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THE RURA.I> NBW»YORKER 
January 9, 
Hog Manure for Tomatoes. 
AT can you tell me about using hog 
manure in cold frames for growing 
tomato plants? Would it make 
them grow too rank? I have been told 
that it is one of the best manures to 
use for plants. About how much would 
you think necessary for 50 sashes, ordin¬ 
ary length and width? Would it be best 
to apply it now or just before spading 
up the frames? 2. I can buy ma¬ 
nure from two elephants that are being 
wintered in town here for $1 per load, 
between a ton and a ton and a half to 
a load. They are being fed Timothy hay 
and a little corn. Do you know what 
elephant manure would analyze? 
Hunterdon Co., N. J. T. B. H. 
1. We use hog manure every year for 
our early tomatoes with a decided benefit, 
and I feel sure it would be of value to 
you in growing plants for your canning 
crop. Hog manure alone would force 
a too rapid growth. To avoid this w r e 
use two parts of old well-rotted horse 
manure and one part of old well-rotted 
hog manure. In making our cold frame 
beds we put in two inches of horse ma¬ 
nure, then one inch of hog manure on 
top. Soil is then added to a depth of 
two inches and the young plants set in 
this. For second early tomatoes we sow 
seed in early April in beds made in the 
same manner. The hog manure being 
right below the top soil gives the plants 
a quick start; the stable manure furn¬ 
ishes support later. We usually compost 
our hog manure in the Fall and turn it 
a couple of times before putting it in 
the cold frames. It is not put in the 
frames until just a few days before plants 
are to be set out or seed to be sown. If 
I were to spade it in I would put on a 
coat about one inch deep over the en¬ 
tire bed, then work it in. When thus 
mixed with the soil I do not believe any 
harm -would x’esult if it were used heav¬ 
ier and without any other manure. 
2. I do not know the analysis of ele¬ 
phant manure, but down here we would 
buy almost any kind of manure and jump 
at the chance if we could get it for $1 a 
load. I have been hauling manure all 
day that costs us $2.50 a ton cash de¬ 
livered at our railroad station. We have 
hauled altogether this Fall 350 tons, and 
the lowest price paid was $1.85 a ton. 
TRUCKER JR. 
er conditions. Lima beans during the 
season which is passed ranged in price 
from 75 cents to $1.25 per bushel for the 
largest part of the crop, a few selling 
lower and a few higher. Cucumbers for 
pickles were contracted for by a local fac¬ 
tory at $2.25 per thousand. Very little 
fruit or dairy products raised here. 
Long Island. it. r. talmage. 
Dec. 26. The month thus far has 
proved an old-fashioned Winter. It be¬ 
gan with a heavy fall of snow and biting 
cold weather; the mercury has been be¬ 
low the zero mark several times. Roads 
have been blocked with snow and travel¬ 
ing made hard. Ice is being cut on a 
small scale, something that is seldom 
done before Christmas; splendid time to 
get rid of fuel and fodder. Stock have 
an extra good appetite, and are doing 
well; scarcity of water for stock. No 
stock of any amount being fattened, ex¬ 
cept pork. The County Fruit Growers’ 
meeting at Canandaigua was interesting 
and well attended. The County Pomona 
Grange was largely attended and 10 dele¬ 
gates elected to attend the State Grange 
at Oswego in February. Wheat, $1.10; 
oats, 40; barley, 65; corn, 70; pota¬ 
toes, 35 ; hay, $13 ; Alfalfa, $15 ; pork, 
dressed, 8; veal. 10; lambs, 18; beans, 
red, dull, at $2.75; poultry low until 
after holidays. • e. t b. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Dec. 26. Dairy cows (mostly grade 
Guernseys, In this section) sell for $75 
to $100. Yearling heifers bring $25 to 
$30; veal calves. 10c. per pound; live 
weight; pork, 11 cents dressed. Milk 
sells_ at the Whiting Co.’s station for 
$1.85 per cwt. for the month of Decem¬ 
ber. Butter (at present), 38 at local 
stores, 40 at private sale. Potatoes 
(present price), $1 per 180 pounds; ap¬ 
ples brought 40 to 75 cents per barrel in 
October; hay, $20 per ton, pressed; rye, 
$1; oats, 60; corn, 90: no wheat market 
here. p. c. b. 
