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January 10, 1020 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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road scraper and scrape out two furrows 
on the most convenient side, usually the 
downhill 6ide. It is not necessary to dis¬ 
turb the other two furrows during the 
scraping-out process. We then plow out 
two more furrows from the side just 
scraped, this time starting so the second 
furrow will finish up to the inner furrow 
left. Scrape this out also. Plow a third 
furrow’s depth in the center and clean 
out with a shovel. In the ordinary soil 
you will have a ditch between 20 and 30 
in. deep, which is the depth I prefer to 
have tile in our soil, and will apply in 
most cases. 
Laying the Tile. —Our top soil aver 
ages about 16 in., so at 20 in. the tile will 
only he sunk to its depth (3-in. tile) in the 
clay soil, and should never be deeper in 
the clay except in main lines made neces¬ 
sary in order to get the desired fall. The 
nearer the tile is to the top of the ground, 
provided not less than 20 in., the better. 
Tile laid deep will become more or less 
glued up from the clay settling* 1 down 
over and around the tile and joints. I 
usually put a man shoveling the dirt out 
while I lay the tile. Of course I Keep a 
shovel bv my side to lower the high places 
that might 'be left. An average contin¬ 
uous fall is necessary, as unusually low 
places in tlie laying would have a ten¬ 
dency to allow settlement of soil, and 
might clog, although we have had no such 
experience, as there is force enough ordi¬ 
narily to keep the tile clean. In cases 
where the fall is very slight it would be 
necessary, perhaps, to apply some of the. 
leveling devices. See that the discharges 
are kept free at all times. In laying tile I 
pull a little dirt in on each tile of every 
joint to keep it in position. A very little 
! will do. When it is all laid, we take the 
! same plow, but only one horse this time, 
hitch so the plow will have a tendency to 
run to the ditch, let one man lead the 
horse, the other take care of the plow. 
Two trips are made on each side this way. 
Then we hitch to the road scraper and the 
job is done. A hired man and myself 
put in 1.200 ft. in three days. We used 
3 and 4-in. tile. If the lines are long we 
use 3-in. for the first 100 ft. and for the 
side lines, finishing the main with 4-iu. 
In most cases 2 and 3-in. tile is better 
than larger, but of course the amount of 
water to be carried off must be taken into 
consideration. 
Making Joints. —I connect side lines 
in this way : T take a hammer and knock 
a chunk out of one side of the tile in the 
main line, and from the one in the con¬ 
necting line also, being sure the holes are 
I large enough. Lay them together and put 
some dirt around them to hold in place. 
If a poor joint has been made, a flat 
stone is laid over it. I never try to make 
the joints fit very tight; even if there is 
a little nick out I do not cover it. The 
drainage is all the better if the joints are 
a little apart. If the tiles do not join up, 
say within %-in., they can be turned one 
way or another until the fit is close 
enough. I have found that the cost for 
laying the tile about equals the cost per 
foot for the tile. That is to say. tile that 
is 3%c per ft. can be laid for Stye, mak¬ 
ing a cost of $7 per 100 ft. 
J. H. PALMETER. 
Chautauqua Co., N. *Y. 
More About Antiquity of Corn 
I would refer those interested in “A 
Story of Indian Corn.” published recently 
in The R. N.-Y., page 15S0. to a boik 
published in London in 1828, entitled 
“A Treatise on Cobbett’s Corn.” by Win. 
Cobbett. The author says: “The culti¬ 
vation of Indian corn is doubtless as oid 
as the world itself, and I think there can 
be no doubt that in general those texts 
of Scripture in which the word ‘corn’ is 
used, always allude to this corn, and n< t 
to wheat or any other grain.” He refer.', 
to Matthew XIT :I, II Kings IV :2. Job 
XXIV :24. Leviticus 11:14 and XXTII: 
14. Deuteronomy XXIII :24, 25. Gene¬ 
sis XII :5, and calls attention to the lack 
of local knowledge in the translators. 
Ivy Depot. Va. j.l. w. 
Lilies for House and Garden 
No class of plants capable of being cul¬ 
tivated outdoors or pot-grown indoors pos¬ 
sess as many charms as lilies. They 
stand out conspicuously from all hardy 
plants and deserve to be grown more ex¬ 
tensively in all gardens. Most lilies will 
succeed in light, loamy or sandy soil. De¬ 
cayed peat and leaf mold are desirable 
additions. The soil should be enriched 
with well-rotted manure, but fresh ma¬ 
nure of any kind should never be used 
with lilies. Good drainage is essential, 
and partial shade desirable. In planting 
it is a safe rule to set the bulb to a depth 
three times its height, and it is also de¬ 
sirable to surround the bulb, in setting, 
with clear sand. A mulch should be 
given during the Winter. When potting 
lily bulbs for house culture, use three parts 
fibrous loam to one part well-rotted ma¬ 
nure; with broken crocks in the bottom 
for drainage. The bulbs are set deep, 
leaving space in the pot to fill with more 
top-dressing as roots form above the col¬ 
lar. The pots are stored in a cool, dark 
place until roots are well formed, when 
they are brought to the light. 
Lilium anratum, here pictured, is per¬ 
haps the most popular of all hardy lilies 
for the garden. Its stately beauty is 
most effective when planted in groups, 
somewhat isolated from other flowers. 
They grow from three to five feet high, 
according to soil and culture, and their 
waxy blossoms, banded and spotted with 
gold 'and crimson, are delightfully per¬ 
fumed and wonderfully beautiful. 
L. speciosiuu is also a magnificent 
flower, perfectly hardy, its blossoms pure 
white and also rose and crimson, the va¬ 
riety, Magnifieum being twice as large as 
the common ones. 
L. Tigrinum, the tiger lily, is also very 
beau, iful, the double varieties being inost 
Fig. 13. 21 Group of Lilium Auratum. 
stately. They produce numbers of bright 
orange-red flowers covered thickly with 
black spots, on spikes sometimes six feet 
high. _ ’ 
The Crinums. a familiar type being 
shown in the picture, are not grown so 
commonly, though some varieties are fa¬ 
vorites for pot culture. They are not true 
lilies, but related to the Amaryllis. They 
Fig. Ilf. One of the Attractive Crinums. 
are handsome plants, bearing clusters of 
delicate blossoms, usually a rich creamy 
white, sometimes having purple or car¬ 
mine center stripes. Their sweet per¬ 
fume will scent a room. They produce 
very large bulbs, so that when grown in¬ 
doors they very soon become pot-bound 
unless it be of generous dimensions. Some 
varieties are desirable for outdoor eul- 
Fig. 15. Calla urith Spotted Foliage. 
ture with proper protection, but many of 
them are of tropical origin. 
Callas are called lilies, but beloug to 
the Arum family. They are very easily 
grown, and we have several varieties to 
choose from. Their culture is simple, 
their chief requirements being moisture 
and abundant fertility. 
GERTRUDE SUCK.'KEY. 
