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GROWING PEACHES ON SHARES. 
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borhood in the Spring of 1914. Seven 
years’ experience in peach growing has 
given me a wide and valuable experience. 
Having planted our entire five acres to 
fruit, aud successfully marketing two 
good peach crops, gave us a desire to 
spread out. I was equipped with a good 
team, a power sprayer, and had the repu¬ 
tation of producing fancy fruit. Al¬ 
though uot able to purchase more high- 
priced land in our neighborhood, yet there 
was plenty of it lying idle that ought to 
be growing some crop. Why not lease 
some of this land and plant it to peaches? 
Inter-cropping while the trees were com¬ 
ing into bearing would bring in some re¬ 
turns, and I could see no reason why 
such a proposition could not be made 
financially interesting for both sides. 
We accordingly approached the owner 
of an 80-acre piece of laud adjoining our 
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killed by frost. However, the fact that 
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iments here have shown this peach to be 
an early stock, and highly resistant to 
drought in Texas and Southern Cali¬ 
fornia. 
Cabbage Maggot. 
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second or third crop. H. w. ii. 
Akron, O. 
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CHINESE PEACH GROWING AT AMES, IOWA. Fro. 28 . 
farm, with a proposition to lease 20 acres nate in stable manures, and are moved to 
of this land for a period of 15 years for 
the purpose of planting a peach orchard 
thereon. The terms of the lease are as 
follows: 
Party leasing the land agrees to fit it 
ready for planting, to furnish all trees 
necessary for planting; to furnish all re¬ 
plants, to furnish all seed or plants for 
inter-cropping; to furnish sprayer and 
all spray material; to furnish one-half 
of all labor and teams required in prun¬ 
ing, spraying, cultivating orchard and 
the inter-crops. Party leasing the land 
also agrees to assume management of 
same; look after harvesting, marketing, 
and disposal of all crops grown on land. 
Party of the first part also agrees to fur¬ 
nish one-half of all expense in marketing 
any crops that may be grown, such as 
cost, of picking, hauling, fruit packages, 
telegrams, etc. 
Party of the second part, owner of the 
land, agrees to furnish the land and keep 
the taxes paid thereon; to keep up all 
fences; to furnish one-half of all labor 
and teams in harvesting and marketing 
any crops that may be grown, and one- 
half of all expense attached thereto. Each 
party interested shall share an equal one- 
lmlf in all profits arising from this agree¬ 
ment. 
This proposition can he so modified 
that the lessee could assume all labor 
and expense and return to the owner of 
the land a smaller per cent, of the net 
earnings than that shown above. The 
man doing all the work, furnishing the 
muscle and brains, and also puttng some 
of his hard-earned cash into the proposi¬ 
tion, should have from two-thirds to 
three-fourths of all net revenue. 
Indiana. s. n. burton. 
the field with the manure, where they re¬ 
main until the crops of cabbage and its 
related species are well under way, when 
they deposit their eggs on the plant near 
the surface of the ground. The eggs 
hatch in a few days, and the insects find 
their way under the surface, when they 
immediately begin eating their way into 
the stem of the plant. In most cases 
when the plant shows signs of sickness, 
it is already beyond remedy. This in¬ 
sect rarely is numerous enough to cause 
much damage in soils that have not boon 
manured with stable manure in the Spring 
or not at all. If stable manure is ap¬ 
plied to the soil, it should be done in 
the Fall, and either plowed or spaded un¬ 
der. When this is done there is seldom 
much trouble from attacks of the maggot. 
The planting of turnips, radishes, etc., 
on the same ground year after year will 
almost invariably breed disease, and per¬ 
petuate injurious insects in the soil that 
will surely do more or less damage to 
every like crop planted on it. Rotations 
of crops are advisable and should be 
practiced as much as possible. A heavy 
coat of lime, about at the rate of one 
ton to the acre, will bo very beneficial to 
your garden, and also act to a greater or 
lesser extent as a deterrent to the root 
maggot, also to club-root, etc., in cabbage 
aud its related crops. K. 
Torpedo Guards. 
AN a bar of steel be placed across the 
bottom of the bow of a steamer as 
long as the width of said steamer, 
and far enough in front to strike torpe¬ 
does and explode them before the steam¬ 
er is near enough to receive damage by 
the explosion? It may be necessary to 
put two bars, one above the other, or in 
lieu of two, one with pins so bar will 
appear like an inverted rake. This bar 
may he detachable or hinged so as To lie 
drawn up out of the water, as it will not 
be needed in mid-ocean or American 
waters. s. L. s. 
Cuba. 
Warships and torpedoes are very much 
out of our lino, and we do not know any¬ 
thing about proper means of protection. 
