Che  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
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Destroying  Trees  by  Poison 
The  following  n\ethoil  of  killing  trees  is 
given  by  the  Queensland,  Australia,  Agri¬ 
cultural  Journal.  It  is  quite  possible 
that  it  would  be  useful  for  killing  trees 
that  persist  in  sprouting  from  the  roots: 
A  solution  of  arsenic  and  soda  is  rec¬ 
ommended,  The  solution  must  he  applied 
when  the  tree  is  dormant,  and  should  be 
poured  into  a  frill  ring  cut  in  the  bark  of 
the  tree  down  to  the  wood.  For  trees 
four  feet  in  diameter  about  a  quart  of 
solution  is  required.  The  formula  to  use 
is  arsenic  1  lb.,  washing  soda  .1  lbs., 
water  4  gallons,  whitening  (to  indicate 
which  trees  have  been  treated),  1  lb. 
Mix  the  arsenic  to  a  paste,  and  pour  it 
slowly  into  the  soda  solution,  stirring  all 
the  time.  Avoid  Inhaling  the  fumes, 
which  are  poisonous.  Boil,  if  necessary, 
in  order  to  obtain  a  clear  solution.  A. 
similar  poison,  without  the  whitening,  is 
used  as  a  weed-killer. 
Onion  Maggots 
Last  year  when  I  planted  onions  I  put 
on  carbolic  acid  emulsion,  to  keep  the 
flies  from  laying  eggs,  from  which  the 
maggot  comes,  and  I  had  only  a  few 
worms,  but  in  the  Autumn  when  I  pulled 
them  out  I  found  them  very  much  in¬ 
fested  with  worms.  Can  it  be  that  the 
fly  lays  eggs  in  the  Spring  and  then  in 
the  ‘Summer  again?  E.  T. 
Menominee,  Mich. 
The  onion  maggot  usually  has  three 
distinct  broods  per  year.  The  adult  flies 
appear  early  in  the.  Spring  just  as  the 
onions  are  getting  started.  These  adult 
flies  can  be  seen  sitting  around  the  onion 
field,  mating  for  about  10  days  before 
they  begin  to  deposit  their  eggs  on  or 
near  the  onions.  This  early  Spring 
brood  does  the  most  damage,  because  then 
the  onions  are  easily  destroyed,  and  the 
tiny  maggots  pass  on  to  the  next  seed¬ 
ling,  so  that  sometimes  the  entire  row  is 
cleared  up  for  a  foot  or  two.  Each  little 
white  maggot  feeds  upon  the  roots  or  in¬ 
side  of  the  onions  and  stems  for  almost 
three  weeks,  after  which  it  crawls  down 
an  inch  or  two  farther.  There  it  remains 
for  a  few  days  changing  into  an  adult 
fly.  These  return  to  the  tops  for  a  few 
days  in  the  first  part  of  June  to  mate 
and  deposit  eggs  for  the  second  brood. 
The  third  brood  appears  in  midsummer 
and  probably  the  one  to  which  E.  T.  re¬ 
fers. 
The  carbolic  acid  emulsion  is  quite  ef¬ 
fective  in  driving  away  the  adult  flies  be¬ 
cause  it  lias  an  offensive  odor.  How¬ 
ever,  you  may  be  interested  to  know  that 
a  destructive  remedy  for  this  pest  has 
been  introduced  by  a  Wisconsin  entomol¬ 
ogist.  It  consists  of  a  soluble  poison 
mixed  up  with  molasses  and  quickly 
spread  round  the  onion  field  while  the 
adult  flies  are  mating.  They  smell  this 
sweetened  poison,  go  to  it  and  feed  upon 
it:  thus  they  are  killed  before  they  lay 
their  eggs.  This  method  was  tried  out  in 
four  different  counties  in  New  Jersey 
this  year,  through  the  Extension  Division 
of  the  State  Agricultural  College.  The 
results  were  so  gratifying  that  a  State¬ 
wide  campaign  will  be  started  early  next 
season  to  demonstrate  the  value  of  the 
treatment  to  the  onion  growers  who  usu¬ 
ally  have  serious  infestations  of  maggots. 
B.  W.  DE  B.VUX. 
Propagating  Raspberries  and  Grapes 
1.  Will  you  give  me  information  as  to 
the  re-setting  of  i-ed  raspberries  from  old 
bushes?  2.  Can  new  vines  be  started 
from  old  grapevines,  and  how?  When 
does  it  suit  the  vines  to  re-set,  in  Fall  or 
Spring?  c.  s.  v. 
Brewerton,  N.  Y. 
1.  The  red  raspberry  propagates  nat¬ 
urally  by  throwing  up  suckers  from  the 
horizontal  roots.  These  are  the  plants 
that  are  used  for  starting  a  new  planta¬ 
tion.  They  may  be  planted  in  the  Fall 
in  mild  sections  of  the  country.  In  sec¬ 
tions  where  the  Winters  are  long  and 
hard  it  is  best  not  to  plant  until  Spring. 
