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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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trellised, and wish to do no more cultivating 
can I mulch the viues with straw so as to 
smother grass and weeds, or would it be best 
to put straw and sheep manure just about the 
vines? 
Ans.— Either course is very objectionable, 
as it would iuduee too much growth of wood 
for best production and ripening of fruit. It 
would be much better to have the trellises run 
parallel with the face of the hill, and have 
good cultivation in the first part of each 
year. 
C. L. 11., Springfield, Mass. —1. Is the Rosa 
rugosn double, in more than one color? 2. Gan 
it be obtained in this country?. 3. Is the Per¬ 
sian yellow rose as hardy as the Gen. Jacque¬ 
minot? 4. What are Grinum pedunculatum 
Pacificum, and Iris Itobinsouiana? 
Ans.— 1. Not that we know of. 2. Rosa 
rugosa, red Or white and single-flowered, may 
be obtained of Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y., the Parsons & Sou Co., Flushing, Long 
Island, uud of other leading nurserymen; but 
we do not know of whom the double-flowered 
varieties may be had. 8. Yes. 4. Crinum 
pedunculatum is a white-flowered species not 
unlike C. Asiaticum, which is common in cul¬ 
tivation as a greenhouse plant. Iris Robinson- 
ianaisa gigantic species, six feet high, with 
white flowers marked with golden yellow on 
the outer petals. 
E. B. 6'., Cleveland, Ohio. —1. Will quinces 
reproduce themselves from seed? 2. When 
should the seed be planted? 8. Are all varie¬ 
ties suitable for stocks for dwarf pears ? 
Ans.— The Orange and Pear Quinces will, 
nearly always. There have been only one or 
two variations, and some go so far as to say 
these are not different except as the result of 
difference in culture. 2. As early in Spring 
as possible, in fine rich soil, the same as apple 
or pear seeds. 8. No; none should be used for 
this purpose except the Angers; but we fear 
some nurserymen sell the common quince for 
this purpose, though it is not adapted to this 
use, and such a course is fraudulent. 
j E, E. D., Troy, Y. N. —1. Is not ammonia a 
constituent ot all complete manures? 2. If so, 
in what form of combination is it? 3 What 
kinds of sheep are kept at the R. N.-Y. Farm? 
4. At what age are they marketed? 
Ans.— 1. It is. 2. It maybe as nitrate of 
soda, sulphate of ammonia, or in some animal 
product, as dried blood, fish scrap or tankage. 
3. The ewes are the commou Michigan stock, 
largely Merino. The males are thorough-bred 
Shropshire and South Down, mostly the 
former. The j'earlings we aim to get half- 
blood Shropshire and Merino crosses, 4. We 
sell the lambs when about 70 days old, more 
or lets, 
*S’. M. W., Collins, Mich, —1. How can gher¬ 
kin pickles i*e put up? 2. Do purchasers of 
eggs for m‘ ting usually pay express charges? 
‘Ans. —1. Gather them when small and ten¬ 
der; put them in brine for 24 hours; wash 
and pack iu jars; cover them with hot vine¬ 
gar. A bag containing a teaspoonful each of 
ground cloves, allspice and cinnamon heated 
wi th the vinegar, is good as spice. A few pieces 
of horse radish put in with "the pickles will 
preserve the vinegar from mold. 2. Yes. 
Wm. A. S., Tyre, N. Y.—What is the best 
thing to sow now on a hill-side, to be plowed 
down as green manure for wheat next Fall? 
It had a crop of corn last year. 
ANS.—There is nothing that will give as 
much substance to plow down as the Western 
corns or the Rural Thoroughbred Flint, if 
you had it. Sow in drills 12 inches apart 
crosswise of the way to be plowed next Fall, 
two bushels of corn pe r acre. When full- 
grown plow down. Sow phosphate with the 
wheat. 
J. M. P., Sodus Point, N. Y .—Why is a 
change of seed of any kind of farm crop, 
from one section to another, beneficial; 
Ans.— When the climate and soil do not 
suit certain plants, they tend to degenerate 
just m proportion to the unfavorableness 
of t,be conditions. Seeds imported from places 
which favor a better development, will there¬ 
fore show increased vigor until weakened by 
the adverse conditions of the less favorable 
soil and climate. This seems to us the whole 
btory. 
S. W. (}., Scio, Oregon .—From whom can I 
get the fowls or eggs of the Fluenix or Er- 
miuette breed? 
Anb.—T he Phceuix can be hail of Chas. 
Reicbe & Bro., No. 55 Ghatham St., this city. 
The Erminettes we think, are not yet offered 
for sale. 
A. J. M., Address mislaid.—My watch dog 
sucks eggs, is there any way of breukiug him 
of this habit besides killing him? 
Ans. —Make a paste of aloes and dip the 
eggs iuto it for a week or so. 
11. E. S., Adair, fa.—Sends specimens of a 
red oat. and asks its name. 
