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The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

90 over the whole plat with q
cutaway harrow. Tow ten pounds
more of seed and roll after applying
800 pounds per acre Of acid phos-
phate. sowing. of course. the most
seed on the bare spots. II would
have been better 20 have done this
as soon as the last cutting was
made. but II can still bc done. The
harrow wing wiiI help the whole. You
do not Say whether lime has bccn
applied or not7 II not. then give
the whole dressing Of lime ahead
of the narrowing at rate of a ton OF
more per acre. or get the pglvertxed
lime rock and apply four tons per
acre Leave small portion With
out lime and note the result Al.
falfa culture in the east IL afili Tath-
or in the experimental stage. and
needs further study TO devise the
most perfect plan Roll well after
the narrowing and fertilization.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

You have probably been unlag
only commercial fertilizer on the
tobacco and the land ia devoid of
humus In fact. la only the dead
skeleton Of a soil Your cotton fail
sd probably because OF the iaet of
moisture 20 dissolve whatever you
applied as a fertilizer. aud the roots
we're parched and the crop failed. II
you ~iil sow at once tao bushels of
-" per acre. and pioS 4, down In
The spring. IL will glv. YOU some hu.
mus making material. Then for the
cotton mako mixture of i..oo
pounds OF acid phosphate. coo
pounds of cottonHccd meal and 200
pounds of muriatc of potash. and
apply 400 pounds of this per acre
,o the land for the cotton. Then
sow crimson clover among the cotton
nt last working. or little later.
and finally get the field and all the
rest of your land into regular ro.
tation ia which YOU grow and feed
plenty OF peas and crimson clover,
and raise manure. and return IL 20
the land and thus increase the hu-
mus content in the soil On u deep.
sandy soil especially. deeaying vege.
table matter is the most important
matter 10 be gotten. On the deep
sands of Moore County Mr.. Tufts
this year made over eighty bushels
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

There has for some time been an
effort on the part Of som" To boom
shat they call Oregon Netch. :"
There IL no yetch known to botanIsts
under this name. and IL IL probably
an effort 90 soll sacsi at fancy price.
ot votch already woll known The
beat vcieh known ia cultivation Ia
Nic4a yilloAa. or hairy veieh. some
times called Sand vetch This la a
very valuable plant and the so
called Oregon vctch may he this
same thlng renamed by tho parties
trying TO get high prices for a. Those
who arc trying 10 seIl nesd % tho
Oresun vesch are very careful not To
tell na what tn botanical ramc In.
for then wo would know shat IL IL
Never buy . pig tn a poke" and
never buy sce5 of any plant with =
fancy name given to hide lts real
name. The Oregon votch MAY be- an
excellent plant. bat II has hosanl-
cal nam. aud. ia all probability. is
une Of the well known varieties. for
there IL 10 such plant "a or~xoa
vetrh
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

twenty-five bushels OF freshly -slaked
lime per acre. Then In February
apply 800 pounds OF acid phosphate
and 900 pounds OF cottonsced meal
per acre and SOW the oats as early
as practicable
The worms" are probably the
sugar cane borer's larvae The fall
plowing and the lime may have some
effect In checking them.
Then. after the oats. sow peas and
fertiliro them with 200 pounds of
acid phosphate per acre. and nov
and disk the stubblc and SOW Grim
aon clover seed az rate of sixteen
pounds per acre Ia September. You
can then turn tho clover down for
cotton. aud among this cotton the
next fall sow crimson clover again.
and yon will have a sod TO turn for
corn. Sow peas in this corn and
disk them down and xow oats In
September after having cut aud
shocked the corn. Then repeat the
rotation ana sou wlll and that soil
gaining In hnmaa and getting more
mellow stick TO tho same rotation
year after ycar on your whole farm
and yoa wtIi wet the farm on the up.
grade. and get crops that wgii pay.
OF course. II your money crop IL
peanuts you will have TO arrange a
place for them and can ertnud the
rotation 81 tha, they will foiiow the
cotton. and have a liberal appllca.
t&on of acid phosphate and potash
Sos rye after the peanuts and have
= slater cover on Which the farm
manure ia spread aud turn all under
for tho corn crop. Alwaya have
some green crop on the land ia ain.
ter.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