2.  Grapes  may  bo  propagated  from  old 
vines  by  layering  and  from  cuttings.  If 
the  layering  method  is  employed  wood  of 
the  previous  year’s  growth  should  be  used. 
This  is  accomplished  by  covering  the 
cane  with  soil  a  foot  or  so  of  its  length, 
which  should  include  one  or  two  joints 
or  buds,  leaving  a  couple  of  buds  ex¬ 
posed  on  the  tip  end  for  growth  of  vine. 
When  so  treated  they  usually  make  good 
roots  by  Fall,  and  may  be  severed  from 
the  parent  plant  early  the  following 
Spring,  and  planted  in  permanent  loca¬ 
tion.  Wht  cuttings  are  employed,  the 
wood  of  i  previous  year’s  growth  is 
used.  Thes*  are  most  commonly  cut 
with  two  jc  r.ts,  cutting  close  to  the  bud 
on  the  lower  joiut,  and  leaving  about  four 
inches  of  wood  above  the  top  bud.  to  han¬ 
dle  them  b.y.  The  cuttings  may  he  made 
during  mild  weather  any  time  in  Winter, 
and  may  be  tied  in  bundles  of  25  or  50  or 
packed  loos*:  y  in  damp  sawdust  or  sand 
in  a  cool  cellar  until  Spring,  when  they 
arc  to  be  planted  out  in  good  soil  that 
has  previously  been  deeply  spaded  or 
plowed  and  made  smooth  and  fine  by 
raking  or  other  means.  If  the  soil  is 
loose  and  tree  from  stone  and  the  buds 
have  not  swollen  too  much,  the  cuttings 
can  simply  ue  pushed  into  it  at  an  angle 
of  about  45  degrees,  placing  them  just 
deep  enoug  to  cover  the  top  bud  with 
soil.  If  the  -oil  is  close  and  compact,  or 
contains  many  small  stones,  a  spade 
should  be  used  to  make  an  opening  at  the 
proper  angle,  the  cuttings  placed  therein 
and  the  soil  settled  to  them  by  treading 
it  moderately  with  the  feet.  The  cuttings 
should  be  planted  about  six  inches  apart 
in  the  row,  the  rows  about  three  feet 
apart,  to  admit  of  cultivating  freely  and 
easily,  which  is  important,  and  should 
in  no  wise  be  neglected.  The  plants  are 
at  the  best,  stage  of  growth  for  planting 
to  vineyard  at.  two  years  of  age.  K. 
Destroying  White  Fly 
This  troublesome  greenhouse  pest 
sometimes  becomes  a  nuisance  among 
house  plants,  and  we  are  frequently  asked 
for  means  of  contx-olling  it.  In  a  recent 
issue  of  the  Florists'  Exchange,  l'rof.  J. 
G.  Sanders  of  Pennsylvania  gives  the  fol¬ 
lowing  advice : 
“The  white  fly  is  somewhat  closely  re¬ 
lated  to  the  scale  insects,  and  is,  there¬ 
fore,  a  sucking  insect  deriving  its  nour¬ 
ishment  from  the  juices  of  the  plants  in¬ 
fested.  For  this  reason  arsenical  poisons. 
which  are  designed  for  chewing  insects 
aloue,  are  valueless  for  the  control  of 
sucking  insects.  For  the  control  of  scale 
insects,  white  flies  and  aphis  ‘contact 
sprays’  are  required.  Principal  among 
these  contact  sprays  for  the.  softer  aphids 
and  white  fly  are  recommended  the  nico¬ 
tine  preparations,  and  including  such 
are  a  number  of  commercial  forms  as 
‘Black  Leaf  40,’  diluted  one  part  to  eight 
or  ten  hundreds  parts  of  water,  and  ‘Niko- 
teen.’  diluted  according  to  the  directions. 
“Tobacco  decoctions  may  be  made  at 
home  by  steeping  (not  boiling)  one  pound 
of  tobacco  stems  in  three  gallons  of  water 
in  a  covered  vessel  for  two  or  three  hours. 
Strain  offtbe  liquid  and  dilute  somewhat, 
according  to  the  plants  to  he  sprayed,  and 
apply  thoroughly  with  good  nozzles.” 
Destroying  Chickweed 
Regarding  method  of  destroying  chick- 
weed  in  a  lawn,  1  have  no  trouble  in  rid¬ 
ding  lawns  of  it  by  simply  running  lawn 
mower  over  lawn  every  week,  and  thus 
keep  it  from  seeding.  The  worst  pest 
in  lawn  I  have  run  foul  of  is  wild  '-age, 
hotanically  known  as  Salvia  Ivrata. 
