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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 1919 
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General Farm Topics 
Crimson Clover After Oats 
I am sowing oats this Spring, and in 
August will sow Crimson clover after cut¬ 
ting the oats, to get the land in good con¬ 
dition for the Spring of 11120 for planting 
corn. Is this a good plan? Would I be 
safe to sow cow peas in the place of Crim¬ 
son clover? There are-times that it is 
very hard to get a good stand of Crimson 
clover. The oats are to be used for hay. 
Vineland, N. J. J. V. 
The plan is good, and quite often fol¬ 
lowed south of Philadelphia. You can 
still further improve the soil by drilling 
cow peas three feet apart after cutting 
the oats. Give them good culture and 
about September 1 sow Crimson, clover 
seed all over and cultivate it in as you 
would in a cornfield. The cow peas will 
be killed by the frost and the Crimson 
clover will come on and cover the ground. 
Hints on Corn Growing 
Years ago on entering a hall iu another 
State for a farmers’ institute I was met 
at the door by an elderly man. who said 
brusquely: “What can you do?” That 
question stuck, and iu my talk I had 
that man in mind. It is there today, and 
is, 1 believe, the question which should 
face every man who stands before an 
audience to discuss agricultural problems. 
Here was where the old-time farmers’ in¬ 
stitutes got their strength, and the ebb 
began when theories took the place of 
actual experience. So long as men stood 
to declare, “I know, for I have proven in 
practice,” people listened and questioned. 
In this spirit I want, to urge the growing 
of more Hint corn for three reasons: 
1. Because it is the surest crop we can 
grow. 
2. Because its food value is great and 
to be increased as men grow it into a 
knowledge of the laws of growth. 
3. Because its increase will inevitably 
add to the live stock on the farm and 
relieve from the tremendous burden of 
purchased fertilizers. 
Ten years’ attempt to fix a new strain, 
the result of a direct cross, opened my 
eyes to lessons before overlooked. I must 
have sweet soil if I am to realize, and 
this spells lime. I must have natural 
corn land, and this can be determined 
only by experience. Even iu corn-growing 
sections there is a wide variation, and 
somehow only a good crop pays. How 
long one can grow on the same land T 
do not know. but. I have a six years’ 
record, the last crop being the best. 
I want to give more attention to prepa¬ 
ration; deeper plowing, more complete 
pulverizing, and. following planting, fre¬ 
quent. light, cultivation. There is danger 
in cultivator teeth. When corn i.s eight 
inches tall the roots nearly meet between 
the rows, and a two-incli dust mulch is 
sufficient. I want to save my seed by 
breaking the ears, when husks are dry, 
one-third back from tip, but more im¬ 
portant. is it. to select ears lilting close 
to stalk, set. 2*4 feet, from the ground. 
This leads towards uniformity in ripen¬ 
ing. 
Applying eight to 10 cords of manure 
to the acre I want to work iu, at the last 
harrowing, 400 lbs. of acid phosphate. 
It pays in strength of stalk, number and 
size of leaves and character of ear. 
Breaking seed ears before cutting en¬ 
ables one to select type of stalk as well 
as ear, and thus improve crops and fodder 
yield. In this latitude I find it important 
that seed ears be thoroughly cured before 
freezing time, and to insure this I hang 
single ears, or traces of six, in an open 
shed, or under piazza, where there is 
plenty of air, but out of the sun. One 
of the steps calling for the most nerve 
is that of thinning each hill to three 
stalks. That this insures increased yield 
there is no question. 
The average protein content of dent 
corn is 9.50. while our New England flint 
corn averages 10.30 to 10.50. A test 
made from my field ran as high as 12.65. 
This I am unable to account for, but it 
must suggest to the thinking grower a 
possibility to be sought after. 
Yield, character of stock and ear, size, 
width, depth and thickness of kernels are 
all easily controlled by him who carefully 
and patiently seeks definite results, the 
volume always an unknown quantity in¬ 
viting further research. Beyond is that 
more elusive field covered by analysis, but 
for one I believe ir may be opened by any 
man who seeks to establish harmony with 
the laws of growth and a congenial en¬ 
vironment for his crop. Nature cannot 
be forced, but she always responds to an 
invitation rightly expressed. 
