IS ANTI-RATTLERS (MAIL) 
UJ WANT AGENTS MOREY 8»C0. UAGRAN6E ILL. 
TH£ RURAL WEW-YORXER 
development in those who supply him with 
fertilizers, that he is willing to pay #18 or even 
$15 per ton for a German waste-product 
which retails in Stassfurt at $4.50, and which 
can be imported and sold at a slight advance 
because of wholesale discounts, and because 
much of it is brought over the ocean as ballast 
at. a trifling cost for transportation. 
THE CHERRY-TREE APHIS. 
F. C., Highland, N. Y .—How can I prevent 
black lice from injuring my cherry trees? 
They appear in the Spring as soon as the leaves 
begin to start, aud these all curl up, while the 
trees make no growth. As soon as the lice 
appear the trees swarm with ants which do not 
hurt the other pest*: do they produce them? 
Ans, -The insect is the Cherry-tree Aphis (My- 
zus cerasi. Fabr.) which has been introduced 
from Europe. The neats have become very nu¬ 
merous in some portions of the country. The 
aut> are attracted to the trees by a sweet exuda- 
tion from the aphides. They do not produce 
the lice, neither do they destroy them. The 
lice are hatched from eggs deposited on the 
branches, the previous Autumn, aud they 
multiply extremely fast. As a remedy 
agaiust this insect as well as other allied spe¬ 
cies, we would suggest the use of a greatly 
diluted solution of some one of the Ijerosene 
emulsions, or a strong tobacco decoction, or 
strong soap suds sprayed over the trees by a 
garden syringe or fountain pump. Whatever 
solution may lie used must coine in contact 
with the lice to he effectual. Lady-birds and 
their larva;, and also the larvae of the Syrphus 
Fly and Lace-wing Fly devour them with such 
activity as to clear the trees of them in a few 
weeks. 
INDEFINITE QUERIES. 
M. F. li, Coburg, Canada .—Au insect in 
shape aud odor like a bedbug but eight times 
as large, has for two years attacked ray goose¬ 
berry bushes. 1. What is it? 2. What will 
get rid of the Gooseberry Leaf-roller? A. What 
will prevent flies from injuring cabbaget? 
ANSWERED BY PKOK. U. V. RILEY. 
It is impossible to answer this inquiry with 
any degree of certainty. Specimens should 
always accompany letters asking for informa¬ 
tion of this kind. 1. The bug may be any one 
of a dozen or more species of Heteroptera, 
none of which are known to specially injure 
gooseberries. 2 There is uo insect knowu us 
the Gooseberry Leaf roller and I cannot toll 
wbat is meant without seeing specimens, it 
may the common Lixotaenia rosacearm com¬ 
mon to many rosaceous plants, or it may be 
the Gooseberry Span-worm, Ellopia ribearia, 
or it maybe something entirely different from 
either. 3. This is equally Indefinite. If he 
means the common white butterfly (Fieris 
rapae) I will say that there is nothing which 
will keep the pests from the cabbages except 
catching them in hand nets, or covering the 
cabbages with mosquito netting. 
FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES. 
J. R. S., Riekbwrg, N. Y. —1. What is the 
best phosphate for potatoes, and how should 
it be used? 2. Where can I get Crosby's Early 
aud Ne Plus Ultra Sweet. Corn for seed? 
Ans.— 1. A plain phosphate contains no pot¬ 
ash. aud this is au essential ingredient of a 
specific potato manure. Secure some special 
fertilizer containing at least eight per cent, of 
potash; or, if you can’t get such a manure, 
then adi uulcached hard wood ashes, or mu¬ 
riate. or sulphate of potash to the best brands 
of phosphate, until you have at least 10 per 
oeut. of potash in the mixture. Apply, 
by sowing broadcast on the surface, after 
the last plowing, 400 to 800 pounds to the 
acre, and harrow or cultivate in; or, if you 
prefer, apply after the ground is furrowed 
and the seed dropped and slightly covered, 
scattering along the drills at least 40?) pounds 
per acre, to be covered with soil. 2. Crosby 
Early is a common sort, aud is in most of the 
seed catalogues. Ne Plus U Ifcra was introduced 
by tV. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
INDIGESTION IN DUCKS. 
li. M. (1. Rushford, iV, Y .—The crop of my 
Pekin duck is puffed up with air, and she will 
eat nothing but angle-worms, while her drop¬ 
pings are very dark; what ails her? 
Ans. The puffing up cf the crops of ducks 
is due to indigestion. The undigested food 
generates gas aud becomes acid. As a remedy 
iusect, or both. At the Rural Experimental 
Grounds it has been produced by the wire- 
worm. 2. We think not, and still we would 
not use such seed unless compelled to do so. 
Healthy parents ure the best always. 
./ H, XV., Fern hill, Can, —1. Are Piuus 
edulls and Abies Sibirica hardy enough to 
stand the Winters of Ontario? Where can 
seeds be obtained? 2. Can the roots of 
fpomrea leptophylla be left out-of-doors here 
in Winter? 3. Where can cuttings be obtained 
of the Laurel-leaved Willow! 
