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is preferred as a soil improver because of 
the better condition in which it leaves the 
soil. As a hay plant, the Soy bean is 
probably superior—although a mixture of 
the two crops is preferred by some good 
farmers to either alone—and as a grain 
crop the bean has the cow pea completely 
beaten. To grow with corn, however, or 
to prepare the soil for other crops, the 
cow pea still retains its supremacy. 
Tennessee. E. E. miller. 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 
For a week or more we have had cool 
rains and cloudy weather, very unlike 
the first week in June. But there is 
always a compensation for these vagaries 
of the weather. Our outdoor lettuce, 
which usually is bolting to seed by this 
time, has made the most magnificent 
heads I have ever seen here so late in 
the season, and our garden peas have 
been better than they have been for 
years. 
The Irish potatoes too have been fav¬ 
ored by the wetting and have grown 
enormous tops, and I hope roots and tu¬ 
bers. They are nearly ready for use 
(June 9). From the Virginia counties 
of Accomac and Northampton comes the 
report that the early Irish potato crop 
is in 20 per cent, larger area than last 
year, or about 90,000 acres, and the pros¬ 
pect is for a banner crop. They are now 
beginning to move North, and it is to 
be hoped that the growers will get re¬ 
munerative prices. Here the area is not 
more than half as large as usual. There 
are some poor stands owing to the early 
dry weather, but the crop in general 
looks very fine. 
The little Golden Bantam corn is tas- 
selling and silking. It does not amount 
to much here, in fact none of the extra 
early sweet corns do, but we always try 
a little to get some early roasting ears, 
and the Golden Bantam is the best of 
all. 
While the early shipments of straw¬ 
berries brought small prices, since the 
North Carolina crops ceased the price 
has gone up amazingly, and our growers 
have been and still are getting extra fine 
prices. Four dollars and over for 32- 
quart crates sold right at the station for 
cash, is making bloated plutocrats of our 
strawberry growers. A year ago a vol¬ 
unteer seedling strawberry appeared in 
my garden in a flower bed. I took care 
of it and the runners, and now have 
quite a little patch. It has made rather 
large conical berries, but up to this date, 
when all the usual late berries are ripe, 
it has not ripened a berry and promises 
to be the latest of all. I am watching 
it with some interest. If we can get a 
good berry later than Gandy or Chesa¬ 
peake it may be a valuable thing. 
Trucker, Jr., (page 800) says that cut¬ 
ting off the tops of nut-grass is useless. 
Certainly if cut off today it will be up 
again tomorow, but then cut it again 
and in fact keep it cut off and it wiil 
ceCainly die out. When I bought the 
land comprising my present garden it 
was a complete mat cf nut-grass (Cy- 
perus rotundus). I simply determined 
that it nor any other weed should be al¬ 
lowed to grow and I cut them all out 
daily, and now nut-grass is about the 
scarcest weed in the garden. It is mere- 
iv a matter of persistent chopping out, 
for no plant can long survive if not al¬ 
lowed to maki green leaves above ground. 
The abundance of nut-grass is due to 
the fact that the majority of people let 
their gardens run to weeds in the Fall, 
and the nut-grass seeds, and there are 
hundreds coming from seed to every one 
that comes from the tubers under ground. 
There is no difficulty in controlling or 
preventing the pickle worms by spraying 
early with lead arsenate. Of course after 
the worm is inside it cannot be done, but 
I have used the arsenate, and others in 
the South, where it is very hard to raise 
canteloupes on account of these worms, 
have reported that the lead arsenate is 
perfectly effectual if applied early 
enough and repeated. They must be de¬ 
stroyed as soon as hatched. 
The new Atlantic dewberry, which 
ripens in late August and September, 
has very pretty cut leaves and is similar 
to the old parsley-leaved blackberry. It 
is a fine berry and prolongs the black¬ 
berry season in an excellent way. The 
Nanticoke blackberry is another late one 
which makes excellent fruit, but is of 
} o value as a shipper because of the 
softness of the berries. Its tremendous¬ 
ly rank growth and fearful thorns make 
it rather an unpleasant occupant of the 
garden. St. Regis raspberry does not 
make enough early or late, and I will re¬ 
place it with Cuthbert. w. F. MASSEY. 
Wild Cherry Posts. 
Are wild cherry trees good for posts? 
If not what are they good for? J. 
Pennsylvania. 
Wild cherry will make a fair post, and 
that is all. The tree has little if any 
value to a farmer. The bark is some¬ 
times sold for medicinal purposes as well 
as the fruit, but there is little or nothing 
of profit in this business. On the other 
hand, wild cherry trees provide a breed¬ 
ing place for the tent caterpillar and be¬ 
come a great nuisance for this reason. 
