THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
should it ha treated to keep heat in this climate? 
4. What is the value at wood ashes per bushel 
•for manure? 
Ans.- 1, We think you will hardly get an ear- 
'ly berry better than the Wilson; for later, try 
^Crescent,Champion, Capt Jack un i Downing. 
For the preferences of the most extensive and 
successful strawberry growers in various sec¬ 
tions, see the Rural “Strawberry an 1 Rasp¬ 
berry Election," in the issue of April 11 lb, this 
year. 2 It all depends upon soil, weather and 
treatment—from 1,500 to 3,000 quarts, 2. The 
White Slur is a good keeping potato, and a 
very good one. Keep them in u dry, cool and 
dark place. Try a few next Fall by digging a 
hole live feet deep,au<l when the weather is so 
cold that the soil is nearly frozen (not quite); 
put the potatoes in the bottom,and cover them 
up with sand, tilling the hole full,leaving them 
till other potatoes are gone. Of course, the 
place must be where no water will settle in 
the pit. 4 U iod ashes contain about tnroo 
pounds of potash and one of phosphoric acid 
per bushel, and should be worth 20 cents, 
//, II. I,., Beloit) Kerns.—1. Which is the 
best manure to use for grape vines as a mulch, 
stable immure or that from the pigpen? 2. 
Would largo Corn stalkscut with a stalk cutter 
make a good mulch for an orchard? 3 My 
•orchard, seveu years old, htt-s always been cul¬ 
tivated; shall 1 continue to cultivate, or 
j mulch with the stalks? 4 Will the Wild 
'Goose Phlm reproduce itself from the jilts? 
ANs.—I, We should prefer the stable 
manure, the other is much too rich in nltro- 
geu, aad unless the soil is quite poor, we 
should prefer ashes and broken bones to either 
tor grape-viues. 3. A capital one, 3 You 
can mulch the orchard to good advantage by 
using enough stalks so that the grass does not 
make much growth. 4. They will produce 
something very nearly like themselves; prob¬ 
ably »o no would vary. The Wild Goose is 
but a species of the Chickasaw. 
/■’. IF. I'l, Taunton, Mass — I. A has a sum 
of money left to him iu trust for H, no pro¬ 
vision being made for the disposition of the 
money in case of B.’h death; has Ji. a right to 
disjjose of it by will? 2. If I plant several 
kinds of corn in the same Held, how cat! 1 pre¬ 
vent tmdr mixing? 3, If pop-coru be planted 
by the side of Held corn, will the popping 
qualities of the first be all’eeted? 
Anh.— 1. YVu don't profess to be authority 
on law points; but common sense would say, 
yes. 3 If the corns bloom at the same time, 
it Is impossible to prevent "mixing.” 3. Not 
seriously ; but if they blossom at the same 
time, it would bo injured for seed, being 
mixed. 
it'. T T., Charleston, West Virginia .-^My 
four-week-i-old ducks are fed table scraps, 
bread, wheat aud dean water; they are kept 
clean, m clo hi barrels, but their vents become 
dirty, and two or three days later there is a 
watery discharge; they get sore and all the 
leathers round the vent are burned; the b sly 
<aud leg* are kept wet, the wiugs droop aud 
the little things stand moping around uud 
cry; what should be done for them? 
Ans.— Change their feed; give them boiled 
rice and Oatmeal with a little ouion chopped 
•flue. To keep this from beiug sticky, put in a 
■little dry Indian meal: givu a little whole 
wheat at night when tney improve. 
(}. II. IK, Ft. Madison, la .—My fowls look 
well and eat all they can get; but, when 
dressed, there are purple spots on the llesh so 
that they are unfit for use; why this discol 
orationf This is the second Spring in which 
it has occurred. 
A ns.— We never before heard of a case of 
discoloration of the skin in the way here des¬ 
cribed. It is probably caused by tne saim ness 
of food unavoidable from u long Winter. 
