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‘ibt RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
May 10, 1924 
will be safe in planting this variety in a 
large way if you have a suitable loca¬ 
tion, the right bind of soil, and are 
equipped with the proper spraying ap¬ 
paratus. A variety which in 25 years 
has forged ahead from what was really 
an obscure position until it is second in 
popularity only to the Baldwin, must as 
a matter of course be a variety of per¬ 
manent merit, and one which has come 
t o stay. There may be a slight glut for a 
few years, now that many new orchards 
are just coming into bearing, but there is 
every reason to believe that the demand 
will soon exceed the supply, always pro¬ 
vided, of course, that the growers con¬ 
tinue to market their fruit in good con¬ 
dition, with careful attention to grading 
and packing. 
Inexpensive Irrigation. — Irrigation 
may not be as imperative in New’ Eng¬ 
land as it is on the Pacific coast and in 
other parts of the country, but many 
years of experimentation have shown that 
the regular use of water greatly increases 
most crops. Some sort of irrigation sys- 
seemed promising, and signed an agree¬ 
ment with him to pay all the way from 
$10 to $25 a year, depending upon the 
size and location of the brook. Although 
watercress is a perennial, new plantings 
must be made frequently. This is done 
by cutting up the stems of old plants 
and setting them along the sides of the 
brook just above the water line. They 
root quickly at the joints. Cutting is 
continued until late in the season, al¬ 
though care must be taken not to gather 
the leaves when frost is on them, for if 
this is done they will soon turn hlack. 
After being brought home the cress is 
made into bunches and sold in market 
boxes. The best time to harvest the cress 
is early in the morning, and it is better 
cut with a sharp knife than broken off, 
for then it starts into growth again very 
quickly, and can be recut in a few weeks. 
Close cropping is always an advantage, 
because the longer the stalks get the 
tougher the leaves become. Moreover, 
regular cutting prevents the plants from 
going to seed, which stops their growth. 
Overhead Irrigation from Garden Hose 
tern can be found on most of the impor¬ 
tant market gardens in Massachusetts, 
and not a few of the men who grow small 
fruits are now studying methods of sup¬ 
plying water artificially. Even in the 
home garden much benefit results from 
I he ifrequent use of water. In a dry sea¬ 
son the total production of the average 
garden is increased by probably one-third 
if water is given abundantly. Many 
growers place the hose on the ground and 
allow the water to run along the rows 
of plants in little ti*enches. There is a 
decided advantage, however, in a system 
which throws the water into the air, 
where it is broken up into very fine drops 
and falls upon the earth in the form of a 
mist. It is true without question that 
ice-cold water has a tendency to check 
the growth of plants. When water is 
thrown into the air it absorbs a certain 
amount of warmth before it reaches the 
earth. The newest method of supplying 
water artificially is in the form of a 
garden hose into which nozzles are set at 
dose intervals. The hose may be from 
25 to 50 ft. long, and may be stretched 
straight on the ground, curled around a 
bed, or twisted into any shape to meet 
particular conditions. It is so weighted 
that the apertures keep at the top where 
they belong, and the water is distributed 
in a long series of very fine streams pro¬ 
jected high into the air. It is a simple 
matter to reverse the hose so that two ad¬ 
joining beds can be watered practically 
without any labor whatever. This new 
irrigation device is very inexpensive, and 
ought to prove particularly valuable for 
the home garden maker and for the farm¬ 
er who needs to apply water artificially 
over a comparatively small area of gar¬ 
den crops or small fruit. The portability 
of the device is one of its important fea¬ 
tures, and it can be connected up with 
anv system of running water. 
Watercress for Market. —There is 
considerable demand for watercress in 
all the city markets, extending practical¬ 
ly throughout the year. When the local 
supply ceases to be available the cress is 
shipped in from the West. Curiously 
enough, it is particularly popular with 
the Chinese, who buy large quantities in 
the Winter months, after the season of 
fresh vegetables has passed. Owing to 
its aquatic nature, watercress cannot be 
farmed like most crops, and most of that 
sold in the markets comes from brooks. 
The demand is so great that men obtain 
the privilege of cultivating this crop 
along the banks of private brooks, and 
spend most of their time during the Sum¬ 
mer traveling about from one farm to 
another. Of late years there has been 
a tendency to develop the business on a 
larger scale. For a long time two Bos¬ 
ton men held leases on more than 100 
brooks within a radius of 50 miles or 
more, and kept an automobile truck trav¬ 
eling from farm to farm throughout the 
Summer months. They first visited the 
fai'mer who owned the brook which 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 10, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Late Cultivation of Corn . 751 
White Oak Acorns as Food ... 751 
Seeding Clover and Red-top . 756 
Hope Farm Notes .760, 761 
The MoNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill . 763 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
May Prices for Milk . 763 
Use of Linseed Meal . 766 
Figuring Varied Ration . 766 
Whipping Cream . 766 
Experience With Cheviot Sheep . 768 
Hand-feeding a New-hom Pig . 768 
THE HENYARD 
Is the Poultry Business Being Overdone?.. 763 
Connecticut Egg-laying Contest . 770 
A Cross-bred Duck .770 
New York Egg-laying Contest . 772 
Rations for Laying . 772 
HORTICULTURE 
Culture of Dwarf Apple Trees .749, 750 
An Oriental Apple Market . 750 
Notes from New England .751, 752 
Grapevine Fails to Fruit .. 753 
Care of Easter Lily . 753 
Tulips, Tuberoses and Summer Annuals.... 755 
Perennials for Partial Shade .. 761 
Improving a Perennial Bod . 761 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Maryland Recipe for Curing Hams . 759 
From Day to Day ... 764 
A Summer Kitchen Out of Doors ... 764 
The Rural Patterns . 764 
Pennsylvania Notes . 764 
Eggless Chocolate Cake . 764 
Notes from Oklahoma . 765 
Embroidery Designs . 765 
Damage from Change of Stream . 757 
Obtaining Title to Tax Property . 757 
Satisfaction of Mortgage . 757 
Loss Through Purchase of Stolen Car .... 757 
Countrywide Produce Situation . 769 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Transferring Swarm Into New Hives . 755 
Improving Country Schools . 756 
Girls Who Do Chores . 756 
The Proposed New Co-operative Law . 763 
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