Ans —ll is the common red oat without uuy 
special name that we know of. It is raised iu 
the South extensively, 
A. S. E, Westfield, N. Y .—What house in 
New York buys herbs, such as sage? 
Ans. —McKesson & Robbins, 91 Fulton St., 
and W. H. Schieffelin& Co., 170William St.: 
but prices are quite low. 
Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company, 
Uoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF THE 
WALTER A. WOOD IMPROVED HARVESTER, 
With IMPROVED IRON FRAME TWINE BINDER, and 
JVew Bundle Carrier • Ittachment • 
Commit sic. if ions Rkckivicd for the Week Ending 
Saturday, May 9.1S35. 
W. H. C., llianks.—W. H. II.—A. J. M.-R. C. Cl.—R. 
E. C.—J. S. O.—W. J. A.-R. H.-Q. J. B.-P. M. A. and 
s„ plants received.—J. V., plants received.—J. B., 
potatoes received.-E. N.L., Implement received.— 
A. B A.—J. T., thanks.-T. H.. thanks.-W. I.. IX, 
thanks.—W. H. N.—L. McC., plants received. Po¬ 
tatoes received from several Our test plots are full. 
—Badger, Washington Territory, please send us your 
name.—J. B.. beans received.—G. P. R.—M. M. Mss. 
\Y. H C„thanks.—I. C. P.-J. G. W. ll. A S. - 
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V.—S. A. K.-W. V. H R R. S.-J. H.-H. O. J.-R. 
H. M.—S W. G.—C, A.N.—S. P, G., have noteing to do 
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“Liberty EnlighteningtheWorld” 
The I’ommluee In charge of the construction of 
work, in order to I'liim* fund* fur it 1 * comple¬ 
tion, have prepared a miniature Statuette .«L<* (HiVma 
in htsiaht. the Statin* Hronsed! Pedestal. Nickel -II- 
vered,-which they are now dellveritiv to subscrib¬ 
ers throUKhoui the United States at One Hollar 
k'rum* at tractive souvenir and Mantel or Desk orna¬ 
ment Isa perfect fcw-timile of the model furnished 
b.v the artist. 
The Statuette In same metal, f to Wee tactics hiffh, at 
Five Hollars Knelt, delivered. 
The designs of Statue and Pedestal are protected 
by ll S, Patents, uud the models can only lie fur- 
nlshed bv this Commute*, Address with romlttuii e, 
RICHARD BUTLER, Secretary, 
American Committee of the statue of Liberty. 
33 lUercer Street, new York. 
DISCUSSION. 
O. I. C., Scio, N. Y.— I WS3 very glad you 
bad the independence to print Prof. Cook’s 
exposure of Mrs. Lizzie E. Cotton. Before I 
took the Rural I got bit with this fraud. 
The hive I got was not nearly as good as a 
Laugstroth improved, and I would not accept 
any more of them as presents. I am sorry to 
see that so many agricultural papers admit 
her advertisement; but I suppose they think 
more of her money than of the best good of 
their subscribers, and so sell themselves to 
forward her dishonest work. I have never 
seen her advertisement in the Rural, and I 
honor it for its consistent coarse. If no one 
would accept it, she could not do much harm. 
R. N.-Y.—We have refused this advertise¬ 
ment many times, and have exposed her more 
than once. 
J. B. B., Sanborn, N. Y.—N. J. W. in the 
Farmers’ Club, page 265, advises the use of 
poles for underdraining, and conveys the im¬ 
pression that they are as good as tiles for this 
purpose. Now I have had much experience 
iu underdraining with sawed lumber, stones 
and tiles, and I must say that on a ma¬ 
jority of soils, except for the purpose 
of putting the poles or stones under the 
ground and out of the way, I would sooner 
buy the tiles and pay for them than to use 
either stones or poles, if given to me and 
placed on the ground by the side of the ditch. 
These are my reasous: First, the expense of 
digging a ditch of any given depth depends 
much on its width, and in using stones or 
poles the ditch must be opened at least twice 
as wide as necessary for laying tiles. Second, 
the labor of laying is much less with tiles than 
with either of the others. Third, very much 
more care is needed in filling the drain so as 
to insure stability and efficiency with either 
poles or stones than with tiles; and, lastly, a 
drain well laid with tiles may flood a hundred 
times, and the moment the outlet is free the 
current carries all sediment out; not so with 
either of the others. The current of water is 
so scattered and broken it has no force, and 
then, when flooded, it is impossible to have 
the filling so nicely done that the dirt above 
the drain will not settle through the covering 
material, whatever is used, and soon the drain 
is ruined. I have plit such drains in and have 
had them work all right for a number of 
years; but by-aud-by a flood came, and it cost 
more to clean out and repair the obstructed 
places than to dig aud lay a new line. These 
things may do for a make-shift, but in drain¬ 
ing, as in everything else, what is worth 
doing at all is worth doing well, and tile is 
the only “well” way of underdruining. 
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