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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1915. 
life, the plants in the picture rep¬ 
resent the grafting features of these 
different species. The plant mark¬ 
ed A. has for its stock a po¬ 
tato root. Into this potato root was 
grafted a tobacco stem, and a tomato 
plant was then grafted upon this tobacco. 
In the plant marked B. the tobacco repre¬ 
sents the root or stock, the potato the 
center and the tomato again as the top 
of the plant. The following extract is 
made from this leaflet i-egarding these re¬ 
markable grafts, which go to show what 
wonders can be worked out by the ex¬ 
perts, and what this all is to lead to in 
the future is a matter for speculation and 
wonderment. 
“Tomato, tobacco and the potato, ac¬ 
cording to some of our systematic friends, 
each belong to a separate genus of the 
same family, but there is no trouble about 
successfully grafting them with one an¬ 
other. as the plants from which the photo¬ 
graphs were made (now in the green¬ 
house of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden) — 
indisputably demonstrate. Strange, isn't 
it, that a potato and tomato can grow on 
a tobacco plant, get their nourishment 
through its roots, and never show a sign 
of such association in their external char¬ 
acter or in the taste of their ‘fruits’!” 
A Good Wheat Yield. 
The picture given below shows a por¬ 
tion of a 20-acre wheat field located at 
Croton, Ohio. The buildings in the dis¬ 
tance represent the home of one of our 
profit in raising Alfalfa when it must be 
baled and shipped to a market? When 
land is seeded to Alfalfa how many years 
should the crop be left in? s. 
Geneva, N. Y. 
Y r es, there is profit in baling Alfalfa 
for shipment. Considerable could be sold 
right in Geneva or to nearby dairymen. 
Rochester, Syracuse, Auburn and Buffalo 
will take considerable Alfalfa if the 
hay is advertised. Many of the large 
certified milk farms near the large cities 
buy quantities of this hay. Within a 
few days we have been asked where four 
carloads of Alfalfa can be bought direct 
from farmers. If this hay could be ad¬ 
vertised fairly it could all be sold without 
trouble. The number of years that an 
Alfalfa field can be cut will depend on 
the soil and the strength of the seeding. 
An average of five or six years will be a 
fair estimate. 
Saltpeter and Nitrate of Soda. 
My encyclopedia says: Nitrate of soda 
equals Chili saltpeter; saltpeter equals 
nitrate of potassium; nitrate of potas¬ 
sium equals saltpeter. Is it all the same 
thing? For years I have read, “Use 
nitrate of soda,” but not once have I 
read, “Use saltpeter” as a fertilizer. 
Local talent that I consulted does not 
know. Please enlighten me. I don’t like 
to pickle my garden with saltpeter until 
I hear from you. C. E. 
Your encyclopedia is right, but your 
logic is wrong. The elements potash and 
soda, while similar in some ways, are 
two things, just as gold and silver, iron 
and nickel, chlorine and bromine are each 
A 20-acre Wheatfield in Ohio. 
readers. It will be seen that this field 
produced a fine crop of wheat, as it re¬ 
quired 100 pounds of twine to tie up the 
grain. Our reader is a good farmer, and 
knows how to produce crops. In send¬ 
ing us this picture he says we are at liber¬ 
ty to use it, but it is not necessary to use 
his name, as he is not trying to seek 
notoriety. Such an attitude is highly 
appreciated, for there are people in the 
country who not only like to get into the 
picture itself, and occupy a front seat, 
but who also undertake to insist that 
their full name and address must be 
printed along with the article. 
Turning Under Buckwheat. 
You advised that the best way to secure 
a quick growth of organic matter to plow 
under, is to sow a mixture of buckwheat 
and turnips. I did so and now have a 
“white elephant” on my hands. The 
buckwheat made a very rank and heavy 
growth, standing four feet and over in 
height, and now due to the recent heavy 
rains and winds, lies flat, a veritable tan¬ 
gled mass. The question is, what shall 
I do with it? It cannot be plowed un¬ 
der with any satisfaction in its present 
condition. Would a disk or a Cutaway 
harrow cut it up so that it would turn 
under? F. H. T. 
Monroe, N. Y. 
