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spring for hog pasture, and the orchard Is the most feasible place I have for It. Would you 

 advise me sowing It ,ln alfalfa? Hoping you will pardon me for the liberty I have taken, I 

 am. Respectfully yours, 



W. K. Armstrono. 



Answer — No; better plow up and cultivate in corn for a few 

 years; or, better still, cultivate well without any crop on the land. 



HiGGiNSViLLE, Mo , October 15, 1894. 

 L. A. (500DJIAN, Ksq., Westport: 



Dear 8lr— Your card received relative to meeting at Trenton In December. I have only 

 a small orchard, yet If not too many questions, would like to have same answered, as I want 

 to set out more. I am especially Interested about the wash and twig blight. Please take 

 charge of same. If not asking too much, and let me know whei'e I can get the answers and 

 oblige. Yours, etc., Henrt D. Mills, .Jr. 



Would like to know (l) what causes twig bight? ("2) Is there any remedy? (H) Will It 

 kill the trees? (4) Does it come annually, after the trees have once had It? (5) Should the 

 dead twigs be cut oflf? 



1 killed a Ked Astrakhan and Injured others by using a solution of about two table 

 spoonfuls of crude carbolic acid, one pound home-made soap and large lump of lime In a 

 bucketful of water ; had been in habit of using same annually, but perhaps not so strong as 

 this time. I feel confident myself that this was the sole cause, as the tree was killed and 

 blackened .iust as far as wash went, and above was green, and the other trees not killed had 

 their bark injured In patches and rougher every way than where it had not been washed. 



(fi) Had this wash anything to say to the twig blight? (7) Many Dwarf pears are In 

 full bloom this 8th day of October, 1894; will it kill the trees or spoil the crop for next year? 

 Kelffer Is the healthiest- looking pear I have. (8) What is the difference between the Botan 

 and Abundance plums, and how near should the latter be planted? (9) Give description of 

 Grimes' Golden and Yellow Bellflower. (lO) What hardy evergreen shrubs grow in Mis- 

 souri? (11) What hardy bulbs that will take care of themselves, suitable for a country 

 church-yard? (12) What is the best early peach for Lafayette county, that will not rot? I 

 have some always about 4th of .July, if a peach year, but they rot before they get ripe. 



H. D. Mills, Jr. 



Answer — (1) Cannot tell, it depends upon the season; (2) no sure 

 remedy cut off the blighted portion ; (3) sometimes it does, but very 

 seldom ; (4) usually, for two or three seasons ; (6) no; (7) the crop will 

 probably be light ; enough dormant buds may come out to give some 

 fruit; (8) about the same; (10) lied cedar. White pine, Norway spruce, 

 Austrian pine, Scotch pine. White spruce. Arbor vitfe. There are no 

 evergreen shrubs that can be depended upon ; (11) Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Crocus, Lily of the Valley, Peonias; (12) Mt. Rose. 



Fatetteville, Mo., Oct. 25, 1894. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, AVestport, Mo. : 



Kind Sir— Y'ou will please Inform me with regard to the size and dimensions of an 



apple-barrel. Give me the diameter of the head and bulge, also depth Inside of the barrel. 



Please tell me what a standard apple-barrel holds. I have always had the Impression that 



It held eleven pecks. Yours respectfully, 



E. W. Y'OUNG. 



Answer — The standard apple-barrel : l^ength of barrel 28^ inches, 



with chines of f inch at the ends ; diameter of heads 17| inches ; 



diameter of center of barrel 20 J inches — this being the size used for 



flour-barrels. This barrel holds full three bushels. 



Secretary. 



