140S 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
^ Our beautiful Fall weather still con¬ 
tinues. Now, December 6, we are still 
getting our daily supply of lettuce fi’om 
the open ground, and that in the frames is 
hardly larger—in fact, hardly as large. 
The Curled Scotch kale is now at its best, 
for it is far better after frost, and the 
spinach shows no sign of damage. The 
Celestial radishes grew to the size of big 
ruta bagas and finally becaftie so hot that, 
although not pithy, we concluded to clear 
them out, and gave them io a neighbor 
who keeps a cow. Hope they will not 
make the milk hot. 
The cabbages are now tucked away for 
the 'Winter. In a lettuce bed, sown late 
for plants to set in frames, the leaves 
blown from the street trees have been 
caught by the lettuce, and now just the 
tops of the leaves of the lettuce show and 
the ground is well mulched. We let the 
leaves remain to help carry the plants 
through for Spring setting. 
I am now getting up my list of seed for 
the coming season, for I always send the 
order off early in January. Getting into 
the list what I know is good I simply hold 
it till the new catalogues come in to see 
if there are any new things that prom¬ 
ise well. Of the newer vegetables I shall 
plant the Chinese cabbage more largely 
next Spring and Summer, for I find that 
the late planting does best here, but the 
earlier comes in very nicely in place of 
lettuce in Summer, and to my taste bet¬ 
ter than endive, though I do not leave 
out the endive. I shall discard the Celes¬ 
tial radish and go back to the old Chinese 
Rose-colored radish for Winter, for it 
never gets so biting hot, and with a good 
mulch between the rows will stand out 
and not get pithy. The big white Celestial 
is too strong for us. Then we found a 
pea the past Spring that will take the 
place of our old favorite Champion of 
England. This is the Longfellow ; as its 
name indicates, it has extra long pods, 
and makes such a host of them and lasts 
so long in good shape that it will take the 
place of the Champion, not only in prod¬ 
uct but in quality. It grows about as tall 
as the Champion and will need the chick¬ 
en wire trellis or a wire fence to climb on. 
Last Spring I planted them under the 
impression that they were of the dwarf 
class, like Laxton, and I had a terrible 
mass of grow’th, but got a great crop, and 
would have had a better one with some 
support. 
Pumpkins and Winter squashes are not 
grown here to the extent they are north¬ 
ward, for we have the great sweet potato 
crop, and with a jelly-like yam can make 
all the pies and things the Yankees make 
wdth pumpkins. Most of the people here 
who groAV pumpkins at all grow the larg¬ 
est they can, so that they can get the big 
ones for the Fall fairs. But I do not 
think that even a New England house¬ 
keeper would care for these monsters to 
make pies. We bought recently a little 
round ribbed pumpkin which really gave 
us an idea of the best pie pumpkin of New 
England. All of our experience hereto¬ 
fore has been wdth the big, coarse pump¬ 
kins, and w'e did not care much for them, 
but this little pie pumpkin, as they called 
it, was a revelation to me, and when well 
cooked, tasted more like apple butter 
than the pumpkins we have tried before. 
I think I shall have to grow some of 
them. Winter squashes we have tried 
and find that we cannot get a crop from 
them worth the space they occupy. Pe¬ 
culiarities of seasons or idiosyncrasies of 
plants are often puzzling. Last year we 
planted some Black Eye cow peas, for we 
are fond of them, and we raised a supply 
just exhausted. The past Summer we 
planted more, had a fine growth, and not 
a blossom or imd. The dead tops will 
doubtless help the soil, but why the 
same seed should bear abundantly one 
season and utterly fail to produce any¬ 
thing another sea.sou is one of the puzzles 
we cannot solve. f. w. massey. 