Tennessee.  s. 
On  Return  Trip  Across  America  It  Beats 
Best  Previous  Time  and  Establishes 
World’s  Endurance  Record 
The  same  Hudson  Super-Six  Touring  Car  which  ran 
from  San  Francisco  to  New  York  in  5  days,  3  hours 
and  31  minutes,  started  back  from  New  York  on  its 
arrival  there  and  again  made  the  transcontinental 
trip  in  shorter  time  than  any  other  car  ever  made  it. 
Last  spring  the  wonder  record  for  the  one-way 
trip  made  by  a  famous  eight  was  2}  £  days  longer 
than  the  time  required  by  the  Super-Six. 
No  other  automobile  ever  made  the  round-trip 
against  time.  Yet  in  both  the  going  and  return 
trips  the  Hudson  Super-Six  lowered  the  best  pre¬ 
vious  one-way  record. 
In  a  little  more  than  10  days  the  Super-Six  cov¬ 
ered  6,952  miles. 
Counting  all  stops,  and  slowing  down  to  the 
Speed  restrictions  of  350  cities,  towns  and  villages 
each  way,  the  average  time  from  San  Francisco 
to  New  York  and  back  to  San  Francisco  was 
almost  700  miles  a  day. 
In  the  last  leg  of  the  return  trip,  between  Elko; 
Nevada,  and  San  Francisco,  heavy  mountain 
rains  were  encountered.  In  the  going  trip  that 
distance  was  covered  in  20  J  hours.  On  account 
of  the  rain  and  mud,  35  hours  were  required  on 
the  return.  Under  similar  road  conditions  as 
were  met  in  the  going  trip  the  return  would  have 
been  under  5  days. 
Six  has  more  endurance  than  we  have  ever 
claimed  for  it. 
What  can  be  more  convincing  than  that  round 
trip  across  the  continent  made  with  a  Hudson 
Super-Six  light  weight  7-passenger  phaeton? 
Previous  records  were  made  with  roadsters  and 
stripped  cars,  but  the  Hudson  at  all  times  car¬ 
ried  three,  and  sometimes  four,  passengers,  and 
with  its  baggage  weighed  in  excess  of  5,000. 
pounds. 
Remember  that  the  Super-Six  is  a  Hudson 
invention  controlled  by  Hudson  patents. 
A  hundred  cars  have  motors  of  like  cylinder 
capacity.  Many  cars  have  more  cylinders.  But 
in  the  Super-Six  vibration  has  been  reduced  to 
almost  nothing.  That  adds  80%  to  efficiency. 
The  Super-Six  is  not  one  of  the  passing  sensa¬ 
tions.  Ours  is  not  one  of  those  claims  to  motor 
supremacy  which  yields  in  a  year  or  two  to 
another.  Mark  what  these  records  mean. 
There  is  plenty  of  evidence  now  to  convince 
you  that  it  cannot  be  superseded. 
Hudson  Holds  Every  Worth- 
While  Record 
There  are  no  important  world’s  records  which 
refer  to  a  stock  car  that  the  Hudson  Super-Six 
hasn’t  won.  The  best  former  records  are  too 
easy  for  the  Super-Six.  The  events  are  too 
easily  won.  For  instance,  in  the  24-hour  record, 
1819  miles,  it  exceeded  the  best  former  record 
by  52%. 
And  the  Super-Six  made  the  best  time  in  the 
world’s  greatest  hill-climb  up  Pike’s  Peak.  The 
best  time  for  100  miles.  The  greatest  distance 
covered  in  one  hour  and  the  fastest  time  for  a 
6tock  chassis  at  the  rate  of  102  j  o  miles  an  hour. 
For  many  reasons,  now  is  the  time  to  get  a 
Hudson  Super-Six. 
In  the  first  place  you  can  get  delivery  now. 
Last  summer  thousands  had  to  wait,  and  thou¬ 
sands  must  Wait  next  spring. 
Then  by  buying  nowyou  can  save  $175.  The 
price  will  be  advanced  December  1.  The  models 
will  not  be  changed.  You  get  the  same  Super- 
Six  motor,  the  same  wonderful  chassis,  and  the 
same  beautiful  body.  Your  car  you  get  now  will 
be  identical  with  those  we  shall  sell  after  Decern 
ber  1,  except  for  some  minor  details. 
Such  Endurance  Is  Convincing 
Here  we  prove  again  that  the  Hudson  Super- 
Phaeton,  7-passenger 
Roadster,  2-passenger 
Cabriolet,  3-passenger 
$1475  Touring  Sedan  .  •  .  •  . 
1475  Limousine  ....... 
1775  ( Prices  f.o.  b.  Detroit ) 
Town  Car  .... 
Town  Car  Landaulet 
Limousine  Landaulet 
$2000 
2750 
$2750 
2850 
2850 
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