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RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February  10,  1923 
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General  Farm  Topics 
Winter  Keeping  of  Apples 
Until  this  Winter  I  have  had  more  or 
less  trouble  with  the  Winter  keeping  of 
apples.  I  have  a  small  cold  cellar  par¬ 
titioned  off  from  the  main  cellar,  and  my 
apples  begin  to  lose  plumpness  and  shrivel 
almost  before  midwinter  arrives.  I  have 
tried  keeping  a  pail  of  water  standing  in 
the  cold  cellar,  but  this  has  not  proved 
effective.  The  present  Winter  I  put  a 
gallon  sprinkling  can  filled  with-  cold  wa¬ 
ter  in  the  cold  cellar  in  the  latter  part  of 
November,  and  about  twice  a  week  since 
then  I  have  sprinkled  the  floor  rather 
freely.  My  apples  have  kept  extremely 
well,  and  fit  the  present  date  (January 
25)  are  showing  no  signs  of  shriveling. 
The  floor  of  the  cold  cellar  is  of  boards, 
not  tightly  joined,  and  a  window  with  a 
hinged  door  taking  the  place  of  a  single 
light  enables  me  to  ventilate  the  cellar 
and  cool  it  off  when  desired.  I  thought 
perhaps  some  of  your  readers  might  have 
a  similar  trouble  with  the  premature 
shriveling  of  apples  kept  under  similar 
conditions  find  might  find  the  above  sug¬ 
gestion  helpful.  n.  e.  bushier. 
Massachusetts. 
There  are  apple  orchards  near  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  where  this  plan  of  seeding  Alfalfa 
has  worked  well. 
Taxes  on  Personal  Property 
On  page  3  F.  W.  Cornwall  of  Wayne 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  rather  ably  discusses  the  needs 
of  the  farmer.  To  my  mind,  in  his  sug¬ 
gestions  of  the  changes  which  would  bring 
him  relief,  he  forgets  one  of  great  im¬ 
portance,  to  wit:  The  restoration  to  the 
local  tax  rolls  of  intangible  personal 
property.  Its  restoration  should  be  ac¬ 
companied  by  an  enactment  which  would 
bring  it  from  its  hiding  places  and  com¬ 
pel  it  to  carry  its  share  of  local  tax  bur¬ 
dens.  Repeal  of  the  tax-exempt  securities 
law,  about  which  we  are  lately  reading 
so  much  in  the  public  press,  is  another 
desirable  change,  but  would  bring  nothing 
like  the  early  relief  to  the  farmer  and 
other  real  property  owners  that  would 
accrue  from  taxing  intangible  personal 
property. 
The  action  of  the  1920  Legislature  in 
exempting  it  was  little  short  of  a  crime 
against  both  economies  and  morality. 
New  York.  brayton  t.  scott. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Jan.  2-Feb.  23— New  York  .State 
School  of  Agriculture,  Cobleskill,  short 
course  in  agriculture  and  ice  cream  mak¬ 
ing. 
Feb.  0-9 — New  York  State  Grange,  an¬ 
nual  meeting,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Feb.  7-April  17 — •‘Courses  in  agricul¬ 
ture  and  horticulture,  Columbia  Univer¬ 
sity,  New  York  City. 
Feb.  12-16 — Farmers’  Week.  New  York 
Agricultural  College,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Feb.  21-23— Eastern  meeting.  New 
York  State  Horticultural  Society,  Pough¬ 
keepsie.  N.  Y. 
March  12-17 — International  Flower 
Show.  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York 
v  key . 
May  15-10 — American  Guernsey  Cattle 
Club,  New  York  City. 
Dec.  13-15— North  Bergen  County 
Poultry  Association,  fifth  annual  show, 
Westwood,  N.  .1. 
Paint  for  Silo;  Pasture  Grasses 
Is  there  any  paint  made  that  would  be 
suitable  to  apply  to  inside,  walls  of  a 
silo  to  make  it  more  air  tight?  What 
kind  of  seed  would  he  best  for  permanent, 
pasture?  I  shall  plow,  dress,  and  had 
planned  to  sow  oats  as  cover  crop.  What 
would  you  advise?  R-  W.  C. 
Maine. 
