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Cover Crops on the Turning Row. 
We expect to put in 15 or more acres 
of corn for silo, will have to rely on the 
horse and two-row cultivator. We drill 
in the corn, so can go but one way to 
cultivate. We expect to leave about 
two or three rods at the ends of corn 
rows to turn the team on each side of 
the field. We wish to sow this strip of 
ground to oats, millet or Hungarian to 
<*ut and cure for Winter feed. Which 
do you think would stand the hard us¬ 
age' best by the time the corn was too 
large to cultivate? s. s. 
Little Falls. N. Y. 
This is a new proposition to us; we 
have never seen it tried. If the corn is 
properly cultivated, the crops at the end 
of the field would he so badly trampled 
down that it would be hard to cut them. 
The best crop for such a purpose would 
be a late one, which could make its best 
growth after the corn was laid by. For 
such a crop we should prefer Japanese 
barnyard millet. Seeded early in July 
on good soil and with a fair amount of 
moisture, this crop would make a fair 
quantity of cow feed by September. You 
might sow oats earlier, cut what was left 
after the tramping, then work up the 
ground and follow with Japanese millet. 
Hut if the corn was well tended these 
oats would not amount to much. At the 
last cultivation of this corn, we should 
seed a combination of barley, Crimson 
clover, and Cow-horn turnips. These 
turnips will be a fair amount of feed; 
the Crimson clover will provide pastur¬ 
age, and the barley will give a fair 
amount of hay late in the season after 
the corn has been taken off. Another 
plan would be to wait until the culti¬ 
vation was ended and then sow barley 
and Canada peas. 
Life in Sunny Florida. 
The two pictures shown on page 251 
came to us at about the same date, and 
were apparently taken just about the 
same season of the year. We print them 
to show in a striking way what a big 
country this is, and how wonderfully con¬ 
ditions vary as the seasons go on. The 
boat landing shown is built near Fort 
Myers, in Florida, and is a typical sceen 
in that country. All through the Winter 
the ground is open, and there are very 
few frosts to trouble vegetation. Consid¬ 
erable of the travel, and a good deal of 
the recreation is taken in a boat, for by 
stepping into this boat an oarsman can 
quickly get himself over to the neighbors, 
or can fish, or enjoy himself upon the 
water. It is truly life in the open air 
under Southern Florida skies during this 
season. 
The other picture, taken at about the 
same time, shows what was happening in 
Northern Pennsylvania, even in this Win¬ 
ter of light snowfall. If a man was sit¬ 
uated so that he could spend three or four 
of the colder months near this Florida 
boathouse, and then go back to the cooler 
North for the rest of the year, lie would 
have in theory at least an ideal way of 
passing through the seasons. Some of our 
readers do this, but it requires consider¬ 
able capital to carry out such a plan, and 
is really more of a play than work. 
Florida is certainly a beautiful place, 
or at least parts of the State may be 
called so for spending the colder months 
of the Winter; provided, as we have 
said, a man has the price and doesn’t 
much care whether the Florida farm pays 
or not. As for giving up the Northern 
home entirely, and going to Florida for 
the purpose of making a living and build¬ 
ing a home, it is an old story that no 
definite advice can ever be given a man 
who has never lived in the Southern 
States. The conditions are so utterly 
different that we have found it practical¬ 
ly impossible to get our Northern readers 
to clearly understand what they will find 
south of Jacksonville. We have letters 
from readers who say they are entirely 
satisfied with Florida and the conditions 
there, and that they could not be induced 
to return. On the other hand, people 
write us the most bitter letters, saying 
that they have been deceived, and that 
they would gladly sell out if they could 
find anyone to buy their property. These 
two extreme views are always presented 
whenever we say anything about Florida, 
so that it becomes more and more evident 
each year that the personality of the man 
who goes to the South must be considered 
in giving any advice, and, as of course a 
stranger cannot know about this person¬ 
ality. it is a foolish thing to undertake 
to tell such a ma,. just what he ought to 
do. The only advice worth giving is, 
never, under any; circumstances whatever, 
buy land in Florida from an agent, or 
anyone else, without going there and look¬ 
ing the land carefully over. Personally, 
from our own experience, we never would 
buy such land until we had lived at least 
one full year in the neighborhood, and 
thus had a good chance to study the sea¬ 
sons all through. 
