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THE OLD RELIABLE HALLADAY 
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Preston, as above. The Association has no 
interest whatever in this business, and may be 
depended upon implicitly. 
MORE ABOUT BESSARABIA CORN. 
O. W. R, Disputant**, Va., 1, Has Bessa- 
arabia Corn been tested at the Rural Farm ? 
2, Is it an early or late variety ? 3, Ib it 
white or yellow ? 4, Is the firm that adver¬ 
tises it reliable ? 5, In the Spring of 1880 I 
paid 25c. for seven grains of Mammoth Corn; 
although the hills received extra care the 
thing was a total failure. 
Ans.— 1, No. 2. We do not know. Should 
say from the looks of it that it would take 
with you 125 days to ripen. 3, White. 4, We 
should say the firm is not reliable. 5. This 
corn is worthless. We tried it three years 
ago and sent seeds to different parts of the 
South. It was all condemued. It grows to a 
hight of 12 feet with immense stalks. It bears 
small ears and but one to a stalk, which with 
us did not mature. 
Miscellaneous. 
M.W. S., Stryker , Ohio.—I, Where can seed 
of Barnyard Grass be obtained? 2, Where and 
at what price can Hungarian seed be bought? 
When should it be sown and when cut for 
hay? 
Ans.— 1. We are not aware that the seed of 
Barnyard Grass is offered for sale. But as it 
seeds freely and is common in many parts of 
your State, it should not be difficult to obtain 
a small quantity for trial, which is the most 
we could advise you to do. It seems to like a 
rich, moist soil and we find it on our farm in 
low lands not well drained. But it rarely 
appears on our dry uplands. Like Hungarian 
Grass, is it an annual. 2. Seed of Hungarian 
Grass will cost about $1.50 per bushel of 45 
pounds, and one-aud-a-half bushel answers for 
an acre. 3. It may be sown in your latitude as 
late as July 15. It should be cut when in 
bloom or a little before. 
J. K,, Port Hope, Ont., I have a clump of 
vines on rising ground and can plant peach 
trees on the north, south or west sidy of this 
protection. My idea is that the north 
would be the best side, as there the peach buds 
would be prevented from starting too early 
in the Spring—what does the Rural think ? 
Ans. —Living, as our friend does, on the 
north shore of Lake Ontario, we would plant 
on the west side; the breeze across the lake 
would so modify the air as to render it of even 
temperature, and while it is well to guard 
against too early starting in the Spring it is 
also well to plant where the vast expanse of 
water becomes a protection from early and 
late frosts. 
J. O., Orand Rapids, Mich, and several 
others. What is the best remedy for squash 
bugs? 
Ans.— The Rural joins our inquirer in de¬ 
siring information as to any means of sub¬ 
duing this disgustiug insect. We have tried 
Paris-green and London-purple on pumpkin 
vines without avail. Either they do not eat 
the poison or it does not affect them. Hand¬ 
picking is out of the question. They can travel 
as fast as a horse and, like a squirrel, are al¬ 
ways on the opposite side of the stem. The 
eggs should be picked off and crushed wherever 
seen. 
M. E., New Lisbon, Ohio. 1, Is Chili Club 
Wheat suitable for this latitude? 2, Is it a 
Winter or a Spring wheat? 3, When were Rus¬ 
sian White Oats first put ou the market? 4, 
Which rake is the more satisfactory—the self¬ 
dump or the hand-dump? 
Ans. —1. Yes. 3, Winter. It yields heavily 
in some places. The heads are short but 
heavy. Would advise you try but a small 
quantity. 3. Four or five years ago, we be¬ 
lieve, in small quantities. Two years ago the 
seed was extensively advertised by D. M. 
Ferry, of Detroit, aud James Vick, of Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y. 4. We have never tried the self¬ 
dump. Some of our readers may answer. 
W. E. M ., Watlsville, Pa., 1, Does the 
bone mill made by Frank Wilson, Easton, Pa. 
turn out ground bone as good for fertilizing 
purposes as that made by the old process? 2, 
What is ground bone worth per ton? 
Ans. —1, We have no personal acquaint¬ 
ance with the manner in which this mill does 
its work; but the manufacturer is highly rec¬ 
ommended as quite trustworthy and we 
would place reliance on his word with regal’d 
to the mill. 2, Pure ground lxme is worth 
$35 per ton. or about $2.75 per bag of 200 
pounds. 
D. II. T., Ninety-Six; S. C., sends for name 
specimens of two grasses that have appeared 
there since the stock law came into force. One 
is called Blue Grass, the other resembles rye 
and grows very thick along the road-sides. 
Ans. —The one which you call Blue Grass is 
Blue Grass—Poa pratensis. The other is 
Barley Grass — Hordeum pusillum. It is 
usually found in brackish marshes. It is 
relished by cattle. Its chief value would 
come from sowing it in wet places where more 
valuable grasses would not thrive. 
Ans. —Cut out the old canes of blackberries 
and raspberries in early Fall. Any time from 
October to April will answer for currants and 
gooseberries. All the rest may be pruned in 
Fall or early Spring. Evergreens had best 
be pruned in early September. 
L. M., Lexington, Ky. Where can silk¬ 
worms be obtained and where can the cocoons 
be sold? 
Ans. —Silk-worms can be obtained from L. 
T. Crozier, Manager Corinth Silk Co., Cor¬ 
inth, Miss. The same company will also pay 
top prices for cocoons. Full information will 
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Will prln.l any kind of small gram into fee.I at the rat o of 6 to 4 J5 
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U. S. Wind Enaine & Pumn Cn.. Rntnvin. Ill 
J. W. S., LaFarge, Wis. What variety of 
early potato should I plant instead of the 
Early Rose, which appears to be “running 
out” here ? 
Ans.—W e advise the Beauty of Hebron, 
disseminated in the Rural Free Seed Distri¬ 
bution several years. We believe it to be the 
best early potato there is. 
Many subscribers ask where they can get 
the California Branching Pea Bean spoken of 
in a late Rural. 
Ans.— Mr. Ott Alexander, of Charlotte, Vt., 
sent us seed for trial. We know nothing about 
the merits of the bean except what appeared 
in his article in a late Rural. 
M. M. W., Dan ville, Mich. Where can I 
get the Green Willow Gooseberry described in 
a late Rural— plants or seeds? 
Ans.— It is a foreign variety and would not 
do well with you. Seeds of gooseberries do 
not reproduce the parent. The Downing is 
one of our best kinds. 
A. E. R., Wake Co., N. C., and others, ask 
where seeds of the Hairy Soja Bean can be 
purchased. 
Ans.—W e received our seeds for trial of 
James J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass. 
R. M., Ovid, N. Y. What is the price of 
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