1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
127 
The Farmers’ Club. 
( Continued .) 
ing again, to avoid the danger of a re¬ 
currence of the injury. 2. Firing is the 
most satisfactory treatment. There is 
no “specific” for all cases of bone spavin. 
Some will yield to treatment, while 
others wont. dr f. l. kilborne. 
To Poison the Curculio. 
O. R W., Lyndon, Ky .—As The Rural 
readers are aware, I made a complete 
failure with the arsenite sprays upon the 
plum curculio last year. Not being dis¬ 
couraged, and disliking to doubt the 
statements of several correspondents, I 
intend to try again, and seek The Rural 
for help. I propose to take six trees : 
one Abundance—because it is curculio- 
proof (?)—two Duane Purple and three 
Washinglon, using a “Perfection” outfit 
with a Vermorel nozzle. To make sure, I 
intend every evening about five o’clock 
to spray these trees, commencing the day 
the blossoms open and keeping it up 
until the fruit is well grown. About 
how much water, how much arsenic and 
what form of arsenic should I use ? I 
used Paris-green last year. I haven’t 
much faith in this matter, but intend to 
sift it to the bottom. 
Ans.—A s I published some years since, 
I do not believe the arsenites will ever be 
used with satisfaction against the plum 
curculio. The poison does kill, but it is 
so tardy that many plums will be stung 
even after the weevils have taken a 
poisonous dose. If the curculios were 
very few, and the plums very abundant, 
then it might give satisfaction, while if 
the reverse be true, it would utterly fail. 
Last week I lectured through our Michi¬ 
gan plum region— Oceana and Newaygo 
Counties—and I found all there agreed 
with me in the opinion that the arsenites 
would not supersede the old jarring 
method of combating this greatest enemy 
of the plum grower, [prof.] a. j cook. 
R. N.-Y.—Will some of those who be¬ 
lieve in spraying for the curculio advise 
as to the questions asked ? 
Getting: Back to Timothy. 
A Y. F., Ohio .—Which is the best way 
to proceed to have a worn-out pasture 
converted into a good crop of Timothy 
hay in the shortest possible time ? 
Ans. —Plow the land in early Septem¬ 
ber and thoroughly harrow it. Sow at 
the rate of 800 pounds to the acre of com¬ 
plete fertilizer containing about three 
per cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent of phos¬ 
phoric acid and five per cent of potash. 
Then sow your Timothy seed. In the 
spring it would be well to give it a fur¬ 
ther dressing of nitrogen in some form. 
This is the best suggestion we can offer. 
A Home-Made Fertilizer. 
E. A., Big Bend, Pa .—I wish to mix a 
fertilizer to contain about the following 
analysis: Nitrogen 2; phosphoric acid 
10 to 12 ; potash 8 to 10 per cent. It is 
to be used on oats. How will the follow¬ 
ing mixture answer for the purpose: 
nitrate of soda 150 pounds; dried blood 
150 pounds; bone black 1,800 pounds; 
sulphate of potash 400 pounds; all the 
materials used to be of high grade ? 
Would dried blood be equal to nitrate 
of soda as a source for nitrogen ? 
Ans. —By “bone black” we assume 
that you mean dissolved bone black—or 
that which has been acted on by sul¬ 
phuric acid. In that case your fertilizer 
will have about this composition : 
Pounds Pounds Pounds 
Nitrogen. Phos. Potash. 
acid. 
150 pounds nitrate of soda. 24 
150 pounds dried blood. 20 
1,300 pounds dissolved bone 
black. . 210 
400 pounds sulphate of potash.. 200 
Total. 44 210 200 
This gives about what you want. Dried 
blood does not show quite so high an 
analysis of nitrogen as nitrate of soda, 
but it is readily soluble. It is good to 
mix with nitrate of soda as it supplies 
nitrogen in the form of ammonia—most 
useful in the early growth of the plant. 
