The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 7, 1921 
672 
crop is alisiijrlonod for a year tho cause is 
almost lost. 
If the corn ground following this treat¬ 
ment is sown to' wheat and then the 
wheat ground seeded to a grasjs crop, 
such as clover or Timothy.;the weeds can 
he kept down in good sliape. Usually 
they will not develop in a good grass 
meadow. This method of procedure is 
valuable in lands recently drained or re¬ 
claimed from marshes. c. M. BAKEli. 
Wayne Co.. (). 
Dropping Potato Seed by Hand 
I expect to plow and prepare some ixv 
tato land with a tractor, and expect to 
cultivate in the same way as I have no 
potato planter. IIow would it do to 
make a furrow with the tractor plow and 
drop the potato seed by hand, covering 
with a hoe? I have three young boys 
who can help me on this, and there are 
two acres. t v - 
It will be cheap, but there is a ques¬ 
tion about its being “best. ' W_C have 
tried the plan and it worked well in light 
soil, where the furrows were made abso¬ 
lutely straight. If they are crooked cul¬ 
tivation will l)o hard. In heavy soil and 
a damp season plowing that is needed to 
fit the ground will cover the “seed’’ too 
deep. 
The Trespassing Hen Once More 
1 come to you for advice in regard to 
neighbors’ trespassing hens. I his man 
is an enemy of mine, and would do any¬ 
thing possible to get me into trouble 
were the hens mine. I am not seeking 
revenge, hut as the hens yearly destroy 
a fair-sized patch of whatever crop I have 
in the field. 1 have notified him several 
times to keep them off. but he pays no 
attention-whatever to my notices. Some 
people will say chickens do no harm to 
voung grass, and if 1 should shoot them 
and place the hens on his property or land 
I would be held responsible for the value 
of the dead hens, so I am asking your 
counsel on this matter. This same man al¬ 
so had a straw stack built up against the 
line fence, the top of which was supported 
by a framework. This was blown over 
several weeks ago, and covers a strip of 
my field to a width of about six feet. 
What should I do in this case if he does 
not remove it after being notified i 
Pennsylvania. c. t. s. 
We have answered this question re¬ 
peatedly. yet still it comes from all parts 
of the country. There is no meaner citi¬ 
zen on earth than he who wilfully per¬ 
mits his live stock to roam about and 
damage his neighbors. A hen ranks the 
same as a horse or a cow when it comes 
to trespassing. It is only a difference 
in tho amount of the damage she can do. 
These hens have no business on your 
property, and if after fair notice your 
neighbor still permits than to come, you 
can arrest the hens or shoot them. -The 
“arresting” is done by enticing them into 
a yard or house and shutting them up 
there. You will have to feed them, but 
can keep the eggs they lay. If they do 
not lay. the owner must pay for the feed 
they consume and the damage they have 
done before he can legally take them. If 
he comes on your premises to get them 
without your consent he is guilty of tres¬ 
pass. and you can have him arrested. 
Many of our readers have been driven to 
desperation by this nuisance, and when 
all else fails they take a shotgun and 
fire into the flock while it is on their 
premises. The dead hens are thrown 
over the fence upon their owner’s land, 
lie can sue for the value of the hens 
thus killed, and the other man can bring 
a countersuif to cover the damage done by 
the poultry. It is very unfortunate to 
have such things happen, and any rea¬ 
sonable man should keep his poultry con¬ 
fined. As for tho straw, you could prob¬ 
ably compel this neighbor to take it away, 
but our own plan would be to fork it over 
the fence on his side and leave it there. 
The Chicken ar.d the Garden 
One of our readers sends the following 
contribution to the drama of the tres¬ 
passing hen. This comes from Kansas: 
John Smith of Scammon. annoyed by 
neighbors’ chickens trespassing in his 
garden, tied a grain of corn on a short 
piece of string, to the other end of which 
was attached a 2-in. square of cardboard. 
Presently an invading hen ate the corn 
and ran home. Her cries of distress at¬ 
tracted the attention of her owner, who 
looked at the card and read: “I scratched 
up my neighbor's garden, so you'd better 
put me in the pen, for the next time I 
won’t come home at all.” 
