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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 5, 1924 
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Notes from Missouri 
Late Spring. —Three-fourths of the 
first Spring month has gone, and in its 
inclemency and prohibition of outdoor 
work it has been quite the equal of any¬ 
one of the Winter months. Yesterday 
(March 21) it rained, snowed and sleeted 
at intervals all day, and a snow blanket 
reached from issouri far into Texas. 
This is the sixth day that the sun has re¬ 
mained behind gloomy clouds, and rain or 
snow is predicted for tomorrow. With 
scarcely any snowfall all Winter we are 
now getting as many as four a week, at a 
time when we usually plant potatoes and 
make garden. Yet there are some signs 
of the resurrection of plant life. The 
bulb flowers are looking out, and despite 
all adversities manage to stretch up high- 
ci and higher. Now and then the eve 
catches sight of a small spot of lively 
green by the path that betrays the pres¬ 
ence of a new creation of Spring. 
Bird Neighbors. —This morning a 1 'ed- 
biid clung to a bare twig in the top of the 
big pecan tree and sang his beautiful 
notes while heavy wet snowflakes pelted 
his frail body. Brave bird, musically 
heralding Springtime as it breasted the 
cold, snow-laden north wind! What a 
lesson he teaches us in calling up the 
spiiit of good cheer in the midst of gloom 
and depression. We are happy to see the 
ledbird (cardinal grosbeak) increasing in 
numbers. For several years after our res¬ 
idence here we seldom heard him, and 
then only at a distance, but now are sure 
of having him annually build in one of 
the yard trees and delight us with his 
sweet melodies. Ilis coat of vivid red 
marks him out among all other birds, and 
his topknot gives him the saucy air of a 
true gallant. Every morning at day¬ 
break he takes his perch on a topmost 
bough and rehearses his repertoire of 
melodies while answering strains from 
his mates come back to him from various 
directions. Later on a mocking bird will 
come to build near the house and radio 
his songs over the neighborhood, but to 
my ears his medley of notes, while splen¬ 
did in execution, lack the liquid richness 
of tone of his rival. 
Wasiitub Chicks. — Turning from 
song birds to poultry, we have kept 39 
chicks for nearly three weeks in a com¬ 
mon galvanized washtub, waiting for sun 
ny days to come so they might be put on 
the ground. The chicks have grown re¬ 
markably fast, and every one remains 
lively and vigorous, with an increasing 
ambition to fly out *of the tub. Two 
inches of clover chaff, changed twice a 
day, is kept under them. Cornbread 
crumbs is their principal feed, with some 
rolled oats and sand to aid digestion. 
They are fed many times a day, when¬ 
ever they appear hungry, but not more 
than they will eat. Water is given them 
out of a glass jar inverted in a saucer, 
and sveral thicknesses of newspaper is 
put under and around the saucer so that 
the chaff will not get wet. An important 
addition to their ration is fine-cut raw 
cabbage, which they eat with the utmost 
greediness, and which undoubtedly con¬ 
tributes much to their perfect health. 
From all appearances these chicks could 
go on thus living and thriving for an 
indefinite time if their quarters were en¬ 
larged from time to time. I am inclined 
to believe that in the fine-cut raw cab¬ 
bage we have made a very important dis¬ 
covery in the best way to insure chick 
health and vigor, and I now regard it as 
an indispensable part of their ration, and 
the one contributing most of all to im¬ 
munity from disease. From our experi¬ 
ence of the last two years it looks like 
neither chicks nor humans will have a 
chance to eat of homegrown cabbage, for 
the dreaded “yellows” has appeared and 
the last two crops have been complete 
failures, so much so that I shall not again 
hazard the loss of much time and labor 
in attempting to grow this vegetable. 
Two years ago we bought Southern frost¬ 
proof plants and last year I planted seed 
from a Northern firm, but although on 
different ground each year the result was 
the same; the “yellows” took the crop. 
L. E. JOHNSON. 
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. 
Why Grow 
Scabby Potatoes? 
You needn’t 
if you use 
It will positively over¬ 
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SULPHUR CO. 
Desk B, 41 East 42nd St. 
New York City 
Inoc-Sul is the best form 
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use—dusting seed , present¬ 
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