JUNE 40 
THE 
RURAL 
ondary effect of the disease above it, and may 
disappear in course of time. It may be well 
to paint it, however, with tincture of iodine 
once a day. 
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH LONDON PURPLE. 
H. W. IT., East Springport, Mich. What 
is the Rural’s experience with London- 
purple? 
Ans. —We have tried London-purple for the 
past three years—or since its introduction to 
this country. Our method of using it has 
been to mix it with plaster with a rake on the 
floor of a little-used out-building. The plaster 
is first spread upon the floor and enough of 
the poison spread over this to give the whole 
mass a visible tint, when both are well inter¬ 
mingled by the use of an iron toothed rake. 
The proportion w'll not vary much from a 
heaping teaspoonful of the Purple to a half¬ 
bushel (struck) of idaster. This kills the beetles 
or grubs iD about 10 hours. The poisoned plaster 
is applied through a patent sifter of which 
there are many kinds. If too strong a pro¬ 
portion of the Purple is used, it will kill the 
foliage. It may be used with water the same 
as Paris green. But it does not so readily 
mix with water, being more oily and lighter 
than Paris-green. 
FEEDING AND WATERING A HORSE. 
D A. J., Roslyn, L. I.— How long a time 
should pass between feeding and watering a 
horse ? 
Ans. —If a horse has been standing in his 
stable or only lightly worked, he may be wa¬ 
tered all be pleases to drink before eating, and 
again as soon after as convenient. But if 
brought into the stable hot and sweaty,or quite 
tired with work or travel, he should be al¬ 
lowed to rest from a quarter to a full hour, 
according «s be may be hot or tired, before 
either drinking or eating anything. After 
this, let him dj ink from four to eight quarts 
of water not over cold, then give him a little 
hay, and after he has eaten this give his usual 
feed of grain or meal. This eaten up he can 
have all the water he desires to drink, and then 
all the bay he may eat till ready to be used 
again. Great care is requisite in the feed and 
drink of a horse, and these vary considerably 
according to the animal and the work re¬ 
quired, and can only be learned by suitable 
reading and experience. When taken from 
his stable w ith a full stomach, he should be 
driven slowly for the first mile or two. Many 
a horse gets broken wind or the heaves from 
being driven too rapidly at first on a full 
stomach. 
GROWING CHESTNUTS AND OAKS FROM SEED. 
E. W. R., N. Y. City .—How should ches- 
nuts and oaks be grown from seed ? 
Ans. —We should treat the seed differently 
according to the number of seedling trees del 
sired. If these are wanted in large quantities, 
then we should place the seeds iu drills, with 
view to transplanting to nurseries when the 
young trees had grown to a suitable size. 
The only difficulty is in preserving the seed 
from the vermin. Surrounding the bed or 
drills with tarred plaaks is a good way. The 
seed should be piloted in the Pall as soon as 
it is ripe, or if in the Spring, it had better be 
placed ia boxes of sand, and the boxes be 
buriel a foot or mjre in a dry soil. If pro¬ 
tected from mice, etc., there need be no 
trouble about raising oaks or chestnuts. If 
trees are desired in given places, there to re¬ 
main, we should plant several seeds, leaving 
only the most vigorous plant. 
SEED BALLS OF THE ROSE POTATO. 
R. H., Stockton, Me. IIow can seedlings of 
the Rose Potato be obtains 1, since the Rose 
Potato never blossoms. Neither have I nor 
any one else hereabouts ever seen a blossom 
on this variety. 
Ans. —As potatoes are cultivated more and 
more, they bloom and fruit less. In some 
years we get no fruit; (seed ball, potato plums, 
as the fruit is often culled) m others quite a 
quantity. In 1880 from over sixty kiuds, 
not one ball was found. Last year from six¬ 
teen kinds we saved a considerable quantity. 
The Early Rose fruits in some places. No 
doubt the potato beetle an l the use of poisons 
interfere with the plants blossoming. 
Miscellaneous. 
W. C. S., Jefferson, la. Would it 
do to 6et grape-vines on a hill-sido 
with a southern exposure, without break, 
ing ? The soil is a sandy loam, with 
a clay sub soil. 2, Would apple, cherry 
and plum trees do well on the south side of a 
hiil, if kept mulched to keep back buds in 
Spring? The laud is well protected by tim¬ 
bered hills on the north, south and west. 8, 
In answer to J. B. H.’s fourth question in the 
RuR.vLofMiy 13, is it meant that the best 
way to get the largest yield of potatoes 
would be to divide the eyes of the seed? 
Ans —1, Yes, that is our experience, but 
there are serious objections to a hill-side. Un¬ 
less the land is rich, it must be plowed and 
manured. If plowed it will wash badly, un¬ 
less formed into terraces and the slopes sod¬ 
ded, which is expensive work. 2, Under 
such conditions we should think the apple, 
cherry and plum should do well, though 
mulct ing would not much retard the buds. 