Destroying Cabbage Worms; Aphis on 
Turnips 
I would like to tell of the success I 
had during the season just past in ridding 
cabbages of worms. In general the pests 
were about as numerous as I ever saw 
them, so I am all the more confident that 
I am on the right track. All that I did 
was to get some powdered hellebore and 
sprinkle it on the plants just about the 
time they began to head. They were al¬ 
ready well beset by worms, and I do not 
think that if they had been let alone 
there wmuld have been any cabbage. I 
did not pay any attention to the worms 
after that, and the crop was a good one. 
In some seasons it might be necessary to 
apply the hellebore more than once, but 
I w’ould not recommend its use after the 
heads began to form. Cabbage grows 
from the imside and it would not be easy 
to get any outside application into the 
heads, but it is well to be careful. Now 
if one dose, given at the stated time, will 
rid the cabbages of their enemies for the 
whole season, it is folly to allow worms to 
do so much harm. I only wish that all 
other gai’den pests could be handled in the 
same easy way. 
Cannot someone tell me how to deal 
with the green aphis that attacks my ' 
turnips in such great numbers? I have 
had a patch of w'hite turnips ruined two 
seasons by the green aphis, which fairly 
loaded down the leaves at the under side. 
The turnips first began to look distressed 
and then they wilted down and died, 
though I tried to drive the lice off with 
the garden hose. I have heard that to¬ 
bacco water would destroy them, but I 
did not have any way to apply it. 
Buffalo, N. Y. j. w. c. 
Puttying Hotbed Sashes 
"What is the best material and method 
of applying putty to hotbed sashes? 
New York. l. e. w. 
Various methods and various materials 
are iised by different market gardeners. 
The plan most generally followed is to 
set the glass in putty in the ordinary 
manner, and then to apply one of the 
proprietary materials which will not 
crack or fall out when hard, and which 
can be put on in a liquid state. One 
much-advertised article is called Mastica. 
A cheaper article is perhaps more com¬ 
monly used by commercial gardeners for 
hotbed eashes. It is black, rather thin, 
and applied by means of a little gun, so 
that it can be put on quickly and easily. 
It cannot be smoothed down to look as 
nice as piitty, as it is extremely sticky, 
but when dry it can be painted white if 
desired. This stuff costs about $1.35 a 
gallon. E. I. FARRINGTON. 
Installing a Ram 
(Continued from page 1403) 
considerably more, because of the in¬ 
creased cost of the larger piping. 
_ As suggested, the length of the drive- 
pipe has much to do with the best opera¬ 
tion of the ram. As a general rule, it is 
made from three-fourths to equal in length 
to the vertical height or head against 
which the ram pumps, or from 60 to 80 
feet in A. B. D.’s case. It is better, 
though, to consult the company from 
which the ram is ordered on this point, as 
each concern makes some little differences 
on this point, according to carefully 
vvorked-out formulae of their own. 
■When laying the delivery pipe from the 
ram to the supply tank, care should be 
taken so to place it that it will all slant 
back toward the ram, or at least lie level. 
This is to prevent the collection of air 
in high places, which causes the so-called 
“air bind.” If a high spot in the line 
cannot be avoided, a pet-cock tapped into 
the line and set so that the water escapes 
from it slowly by drops, will usually pre¬ 
vent this trouble. 
^ A gate valve should be put in the drive- 
pipe and another in the service pipe so 
that the water may be shut off on both 
sides and repairs made to the ram when 
needed. The service pipe should also be 
provided with a check valve near the ram, 
such a valve relieving the valves of the 
ram of a considerable load. 
The ram itself should be installed in a 
small house, shaving-stuffed walls or sim¬ 
ilar construction furni.shing protection 
from freezing, and although some pro¬ 
tection should be given the standpipe 
(See page 1403), also the drive and supply 
pipes, there is litle danger from freezing 
in the remainder of the ram because the 
water is in such rapid motion. "Where 
the pipes cannot be put sufficiently below 
the ground they are .sometimes protected 
by wooden casings filled with strawy ma¬ 
nure, shavings or other heat insulator. 