Green food and a good run where the fowls can 
get worms, etc., and a little flowers of sulphur 
mixed iu some soft food, will, most likely, 
cure them at once, 
IS. J. Y, MeVeytown, Ky. —1. Is any part 
of the corn sent out iu the Rural Fiee Seed 
Distribution, sweet corn? 2. Give general 
hiuls how to trim quince uni plum trees? 
Ans —There is no sweet corn. The mixture 
comes from cutting the tassels from part of 
the stalks, and allowiug the polleu from the 
others to ferli.ixj these. 2. In ageuerul way, 
they should Imve all branches removed that 
are liable to chafe and injure each other, aud 
all decayed limbs; any H ubs inclined to 
straggle should be headed back. Tuts is about 
all they need. 
C. li . Jr., Abilene, Tex .—Cabbages are 
dilRcult to transplant here; can l plant tiro 
seed in hills where 1 wish the cabbages to 
grow? 
Ans.—Y es; plant a dozen in a hill, scatter 
ing them well, and gradually thin as they 
grow till, when the leaves are as large as the 
hand, but one is loth; those left do fully as 
well us if transplanted, aud will be abjut as 
early as though fair-sized plants were put out 
ut the same time the seed is sown. 
W. W., Solomon, Kansas. —1. Is the Great 
American Tea Go reliable? 2. What is the 
best pear for this country; Keiffer blights 
badly, and others I have tried winter-kill? 
Ans.— I. Yes 2 Try Flemish Beauty, 
Lawrence and Bartlett. 
C. S.. Fuirmount, Ind .—By whom is the 
“Hun” type writer manufactured? What are 
its |>riee and character? 
An«.— By E C. Locke, 40 Cortlaodt St , 
N. Y, It sells for $13, and appears well worth 
the money. 
K. V. AlcC., West, Ind —If a gentleman 
wishes to coriespoud with a lady, should he 
ask her permission, or wait until she asks him 
to do so? 
Ans.—A sk the lady’s permission, of course. 
W. P. B., Phantom Hill, Texas .—Should the 
suckers on corn be pulled olT, or be allowed to 
remain? 
Ans.—I f too thick, pull them off; if not, 
leave them. 
W. F. II, Oreana, III .—Was the Blush Po¬ 
tato sent out in the Rural Free Heed Distribu¬ 
tion as an early or late potato? 
Ans.—A s a lute. 
P. II. Hciskell, Washington, D, C., asks who 
makes a small four, five or six-foot wind mill. 
Who does? 
M. L. Collier gives no address, aud asks the 
address of a correspondent, which we canuot 
give, as we did not retain it. 
./ C ., Bethlehem, Pa —Black Hamburg and 
Muscat of Alexandria grapa-vines can be 
jirocilrod of Ellwauger & Barry’, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
L. B., Bantam, Ohio .—We know nothing 
of such a preparation as the American Pre¬ 
serving Powder. A concern in Chicago offers 
for sale a preparation called “Pnsei* vine,” 
for jireservmg fruits; but the claims put 
forth in its behalf are exaggerated, ami we 
can by no moaus recommend the concern. 
SttbccU.inrous guUrrttstfttg 
Send for Circulars to 
SYRACUSE, N. Y, 
Agents J 
>vanted. | 
Prke 
I it order to secure tlie early 
disposal ot* tlieir Spring 
and Summer importations 
ol* 
have made very licavv re- 
duet ions t hroiiglioiit all 
sections ol* their depart¬ 
ments, and are now otl'er- 
in£ a stock ol'unusual mag¬ 
nitude find attractiveness 
at u n precedent ly low 
prices. Over lOOO pieces 
ot* Summer Silks, Louis- 
ieniies, the lies, Or n lire 
C* laces, l oulards,etc.,at less 
t li a n m a u u fa c t iircr’s 
prices. 
.1,000 pieces IS lack Silks, 
from .10 cents to $7 a yard. 
•1,000 pieces Colored 
Silks, Oerveilleux, Itlia- 
dames, etc., at $1 and up¬ 
ward. 
ICieli Novelties in Silks 
and Velvets, suitable for 
O re s s V o m li i 11 a t i o 11 s, 
Wraps, etc., at about hall 
price. 
An examination is re¬ 
spectfully invited. 
