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White Fly on House Plants 
Regarding white fly on bouse plants, 
half fill a common saucer with formalde¬ 
hyde and place under the plants ^ the flies 
will leave them. w. R. 
Orange <'o., N. Y. 
Thin 
Eees Cluster Outside Hive 
I have two or three beehives that have 
delayed swarming. They give every indi¬ 
cation of swarmin". but do not leave hive, 
just cluster on outside of hive all night 
and most of day. These are young bees. 
The old part continues to work as usual. 
Ilive seems to he too full of bees and 
honey to afford room for all of them at 
night, but owing to such numbers of bees 
on outside, I do not think advisable to 
try to take honey till they swarm. AVhat 
can I do to remedy this? C. P. B. 
Farmville, Va. 
Wheu bees cluster outside the hive, as 
described by C. P. I?., it is usually be¬ 
cause the hive is too warm, and needs 
ventilation. If one notices carefully, the 
bees next the entrance are fanning their 
wings, causing circulation of the air. The 
hive should he tipped back, making a 
larger entrance or raised slightly on 
blocks, in ordpr to give proper ventilation 
when the bees will return to the comb. 
T. H. T. 
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You can slip each one out in a 
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Jiy strawberries this year gave me only 
about one-fourth crop. The hulls turn 
brown a ml dry up. and the berries either 
ripeu or dry up (depending on the size) 
without growing to proper size. On one- 
fourth acre I had only 350 
poor, knotty berries. I 
I right? Is there any preventive 
quarts of 
I call it blight. Am 
e or cure 
„ H. II. T. 
Stepney, Conn. 
The strawberry bed described by II. H. 
T. must be in close proximity to a good 
collection of weeds. The weeds may 
even be in the strawberry bed itself. My 
reason for saying this is that the injury 
described is caused by tbe tarnished bug, 
a pest which punctures tbe fruit, making 
hard spots, especially at the tip. Small 
fruits stop growing and large fruits ap¬ 
pear deformed. This insert lives among 
weeds, especially goldenrod. wild carrot 
and wild asters. It is very cosmopolitan, 
injuring Dahlias, peach trees and numer¬ 
ous other plants. Clean culture is the 
only control measure practical, t. n. t. 
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To Protect from Squash Bugs 
I find ordinary lime, such ns i> used for 
fertilizer, excellent ns a defence against 
bugs of every kind iu squash, melon and 
cucumber vines. It does not wash off 
with eAmry light shower, as does the poav- 
der sold for the purpose. It must be 
dusted over the plants, and especially on 
the stems and on the ground about them. 
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Slow Growth of Blue Spruce 
I have on my lawn two Colorado blue 
spruces that have been there for several 
years. They start out in the Spring all 
right, and make 2 or 3 in. of foliage, then 
rest. According to those I see about me 
l hey should be twice the size they are. 
Mould you suggest something I can do 
to stimulate their growth, and Avhen? 
Roxborough, Pa. j. u. j. 
Spruce trees grow very slowly when 
first set out. The three-year-old spruce 
trees we receive from the State nurseries 
are rarely over t* iu. high, and during the 
first fou T years growth is very -low. A 
Colorado blue spruce IS in, high is un¬ 
doubtedly four or five years old. and for 
the first few years after transplanting 
you cannot expect over 6 or S in. growth 
per year. As the tree gets older the an¬ 
nual growth will increase rapidly. If 
the soil is too dry growth may be ham¬ 
pered, and if your soil is light I would 
suggest a good mulching with [eaves and 
a weekly soaking of the soil with water. 
Don’t just sprinkle the ground—soak it 
thoroughly. The spruces grow slower at 
the start than almost any other ever¬ 
green. They are a very satisfactory 
tree. T. h. t. 
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Poison Ivy Again 
This is what our family doctor told us 
to do for m,v sister, who poisons badly 
It is equally good f«*r boo stings, snider 
bites, etc. Apply common household am¬ 
monia to poisoned part, then a little later 
alcohol; checkerberry or any extract wi‘l 
do for alcohol: but late years we just 
use ammonia and not the alcohol. It 
must be applied before the skin is broken, 
or it will burn. Vinegar or strong soap 
and hot water will also kill the poison. 
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in this country, hut in England they are 
very generally used. H. l. n. 
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