The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
965 
Farm and Orchard Notes 
Crop Conditions.—C o n t in u e d wet 
■weather has greatly delayed farm work 
this Spring. As I write (April 21) *ho 
soil is filled with water, and it is still 
raining. There have been few days in 
April so far when our limestone soil was 
really dry enough to plow. Yet some of 
the plowing has been done, perhaps one- 
fourth of the corn and oats ground on 
the average. A very few “early birds" 
even succeeded in sowing a few acres of 
oats the last of March, but present indi¬ 
cations are that most of the oats here will 
be sown in May this year. March cool 
weather has also retarded the growth of 
grass and Winter wheat, but as the last 
week has been warmer, both these crops 
are making a fair start. Haymaking and 
wheat harvest will likely be later than 
normal this year. 
Farm Garden. —It would be hard to 
find a place where farmer gardens nour¬ 
ish more than in this prosperous little 
valley. The farmer sees to it that the 
garden is spaded each Spring, but after 
that “the women do the work".of planting 
and cultivating the garden beds. Finer 
vegetables would be hard to find than 
those grown by these sturdy farm women 
from year to year. The wet weather has 
also retarded garden-making, and" the 
work is seldom begun so late. A few 
early seeds have been sown, and some 
onion sets “stuck,” but. for the most part 
seeds have failed to germinate, and the 
onions are on strike. 
Fruit Prospects. — Notwithstanding 
the heavy snows and much cold weather 
of the last Winter, the fruit buds are 
seemingly in good shape. Peaches and 
cherries are not yet in bloom. The late¬ 
ness of the blooming period naturally 
lessens the danger of injury from frosts. 
The fruit crop was generally light last 
season, thus the trees should be in good 
condition to bear a normal crop. 
Rabbit and Mice Injury. —Thousands 
of dollars’ worth of injury have been done 
to young fruit trees during the past Win¬ 
ter by rabbits and mice. The unusually 
deep snows were, of course, the cause, 
yet such injury—more or less—is not un¬ 
usual. and people should learn to wrap 
their trees or learn to expect just such 
results. A short time ago I walked 
through a 30-acre orchard of Stayman 
Winesap trees where the mice played 
havoc in parts of the orchard, where the 
trees were not wrapped. The orchard 
was not cultivated last season, and in 
consequence a considerable growth .»f 
weeds and grass rotted down and no effort 
was made to pull away this stuff from 
base of trees. No pruning was done last 
Fall or Winter, though some pruning was 
needed. Thus the mice had plenty of 
material with which to build nests, but 
nothing to feed upon except the trunks 
of the apple trees. Of course, the safest 
method is to wrap the trees either with 
fine wire screen or tar roofing paper, but 
if an orchard is kept reasonably clean 
and trimmings left on the ground during 
the Winter the danger of such injury 
will be considerably lessened. Au effort 
will be made to bridge-graft these trees. 
Dishorning Extremes. — A business 
man I know of owns three farms, and 
each farm has an old orchard, such as 
are common on most Pennsylvania farms. 
These old trees have for years been con¬ 
siderably neglected as to pruning and 
spraying, but this Spring the owner seems 
to have been seized with the dishorning 
fever. The tops are being slashed off 
without a limb remaining, and on some 
trees there are scarcely any sprouts. Of 
course, these stubs will sprout out again, 
but the real battle will come a few years 
later, when the big limbs will die back, 
and many of the sprouts will die with 
them. As stated in these articles a few 
months ago, the “kill-or-cure” method 
should be applied to all old apple trees, 
but certainly a reasonable effort should 
he made to “cure" rather than to "kill.” 
The most severe dishorning I ever did w ? as 
m au orchard where the old trees stood 
dose. The trees were very high, with 
no side branches, and we were obliged to 
cut off the entire top, but there was an 
abundance of sprouts several years old. 
ibis work was done four or five years 
a £d and the trees have grown out fairly 
well since, though subsequent prunings 
have been neglected by the owner. Apple 
trees have their own habits of growth, 
and these habits must be respected if we 
uesire to promote their vitality with any 
degree of success. DAVID PLANK. 
Pennsylvania. 
Sowing Timothy and Clover 
I J la( l about the same experience as 
r u " 5 a JL e 360, sowing Timothy in t 
rail and Red clover in Spring. One ye 
l noticed one round of the drill the clov 
was a fine stand, but no Timothy win 
ever. I<or some reason the Timothy d 
not sow in the grain drill. Since th 
me T have stopped sowing Timothv > 
vtlieat ground in the Fall and I have ge 
* l y got a pood stand of clover sown 
pi "' s 0,1 the wheat ground. I on 
sowed two quarts of Timothy in Fall 
inar time. I now sow my Timothy on t< 
°'X' r f od in the latter part of A 
. pt ?' n ' ber . <>r October, before 
•i<, 1 it„ raiu Possible. I very seldom sc 
wIum/iv 0et °ker if I can help it. on 
tern ho,' t 8V ? 8 v, ' r - v dr .V August and Sc 
ainmnu r ? f ee t * iat there is a sms 
sow UD t uf l)ulled Timothy in the seed 
whon UVe come the conclusion th 
Tim<irhv° re ? r £ no bulled kernels in t 
fore dno S<1C< i 14 was c °t too green, thei 
Soft Ground Doesn’t Stop the Cletrac 
From January to January, the Cletrac 
takes on all the hard jobs over soft, 
wet ground or mellow seed-beds and 
never sinks in or packs the soil. 