There  are  any  number  of  proprietary 
paints  that  are  recommended  for  coating 
the  inside  of  a  silo.  I  suggest  the  use  of 
pine  tar  and  gasoline.  Use  just  enough 
gasoline  to  cut  the  tar  so  that  it  can  he 
spread  with  an  ordinary  brush  or  white¬ 
wash  brush.  The  gasoline  will  evaporate 
and  the  tar  will  adhere  to  the  sides  of 
the  siio.  This  will  waterproof  the  sur¬ 
face.  permit  the  silage  to  settle  more 
evenly,  and  thus*  correct  possibh  the  con¬ 
dition  that  you  complain  of.  Before  fill¬ 
ing  the  silo  it  is  well  to  tighten  the  hoops 
which  will  make  the  silo  air  tight. 
Common  practice  suggests  the  use  of 
a  variety  of  pasture  grasses.  This  is  be¬ 
cause  local  conditions  may  bo  more  favor¬ 
able  to  the  growth  of  one  type  of  plant 
than  another,  and  where  one  restricts  the 
seeding  to  a  few  varieties  failure  is  likely 
to  result.  I  should  mix  grass  seed  for 
permanent  pasture  in  the  following  pro¬ 
portions:  'Three  parts  of  Timothy,  four 
of  Alsike  clover,  two  of  Red  clover,  one 
of  meadow  fescue,  two  of  Kentucky  blue 
grass,  one  of  White  clover,  and  two  of 
Red-top.  I  should  mix  these  seeds  and 
distribute  them  at  the  rate  of  10  or  12 
quarts  per  acre.  Under  ordinary  condi¬ 
tions  it  is  best  to  make  this  seeding  with 
oats  in  the  early  Spring.  The  oats  serve 
as  a  nurse  crop  and.  unless  the  season  is 
dry  and  very  hot,  young  plants  will  sur¬ 
vive  the  exposure  that  prevails  when  the 
onts  are  harvested.  It  is  necessary  under 
these  conditions  to  remove  the  shocked 
oats  as  soon  as  possible  so  that  they  will 
not  smother  out  the  grass  seed. 
If  a  coating  of  commercial  fertilizer  or 
manure  could  be  distributed  on  this  land 
it  would  materially  improve  the  chances 
for  obtaining  a  stand.  Where  commer¬ 
cial  fertilizer  is  used  it  is  well  to  make 
sure  that  the  soil  is  not  acid,  which  con¬ 
dition  is  corrected  by  an  application  of 
ground  or  burned  limestone.  F.  c.  M. 
Alfalfa  in  Orchard 
On  page  75  you  advise  L.  R.  to  sow 
Alfalfa  in  his  young  orchard.  That,  I 
think,  is  a  mistake.  I  have  100  10-year 
old  trees  that  still  show  the  bad  effects 
of  struggling  against  Alfalfa  for  moisture 
the  first  two  years  after  set  out.  The  trees 
in  the  part  of  orchard  cultivated  in  beans, 
tomatoes,  beets  and  even  corn  are  much 
more  thrifty.  A  young  orchard  near  me 
is  so  stunted  by  Alfalfa  I  doubt  if  it  will 
ever  amount  to  anything.  Alfalfa  wants 
all  the  moisture,  and  usually  gets  it. 
Wisconsin.  badger. 
Of  course,  it  will  depend  on  the  soil. 
On  a  light,  naturally  dry  soil  what  Badger 
says  would  be  true,  unless  furrows  were 
plowed  along  the  rows  of  trees  and  culti¬ 
vated.  or  the  Alfa ’fa  was  kept  clipped 
and  left  on  the  ground.  On  heavier  soils 
there  would  naturally  be  more  moisture. 
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CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  FEB.  10,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Making  a  Job  on  a  Farm.  .  . 
Does  Rye  Make  Good  Hay?. 
Best  Time  to  Apply  Lime.. 
The  Use  of  Marble  Dust.... 
.  188 
Alfalfa  Needs  Open  Land... 
Fish  as  a  Fertilizer . 
.  .  188 
Plowing  Under  Cornstalks  or 
Soy  Beans  and  Corn;  Sweet 
Hope  Farm  Notes . 
Rye . 