Ans. 1—Doubtful as to rinus edulis. Abies 
Sibirica (or Pioea plchtu) will prove hardy 
with you. Such nurserymen as Geo. Leslie & 
Son, Toronto, or A. M. Smith, aud D. W. 
Beadle, St. Catherine, can doubtless supply 
seeds. 2. We cannot say positively, but 
should suppose that the roots would stand pro¬ 
tected by the snow or a mulch. 3. Of uuy 
nurseryman. No. t will he answered later. 
II. Ik. IF., Fountain, Col, —1, What will 
cure a calf of scours? 3. At what, stage should 
barley be harvested as winter feed for milch 
cows? 
L Don’t feed it so much; scours 
are caused by overfeeding aud overloading 
the stomach. 2, Cut the barley just as the 
kernel* first begin to become u little milky, 
and, after partially curing iu the swath, cock 
up, and allow it to finish curing in the bunch. 
.4. M,, Halcuttville, ,V. V. —1. What is 
the weight of a quart of pure cream? 2. How 
many pounds of cream will it take to make a 
pound of butter? 
Ans. — 1. The weight of cream varies greut- 
ly, according to the manner of setting; but 
generally, it i* not far from two pound* per 
quart. 2. Ho much depends upon the gather¬ 
ing of the cream, that this question is more 
difficult to answer than the first; but of good 
cream, from two to four pounds. 
C. F. A’., Fall. River Jl/a.ss.—Will cuttings 
of peach trees grow, and tr so, would they be 
as good as grafts set in older trees? 
Ans.— Peach cuttings could not be coaxed to 
grow; neither is the peach ever grafted. It 
is propoguted solely by budding during the 
growing season, from August to October, 
using a wood bud of the variety desired, to 
set in a seedling the first season of ts growth. 
A two-year old peach tree is not nearly as 
good as a yearling .either. 
J. F. M., Minneapolis, Kan.— 1. Will the 
Pitch Pine make a valuable timber tree here? 
2. Will the California Redwood grow well 
here? 
Ans.— 1. We do not think the Pitch Pine 
at all promising for planting as a timber tree 
anywhere. 2. No. 
T., Rochester, N. Y .—Where cau barberry 
seeds aud plants he obtained ? 
Ans. The seeds are sold by J M. Thorburn 
& Co.. 15 John Street, New York, and by 
Thomas Meehan, Pbiiadelpba. The plants 
are offered by all Rochester nurserymen. 
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iv. n. n,, nuisuoru, unto, —i. My seven- 
year old Pin-cushion Cactus is suffering from 
rust; why? 2 Do tea roses require a resting 
season? 3. How are Nipbetos and Perte des 
Jardins prononneed? 4. How should Tube¬ 
roses be started iu pots? 5. What is the best 
food for young ducks? 
Ans.— L Your cactus ia probably suffering 
from Iho effects of too much shade and moist¬ 
ure. Keep it iu the direct sun, and only give 
it water at long intervals, 2. Tea Roses do 
not require any resting season. 3. Niphetos 
is pronounced Niph-c tos, and Porlc das Jar- 
dius, Perleda-zbar dahu. 4. Tube-roses should 
be potted, put in a warm place, und watered 
sparingly until they begin to make roots. 5. 
We find hard-liolled eg*s, middlings, aud 
scraps of meat, the bent food for young (lucks. 
O, C. M, Middleton, N, O.—X. Will saw¬ 
dust serve to mulch gooseberries, instead of 
straw? 2. Would high-grade superphosphate 
mixed with an equal quautity of ground bone, 
bo a good fertilizer tor cucumbers, and would 
the addition of ammonia increase its value? 
Should the mixture be incorporated with the 
soil? 
Ans 1. Should prefer coal ashes to either— 
would use saw dust rather than not mulch at 
all. 2. Both furnish phosphoric acid. We 
should prefer to use the finely ground bone 
alone. Yes, the addition of ammonia would 
materially add to the value of the mixture, 
and it should be incorporated with the soil. 
C. 11. f>., Whitesboro, N. Y.— 1, What 
grape produces the largest bunches, aud how 
are they grown? 2. How does the Victoria 
compare with Concord? 
Ans 1. The La Iy Washington. By high 
cultivation and proper pruning, although 
this grape is naturally large. 2 The Victoria 
is white and the Concord black; both ripen 
at about the same time. The Victoria is, we 
think, oue of the best white grapes grown. 
The vine has proved hardy with us, and the 
grapes have neither rotted nor mildewed. The 
berries are about the size of the Concord, 
The pulp is quite tender; flavor vinous, foxy, 
with a slight acidity next to the skin. The 
bunches are larger and more perfect with us 
than those of the Concord. 
H. R., Muscotah, Kansas,—]. Will scabby 
potatoes produce the same if used for seed? 2. 
Will potatoes affected with dry rot, if used 
for seed, be likely to produce potatoes similar¬ 
ly affected? 
Ans.— 1. Probably not. The scab is either 
produced by some condition of soil, or by an 
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