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November  H,  l:ri  0. 
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Plants.”  This  is  a  most  comprehensive 
work  on  this  subject.  All  who  contem¬ 
plate  the  culture  of  bullions  and  tuberous 
rooted  plants,  should  have  it  for  reference 
and  guide  to  their  successful  culture.  k. 
General  Farm  Topics 
the  plant.  The  corn  smut  is  different. 
It  is  rare  that  the  germs  are  planted  with 
the  seed,  because  very  few  smutty  ears 
would  ever  he  planted,  so  that  soaking 
the  seed  like  oats  would  not  clean  out 
the  disease. 
In  corn  smut  the  germs  winter  over 
cither  in  the  field  or  are  kept  alive  in  the 
manure.  At  about  the  time  the  ear  is 
forming  the  germs  of  the  corn  smut  float 
through  the  air,  light  upon  the  ear  and 
begin,  their  work  of  development.  This 
often  results  in  a  black  mass  as  big  as  a 
child's  head  where  the  grain  ought  to  be. 
There  would  be  no  danger  to  the  potatoes 
or  to  wheat  from  this  corn  smut.  About 
the  only  way  to  get  rid  of  it  is  to  see 
that  every  ear  or  stalk  carrying  the  smut 
is  promptly  burned.  If  that  could  he 
carried  out  thoroughly  for  a  couple  of 
seasons  the  smut  germs  would  he  de¬ 
stroyed.  When  the  smut  disease  becomes 
serious  on  any  piece  of  land  it  should  be 
put  into  a  rotation,  and  other  crops  be¬ 
sides  corn  planted  there  for  several  years, 
after  which  it  would  be  safe  to  plant  corn 
again.  Spring  wheat  does  not  generally 
give  much  satisfaction  in  this  latitude. 
Most  of  our  reports  show  that  a  farmer 
can  produce  more  stock  feed  with  either 
oats  or  barley  than  with  Spring  wheat. 
In  some  cases,  however,  as  on  a  chicken 
farm,  the  wheat  grain  is  especially  de¬ 
sired,  and  if  it  was  inconvenient  to  seed 
the  Winter  crop,  in  this  case  Spring 
wheat  can  be  seeded,  but  usually  you  can¬ 
not  expect  much  more  than  half  the  crop 
which  a  good  variety  of  Winter  wheat 
would  give. 
Storing  Celery  in  Winter 
Will  you  tell  me  whether  I  can  keep 
celery  in  the  ground  in  Winter?  If  so, 
how?  B.  E.  c. 
Dilltown,  Pa. 
Celery  is  frequently  stored  right  in  the 
fields  where  it  grew  by  opening  up 
trenches  between  about  every  twelfth  row. 
This  work  is  started  with  a  one-horse 
plow  and  finished  with  a  shovel,  and  the 
trench  should  be  about  10  inches  w7ide 
and  deep  enough  so  that  when  the  celery 
is  packed  tightly  in  it,  in  upright  posi¬ 
tion,  the  tops  of  the  celery  will  reach 
about  six  inches  above  the  level  of  the 
soil.  About  three  inches  of  the  roots 
should  be  left  on,  hut  most  of  the  dirt 
should  be  shaken  out.  A  very  few  of  the 
poorest  outside  stalks  may  be  removed 
before  storage.  After  the  celery  is  nicely 
placed  in  the  trenches  the  soil  should  be 
drawn  up  from  each  side  so  that  only  a 
narrow  strip  of  the  leaves  will  show. 
This  prevents  wilting  and  provides  for 
ventilation  so  essential  during  the  warm 
spells  of  November. 
When  colder  weather  threatens  a  mulch 
of  hay,  leaves  or  straw  should  be  placed 
over  the  trench,  and  enough  dirt  added  to 
hold  the  litter  in  place.  Along  in  De¬ 
cember,  ns  severe  weather  approaches,  ad¬ 
ditional  soil  or  probably  a  coat  of  manure 
should  be  applied  to  prevent  freezing  in 
the  trench.  The  self-blanching  varieties 
should  he  used  before  the  greeu  varieties, 
because  the  latter  are  by  far  the  better 
keepers.  B.  w.  debaun. 
The  Officer:  “Didn't  you  see  me 
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Southern  Turf  Oats 
I  am  told  that  there  is  ft  variety  of 
oats  grown  at  the  South  which  may  be 
seeded  in  the  Fall  like  rye  or  wheat. 
These  Winter  oats,  I  am  told,  live 
through  the  Winter  and  make  a  good 
growth,  and  yield  in  Spring.  If  this  is 
so  why  would  it  not  pay  to  sow  them  in 
the  North?  s.  B. 
It  would  not  pay,  because  the  oats  will 
usually  die  out  during  the  Winter.  Our 
experience  with  these  oats  was  that  they 
made  a  heavy  Fall  growth  and  gave  fair 
pasture  through  October.  When  Spring 
came  the  oats  were  dead.  Some  farmers 
want  a  cover  crop  that  will  not  show  up 
in  Spring,  and  these  Winter  oats  ought  to 
satisfy  them.  The  Joseph  Harris  Co. 
nses  some  quantities  of  these  oats  and 
gives  us  the  following  report: 
“We  have  used  the  common  Southern 
Turf  oats  for  a.  number  of  years  as  a 
Winter  cover  crop.  It  has  never,  how¬ 
ever,  stood  the  Winter  sufficiently  to  pro¬ 
duce  a  yield  of  oats  the  next  year,  al¬ 
though  one  year  it  came  through  in  fair¬ 
ly  good  shape.  With  us  it  makes  a  heavy 
Fall  growth,  and  the  oats  are  not  usually 
killed  until  the  snow  goes  off  in  the 
Spring.  We  do  not  think  these  oats  are 
very  valuable  as  a  grain  crop  in  the 
Northern  States,  but  they  make  a  very 
good  cover  crop,  especially  for  garden 
land  where  a  heavy  growth  of  material  to 
plow  under,  like  rye  or  vetch,  is  not  de¬ 
sirable.” 