We feel sure that the engineers and naval 
officers have tried every practical plan 
yet suggested for keeping off torpedoes. 
Value of Hen Manure. 
W OULD you give me a price on chick¬ 
en manure? 1 have purchased a 
quantity from a neighboring farmer 
but we do not seem to find any authority 
for a reasonable price by weight. 
Newfoundland, N. .7. g. a. n. 
In our country at auction dry chicken 
manure of fair quality brings from 40 to 
50 cents a barrel. The quality depends 
on the proportion of feathers, litter nr 
sand mixed with it. Usually it is worth 
about four times as much as common 
barnyard manure. 
Anti-freezing Mixture for Gas Engines 
T HE University of Wisconsin says 
that a mixture of one-half wood al¬ 
cohol, one-fourth glycerine and one 
fourth water, will not freeze at a temper¬ 
ature of 10 degrees below zero, hut fre¬ 
quently when the engine is allowed to 
remain outside all night between jobs of 
wood cutting, in many sections a temper¬ 
ature of much below this is not uncom 
mon. The wood alcohol evaporates more 
rapidly than the other ingredients, con¬ 
sequently it will be necessary to re¬ 
plenish this more often. Another mix¬ 
ture sometimes used consists of two 
pounds of calcium chloride to a gallon 
of water. The removal of drain cocks 
is advised in order to make sure that no 
water remains around the cylinder or 
the cooling system. If the engine is al¬ 
lowed to stand any length of time, run 
some thick lubricating oil in the cylin¬ 
der. and on all wearing parts to prevent 
rust w. j. 
Nurse Your Gas Engine. —Does your 
gasoline engine give trouble this eold 
weather when starting? Just take out a 
teakettle of hot water, pour gradually in 
the hopper and this will warm the cylin¬ 
der through. If you have only cold wa¬ 
ter at hand, start the engine before plac¬ 
ing any water in t ho hopper, allow it to 
run until it feels a little warm to the 
hand, and then pour in the supply. The 
efficiency of this latter suggestion may 
be questioned, hut it permits t he 
engine to warm up more rapidly, 
ami there is less danger of the en¬ 
gine stopping when thoroughly warm. In 
tinkering with the engine, give it the ben¬ 
efit of the doubt, treat it as though the 
trouble is with.the owner rather than 
the engine and give it a little coaxing. I 
came home to find the engine had given 
trouble daily for two or three weeks. The 
case was easily diagnosed and an ap¬ 
parently mysterious pass of the hand put 
it in shape. If you have batteries, see 
that they are sparking well, and if not he 
sure to replace them. Cells only cost 20 
or 25 cents each. The old batteries may 
apparently spark well, and may start the 
engine, and then it will die before thor¬ 
oughly warmed up. This is due to bat¬ 
teries apparently storing up vitality when 
at rest, and then they become exhausted 
quickly. Don’t tear the engine down; 
coax it. w. J. 
Making Syrup. —In answer to ques¬ 
tion from John II. Lewis, Brunswick Co., 
Va., page 1395, will say that I have had 
30 years’ experience in growing sorghum 
for syrup and 10 years’ experience in 
syrup making. I am using a small horse¬ 
power mill No. 2 and a No. 4 cook-pan; 
can make fifty gallons per day. I use a 
galvanized cook-pan. I h. ve always con- 
sdered the copper pan the best, can make 
a much better grade of syrup, and copper 
will last much longer than iron. The 
sandy upland or red clay upland should 
both make a good grade of syrup. Bot¬ 
tom land here makes dark, strong, syrup. 
Land that will grow 50 bushels of corn 
per aero should make 100 gallons, hut 
the yield will vary from 50 to 15(1 gal¬ 
lons, according to the season, stand, cul¬ 
tivation, fertilizer, etc. I made this sea¬ 
son on sandy upland 50 gallons per acre 
with from one-third to one-half stand 
with 200 pounds of high grade acid phos¬ 
phate in drill. M. a. carman. 
Tennessee. 
Want to Know. 
IAN any one tell me where I can sill 
/ hog or lamb skins in small quanti¬ 
ties? a. c. 
Massachusetts. 
Preserving Poplar Posts. —Have any 
of readers of The It. N.-Y. had any ex¬ 
perience treating poplar fence posts with 
a solution of sulphate of copper, or any 
other preparation? If so will be glad to 
hear from them. The posts will, of 
course last longer in this climate than 
farther south, and I have been told the 
sulphate of copper treatment does very 
well. I would like to know the strength 
of the solution, length of the treatment, 
etc. j. f. 
Whitewater, Manitoba. 
