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“Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 14, 1918 
seeds, insfe.-id of more f.iliage. ()]■ rhe 
plants may be lifted rareftilly on tlie 
api)roaeh of cold weather, and transferretl 
to large tubs, with a goml-sized ball of 
earth adhering to the roots, and .set in a 
warm and well-lighted room where they 
•will ripen their .seeds. Kifiier of those 
methods, if successful, will save a year’.s 
time in the ju-oduction of seeds. J>ut 
the seeds will be .shriveled and small in 
size, and of comparatively low vitality, 
and should be carefully screened aiid 
tested before being used. 
Orowixg Cabbagk .Stt'mps. —Another 
method of growing seed from the early 
crop of early cabbages is to leave as long 
ji .stump as pos.sible when cutting the 
heads. The.se stumps are cultivated and 
irrigated, and soon throw out new sprouts. 
These are removed, rooted in sand, as the 
soft cuttings of geraniums are rooted, 
tr.ansferred to pots, and carried over in 
cold frames, or in the greenhouse, or even 
in the windows of the living-room. In 
the .Spring they are set in the garden and 
soon develop seed stalks. Or the entire 
stump w'ith sprouts attached may be car- 
I'ied over in cold frames, or in trenches, 
and treated in the Sjiring according to 
the method of growing seed fi'om whole 
plants. I'liis method is extensively ])rac- 
ticed in Denmark, which is the banner 
countr.v of the world in the matter of 
cabbnge-se(‘d ))roduction. Ily this method 
the head is not sacriticed. but may be 
xisod or marketed as though the seeds 
were not to be grown. 
Sflkctiox Xekdki).—^'F liis method en- 
tibles the grower to .select seed from 
plants which jiroduce heads that ai)i)roach 
more closely to some desired typ<‘. Ami 
it is this careful attenti<m to selection 
which is i>racticed by the D.anish gar¬ 
dener, tliiit gives to Danish se»‘d its su- 
periorit.v. Cabbage seeds tix and ))er- 
’ jtetuate the characteristics of the parent 
j)lant more readily than most other itlants. 
and. for this rc'ason. tin* grower should 
exercise the titmost caution in selecting 
mother )ilants. This does not necessarily 
mean that he should select the jdants 
which produce the largest, or the earliest 
beads, for tlu're are other desirable fea¬ 
tures. Hut it does mean that he should 
.select for mother plants those plants 
whicli iiroduce heads most <‘losel.v 
approacliing the tyi)e which he Avishes 
to develoi). whether that tyi)e is early 
f)]* late maturity, disease* eu- frost r*'- 
sisting. large* e.r small, hard or soft, 
round e)r flat, or peeintcel he*aels. long e'u* 
short stumjts, mue-li or little* foliage, or 
any other charae-te'i-istie- whie*h is valuable 
under his conelitions. lie* ma.v thus de¬ 
velop types be'tter adapte'el to his own 
trade and conditions than any strains 
now on the market. Until the opening of 
the Avar aa’O impeuted, annually, e-hrsely 
around d^o.OOO pounds of cabbage seed, 
paying the'refeu' .-i duty eif six cents a 
pound. c. 0. OHArsuEt:. 
THE MAILBAG 
Results of Sweet Clover Pasture 
Hut for The H. X.-Y. I Avould not h.avc 
a itelfl of .'•'AA'eet cleAver for my ceAAVs this 
Summer. I ttirned nine ce)AA's inter the 
tielei. and the first day they gained tAA-o 
galhms. the next day four gallems. so I 
had to fill .•iiieiflier c.an for th<? milkman. 
If_ I changeel them outer Jtiue gras.s and 
White (hive-r they A\-ent doAvn. but back 
on fhet .'swe*et e-Ie)A’er and thcA’ g.iineel cA’cry 
time. Xot only that, but 'the sows and 
pigs. teio. IIoaa; the*y did eat it and groAV I 
I seilel my .'''lu-ing jiigs last Monday, live 
months eilel, avei'agevl HIH perunds. at .'S^O 
a hunelreel. tin* tee)) of the Ineli;ni;i)iolis 
market, right off the .SAveet clover, with 
corn ami tankage. 
