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the woody parts of the plant, usually 
along the twigs (se« illustration), though 
the disease may spread into the large 
limbs and trunk. The disease is spread 
by tile multitude of spores or seeds which 
arc carried by the wind from the black¬ 
ened portion or knot. The spore finds 
lodgment on a plum or cherry and sends 
shoots or threads into the wood, and 
finally bursts the hark, sending out the 
fruiting stalks nr black portions. 
The only control measures at all suc¬ 
cessful are to cut out the knots during 
the Fall or early Winter. They, should 
he removed from wild as well as culti¬ 
vated varieties, and the work must be 
done before the spores can be spread 
abroad in the Spring. An annual in¬ 
spection during the Fall proves to be ex¬ 
cellent insurance. T. tt. townsend. 
Feeding the Crows 
Years ago I always had trouble with 
crows, until I began to feed them. Since 
then I have never had corn pulled out by 
crows. When the corn begins to come 
through the ground I put two or three 
quarts of shelled corn in a few heaps in 
the field. The crows will cat the shelled 
corn and never bother to pull up the 
corn, and then it is only a few days until 
the young corn is out of danger from the 
crows. I consider the crow of immense 
value on the cornfield. 
I will relate an instance which hap¬ 
pened a few years ago. 1 had planted a 
field of corn and there were a number of 
crows working on the field while 1 was 
planting. 1 paid no attention to them 
until the corn was about ready to come 
through flic ground ; then, putting some 
shelled corn on the field, I noticed that 
nearly every sod that lay over the field 
(as the field was very soddy). laid been 
turned over, so on investigation I dis¬ 
covered that nearly every sod that had 
not been turned over had from one to 
scyen cutworms under it. Evidently the 
crows were after the cutworms, and 
therefore ate very little of the corn I put 
out for them, and none of the corn was 
pulled out. The crows simply saved my 
field of corn, as there were enough cut¬ 
worms to dean the field of corn had the 
crows not cleaned the field of worms. 
I have just planted another field with 
corn that is badly infested with worms. 
I urn hoping that the crows will come to 
my assistance. T am convinced that if 
anyone being troubled with crows pulling 
corn will put some shelled corn on the 
field before the corn comes through the 
ground, they will never be troubled with 
crows pulling corn. L. A. P. 
Califon, N. J. 
not prove of much benefit, either. We 
planted such bones eight or 10 years ago. 
The other day one of them was dug up 
and there was hardly a mark on it. The 
bones must he crushed or softened before 
they become available. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 3, 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
A Cty Man’s View of "Prosperous Farm¬ 
ing" ..737, 738 
A Farm, a Farmer and a Tractor. 738 
Coming Farmers' Meetings. 744 
Hope Farm Notes. 746 
Faro., Conditions in Central New York.749 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Fnrtl'er Discussion of the Miili Problem.... 749 
Shipping Milk to Buffalo.749 
League Prions for April. 749 
The Buffalo Milk Supply.749 
Feeding Cews on Test. 752 
Feeding a Fnmily Cow.752 
Green Mold in Silage. 762 
Kuriru for Pasture.754 
The Neighbor’s Bull. 754 
Solid Fawn-colored Guernseys. 754 
Ration with Pasture... 754 
THE HENYARD 
Cars that Ei’l Poultry. 
HORTICULTURE 
Not?B from a Maryland Garden. 741 
New England Notes . 743 
The California Willow.745 
Squash Borer . 745 
Shade Trees in Virginia..... 7 46 
Tomato Questions ... 747 
Narcissus, Tulips and Hyacinths. 747 
Dahlia Notes .. 747 
How to Kill Willows. 747 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day *o Day. 750 
Tennessee Notett ... 750 
The Rural Patterns...,. 750 
Homemade Yeast . 751 
Straw be-ry Preserves . 751 
Fudge Cake .. 751 
A Home Latlrdry Busincs-.. 751 
Homemade Table Pad. 751 
MISCELLANEONS 
Events of the Week. 744 
Eroding Id-s on a Wagon. 745 
Cleaning Chimneys .. 745 
Legal Status of a Cat..... . 745 
Editorials . 745 
New York State Notes. 749 
Keeping Water Out of Cellar. 755 
Muddy Well . 755 
Filter in Cistern.755 
Publisher's Desk .. 758 
Making pictures the Kodak way is inexpensive— 
and easy. 
Mammoth Sunflower 
We seem to have settled the big hen’s 
egg competition. No one has sent us 
anything to match the New Jersey egg 
shown on page 522. Now eornes another 
contest over big sunflowers. The one 
Enormous Sunflowers 
shown in the picture seems to be the 
champion thus far. The picture comes 
from Mrs. A. H. Viele of Saratoga Co., 
N. Y, This plant measured 10 ft. and 
5 in. in height. Mrs. Viele stands in 
front. She is about 5 ft., and her son, 
who can be seen behind her. is over 0 ft. 
“Knocking” the Ben Davis Appl6 
How much hotter it would be should 
the government, The R. N.-Y, aud other 
farm papers give slam after slam to the 
Ren Davis and nearly all other apples, 
giving encouragement to such as (lie 
Golden Deliciousl But this thing is not 
adequately done, and generations of peo¬ 
ple will go on because of it* eating wind¬ 
falls and inferior apples away in the next 
century. a. b. a. 
R- N.-Y.—We think it will he general¬ 
ly admitted that Tiik It. N.-Y. has given 
Ben Davis more hard knocks (ban any 
other agencies combined. We found that 
these knocks and truthful statements 
really advertised the apple. People actu¬ 
ally bought the trees in consequence of 
such statements. We think it wiser to 
let such "popular favorites” alone. .Si¬ 
lence will clear them out faster than 
abuse ever could. Our information is 
that scales of Ben Davis are falling off 
qijifc rapidly. 
Best Plan for Berry Culture 
I am going to plant four acres of 
strawberries in the Spring of P.I25, and 
would like some of your readers to tell of 
their experience. What system will pro¬ 
duce the most quarts tier acre, the hill 
system or the narrow matted row? 
Which is the more profitable? Let us 
hear of readers' experience. 0. B. 
Crystallized Maple Syrup 
W. E, K., Beaver Falls, Pa., tells C. 
P. of Richville, N. Y.. how to remove 
rock syrup from the cans, but to prevent 
it from crystallizing is a better method, I 
think. When 1 can the syrup I drop a 
piece of ordinary white sewing thread 
about 1 ft. in length Into the can. The 
rock formation adheres to the thread and 
is easily lifted from the can. 
MRS. C. R. S. 
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selling argument. 
Black Knot on Plums 
Enclosed is a twig of Damson plum. 
What is the disease which is destroying 
my trees? E. M. c. 
Virginia. 
The disease known as black knot af¬ 
fects both wild and cultivated forms of 
plum and cherry. It is found only on 
Bones Around Grapevines 
Is it injurious to bury bones around the 
roots of grapevines, the work to be done 
in late Fall, after grapes are picked? I 
have about one bushel of bones and this 
small quantity does not warrant any ex¬ 
pensive treatment of the bones. D. S. 
No, it will not be injurious, and it will 
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