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Peas  for  Market  Garden 
What  varieties  of  peas  are  suitable  for 
market  garden?  How  many  bushels  might 
one  expect  from  one  acre?  J.  K. 
Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
The  large-podded  varieties  are  the  most 
profitable.  They  are  only  a  few  days 
later  than  the  early  round  sorts;  they 
bring  a  higher  price  in  the  market,  and 
one  can  pick  one  bushel  of  the  large  pods 
while  he  is  picking  a  half-bushel  of  the 
small  early  peas,  showing  it  will  only 
cost  one-half  as  much  to  pick  an  acre  of 
large  pods  as  to  pick  an  acre  of  the  early 
peas.  Among  the  best,  of  the  large-podded  j 
are  Hundredfold,  Gradus  and  T.axtoninn. 
I  prefer  Hundredfold.  The  rows  can  he 
planted  2V>  ft.  apart,  while  most  of  the 
late  varieties  have  to  be  planted  3  to  4  ft. 
apart.  They  are  just  as  prolific,  and 
quality  the  same.  Two  hundred  bushels 
per  acre  is  a  fair  crop.  Use  phosphate, 
about  4-8-6.  one-half  ton  per  acre.  It 
will  grow  less  vine  and  more  peas  than 
manure.  A  neighbor  sold  $606  worth  of 
peas  off  one  acre  three  years  ago ;  peas 
were  high,  running  from  $2  to  $3  a  bushel. 
The  varieties  were  Telephone  and  Gradus. 
WI.LIAM  PERKINS. 
Protecting  Water  Pipes  from  Freezing 
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sized  lantern.  Double  line  the  box  with 
asbestos  paper,  and  he  will  he  protected 
against  frost.  wm.  downing. 
Ma  ssaebusetts. 
There  have  been  a  number  of  hits  of 
experience  in  regard  to  preventing  the 
freezing  of  water  pipes.  One  remedy,  in 
addition  to  the  above,  is  to  enclose  the 
pipe  in  a  square  wooden  box  running  its 
entire  length,  with  a  small  addition  at 
the  end,  large  enough  to  hold  a  lamp  or 
lantern.  In  cold  weather  a  lighted  lan¬ 
tern  is  put  into  this  larger  box,  and  the 
whole  thing  closed.  The  slight  heat  from 
tlie  lantern  goes  through  the  box.  heating 
the  pipe,  and  prevents  freezing. 
Curing  Egg-eating  Hens 
I  note  on  page  262  O.  II.  W.,  Gaines, 
Pa.,  asks  about  egg-eating  hens.  I  will 
give  my  remedy,  which  has  worked  for 
the  last  two  years,  stopping  my  hens 
short  in  one  or  two  days.  I  have  22 
hens  and  pullets,  and  when  they  com¬ 
menced  to  lay  they  would  eat  every  egg 
at  once.  For  the  22  hens  I  take  a  chunk 
of  salt  fat  pork  that  would  weigh  from 
2  to  3  lbs.  and  hang  on  a  nail  driven  in 
a  post  or  side  of  house.  When  they  have 
eaten  this,  if  they  continue,  I  give  an¬ 
other.  but  have  never  had  to  use  the 
third  piece.  Of  course  I  feed  whole 
grain  and  the  Cornell  mash,  with  ruta¬ 
bagas  or  beets  as  green  food.  H.  A.  B. 
Pattersonville,  N.  Y. 
What  Sort  of  Fence  Posts? 
I  am  contemplating  setting  a  line  fence 
this  year,  but  am  uncertain  as  to  whether 
to  set  wood  posts  or  steel  posts.  Perhaps 
among  your  readers  some  could  give  their 
experience.  Th>  the  steel  posts  heave 
from  the  ground  and  sag  out  of  line,  or 
are  they  as  satisfactory  as  wood  posts? 
Is  the  tee-angle  or  the  T. -angle  steel  post 
best?  JOHN  AT.T.EN. 
New  Jersey. 
Was  the  Cat  a  Coward? 
I  read  an  article  in  The  It.  N.-Y.  in 
regard  to  getting  rid  of  rats,  and  the 
question  was  asked  whether  anyone  ever 
knew  of  a  cat  too  cowardly  to  tight  a  rat. 
One  morning  I  reached  into  my  oat  barrel 
in  feeding  my  horses,  and  came  in  contact 
with  a  large  rat.  I  quickly  placed  a 
bushel  basket  over  the  barrel,  and  got  my 
cat,  a  good  ratter,  and  put  her  in  the 
barrel,  when,  to  my  surprise,  she  would 
not  touch  the  rat.  After  shaking  the  bar¬ 
rel  a  number  of  times,  I  let  the  cat  out 
and  took  the  barrel  out  and  let  the 
rat  run.  and  my  8t.  Bernard  dog  soon 
killed  him.  f.  p. 
Massachusetts. 
Missouri  Notes 
In  reading  the  “Hope  Farm  Notes”  I 
see  you  are  having  a  lot  of  snow  this 
Winter,  just  the  opposite  to  what  we 
are  having  here  in  “Grand  Old  Mis-  ! 
souri.”  We  had  no  Winter  weather  up  J 
to  the  first  of  February,  but  since  we 
have  had  some  very  cold  weather,  with¬ 
out  much  snow.  We  farmers  here  are 
organized ;  we  call  our  organization  the 
Missouri  Farmers’  Association.  We  are 
operating  at^  present  400  elevators  and 
exchanges.  We  have  a  farmers’  live  stock 
commission  company  at  East  St.  Louis 
which  had  an  $80,000  melon  to  divide 
among  its  shareholders  on  the  first  of 
the  present  year,  representing  13  months’ 
business.  The  M.  F.  A.  and  Farmers’ 
Lnion  of  Kansas  have  a  joint  commis¬ 
sion  company  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  The 
above  two  farmers’  associations  had  a 
meeting  in  Kansas  City  recently  and  in¬ 
vited  the  Farm  Bureau  to  join  hands, 
but  the  Bureau  wanted  to  swallow  the 
other  two  organizations,  so  the  Bureau 
will  open  another  commission  company 
at  Kansas  City  or  at  East  St.  Louis. 
Washington,  Mo.  e.  a. 
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