RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Big South American Orange 
TriE K. N.-Y. has readers in practienlly 
every country of the world. They run all 
Ihe way from the northern part of Alaska 
to the lower part of Patagonia, and 
from South Africa far up the niiip in 
Northern Ku.ssia. We have soihetimes 
wondered why it is that these people in 
foreign lands came to bo interested in 
Tiik R. N.-Y„.and not long ago we made 
something of an investigation to try to 
learn about this. We found that some of 
these people are Americans, whf> have 
wandered far away from home, and set¬ 
tled down in foreign parts of the earth. 
These people tell us that, though they 
never expect to return to America per¬ 
manently, they like to know the thought 
of the people and what is going on, so, if 
possible, they plan to take some gcmd 
daily paper which will give them a line 
on current events, one or two mag,azines, 
and al.so TitE R. N.-Y., because our paper, 
as they say, gives them the thought of 
the American hirmers rather better than 
any other tliey have tried. In other cases 
these subscribers are natives of the coun¬ 
try in which they live, but have either 
triivelled in America or are making a 
thorough study of its in.stitutions. They 
tell us (hey take TiiE R. N.-Y'. for the 
same reason ; that is. because it seems 
to express better tlmn otlu'r faimi papers 
the thought of the country i)eople and 
their desires for im|irovement or change. 
Among other people scattered through 
the*world we have a number of subscrib¬ 
ers in South .Vnu'rica. and one of them 
who lives in Bahia, Brazil, has sent us 
the little picture shown at Fig. 50R. Tie 
wants to give us an idea of the size of 
the oranges grown in that country. The 
little girl shown in this ])icture is holding 
two of the.se oranges, one measuring 7% 
and the other eight inches in diameter. 
'I’he little girl herself is five years old, 
and the orange held in her h'ft arm is 
about the size of her head, so that vve 
may get a good idea of the way this 
fruit grows. After the war, we think 
that the United States will have very 
much closer relations with the South 
.Vmericaii republics than ever before. 
'riuTC should be closer trade relations, 
and we believe this business will be <le- 
Kifj Orniifies from Iluhta, KrazH. Fhj. 5(i8 
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veloped. South America is .a land t)f 
great resources !ind possibilities. 'I’hey 
need our capital and energy down there, 
and they will have it in the future. We 
believe that Spanish taught in our public 
schools will be found of far giamtei' value 
ill a business way for the future .\mericnu 
than most of the (iermaii now being 
taught. _ 
Hope Farm Flint Corn 
I.ast Siiring I imrchased a dozen cars 
of a variety of (lint corn which had b(*en 
descrihed in the columns of Tiir: R. N.-Y. 
'^I'his corn was planted on a piece of nevyly 
cleared ground, as a .seed plot for getting 
enough seed for planting a larger area 
next year, if it should prove as good as 
the claims.made for it. It has turned out 
very well, though it was planted rather 
late (.Tune M), growing very rapidly and 
producing an aluindance of large mirs, 
well filled to the tip. It is now nearly 
ready to cut, and 1 would like to ask you 
if you can tell the name of the variety, 
which -was not given at the time I bought 
it. It has one peculiarity which is very 
pronounced,' and which I noticed e.spe- 
cially as I was going through the plot de- 
tasseling the barren stalks, in order to 
insure pollenization only from fertile 
stalks. A large number of stalks showed 
a tendency to produce an imperfect ear 
in place of tin* tas.sel. some of the.se ears 
being as much as six inches long, with 
well-defined rows of kernels, others only 
two to three inches. I should .judge that 
from two to three per cent of all the 
stalks show(‘(l this tendency, producing 
no tassel and no other ear. Some of 
these tips were a combination of ear and 
tassel, and I have wondered whether it 
wer(* an indication of unusual jiroduotive 
tendency, as (piite a large proportion of 
the normal stalks carry two perfect ears 
(0 the stalk. <-'• i'-- 
Ilartsdale, N. 
For want of a better name we call this 
corn Hope Farm flint. Some years ago 
we started with a good strain of early 
Canada flint, which had been grown and 
selectiHl for a long time in New Hnglaml. 
