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5B»e RURAL INEW-VOKK-EK 
August 17, l'J18 
General Farm Topics 
Care of Seed Peas 
I have a (luaiitity of spoeial •wrinkled 
lieas this season. I would like to save 
some for seed next year. Will you tell 
me just how to handle them? A. W. W. 
Yardley, Pa. 
The answer to this question must de- 
l)end to a eonsiderable extent on the size 
of the plantation and the conditions un¬ 
der which the crop is grown. If grown 
for seed alone, and on a sufficiently ex¬ 
tensive scale, sinii)ly allow the vines to 
stand until the greater part of the pods 
are pretty well whitened. Then mow 
them, preferably with a scythe, but. if a 
machine is used, cut them when they are 
slightly damp to avoid .shelling. P.unch 
them into small piles and allow them to 
remain in the field until the vines are 
thoroughly dry, turning the bunches fre¬ 
quently in order to insure an even dry¬ 
ing. This will ripen the peas that were 
not fully matured when the vines were 
cut. When apparently perfectly dry, 
draw them and thrash them immediately 
from the field. Do not stack them, for, 
no matter how di'y the vines may seem 
to be, they will gather moisture from some 
source and become exceedingly hard to 
Ihrash if tightly packed in a stack or 
mow. Thrash them by any convenient 
method. Most types of thrashing ma¬ 
chines may be .so adjusted as to thrash 
them satisfactorily, but a flail is prefer¬ 
able, provided the quantity is not too 
great and one is familiar with the use 
of that old-fashioned implement. 
If the plantation is small the pods may 
be picked from the vines, dried in the 
sun, and thrashed by being put in a 
barrel and pounded with a lawn pounder 
until all are shelled. By selecting the 
pods that ripen first an earlier maturing 
strain of peas may be developed. Also, 
by selecting pods from those vines that 
bear the greatest number of large, well- 
filled peas, a more prolific strain may be 
developed. Selecting the largest and best- 
filled pods will also have a tendency to 
increase the size of the pods and the 
number of peas that they may contain, 
but, since abnormally large pods are 
usually borne on vines that produce but 
few pods, a selection of such pods without 
reference to the number produced on the 
vine may result in the development of a 
low-yielding strain of peas. If the peas 
are grown to be used for green peas and 
only the last crop allowed to ripen, there 
will be a tendency to develop a strain of 
very prolific peas, but one which will 
ripen very unevenly. In fact, a sort of a 
cut-and-come-again strain Avill result. 
This will be admirable for a garden pea, 
but of comparatively little value as a 
field crop to be grown for the dried peas. 
C. O. ORMSBEE. 
Poor Growth of Alfalfa 
I have a piece of land (five acres) 
which I sowed in barley the Fall of 1916. 
I u.sed 600 lbs. acid phosphate, also 
about 1,500 lbs. ground liinestone. The 
following Spring I sowed it to Alfalfa 
and got a good stand. I did not inoculate 
the soil, for it is clahned that where 
Sweet clover grows it is not necessary, 
and ’ it comes voluntarily all over my 
farm. I clipped Alfalfa last Fall, and 
have done so once this Spring. Where I 
clipped it last Fall it was only about six 
inches high ; was very little higher when 
I mowed it this Spring, and is not four 
inches high at present writing, while a 
field by side of it is at least one foot 
liigh. It is thick on the ..ground, but 
does not grow. The soil is a stimng, 
smooth limestone, and is well drained. 
I also gave it a coat of manure this 
Spring. What is best for me to do for 
or with it? j. n. B. 
Meadow Mills, Ya. 
If your .soil was acid and needed lime, 
the 1,500 lbs. of ground limestone would 
have little effect in sweetening it for 
Alfalfa. I think that it would have been 
better to have harrowed in a ton of burned 
slaked lime. The amount of acid phos- 
))hate was sufficient. But why did you 
mow it when but six inches this Spring? 
