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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 16, 1918 
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]the 100 Inishol!? of wheat I get SCO pounds 
|of flour, and there are 80 pounds more 
of a cheaper grade of flour and that 
costs me (in wheat at $2.05 per bushel) 
.$4.10; SO pounds of bran that costs me 
.$1.80, and SO pounds of middlings that 
jeosts me .$2. Now I have got just what 
1 1 took to the mill and notliing more or 
jloss, having paid the miller .$7.1)0 for 
imilling 10 bushels of wlieut, and then to 
be more patriotic we took along another 
bushel of wheat and Avanted this husliel 
just ground, nothing more or loss, just 
ground, and again the miller according 
to his rule cannot grind my wheat for 
me, but he will exchange with me. But 
while he allows me .$2.0.5 for my bushel 
of wheat he charges me 0 cents per 
pound for my wlioat when it is ground. 
I want tile whole bushel, and so besides 
my bushel of wheat (00 pounds) have 
to pay the miller .$1.5.5, which with the 
price of the Inishel of wheat .$2.05 m.ikes 
.$.‘{.00, or 0 cents jier pound for the 00 
pounds; .$1..55 .seems quite a nice little 
sum for grinding a bushel of wheat. I 
have the same grist or just the same 
amount of some one's wheat that I took 
to the mill, 11 huslKils, or 000 pounds, 
and I have had to pay the mode.st sum 
of ,$9.45 for running my wheat through 
the mill. We used to get this job done 
for one-tenth, whi<;h would be .$2,2.55. 
I Why does not the farmer get some of 
the protection against the profiteer as 
Swell as to have a price fixed on w'hat 
ihe raises? Fat chance the farmer has 
ibe.side the miller, doesn’t he! J. Q. w. 
I Ontario <%)., N. Y. 
Planning the Home Garden 
Baht II. 
In the town garden space is limited, so 
that crops are planted as close together 
as possible, those which require consider¬ 
able space in proportion to their food- 
producing value being eliminated entirely. 
Also the town garden should be heavily 
fertilized and irrigated if possible, and the 
work of preparation and cultivation is 
practically all done by hand. The best 
results in growing vegetables can only he 
expected where they have congenial sur¬ 
roundings, and the farm garden can gen¬ 
erally be so located as to secure good con¬ 
ditions, but in the town garden wo have 
to make the'best of conditions as we find 
them. True enough, it is ea,sy to improve 
the limited area of the towui garden, some¬ 
times tlie soil itself being completely 
changed. 
Ghofimxg Tine Chops. —To s.ave time 
aud confusion in planting, the different 
kinds of vegetables can be arranged in a 
few groups, placing those w’ith the same 
sea.sonal and cultural riMiuirements to¬ 
gether. Then each group can b(^ handled 
as a single unit. Later jilautings of the 
same crops may he dosii’cd, in order to 
get a continuous siqiply, and sueli plant¬ 
ings should he groujted together also. To 
les.sen the number of plantings iu‘<*e.ssary 
in order to liave a succession of the same 
[vegetable, we may plant early, mid-season 
and late varieties on the same date. Take 
sweet corn, for example, liy planting 
Golden Bantam, White Cob Cory and 
Country Gentleman at the same time, 
corn can be had i*eady for use for about 
six weeks. ’J'lie kinds of vegetables grown 
in any garden dejiend on the likes and 
dislikes of the family, but there are some 
vegetables that evei-j’une will want to 
grow. Of coui'se, tlio.se things wliich are 
known and liked should he grown first, 
but there are many other excellent v<‘ge- 
tahles which are being neglected either 
through ignorance or prejudice. Crops 
lik<‘ egg])laut, Lima beans, Summer 
S(iua.'--h, Chinese, cabbage, .sjiiuacli, k<ihl- 
rahi, okra, sweet potatoes, and carrots, 
T'utahagas, parsnijis and salsify for Win¬ 
ter use, ought to ho grown in more gar¬ 
dens than they are. Often, to<i, a crop 
of dry soup beaus' can ho grown afti'r the 
iearly A'egetable.s are removed, instead of 
lotting the garden grow’ up to weeds dur¬ 
ing the late Summer and Fall. 