Dec. 28. We are at present experienc¬ 
ing a very cold spell, 28 degrees below. 
Farmers are having a serious time, it 
being so dry. Many have to draw water 
from the rivers. Springs have been dry 
since August. Stock went into the Win¬ 
ter in good condition and is doing well. 
Owing to the shortage of the hay crop 
a great many farmers hayed their oats, 
which makes excellent feed for Winter 
dairying. Borden’s flat price for milk 
this month is $1.80 with premium of 10 
cents extra on 3.8 butter fat or over and 
10 cents on sufficient barn score which 
makes $2 a hundred. Hay, $20 to $22; 
potatoes, 50; apples, $1.50 to $2 barrel; 
eggs. 38; butter, 40; new milch cows, 
$00 to $75; veal, 9; oats, 60; wood, $5 
a cord. W. W. F. 
Granville, N. Y. 
Bee Poison. 
I N the December number of “Country 
Life in America,” in an article de¬ 
scribing the success of Chas. H. Gree¬ 
ley of Maine in keeping bees, occurs 
the following: “In reply to a question 
as to why more people do not keep bees, 
he said ‘Why, they can’t stand the poison. 
A man working around bees gets stung 
right along, and it’s only now and then 
that one can stand it.’ Thus it is that 
by reason of some subtle physical pecu¬ 
liarity, Mr. Greeley has what is a nat¬ 
ural monopoly in one of the best-paying 
branches of agriculture.” What do some 
of your bee-keeping readers say to that? 
I have never kept bees, but have read 
much about them, and this is a new point 
to me. w. A. R. 
Maine. 
No one enjoys a monopoly of bee keep¬ 
ing hereabouts because of his immunity 
to the disagreeable effects of bee stings. 
The writer has kept a “family beehive” 
for some years and has been frequently 
stung—by the bees. So far from becom¬ 
ing immune to the disagreeable effects of 
bee venom, these effects are, if anything, 
more severe than formerly. A single 
sting on the hand will nearly put that 
member out of commission for a day or 
two while several stings on the back of 
the neck have sent him to bed. With 
reasonable care, however, a bee-keeper 
need not be frequently stung and there 
are probably not many who wish to keep 
bees who need to be deterred on this 
account. It is, of course, practically im¬ 
possible to avoid an occasional sting and 
it should be accepted as one of the per¬ 
quisites of the business. So far as the 
profit mentioned by the writer quoted is 
concerned, there are few, if any, branches 
of agriculture which are capable of re¬ 
turning as large a percentage upon the 
investment as bee-keeping. The law of 
diminishing returns as the apiary in¬ 
creases begins to apply very early, how¬ 
ever, and the industry is far better 
adapted to those who wish a profitable 
“side-line” or an avocation than to those 
who must make one line of work their 
sole means o f livelihood. M. b. d. 
Dec. 24. Potatoes are the most impor¬ 
tant crop raised in Suffolk County; dur¬ 
ing the present season the price has 
ranged from 55 to 65 cents per bushel of 
60 pounds. At the present time they are 
worth 60 cents, and the larger part of the 
crop has been sold at that price this sea¬ 
son. Cauliflower, next in importance to 
potatoes, fluctuates very widely; during 
the season which is now passed, the range 
being from 70 cents to $2.25 per barrel, 
depending very largely upon weather and 
supply; Brussels sprouts have sold all 
the way from five to nine cents per 
quart, and as they are perishable, depend¬ 
ing very largely upon supply and weath- 
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LARGE MED. SMALL 
BLACK 
(No. 1) 
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$2.00 $1.50 
SHORT 
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.90 
NARROW (No. 3) 
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BROAD 
(No. 4) 
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In getting an outfit you must have a machine that is both a crusher and a pul¬ 
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^.toredisj^p,, 
1915 ? 
What does it mean to YOU ? 
^ERTIDoes it merely mark another 
period of plodding along in the same old rut, or will 
it be a year of Progress, of Bigger Crops, of Better 
Products ? 
Don’t Starve Your Fields 
Nature will do her part, but don’t expect Nature to do it all. 
Hubbard’s 
ON 
Fertilizers 
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Send or write today for Hubbard’s “Bone Base” Almanac for 1915, which 
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Office and Works, Portland, Conn. 