Nitrogen in blood usually costs more 
than in nitrate unless one is close to a 
slaughterhouse and can buy on special 
terms. We should use at least half the 
phosphoric acid in the form of ground 
bone. You do not need to pay for so 
much superphosphate. 
The Collateral Inheritance Tax. 
H. B. S ., Falls Village, Conn .—Why 
ould not the income from the inheri¬ 
tance tax be used for the building of 
roads? It seems to me that this money 
would help out considerably and save 
extra taxes for the farming class. 
Ans. —There is no reason why it should 
not be devoted to that purpose, should 
the legislature so decide. But wliy 
should that more than any other tax be 
so appropriated? The largest share of 
it comes from towns and cities, however, 
because the wealthiest people, as a rule, 
live there. Surely there is therefore no 
peculiar appropriateness in devoting it 
specially to purposes by which country 
people would, in the main, be benefited. 
Getting Ground “Into Condition.” 
E. A. C., Cleveland, 0 .—I have a plot 
of heavy clay soil—needs humus, also 
plant food—and want to plow under 
a green crop this year ; would Crimson 
clover be the best? If so, how shall I 
treat it? If not, what shall I do to get 
my ground in the best possible condition 
for cropping in 1894 ? 
Ans. —We do not believe Crimson clover 
will mature in your location. We do not 
know what crop you want to grow next 
year. Nor do we know the size of 
the plot. To add humus and plant 
food is easy enough if you are willing to 
pay for it and can spare the land. Sow 
peas as early as you can, using at least 
400 pounds per acre of a complete fertil¬ 
izer containing a high per cent of potash. 
Plow under the peas before the pods 
fully form and work up the soil with a 
tool like the Acme. Sow buckwheat or 
Hungarian grass and plow this under in 
time for sowing rye in early September. 
Next spring the rye can be plowed under 
for corn or potatoes. This will give you 
humus enough and you can apply any j 
amount of fertilizer you like next spring, ; 
Miscellaneous. 
Most Prolific Oat .—J. P. B., Flemington, 
N. J.—Probably Welcome is as prolific 
as any. It is sold under one dozen differ¬ 
ent names, at least. 
A drafting Wax .—O J. T., Isle La Mott, \ 
Utah.— A good limb-grafting wax is 
made as follows: three parts of resin, 
Same of beeswax, two of tallow ; melt 
them together. 
Chemicals for Fruit .—R L. R., Lan 
7 I 
caster, O —Your plan of using two parts 
of muriate of potash to five parts of bone 
for small fruits on a light clay loam is 
probably as wise as any you can find. 
Substitute for Baldwins .—G. M. B., Ypsi- 
lanti, Mich.—We would not advise the 
planting of the McIntosh Red apple 
largely in place of Baldwins We have 
no information to lead us to suppose that 
this apple thrives in Michigan as well as 
the Baldwin. 
Mulberry Trees —J. D. M., Fremont, O. 
—We do not know anything about the 
Stubb’s mulberry. The New American 
is probably, all things considered, the 
hardiest and best of the mulberries. The 
Downing is of better quality, but not so 
hardy. 
A Dead Bulb, —F. S. D., Mt. Savage, 
Ind.—As to your Chinese narcissus of 
which you say, “In 80 days it grew two 
feet high and flowered, and is now com- i 
pletely wilted; ought the bulbs to be 
planted out in the spring in a moist 1 
place ?” the bulbs used are imported 
from abroad by the ton, and are worth¬ 
less after flowering. 
Bone Char for Fertilizer. —W. O. E., 
Whitby, Ontario.—Burned bone will fur¬ 
nish simply phosphoric acid. The plants 
you mention, it is fair to assume, will 
need potash and nitrogen just as much. 
It is good in itself, but cannot be profit¬ 
ably used unless there is a ready supply 
of potash and nitrogen in the soil. The 
sulphuric acid will merely make it more ! 
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