A sharp rolling coulter would cut or 
slice off the buckwheat and make a bet¬ 
ter job at plowing under. This device is 
a flat sharp round plate used in place 
of the ordinary plow wheel. Usually in 
such cases a disk or Cutaway harrow is 
used, cutting first one way and then the 
other. This will chop up the “white 
elephant” so that a good plowman can 
put it all under. 
Prospects for Alfalfa. 
I am thinking of seeding down 50 or 
60 acres to Alfalfa, possibly more later 
on. My soil is well adapted to growing 
it. What I should like information on, 
is markets. What is the nearest mar¬ 
ket to Geneva, N. Y.? Is there any 
chemical individuals, but the pairs, as 
given, have resemblance. Soda salts are 
plentiful, and not of great use, and con¬ 
sequently cheap; potash salts are scarce 
and of much use, so more expensive. 
Nitrate of potash, saltpeter, has been 
found naturally, as a great rarity; it is 
made for those who must have it from 
some other potash salt and nitric acid. 
Nitrate of soda is found, rather im¬ 
pure, in Chili, and has been named “Chili 
saltpeter; it gives plants the nitrate group 
which they want, and soda which they 
do not mind. Plants also want potash; 
they will take it from sulphate of potash, 
as they do not object to the sulphate, in 
fact perhaps use a little of it. Since 
the plants will use what they want out 
of two rather cheap things, it s no gain 
to pay some one to unite the two ex¬ 
pensive parts of the cheap things in or¬ 
der to feed the product to the plants, 
although they will use nitrate of potash 
gladly, and it is sometimes used as an 
intense stimulant. But at the present 
price of potassium nitrate, saltpeter, it 
is unlikely that you will buy enough of 
it to pickle your garden seriously. 
F. D. C. 
Seeding Clover in Beans. 
Is it considered practical to seed clover 
in beans at the last cultivation, the same 
as in corn? I have never heard of this 
being done, but do not see why it is not 
practiced. c * G> 
Michigan. 
Most bean growers in New York State 
do not take very kindly to the plan of 
seeding clover at the last cultivation of 
the bean, and the practice is not common. 
With a good crop of beans there would be 
so much shade over part of the land that 
the clover could not start well in an or¬ 
dinary season, while there would be no 
shade at all in the center of the row, 
which in a hot season would be almost 
as bad. Another strong reason against 
the practice would be that when beans 
are grown commercially, they are cut 
with a harvester. This cuts or slices 
practically every living thing in the 
ground, leaving it perfectly clean. This 
would, of course, destroy the clover or 
any other cover crop. Where beans are 
pulled by hand, this objection might be 
overcome, but in commercial bean grow¬ 
ing it would prohibit clover seeding. On 
our own farm we have succeeded fairly 
well in sowing rye and clover along with 
Soy beans and cow peas, but of course 
in this case a harvester was not used, but 
the crop merely cut off with a mower or 
left to fall down upon the ground. 
Value of Sweet Clover. 
Can you tell me what Sweet Clover 
would be worth per ton to plow under 
for fertilizer? There are several acres 
near here which I could get free. It is 
too large for feed, but I think it would 
pay to draw it home, cut it into short 
lengths with power cutting box, and 
spread on land and plow under. 
Derby, N. Y. L. A. H. 
As we see from the table in page 9S5, 
Sweet Clover contains almost 50 per cent, 
more nitrogen than stable manure. That 
crop would be excellent to plow under or 
use as a mulch around trees. You do not 
need to chop it up, though this will make 
it better for spreading. 
Potash in Seaweed. 
I see the article on page 1006, “An 
Ocean Supply of Potash.” The seaweed 
could be almost dried in a centrifugal 
machine or “whizzer.” Then complete¬ 
ly dried by heat. The dried weed could 
be burned to furnish power and heat to 
dry succeeding quantities, and the ash 
would leave the potash and other salts 
in a concentrated form. Nitrogen and 
humus material would be lost by burning j 
but the gain in potash storage would j 
more than repay for this. It seems a 
rational method if the seaweed contains 
16 per cent, of potash. I do not think it 
is that high. Is it? stuart h. heist. 
R. N.-Y.—It was probably meant that 
the dried seaweed contains that amount 
of potash. 
Knicker: “Isn’t that an expensive 
sheet of water?” Subbubs: “Yes ,in the 
Winter we set it in the river and harbor 
bill, and in the Summer we get an ap- 
priation to drain it for the mosquito cam¬ 
paign.”—N. Y. Sun. 
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