1636 
land would use steers for their heavy 
work around the. farm in place of horses, 
relying upon motor trucks for all carrying 
purposes. 
Low Prices for Potatoes. — There 
have been some disgusted gardeners 
among those who have thought, to make 
a little extra money from their potatoes 
and onions this year. It is safe to say 
that fewer potatoes by many thousands 
of bushels would have been planted could 
anyone have foreseen that the price 
would drop to 85 cents this Fall. This 
low price comes, too, < n top of the fact 
that in many sections there has been 
rather a poor yield, although this i<s by 
no means universally true. As has been 
the case for several year’s, amateur gar¬ 
deners. as well as commercial growers, 
have been disappointed in the. yield of 
Green Mountain. This potato is becom¬ 
ing less and less satisfactory, and many 
experiments are being made with other 
varieties. One kind which has produced 
remarkably well this year, and far out¬ 
stripped both Green Mountain and Irish 
Gobbler wherever it has come under my 
observation, is Spaulding's Pose. This 
is a very satisfactory potato in all ways, 
and is remarkably uniform in its yield, 
having few extra large specimens and few 
that are very small. Another potato 
which has been grown very successfully 
in a section south of Poston is Mill's 
Pride, a potato hvhich has proved a 
money-maker when grown in a commer¬ 
cial way. Delaware is another variety 
not commonly grown, hut which has given 
ft very good yield in the same section. 
Too Many Onions. — Onion growers 
were disappointed in the Spring because 
a big - shipment from Texas cut them out 
of the market. They looked for better 
results in the Fall; but onions are now 
selling at a price which hardly covers 
the cost of production, although in tin- 
retail market they are being auoted at 
from live to 10 cents a pound. Many 
growers in the Connecticut Valley have 
sold their crops at $1.25 a hundred 
pounds, a most unsatisfactory price. 
Those who got into the market early suc¬ 
ceeded in obtaining up to $1.85, and bet¬ 
ter prices may be obtained for stored 
onions, but the season as a whole has 
been exceedingly disappointing. Those 
onion growers, however, who also grow 
tobacco are uttering no complaints, for 
the tobacco crop is not only large, lmt is 
paying prices which spell a big profit. 
There has seldom been a better season for 
the tobacco growers in the Connecticut. 
Valley. 
•n>e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, OCT. 23, 1920 
farm: topics 
The Hired Man’s Wages in Farm Products 
1633, 1634 
Why Wheat Yield Falls Off. 1634 
The Secondary Agricultural School of New 
York .. 1635 
The Surface Use of Manure. 1635 
Sour Land . 1637 
The Truth About Farming. 1641 
Crops and Farm News. 1642 
Hope Farm Notes.1646, 1647 
The Ruinous Price of Cotton. 1647 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Laurel Poisoning Successfully Treated..... 1643 
Political Candidates and the Milk Question 1649 
Another Milk Failure. 1649 
A Short Demand for Cream. 1649 
Advice About Home Churning. 1652 
Bitter Butter . 1652 
Ration with Cohmeal. 1654 
Raising Heifer Calf. 1654 
Feeding Sixty Cows. 1654 
Feeding Young Cow. 1654 
Feeding Yearlings _. 1658 
Feeding Stunted Pigs. 1658 
Tomatoes for Live Stock. 1658 
Bitter Milk . 1660 
Pink-eye . 1660 
Abscess . 1660 
Tumor . 1660 
THE HENYARD 
Saving Henhouse Lumber. 1656 
Controlling Red Mites. 1656 
Rheumatism and Worms. 1656 
Everted Oviduct .. 1656 
Egg-laying Contest . 1661 
HORTICULTURE 
Garden Notes from New England. 1635 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 1637 
Questions About Peach Kernels. 1641 
More About Hercules’ Club. 1643 
Care of a Lawn. 1645 
Formation of Hotbed. 1647 
Something New in Bordeaux Mixture. 1647 
WOMAN AND HOME 
» 
From Day to Day. 1650 
India Relish . J650 
The Rural Patterns. 1650 
Canning Peppers . 1650 
Angora Hood with Tabs. 1651 