If the land is strong, as you say, it 
would surely have grown taller. The 
time to make the first cutting of Alfalfa 
is when the new shoots at the base of 
the plants, which are to make the second 
cutting, are just starting. If these are 
tall enough to be caught by the mower, 
the second ci'op will be shortened. You 
can ascertain by examination of the roots 
whether the plants are well inoculated 
with the bacteria that enable them to 
fix the aerial niti’ogen. If there are no 
nodules on the roots the growth may be 
improved by using an artificial culture 
on the land, which should have been used 
on the seed. I'ho main difliculty in doing 
this is that the sun may destroy the bac¬ 
teria befoi-e they get on the roots. I 
think that you would have had better 
succe.ss had you sown cow ]>eas after the 
barley, turned these under in August 
and then apjilied a Ion or more of burned 
slaked lime an acre and harrowed it in 
well, and then the acid phosphate, and 
the seed sown in late August. I have 
seen iierfeet success from sowing cn grain 
in Sju-ing. but aS a rule late Summer or 
Fall sowing is safer in the South, where 
crab grass thrives so luxuriantly. If 
your Alfalfa was so stunted that it has 
reached its full growth at six jnch<‘s you 
probably cliiqied the second growth and 
hence a smaller gi‘owth*now. If added 
inoculation does not help, you had bet¬ 
ter turn it all under, lime well, and sow 
again in August. w. f. masset. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL ^•EW-YORTC^:K. AUGUST IT, IfllS 
FARM TOPICS 
“Efficiency in Marketing-’’.973, 974 
A Ne-w Potato Troub’.e. Part 1. 976 
Crops and Farm Notes. 976 
Cutting Clover Hay. 977 
A Sliding Hay Rack. 977 
Government Nitrate of Soda. 977 
Nitrate of Soda in California. 977 
Care of Seed Peas. 978 
Poor Growth of Alfalfa. 978 
Country-wide Produce Conditions. 979 
Hope Farm Notes. 980 
War Sa-vings Stamps and the Wheel Hoe... 980 
Destroying Burdocks . 981 
N. Y, Federation of Agriculture. 983 
Newspaper Help for Farmers. 983 
The Farmer’s Poor Reward. 983 
The Non-Partisan League in North Dakota. 983 
Up-State Farm Notes.983 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Co-operative Milk Industry in Connecticut, 
974, 976 
Quadruplet Lambs . 986 
Feeding Velvet Bean Meal. 986 
Pasturing Hogs . 986 
Trouble with Churning. 986 
Rye for Pasture. 987 
Live Stock Sales. 987' 
Live Stock Notes. 988 
Orleans Co., N. Y., Wool Association.988 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 989 
Fall Chores on the Poultry Plant. 990 
Rye for Chickens. 990 
HORTICULTURE 
Collar Rot and Fire Blight. 974 
Strawberry Plants by Mail.'976 
Tree Injury from Winter-killing. 976 
Summer Meeting of the N. J. Horticultural 
Society. Part II. 979 
The Case of the Robin. 977 
Lifting Narcissi for Division. 981 
Controlling Cutworms . 981 
Pasonies from Seed Culture of Lentils. 981 
Culture of Lentils. 981 
Ailing Peach Trees. 981 
White Grubs and Strawberries. 981 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 984 
Seen in New York Shops. 984 
Common Accidents of Childhood. 984 
The Rural Patterns. 984 
Leaf Filet Lace. 984 
Fanning the War Savings Stamps.984, 985 
Midsummer Canning . 985 
Embroidery Design . .. 985 
String Beans Canned with Cream of Tartar. 985 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Modem Awakening of an Old Ohio 
Events of the Week. 976 
The New Draft. 976 
Fifty Farmers in N. Y. Legislature. 977 
New York Fairs. 979 
Editorials . 982 
Buffalo Markets . 988 
Publisher’s Desk . 990 
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