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XVI hC K IJK A L NEW-YORKER 
May 0, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Sowing Crimson Clover in Spring. 
Would you advise us to seed land in 
early Spring with Crimson clover? We 
know all about its dying out in the 
Winter. Would you think lted-top and 
Timothy, or only Timothy would be the 
best for profit in seeding down? b. b. 
l’utnam, Conn. 
No. Not by any means. Crimson clo¬ 
ver is the last thing we would seed in 
the Spring. It is by nature a cold 
weather plant and cannot endure the hot 
Summer sun. It is a plant for Fall seed¬ 
ing—to go through Fall and Winter. 
Alsike clover will be better for your pur¬ 
pose. Timothy needs an alkaline soil, 
which means lime. Red-top will do well 
on an acid soil. It is a slender grass, 
which grows well with the Timothy— 
therefore we seed them together. 
The Hudson Apple. 
On page 265 Mr. Win. II. Hart of 
Dutchess Co., New York, tells us about 
the Hudson apple, which he thinks will be¬ 
come an excellent variety for New York 
growers. There have been many letters 
of, in the . whoicsomeness of dark and 
light honeychoice between them is 
wholly a matter of taste. Clover, bass¬ 
wood, and other light-colored honeys are 
of more delicate flavor than that made 
from buckwheat and are preferred by 
most people; some, however, like the 
stronger flavor of buckwheat best and 
it has the advantage of being consider¬ 
ably cheaper in most markets, m. b. d. 
Planting Vegetables. 
Will you give me some information, as 
to growing vegetables as follows? Brus¬ 
sels sprouts, cauliflower, cow beets, busk 
beans, kale, muskmelou, watermelon. 
Huntington, I,. I. o. n. 
In your latitude the proper time of 
sowing seeds of tin* varieties mentioned 
would be about as follows; Brussels 
sprouts should be sown in hot-bed about 
April 11, and treated in all respects the 
same as cabbage, or the sowing of seed 
may be deferred until May 1 to 10, and 
sown in the seed bed in the open ground, 
and transplanted to the garden soon as 
large enough. The first sowing of cauli¬ 
flower seed should be made in the hot¬ 
bed March 1, for later use. sowings 
should be made in the seed bed in open 
ground about April 25 and May 20. trans¬ 
planted to garden soon as possible. In 
raising plants of this vegetable cure must 
be taken to keep them in a thrifty con¬ 
ance, Thomas Gtopii field of Oakdale, had | 
a good crop of strawberries. He and 
his hired man on Saturday afternoon, 
when they found it was going to be as 
cold as or colder than the previous night, 
scraped up every bit of mulching material 
that could be found on the place, putting 
it on the strawberry bed. He had enough 
for all except one little corner. The 
corner which was not mulched had no 
fruit last Summer, but over the remain- j 
der of the strawberry bed there was a 
very fair crop. The way he put it to me 
was: “I never made so much money in 
so short a time. I made three hundred 
dollars (for that was the price of his 
crop) by that one afternoon’s work.” 
P. T. B. 
Sowing Oats and Peas. 
I have a sandy loam soil, somewhat 
run down, on which I wish to sow Can¬ 
ada field peas and oats. There is no 
manure available, but I want to spread 
at least 1.000 pounds of ground lime¬ 
stone per acre. The lime, however, cannot 
be delivered now. I understand the peas 
must be planted early and covered deep, 
and therefore, to gain time, would it be 
a good plan to sow the peas on top of 
ground and plow under at once, then wait 
till I can get the lime, possibly two weeks, 
work it in with the disk harrow before 
sowing oats which I would cover with 
the spike-tooth harrow? The field had 
corn on it last year, and is free from 
weeds. What is the quantity each of 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-V. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Wood’s Seeds 
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Farmer* everywhere are enthusiastic 
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and fat-producing qualities than any 
other forage crop; at the same, are one 
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Wood’s 1914 Descriptive Catalog 
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about all the best varieties of 
Soja Beans, Cow Peas, 
Velvet Beans, Sorghums, 
Ensilage Corn, Millets, 
and all other Seasonable Seeds. 
Write for Wood's Descriptive 
Catalog and prices of any seeds in 
which you are interested. 
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Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 
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COW PEAS 
E 
—None equ 
GREY CROWDER 
The greatest Hay 
roducer and soil onriclier—To introduce, $2.50 hu. 
Jags free The WILSON SOY BEANS $2.60 bu. CRIMSON 
or SCARLET CLOVER. $3.75 bn. Money Order. Certified 
chocks to, LAYTON 8 LAYTON. Inc., GEO RGETOWN. DEL. 
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and circular how to 
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Sure success, Eariy Wisconsin grown seed corn. 
Silver King (White), Golden Glow, Number 12 
Inoculating Alfalfa Soil. VAN LOON, La Crosse, Wis. 
P* Early Ernnilng, Itcld'n Yellow p,*nt and 
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from growers regarding the Hudson, and 
so we print at Fig. 280 pictures of fair 
specimens of the apple, showing the ex¬ 
terior and also the core. The apple 
reached us out of storage in excellent 
condition. It is of the size shown iu 
the picture, with firm flesh and an agree¬ 
able flavor, rather mild, and not as tart 
or acid as Baldwin. We judge that this 
will be an acquisition both from its 
quality and appearance, and also its 
ability to keep well in storage. Regard¬ 
ing the parentage of the Hudson, Mr. 
