The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1015 
THE MAILBAG 
Killing Poison Ivy 
I have noticed a lot about poison ivy 
in Tub It. N.-Y. lately, and thought it 
might be interesting and helpful to some 
of the readers to know that one of my 
neighbors killed all the ivy on his place 
by spraying tin- leaves with strong salt 
and water. The leaves will fall, then 
come out again. Then spray again, but 
the third spraying will kill it. 
South Sudbury. Mass. mbs. f. s. >r. 
This suggestion has been made before, 
also spraying with a solution of carbolic 
acid. In our experience this kills or wilts 
the leaves and vines, but does not destroy 
the roots. The vine seems to he dead, 
but will make a new growth. We doubt 
if anything short of digging out and 
burning the root will fully destroy the 
plant, but salt is au excellent weed killer 
under many conditions. 
Aathracnose of Raspberry 
I have a number of raspberry bushes, 
both black ami red. which have some 
disease or blight. The bushes die off, one 
after the other, the leaves first turning 
up along the edges and then drying up 
and falling off. The vines dry up and 
are dead. The bark flakes off in large 
pieces and the pith is dead and dry. The 
roots are unhealthy in color and start to 
rot. It seems to be very contagions, as 
the new shoots are affected. None of the 
bushes that first got it have sent out. new 
canes. All blossom well and set, and 
started to die when the fruit was about 
half grown. The black varieties seem 
more susceptible than the red. C. u. m. 
Wijlimautic, Conn. 
We have had dozens of letters during 
the past few weeks inquiring about the 
disease of raspberries described by C. II. 
M. The rainy period of the past mouth 
seems to have been entirely favorable for 
the spread of this disease, and in this 
section there are few berry patches, espe¬ 
cially of the black varieties, where af¬ 
fected plants cannot lie found. 
Aiithrnenose is very injurious to tlie 
canes of the raspberry, and can lie readily 
recognised by tin* oval or elliptical spots 
as shown in the sketch (At. These are 
purplish at first and later become almost 
black. Thou they seem to crack open 
and appear grayish on the older canes. 
There is a definite line separating the 
diseased from the healthy area. When a 
cane is seriously affected the spots join 
together and at times girdle the stem, the 
earn* dying (as shown at B). No part 
above the ground is free from the attacks 
of the disease, the fruit drying up and 
the leaves being dwarfed when affected. 
Old caues should be removed directly 
after fruiting. In do away with any dis¬ 
eased stems. Spraying with Bordeaux 
mixture 4-4-60 is helpful, the lirsr appli¬ 
cation being made just before the leaves 
appear. Follow this by an application as 
soon as the leaves are fully developed and 
one just before the blossoms appear. The 
disease thrives during rainy periods such 
as we have experienced this year, and 
later applications would probably be 
helpful. 
A Lizard as a Pipe Cleaner 
Several of your readers recently com¬ 
plained about having trouble with rust 
obstructing water pipes. We have %-in. 
iron pipe t not galvanized), 800 ft. long, 
from the spring to the house. Whenever 
the flow of water is reduced by accumu¬ 
lated rust we place a live lizard in the 
pipe at the spring. As he starts on his 
journey the water comes out dark red, 
carrying scales of rust. In about an hour 
the job is done. We repeat this twice 
every year. Of course the faucets at the 
house should first be taken off to permit 
the lizard to get out. as the openings in 
thy faucet are too Small. F. n. N. 
Road lion (after mishap in which 
puppy has been run over) : “Madam, I 
will replace the animal." Indignant 
Owner: "Sir. you flutter yourself.”— 
Adelaide (Australia) Observer. 
Montgomery Ward £? 0. 
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