The demand today is for the fast, 
light-footed tractor—for the tank- 
type Cletrac. It rides lightly and 
easily over the top of soft soil and 
turns practically all of its ample 
power into direct draw-bar pull. 
The Cletrac not only plows but does 
quick, thorough fitting that gives 
you a clean, clear seed-bed to start 
with, gets all crops in on time and 
insures a bigger yield. 
After planting, it still keeps going 
on the fill-in work between field 
jobs and is ready for an early start 
in haying. 
Let us tell you more about the 
sturdy, economical Cletrac—how it 
handles all farm work. See the 
Cletrac Dealer near you or write 
today for the booklet “Selecting 
Your Tractor.” 
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HOARD wanted by elderly gentleman on a good 
farm where he can be as one of the family. 
Address ADVERTISER 0901, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR SALE—900-lb. De I.aval separator; late 
model; like new; automatic milk bottle filler, 
enameled, like new; twenty-four-bottle Facele 
turbine tester; B. & W. milk heater. No. 1; 30 
metal quart bottle cases with inverting clerks; 
all in good condition and a bargain. C. L. ST. 
JOHN, Canajoliarie, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Caledonia beau harvester: good as 
new; $30, f. o. b. ears. C. L. ST. JOHN. 
Canajoharie, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—De Laval separator. No. -f. In good 
condition: price $20. W. S. CLAY", Bound 
Brook, N. J. 
FOR SALE—James swill carrier: complete; 
never been used; $40.00. BOX 805, Mt. 
Kisco, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Baby chirk coops, 3xt! feet; the 
sanitary kind; BARGAIN, Lookout. Pa. 
FOR SALE—Complete canning plant: capacity. 
500 cans per day; in first-class condition; con¬ 
sists of one 2-horse boiler. 2 closed retorts. 1 to¬ 
mato sealder, valves and complete set of fittings; 
this plant is all you need for a community can¬ 
nery; also No. 3 and No. 2 cans and shipping 
cases, at a bargain; price of plant if taken at 
once. $200; freight paid to your station; a bar¬ 
gain—can’t be duplicated for $475. H. TUlt- 
RENT1NE, Wnukon, Iowa. 
WANTED—For use in grain- vineyard, mowing 
machine with cutter bar in front of wheels; 
state condition and price in first letter. GEO. 
E. WARNER, Uuiouville, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—No. 5 Planet Junior seeder; good 
as new: price, if taken at ouce, $10. H. TCR- 
RENTINE, Waukon. Iowa. 
FOR SALE—Moline tractor aud two-bottom 
plow: in working order: used two seasons; 
price $375. KEN KAN BUEL. Pomona, R. F. D., 
Rockland Co., N. Y. 
WANTED—A small tractor; 5x10 Avery or 
Moline Model C preferred: must be iu good 
condition. Address ADVERTISER 0904, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Baby lamb sktus. HENRIETTA 
L. EXTON, Hampton, N, J. 
CANDEE three thousand-egg: $250.00 takes it; 
June delivery. R. BENJAMIN, Freehold, 
N* J. 
FOR SALE—Colony houses, size 8x12, equipped 
with coal heaters: complete, $50. EMMONS 
FARM. ONEONTA. X. Y. 
PENDLETON’S POULTRY FARM wants reliable 
customers for either white or brown eggs; 
parcel post shipments or in case lots. Address 
FRANK W. PENDLETON, R. F. D. 2, South 
New Berlin, N. Y. 
WANTED—F’or cash, small tractor. W. 
TODENWARTH. Lambertville, N. J. 
WANTED—Board on modern farm for couple 
and three-year-old child, within two hours 
from N. Y. C.; June to September. LANDAU, 
119 Division Avenue, Brooklyn, X. Y. 
WANTED — One-horse tractor. HERMAN 
KAUF’MAN, It. F. D. 145a, Leominster, 
Mass. 
FOR SALE—One Ospraymo six-row triple pump 
sprayer. $100; one Missouri grain drill. $75; 
one Mann's band bone cutter, No. 5, $5: all used 
but little; also Westinghouse thrasher. ROGER 
H. MALLERY, Owego, N. Y. 
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