According to- your o@u account.
you have been doing some very bad
farming on that land II you had
sown cowp"aa among ia. corn iant
year. and crimson clover after them.
you would hAy. had some vegetable
matter To have turned for the corn
this year. And II you had sowu peas
again among the corn this year. you
could have chopped them la with n
cutawAy harrow. after cutting and
shocking th. corn. aud could have
gotten oats sown on the land in sep
tember Then the oats would have
come on earlier and you would have
better chance for tho cowpean
next summer. for the spring-#o@n
oats will not only be- IA poor crop.
but will make the pea sowing much
later. And If you strike drought
after oats harvest you will have n
hard time getting the land ready for
the peas. while with the previous
treatment | have mentioned the land
would be more easily piowed In dry
weather. But you have done none
of these.
The best thing you can now do if
oats are 10 be gown. will be To piow
the land thoroughly and harrow In
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

would not SOW Red-top alone.
but a mixture of grasses. Red-,op
Is q light cropper and a late grass.
and would not be ready TO cut with
cereals. and I doubt that on land of
that character the cereals would win
ter well To get a good crop Of hay
next summer you should seed lib
orally. and | would SOW grass alone.
Try a mixture Of ten pounds italian
Rye grass. Eve pounds of Red-top
and Ave pounds OF tall meadow Fes-
cue. Apply In the preparation 400
pounds OF acid phosphate and twenty
pounds OF muviate OF potash yell
harrowed ln before sowing. The
Fe~rne and Rye grass slil give you
an early moving ln the spring. and
the Red-top wiil help the second cut
ting greatly. ~ you sow Rsd-top
only would xow twenty pounds OF
sced per acre. This ~Ili give you
one good cutting next summer. and
II II the easiest OF hay 20 cure. but
does not make heavy crop. have
cut Red-top on hot day in July and
stacked IL that same evening IN good
order The mixed grasses should BE
good several years.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

l am srinkinE Of sowing Red
top grass this fail Land Vas in
corn this year aud In rather bad
ly drained. growing aornc water.
grass. Has a good growth of
co~pean and great deal Of
grass In II. soil. dark sandy
suam and thln. should | @ow
The grass alone or ~ish oats.
or a mixture of oats. ~hcat. and
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24
SOME BADLY TREATED LAND.
How to Haiid u tp--N hat f~gum~s
and Relations la Adept.

II have some siir land nix to
eight inches deep TO red clay.
Been In onrn. peanuts and cot
ton tll al 1.-THE hamua II worA
ed out aud bakcs very hard
Have had corn on IL tao years ia
succession. and both crops part
ly ruined By whIts gFuba boring
into the sAik at the ground.
causing the stalk TO fall, want
90 eos thls land In oats In late
fall or early spring Would II
be- ~eli TO bed IL now ia nlae-
foot beds deeply with . large
piow and lot IL Ito tiil sowins
ilmeg Would lime Tighten the
land and Kill tn. wofmas I
want to sow IL In cowpoaa after
the onts for a hay crop aud TO
help the land. II lime IL uacd.
should II be- spread broadcast
and narrowed ia after the oats."
X. II. r.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24
soME >IsR-Dt.AD LAND.


Have piece OF deep sandy
land Ia ~hlch I usually plans
tobacco. Tao years ago IL waH
In cotton. and made a good
Erosth and plonty os squares.
bat many parched up. and many
of tho bolla cracked but did not
open. VIII Professor Mahscy tell
nsu whas in tho matter. nnd what
kind of fertilizer TO use. for
want tn put cotton there next
spring 4. NJ. G.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24
II THERE MONEY IN BEANs-


Il waut 20 plant peas or
beans next year III beans are
l.gum.. why would IL not be
more profitable To plant them
than peas They ar. higher In
price and WELD more. | exp@c;
TO follo~ tho peas or beans with
annual clover aud with corn tho
nrat year. sowing rye Ia tho fall
and then to tobacco in 1911.
~ish you and The southern
farm d.Asrtt~ much success. and
hops you wiil continue to- preach
your ideas into our heads |
should say the land is not rich.
but wilI make six barrels Of corn
per acre J. Y IL
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

Il have read an article tn The
Southern Cultfvator from man
ia Louisiana on the Oregon
Vetch.' ID you know anything
about this plant. and how much
truth there ls In the statement
II half is true. ! would like To
try IL. Where can get the
seed - J. A McB
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

Of corn per acre. and Ave tons per
acre OF peavine hay. This tn what
forage and cattle will do. Forage
and feeding forage. making manure
and using II. is the road out OF poor
land and the bondage 20 the FER
tilizer trust
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24
Crabgrass Killing Alfalfa