Overalls and Candy Fondant. 1651 
Embroidery Designs . 1651 
Apple Syrup . 1651 
Danish Klejner ... 1651 
An Economical Apple Pudding. 1651 
Granenut Mincemeat . 1651 
Saving Stockings . 1651 
MISCELLANEOUS 
"The High Cost of Living”. 1634 
Winter Coat of Arctic Animals. 1640 
Quil’s Upon the Fretful Porcupine. 1640 
Ferrets as Rat Exterminators. 1640 
Catching the Weasel. 1640 
A Friend of the Weasel. 1640 
Moles in the Cellar. 1640 
Events of the Week. 1642 
Commercial Motor Licenses. 1643 
Cleaning a Brass Kettle. 1343 
Cleaning Water Pipes. 1843 
Bog Shoes on Muck Land. 1643 
Mending a Leaky Cistern. 1345 
Cement Stucco . 1647 
"Buy a Bag of Cement”. 1647 
Editorials .._. 1648 
Notes from the Mail..*. 1655 
Peat for Smoking Ham. 1655 
Publisher’s Desk . 1662 
Cellar Vegetable Gardens. —A vege¬ 
table garden in the cellar is a possibility 
for every farmer or garden-maker who 
has a heating plant, it is mighty pleas¬ 
ant to have a nice rhubarb pie in January 
or February, and even pleasanter to en¬ 
joy fresh asparagus when the ground out¬ 
side is covered with deep snow. These 
are very easy vegetables to force, and 
give excellent, returns for the small 
amount of time needed to care for them. 
.V considerable amount of rhubarb is 
forced commercially in the vicinity of 
Boston, especially in the town of "Con- 
there are plants containing a consider¬ 
able number of sprouts which would be 
destroyed if left out of doors. These 
plants may he dug up, roots and all, 
and set in boxes of earth in the cellar 
or hanked with earth on the cellar bot¬ 
tom, with full assurance that the sprouts 
will remain in good condition, and even 
grow a little if the earth is kept moist 
until they are used. Endive may also be 
taken into the cellar, although it is all 
the better for a little touch of frost. En¬ 
dive growing out of doors needs to be tied 
up to blanch it, but this is not necessary 
October 23 , 1920 
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A Strawberry plants, postage paid, for Two 
Dollars. October planting circular free 
A. B. KATKAMIER, MACEDON, N.Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For October and Fall planting. Pot-grown plants 
ready now and runner plants ready about Sept 1st 
Will boar fruit next summer. Also RASPRFRnv' 
BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY, GOOSEBERRY. CURRANT GRAPF 
ASPARAGUS^ RHUBARB plants. ROSES. PANSIES SHRUBS 
for fall planting. Catalogue free. 
HARRY I,. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N.Y. 
$135.00 FOR BEST NUTS 
BEECHNUTS, BLACK WALNUTS, BUTTERNUTS 
CHESTNUTS,"'ENGLISH WALNUTS HAZEL NUTS 
HICKORY NUTS, JAPAN WALNUTS, PECANS 
Full information from WILLARD G. R1XRY, Trenailror 
Northern nut growers' assn., Baldwin, i, Y 
CRAPE VINESM.& 
Magara, Worden. 35e. each; $3.75 per 12 ; $25 per 10Q 
HAIUIY I/. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. Y. 
Annual White Sweet Clover 
Garden grown, from Prof. Hughes’ original stork. Guar 
anteed genuine. Price, 60c per ounce or $6 per II, Post 
paid. HENRY FIELD, Shenandoah, Iowa 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS K 
or fall plant¬ 
ing. 2-year, 2 $ 
per 100; 810 76 
per 1 . 000 . Rhubarb roots, $1.60 per 12 : 86.SO period 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Grou nd, N. Y . 
Everbearing Strawberry Plants tfTi'llT 
planting. Will bear fruit next summer and fall $3 
per 100; $17.25 per 1,000. HARRY l. SQUIRES, Good Ground. N. t. 
Layer Strawberry Plants IK,' 
from, including the fall bearing. Ask for catalog. 
J. Kkifkord Hall, Route 2, Rhodksdai.e, Mn. 
Preparing C'auli/ioiccr for the Market 
Cord. The plants are dug late in the sea¬ 
son and made into long piles, where they 
are allowed to freeze, after which they 
are stored under cover. The freezing 
process is deemed necessary, and tin' plan 
should be practiced by even the amateur 
who is forcing only half a dozen plants. 
