The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Rural New-Yorker, 335 W.30th St., New York 
Origin of the Concord Grape 
I have been much interested in what 
The It. N.-Y. has published in regard to 
the origin of the Concord grape. In the 
letter pablished written by Mr. Bull he 
states it was raised from seed of the 
second generation from our native grape. 
I have always understood Mr. Bull had 
found a wild vine so superior to others 
that he tried to improve upon it by rais¬ 
ing seedlings from it. As a boy, and 
since, I have eaten grapes from many 
vines of these wild grapes, some fairly 
good, but liable to drop from the clusters 
as soon as fully ripe, and tons of these 
wild grapes are sold every year for jellies 
and other purposes in our markets. Mr. 
Tukey, in referring to the fox grape, 
seems to describe the wild pigeon grape 
(as we boys used to call it) and not the 
better wild grape which is very common 
here. This wild pigeon grape is not fit 
to eat, and very small. Yet as a boy 1 
once found a long vine that bore the best 
wild grapes I ever saw, that was a cross 
between these two varieties, I am very 
certain, if Mr. Bull found a cross of that 
kind, and then got a cross of that with 
Catawba, it would account for some 
superior seedlings, and perhaps without 
it, for after a cross of two different types 
of growth and berries, as in that case, a 
great variation in the seedlings is to be 
expected. 
Having had much practical experience 
in using and storing apple pomace as 
a feed for cows, I will give my methods 
as carried out for a number of years. I 
live in the apple valley region in north¬ 
western Massachusetts where thousands 
of tons of natural fruit and poor quality 
apples are put through the cider mills, 
but where only a small per cent of f he 
pomace is ever used as feed for stock. 
This gives the one that cares to a chance 
to get pomace for the drawing and for me 
it was a chance well worth taking. 
By experiment I found that my cows 
decreased in production of both milk and 
butter when changed from pomace _ to 
corn silage. I am sure that the feeding 
value is equal to the best corn silage. 
I drew in a dump-cart as I could load 
with fork and dump through scuttle into 
bin in basement of barn, making the least 
possible work. The bin was a simple, 
one-thickness inch-board affair wi;h 
ground floor, covered with leaves, so as 
to keep pomace from the dirt. The po¬ 
mace was not trodden down, simply kept 
level, no covering of any kind was used 
It went through a change the same as 
corn silage, and smelled almost exactly 
like corn silage when cured. I always 
fed from the first load drawn until the 
last was used, practically none was 
spoiled in keeping. I fed on this feed 
each Winter until all was used with no 
had effects that ever were noticed. Feed 
ing is a very simple part of the use of 
pomace. I began on one end of bin. 
cut off slices with a steel shovel and fed 
to the ground. Next day cut another 
slice and so on. None rotted or molded ; 
all made good feed. If one wished R 
could be put in a medium-sized silo and 
filled to any depth, cutting out layer 
after layer until the bottom was reached. 
There was about twenty tons in my bin 
each year, but if I had had more help 
I would have drawn much more. The 
cows were fed about 15 quarts twice per 
day with grain as with corn silage. 
Massachusetts. w. j. d. 
I have raised quite a few seedlings 
from Salem (one of Rogers’ hybrids) and 
from my experience with that, and from 
seedlings from those vines, I am certain 
there is no foreign blood in the Concord. 
In a row of seedlings fruiting last season, 
first generation from Salem, after throw¬ 
ing out all vines I thought showed the 
wild type, I had at least two male vines, 
and one that in appearance and quality 
was similar to the wild pigeon grape, 
except larger berries and clusters. I al¬ 
ways supposed that Mr. Rogers used this 
wild grape crossed by a pigeon variety. 
I had grapes, red, white and blue in color, 
and have never really understood why so 
many of these seedlings should ripen their 
fruits so early in the season. 
Massachusetts. n. o. mead. 
Acid Phosphate and Manure 
In the article on page 180 relative to 
adding acid phosphate . to manure, the 
term “one load,” I am afraid, means noth¬ 
ing to farmers in this territory. I pull 
up hill with a horse weighing 1300 lbs. 
My neighbor on the south uses two horses 
on level land. My neighbor on the north 
uses two 1800-lb. horses and hauls down 
hill. “A load is a load for all that.” per¬ 
haps, but to make the article understood 
by all, can’t you put it in tons or cubic 
feet? Then again, do you call stable ma¬ 
nure a mixture of cow and horse or all 
of one kind? If all one kind, which 
please? c. F. c. 
East Livermore, Me. 
R. N.-Y.—In speaking of “stable ma¬ 
nure” we mean the mixed manure of the 
barn yard where all sorts are mixed to¬ 
gether. It would be more understandable 
to speak of tons of manure instead of 
loads. About 40 lbs. of the acid phos¬ 
phate to the ton will be right. 
Two things it will 
pay you to know 
When you buy all-rubber overshoes 
First—What kind of rubber is in them? 
Second—What’s under the rubber? 
The answer to these two questions explains why 
farmers have found that the “U. S. ” Walrus gives 
longer wear and better service. 
If you cut a strip of rubber from a “U. S. ” Walrus 
you’d find it would stretch more than five times 
its length without breaking —and snap back into 
shape like an elastic band! 
If you cut deeper, you’d find layer on layer of 
reinforcements—the strongest reinforcements ever 
put into an overshoe. Where the hard strains come 
there are as many as 10 separate layers of rubber 
and fabric in the “U. S. ” Walrus. 
The “U. S. ” Walrus wears longer because it’s 
built to wear longer. Ask your own dealer to show 
you a pair. Other “U. S.” Rubber Footwear 
“U. S.” Boots, built so strongly they’re 
famous wherever boots are worn—Rub¬ 
bers and Arctics, all styles and sizes for 
the whole family—“U. S.” Bootees, the 
all-rubber lace shoes for spring and fall 
use—every kind of rubber footwear is 
included in the big “U. S.” line. Look 
for the “U. S.” Trade Mark. 
Ply on ply of rub¬ 
ber and fabric are 
built into the wall 
of the “U. S” Wal¬ 
rus. Here at the 
back of the heel are 
10 separate layers. 
A strip of rubber 
cut from a “U. S.” 
Walrus will stretch 
more than 5 times 
its length without 
breaking ! 
United States Rubber Company 
Trade Mark 