Indiana. 
Remedy for Poison Ivy 
As regards poison iA’y. this i.s the Avorst 
place on earth for it; it is cA'erywhere. 
A\ e have had the best sticcess with the 
folloAving remedy: Hicarhonate of .soda 
and peroxide of hydrogen; mix as a thin 
wash. In severe cases mak<* a poultice. 
In latter case give dose of Ujisom sales. 
Xew Hampshire. av. h. c. 
Utilizing Old Cans 
_ I notice on page 007 an inrjuirv regard¬ 
ing the using of old tin cans, and will sav 
for the benefit of the inquirer, that mv 
liuopio Iiavo for .‘=5ovoi'aI yoars l)oon iiuttiiiff 
U)> vegetables in .syrup cams and have had 
oxr^f'llonf: lock with them, and as yet 
ncA (>r Jiad a sjioiled can. Siiniily see that 
the eau.s are Avell cleaned and drie<l, put 
on the lids, press them doAvn AA'e]], then 
run sealing Avax around the lids an.l ))ut 
away in a cooljind dark place. We have 
imt 11 ]) about .“O cans tomatoes this sea¬ 
son. and after jiaying 4.o cents for a 12- 
qnai't basket of tomatoes, these tomatoes 
have cost me a small fraction over four 
cents a can. This not counting the value 
ot cams, which I had given me. I have 
never tried fruit in these cams, as aa'c 
I mve jilcnt.v of gl.ass jars; otherAvise Avould 
not ho.sitatc using them. The sealing 
wax ean be found at most lO-eciit stores, 
Mild hy taking** a small ran, rntting it in 
halt and bending it out a little for a 
siiout. it makes a good melting jiot for the 
sealing wax. The wax should be jircssed 
doAvn all around before it gets cold We 
have had .such good luck this Avay that 
Ave .'ire anxious to have tin* liiethod 
passed along. cha.s. a. J.OAVKifUK. 
Aoav York. 
A Massachusetts Farmer 
I could not afford t<> lose one number 
of The li. X.-Y. One artich* saved me 
some Avorry and anxiety ; that about the 
farmer's right to his Avheat crop. We 
have a good crop: had it rained ofteiier 
it would liaA’c been better. The grain is 
shrunken some, but just tlie same tlie.v 
have raised mor«* grain in Avestern Xor- 
folk County. Massaclnisett.s. tliis Siimiin'r 
than they have in a good many years jiast. 
The rye and oats turned our great, hut 
the hot. dry. Aviiidy weather made th(>m 
rijieii too fast. Still, we know thar Avi* 
can raise good Avheat here, and iioav 
there is machinery here to harvest and 
thrash it, so next year Avill see some 
Avheat grown. My iilans are laid for a 
larger grain acreage next y(*ar. and I 
have the land for it. too. Another sub¬ 
ject you liaA’O handled so avcH is the jicaa^ 
potato Avilt. It struck us here just the 
same way. Fortunately, our potatoes 
were so Ayell along they give a fair yield, 
but the ])eculiar and lucky jiart for us is 
some vines are still green foday. and they 
have a big pile of tubers under them. 
We have eliminated yonr .'lo-eent dollar 
on oiir farm. We si'll most of our pro¬ 
duce direct to the consumer. I have put 
hundreds of bushels of potatoes right in 
the bin in the consumer'.s cellar. (Inr 
milk is sold direct to the neighbors at 10 
cents a quart; no lost or broken bottles, 
no l)ad milk bills. In six years avo have 
n<it lost the iH'ice of more than live quarts 
of milk. AVhen any customer gets lazy 
about ]).aying the bill he gets notice, “Xo 
more milk till this bill is paid,” and they 
don't get it. They jiay, and take care to 
be more ])rompt ever after, bocatise Ave 
haA-e the milk they Avant. 