There is always danger from poisoning 
stock in pastures where wild cherry trees 
abound. It is far better to cut them out 
and burn them. 
Cumulative Poison from Spraying. 
I recently read, in a magazine, an ar¬ 
ticle stating that birds were often killed 
by eating insects and worms which had 
been poisoned by arsenical sprays. Is 
this true? Will the continued use of 
this poison finally fill the soil with ar¬ 
senic to such an extent as to poison the 
crops grown thereon ? c. K. 
Ilalcott Center, N. Y. 
There have been cases, of course, where 
poultry and other birds were injured by 
eating the poisoned bait left on top of 
the ground for killing cutworms. This 
bait is generally left in bunches, and 
there is enough of it to kill a bird if it 
should be eaten. In ordinary spraying, 
however, there is practically no danger 
of killing birds. In order to test the 
truth of the article referred to, we asked 
our readers to tell us of any cases where 
they knew such things had followed. 
Thousands of our people spray their or¬ 
chards and crops thoroughly, and they 
are good observers. We have never re¬ 
ceived an authentic report from anyone 
who could prove that the birds were 
killed by this spraying, while hundreds 
of large orchardists who spray constant¬ 
ly and steadily declare that they have 
never found poisoned birds in their or¬ 
chards. With this evidence we conclude 
that the person who wrote the article re¬ 
ferred to did not know what he was 
talking about. Under ordinary condi¬ 
tions in our humid climate, there will 
be no trouble from the accumulation of 
arsenic in the soil from spraying. In 
some parts of Colorado, where irrigation 
is practiced, and where there is very lit¬ 
tle rainfall, it has been claimed that ar¬ 
senic did accumulate in the soil under 
the trees. There was no rain in that 
country to wash the poison out of the 
soil, and there was a vex*y excessive 
spraying, in some cases six or seven ap¬ 
plications of the poison. Under ordin¬ 
ary conditions, however, in our Eastern 
country, there will be no trouble from 
this source. 
Crops and Farm News. 
July 1. The ground is beginning to get 
dry again and pastures and other crops 
are beginning to suffer for rain. Early 
white potato growers have just com¬ 
menced to harvest their potatoes. The 
acreage planted all over the peninsula is 
said to be at least one-third greater than 
it was last year. From present prospects 
there will be a large output. The Irish 
Cobbler appears to be the favorite va¬ 
riety. Mrs. G. W. Benedict has made 
considerable maple syrup this year from 
maple trees, which have been growing in 
her front yard for years. Farmers have 
just finished harvesting their wheat crop. 
While the crop of straw is not as heavy 
as it was last season, nor is it thought to 
be filled quite so well it is expected there 
will be a fair yield of grain. Thrashing 
wall begin in a few days. Ilay is being 
harvested at this time. The crop is the 
lightest for many years. Early Trans¬ 
parent apples are going to market now 
and Early Ripe will be ready next week. 
Blackberries are also being marketed in 
large quantities. c. H. 
Dover, Del. 
July 5. There is very little stuff grown 
here more than needed for home con¬ 
sumption, except poultry and eggs; it is 
more of a Summer boarder place. What 
poultry is produced is usually sold to the 
boarding houses, butchers, hotels and cot¬ 
tages, eggs mostly sold to grocers in the 
city at market quotations to five cents 
above, some sold to private customers in 
the cities in small crates from six to 12 
dozen. Shipped by express at about five 
cents above market, customer pays ex- 
pressage. The following prices are a fair 
average of what the producer gets at pri¬ 
vate sale. Milk, 7 to 8c. per quart, local¬ 
ly, none shipped ; eggs, 25 to 30; butter, 
farmers 30c., creamery to buy, 30 to 35c. 
Scrub cattle, $30 to $75 for cows, de¬ 
pending on size, grade, etc. Very little 
more fruit or vegetables grown than need¬ 
ed for local consumption; prices vary 
with quality and demand. Hay, grain 
and feed of all kinds high, farmers old 
hay all gone, will commence to cut new 
this week, from poor to fair crop, not up 
to average and late. At local feed store: 
Hay, $1.35 per 100 lbs.; wheat, $2.70 
per cwt.; corn, $1.75 per cwt.; oats, $1.75 
to 80c.; meal, $1.80 per cwt.; bran, $1.65 
per cwt.; barley, $2; middlings, $1.60; 
red dog, $1.75; gluten, $1.85; ship stuff, 
$1.75; buckwheat, $1.20 bu., for seed. 
