as little invalids are privileged to sit 
and read. One is deep in a book of fairy 
tales while the other is reading “The 
Adventures of Bunny Boy,” Cherry-top 
seems to regard this as a sort of “Kaiser 
Bill” of animal life and he is traveling 
with “Bed Fox” through the Canadian 
forest. But come on and draw up to the 
table. It’s another piece of roast pork— 
a shoulder from Justinian Jersey, a full 
brother of Jeremiah. Oh, Ave do have 
something beside pork now and then, but 
this happens to be our pork day, I 
would like to have j'ou and a few com¬ 
muters line up with us. You would have 
potato and turnip and hominy and a good 
cut from that shoulder. Then you would 
all put a shoulder to the obstacle which 
stands between town and country and 
push it down. And a few jars of Crosby 
peaches will go well to put the arm of 
good nature on that shoulder. Come 
along—no excuses accepted. Why, we 
shall all feel so much better that after 
dinner the boy will draw another picture 
of “Kaiser Bill.” That nose will be 
smaller, the chin finner and there will 
be lines of good nature in the face. Come 
• ir. w. c. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, re 
ports one Southern experiment with the 
peelings which is not encouraging: 
“In this experiment, the peelings from 
nine varieties of potatoes were plantec 
and grown through the entire season. 
Three varieties produced no marketable 
potatoes, while the others produced from 
11 to 2 ( bushels of marketable tubers per 
acre. Such results are not encouraging 
to those economists w'ho hope to grow next 
year’s potato crop by planting the peelings 
from our present supply. Under norma 
conditions of soil, climate, and labor the 
planting of potato peelings for seed could 
be expected to yield but very unsatisfac¬ 
tory returns.” 
Til 
Large Nursery Trees for Planting 
IV'hat do you think of nursery trees 
four years old or older for commercial 
planting? Would you buy them? j. k. 
I have had some experience with three 
and four-year-old nursery trees, and as 
I look at the matter now, would not ac¬ 
cept such trees as a gift and plant them 
in an orchard for my own use if I could 
buy two or three-year-old trees, strong 
and thrifty, of the same variety, at any¬ 
thing like a reasonable price. The older 
trees are much harder to get started ; the 
tops do not start off in good, thrifty 
shape as do the younger trees, and it is 
very difficult to shape the tops as we 
would like to have them. Moreover, the 
heavier roots on these large trees are al¬ 
ways torn and broken more, and we find 
in later years more root troubles on such 
trees. There is not a particle of question 
in my mind about this matter, p. j. Tyson. 
Pennsylvania. 
Personally I think if a farmer could 
get those trees given to him, and he 
could buy one and two-year-old trees at 
15 to 20 cents apiece, that the younger 
trees would be preferable, and the 
cheapest in the end. That yearling 
trees seem to do the best has been my 
observation. I have set out two-year-old 
trees and yearling trees side by side, and 
in about three years the yearlings looked 
the best. I never have set any old trees 
excepting some Kieffer pears. They 
seem to live just as well as the younger 
trees, but their heads were too high, 
and they were not as good shape, and I 
have always been sorry I did not refuse 
them or throw them away and set 
younger trees. w. p. kogers. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
One of my best orchards was made from 
three-year-old trees. I had some dif¬ 
ficulty in getting such heads as I wanted, 
but I was at that time less experienced 
and afraid to cut. Some mistakes were 
made from which we have since suffered 
by an occasional splitting down of the 
"trunk in two or thi’ee parts from a heavy 
load of fruit. Two others of my “best” 
orchards were started with one-year trees, 
and I am having no such troubles. In 
these days I would rather take a chance 
with a younger tree than one of four 
years. I have planted large trees occas¬ 
ionally as fillers, and it usually takes a 
year or two for them to establish them¬ 
selves and start growing well. It looks 
like time lost while a tree of less age 
under similar conditions is making good. 
The objections are more freight to pay, 
more difficult to handle and train, more 
expensive to plant—nearly twice as much 
digging, slower’ to start. The advantages 
I do not see. I would rather pay more 
money for trees of one and two years, and 
am sure would have better satisfaction. 
Butchess Co., N. Y. w. s. teator. 
Plant Setting Machinery 
Replying to F. A. B.’s request for in 
formation about cabbage setting ma¬ 
chines, page 70, will say that if soil does 
not contain large stones these machines 
w'ork to perfection. There are a number 
of different machines on the market, but 
any one of them can be bought with or 
without fertilizer attachment. There can 
be no objection to weight, as the ma¬ 
chine in itself weighs only about 450 
pounds. Charged with water, and w’ith 
three men averaging 150 pounds, it would 
not weigh over 1,32.5 pounds, and an 
average team will take it anywhere, with 
no more effort than a two-horse cultiva¬ 
tor. Furthermore, two boys of 14 years 
of age will set just as many plants as 
two men would set, thereby reducing 
weight somewhat. 
The number of plants that can be set 
in a given time depends on speed of 
team, distance between plants and pro¬ 
ficiency of the men who drop the plants. 
Mlien spacing about 30 inches teams 
may walk briskly, but in setting to a 
less distance team may not walk so fast. 
The machine gives each plant a dash of 
water automatically, and the amount of 
water may be regulated. In this section 
pressure wheels are preferred to shoes, 
for the actual tamping of the soil around 
the roots. Check-rowing seems to be a 
thing of the past for all crops here, as 
with the improved implements for culti¬ 
vation this does not seem necessary, and 
early market cabbage is generally set so 
close that horse cultivation is only pos¬ 
sible in the direction of the rows. 
Pcnna. iiarold a. breisch. 
Teacher of Geography class: “John- 
ny, how i.s the world divided?” .Tohnny : 
“Nobody will know until the European 
war is over.”—Boston Post. 
Potato Peelings for Seed 
Last year a number of people advised 
using potato peelings to overcome the high 
Cost of potato seed. A few of our readers 
reported fair success with such seed, but 
we imagine they cut off a generous slice 
o peel, ’ Now Prof. Earl Jones of the 
tour cx)infbrtabk 
healthjt well-to-do 
i)ci^Dor uses 
INSTANT 
POSTUM 
instead orcoffee. 
Ever ask him the 
■ reason ? 
Mi||ht be worth 
whilc-especially 
if you are one of 
those with whom 
coffee doesiit agree. 
"There's a Reaisoa” 
Haul A Load 
Each Way 
Crops must be hauled 
to town, and fertilizer 
must be hauled home^ 
Why Not 
Combine the Trips? 
When you 
ta^e 
a load 
to town 
Plan to haul a load of 
SPRING 
FERTILIZER 
Play safe and get 
your fertilizer stored 
in your own barn. 
War conditions have de¬ 
creased the supply of fer¬ 
tilizer and increased the 
demand. Late orderers 
may be disappointed. 
Co-operate With Your Dealer 
Few dealers have sufficient storage 
space to carry large fertilizer stocks 
on hand. Shipments in less than 
capacity car loads—40 to 50 tons 
—are discouraged—even refused. 
Co-operate with your dealer—place 
your order now—enable him to 
combine orders and make up a 
full car load. hen your car 
arrives haul as soon as possible— 
on one of your return trips. Take 
part of the fertilizer directly from 
the car if you can. Hasten unload¬ 
ing—freeze car for other uses. 
Order Spring Fertilizer NOW 
Make certain of your supply and at 
the same time do your part toward 
relieving railroad congestion. 
Send for Uleralure to Dept, 19 
Soil Improvement Committee 
National Fertilizer Association 
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Postal Telecraph Bids. 
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Middletown, Conn. 
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