Peach  Notes  from  Northern  New  York 
The  Carman  peach  is  the  very  best  va¬ 
riety  for  me.  Of  course  we  are  entirely 
out  of  the  peach  belt  and  are  lucky  if  we 
get  one  crop  in  three  years  on  the  aver¬ 
age.  Last  Winter  the  mercury  dropped 
to  24  below  zero  one  night  in  February, 
and  to  25  below  the  following  night.  Of 
course,  I  said  goodby  to  peaches  for  1016, 
but  some  of  the  hardier  varieties  decided 
to  surprise  me.  Carman  gave  me  75  per 
cent,  of  a  full  crop  and  were  fine.  They 
came  in  when  there  was  a  shortage  of 
good  peaches,  and  brought  $4  and  $5  a 
bushel  right  at  our  local  stores  with  bas¬ 
kets  back  again. 
Triumph  was  overloaded  and  as  I  did 
not  get  time  to  thin  them  they  were  small. 
Mountain  Bose  and  Champion  gave  a 
few,  probably  20  per  cent,  of  a  crop. 
Fitzgerald  a  few  scattering  peaches,  and 
Early  Crawford  and  Elberta  none  at  all. 
I  would  have  been  $5  a  tree  better  off  if 
my  Early  Crawford  trees  had  been  Car¬ 
man. 
Hill’s  Chili  was  heavily  loaded  and 
Stevens  Rareripe  had  a  few  scattering 
fruits,  Belle  of  Georgia  gave  about  50  per 
cent  of  a  crop.  geo.  b.  SCIIAUBEB. 
Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
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HAND  POWER, 
Asparagus;  Bulb  Culture 
1.  Will  you  give  informatiou  as  to  the 
successful  culture  of  asparagus — on  a 
small  scale — and  also  the  tenderost  and 
best  varieties?  Is  there  a  reliable  book  on 
this  subject?  2.  I  am  interested  in  ob¬ 
taining  the  best  information  on.  the  cul¬ 
ture  of  bulbs,  hardy  and  otherwise,  espe¬ 
cially  hardy  lilies;  am  starting  a  hardy 
lily  bed,  and  v/ioh  some  choice  aud  still 
satisfactory  growers ;  would  like  to  get 
rotation  bloomers  if  possible,  to  haVe  the 
bloom  last  long.  Can  you  help  me  out? 
Richmond,  Mich.  N.  G. 
1.  “Asparagus,”  by  Hexamer,  price  50 
cents,  is  a  reliable  book.  “Vegetable  Gar¬ 
dening,”  by  R.  L  Watts,  price  $1.75,  is 
complete  aud  up  to  date. 
2.  This  subject  is  much  too  large  to 
treat  in  a  short  article.  The  lily  family 
alone  embraces  more  than  50  species,  and 
almost  an  unlimited  number  of  varieties, 
to  say  nothing  of  the  numerous  species 
and  varieties  of  other  kinds.  Therefore,  I 
must  refer  you  to  the  book  by  C.  L.  Allen 
entitled,  "Bulbs  and  Tuberous-rooted 
^a<olene^tii$l 
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Start  easily,  run  smoothly  and  have  great 
overload  capacity.  All  parts  interchangeable. 
Spark-timing  lever  prevents  injury  to  oper¬ 
ator  in  starting.  Speed-  f  changing  de¬ 
vice  alter,  speed  while  runping. 
Com  Smut;  Spring  Wheat 
Our  field  corn  is  badly  infested  with 
smut.  Is  it  injurious  to  stock?  We 
have  about  10  acres  of  field  corn  and  five 
acres  of  potatoes  adjoining  it,  and  we 
were  thinking  of  sowing  it  to  Spring 
wheat.  Would  it  be  advisable?  Would 
the  smut  appear  in  the  wheat?  Would 
it  pay  to  sow  Spring  wheat,  on  ground 
that  yielded  125  bushels  of  corn  and  150 
bushels  potatoes  to  acre?  C.  M.  E. 
Blossvale,  N.  Y. 
Corn  smut  will  not  affect  potatoes, 
wheat  or  other  small  grain.  The  disease 
is  peculiar  to  the  corn  plant.  It  is  dif¬ 
ferent  in  its  life  from  the  smut  of  oats. 
In  oat  smut  the  germs  are  usually  found 
on  the  kernel  itself,  or  in  the  husk  which 
covers  the  kernel.  Thus  when  the  seed 
is  put  into  the  ground  the  disease  starts 
and  grows  along  with  the  plant.  When 
the  conditions  are  favorable  the  smut 
works  through  the  plant  and  affects  tho 
grain,  so  that  frequently  at  thrashing 
time  it  seems  as  if  black  smoke  is  pour¬ 
ing  out  of  the  thrasher.  In  the  oat  smut 
the  disease  can  be  largely  overcome  by 
soaking  the  seed  in  a  solution  of  forma¬ 
lin  and  water  before  it  is  put  into  the 
ground.  This  destroys  the  germs  of  the 
disease,  so  that  they  do  not  develop  in 
8howing 
easy  lever 
operation 
Stump 
Puller 
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Don’t  put  off  the  dormant  spray  until  the  spring  rush.  The  weather 
may  be  bad  or  the  ground  too  soft.  Spray  this  fall  and  make  sure  of 
controlling  peach  leaf curl,  San  Jose  scale,  pear  psylla,  apple  canker, 
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