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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
“Aprit, 1908 
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milk the cow gives; with alfalfa hay in the 
ration, cut the amount of grain to one- 
half of what is previously advised. 
For twenty cows I feed on the average of 
six pounds of grain per cow each day, 
consisting of bran, ground oats and cotton- 
seed meal, and forty pounds of silage. 
While it is not practicable for a man keep- 
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unless they pay their board. 
New York. VALANCEY E. FULLER. 
A Chestnut Tree Disease 
FUNGUS disease of the native chestnut 
tree has become very serious in the 
neighborhood of New York City, also 
through New Jerseyand Maryland. During 
1907 it received a good deal of attention, but 
unfortunately no means of control has as 
yet been discovered. The disease works 
in the layer beneath the inner bark, and its 
presence is first indicated by the actual death 
of that portion of the stem. After this the 
spore capsule bursts through the bark and 
probably the disease spreads to other 
branches or trees. 
It seems to be very prone to attack young 
trees, causing their death in from one to 
two years; older trees, having more vitality 
and greater surface, at first suffer chiefly 
by losing their branches. The direct result 
of the fungus attack is to cause girdling of 
the trees. 
This fungus is not known to enter the 
tree except through wounds, but these are, 
unfortunately, only too plentiful. No satis- 
factory method of treatment is known. 
Timely pruning may delay, but can hardly 
prevent, the death of the tree. 
This fungus is peculiar to the chestnut 
and does not, so far as is known, attack any 
other kind of tree. It is possible that, like 
other diseases of this character, the chestnut 
tree disease will prove to be epidemic in its 
visitations. 
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Much damage is often done to vineyards 
by climbing cutworms. They stay con- 
cealed in the ground by day, climbing up 
and injuring the buds at night. They may 
be easily destroyed by placing about the base 
of each vine a few handfuls of a mash made 
of bran, Paris green, and sweetened water. 
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