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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 21 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
the name and address of the writer to In¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate pi ece of paper.] __ 
How fo Make Grafting Wax. 
A. B., Waterdoum, Onf.—Will you give me 
a good recipe for grafting wax? 
An 8.—The following Is the best general 
grafting wax for outdoor use yet tried 
on the Rural Grounds; To four pounds 
of resin and one pound of beeswax add 
one pint of linseed oil; put in an Iron 
pot, heat slowly, and mix well, pour into 
a tub of cold water, and pull by hand 
until it assumes a light color. Work 
into sticks, and put Into a cool place un¬ 
til wanted. In using, oil the hands, 
work the wax until soft, and press it 
tightly around the graft and over the 
cracks. If the day he warm it is better 
occasionally to moisten the hands with 
water. This wax will not crack in cool 
nor run In warm weather. 
Renewing a Peach Orchard. 
K. Z., Afechanictburff, Pa.—I contemplate 
planting a peach orchard this Spring. Will 
you tell me if I am Justified In planting on 
same grround occupied by an old one, only 
between spaces filled by old trees? Some 
of the trees were diseased. 
Ans. —There is no special objection to 
planting peach trees on ground that has 
already been in peach orchard, provided 
the old trees are dug out and the ground 
thoroughly enriched. But if there is 
other ground that can be used it would 
be rather preferable. If the yellows Is 
the disease that has been affecting the 
old trees it would be wise to plant else¬ 
where, although It is claimed by good 
authorities that this disease Is not trans¬ 
mitted through the soil. If the old trees 
are still standing, whether diseased or 
not, it would be very unwise to plant 
young ones between the rows. 
n. K. V. T>. 
'Locust-stung Peach Orchard; Lime-Salt 
Application. 
Q. E. 8., E. Prospect, Pa.—l. I have a peach 
orchard planted five years ago, It has borne 
two light crops, and last Summer the 
locusts stung it very badly. Would you 
advise me to cut out all stung wood and 
start a new top? 2. I read an article some 
time ago in some paper as follows: "To 
kill trees, salt when introduced Into the 
trunk by means of a circle of one-half to 
one inch auger holes Is effective.” Would 
there be any danger of the salt contained 
in the sulphur, salt and lime solution In¬ 
juring trees by applying It to the wounded 
parts which have been caused by recent 
pruning? 
Ans. —1. It would he a good plan to cut 
away all wood that is very badly stung 
by the locusts, as new wood will soon 
replace it. 2. In regard to the possibility 
of the salt in the lime, salt and sulphur 
mixture doing damage to trees to which 
it Is applied to kill scale Insects there 
need he no fear. It is harmless, as many 
trials have proved. h. e. v. i>. 
Artichokes in an Orchard. 
.7. H. B., Bath Co., Ta.—My apple orchard 
three years set has been in corn each year. 
I thought of planting to Jerusalem or white 
French artichokes, and turning my hogs 
on them. Would that be a good idea? 
Would the hogs do the trees good rather 
than harm? Would the artichokes require 
planting the next year, or would they stay 
in the ground from year to year without 
being cultivated, and give me great trou¬ 
ble and annoyance by spreading over the 
farm? Would it be best to sow the orchard 
to rye? 
Ans. —^Artichokes In an orchard would 
he an Injury to It. They are of very 
rank growth, and when once set In the 
ground are very troublesome to kill out 
Every little tuber will grow, year after 
year, and it is about impossible to get 
them all out of the ground. Hogs will 
root for them and this sort of stirring 
might do so good, but It would also do 
harm, by Interfering with the roots of 
the trees. There is no need to plant 
artichokes more than once In many 
years, for they are not Injured by freez¬ 
ing and enough are always left after 
digging to make a stand, and it is hard 
for hogs to find all of them. A friend in 
Missouri has a field devoted to this crop, 
especially for his hogs. In the Fall he 
mows down the tops and plows up the 
rows, picking up most of the tubers, as 
in digging potatoes. Then he turns In 
hogs and allows them to eat the leav¬ 
ings, but shuts them out before they 
have taken them very clean. The next 
Spring he throws two furrows together, 
making low ridges about four feet apart, 
the middle spaces are kept clear by oc¬ 
casional cultivation. The next Fall the 
same process is followed, and so on al¬ 
most indefinitely. To do this in an or¬ 
chard would be a mistake, and to turn 
the cultivation over to hogs would also 
he a bad plan. Put potatoes and cow 
peas In it each alternate year, using rye 
as a Winter cover crop to be plowed 
under in the Spring before it gets more 
than six or eight Inches high. If rye 
or any other Winter crop is allowed to 
grow to maturity or anywhere near it 
there will be serious results in the way 
of checking the growth of the trees or 
preventing them from doing as well as 
they should. n. e. v. d. 
Ridding Lawn of Plantain. 
L. T., Pennville, Ind.—Cun anyone tell how 
to start a lawn on ground that was covered 
with plantain, which had covered the sur¬ 
face with seed last year? Can I get rid of 
the plantain by breaking and harrowing 
the ground this Spring, and sowing with 
lawn seed, or will it be best thoroughly to 
cultivate the ground this Summer and sow 
the grass seed the following Spring? 
Which is the best grass seed for lawr? 
Ans. —Plantain is so vigorous and per^ 
sistent that extreme measures should be 
taken to rid soil known to be infested 
before sowing lawn grass seed. It would 
be far safer to break up the ground in 
the Spring and give frequent cultiva¬ 
tions all Summer. The grass seed may 
be planted in September, taking care 
that the cultivation just before the 
planting is not deeper than the preceding 
ones to bring up fresh ungerminated 
seeds. It would be better to sow in the 
Fall instead of the succeeding Spring, as 
then a new plowing or breaking would 
be needed. Equal weights of Red-top 
and Kentucky Blue grass seeds sown at 
the rate of 75 pounds per acre make the 
best lawn. The seed should be evenly 
sown, lightly harrowed in and well roll¬ 
ed if the ground is dry. In early Spring 
10 pounds of White clover seed may be 
broadcast over each acre, as It fits in 
well with the above grasses. 
Potatoes and Oats on Fertilizers. 
Mr. W. T, Skinner, of Chepachet, N. Y., 
reports that the yield of potatoes shown 
in a photograph which he sends ns nins 
over 400 bushels per acre, and the amount 
of fertilizer applied was 400 pounds of 
llowker's Potato Fertilizer per acre. The 
variety was Rural New-Yorker. 
Mr. Skinner also reports a yield of 77 
measured bushels of oats per acre raised 
on 200 pounds to the acre of Bowker’s 
I’otash Fertilizer. The oats weighed .18 
pounds to the bushel, making the yield 
by weight 90 bushels to rhe acre. 
M r. Skinner says that these crops are 
not exceptional, as he lias used Rowker’s 
Fertilizers for the last six years uni¬ 
formly with excellent results.— Adv. 
. School of Practical 
Agriculture and Horticulture 
Practical instruction given to men and 
women in Fi’uit Growing, Vegetable 
Gardening and General Agriculture. 
Spring term opens April 8. Students 
may enter at any time. For further 
information address 
Geo. T. Powell,'. Director, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
[In writing mention advertisement.] 
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1711 Filbert Street, 
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Also Clydesdale Oats, 75c.; Success Beardless Barley, 
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Vick*s Garden and Floral Guide 
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the iHioktlial has lieen the Caniencr's aiilliorily for 
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1 55!8 Main Street, E, Rochester, N, Y, 
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Apple 
Trees 
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WILSON’S SPORT 
A sport of the Blue Victor, originated In the arid 
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