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I  I*  t  «  RANSOM  SEED  t  NURSERY  CO  ,  Bci  2, 
under  the  sawdust  will  prevent  trouble, 
but  if  you  want  to  be  sure — better  ask 
the  tree!  Try  two  or  three  trees  with 
the  fresh  sawdust  alone,  and  several  with 
i  he  limestone  under  the  sawdust.  That  is 
the  only  way  for  you  to  be  sure. 
New  England  Notes 
An  Irrigation  System. — Market  gar¬ 
deners  around  Boston  are  fast  learning 
that  it  is  practically  impossible  to  do 
business  in  a  large  way  without  having 
some  form  of  irrigation  system.  The  dry 
season  has  meant  a  heavy  loss  to  growers 
not  equipped  with  a  generous  supply  of 
water.  Although  various  different  meth¬ 
ods  have  been  tried,  the  Skinner  system 
of  overhead  irrigation  seems  to  have  met 
the  situation  better  than  any  other  kind. 
Not  only  does  it  distribute  the  water  in  a 
fine  mist  so  that  even  the  smallest  plants 
are  not  washed  out,  but  it  also  covers  a 
large  amount  of  space  with  a  few  pipe 
lines.  Moreover,  the  water  as  it  passes 
through  the  air  is  warmed  to  some  extent, 
a  fact  of  more  or  less  importance  if  it 
comes  from  a  pond  fed  by  springs.  Ex¬ 
perience  has  shown  that  the  use  of  water 
often  adds  one-third  or  more  to  the  size  of 
a  crop.  This  is  true  in  the  home  garden 
as  well  as  in  the  commercial  garden,  and 
there  are  small  irrigating  devices  which 
cost  hut  little  and  yet  accomplish  much. 
A  great  mistake  which  many  amateurs 
make  is  in  giving  the  gardens  only  a  mere 
sprinkling  instead  of  soaking  the  soil  until 
it  is  saturated.  A  little  water  is  worse 
than  none  at  all,  because  it  coaxes  the 
roots  to  the  surface  where  they  are 
scorched  by  the  sun.  Enough  should  be 
given  so  that  it  will  penetrate  to  a  depth 
of  several  inches.  This  same  statement  is 
true  as  regards  watering  a  lawn,  and  yet 
persons  are  to  be  seen  every  day  sprink¬ 
ling  with  the  hose  in  such  a  superficial 
manner  that  nothing  whatever  is  accom¬ 
plished.  Some  of  the  sprinkling  devices 
for  lawns  are  very  satisfactory  if  they 
are  allowed  to  remain  long  enough  in  one 
place.  But  if  they  are  moved  about  every 
half  hour,  the  water  which  runs  through 
them  is  practically  wasted. 
Potatoes  and  Tomatoes. — The  dry 
weather  has  had  some  advantages.  There 
has  been  less  trouble  with  blight  on  po¬ 
tatoes  than  usual,  and  tomatoes  have  had 
less  end-rot.  This  trouble  with  tomatoes 
often  develops  when  a  rainy  period  fol¬ 
lows  several  weeks  of  drought,  so  that  it 
may  appear  before  the  growing  season  is 
over.  From  what  I  can  judge,  however, 
some  tomatoes  are  much  more  immune 
to  this  trouble  than  others.  Livingstone 
and  other  Stone  varieties  are  especially 
difficult  to  handle.  On  the  other  hand, 
some  of  the  newer  kinds,  like  Bonny  Best 
and  John  Baer,  go  through  even  poor 
seasons  perfectly.  e.  i.  Farrington. 
Caring  for  the  Bees 
In  Southern  New  York  Aug.  15  is 
none  too  early  to  think  about  Winter.  Be 
sure  every  colony  has  ■'*  good  queen,  a 
young  one  if  possible,  a?  we  must  ever 
keep  the  fact  in  mind  that  the  young 
bees  of  September  are  the  ones  that  see 
the  colony  through  the  Winter,  and  a 
young  queen  at  this  time  is  sure  to  have 
a  well-populated  hive.  As  soon  as  breed¬ 
ing  mostly  stops,  about  the  first  of  Oc¬ 
tober.  see  that  every  colony  has  at  least 
30  lbs.  of  stores  for  Winter.  If  not. 
feed  immediately  honey  in  the  comb  if 
you  have  it  ;  if  not,  feed  granulated 
sugar;  25  lbs.  sugar  to  one  gallon  of 
water  will  make  a  safe  feed  for  Winter. 
A  10-lb.  friction  top  pail  with  a  lot  of 
small  holes  punched  in  the  cover  makes 
a  fine  feeder.  After  filling,  invert  over 
the  frames,  being  sure  it  sets  level.  Feed 
toward  night  to  prevent  excitement  and 
robbing.  If  bees  can  be  kept  in  a  place 
where  they  don’t  feel  the  prevailing 
winds  it  makes  a  wonderful  difference 
about  their  wintering. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER.  OCT.  13,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Curing  the  Bean  Crop  . 1282,  1283 
Chicken  Manure  and  Phosphate  .  1283 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . 1290,  1291 
Two  Tales  of  the  Farm  .  1293 
Labor  Problems  of  the  South  .  1293 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
The  Hog  and  His  "Place  in  the  Sun”....  1282 
Growth  of  Dairying  in  Central  West  .  1293 
Renting  a  Cow*  .  1296 
Garget  .  1296 
Feeding  Dairy  Calf  . 1298 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  1300 
Rations  for  Young  Poultry  .  1300 
HORTICULTURE 
Sawdust  for  Mulching  Apple  Tree ....  1283,  1284 
New  England  Notes  .  1284 
Rhododendrons  and  Lilies  from  Seed  ....  1285 
Fall-sown  Sweet  Peas  .  1285 
The  Narcissus  .  1285 
Pedigreed  App'e  Trees  . 1287 
Productivity  of  Apple  Varieties  .  1287 
Heating  Greenhouses  .  }289 
Commercial  Geranium  Culture  .  1289 
Storing  Green  Tomatoes  .  1289 
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Favorite  Pickles  ... 
The  Rural  Patterns 
Filling  Silo  . 
Washington  Pie  . . . 
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1295 
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Weld  Co..  Colorado,  Schools 
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Notes  About  Sugar  ..., . 
1283 
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