The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE MAILBAG 
Setting Marshall Strawberries 
How far apart do you plant the Mar¬ 
shall for hill culture? n. l. s. 
This year we have planted two feet 
apart each way. We have tried planting 
all the way from one foot apart in beds 
to hills three feet apart. We seem to 
get a better yield of large berries by 
planting two feet each way and putting 
down three or four good runners around 
the parent plant. 
High Prices on Farm 
I have two nephews who have just 
been mustered out of service, and they 
would like to go on a farm with me. We 
have looked at several farms, but when 
we appear they almost double the price. 
I was raised on a farm, and I know what 
farm property is worth. c. G. T. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
That is not the way to locate soldiers 
on farms. Naturally, everyone wants fair 
value for his land, but it is poor policy to 
demand “the pound of flesh” in a bar¬ 
gain. Most of the soldiers cannot hope 
to locate on farms unless they can have 
very liberal terms. 
Fresh Manure for Melons and Cucumbers 
Can you tell me if it is good to put 
fresh stable manure into cucumber hills, 
or is it advisable to plant cucumbers soon 
after-putting it in? w. w. R. 
Cazenovia, N. Y. 
All authorities agree that fresh stable 
manure is entirely unsuited for melons, 
particularly when applied in the hill. 
Stable manure, when used for such crops, 
should be well rotted and fine, or com¬ 
posted with night soil, etc., containing at 
least one-lmlf its weight of good garden 
soil, and used only after it has lain in a 
heap several months. In the absence of 
rotted manure or compost, it will be bet¬ 
ter to use good fertilizer. Well-rotted 
manure, applied in quantity of two or 
three good shovelfuls to the hill, supple¬ 
mented with a handful or two of guano or 
bonemeal well mixed with the soil, should 
always be used if best results are to be 
obtained. K. 
The One-horse Farm 
I am afraid that the problem of a one- 
horse farm is hardly solved by the dis¬ 
cussions of the matter that I have seen in 
TiI'e R. N.-Y. lately, mainly because the 
cost of the man in the case has not been 
considered. If it cost as much to keep 
a horse as it did a man. as used to be the 
fact in Southern Europe, where I have 
seen a team of white oxen plowing in one 
field and a row of men turning over the 
sod with shovels in the next, the reduction 
of horses to one for each man would be 
alTright, but with wages where they are 
the tendency ought to be in the opposite 
direction, till there are four or five horses 
to a man. Of course the small farm 
would not support the horses, but the loss 
by using one horse is in like proportion. 
Why will not farmers see the saving of 
co-operation—plain changing work—in 
such cases? Let two neighbors buy each 
a heavy horse; they will have au auto¬ 
mobile for the road, and then use the 
horses as a single team where any really 
heavy farm work is to be done. I am 
aware that it is the hardest thing in the 
world to get farmers to pull together in 
this way, blit I submit that a man is not 
fit to live in a farming neighborhood un¬ 
less he is in line for hooking up with the 
next farmer for work that can be done 
best by combining. It is a fact that in 
my farm experience I never saw neigh¬ 
bors who would do their work in that 
way, but all the same they ought to be 
ashamed of this degree of offishness that 
cuts them out of such benefits. How easy 
it would all be if small farmers would 
join together in such a way. j. w. c. 
New York. 
Coal Ashes ..Around Trees 
Are coal ashes good for apple trees? 
R. II. s. 
We have some 500 apple trees with 
coal ashes banked around them. Not 
much plant food is added in the ashes, 
but they cover the ground, keep the soil 
moist and cool and give some protection 
against mice and borers. If the slops 
from the house can be poured over the 
ashpile during the Winter the effect will 
be greater, for then the coal ashes will 
carry some uitrogen from the slops. 
Muskrats Wanted 
I wish to raise muskrats, and would 
like to get some for breeding. Where 
could I purchase them? I have a license 
to keep them, but will have to get my 
breeding stock outside of the State of 
New York. frank N. TO I. and. 
New York. 
This is too much for us. Has anyone 
muskrats for sale? 
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