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crop which the worms are said not to touch— 
t ut the thoroughness of this is impaired by the 
fact that weeds will grow among the buck¬ 
wheat and furnish food for the worms. Upon 
a small scale—in flower beds and vegetable 
patches—the worms can Le profitably trapped 
in slices of potato which may be either placed 
upon the surface of the ground or beneath 
boards. The potatoes should be examined 
every day and the worms destroyed. 
MUceUnneomi. 
A. G. W., Salina, Kan , asks, 1, whether 
soil cau be made too rich for strawberries ; 2, 
are there two sexes among strawberry plants. 
Ans.— 1. Many kiuds of strawberries require 
rich soil to do well, as for instance, the Great 
American, President Wilder, etc., others will 
thrive in a comparatively poor soil, as the 
Wilson. All are benefited by a rich soil, some 
are rendered unprolifie by too much manure, 
the plant3 growing to leaves at the expense of 
the fruit. 2. Yes, there are two sexes in eveiy 
strawberry flower. In many, however, the 
stamens become sterile and the pistils must re¬ 
ceive their pollen from other plants. Thus 
ITovey'a Seedling, the old Scotch Runner, 
Crescent Seedling, Golden Defiance, etc. are 
pislillalee, having imperfect stamens. Such 
plants must be grown near other kinds having 
perfect flowers—like the Wilson, Charles 
Downing, etc. Insects or the wind carry the 
pollen from the one to the other. 
E. J. A,, Centre, N. O., asks the cause of the 
black heads in wheat, and the remedy for 
them. 
Ans. —They are due to a fungus commonly 
known as smnt, scientifically as Uredo caries, 
which attacks the grains of wheat and causes 
an abnormal enlargement and forms a black 
fungoid mass. To prevent this growth the 
seed wheat Blionld be steeped in a stroug brine 
or in a solution of sulphate of copper. This 
may be done as follows Dissolve a pound of 
the sulphate in a couple of gallons of hot 
water, pour the solution into a tub and add 
three or four gallons more of water. Then 
place a basket in the liquid and turn the wheat 
slowly into it. Let it 6oak 20 minutes, then 
take out and spread the seeds on the floor. 
Sift plaster on the seed to dry it, and sow at 
once. 
C. L. E., Mendon, Mich., asks how to get rid 
of moles which are very troublesome. 
Ans. —In our own experience we have found 
that while moles are abundant one season, 
they often disappear the next. We have been 
exceedingly annoyed with them at the Rural 
Grounds and have tried at various times every 
means of killing or driving them away, that we 
could hear of. The result has been that we 
take them as they come. Moles prefer animal 
food such as worms and insects. We have 
eouflned them in pens and have found 
that they refused corn, potatoes and the 
like until driven to eat them by hunger. It is 
therefore impracticable to poison them. Coal 
or gas tar placed in their runs will drive them 
off for the time. There are several kinds of 
traps now made which will catch and kill 
them. But where they abound, these traps 
will be found a very slow and unsatisfactory 
method of exterminating the moles. 
G. B. M., Charlemont, Va., asks, 1, what 
soil is best suited to the tea-plant; 2, how is 
it cultivated; 3, will it live out- of-doors through 
the Winter. 
Ans. —I, Almost any good arable soil, free 
from stagnant moisture, is well adapted to this 
plant. Frequent rair-lalls are advantageous. 
It is said that the tea plant will flourish when¬ 
ever the currant aud blackberry will. 2, The 
seeds are gathered in November, but are uot 
properly ripe until the next Autnmn. They 
are then kept in sand until the following 
Spring when they are sown, commonly in seed 
beds, but sometimes in rows where the plants 
are to grow. In the former case the seed¬ 
lings are planted out, when a year old, in rows 
from three to five feet apart. When the plants 
are about 18 inches high, they should be 
pinched back. They yield a little the third 
year. 3, The varieties thus far tried have not 
proven hardy In Washington. 
A’. M., Nunda, N. Y,, asks what is a good 
proportion for the ingredients in a wash of 
aloes, carbolic acid, etc., to prevent the depre¬ 
dations of the borer in ihe orchard, and how 
should the wash be applied. 
Ans. —To a gallon of water, add a teaspoon¬ 
ful of aloe6 (powdered), a tablespooufal of 
flour of sulphur. We usually cut up half a 
cake (i lb.) of carbolic soap. But it may be 
just as good without it. Add tobacco water, a 
little salt, or even hellebore (tablespoonful); or 
Paris-green (teaapoouful) may be used. The 
object is to make the wash offensive to the in¬ 
sect. A quantity of lime sufficient to make 
the liquid of the consistency of thin whitewash 
should be added. We wash our trees in May 
and June and again in the Fall. 
G. S., Dayton, II 'ash. Ter., sends some speci¬ 
mens of insects that ure injuring his apple or¬ 
chard, and asks their name and character. To 
get rid of them he has stripped the trees of 
their leaves. 
Ans.—A fter your pains we are sorry we can* 
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syringing with Paris green water or with 
whale-oil or tobacco water would in that case 
have been preferable to stripping the leaves, 
which must, of course, impair the health of 
the tree. 
B T., Slevensville, Mont. Ter., asks, 1, where 
can crauberiy cuttings be obtained; 2, the 
name of a good work on cranberiy culture. 
Ans.— 1. Joseph J. White, Juliustown, Bur¬ 
lington Co., N. J.,cau supply cranberiy vines. 