We were after a variety of corn which 
will mature in DO days and be suitable 
for growing in young orchards. Corn 
W'ith big stalks interfered with the growth 
of young trees. We wanted a short, slen¬ 
der stalk good for fodder and producing 
one or more fair-sized ears. Thus we 
have selected ears from stalks of this type 
until we have a good strain for this kind 
of culture. We want a 00-day strain be¬ 
cause late planting is desired in order to 
give the cover crop a finll chance to de¬ 
velop. The tendency of this corn is to 
prcxluce two ears to each .stalk, and we 
think you are right in assuming that 
these tips indicate “unusual productive 
tendency.” A heavy dressing of phos¬ 
phoric acid will heli> (o mature some of 
these tips. In speaking of this corn we 
do not want anyone to suppose that it 
will ever take the place of the big vari¬ 
eties for silage or for grain. It has l>een 
selected entirely for growing in orchards, 
or for late planting on rough land where 
qiiick growth and early maturity are 
wanted, _ 
Keeping Winter Squash 
Can .von advise me ns to method of stor¬ 
ing Winter squash that it may keep? 1 
have tried a dug cellar, also a cement 
storehouse, with no effective results, as 
they rotted badly. 0. E. T. 
West Boylston. Mass. 
Unlike nio.st vegetables, .s(iua.shes and 
pumpkins must be stored in a fairly warm 
place if they are to be kept without rot¬ 
ting. A temperature between HO and (JO 
degrees is best for them. If the amateur 
gardener has a heater in his cellar he 
can put up a few shelves near it on which 
to store his scpiashes and pumpkins. If 
the cellar is cold he can store them in a 
closet next the chimney, perhaps, or in 
some similar jilace. Far more squashes 
than usual have been grown this season 
in private gardens, anil extra precautions 
should be taken to keep them for Winter, 
as they have considerable food value. It 
is Avell to remember that those which 
start to decay can be .savtxl by canning 
or drying them. A brief description of 
the methods followed by commercial grow¬ 
ers in handling their squashes will indi¬ 
cate to amateurs the best cour.se to adopt. 
The crop is harvestixl carefully, care being 
taken not to cut or bruise the squashes. 
They keep best if part of the stem is al¬ 
lowed to remain. Before being placed 
under cover they are allowed to dry out 
for several days, commonly being made 
into idles which can be covered at. night 
if the weather turns cold. They are then 
taken inside'and stored on open shelves 
one above the other, but only two tiers of 
squashes are allowixl to each shelf. At 
flrst the house is kept open much of (he 
time to permit the evaporation of the 
w’ater in the squashes. This is very Im¬ 
portant. As the weather gets cold the 
windows are closed, but some ventilation 
given, fl'he growers try to keep the air 
dry and the temperature about r>(). <.)ften 
a special house is used for storing 
squashes, the shelves l>elng located on the 
second floor with a large stove in the 
room below. I’roperly cared for, squashes 
will keep for nearly a year. They become 
lighter in weight, of course, but the wise 
grower sells them by the barrel late in 
the season. __ 
Thrashing Clover Seed 
I have a good stand of second-crop 
clover iind I would like to cut it for seed, 
(’an I thrash it with the ordinary grain 
thrasher? How is it best handled? 
Ilonesdale, Fa. o. i’. n. 
.\n ordinary grain thrasher would 
hardly be the thing to thrash (1. I*. D.’s 
clover .seed. A ri'gular clover thrasher is 
more of a luiller and grater built for 
clover thrashing. Some grain thrashers 
have a special attachment for clover 
thrashing, but I have known cases where 
it' paid to do the thrashing over again 
wHh a clover mill. If the proper machine 
is not to be found, it i.s best to thrash 
over several times. If the crop of seed 
is not allowed to get too ripe it can be 
handled much the .s’jime as hay. Of corirse 
the more and rougher it is handled tlie 
greater the loss by shelling, especially 
when very ripe. The rijier the seed the 
more careful one should be. (hitting should 
be done when damp, and if a horse-rake is 
used it should be raked when cut, or any 
time when npt very dry. Aswather attached 
to the cutting bar of the mower is a good 
way to move the seed to one side out of 
the way of horses and mower. Three 
men with forks following the mower will 
about move all the clover out of the way 
as fast as cut and have it bunched at the 
same time, or it can be cut and then 
bunched with a fork without raking. A 
good growth of clover can be handled 
very well b.v hand without raking, fl'he 
better any hay is bunched the better it 
will .shed watiu-. Opening and stirring 
clover seed to dry is a big loss. .T. n. r.. 
Club-foot in Cabbage 
I jilanted about 100 cabbage plants: 
none showed club-foot when I planted 
them, but about all of them are now af¬ 
fected, and they wilt in ihe daytime, n. 
This “club-foot” of cabbage is a germ 
disease, the germs being found in the soil. 
'I’he plants may have been affected when 
they were transjilanted without your 
knowing it. Or the germs may have been 
in t'he soil where you set them. For a 
small amount of seed you may burn a 
pile of brush or other trash on the ground 
and plant the seed there. Then when 
they are transplanted put a little lime 
around each plant. 
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