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THE MAILBAG 
Treatment of Dewberries 
IIow high a re the poles’ for dewberries, 
aucl wlmt diameter? 1 have about three 
acres of dewberries; (rain them on wires 
in this country. Blight has got hold of 
them, killing the canes. I am informed 
that if sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 
it would prevent tho blight. When is 
spraying started? Do you recommend 
putting in dewberry patches where the 
ground is poor? a. m. 
Bui'cbel, Ky. * 
For dewberries use poles just such as 
you would use for Limn beans. If the 
rust has got hold of your plants you 
might use Bordeaux mixture as a spray 
before and after blooming. But the black¬ 
berry rust is a tough thing to prevent, 
and if the attack is general I would grub 
out the whole plot and burn them, and 
get fresh plants and set them in fresh 
soil. T.et the new canes lie on the ground 
in Winter and tie up in Spring. If you 
manure on the surface well you can get 
the dewberries to flourish, but only by 
making the poor land richer. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Burpee's 
Sweet 
Peas 
Cs/rno Nwfldes 
W * 1922 
Sowing Fertilizer Too Early 
I want to spread about 10 tons of the 
finest quality of fertilizer, 0—N—7, dur¬ 
ing the Winter any time the ground 
thaws, about in., and harrow into the 
soil. Will there he a loss in fertilizer 
through freezing or evaporation into the 
air? I do unt worry a hunt the fertilizer 
sinking into the ground, ns we crop <>ur 
farm to the limit, and would not lose 
anything in this way, neither would it 
wash away, as our soil is well taken care 
of. Fertilizer is made of nitrate of soda 
and sulphate of ammonia, phosphorus 
from bone, no acid phosphate and potash. 
Maspeth, X. Y. w. e. 
It is not likely that any of the nitro¬ 
gen in this fertilizer would be lost through 
freezing or evaporation. We would not, 
however, advise using it as you propose 
doing. With a high-grade fertilizer of 
tins sort there would he quite sure to be 
some loss from leaching or by a direct 
wash of water over the soil. We should 
wait until the soil is ready for the crop, 
and then apply the fertilizer. There may 
lie some later gain by using it early, hut 
we think there would surely be some loss 
as well. 
THE ULAIN 
TRUTH ABOUT 
dOMowinB 
that grow 
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WAtiee Burpee Co 
Seed Growers Philadelphia 
Annual 
Care of Asparagus 
I notice on page 1440 G. T.. Glenmout, 
X. Y.. asks for advice regarding aspara¬ 
gus. T have tried several methods, and 
the one I finally determined the better for 
me is as follows: Iu tho Fall, say Sep¬ 
tember. I cut all the old stalks, pile them 
up and burn them, thus destroying any 
beetles or eggs there mi*'hf be on them. 
I then cover the rows thicklv w>th good 
barnyard manure, after which T either 
cover wilh dirt, by p’mv. or hand, accord¬ 
ing to size of bed. Of course, if done by 
hand it means a lot of hard work. In the 
Spring. \yh a danger of hard freezing is 
past. I eh he;- harrow or rake off the top 
soil and then work the ground thoroughly. 
By this method I find the soil is soft and 
in fine shape for the new shoots, and one 
certainly gets them in abundance. 
Rockland Co,, X. Y r g dp 
The Leading American Seed Catalog 
Burpee’s Annual is a complete guide 
to the vegetable and flower garden. It 
is a handsome book of 180 pages with 
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<>u page 1 do 1 appears an effective 
remedy fur poison ivy. This consists of 
taking a bed sheet and soaking thoroughly 
in eo'd water; it is then wrung out mod¬ 
erately. The person undre ses and wraps 
the bed sheet about Irm closely. ITe is 
then cover-d with blankets, or better yet. 
rolled in them, so as to permit as little 
air space as possible, and allowed to lie 
down for about two hours, or until a 
thorough perspiration has been reached. 
1 want to add my unqualified endorse¬ 
ment to this method, as I have often tried 
it OD'myself and others of my family who 
arc libale to the poison. 
It can he applied t" many other forms 
of skin eruptions, such as sumac poison¬ 
ing, strawberry rash, itching, and is even 
useful in first stages of eczema. The 
governing principle is that the cold impli¬ 
cation stimulates all the functions of the 
glands immediately under the skin, en¬ 
abling the system to throw nlY the poison 
which is Causiug the discomfort. 
Many minor ailments can be bellied by 
this s’laole, inexpensive method. Tn the 
matter of colds, fevers, etc., it is ««f great 
palliative value, an ext- 1 nreeaution in 
these cases being the addition of a hot 
water bottle at the feet. Situated as the 
farmer is. when it is often difficult to get 
medical attention in emergency, this 
method would be worth trial in all -sit*1- 
afions, for it simply cannot harm, and 
help to some degree it must. 
S. T IX IIXER. 
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W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. 
Seed Growers, Philadelphia. 
Gentlemen : Please send me a free copy of Burpee’s Annual 
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