We have several acres OF
very nice alfalfa. Got Eve cut
tings this first year. but In some
spots the crabgrass has nearly
killed the alfalfa. How shall
cure these. and what treatment
or fertilization this fall7"
G.. G. NJ
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

rye. as ! wsnt some hay VIII
it make a paying crop after the
FIRST year. Would acid phos-
phate applied nov be suflcient,"
r.. r. W.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-10-24

Beans are legumes. OF course. and
thrive on thin soii as weli am cow
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
SWIFT RIDING IN RAILWAY ENGINE

have observation locomotives of this type
which used for quick their systems
at short notice. Well built. speedy and compact
they may be compared TO the dispatch boats of
the navy. Always the service of the officials
of the roads, telephone message is sufficient to
call them from the roundhouse and send them
scudding away the lines in this that direc
ton. Much may depend the speed they make
and for this reason the observation locomotives
the lightest and feetest in the service. Like
her sister locomotives. the Saratoga is such
chine. She built with eye to quick, eff
cent service, and when thoroughly warmed to her
work with officials private attached and
long stretch of clear track ahead she is easily
capable of a speed of eighty miles an hour.
One does climb aboard" locomotive of the
class to which the Saratoga belongs. Instead
walks neat little flights of stairs curving from
the ground cab level. The that these
at the front and that they fanked by
ornamental brass ratings either hand. makes
one feel much If he were entering some man
sion he steps aboard the Saratoga. pair of
glass doors, each side of the smokestack
admit a roomy little cabin passenger COM
partment built directly over the boiler. Its floors
carpeted with heavy velvet Brussels and in its
sken curtains, upholstered chairs and lounging
seats there is certainly nothing TO indicate that
the CRIME the coal and the oil, the hot breath
of the firebox and the hiss of escaping steam in
the compartments of the engineer and his fire
man. lie Just beyond the ornamental walls of this
little cabin perched literally the top of the
boiler, close to the smokestack of the Saratoga
There speaking tubes and electric bells by
means Of which the occupants of the little house
are In communication at all times with the
gineer, and to supplement these narrow Sits
of doors opening to still more narrow neede's-eye-
like passages leading back each side of the boiler
TO the engineers cab.
Since the Saratoga first placed in commits
sion the locomotive has been favorte with the
Delaware e. Hudson officials. There four
aboard. including The Tribune man. when the
Saratoga started out of the Union Station in AL
bany one afternoon. A hurry call had
the long distance telephone and 1t necessary
for one of the officials be in the heart of the
Adirondacks not later than o'clock that evening.
In little more time than it takes TO tell 1t. the
engineer was at his post, a had manned the
private car attached and the Saratoga was going
out of the yards. Once the main tracks speed
Ing began. Mile after mile disappeared beneath
the wheels: farms and villages flashed by. With
rush and a roar the Northern New Yorker was
passed few miles north of Fort Edward.
But even special locomotives must observe GER
tain speed limitations on heavily travelled portions
of the system. That is why the Saratoga was from
/ o'clock until 25O in making the seventy-eght
miles between Albany and Whitehall where there
= moments stop fos orders Then with =
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