The roots are set close together in boxes 
of earth in the cellar, or even on the cel¬ 
lar bottom, with earth heaped up over 
them. When the latter plan is followed, 
it is well to make a little bed by the use 
of upright boards to keep the earth in 
place. For* quick results a little fresh 
horse manure is placed under the roots, 
but this is not. necessary, and hardly ad¬ 
visable in the average house cellar. The 
earth should be sprinkled occasionally 
with warm water, but not kept soaked. 
Rhtjhakb in Darkness. — Rhubarb 
makes the best stalks only when grown 
in partial darkness, for which reason it 
is wise to partition off a portion of the 
cellar with a blanket or in some other 
way if much light enters. It isn't neces¬ 
sary to pay much attention to tempera¬ 
ture. The warmer the cellar is, the 
quicker the rhubarb will grow, of course, 
hut good results are obtained in any cel¬ 
lar which is fairly warm. Grown in 1 
darkness the stalks take on a line, creamy I 
white color, and have very little leaf 
growth. The best results come when rhu¬ 
barb is forced after the first of the year, j 
but asparagus can be forced at any time, 
and some garden-makers enjoy tiiis de- j 
licious vegetable almost the whole year 
round, although, of course, they have to 
keep sowing asparagus seed in order to 
have a continuous supply of plants com¬ 
ing along, for the forced plants are too 
exhausted to be of much use. It isn't 
necessary to have the asparagus in a dark 
place, and few men who force it com¬ 
mercially grow it. in a greenhouse, with 
steam pipes underneath to furnish the 
heat. 
A Winter Salad. —If you are fond 
of salads, you will like witloof chicory, 
which poses as French endive in high- 
class restaurants and hotels, and brings 
a long price under that name. In former 
days large quantities of this French en¬ 
dive were brought over from Belgium 
in curious little grass baskets, but this 
trade was largely interrupted by the war. 
although possibly it has been begun again. 
Many amateurs have started growing 
witloof chicory in their own back yards, 
and find it perfectly easy to handle. The 
roots should be taken up before the ground 
freezes hard, several inches of the lower 
end cut off. if they are very long, and set j 
in boxes of earth in the cellar near the 
heater. The cellar can be darkened or a | 
ventilated box inverted over the plants 
to keep out the light, so that the heads 
will be white and tender. Although not 
always done, it is a very good plan to 
place about five inches of fine sami in the 
box over the roots. The chicory will 
grow right up through this sand, which 
will serve to make the heads tight, like 
those purchased in the stores. Of course, 
the cutting limed be done just where the 
sand rests on the earth. Don’t throw 
away your roots after they have been cut 
once. If kept reasonably moist they will 
make another good growth. If you are 
fond of French endive and haven’t grown 
any plants in your own garden, you can 
purchase a few roots for forcing. For 
that matter, yon can also buy rhubarb 
and asparagus roots, so that even people 
living in the cities, if they have available 
cellars, can have a m’dwint.or vegetable 
garden, and help to cut the cost of living 
in This way. 
Brussels Sprouts and Endive.— 
Many peopb* do not realize, apparently, 
that they can save (heir Brussels sprouts 
when cold weather comes. Oftentimes 
1 * ! 
in the cellar, at least if the cellar 
rather dark. The flavor of endive 
blanched in a darkened cellar is especially 
good, and this plant often makes a greater 
appeal when it comes from the cellar than 
when it i« brought from the garden. 
Chives fob Winter. —There are many 
housekeepers who like the flavor of chives, 
and use this plant in preparing many of 
their favorite dishes. The taste of chives 
is something like that of onions, but, of 
course, it is not so strong. Chives are 
so hardy that they will live on in the 
garden for many years, but if you want 
to enjoy the flavor during the Winter 
you will do well to dig up a few plants 
before the ground freezes hard and plant 
them in a pot or a box. Give them a 
sunny window and water them occasion¬ 
ally and they will keep on growing until 
Spring. E. I. FARRINGTON. 
Old Bill: “Don't talk to me about 
crop failures! Why. when I was work¬ 
ing over in Skunk County nigh 40 years 
ago. the oats were so low the sparrows 
had to git down on their knees to reach 
them.”—Credit Lost. 
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