We have a itublic market in Franklin ; 
it is merely a vacjint lot Avhere Ave sell 
t)ur vegetables right out of our Avagous at 
the prevailing market i)n<*e, cash on the 
spot. Trade is fairly good, and an ahtin- 
danee of produce is brought in <*very time. 
Tuesday and Saturday afternoons are the 
market days. 
I heartily ondor.se your brave efforts 
to 'inproA’c market and milk conditions in 
the big city, and yonr unflinching stand 
against fraud and monojxdy of every 
kind. Keep right on ; we are aa ith you, 
every man and Avoman farmer on the lone¬ 
ly bae-k roads, as Avell as avo on the mo)-e 
truA ('led higliAvays. If they try to SAvamp 
you, just .send out the riot call and there'll 
be some SAvamping from the other si<le 
they won’t forget. V. T. I.. 
Fi'anklin. Mass. 
Melting Beeswax 
A\ ill you toll me Iioav' to melt up comb 
wax from brood fi-jimes? I h-iod to melt 
it over a hot tire Init it refuses, crumb¬ 
ling up into a gramil.'ir ma.s.s. Is there 
any mctlnKl of rt'diicing this comb wax 
to marketable Avax'.' I w.Jsh a-ou Avonld 
inform me. ‘ ^ 
XcAA' Jersey. 
Place the old ooinhs. or other refuse 
containing Avax. in something like loos<*']y 
Avoven burlap bags and cover these Avitii 
Avator in an ordinary Avash Ixiiler. AVeiglit 
the bags To ket*]) them beneatli the Av.-iter. 
It is also well to ]»lace .sticks beneath 
the hags to keej) them from dii-ect con¬ 
tact Avirli the hot hoih'i* bottom. Set the 
boiler on the stove and boil until all the 
wax has melted and risen to the surface, 
from Avhich it may he diiijied into such 
molds as it is de.sired to use. S'o\i will 
then have the ordinai-y nnhleached Avax 
in m.irketable form. yr. n. p. 
Human Tuberculosis 
As I have tlie lirst .symptoms of 
tuberculosis I AA'ish to got hooks *)u tlie 
.subject of curing it in its first st.ages. 
Had I the money I Avonld go to I'olo- 
rado. Are there any .sanatoriums that 
the Government suiiports where peojile 
can go Avho do not liaA’C money? 
‘ o. AV. p. 
I am sending yon a panijihlet, •’What 
You Should Know About Tuberculosis,” 
imblislied by tin* State Deiiartment of 
Health. Albany, X. Y. This Avill he sent 
free uixm aiiidication to all residents of 
the State and. jierhaps. to tho.se n(*<*ding 
it in other St.-ites. In addition, you 
should luTA’c more <'omi)lete instruction as 
to your modt* of living, for it is upon 
one's mode of living that his cure de¬ 
pends. It is diflicult to teach this wholly 
fi'om books for there arc* fcAA* aa’Iio can 
grasp the importance of the e.ssential de¬ 
tails- and learn to folloAv them closely 
Avithout a course of jiersonal instruction, 
such as is given at Avell-conducted sana¬ 
toriums. If you cannot go to a sana- 
toi'iuni. howi'vei*. you should by all means 
read a g4xid book or tAvo upon the sub¬ 
ject. Among these may he mentioned l.)r. 
FaAA'rason Hi'oaa'ii's “IHiles for RecoA*ery 
from ’I'uheivulosis.” You .shonlil also 
Avritt* the X’afional As.sociation for the 
^tndy and I’ri'vention of 'ruberenlosis, 
Hti) Fast TAventy-s<*cond street, Noav 
Yoi'k City, and ask for the address of .any 
local as.soci;ition that they may knoAV «)f 
near Avhere you can receive need«*d belj). 
They Avill Ix^ glad to suggest other books 
.suited to .A’our net'ds ami aid you t<) self 
helj) in any Avay possible. ' m. n. p. 
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■We li.ave .a limited supply of seed rye, GROWN BY 
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