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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 27, 1010 
Vegetables and Fruits 
What Ails the Vinegar? 
Last Fall I put away for vinegar one 
barrel good eider, and as yet there are no 
indications of it ever becoming vinegar. 
What, if anything, can I do to it to make 
vinegar of it? w. H. P. 
Waterman, Wash. 
Can you tell me why cider I bought 
two years ago does not go to vinegar? 
It is just a little sour, about the same as 
when I put it in the cellar, but instead 
of having a vinegar color it is almost like 
water. s. c. s. 
Califon, N. J. 
The trouble in both instances is that 
the cider needs a yeast. An analysis will 
hardly be necessary. Let the housewife 
prepare yeast as in breadmaking, about 
one and a half quarts to the barrel, and 
Rotted Apples: Use of Pomace 
for Vinegar 
1. Are badly rotted apples or those that 
have lain fin the ground a long time any 
use to make vinegar? I have a small 
press and wish to know if good cider is 
made only from cull apples and if I should 
discard all rots? 2. Also is the pomace 
any use on land where cucumbers, to- 
mat . strawberries or rhubarb are to be 
raised next year? If so is the pomace to 
be put on now, or allowed to rot like com¬ 
post and then put on with lime mixed 
with it? Can pomace be put in empty 
rain barrels and tilled half with water 
to make a vinegar for home use? 
l. B. G. 
I. Badly rotted apples are not desirable 
as cider or vinegar stock. The commercial 
plants are this season paying .$2 per c-wt. 
Saving the Sweet 
add the mixture, and it is very likely 
that the trouble will soon begin to vanish. 
One of the common troubles in the home 
aging of cider is that the bung is left 
out of the barrel for too long periods. 
This permits the partial alcoholic content 
to evaporate, and the necessary elements 
are not present to carry on the process. 
Molasses or sugar will also hasten the 
fermentation. A. H. P. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, SEPT. 27, 1919 
FARM TOPICS 
How Farmers are Working. 
Wood Ashes as a Fertilizer. 
A Greenhorn On the Tractor........ 
Fertilizing Value of Old Plaster.... 
Harvesting Popcorn . 
A Farmers’ Real Estate Exchange.. 
That Retail Potato Deal. 
Crops and Farm News...... 
Prospects for Silo Corn...... 
Corn Belt Farmers Organizing. 
Up-State Farm News. 
An Auto Run in Central New York 
Eradication of Canada Thistles..... 
. 1406 
. 1406 
1407, 1408 
. 1409 
. 1409 
. 1414 
. 1414 
. 1415 
. 1415 
. 1421 
. 1421 
. 1434 
. 1434 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Cattle Interbreeding . 
Feeding Growing Pigs. 
Alfalfa for Horse. 
Grain Ration for Cows and Hogs 
Value of Buttermilk and Whey.. 
A Woman’s Flock of Sheep. 
New Sheep Talk. 
Staggers . 
Questions About Meats. 
The Price of Lamb. 
Seed Warts; Warbles. 
Bone Spavin . 
Blininess . 
Garbage Poisoning . 
Lame Sow . 
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Corn for Winter 
for cider apples, “free from rot.” While 
with the old process usiug straw the pres¬ 
ence of rots did not interfere so much, the 
present method employing cloths does not 
work well at all with rots. They clog 
the filter medium. It is always better to 
use sound stock. 
2. Pomace is of some value on land 
when properly applied. It will not do. 
however, to haul direct to the field. It 
shoul be taken to some waste corner and 
there spread out, a foot or IS inches deep. | 
and allowed to remain there until the I 
next season, when it may be applied to 
the land. It will be found to be of benefit, 
especially to sandy soil. Lime need not 
necessarily be mixed with the pomace. 
Local conditions will govern the use of 
lime. Pomace may be used again in vine¬ 
gar manufacture. It is often broken up 
and re-pressed, and in the second process 
offers a goodly source of income to the 
commercial plants. a. ii. p. 
Renting Orchards in Michigan 
What has been the general experience 
in renting bearing apple orchards? What 
is it fair price to pay per tree or acre 
for it five-year lease, the renter to do all 
the work and contract to keep up the 
quality of the orchard? J. K. j. 
