 
need lime to make Red clover and Al¬ 
falfa succeed. I have not encouraged 
anyone to grow Sweet clover here, and 
have seen it growing in only one or two 
favored places. In ray judgment it needs 
lime fully as much as Alfalfa to make 
it succeed. I have been told by one man 
during the year that he obtained an ex¬ 
cellent stand of Sweet clover one sea¬ 
son, but that it was completely killed by 
the Winter. I do not know how to ex¬ 
plain this statement. E. R. minks. 
Broome County. 
There is no Sweet clover grown in 
tb : s county to my knowledge, except what 
was sown under the direction of our 
bureau during the past Summer. One 
farmer sowed five acres of Sweet clover 
with barley. The seeding seemed very 
satisfactory last Fall, and I will ad¬ 
vise you in the Spring if it comes through 
the Winter all right. Sweet clover seems 
to do well in this section on the soils 
adapted to it, and I have observed that 
where it has been cut along the roadsides 
about the time of the first cutting of Al¬ 
falfa a large second growth has been 
obtained. The fanners tell me that their 
cows will not touch the clover in their 
pasture's until the ofcaer feed gets short, 
but when they do commence to pasture 
on it. will graze it down very closely. In 
reference to the soils, upon which Sweet 
clover grows, will say that it seems in 
this section to be best adapted to gravelly 
soils. In fact, I do not know of any 
Sweet clover growing naturally on other 
than gravelly soils, and it is my opinion 
that the presence of lime is of more im¬ 
portance to fertility, as it seems to grow 
on what might almost be called gravel 
heaps along creeks which run over lime¬ 
stone ledges. I am very much inter¬ 
ested in the growth of this plant, and 
expect to do more work in experimenting 
with it during the next Summer. 
Herkimer Co. m. e. chubbuck, 
County Agent. 
The growing of Sweet clover (Moli- 
lotus alba) in Jefferson County has not 
reached any importance as an agricul¬ 
tural crop as yet, although the plant 
grows wild along the roadsides, creek 
sides, and other rough places through¬ 
out the greater part of the county. To 
state the present condition more cor¬ 
rectly. the farmers have always consider¬ 
ed tliis plant a weed, and even though 
it is a hardy legume, steps have never 
been taken, to any extent, to utilize it 
as a forage plant. In a limited degree 
some of our farmers have sown Sweet 
clover seed on their rough, hawkweed- 
infested pastures, hoping to get the plant 
established there. In most instances this 
seed has been sown late in the Spring, 
although it is known that the natural 
time for self seeding of this plant is in 
the Fall. Hence we have nothing, at 
this time, to report in favor of the use 
of Sweet clover in connection with pas¬ 
ture improvement, although the plan 
would seem feasible. One of our farm¬ 
ers seeded several acres of Sweet clover 
with grain, as one would grass seed and 
clover, but owing to a very dry season 
and perhaps to seed of poor germinating 
power, the stand of Sweet clover on this 
field is not remarkable. We are plan¬ 
ning to give this plant a thorough trial 
during the coming year. As mentioned 
above, as yet we have nothing remarka¬ 
ble to report in favor of Sweet clover, 
neither have we any evidence that it 
will not make a valuable crop for this 
county where the growing of Alfalfa is 
a gamble. f. e. robertson, 
Jefferson County. County Agent. 
Hungarian Grass. 
Will Hungarian grass thrive in this 
section? How much should I sow to the 
acre? Is it true that it is only an eight- 
week crop? Would it be advisable to sow 
any other crop with it, if so. what kind? 
When is the best time to get it in? 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. w. o. T. 
The millets will thrive in your section. 
The Japanese Barnyard millet will most 
likely suit you better than Hungarian. 
We think it best of the millets. About 
20 pounds of seed to tin* acre and you 
should allow 10 weeks for its develop¬ 
ment. Do not seed with millet, hut use 
it to give a crop of fodder between a 
Spring and a Winter grain crop. 
The Judge: “What proof have you 
that tills chauffeur was intoxicated?” 
The Country Policeman: “lie stopped 
his car at a drinking-trough for horses.” 
—Toronto Sun. 
Little Freddie reached the mature age 
of three, and discarded petticoats for 
knickerbockers, “Ah,” cried the proud 
mother, “now you are a little man !” The 
fledgling was in ecstasies. Displaying his 
garments to their full advantage, he 
edged closer to his mother, and whispered, 
“Mtimmio, can I call pa Bill now?”— 
Bristol Times. 
