RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Fo) ty years ago Gen. S. D. Lee. the first 
president of the Agricultural College, said 
he wanted to found an institution that 
would “/end its students to Clod and lend 
Mississippi to prass.” It would be hard, 
in these days, to think of a higher ideal 
for any agricultural college. As an idea 
of the material prosperity which has come 
to the State, the following will illustrate: 
A tew days after I reached Starkville. 87 
years ago, I saw a herd of cattle being 
driven through town for shipment to New 
Orleans. They were mostly cows, small 
and runty, with big heads and small loins. 
They were typical of the section, and the 
man who owned them said they brought 
about $10.50 at the station. All they 
could supply to the world was a few 
hundred pounds of tough beef and some 
big horns and hoofs! That was the old 
generation. This year the descendants 
of such old cows—say three-vear-old heif¬ 
ers—were selling easily at $00 to $100 
or more, depending on the quantity and 
quality of the Jersey blood which they 
carry. The dominating power of the Jer¬ 
sey blood, combined with the vigor and 
tough quality of the cane-brake scrub, has 
produced what may safely be called one 
of the most practical butter cows in the 
world. The story of her evolution from 
such heady and leggy runts as I saw years 
ago is one of the most interesting chapters 
of American dairy history. I shall try to 
tell it a little later. I think it carries a 
lesson for all of us. n. w. c. 
My Method of Growing Asparagus 
First get your land in shape the year 
before, os free from quack and other 
weeds as possible. In early Spring plow 
well and deep, and keep well cultivated 
until ready to set. Then mark out 4 ft. 
and plow two furrows deep. Have plants 
one year old ; drop 12 in. apart and put 
one good hoeful of dirt on each plant. 
When the plants are up so you can see 
the rows nicely, cultivate with care and 
do not fill the ditch too fast. Keep well 
hoed and as clean as possible all Summer. 
The next Spring begin early; cultivate 
thoroughly and often, and keep it up all 
Summer. 
After the second year, early in the 
Spring, as soon as the ground is dry 
enough to get a horse on. and after one or 
two days of sunshine, the stalks will be 
dry and brittle, especially in the after¬ 
noon. Hitch to the old-style 40-tooth drag 
and go over the field twice, and it is all 
broken up; nothing to draw off or burn ; 
all ready now to plow after a few days. 
Leave until the new shoots are about 
ready to show themselves; then go over 
again with a plank drag crosswise of the 
furrows. Now leave until the small weeds 
begin to show themselves. Then cultivate 
often, to keep up moisture. At the last 
cutting, plow the whole surface as in the 
Spring, but do not drag. Cultivate two 
or three times before the plants get so 
large they will break down. 
I now leave the whole mat to winter 
right there, to mulch to catch snow, and 
to furnish a good lot of humus and de¬ 
posit a lot of the same elements which we 
have taken from the soil during the Sum¬ 
mer. It does not require as much fertil¬ 
izer as some claim. A good dressing of 
barnyard manure once in a while is good. 
Iu regard to salt. I have used a ton to 
the acre, directly on the rows, to kill 
ekiekweed where the cultivation and hoe 
would not reach; no damage or benefit to 
the asparagus, but it did kill the weeds. 
Onondaga Co., N. T. J. w. pabkeb. 
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It is just as important to get this belt as it is to 
get your plow, for if you are farming efficiently, if 
you are going to get the greatest value for your 
investment in your tractor, belt work will form 40% . 
of your tractor’s operations. 
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Desirable Peonies 
I would like to got some peonies in the 
Fall. iWill you give the best red. pink 
and white varieties for fragrance and size 
of bloom ? C. H. B. 
East River, Conu. 
The following list includes some of the 
very best peonies, both for the home gar¬ 
den and for commercial use. The list 
might be lengthened considerably, but it 
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• *he given will be found de¬ 
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o Ur and Edulis Superba would be our 
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«o. and very early in bloom, while the 
nuge-leaved peony (I\ tenufolium) has 
cry graceful, finely cut foliage. Roth of 
these are worthy of a place in the home 
though not advised for 
commercial flower growing. 
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