This was a common practice (renting 
orchards) in Michigan from five to 15 
years ago; today but few orchards have 
been rented. During the renting period 
the practice was to pay from 25c to $1 
per tree, according to the size. and con¬ 
dition of the trees, varieties, etc. For 
a tree 25 years old and fairly good con¬ 
dition, of the usual mixed varieties found 
THE HENYARD 
in most of the farm orchards, a rental of 
The Henyard . 
Crop-bound Hen; Cabbage Worms 
HORTICULTURE 
A Lean-to Greenhouse. 
Burning Over Strawberry Patch... 
Fruit On the Farm—Part II. 
Lawn Grass Under Trees. 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
Father is Taking His Medicine. 1410 
Let Dishes Dry Themselves. 1410 
The Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman.... 1416 
Price cf School Sanitary Toilets. 1422 
School Attendance . 1422 
A Successful Farmer’s Wife. 1422 
Husband’s Rights in Wife’s Estate. 1422 
The Pastoral Parson. 1424 
The Spirit of Life. 1424 
MISCELLANEOUS 
What Ails the Vinegar. 1408 
Pomace for Vinegar. 1408 
Uncle Ed’s Philosophy. 1412 
Events of the Week. 1412 
Why We Use Shoddy. 1414 
The Home Dressmaker.1426, 1427 
Cooking Notes from Tennessee. 1427 
Canned Cabbage . J427 
Drop Cookies . 1427 
The Wayne Co. (N. Y.) Situation. 1421 
Too Many on the Job. 1421 
The Sugar Situation. 1421 
Celery Tonic . 1430 
Metal Roofs and Lightning; Limestone and 
Slate Rock . 1430 
A Talk About Catalysis. 1430 
50c was paid, and the lessee would do 
all of the work of pruning, spraying, etc. 
Under favorable conditions this paid very 
well, but when the man lived some dis¬ 
tance from the orchard, if the water sup¬ 
ply was inadequate, or when one of a 
dozen other things were unfavorable, it 
often happened that the orchard did not 
pay out. even when the usual term of 
live years was considered. Of course the 
results depend quite largely on the man 
in charge. I know of one Northern Spy 
orchard of about 900 trees, set 40 feet 
apart, and 83 years old, which is return¬ 
ing the owner $10.000 per year net. This 
year, from present appearance, it will net 
more than $35,000. The crop will prob¬ 
ably bring $50,000, and aside from dust¬ 
ing and spraying the owner has not put 
very much into the orchard this year. It 
is on a strong soil and the trees are 
heavily mulched. Last year the sod was 
thoroughly broken up with u tractor disk. 
L. T. 
Give The Folks 
The Original 
Postum Cereal 
for their table drink. 
That will dispose of 
those coffee troubles 
which frequently show 
in headache, irritability, 
indigestion and sleep¬ 
lessness. 
“There's a Reason” 
At Grocers. 
Two sizes, usually sold at 15c and 25c 
: given satisfaction for35 years. This fall they 
are Setter than over—eyery tree cov¬ 
ered by an absolute guarantee. All the 
Nut, Ornamental Trees, Vines, and 
Shrubs grown in our tOO-acie Nurser¬ 
ies, the largest in Now York, are sold 
direct at cost, plus one profit. Send 
for free catalogue today. Maloney 
Quality plus Maloney Service means 
money in your pocket. 
It. prujiay transportation charges on all 
orders fur over $4.00. 
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For September and 
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MINI 41. HIKES. Ml It IBs, for fall planting. Catalogue free. 
HARR 1’ L. SQUIRES - GOOD GROUND. N. V 
Marsh Mallow KX, ,« 
fashioned perennials. Tha Stalin liland Hospital, Tompkinssille, N.T. 
4-YR. ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
for quick results. S2.50 per 100; J12 per 1;000. 
HARRY L. SOU1RKS, Good Ground, N. Y. 
3 ... 
True Savoy Spinach Seed Htioii guaranteed, lb.. 60c.; 
10|lbs., 14 . - It. 1 ’. LOVETT, FuUaliigton, l‘tt. 
Apple BARRELS 
ouglily seasoned material. BOUT. U1I.L1ES, Medina, N. Y 
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