Maine. o. m. twitch ell. 
Kerosene Injurious to Vegetation 
1 would like to have a little information 
about one of my shade trees. It i.s a 
maple, about 20 ft. high and S in. in diam¬ 
eter. There were some insects or small 
bugs all over the trunk, from ground up 
to about 2 ft. on tree one day last Sum¬ 
mer. It was very hot at flu 1 time. Seeing 
those hugs, I got some kerosene oil and 
poured it over trunk where the bugs were. 
Last Fall the bark peeled oil' nearly all 
around tree, leaving about 3 or 4 in. of 
bark, that is from ground up to about 2 ft. 
Was it the oil that did this, or was it the 
bugs or lice? I painted the bare spot 
with ordinary paint. Will this tree live?, 
It seems all right this Spring. Do you 
think it would do any good to keep it 
painted? What, is g<»«>d to kill bark lice 
on poplar tree? E. E. L. 
North Windham, ( ’onn. 
I hardly think there i> any doubt about 
the injury to the tree being due to the 
application o' kerot-eue. The maple is 
singularly free from injurious insects, and 
those on the trunk of the tree at time you 
used the kerosene were very likely nothing 
but winged ants iu the process of swarm¬ 
ing, and all would have disappeared with¬ 
in a couple of hours. Never use raw ker¬ 
osene on vegetation of any kind unless 
you want to kill or do irreparable dam¬ 
age. The tree will probably live, but will 
he scarred and unsightly for years to 
Come. Keep the naked wood painted; 
that is the best thing you can do. Here¬ 
after, if you think it necessary to use a. 
handy insecticide, try strong soapsuds or 
weak lye water, which will quickly exter¬ 
minate the insects without injury to tree 
or plant. k. 
Alfalfa in Rotation 
I am farming my place in 13-acre fields 
and would like to start Alfalfa and cut 
out the Timothy hay. I wish to mow one 
seeding of grass three years. How would 
you advise me to start it ? Would you 
mix clover and a little Timothy seed with 
the Alfalfa? I’lease stare the best, time to 
plant, and the amount of quarts of seed 
per acre. If mixed with other .seed, give 
a suitable amount of each. I have II 
acres iu wheat w ith Timothy I expect to 
sow clover this Spring. Would it lie ad¬ 
visable to sow Alfalfa at the same time, 
and how much? Would it start well in 
the oats? Is lime a help to Alfalfa? I 
believe T can grow Alfalfa. 1 have seen 
several stalks on my farm; as I never 
sowed any on some of these places it must 
have been in the clover. If sowing in the 
wheat in Spring, what time would you 
.sow for best results for the start of the 
Alfalfa? E. L. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
The best, way to start Alfalfa its by mak¬ 
ing a good seed bed. and that in warm 
weather, too. 1 presume E. L. L. has 
corn in his rotation of crops, and if he 
did not yet seed them to grain I would 
advise him to start Alfalfa there this 
Spring about the first week in May. By 
using oats as a nurse crop he would make 
a good crop of oat hay anil thereby get a 
crop off the first year. Letting the oats 
go to ripe seed i.s a hard drain on the land 
and very likely to kill the Alfalfa. I pre¬ 
fer to use the regular grain drill and sow 
both the Alfalfa and oats at one opera¬ 
tion. About 15 lhs. per acre is enough. 
I have used 12 lbs. and got a perfect 
stand. 
I think it inadvisable to mix with clover 
and Timothy, as the Alfalfa wants a good 
seed bed to start it. I once tried to sow 
Alfalfa with wheat iu the Fall on a small 
patch. The result was good and 1 became 
so enthusiastic about it that the next Fall 
I sowed Alfalfa and Timothy with all the 
wheat, but all for nothing. If is best to 
go by the rule rather than by the excep¬ 
tion. The seed should be inoculated. Tin- 
laud must be sweet or must be limed. 
c. b. n. 
Doctor: “You certainly lock better; 
you must have followed my advice, and 
had a change.” “Yes, so 1 have.” “Where 
did you go?” “I went to another doc¬ 
tor.”—Melbourne Australasian. 
