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Vetch and Buckwheat. 
( t . M. G., page 171. asks for oxper- 
j ience with vetch in buckwheat. I 
have been sowing rye and vetch for 
several years, usually in corn. I found 
that while on good ground I could get 
vetch sown late in August, earlier sow¬ 
ings were better and on poor land ne¬ 
cessary. This led me to try it last Sum¬ 
mer in an acre of buckwheat on a dry 
thin gravelly knoll. I sowed about July 
10 and a few good showers brought it 
up well. It was very dry later and much 
of the rye burned out but the vetch 
lived and the plants were many of them a 
foot across when they froze up. I have 
seen rye alone sown in buckwheat that 
gave a good crop the next year. If C. 
M. G. sows buckwheat on sod ground he 
should plow it early. PAUL .T. daily. 
Bradford Co., I’a. 
The Squash Borer. 
Humus for Starved Meadow. 
I HAVE a field of six acres which has 
not been plow'ed or manured for seven 
or eight years. It is a gravel soil over 
a clay. Each year a small crop of lean 
Timothy has been gathered from it. I 
want to bring this field back in as short a 
time as possible by getting humus into 
(he soil by plowing under green crops. 
Can it be done? Can you recommend a 
system for thus renewing the soil? How 
would it do to plow the field this Spring 
and drill in oats? In July turn this 
green crop under and sweeten the soil 
by adding a ton or ton and a half of 
hydrated lime, harrowing it well and 
drilling in buckwheat. In September 
turn under this green crop and then drill 
in rye. In the Spring of 1916 plow un¬ 
der the rye and then prepare the soil for 
Timothy. m. v. o. 
Pennsylvania. 
It certainly can be done—has been done 
in hundreds of cases. Send for bulletin 
to the Delaware Station at Newark and 
the New Jersey Station at New Bruns¬ 
wick. As amendments to your plan, we 
suggest sow'ing Canada peas with the 
oats. This will give extra growth to 
plow under. We should also sow' rye and 
Crimson clover with the buckwheat. Let 
the buckwheat fall down on the ground 
and the rye and clover grow in. That 
saves one plowing. 
Grass Seed With Peas and Oats. 
I INTEND sowing several pieces of 
ground in Canada peas and oats for 
hay this Spring. Can I sow grass 
seed with peas and oats and will it do 
well after former are cut? ti. w. s. 
Newfield, N. J. 
Our own experience in sowing grass 
seed with Canada peas has not been very 
successful. They make such a rank 
growth that in a dry season they kill 
out the grass. You will have to take 
the risk about that; if you have a w’et 
season and you make a thin seeding of 
peas you can probably get a fair catch, 
but with the average season, and a thick 
seeding of peas, you will not get much 
grass. Fall is by far the best time for 
grass seeding in New Jersey. 
Growth of Evergreens. —We are now 
back on the old farm after 20 years’ ab¬ 
sence. The most satisfactory feature is 
the growth of the evergreens set out about 
the grounds and farm buildings about 25 
years ago. They were purchased as seed¬ 
lings from a Western nursery and came 
in a tiny bundle by mail probably 30 
years ago. There were larch, arbor vitae 
and several varieties of spruce. They 
were set out in good soil in a bed about 
tour by eight feet, protected on the sides 
by boards about 10 inches wide, and cov¬ 
ered with a lath rack to give them par¬ 
tial shade. They were kept free from 
weeds, and most of them lived and grew 
well. When from six to 10 inches high 
they were set as a background to the 
lawn and a screen to tin- barn and stable- 
yard and along the boundary next the 
schoolhouse grounds, and on the school 
grounds. Some of these trees are now 30 
leet high, and a fine addition to the sur¬ 
roundings of the old homestead. A hun¬ 
dred times their total cost would be no 
temptation to part with them. 
Rhode Island. c. o. FLAGG. 
I NOTICE what K. says about controll¬ 
ing the squash borer. When he says 
that it is the larva of the squash or 
stink bug he is in error. This lays its 
eggs on the underside of the squash leaves 
and anyone can see by observation that 
the egg hatches and {he young bugs de¬ 
velop right on the leaf and does not 
enter the stalk at all. The adult of the 
squash borer is a winged moth that lays 
the egg on the stem of the squash. After 
trying to combat it for years I gave it 
up, but find by late planting I have no 
trouble to grow fine squash, espe¬ 
cially Boston Marrow here in middle New 
Jersey. I manure m.v ground well with 
fresh stable manure, plow it under and 
plant the Boston Marrow from June 25 
to July 4. The Hubbard should be 
planted by June 20 and by this late 
planting we avoid the squash borer that 
is sure to attack those plants in May or 
early June. I have followed this prac¬ 
tice several years and with success, 
especially with Boston Marrow. 
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ture, and you can begin to get a little idea of 
the quality that Studebaker BUILDS into this 
FOUR—simply “because it's a Studebaker.” 
For that’s the test—as this picture shows— 
that Studebaker axles have to undergo. And 
that’s the kind of steel that Studebaker 
develops. 
No car that ever goes on the road will ever have to 
face a trial one-hundredth as drastic as this axle test. 
But it’s Studebaker’s belief that every Studebaker Car 
ought to be built as strong as that—with that much 
extra safety and that much longer life. 
And that is typical of Studebaker’s entire manufactur¬ 
ing policy. That is why, for example, you find Timken 
Bearings everywhere in the car, even in the differ¬ 
ential. They are the BEST anti-friction device made— 
and Studebaker uses them. So, too, Studebaker puts 
into this FOUR at $9S5 a FULL-floating Rear Axle 
such as you find in only the highest priced cars. 
But you’ll appreciate even more what that name of 
Studebaker stands for on a car when you see this 
FOUR at your local Studebaker dealer’s—and see how 
Studebaker, knowing the farmer’s wants so well, has 
built into this FOUR conveniences and SERVICE- 
giving qualities that make it ideal for use in the 
country. 
But SEE it at your dealer's. You’ll find it 
EASY-riding and EASY to drive—and with 
lots of POWER. And when you study its 
design, its simplicity, its accessibility and 
the way it is built to make its upkeep LOW, 
you’ll see why so many men living in the 
country have bought this FOUR simply 
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