Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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judgment most needed at this time ? 
1 vvouid answer, without hesitation, a 
lisht tractor about the price of a good 
farm team and capable of hauling a fair- 
sized plow or cultivating where one horse 
can go. Thus far the development of the 
tractor has been remarkable, but it has 
been along the lines of rather large farm¬ 
ing. Now we have come to a time when 
thousands of men of middle age find them¬ 
selves without help. Their boys have 
left home and hired help cannot be found. 
These men must do one of two things— 
give up farming or change their entire 
plan. A light and reliable tractor will 
enable them to cultivate thoroughly a few 
of their best and most level acres. The 
rest of the farm can go into grain or 
grass and orchards. The grain or grass 
can be cut and sold, or pastured with 
hogs or sheep. The orchards can be kept 
in sod and fertilized. This is what is 
coming on many of our Eastern farms, 
and the farmer will be happier, less 
driven and more prosperous. I do not 
think it can be worked to best advantage 
until we have a light tractor which will 
cultivate where one horse can go. If I 
had such a tractor I would clean and 
level a few fields near the house and 
crowd them hard with vegetables and 
small fruit. The rest of the farm would 
go into grass, grain and clover. The 
orchards would not be plowed, but I 
would keep the team busy hauling manure, 
weeds, marsh grass—anything I could get 
hold of—up the hill, into the orchards, 
and scattering it on the ground under the 
trees. Something of that sort is what 
must come to many of our Eastern farms 
with the advent of a small, efficient trac¬ 
tor. It will be a change nearly as great 
as that brought about by the big railroads 
to the West, and it will mean more pros¬ 
perous and contented people. H. w. c. 
Grapevines Fail to Bear 
I planted some grapevines eight years 
ago. two-year-old vines of four different 
kinds. I inteuded them for an arbor. 
The ground where planted is heavy clay. 
I have been spading in horse manure, 
bones and coal ashes, and have planted 
garden truck near them. The ground is 
now in fine condition. They seem to 
grow well. The vines grow 10 to 12 feet 
in a season. I trim back to two eyes 
each year the latter part of November. 
I have been troubled with a worm that 
eats the leaves and lowers and raises 
itself by a web, but one spraying of 
arsenate of lead puts them out of busi¬ 
ness. I have protected vines during 
Winter and in Spring when there was 
danger of frost. What have I done or 
what have I not done to keep them from 
bearing? They have never blossomed. 
New York. c. M. 
The naming of the varieties of grapes 
in this collection might prove interesting 
as well as a possible explanation of their 
unfruitfulness. The fact that with grape 
varieties as with many other fruits some 
produce full clusters, while others rarely 
do so. has not been given the considera¬ 
tion that is warranted when choosing for 
the home garden. Even an occasional 
commercial grower selects varieties for 
planting that never can become profitable 
by reason of their self-sterility. Every 
nurseryman should, in his advertising, 
make a plain statement of fact as to 
whether the variety he is offering is self- 
fertile. self-sterile or imperfectly self-fer¬ 
tile. One of the best of the recent intro¬ 
ductions. a really good black early grape, 
was sold far and wide with the implied 
understanding that it was self-fertile, yet 
when it came into bearing it was readily 
seen that it was but imperfectly so. To¬ 
day the introducers are advising the in¬ 
terplanting of other varieties with it. 
Interplantiug. however, but partly over¬ 
comes the defect, for several other condi¬ 
tions must be satisfied each blooming sea¬ 
son to make it effective, and many of 
these conditions are outside the control 
of man. 
If in this instance the varieties are 
self-fertile, the most plausible explanation 
of non-fruiting is too close pruning and 
over fertilization. If each cane of the 
season’s growth is being cut back annu¬ 
ally to two buds and the canes are mak¬ 
ing from 10 to 12 feet of growth it would 
appear that this assumption is correct. 
With Concord making this amount of 
growth under our soil conditions, we 
would put up at least four canes of the 
previous season’s growth, with an approx¬ 
imate average of 10 buds per cane, or a 
total of 40 buds; then with the fertiliza¬ 
tion that is here being given there should 
be a fair balance between the amount of 
fruit borne and the growth of cane. Ex¬ 
cessive wood growth means little if any 
fruit, while the converse, the putting up 
of too much fruiting wood, results in 
little wood growth. The successful 
grower of grapes must judge this happy 
medium. The writer’s observations in 
Buffalo and vioiuity revealed the fact that 
many who were supposed to have con¬ 
siderable experience in grape growing 
were cutting away almost entirely the 
cane grow th of the previous season, the 
best fruiting wood, and attempting to 
produce grapes on or from the wood of 
several years. It should be clearly under¬ 
stood that the best fruiting wood is the 
canes of the previous season, and that on 
these canes the best fruit buds are not 
at the base nor at the tips, but from about 
the fifth bud from the base to within five 
or six from the kip. F. E. gladwix. 
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a Protecting Coat 
of Honest Paint 
T he use of good prepared paint is an economy. It covers 
more, looks better and lasts longer than cheap, mixed 
paint or paint mixed by hand. 
There is no better paint made than 
SWP 
(Sherwin-Wtlliam* House Paint) 
It is a heavy-bodied lead, zinc and oil paint for the out¬ 
side of buildings. SWP stands exposure, holds its color and 
preserves the wood. It is the result of over 50 years of paint 
making. 
The Sherwin-Williams store at your nearest town has SWP 
in all the attractive colors—ready to apply, also many other 
finishes for the farm. Here are a few: 
S-W Porch and Deck Paint 
Much tougher and more elastic than 
ordinary paint. Stands hard footwear, 
weather and frequent scrubbing. 
S-W Shingle Stain 
A stain that penetrates into the shin¬ 
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of the wood and preserving the shingles 
from decav. 
S-W Barn Red 
A bright, handsome, durable red paint 
for protecting barns, silos, fences, etc. 
Flows freely and covers well. Especially 
good for rough lumber. 
S-W Rexpar 
An outside varnish chosen by the Gov¬ 
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for exposed surfaces. Will not turn white 
or lose its luster. 
Our booklet ‘*The ABC of Home Painting” tells what finish to buy 
for every purpose and how to apply it. Mailed free on request. 
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