3, No, we should never divide eyes. If we 
wauted the largest potatoes we should cut 
the potatoes to single eyes. If we cared 
more for quantity, irrespective of size, then 
we should allow more than one eye to a 
piece—say from two to four, according to 
variety. We find that some kinds with one 
eye make more shoots than others with 
several. Potatoes vary in this particular in 
a marked manner. Some of our experiment 
sortB (two eyes to a piece) have now a dozen 
strong shoots above ground, others a single 
weakly shoot. 
J. W„ Stephevsburg , N. J., 1, Where can 
the seedless white Corinth Grape he obtained ? 
2, How are varieties of potatoes grown from 
seed balls? 3, How are seedling grapes 
grown ? 4, Where is the Pomological Jour¬ 
nal published ? 
Ans. —1, We have never seen it and do not 
know where it can be procured. 2, Our plan 
is to sow the seeds in eight or ten-inch flower¬ 
pots, and when young plants form the second 
leaves, “ prick them out" into thumb pots. 
The seed should be sown with you about the 
middle of March and transplanted to the little 
pots early in April. By May 20th they will 
average six inches high and may then be 
thumped out into prepared plots of the gar¬ 
den. It is essential that these plants do not 
receive any severe checks in their growth. 3, 
We shall give full instructions how to raise 
grapes from seeds before it is again time to 
sow them. 4, We do not know, 
.4. S. C., Amador, Kans, Is J. C. Boyd, 
electric batterv and spectacle man of New 
York City, a humbug? 
Ans.— His electric battery is a humbug as 
we have several times explained; about his 
spectacles we know nothing. He is now, as 
we understand, engaged in the Bessarabia 
Corn humbug, and as everything be has ever 
tried to foist upon farmers, has been a hum¬ 
bug, so far as we know, if he isn’t a humbug 
himself, there must be a good deal of humbug 
in him. 
D. B, S., Greenville, Ky., 1, How can 
young fast growing, heavy topped trees be 
prevented from blowing down ? 2 Jay Gould’s 
address ? 3, W bieh is the better sheep for mut¬ 
ton and wool—the Cotswold or South Down ? 
Ans. —1. The only way is to stake them. 
2, Business address, No. SO Broadway, N. Y. 
City: residence, f»S0 Fifth Avenue. 8, The 
Cotswold gives the heavier fleece and carcass; 
the South Down’s mutton is of better quality. 
II. F. II., Buffalo, N. Y., 1, asks where be 
can procure some pure bred Game fowls—the 
Pile an<i Black-aad Red varieties; 2. Do we 
publi.-h any poultry book ? 
Ans —1 Write to G. 8. Josselyn, Fredonia, 
N. Y.; 2. No, we do not publish any kind of 
book except the Rural, which makes a splen¬ 
did book when bound, at the close of the year. 
W. H. C., Galt, Mich. How should the 
bulbs of tuberoses be treated until they become 
floweriug bulbs? 
Ans. —Remove them from the larger bulbs 
in the Fall or Spring; keep them in a warm 
place during the Winter. Plant them in the 
Spring the same as the flowering bulbs, though 
cot so d3ep, in rich, mellow, well drained soil, 
C. B P., Albany, III., Seads for name a 
flower known there as Blue Bell. 
Ans. —The flower is the teautiful Virginia 
Cowslip or Lungwort—Mertensia Virginica. 
It blooms in early May with you, and is a 
delightful Spring beauty. 
E. E. W., South Addison, N. Y. Where 
cau the California Branch Pea Bean be got 
and at what price. 
Ans. —We have not been able to learn 
whether it is for sale anywhere. Write to O. 
H. Alexander, Charlotte, Vt. 
S. IF. P.—The Bowker Fertilizers are just 
what they are represented to be. We should 
never buy of irresponsible parties. 
B. W .—We would advise you to communi¬ 
cate with Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, of 
Rochester, N. Y., who will, no doubt, give 
you the desired information. 
Subscriber .—We have tried the Pennsylva¬ 
nia, Philadelphia, Excelsior & Buckeye Lawn- 
Mowers, and can offer our assurances that they 
are the very best of their kind. It woul l be 
better to send for cii culars and judge from 
them which Is best adapted to your work. 
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Communications Rkckivkd ron. thb Week Ending 
Saturday, June 3,1382. 
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D.—I D.—T H. W,—A. V.. thanks—J. W. S., thanks— 
A. A B.-B H.-II.S., thanks-H S.-A. J. C.-C. E. 
C.-J. H. C., thanks—R. J. U.-J. B. P.-M. B. C W.— 
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CROWN 
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St. .lolinsvillc, 
Montgomery Co., N. Y. 
THE MASSILLON PONY MILL 
STRICTLY PORTABLE. 
Supplies a Ions felt want. 100 Sold In 
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Every owner of a Farm Engine located in moderately 
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ana 
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