Spkcial Demands. —Our .50 or more 
common garden vegetables have been col¬ 
lected from all parts of the world and 
fi-oni countries having very different 
climates. To grow all these vegetables in 
one place under a single set of climatic 
conditions we have to consider the special 
demands of each kind, regulating this 
[chiefly by planting at different season.s. 
The main groups are cool-season crops, 
Iwarm-season crops, and perennials. These 
groups can ho subdivided into smaller 
groups according to cultural requirements, 
and planted in the garden accordingly. 
In planning a garden we generally dis¬ 
pose of the perennial crops first. These 
include asiiaragus. rhubarb, horseradish, 
globe artichoke, sea kale, .Terusalem arti¬ 
choke, and many of the herb plants, such 
as mint, etc. These plants should he 
placed in permanent rows along one side 
of the garden, .so that they will not in¬ 
terfere Avitli the preparation and cultiva¬ 
tion of the ri'st of tlie garden. The cool 
and w’arm-season crojis for Spring jdant- 
ing can now’ lie arranged in four or five 
groups, for successive planting on dates 
10 days or two weeks apart. 
llAHT.y Bi antinos. —The first planting, 
which should he made just as soon as the 
ground can he w’orked in the Spring, 
slionld include the crops which are (luite 
hardy to cold, and which make their best 
growth during the cool, moist weather 
of early Sjn’ing. Vegetables generally 
])lanted at this time include the follow¬ 
ing: Onions, spinach, turnip, mustard, 
leaf lettuce, kohlrabi, radish, early gar¬ 
den peas, early Irish potatoes, parsley, 
Chinese cabbage. At the second planting, 
a number of long season crops for Fall 
use should he put iu, as w<‘ll as some 
semi-hardy Siiring and Summer crop.s. 
The vegetables planted at this time w’ill 
stand some frost without injury: Bar- 
snips, salsify, leeks, early beets, early car¬ 
rots, late peas, early snap beans, and 
Summer eahbage. Blants of early <*ah- 
hage, cauliflower, celery and head lettuce 
should he transplantt'd from the hotlied 
at this time. 
Later Bi.A.xTixns. —The third plant¬ 
ing should include the late crop of Irish 
potatoes, early and mid-season sweet 
corn, snaj) hean.s, lama beans, okra, and 
plants of tomato, aud pepjiei-s should be 
transplanted from the liothed. Seed of 
watermelons, cucumbers, muskmelons, 
squash, etc., may he planted in a compact 
block, so that they may he rotated to dif¬ 
ferent parts of the garden eacli season. 
In tliis way the losses due to insects and 
diseases wliich attack these crops can he 
greatly Ics.^ened. This group should not 
be planted until tin; soil has become quite 
warm and there is little chance of more 
frost. The fourth and last planting of 
the Spring crops includes the very tender 
plants, sweet potatoes and eggidant, 
W'hich can only he transplanted from the 
hotbeds after the weather has become 
quite warm. Nothing is gained by luirry- 
ing up the jdanting season of these crops. 
Other crojis jilanfed at this time for late 
Summer and Fall use arc sweet coim, 
snap beans, and late cabbage. For the 
Fall garden anotlier series of vegetables 
is planted the latter jiart of the Summer, 
but navy beans and iMitahag.as should he 
in by the fiist of .Inly. According to the 
old garden rule, 'Winter turnips should 
he “planted 25th, of .Inly, w’Ot or dry,” 
and this date .seems about righr for 
Northern sections. „ .r. r. h. 
Charge for Spraying 
I have bought a new po\v(*i' spraying 
outfit and w’onld like to know what I 
should charge for custom spraying. 
Would it he best to charge by the tree, 
hour or gallon of mixture? The liine- 
sulpbur solution w'ill cost around 25 cents 
per gallon, and arsenate o>f lead sells at 
60 cents per pound, dry, liere. ir. ir. 
Tiiipecanoe Co., Ind. 
The general plan is to charge by the 
hour. Ou the whole, this .seems to he bet¬ 
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the job or tree. The price will vary ac¬ 
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dition of the orcl'iiird, the .size of the trees, 
and some other conditions. Gi'iierally iu 
our country .$1 jier hour for the sprayer, 
a team and one man is considered fair. 
Tliis include.s the time spent in going one 
w’ay between the oi'chard and the head- 
quarter.s. and does not include the cost of 
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