As for trading Northern property for a 
Florida farm, without seeing the prop¬ 
erty, it is just about five times as much 
of a gamble as swopping horses in the 
night, or trading jacknives “sight un¬ 
seen.” 
Otsego County, New York_A Sensible 
Statement. 
I was interested ii. the comparison of 
Schoharie and Otsego Counties as drawn 
by Mr. Kling on page 145. I think he 
is certainly one who believes in giving 
the first honor to his native home. Mr. 
Kling is correct in thinking that Otsego 
County is not in the front in corn grow¬ 
ing, and in fact it is not much on any 
crop requiring hot weather, but the high 
elevation of any part of the county has 
it advantages as well as lower sections 
have. Mr. Kling seems to think Otsego 
County is not much on grass or grain, 
but I should take it he has never 
traveled in this county. I have been 
around in New York State some, and I 
think the hay and grain crop here will 
compare well with any other county, and 
if Schoharie County can beat Otsego in 
its big up-to-date purebred cattle farms 
it is certainly well to the front. The 
State Agricultural Department reports 
that around Richfield Springs in the 
northern part of the county seems to be 
the most favorable place for the chicken 
and hen business in the State, or at least 
that is the conclusion they seemed to 
draw by the flourishing business there. 
I think it would be a good thing if The 
R. N.-Y. could print more articles along 
this line, comparing locations, etc., for 
it would tend to show farmers that they 
should fit their farming to the location. 
As for Otsego County, while we cannot 
compete in growing a certain line of 
crops like corn, tomatoes, beans, etc., 
yet besides the dairy or hen business the 
climate and soil is, I think, well adapted 
to potatoes, especially in growing high 
vitality seed potatoes. FTom my experi¬ 
ence I feel sure I can raise just as good 
potatoes here for planting purposes as 
they can in Aroostook County, Maine or 
in northern Michigan. I have bought po¬ 
tatoes from both these sections, plant¬ 
ing them by the side of my home-grown 
stock here, and have never yet seen 
enough difference to pay for changing 
seed; in fact I have decided that I would 
prefer my own seed stock even if it cost 
me more. One trial, especially, I made 
with Aroostook County seed planted by 
the side of my own seed stock, I could 
plainly see the difference in favor of the 
home-grown stock, and the comparison 
was made with common stock and not 
with special select strains. 
I mention this to show that one should 
find out what his section is best adapted 
for, and not waste his energies on some 
crop not adapted to his soil and climate. 
While traveling about I have repeatedly 
noticed potato fields in lower sections of 
the State dead with blight, while getting 
back to the high altitude of Otsego 
County I would see potato tops in a green 
healthy condition. The northern part of 
Otsego County is especially noted as a 
health resort; the dry cool air and 
absence of much fog or damp weather 
making it far better for many people 
than lower sections. While the Winters 
are cold and long, with usually deep 
snow, the Summers are ideal, and about 
as perfectly adapted to certain crops, 
like potatoes, some varieties of fruits, 
etc., as can be found anywhere, ami I 
think about as good average soil and 
rainfall. Charles l. tood. 
Otsego Co., N. N. 
Judge: “What is your age, madam?” 
Witness: “Twenty-seven and some 
months.” Judge: “I want your exact 
age. please. How many months?” Wit¬ 
ness : “One hundred and twenty.”—Bos¬ 
ton transcript. 
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Quantity and Quality Characterize Crops Raised With 
E. FRANK COE FERTILIZERS 
18571 THE BUSINESS FARMERS’ STANDARD FOR OVER FIFTY-FIVE YEARS 11914 
Mr. L. S. Bean, of Aroostook County, Maine, specializes in Potatoes of Quality. 
His entire crop is purchased for seed purposes by Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co., of New York, whose 
standard for seed potatoes is the highest. 
The photograph shows Mr. Bean s men digging a field of Irish Cobblers that yielded 418 bushels per acre. 
On another field Mr. Bean’s yield was 5661/fe bushels per acre, all raised with E. Frank Coe Fertilizers. 
Mr. Bean’s record with E. Frank Coe Fertilizers is as follows: In 1911, 10 tons; in 1912, 90 tons; in 1913, 
150 tons. He expects to use more in 1914. Is there a thought here for you? If so, write us. 
THE COE-MORTIMER COMPANY, 51 Chambers St., NEW YORK CITY 
