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Cider Pomace as a Mulch 
Could I mulch my strawberries with 
cider pomace? Would it do them any 
harm ? A. M. 
Dansville, N. Y. 
We have never tried it, but would not 
advise its use. It is too sour, and will 
pack down too close over the plants. 
They need air, and coarser material is 
better. Forest leaves and sawdust have 
failed with ns. 
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The Weather-wise Caterpillar 
I am surprised that au old sportllike you 
does not know how (" measure the cold 
weather via caterpillars! Please observe 
that caterpillars have a long black coat 
on both ends. If the front is longest the 
first part of ibe Winter is to be the most 
severe. If the black on his hind end Is 
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On page 1393, C. IT. B., Connecticut, 
asks about the caterpillar being a Win¬ 
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a hoy it was presumed if ft caterpillar 
hud the most black in front we would 
have the hardest Winter the fore part, or 
vice versa. What few caterpillars I have 
noticed this Fall have the least black in 
front, and not very much black at either 
end, consequently a very mild Winter is 
predicted. Sometimes this works out, 
and sometimes not: consequently we 
should have n very mild Winter, but the 
old saying is “All signs fail in dry weath¬ 
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On page 1393 C. H. B. asks about 
forecasting the Winter by observing a 
caterpillar. Now there are a great many 
varieties of caterpillars, but their: is a 
certain one, the Isua Isabella, that I have 
always heard was capable of forecasting 
the mildness or severity of Winter. He 
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Almost always in a hurry; is bl&Oik at 
each end and has a reddish brown center. 
It so happens he is not marked alike 
every season; some Falls he is nearly 
half black, at the front end, which indi¬ 
cates a very severe Winter for the first 
half. Tf his coloring is reversed of course 
the last half of the Winter is severe. If 
each end is only tipped with black, a very 
mild Winter, or if each end is heavily 
blacked, a very cold Winter. I am quite 
sure he can be relied upon, for the first 
one T saw this Fall was black, with only 
a narrow band of reddish brown in the 
center, and just the other day I saw one 
that had only the least little tips of black 
on him. I am going to go by the last one 
ns long as this nice weather lasts. So bo 
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West Newbury, Mass. 
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