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hardware, fuel oil, labor, living expenses, 
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ing wheat farmers there may be, but I 
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who has gained that notoriety. 
Tcxa.s. w. II. DAimow. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
the soil where your squashes are (o grow 
next season. Wood ashes contain iiotash 
and should therefore be helpful in devel¬ 
oping more squash and of a firmer texture. 
R. w. I). 
.lamiary 1!>, lOlS 
earlier than you everbad before. 
line: 
A One-man Onion Crop 
Branching Salsify Roots 
f'an yon tell why m.4 salsify last yi'ar 
jexpeetedly sent down six or more small 
roots instead of one large tap-root.' It 
was jilanted next to a row of flourishing 
rlniharh. 't* i>- 
(lloiu-ester. Mass. 
Anything that interferes with the nat¬ 
ural dovelo]»ment of salsify, or oysti'r 
l)]ant, especially in its early stage of 
growth, will cause the jilauts to develop 
Since the large 
1 would have tap-root is the edihh' portion, it is (‘sseu- 
was SO years tial to avoid anything that will helj) to 
cause this undesirable result. If tlu' seed¬ 
lings are not thinned out in time, tlie roots 
will become interlaced, with the result 
that when they are thinned out those that 
remain will he twisted and defonned. Soil 
that is naturally hard, or is worked when 
it is too wet, will prevent the best devel- 
IIow many acres of onions can a man 
take care of? The seeding is to he done 
by a hand-j)Ower seeder, the cultivating to 
hi- (lone by a hand cultivator. .J. N. 
Sjn-ing (Jlen, N. Y. 
Your (ineslion is a most difiicnlt one. 
If yon were to ask me how long it would, a hranehing root system 
take a m.-ui to run a mile 
to know whether the man 
old or much younger; furthermore, that 
mil(‘ course may Ic-ad through swamiis or 
over a level track. If the soil was filled 
with weed seed and stones a good man 
could hardly handle two acres. However, 
if tin- soil was practically free from weed 
seed and easy to work he could manage 
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THE BALL MFG, CO.. Dept. K, Glenside, Pa. 
((V(*r twice as much, (’onsfant attimlion 
is the fonndiition of success in ctiring for 
onions. Knn Ihrongli llie rows fn-qneutly 
with the wh(‘('l hoe, heginning just as soon 
as tin- seed is in file ground. N(*ver let 
the weeds get the njiiier hand, or the 
olieralor will he lost. 'I'lie critical time 
opment of the roots. ^Yllen the moisture 
of some soils hi-eomes exhaust (-<1 the 
gi'onml becomes (‘XC(‘ssivel.V Inird. Since 
rhnharh is a gross ft-i-der it would nat¬ 
urally follow that salsify .should not he 
planted near it. The worst salsify I ever 
saw had hi-eu transiilanti-d. with the i-esnlt 
is wIh’u the onion s(*edlings are just start- that the taji-root had hei-ii broken a ml,it 
ing. The fir.st we<*ding is the most labo- liad therefore branched out most profusely. 
K. w. I). 
That thero is money in Strnw- 
fluffs berries no one will deny. There is 
more money in growinir them i<J»iv 
r months in tho year. A full crop this 
fall from plants set this spring. If you 
start right with Baldwin’s vigorous plants, 
I you will Buccccd. They are Inrge, hari^, 
[ northern grown in new soil, heavily rooted—tne 
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An Example of Rool-';all. Fig. 24. See Page 68 w( 
Cabbage-setting Machines 
I would like to In-iif from some of tin- 
readers of Tiiic K. N.-Y. us to what, tln-ir 
(‘xjK-rienco has hei-n with cahhage-si'lting 
machines. I have m-ver sei-n or used one 
of these machiiK's, and would lik<> to know 
wlnTt their advantages and disadvantages 
ar(‘. 'riiero ajipi’ar to he two machines, 
one with fertilizer distributor and on<' 
without. Would not the one with dis¬ 
tributor h(* too heavy, considi-ring that it 
is m'c(‘ssary to carry three im-n, a barrel 
of wat(‘r and tin- plants? Also,_ which 
would he llie greater, the saving in time 
and labor in setting out tin- iilants. or the 
extra hoeing that would hi- (-ntaih'd by 
lack of cross cultivation, which must be 
inevitahh- with machine-set iilants.' 
I.ong Island. i’- A. R. 
Onr usual (-xia-rienei' in calling for such 
information has h(*(‘n that inten-sted jiar- 
ti(*s try to advi’rtisi* tin- tool or work ofl 
some ill-feiding against it. If wi- can liave 
fair and ninin-jndiced oiiiiiion about this 
would like to have it. 
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1 -ions and impoi't.inl. llowever. if tlie 
soil is n-asomihly fit-e fi'orn wt-t-d set-d and 
if the wh(-f-l-hoe woi-k has lu-i-n jn-oja-rly 
(lone v(‘i‘y close to th(- s(‘(-d j-ows th(-i'(- will 
he hut few w(“(-ds lo imll iit this ci-iticiil 
time. As tin- onion toiis (l(‘V(‘lop fh(-y will 
sliiuh- the soil and in a l!irg(- measin-(- pre- 
v(-nt the g(-rmin!ition of tin- we<-ds ; t h(-i-(-- 
foi-(- tin- amount of work will gi-adnally 
diminish as the s('iisoii diminish(‘s. 