Fowls, 16c. alive and IS to 22 dressed, 
butcher pays 20c. dressed; bi’oilers etc., 
two to 3lbs. each. 30c. per lb.; four 
weeks’ old pigs, $3 to $4 each, 100 to 150 
lbs. each; 9c. to lie. dressed. Veal, 10c. to 
12c., hog dressed, very few sheep. Cher¬ 
ries, 10c. per quart. Strawberries, 12 1 / 4c. 
per quart., about gone; raspberries and 
blackberries to follow at about the same 
price. Crops a little late, but all looking 
fine; lots of rain. M. H. P. 
Newfoundland, N. J. 
Milch cows from $50 to $100. Veal 
calves, 13c. per lb., hog-dressed pigs, $6 a 
pair. Butter, 25; eggs, IS; potatoes, 50c. 
Corn on ear, 50c. per bu.; oats, 70; rye, 
$1; wheat, $1.25. Hay all sold; rye 
straw, $10 per ton baled. J. w. 
Eovejoy, Pa. 
July 1. Potatoes, 35 cents per bu.; 
eggs, 20; veal calves, seven and eight 
cents per pound : cows from $50 to $80 
per head; milk from $1.30 to $1.60 per 
hundred. E. B. K. 
South Otselic, N. Y. 
June 28. Fresh cows will bring from 
$50 to $100 at sales; hoi’ses are high, 
from $175 to $250. Farm produce has 
yet to come, owing to a late season, with 
the exception of berries, which sold from 
10 to 15 cents per quart. F. c. w. 
Perkasie, Pa. 
July 3. Potatoes in a small way, Cob¬ 
blers, $1.50; hay, No. 1. per ton, $22; 
corn on cob, 70 lbs.. $1 ; wheat and rye 
about same price, $1.20; straw rye, per 
ton, $14 ; wheat straw, $10. Apples will 
be a poor crop, also early potatoes. We 
planted between 1,100 and 1,200 pounds 
this Spring. The Giants are very prom¬ 
ising. K. w. H. 
Wickatunk, N. J. 
July 7. There are no fruits and vege¬ 
tables raised in this locality for the mar¬ 
kets, simply XX farming community in a 
small way. Our village miller told me 
that he is paying 55c. per bu. for oats, 
$1.20 for wheat, 80c. for rye, $1.20 per 
hundred lbs. for corn on the ear, $20 per 
ton for old hay. At the creamery they 
paid last month 2%c. per quart for milk. 
They thought they would be able to pay 
3c. per quart this month. c. B. H. 
German Valley, N. J. 
July 3. Lancaster County, Pa., seems 
to be having a succession of storms and 
floods of greater intensity than for a gen¬ 
eration past. July 2 many crops were 
again washed away; corn and tobacco lit¬ 
erally cut to shreds by hail, and in many 
pkices wheat beaten so flat to the ground 
that farmers think it will be difficult to 
cut it even with a mowing machine. In 
the past our county has been particularly 
free from hail, only occasionally small 
strips being visited. We have had two 
serious and widespread hailstorms al¬ 
ready this season, and almost cloudburst¬ 
like storms of water, and trees that have 
stood for possibly a hundred years are 
being leveled to the ground. E. w. J. 
Ronks, Pa. 
June has not been a very warm month, 
and somewhat dry; the recent rains have 
come too bite to make a heavy crop of 
hxiy. Alfalfa has been secured, and was 
a good crop; the recent rain is fine for 
the second growth. Wheat and oats are 
making a good growth. Corn as a rule is 
poor. Beans have come up very poorly, 
and are an uneven stand. Quite a little 
cafobage is being set. Strawberries were 
a light crop and sold at a high figure. 
Sweet cherries are a good crop, and of 
good quality. We were visited in this vi¬ 
cinity the last week in June with a hail¬ 
storm, which did quite a large amount of 
damage; in Hopewell, in one orchard it 
hurt the apples very much. On Canan¬ 
daigua Lake it did serious damage to the 
grapes. Wheat is a drug on the market 
and one mill has stopped buying. Butter 
is very plentiful, and grocers say they 
ship it away for grease. Eggs, 20. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. E. T. B. 
Farmers are doing all kinds of figuring 
nowadays. One man in Oklahoxxia wa¬ 
tered his horses from a spring 200 yards 
from his barn. A county agent came 
along that way, and he and the farmer 
did some figuring. They found that dur¬ 
ing the time he had lived on that farm 
he had spent 91 days of 10 hours each in 
leading his horses to water. With a lit¬ 
tle argument that farmer was induced to 
dig a well near his baim, and struck a 
bountiful supply of water at eight feet. 
Ninety-one working days taken from the 
plowing and harrowing mean a whole lot. 
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Celilo canal, which makes possible all 
water transportation from the upper Co¬ 
lumbia Basin to Astoria, Oregon, by Co¬ 
lumbia River stern wheel steamers. The 
improvement cost about $5,000,000 and 
will be a valuable outlet for agricultural 
and other products of the State. 
July 17, 1915. 
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