They may be planted up to June. There are 
three different varieties, the Bell, the Bugle 
and the Cherry Cranberries, each distinguished 
by its shape, from which the name is derived. 
They differ only iu shape, and are about equal 
in quality. They have all been brought into 
cultivation from wild beds. Perhaps the 
Cherry—a round fruit—Is most commonly 
grown. 2. White’s Cranberry Culture is the 
only hook published on the subject. It is a 
good and practical work. 
J. A. W., Sulphur Springs., Tex, askB which 
is the best sulky cultivator. 
Ans.—T here are a great many excellent cul¬ 
tivators and what one man would call the 
best, another wouldn’t. In most of them the 
pointB of difference are very small- We can 
recommend the Buckeye made by P- P Must 
& Co., Springfield, Ohio; and the Thompson, 
made by Edmiston & Waddell, 281 Greenwich 
St., this city. The Buckeye is made in several 
different styles to suit different parts of the 
country. It has wooden standards while those 
of the Thomson are iron ; there is also some 
difference in the style of shovels. Both par¬ 
ties will send descriptive circulars on applica¬ 
tion. 
A. J (7., Sail Lake City, Utah, desires to 
know, 1, how old Sagar Maples must be before 
yielding sap for sirup or sugar; 2, where he 
could get huckleberny bushes to plant; 3, 
would the Rural, recommend fastigiate maples 
for wind-breaks. 
Ans.—W e have seen trees of a foot or lees 
in diameter that yielded a fair flow of sap. 
The age we cannot state. 2, We know of no 
better wav than to apply to nurserymen. They 
do usually offer them for sale, but might 
procure them for you. 3, Almost any of 
the maples would beueeful for this purpose 
Most of them assume a roundish, fastigiate 
shape. The Silver Maple is the most rapid 
grower. 
G. W. 5., Falchogue L. asks whether 
the Angers Quince is worth cultivating for itB 
fruit; he also sends some corn with a request 
that we would plant it and fertilize it with 
Chester Co., Mammoth and send him some 
kernels of the cross. 
Ans.—The Angers is need chiefly as a 6tock 
to dwarf the pear. It is rather late. The 
fruit is quite like that of the apple quince, but 
harder. We thank you for the corn and 
would gladly comply with your request ex¬ 
cept we fear it might mix with other varieties 
with which we are experimenting. 
F. H., Tilton, N. B, sends for name an 
apple which, as we did not recognize it, we 
sent to Mr. Charles Downing, who replies: 
“ I do not recognize it as any variety that I 
am acquainted with, that Ib, if it i6 a represent¬ 
ative specimen. It appears like a long keeper, 
but the quality is not more than second-rate, 
yet being late and handsome it might be valu¬ 
able for market.” 
L. J. B., Highland Station, Mich., asks 
whether London-purple will kill potato vines if 
used too liberally. 
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few days, to little dark-yellow worms wiw 
conspicuous black heads. This worm no sooner 
begius feeding than it besmears its back with 
its own excrement, the object of this filthy 
habit, no doubt, being the moistening and pro¬ 
tection of the. soft body from Ihe sun’s hot 
rays. When it has attained its growth it de¬ 
scends into the ground where in due time it 
changes to a pupa, the beetle emerging in a 
little more thuu two weeks, after which the 
second brood of worms soon make their ap¬ 
pearance. It often happens that the first 
brood have not all disappeared before some of 
the second brood hatch. Tbe second brood 
disappear about the 1st of J uly, and there are 
none to be seen during the hot Summer months. 
In September another brood appeals, the bee¬ 
tles from which pass the Winter in some shel¬ 
tered retreat. The beetles may be jarred from 
the trees on a sheet or on paper, and killed, 
though it is probable there will be nothing so 
effectual for both beetles and worms as Parish 
green or London-purple, in the proportion of 
a labiespoonful to a bucket of water, stirred 
well aud the tree sprinkled with the mixture. 
2. We suspect the cut-worms spoken of as de¬ 
stroying the pasture are Army-worms. It is 
impossible to say positively that, they are Army- 
worms without seeing them, but we know that 
they have a cut-worm habit us well as a migra¬ 
tory. the first being the more usual habit when 
they are not very numerous. They have prob¬ 
ably gone into ihe ground to pupate ere this. 
There may be a Fall brood, though it will not 
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Army-worms and travel, the usual remedies 
can be resorted to. Salt will be of little service. 
If the pasture were very smooth rolling would 
kill many. 
Treatment of Currant Bushes. 
W. S, T., Upper Bed Bock. N. Y., has an 
acre of Oheny Currants in their third year. 
They have been thoroughly cultivated and are 
making a rapid growth, and he inquires, 1, 
whether it is not welt to keep the strong out¬ 
side sprouts pinched back well to make them 
more 6tocky, after they have grown a foot or ! 
so; and, 2, whether some of the long, spind¬ 
ling shoots from the inside of the base should 
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3, is it well to allow a strong bush of the above 
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We do not approve of pruning the currant 
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In this connection let us remark there is noth¬ 
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Remedy for Wire-Wornn. 
M. W., Cohocton, N, Y., asks how to destroy 
wire-worms. 
Ans —The moat thorough method of ridding 
land of wire-worms ou a large scale, where 
they have been destroying field crops, is to 
starve them by summer-fallowing the land, 
plowing it oft* n enough to keep the weeds in 
eheck, as otherwise the worms could feed 
upon their roots. When the expense of letting 
the land lie idle is too great, it will be found 
profitable to raise a crop of buckwheat—a 
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