Hart now sends us the following addi¬ 
tional note: 
‘‘Regarding the parentage of the Hud¬ 
son apple, to my surprise I received a 
letter to-day from S. W. Underhill, the 
originator, who says that he grew this 
apple from the seed of a remarkable 
specimen of Newtown Pippin, which was 
so affected by the Spy pollen as to be 
plainly striped or marked with red. I 
had understood from Mr. Underhill years 
ago that he grew the Hudson from a 
Spy seed. I am greatly pleased to learn 
the true parentage, which explains much 
in the variety.” w. n. tiart. 
Honey Questions. 
Is there such a thing as crystallized 
honey, and if so, how is it done? Which 
is the better honey, buckwheat or clover, 
or in other words, the dark or the light 
honey? e. .j. a. 
West Philadelphia, Pa. 
Honey crystallizes naturally upon pro¬ 
longed exposure to low temperatures, 
though the nectar from different plants 
seems to vary as to the length of time 
and degree of cold required to produce 
this transformation. Extracted honey 
crystallizes more readily also than that 
in the comb. If you wish to crystallize 
extracted honey, stir some that lias al¬ 
ready crystallized into the fluid honey 
and keep it in a cold place; on the other 
hand, if you wish to keep honey from 
solidifying, store it in a warm dry place. 
There is no difference, that I am aware 
dition at all times; if allowed to suf¬ 
fer for water or food until the stems be¬ 
come hard and woody they will be worth¬ 
less. 
Mangels, (cow beets) are sown as 
ground is in good workable condition. 
Beans (bush), for a continuous supply 
throughout the season, should be sown 
first May 15, and every 15 days there¬ 
after up to July 31. 
Kale is sown in the seedbed in open 
ground about May 10. and transplanted 
to garden as soon as plants are large 
enough; the distance apart will depend on 
the variety; the dwarf sorts, two feet 
apart each way, the larger sorts, six 
inches farther apart each way. The most 
popular market variety is the Dwarf 
Furled or Dwarf German Green. This 
variety resembles somewhat the foliage 
of the rutabaga, a turnip, the leaves be¬ 
ing a bluish green. It is grown in very 
large quantities South, for the markets 
of the North. The Dwarf Green 
Curled Scotch, is also largely cultivated 
for Winter use, and is well adapted for 
the gardens of our northern sections. It 
is very hardy and will remain over Win¬ 
ter in almost any place where the temper¬ 
ature does not go much below zero. 
For muskmelons, make first planting 
in open ground May 15-20. A second 
planting may be made June 10. Riant 
watermelon May 20-29, or when the 
temperature at night does not go below 
GO degrees. K. 
The Mulch as Frost Protection. 
I was interested in reading on page 
5G3 Mi 1 . Stout’s experience in trying to 
protect his strawberries by smudging. If 
he had mulched he could have done it in 
daylight and slept peacefully at night. 
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, 
May 9. 10. 11 of last year, we had very 
severe frosts in western Pennsylvania; 
Saturday and Sunday nights there being 
from 10 to 12 degrees of frost. It killed 
the strawberries and the new growths on 
the grapes. But oue man of my acquaiut- 
oats and peas usually sown per acre, to 
be cut for hay? T. J. 
Southington, Conn. 
We should not use the lime iu this way 
after waiting two weeks. Witli reason¬ 
able weather these peas will have sprout¬ 
ed and many of the sprouts will be near 
the surface, and a disk harrow will chop 
too many of them off. and there would be 
trouble after this was done. Rains may 
set in and delay this disking, and then 
you will find it difficult to seed the oats. 
We should go ahead and put in the oats 
and peas together, and not use the lime 
unless it could be worked in when the 
ground is seeded. Anyway 1.000 pounds 
of ground limestone is too small an ap¬ 
plication to be of any particular benefit 
to this crop. There should be at least 
two tons of ground limestone, if this land 
is as sour as we suspect it is. Our 
plan would be to put in the oats ud peas 
without the lime. We should use some 
fertilizer with this crop and use the lime 
in larger quantity when the ground is 
plowed after cutting tin* oats and peas. 
The usual quantity per acre is five pecks 
of peas and three bushels of oats. 
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We are trying with all our might to 
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with all blasted and immature grains 
removed. All other field seeds. Soy 
Beans, Vetch, Sweet Clover, etc. Write 
for samples and booklet telling “How to 
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Plants MUST 
Have Nitrogen l 
It In the necessary food for Clover, Alfalfa, Pea®. Beans—any legume. Where 
can they gat il if previous crops have exhausted the supply In the anil or If the 
soil in naturally poor? you must STOCK YOUK SOIL WITH NITKOOKN_not 
by costly commercial fertilizer* but by mean* u( 
Ferguson’s 
NITROGEN BACTERIA 
With $2. worth you can do the work of $10. worth of commercial fertilizer. 
The Bacteria, gathering tin* Nitrogen from the air Itself, store up mi the roots 
of your crops more than they can use. producing bigger, better crops and 
leaving the surplus to enrich the soli for feature seasons'. 
Let us tell you how Ferguson's Bacteria will pay you. A postal card will 
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V 
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with Ferguson's Bacteria; on the 
right. not inoculated. Prom Gov. 
Bulletin No. 159 
