3 TO 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKEB 
Marib V, 
BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS. 
Part III. 
The cut shows a small suburban home, 
the grounds of which were improved at 
the time the buildings were put up. The 
lot is 50 by 200 feet, and is enclosed in 
front and both sides by a privet hedge, 
and by a neat wire fence with gates in 
the rear. The drive-way is nine feet 
wide and extends the full length of the 
lot. The house stands 25 feet back from 
the front hedge, the front yard is about 
25x40 feet in size. In each corner next 
to the front hedge is a small triangular 
shaped bed, in each of which is planted 
seven dwarf-growing evergreens. In a 
narrow bed on each side of the stoop, 
next to the piazza are 12 hybrid Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, interspersed with Liliurn rub- 
rum. 
In the center of the yard is a keystone¬ 
shaped flower bed, to be used for either 
geraniums or Begonia Vernon. The gar¬ 
age is situated about 36 feet away from 
the house; on the north side of the gar¬ 
age are planted six tall-growing shrubs 
partially to screen it from view. Be¬ 
tween the garage and the house is an 
open court, with lawn, which is used for 
a elothes-drying yard. Along the drive¬ 
way are three ball privets about three 
feet high. Along the west hedge, start¬ 
ing near the southwest corner of the 
house and extending to the flower garden, 
is a hardy flowering shrub border con- 
Walnuts from Iowa. 
I am sending a box containing a couple 
of walnuts. I think they are Japanese 
walnuts, but am not sure. They were 
raised near here and procured from the 
nursery as English walnuts. I would 
like to know what they are, and if they 
would be profitable grown commercially. 
They killed back, I am informed, the 
first, two Winters; since they have been 
perfectly hardy. I know of Cordiformis 
walnuts growing further north than this. 
Danville, Iowa. w. r. w. 
The nuts are Juglans Sieboldiana, one 
of the Japanese walnuts. Other in¬ 
stances have been reported where 
nurserymen have sold this nut for the 
“English” walnut. There is no excuse 
for this, as the trees are as different as 
apple and pears. It grows very rapidly 
and makes a beautiful tree, but unfortun¬ 
ately the nut is almost worthless on ac¬ 
count of the difficulty of getting the meat 
out of the shell. The other Japanese wal¬ 
nut, Juglans cordiformis, so called be¬ 
cause of its heart shape, cannot be told 
in the nursery from Sieboldiana, and 
makes an equally beautiful tree, but the 
nut is very superior. It comes easily 
from the shell £.nd has a good flavor, 
somewhat I ke the butternut. It is said 
that if it is boiled for five minutes and 
then cracked while hot the meat will 
come out whole. Good authorities con¬ 
sider it a valuable nut for planting. It 
is a very hardy tree and is said to grow 
in the mountains of Japan, where snow 
falls every month in the year. It is 
The Forkner Light Draft Harrow 
broad U P *° the trees. Detachable end extensions 
... . ® , reach far out from horses’ path. Gets in under the lowest 
® oU evenly and thoroughly without breaking boughs or 
knocking off fruit. Neither team nor driver has to dodge the bought. 
Light Running - T' 1 ?? h °* sea 'yill cover the ground quicker, easier and 
° o better than with any other. 
Wheels Carry Weight — not your horses’ necks. Whether you ride or 
J ® walk, machine has perfect balance. Broad 
rimmed wheels run on greased axles, carrying weight of machine and driver. 
Will Not Clog or Oratr Dirt _Frame is well up aboveground. Teeth 
° lift soil and turn it way over. 
Each Section Hinged In Front With Adjustable 
Couplings-Lever regulation in convenient reach affords easy control. 
Built For Long. Hard Service— Fram ® stron e, angle steel—teeth 
_ _ best oil-tempered spring steel. 
Nofanlv*ffmi- , h, l r ,7/ Tel . 1 . You if you are at all experienced with other lines- 
ment of teeth JL£i aCh,ne W,th he ‘* ht ° f wheel, breadth of sweep and arrange¬ 
ment of teeth that means covering a lot of ground in a day and doing it thoroughly 
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' Graveled Driveway $ feet wide ' : 
200 feet Privet fted&e 
LAYING OUT SUBURBAN GROUNDS. 
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Tillage” and catalogue of these labor saving implements. 
LIGIIT draft harrow 
612 E, Nevada Street, Marshalltown, Iowa 
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taining 50 small shrubs. In this court 
are planted the only large trees on the 
lot, one English elm, one oriental plane, 
and one Norway maple. The kitchen 
piazza is planted on two sides with 
honeysuckle trained up to the cornice on 
poultry wire. Three climbing roses are 
trained up to the south end of the bouse, 
and six to the garage. 
The flower garden lies between the 
garage and alley, and is planted with 
hardy roses and hardy herbaceous plants, 
the whole forming a neat and exceeding¬ 
ly pleasing arrangement. The approxi¬ 
mate cost of plants and shrubs was about 
$120 at the nursery. 
It will be seen by the plans given, the 
possibilities that can be achieved in the 
way of beautifying small home grounds 
at a very small outlay of money for trees, 
shrubs, plants, etc. Plans for such im¬ 
provements may be made at trifling cost. 