Strawberry J'liini. for gale. Jumbo, Daniel 
Hoone, 40 el*. K«) '.mu CcmeHu, T5o. iloz: 100. 
.In*, hlppiicoltt .lr.. Mt. Holly, N. J. 
GAIINA I ION 1*1 TV Tv**. 
Knot oil Cutting* of I Ills delightful plant, nicely 
packed In mo*, una sent to any address by mail, post¬ 
paid. on receipt of tjOe, per dozen; s 1. for two doz- 
en- S | ,.»0 for thru- dozen. (tc. Send for our retail 
desrrlrillvit prlee-li-l auil choose your varieties. Par¬ 
ties dehlrliiK by the poor I'JXi should send for our trade 
list, iu both of which are short directions for plant 
lUlf.Ae. TlTus. K, SKA I*, Untonvlllo, Chester Co .Pa. 
O I ANTS JERSEY Yellow Nassemord 
' ■- cV 1 1 I »J Sweet Potatoes,*!.?.'! per 1,(Ml. by 
express: by mail. *he per J0O: ready lam of May. 
HurlfN Jersey Yellow Blooming Sweet Potato. *:! per 
Ibr ox cress; this Is n novelty of (treat merP, 
blooming like a Moroimt Glory, T'c. per WD by mall: 
ready May iu. Extra Early Yellow Jersey lor Cedar- 
vlllei Sweet Potato, per 1,0 U, t'i by express; mall. We. 
per HO, readv May Jit Late Flat Dutch uud Drum- 
lie ail Cabbage Plants, *1 per bum by exoresg: ready 
about June7. FREEMAN EfURFK. Swedesboro, N.J. 
DISCUSSION 
J. H , Westbury.N Y.—I noticed iua late 
Rural, that we are advised to jilant a Japan 
Chestnut this Spring, and that the trees will 
bear a moderate crop when three years old: 
I request evidence of the correctness of this 
statement in this part of the United States. 
They may bear when tlYe years old; mine are 
live years and the “mod ■fate crop” is not yet 
visible, nor is it on others three years old, that 
are being propagated for sale iu this vicinity. 
R. N.-Y.— Mr. Bruggerbof of the firm of 
Thorburu &, Co., was urnoug the first, if not 
the first, in this country to raise the Japan 
Chestnut from seeds. He can now show trees 
that bore fruit three years after planting the 
nut. The writer saw a tree four years old in 
bearing. Many of our friends can, if they 
will, give us evidence in this matter. 
K. M., Pukhlo, Col..—I have just read in 
the Rural a comparison ot field and sweet 
corn ns fodder. Now, I have fed largely of 
field corn fodder, aud never could, even by 
cookiug, get cows to eat all the butts, losing 
generally oue-aixth or one-fifth in weight, 
and 1 never found any increase of milk from 
its use. I have only fed sweet corn a little; 
but cows eat It entirely up and I understand 
it brings more milk. Cannot the cow's taste 
be depended on better than analysis? 
YV. H , PELLA, Iowa. —The cure for “black¬ 
leg” among the farmers around hero is hot 
whisky. 1 had a calf (four weeks old) down 
and almost dead with it. I gave hnu half a 
tea cup of the vile stuff, mixed with the same 
amount of hot water. Next day, 1 repeated 
the dose, aud he got well. I think it is usual 
to give at. least three doses about 12 hours 
apart; but l was skeptical, aud had only a 
little choice cider brandy to give; but now I 
expect to keep a quart of whisky on hand. 
I am told of parties who have lost cattle by 
the dozen from black leg, who now save them 
all by means of the whiskey cure. 
R. N.-Y.—All the “black logs” wo ever 
knew among humans, were adicted to the use 
of whisky, but it never effected a cure. 
T. VY\ (), New Hampton, Iowa.— In the 
RURAL of May D, page 317, VV. H. O. asks 
whether the Acme is u good implement for 
harrowing young corn. U lie will take oat 
two of the center teeth or coulters of the Acme 
he will find it. the best tool he has ever got 
hold of to cultivate young corn. 
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