Always picturesque. the beauty of this trip
through The Rocks is enhanced hundredfoId
When seen from the elevate of the observation
engine. Those rugged rock walls. with here and
there tiny rivulet of water gliStening like molten
silver in the rays of the afternoon sum- as il
trfched downward on its way 10 the great AXE
beneath: those wonderful glimpses through rock
carved arches of Champlains broad expanse with
steamers and sailing craft dwarfed in pygny size
and the distant shore indefinite outline went
long way toward obIiteratfng the memory of
those instants when the Saratoga impatient az the
restraint placed upon her. threw herself here and
there around a point of rock. with such vigor as
to make the anchorage of the little cabin on her
back creak and snap. while it's occupants with
flushed cheeks and bated breath with hands
tightly clenched to the nearest support and ayerted
faces sought 20 master that "spooky' feeling which
came with occasional gIimpses into the depths OF
the chasm yawninG fairly under their feet.
1t was O'Clock when the Saratoga rolled into
Port Kent and. slowing down with a hoarse dry
cough. came to dead stop abreast the water tank
II required only few moments to replenish tho
supply. and in the interval orders for the rest of
the trip had been received Barely was the drip
ping supply spout swung aside. when the Iocomo-
tive. like racehorse refreshed. was again on its
way.
Nalcour went by like a shot out of a gun. and
before IL seemed possible the hagstaffs of Hotel
Champlain rose above the trees. and the Saratoga
was slowing down for the change from the main
Then began the long hard climb up over the noun
tains past Dannemora and gloomy Clinton prison
past Russia, and on up and still up over the try
ing grades of Lyon Mountain in the rapidly gath
erlng dusk and then past Standsh. Twin Ponds
WOLF Pond Plumadore and other logging stations
bounding down the mountain sides at breakneck
pace. with a daring train hand perched on the tip
OF the big engines nose adjusting the headlight
II was O'Clock when the Saratoga rumbIed into
Loon Lake and stopped for another draft of
water and waiting orders The next twenty-eight
miles were covered i'll almost many minutes and
when the Saratoga settled down with a satisfied
grunt before the Lake Placid station, an impatient
official in the cosey little cabin on her back re-
turned to his pocket the watch he had held in his
hand all the way from Westport.
We'll. I'm here in season all right: sit miles in
five hours and thirty minutes: not such bad time
after ALL. was his comment. Outside. the veteran
engineer. walking around the putting, throbbing
mass of metal. applying drop of oil here a bit
OF cotton waste there. murmured. We'll, you de-
Hvered the goods all right. old GAL and the
cga. as If she understood shook herself In way
that set the windows of the cabin up near the
smokestack rattling like Castanets and brought
home to those OF the party still lingering there the
fact that the trip was at ap end.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

with rental Of s199S9. speaks for itself. All
privileges sold to the highest bidder. There
is, to my mind. scarcely any rule possible in set
ting the rental value on houses. I would not
accept too small rental more than private
owner though 1t the highest market offer
The problem of getting rid of old buildings resi-
dences is not easy. Awhile ago the contractors
would buy an old house for the brick in it. but
they wouldn't do that under present conditions
Take our headquarters here. the Litchfeld man
sion It is worth nothing unless some collector
wanted to cut out ceiling for the sake of its
ffty-year-old Cupids. We would have to pay
money to remove it. Money is scarce all along
the line
Commissioner Berry. Of The Bronx department
said:
Il believe in advertising the privileges and do
through The City Record which sends out
the advertisements to the regular papers rms
bidding has raised the rental of the Tallapoosa
Club from $500 to 500 a year. On seven other
leases in Pelham Bay Park the total rent month
has been raised from sS1 to S41. You must remem-
her that former commissioners fixed the rentals
and terms of many leases which cannot be inter
fered with Immediately. l have turned over two
buildings to the Sinking Fund commissioners, with
the request that they be sold and removed. while
| have allowed the Guild for Crippled Children
The Little Mothers Aid Association the Rlls
Neghborhood Settlement and the Darrach Home
to occupy houses at nothing or 81 year Mrs.
F A Monroe, old lady, Is permitted to I'VE
in the house she sold to the city payment of $50
a month rent. We have been trying rather un-
successfully to dispossess elderly woman squat
ter from the old brick town hall 1 do not believe
in having regular hotels within the park. j. g.
Theban, who pays so quarterly for residence, Is
a city engineer in charge of the construction OF
the Pelham Bridge, which dynamlted some
time ago and he feels the need of being on the
ground When there is money available shall
be glad to the entire park cleaned up aho
,1lhlic refreshment booths and perhaps boat and
,acbt houses established Already there are free
lighthouses and a lfesaving corps that teaches
neopIe how to swim Such public features. to-
rether with the free golf links and lockers IN van
CortIandt Park are objected to by some persons
- 7 to1tayo ir, them l do credit the City
Club figures indicating falling off in our rents
from IS 085 in 1906 s724s in 1901 while the num-
her of buildings ffty-one has remained ihe same
II is apnsrent for one thing that the four chari-
; nc are housing free do not increase the reve-
nue."
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
Not the Dirty Kind, but q
Little Den of LUXURY
on Wheels.