It is probable that aside from its insulat¬ 
ing qualities the manure furnishes a slight 
amount of heat as well. Protected in this 
wmy, rams are found working with little 
trouble and attention throughout the 
Winters of Canada and New England. 
The ram is used to quite an extent in 
connection with the pneumatic tank, and 
when so used the pressure that it is de¬ 
sired to carry on the tank should be 
changed to an equivalent head of water 
and added to the head necessary to force 
water up to^ the tank in order that the 
height to which the ram is lifting water is 
known, and to avoid overtaxing it. This 
IS done by multiplying the pressure car¬ 
ried by 2.34, as one pound pressure will 
siipport a column of water 2.,34 feet in 
height. For example, a pressure of 40 
pounds would be equivalent to a head of 
about 94 feet. 
To permit the ram to operate continu¬ 
ously a pop valve could be placed be¬ 
tween the ram and the pneumatic tank 
which could be set to open at the desired 
pressure and the water escaping from it 
piped to a gravity tank for the use of 
cattle. It would be best to place a check 
valve between this valve and the tank. 
Pneumatic tanks need their air pres¬ 
sure renewed occasionally, the air being 
absorbed, as in the air bell of the ram; 
otherwise they become Avaterlogged and 
cease to work. Some ram companies 
claim that the “sniffing” valves of their 
rams may be so set that it will take in a 
sufficient quantity of air at each stroke to 
maintain the supply in the tank; others 
advise the use of an air pump. To avoid 
opportunity for trouble it would 
probably be best to connect an air pump 
with the system; the expen.se would not 
be great and the trouble arising from a 
waterlogged tank would be done awav 
__ R. H. s. 
‘ I am glad the Sunday gasoline ban 
has been lifted,” said the cheerful-looking 
stranger; “it will help my business.” 
Are ^u an automobile manufacturer?” 
asked Dobson. “No,” replied the cheerful- 
looking stranger, “I’m an undertaker.”— 
Life. 
When the shopman informed her that 
the price of eggs was six shillings a dozen, 
she exclaimed : “Six shillings. Why, that’s 
sixpence for each egg.” “Yes, mum,” said 
the man. but you must remember that 
one egg is a whole day’s work for a hen.” 
•“London h arm and Home. 
New Gambrel Roof 
adds to capacity. 
Save Labor and 
Reduce Feed Bills 
Thousands of Dairymen 
testify that the Harder 
has made their business 
more profitable. 
Used and Endorsed by the U. S. Gov¬ 
ernment and many state institutions. 
ADVANCE IN PRICE 
Owingto rising costs of materials and 
labor, we will shortly bo compelled to ad¬ 
vance prices. Orders placed m December 
or January will have the benefit of present 
prices. Buy now and save money. 
Write for free book telling all 
about Silage and the Harder 
HARDER MFC. CO. 
Box 11 
Cobleskill, N. Y. 
EASY TO ERECT 
That the Unadilla Silo presents no building prob- 
lem is proved again and again. Its simple parts 
unickly and easily.'Any handy man 
with the aid of boy or woman can erect a Unadilla 
Either conical or gambrel roof (with extra silage 
space) conies as regular equipment. The price of 
a Unaililla is practically all 
you pay. No special, costly 
hired help needed. Heed 
the government’s advice, 
order early. Send to-day 
for catalog, prices and 
Agency Offer. Address 
Box C 
UNADILLA 
SILO CO. 
Unadilla. N. Y. 
or 
Des Moines, la. 
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depends upon the grading. When you 
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We absolutely guarantee to pay ex¬ 
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express charges, and refund postage 
on mail shipments. We refer you to 
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for Price List. 
JOSEPH ULLMANN, fnc. 
(Established 1854) 
Dept D46—18-20.22-W. 20th Street 
New York, N. Y, 
If you don’t send 
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A Bulletin, containing a list of 1,100 farms 
in New York State for sale or io rent 
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highest prices 
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Vfrce 
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Muskrat, Raccoon, Red Fox- 
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