C%c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Killing the Young Weed 
Two subjects seem to bo prominent in 
the discussious' just now. One is the 
scarcity of farm help, and tlic other is the 
difliculty of liandling the weeds and 
grass. Wboii we start out with* the cul¬ 
tivator to clean the Avecds out of our 
crops. Ave find Ave cannot reach many of 
them Avithout tearing out the i>lants, 
also. If Ave could ouly cultivate that 
last six inches, Avhat an easy job it 
would be to luiA-e clean culture; and it is 
just that last six inche.s that Ave Avant 
to got. 
tVie should hear in mind that those 
woods AVill grow just a.s well bofor«' Ave 
l)lant as afterA.ard. Then^ Avhy not give 
them the first chance/ Xf ■ matter Iioav 
late you plan to do your ])lanting. plow 
the "ground just / . early as possible, 
(rive the weed.*; the first chance. Har¬ 
row every live to seven days in the 
l)riglit sun, and clean out a lot of the 
woods before the groAving plants are in 
the AAmy. 
Wliere the ground has been under cul; 
tivation for several years, and the noil 
is deep, you can very frotiuently get the 
witch gra.ss out with, a spring-tootli har¬ 
row. In handling n. piec of Avoody and j 
grassy ground few years .tgo, I raked | 
out the Avitch grass once .i week for 
three or four Aveoks Avith a si)ring-t<ioth 
liarroAV. Tliere A.’ao not enough left in 
the crop to bo noticeable. Of tanirse this 
would not Avork in .sod land. 
This methor"' of cultivation makes a 
line seed bed, and helps to preserve tlie 
nndsture in the soil and keep it as an 
insurance against .i dry June. It is 
just tlie fundament.il principle of “dry 
farming,” which enables the farmers in 
some regions tc raise good cro[>s where 
there is small rainfall. Ihie lack of 
rain in June often a .lerious dr.iwback 
to the young plants. 
Vermont. cr.AUKNCK K. iin 
Experience with Pumpkins 
Speaking of soils and climatic elfecis 
us inllucnciiig the. crop, the immiikin Avill 
occasionally run to vine and fruit scant¬ 
ily and late, which may be expected in a 
c(>(d and Avet Summer. In my experi¬ 
ence a clay soil is less favorable to both 
sipiash and pumpkins tliau is a uaturall.v 
warmer soil of loam, or one of a gravelly 
or sandy nature. 
■\Vlien I first begati to groAV g.irden 
truck I was nnnimled b.v an old neighbor 
who was presumed to be an oracle, that 
squash wouldn’t groAV among corn, ns 
immpkins AA’Oiild, the incorrectness of 
wliich a.ssertion I .‘imply demonstratcHl 
tliat season, although Avith due justice to 
my aged mentor I made mse of A'arieties 
wiiich Avere ontshle his exjierienee as a 
farmer. The corn Avas of an extra-early 
(hvarf A'ariety and lad in-actuMliy cea.sed 
drawing tipon the soil Avlmn ’the scpiashes 
were making. Tlu'.se Averc of the Ituulai) 
Karl.v MarroAV variety. Much de])euds 
upon judicious adapting of meaiir to mids 
whether in farming or Avar. T’lider the 
most favorafde conditions I have occa¬ 
sionally groAvn line. A\cll-matnred Hub- 
hard sfiuash in closely planted fields of 
sweet corn; iiud I have a.s freiim'utly 
groAVii vines that ran as far as 20 feet 
from their “base of supply” and gave a 
multitude of soft fruits, vei-y fim* and 
•■dible—for liens. Our luoderu methods 
of groAviiig corn are not fnvorable to the 
n.se of pumid<ins as a tattle crop. As to 
planting by mncblnery I have uifcd corn 
jdanter most satisfactorily, mixing the 
siiuasb (or pnmjikin) seed in tin* box 
with the fertilizer and allowing this to 
leave the <i)lanter in n continnons drill. 
I have also grown siinnsh among dwarf 
beans, akso iiiirsnijis among both dwarf 
corn and benns, thus planted, the regular 
hills being carried out of <>n«* seed box of 
the jdanter and the cattle cto»‘ seed dis¬ 
tributed Avith the fertilizer. 
Mas.sachusetts. f. av. i>ko( ron. 
The Pine and the Currant 
On page .ToC*. in commenting on a re¬ 
cent amendment to the Ncav York (.’on- 
servntion fhnnmission’s bill for the de¬ 
struction of currants and goosebm-ries, 
von make the .statement: “The pines are 
for pleasure—the currants are for profit.” 
U'liile this statement may be true of the 
Hudson Valley curraut-groAving section, 
and the amendment providing for the de¬ 
struction of pines in tiiat section instead 
of currants and gooseberries tliorefore 
justified by economic considerations, it 
does not apply to most of the area Avhere 
White iiine is an important cominercial 
tree. Then* the statement mmst be re- 
vc'i sed; “The currants are for pleasure 
—the pines for profit.” This is true of 
b.v far the grmiter part of Massacliusetts, 
and probably of Noav Hnglaiid. As a rule 
enn ants and gooseberries are grown on a 
very small scale for home cousumption 
only, and the pines form the most valu¬ 
able forest ns.set. It 1ms been estimated 
tliat in Massiichusetts alone tlie annual 
growth of White pine apiiroximates a 
value of $2,0(X>,000. It is evident that in 
such regions the currant and gooseberry 
innst go in order to save the pines. In 
this serious situation caused by the men¬ 
ace of the White pine blister rust, calm 
.indgineiit must jirevail in deciding Avliere 
the pine shall give Avay to the currant, 
and Avhei-e the currant to the pine. 
-Massachusetts. AVii.r.rAM i*. avhahton. 
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