We have heard of a woman who tried 
much the same plan, only she wrote: 
“Mease keep your hens at home'” on the 
card. It was effective, but we know peo¬ 
ple who would hardly be moved by such 
an appeal. We fear that a shotgun fired 
into the trespassing flock would be more 
likely to give results. 
New Plan with Strawberries 
The ground described by I. F. I).. page 
r>35, seems excellent for planting straw¬ 
berries in trenches, a few feet between 
each row. with sod left untouched, and 
also the wild strawberries while they last. 
I have done this in a small way for homo 
use with good success in setting a hardy 
everbearing kind, and picked two crops 
each season without covering in Winter. 
Simply remove a row of sod 1or 2 ft. 
wide in straight line, and then fertilize 
ami' ns for cultivated ones, mowing grass 
and weeds two or three times during the 
Summer with a scythe; if smooth, and not 
stony, a lawn mower could l>e used. By 
hoeing out occasionally with small sharp 
garden tool, when berries are not ripen¬ 
ing. each row of plants can be kept clean 
with much less effort than working an 
entire field, while the sod saves a lot of 
covering and may possibly bo beneficial 
likewise in warm weather. Fertilizer can 
bo worked in occasionally each side of 
rows for continuance, and plants can be 
set at once in Spring or Fall. When the 
fruit is on the table or in cans the house¬ 
keeper’s smiles will indicate even a small 
success. Try a patch and see. 
Vermont. w. J. WALSIJ. 
“For the land’s sake” use Bowker’.s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.— Adv. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 7, 1921 
EARM TOPICS 
Possibilities in Farm Fish Culture. 
Keeping- Weed Growth Down.671, 
Lime and Limestone. 
Bunching Asparagus in Southern Jersey.... 
Farmers and the Depression. 
Harvesting Vetch and Oats. 
Burning Meadows . 
Hope Farm Notes.982, 
Statistics on New York Farms. 
Farm Labor Prosoects. 
Making Farm Contracts. 
671 
672 
673 
673 
680 
681 
681 
683 
6 B 6 
685 
685 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Penless Pig.669, 
What About Danish Butter?. 
Poor Roughage . 
A Very Prolific Sow. 
Potatoes for Freshening Heifers. 
Making “Dutch” or Pot Cheese. 
To Test a Jersey Cow. 
Drying Off Cow.. 
Purchase of Tuberculous Cow.-. 
Preserving Butter for Home Use. 
Ration for Ayrshire... 
“Advanced Registry Official”. 
Ration for Cows and Hens.. 
Changing Time of Freshening. 
Lameness . 
Urticaria . 
Worms of Cat..... 
Warts .. 
Swellings ._. 
Mange on Rabbits. 
Sick Rabbits ... 
670 
670 
688 
688 
688 
689 
690 
692 
692 
692 
692 
692 
692 
692 
696 
696 
696 
696 
696 
699 
699 
THE HENYARD 
Snroutine Oats fo- Chicks. 68,1 
Egg-laving Contest . 697 
Mistaken Ide->s About Capons. 697 
Poultry Questions . 697 
Ailing Fowls . 697 
HORTICULTURE 
Maintaining Honey Bees in the Cucumber 
Greenhouse ... 
Planting Strawberries in August. 
Notes on Red Spider. 
Growing Head Lettuce. 
New England Notes. 
Notes on Vine Training. 
Vandervere Apple ... 
Variations in Japan Walnuts. 
670 
670 
671 
673 
674 
6 C 3 
6°1 
681 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 686 
Satisfaction with Oil Burners. 680 
Nut Bread . 6 6 
Wool for Mattresses . 686 
Troubles in Soap-making. 687 
Violet and Leaf Camisole. 687 
Homemade Floor Oil. 687 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Law Regarding Control of Bull. 677 
Complications in Foreclosure. 677 
Trouh’e with Line Fence. 677 
A Primer of Economics—Part XXIII...678, 680 
Concrete Filling in Walls. 679 
Pump for Home Water Simply. 679 
Game Law Revision Needed. 680 
One Side of the Hunting Law. 680 
The New York Compensation View. 680 
Chestnut Shingles . 681 
Repairing Cracked Saw. 681 
Congressman Gould and Farm Bureau. 685 
Class Legislation in Vermont. 685 
Publisher’s Desk .698 
WHY FEED the CROWS? 