K. 
very variable in form and size, showing 
many apparently transition forms be¬ 
tween it and Sieboldiana. Selected types 
will undoubtedly be grown in the future. 
Both these trees are said to make good 
stocks on which to grow the Persian (or 
“English”) walnut on account of their 
rapid growth, but there has not been 
time yet to demonstrate this. w. C. D. 
Wilkins was near the exploding point 
when his neighbor met him in the street. 
“That man Tompkins,” he burst out, 
“has more cheek than anyone I ever 
met!” “Why?” asked his neighbor 
curiously. “He came over to my house 
last evening and borrowed my gun to 
kill a dog that kept him awake at night.” 
“Well, what of that?” “Why,” shouted 
Wilkins, “it was my dog he killed!”— 
Horses, Mules & Cows 
Should be CLIPPED 
They are healthier and give better service. When the heavy 
coat that holds the wet sweat and dirt is removed, they are 
more easily kept clean, look better, get more good 
from their feed and are better in every way. Horses 
and mules take on new life and energy when clipped 
and naturally work better. Clipping the flanks and 
udders of cows prevents the dropping of filth into 
the milk. The beet and most generally used clipper 
i the Stewart Ball-Bearing Clipping Machine, 
the only machine that can bo used on horses, 
mules and cows without change. It turns 
easier, clips faster and closer and stays sharp 
longer than any other. Gears are all file 
ard and cut from solid steel bar. They 
are enclosed, protected and run in oil; 
ttle friction, little wear. Has six feet 
°f new style easy running flexible 
shaft and the celebrated Stewart 
single tension clipping head, high¬ 
est grade. 
Price $7.50 tSSU"? 
dealer or send us $2.00 and 
e will ship C. O. D. for 
balance. Your money and 
transportation charges 
returned if you are 
not satisfied. 
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More 
Money 
for your 
wool. You 
not only scar 
and disfigure 
your sheep hut 
lose a dolls 
far on 
every six you 
shear the old way. 
Figure how much 
more money you ’ 11 get 
if you use a Stewart 
Shearing Machine. It’s 
the most perfect hand op¬ 
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ever devised. Has ball bear¬ 
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ball bearing shearing head 
of latest improved Stewart 
pattern. Price complete, 
including 4 combs and 4 * 
cutters of the celebrated 
Stewart quality is $ | l 50 
Get one from your I I 
dealer, or send $2.00 and we 
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To Prevent Souring from Green Crops. 
I wish to plant a field to Cuthbert 
raspberries one year from this next 
Spring. I expect to give the field a good 
stuffing with humus next year. I had 
planned to use field peas, buckwheat and 
rye. What are the usual precautions to 
be taken to prevent these crops from 
souring? Ought this field to be limed? 
Would subsoiling be advisable? h. t. 
Michigan. 
Several plans are followed to prevent 
excessive souring of the ground when 
cover crops are plowed under. In some 
cases the crop is cut with a mower be¬ 
fore plowing. After cutting, the crop 
lies on the ground for a few days until 
it is thoroughly wilted, and is then 
plowed under, taking pains to rake or 
work ahead of the plow so as to get the 
crop into the furrow. This does not 
usually pay, as it takes too much time 
to turn the stuff under properly. The 
plan which we follow on our own farm 
is to plow under the cover crop when it 
has made full growth, and immediately 
follow with an application of 600 pounds 
or more per acre of slaked lime, well har¬ 
rowed in. Then we follow with a roller, 
or heavy drag, and pack the soil firmly. 
The object of this is to crush down the 
green vines underground into a compact 
mass, so that the air will not work in 
too freely and cause a rapid fermenta¬ 
tion. As a rule, raspberries do not re¬ 
spond freely to the use of lime, and we 
should not use lime for such a crop, 
except as above stated to prevent souring 
* Nothing takes the place of accuracy 
JOHN DEERE 
Selection 
The “Natural” drop 
M AKE your corn ground pay you with the largest pos¬ 
sible yield, by making sure that the required number 
of kernels is in each hill. 
The seed must be there. Every “miss” means just that 
much thinner stand. No amount of cultivation can make 
up for inaccurate planting. The loss of one ear from every 
hundred hills costs you the price of one bushel per acre. 
For years the John Deere Company has concentrated on 
accuracy in planting devices. The “Oblique Selection” 
solves the problem. 
The results of its use are so profitable that many corn 
growers have discarded the best of previous machines. It is 
as far ahead of the old Edge Drop as it was ahead of the 
round hole plate. 
This machine maintains 
high accuracy even with 
ordinary seed. With well 
selected seed its dropping 
accuracy is practically 
perfect. 
< Make your spring planting the start of your 
biggest corn crop by accurate dropping. The 
John _ Deere “Oblique Selection” will do it. The 
machine is a splendid investment. 
Free Book Gives 
Valuable Corn Facts 
Write us today for free booklet “More and Better Corn”. 
It tells you why the average yield for the United States is 
only 25 bushels an acre, whereas better methods have pro¬ 
duced 125, 175 and even 255 bushels per acre in places. It 
also describes and illustrates the John Deere “Oblique Selec¬ 
tion” Corn Planter. The book to ask for is No. D 33 
John Deere, Moline, Illinois 