1 sni)pos(‘ yon i-(-aliz(“ thiit it is iiol ti-iK- 
(-(■onomy to att(‘mi)t to do iill tlie woi’k 
iit all tim(-s. llii‘(- it litth- h(-!|) at tin- ci-it- 
ical tilin’ i’(-gjirdh-ss of tin- wagi-s yon may 
be i-(‘qnii'(-d to psi.v. In that way yon will 
he able to hiindle a much larger acreage 
ami utilize yoni- own lime to much gn-iiter 
advantage. R. w. i). n. 
Hen Manure and Wood Ashes 
Pumpkins Rot in Fields 
Will von t(>ll me why my inimiikins rot 
in the 'fields? One yai-i(‘ty. the sugar 
liiiiniikin, shows no signs of I'ot at all, 
whereas some of tin- Wint(-r Luxury iind 
practically all of tin’ Yellow I’ot-Iron 
i-ott(‘(l where they lie. K. w. s. 
I’hiladelpliia, I’a. 
'rin-i-i' seems to hav(- Ix-eii cousidei-able 
l•otting (/ 'iqnasln-s in tin- lii-ld hist season, 
du(> iierhaps to the fact that the season 
was ]at(-r than usual. Siinashes will not 
ke('|) well unless tlii-y an- pretty W(-ll ma- 
tnn-d. A backward season iirevi-nted 
I many growers from g(-tting tln-ir iilantiiigs 
in as (-arly as tlr-y should. slow growth 
fnrtln-r j r(-V(“nt(-d jiroia-r maturity. .\dd 
to these reasons the fact that many soils 
arc gradually bi-coming d('pl(-t(-d of tln-ir 
availahli' iiotasli. That (-lenn-nt is tin- one 
that In-iiis to (l(-v(-loi) good ke(-ping (inal- 
ities, a liard sln-ll and a firm fl(-sh. 'Flie 
sugar inimpkin is (|nit(- hardy and can 
stand mon- adv(-rs(- (-onditions than in- 
t(‘r Luxury and Y(-llow I’ot-lroii. '1 In-n*- 
fori- wln-n the cold w(-t W'-atln-r of early 
Fall caiin- W(- found just tin- n-snlts we 
had to (-xp(-ct. Fnrtln-rmore. s(|nashes 
that'grow wln-n- tin- soil is v(-ry rich, I's- 
p(‘cially in nil rog(-n. an- apt to ih-velop 
very vigorous \' ncs but soft s(inasli. If 
at all possihl(- add a little wood aslies to 
I wish to set out a imtcli of strawher- 
ri(-s; :ilso raisi’ some ganh-n truck. I liavi) 
h(-n manure ami wood ashes; can get 1<I 
))(‘r (-ei)t ])h()spliori(- a<-id ))h()si)hal(-. 
von t(-ll me how lo use the comhinationV 
'Would it do to mix them all log(-th(-r just 
hefon- using? if so, in what ))roi)orl ions? 
.Ml are nmh-r covi-r. If I cannot mix tin* 
h(-n mannn' and asln-s how may 1 best 
use tin-m? l- '*• 
(’nyh-r, N. Y. 
W(- have not found wood asln-s a good 
fcrliliz(-r for strawh(-rri(-s. on acconnt ot 
lh(- linn’ tln-y contain. Now lh»it ]iotasli 
is so high, how(‘V(’r. it will ]»ay to take 
the risk. Uo not mix the asln’s and ma¬ 
nnn’. By doing so yon will drive off some 
of tin’ ammonia in tin’ mannn’. Onr jilan 
would b(’ to broadcast tin’ ashi’s and mix 
tin’ Ill’ll mannn’ and ))liospliiit(‘—sciitter- 
ing tin’ mixtnn’ in tin’ hill or drill. 
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Box 80 Sawyer, Michigan 
'BERRY PLANTS' 
Vitality of Wild Mustard 
• 
Allow nn’ to offer a corn’clion to a 
statement mnih’ in 'I'liK U. N.-^ . Di’c. 20, 
page ]4ti4. regarding the vitality of wild 
mnstard. Wild mustard will pass through 
a 'fi’cd mill, animal or maiinro pih' with 
vitality nnimpuin’d, and will adapt itself 
to any growing crop, but if it cannot 
smother out corn is perfi’ctly contented 
to spn’ud among oats, where it iirohably 
does the most (lamage. it will (-ome up 
in the wheat from mannre dropped in 
■seeding, and will he in si’cd at harvest. 
It will (’Vi’ii come up in a grass lii’ld, hut 
will not amount to much nnh-ss a dog or 
soiiK’thing digs for a moiisi’. h’aviiig a hit 
of fresh earth, of wliii h it immi’diately 
lakes advantagi’. ’I’here ar(> two kinds, 
a smooth and a rough leaf. Facli is worse 
than the other! AVe have beeu fighting 
tliis stuff for 15 yi’ars, having scattered 
it ovi’r the iilace in just the way the “best 
antliorities” say there is no dangi’r. Aye 
think we are on a jilan now which will 
(lisjiosc of it. but this remains to he seen, 
r may not hi’ tlie liigliest authority in this 
liiK’, but if J. A', or any of your n’aders 
want to know what not to do about this 
))est I can assnri’ tliem information from 
tlie Bi’st authority. ii. n. iikst. 
IL N.-Y.—After the noti’ on pagi’ 14(i4 
was jn-epared w(’ were told from Wash¬ 
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