Clover. . . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Raising  Angora  Cats .  196 
Selecting  Dairy  Breed . 214 
Using  Home-grown  Grains . 214 
Feeding  Jersey  Calf .  216 
Handling  Family  Cow .  216 
Various  Feeding  questions . 2ie 
Dairy  Questions  .  218 
Feeding  Calves  .  218 
Feeding  Jersey  Cows .  218 
Ill-flavored  Butter  . . 220 
Cowpox  .  220 
THE  HENYARD 
New  Jersey  Poultry  Outlook . . .  188 
Raw  Potatoes  for  Poultry . .  192 
A  Jerseyman’s  Hens  and  Figures .  222 
Building  a  Long  Henhouse .  222 
Starting  in  Summer  Poultry . 226 
Worms  in  Poultry .  226 
Soaked  Alfalfa,  for  Greens . 226 
Hens  With  Colds .  228 
Worms  in  Gizzarl  . .  .* . 228 
Pigeon  Hatching  Hen’s  Egg .  228 
Ailing  Pullets  .  229 
Feeding  Pullets  . 229 
Feeding  Potatoes  to  Hens .  229 
HORTICULTURE 
Pruning  to  Build  the  Alfalfa  Tree .  187 
A  Combination  Duster  and  Sprayer .  187 
Fruit  Trees  on  Muck  Land .  188 
Cellar  and  Attic  for  Plant  Growing .  189 
New  York  State  Horticultural  Society 
Meeting  .  191 
Raising  Asparagus  Plants .  191 
Transplanting  Evergreens  .  192 
Top- working  Conifer  Trees .  192 
Plants  for  Shaded  Border .  193 
Koster’s  and  Silver  Blue  Spruce .  193 
Black  Knot  and  Rot  on  Plums .  194 
Early  Cucumbers  and  Melons .  194 
Early  Planting  for  Long  Island .  194 
Working  a  Fruit  Farm  on  Shares .  197 
‘Transplanting  a  Large  Tree .  197 
Controlling  Apple  Maggot .  205 
Grape  Notes  . 205 
King  Brazilian  Blackberry .  207 
Mildew  on  Apple  Trees . 207 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day .  210 
Constructing  a  Dumbwaiter .  210 
Canning  Chicken  and  Other  Meats . 210 
To  Can  Beef  Tongue . 210,  212 
A  Dumbwaiter  Woodbox .  212 
The  Rural  Patterns . 212 
Letters  of  an  Indiana  Farmer . . .  212 
Notes  from  Massachusetts .  213 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Can  We  Break  the  Tobacco  Habit? .  189 
Who  Owns  the  Carcass  of  This  Deer? .  189 
Sour  Honey  .  192 
Parrot  Loses  Feathers .  196 
Damage  by  Trespassers . 196 
Wireless  Outfits  .  198 
Getting  Rid  of  Rats .  198 
Animals  Forecasting  Weather .  198 
Concrete  Well  Curb .  199 
Deepening  Well  .  199 
Water  for  Irrigating .  193 
Dry  Well  for  Cesspool . 199 
Tax  Title  to  Mortgaged  Farm .  200 
Wife’s  Liability  for  Husband’s  Debts .  200 
Wife’s  Right  in  Insurance  Policy .  200 
Inheritance  from  Intestate  in  West  Vir¬ 
ginia  .  200 
Pumping  from  Spring .  201 
Press  re  from  Pipe  Line .  201 
Non-freezing  Hydrant  . 201 
Transferred  Mortgage  .  202 
Separation  from  Wife . 202 
Settlement  of  Estate .  202 
Tenant’s  Right  on  Farm .  202 
Interest  in  Partnership  Deed .  202 
Inheritance  of  Wife  and  Child .  203 
Consolidated  Schools  in  Iowa .  203 
Duties  of  School  Superintendent .  203 
■’Minding”  the  Teacher . 203 
Aliens  and  Immigration .  204 
An  Alien  and  His  Taxes .  204 
The  Way  to  Help  the  Actual  Farmer .  204 
Wanted — A  Country  Doctor .  204 
Catnip  as  a  Rat  Repellant .  204 
Sore  Spot  in  Distribution .  209 
Misbranded  Vinegar  Case . ,.209 
Blacksmith  ar-d  Veterinarian . .  ...  2  1 
No  Use  for  Wide  Sleigh . ?0*» 
Boosting  Farm  Assesments .  2f9 
Publisher’s  Desk  . 236 