Lake Placid y. y. June 13.-A ride on loco
motive is a mentally associated with a
desperate fight over miles upon miles or s[~el
rails. with the privileged novice shivering in bor-
rowed overalls and jumper in the corner or the
cab trying keep his hands from getting greasy
without losing his grip the narrow seat, the
window ledge anything upon which he cannot
but feel that his very life depends The mere
suggestion calls to mind poky, grimy little cab
annexed TO a great throbbing, pulsating. snorting
coughing mass of iron. steel and steam, with coal
dust and oil everywhere: a little compartment
heated 10 suffocation by the glow from the fire
box fanked two sides by narrow slits Of
windows on another by the dingy front of the
coal tender and the opposite by a steel wall
fairly alive with valves and throttles, presided
over bv an oil stained. determined looking man
whose one ambition in life seems to be TO get
her through time
Familiarity with this often described form Of
locomotive riding may TO arouse only gus
picions as TO his sanity and passing pity for the
one who attempts describe ride a locomO-
tive In which cosey compartment, carpeted in
Brussels with highly polished woodwork and
heavy plate windows. took the place Of the grimy,
greasy cab: in which upholstered wicker furni-
ture took the place of hard benches, and electric
pusb buttons and speaking tubes served the pur-
nose Of throttle and lever-a ride which man
might enjoy in evening dress or woman in ball
gown.
Vet such is the ride which WAS taken the other
first seem a sort Of Kid glove affair far out
ward appearances went, IT compensated for what
ever loss there may have been I'm actual perform
ance for II was taken aboard observation To-
comotive. Of the greyhounds OF the service
flying along over the road at the rate Of eighty
miles hour.
Want TO ride in the cab with the engineer
eh?' commented veteran railroad man when
The Tribune reporter confded 10 him his anbi
tion. Say. young man, you take my word for it,
fa ttvu
new Now if you want experience a brand
new sensation. don't ride with the engineer: ride
ahead of him. Get out there In front. up around
the smokestack. Oh. ] don't mean to ride the
boiler astride you would a horse. There's a
better way. Just you climb aboard an observa-
tjon engine the next chance you get"
And The Tribune did. The locomotive hap
rened TO he the Saratoga. which has been for sew
eraI years IN service the Delaware d Hudson
lines Most Of the big railroads Of the country
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

comparatively clear track ahead. began the real
race against time. Fences and telegraph poles
merged themselves in continuous blur. trees
along the roadway seemed in such hurry that
they played leap frog and at each fresh bound
Of the Saratoga it seemed if the little glass
walled howdah strapped to her back must land IN
the ditch alongside the tracks Around curve
swung. and for Just instant it seemed as if
particularly vicious looking telegraph pole must
crash through the observation cabin. A peculiar
little kink in the grade this point demonstrated
the furility of such fears, and in another second
miles of clear track stretched away ahead West
port, fifty miles away, reached in less than
hour.
AS the Saratoga swept around the little curve
from the south which brings the Westport station
into sight. keen eyed official peering through
one of the heavy plate glass doors forming the
front of the little cabin the SaratOga's throb-
bing back, watch in one hand and speaking tube IN
the other. caught sight of the clear track signal
while the locomotive still five hundred wards
from the station
Let her go. Stewart" was the order which uen,
through the tube to the engineers cab and Stew
art. who has been engineer the Saratoga ever
since she took the road. certainly Obeyed the in
junction to the letter. Barely had the order been
given when tremor seemed to shake the loco
motive from smokestack tender The little OBJ
servation cabin fastened to her back lust for an
instant rocked and tossed like an open boat i'm an
angry sea Then, with snort the Saratoga
leaped forward and settled down to work at
the higher speed. There was the vision Of the
pretty little station. with the station master sa-
lutlns; just glimpse OF the waters OF Westport
Bay Lake Champlain, flashing in the sun off on
the right, and then came the trees and rocks and
the steady grades which mark the real approach
into the mountainous Adirondack country Mile
after mile flashed by. The wheels barely seemed
TO touch the tracks. and each fresh lurch carried
with it the conviction that the had left
the tracks and that the little glass walled cabin
on her back must certainly be dashed To bits
against this giant bowder that great tree
The high speed maintained until Willsboro
was reached. and then, In compliance with stand
Ing order of the road which must be respected by
all trains regular or special. the Saratoga slowed
down Tor the trip through The Rocks as that
twelve-miie stretch of road between Wilisbnro and
Port Kent Is called. But at the maximum
twenty minutes allowed for this stretch OF road the
speed was sufficient to satisfy a novice. And in
deed. the most thorough speed seasoned engineers
at Whatever speed they may wish fly along a
road with good broad stretches of mother earth ON
either side well satisfied to negotiate this strip
with It's rock walls on side and its sheer drop
OF two hundred feet To the level Lake champlain
on the other, at reduced speed.