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north windows which contain no plants. A great many seedlings are started 

 in this building to be transplanted and moved to other quarters later. In 

 addition to the plant trade, I sell a great many cut flowers in summer to city 

 boarders. — W. F. Heath, N.H., in Forest and Home. 



Apple Pomace as Ensilage. — That apple pomace is of value as a 

 stock food is clearly shown in P. B. 29 or the N. H. experiment station. J. 

 W. Pierce siloed apple pomace in alternate layers with oat straw, the pomace 

 being two inches and the straw one inch thick, and when pressed the whole 

 forming a compact mass like a section of cheese. It was wholesome, clean to 

 handle and with a fruity odor. Its chemical composition compared favorably 

 with corn ensilage and was wholly digestible. Milch cows ate it without 

 shrinking in milk yield, and it was apparently of the same value as corn 

 ensilage when fed at the rate of ten pounds per day per head. Mr. Pierce 

 says that a mixture of pomace and straw fed five pounds per day, with hay, 

 cottonseed and bran, produced nearly double the quantity of milk obtained 

 on a ration of hay and corn meal. 



The table below gives the composition of apple pomace ensilage, pomace 

 and oat straw, and of corn ensilage, taken from the silo in March. 



Water 



Ash 



Crude protein 



Crude fibre 



Nitrogen free extract 

 Fats 



Corn 

 ensilage. 



80.66 

 1-39 

 1-54 

 514 



10.74 



•53 

 — Farm and Home. 



Galls on Raspberry and Blackberry Canes frequently extend clear 



around and make the canes double their usual size, and cause a lingering death 

 before the fruit ripens. The next spring a grub is found in the swelling, which 

 later develops into the water beetle that lays its eggs in the early summer on 

 the canes. These eggs hatch, and the young larvae working into the cane check 

 the flow of sap, which causes the galls. It is far more abundant in the western 

 than in the eastern states, though it may be new in some localities, and may 

 destroy half the crop. As with all insects, there are occasional years when this 

 pest becomes very abundant, followed by years when they are not so injurious- 

 The only remedy known is to cut and burn the infected canes before the larvae 

 leave the galls in spring. This is very effective if persistently followed up. — 

 Prof. S. B. Green, Minn. Experiment Station. 