Treat your seed with CORBIN and protect 
it against Crows, other birds. Mice, Wire- 
worms, Weevils, etc. CORBIN prevents 
Stinking Smut. Easily applied. Treated 
seed can be used In a planter. WILT, NOT 
HURT THE SEED. Costs about 15c per 
acre of corn. Endorsed by Farmers, Experi¬ 
ment Stations and Agricultural Colleges. 
SOLD on a GUARANTEE 
IfCOKBlN does not do what we elaim.return 
the empty can and we will return your 
money. Send for a can today—enough to 
treat 800 lbs. of seed. PRICE #<1.50. 
WE PAY POSTAGE 
AMERICAN CORBIN CO., Plainfield, N. J. 
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uLLU UUfm PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES FREE 
High yielding early varie¬ 
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W. N. SCARFF & SONS New Carlisle. Ohio 
Sweet Potato Plants Cauliflower plants. Red skin po¬ 
tato seed. Price list. frre. MICHAEL N. B0RG0, Vineland, N. J. 
W eM rooted A Magi mi. Dan lap. WHmiii and W ar¬ 
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Also K -snbp'Tjes. Rtix R, DEER RUN FRUIT FARM, Putney, Vermont 
50.000 Strawberry Plants 
DAVID RODWAY . Hartly. Delaware 
Get Rid of 
Potato Scab! 
Raise clean, bright-skinned, 
salable tubers with 
BAC-SUL 
(Inoculated Sulfur) 
Discovered and developed by Dr. J. 
G. Lipman of the New Jersey State 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 
A limited supply of BAC-SUL for 
this season’s planting is available. 
If you want to prevent scab from taking 
part of your 1921 profits, send your 
order immediately. 
Suggested applications 
Where scab has been severe, 600 lbs. per 
acre. In moderately scabbed fields, 400 
or 500 lbs. is enough. Where there is 
only a small amount of scab, application of 
300 lbs. is recommended. 
Universal Products Sales Co., Inc. 
126 Liberty Street, New York City 
FERTILIZER 
MATERIALS 
FOR HOME MIXING 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
Containing 
28% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
NITRATE OF POTASH 
A nalyzing 
42% Actual Potash 12% Nitrogen 
NITRATE OF SODA 
MURIATE OF POTASH 
SULPHATE OF POTASH 
S OFT TENNESSEE PHOSPHATE 
32% Phosphoric Acid 
Write for our prices on these and other 
Agricultural Chemicals before buying. 
WITHERBEE, SHERMAN & CO. 
2 Rector Street, New York 
Bargain For Sale. Act Quick. 
MANURE FORKS 
Best steel, four tynes. solid Handles (Ash), 
4’i feet long 
$1.25 apiece—$6 V 2 dozen—$10.50 1 dozen 
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RUNNER AND POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
earliest, latest, largest, most productive and ever-bear¬ 
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SHASTA DAISY and other Annual and Perennial Flower 
Plants; ROSES and SHRUBS. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES - Good Ground. N. Y. 
ELBERTA PEACH TREES 
1 TO a FEET 
100 GENUINE ELBERTA 
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on a full line of other nursery stock. 
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^loiuoll’o EVERGREEN, Country Gentleman, Met- 
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expressed. $17.50. Tomato, same price. Potato 
plants, Nanev Halls, Big Stem Jerseys, 1,000—S3 ; 10.000— 
$25 net. Satisfaction sure. J T. COUNCILL S SONS. Franklin, Va 
Certified RUSSET POTATOES 
Grown f' om seed, hill selected 4 years for high ,\ield. 
<’lean seed. No blight or rot. Yielded 355 bu. per acre. 
While stock lasts, 81.75 bu.; 10bu. or more. #1.60 Ini. f. o. 
I). Tally. Prompt shipment. F. S. HOI UNBECK. Tally, N. V. 
Large stock; straight, well-rooted 
trees. Standard varieties. Free 
catalogue. Special price- 1 oil early 
order. AY. T. MITCHELL & SON. Beverly, Ohio 
VEGETABLE and FLOWER Plants 
Salvia, Aster, Pepper, Egg, 60c per dozen. Red and Yel¬ 
low Sweet Potato, Lettuce, 50c per 100; 3U0. >• 1: 500, 
81.50. Tomato, 25. 75c: S!i per loo, Post Paid. List 
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