1903 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Strawberries and White Grubs. 
F. TT. 8., Enoshurg Falls, Vt .—I have an 
acre of grround I Intend setting to straw¬ 
berries this Spring. Potatoes were grown 
last year, and corn the year previous on 
sod. When the potatoes were dug last 
Fall, in some places the ground was full 
of white grubs and the potatoes were badly 
damaged. The grubs, with few exceptlon.s. 
appeared to he full grown. Do you think 
I may safely assume that the eggs were 
deposited in the sod, and that they are 
ready to emerge as beetles this Spring and 
will not destroy strawberry plants set in 
this ground? 
Ans. —On the statement made I think 
it would be safe to assume that the 
beetles started in the sod. So far as ex¬ 
perience has gone none of the white 
grubs remain in the ground after the 
third year, so I think it would be fairly 
safe to set strawberries. I think, how¬ 
ever, that it might not be a bad plan 
to run a few furrows to see whether the 
inquirer turns up beetles or grubs. If 
he turns up beetles It is all right. If he 
turns up grubs it Is all wrong, unless he 
has some trained hogs or chickens that 
will follow the furrow and pick up the 
grubs. Lest you might think my refer¬ 
ence to trained hogs a jocular one, let 
me say that this is a common European 
way of clearing fields of these insects. 
The hogs follow the plow and pick up 
all the grubs that are exposed and, in 
the soft ground, will root out a great 
many that are not actually in view in 
the furrow. The thing Is quite practical, 
but I do not know that it is ever done 
in America. [Prof.] .tohn n. smtttt. 
Sugar or Tabie Beets. 
F. C. 0.. Sandj! Creelt, Me.- Recently the 
Hope Farm man spoke of the value of 
beets for feeding swine. T have not seen 
any comparative statement of the nutri¬ 
ents of table and sugar beets. Consider¬ 
ing the diseases of sugar beets, which will 
ordinarily give the best results? We are 
feeding table beets to our Berkshire, and 
apparently they are making the difference 
between profit and loss in taking the place 
partially of the costly grain.. Then we run 
them through the vegetable cutter dally 
to be mixed with the mash for the hens, 
and it is very rarely that a piece is left, 
although they have eaten nearly 500 cab- 
ha ges. 
Ans.— By analysis the sugar beets 
have a little the best of it. The protein 
is about equal, but the sugar beets have 
a little less fat and more fat formers 
than the table beets. The latter are 
more palatable and seem to be liked bet¬ 
ter by the stock. With us the sugar 
beets are easier to grow, keep better and 
also give a larger yield. On the whole 
we consider them less valuable for stock 
feed than either mangels or yellow tur¬ 
nips, either of which give larger yields, 
while the latter may grow as. a second 
crop. We are now feeding yellow tur¬ 
nips out of the pit as firm and hard as 
when they went in. 
Feeding Clover to Hogs. 
F. a. C., Maine .—Must clover hay for 
swine be steamed or run through a cutter? 
Ax.s.—Hogs will eat clover hay just 
ar it comes from the mow, but we think 
it will pay to cut it if one has time to 
do so. On many western farms the 
heads and leaves that shake off on the 
floor when the hay is throwm down are 
fed to the hogs. Such chaff and leaves 
mixed with meal or middlings make a 
fine mess for brood sows. The hog will 
eat hay as well as the horse or cow. The 
Nebraska Experiment Station reports a 
case where chaff and leaves of Alfalfa 
from the barn fioor were fed to pigs. 
These leaves were mixed with cornmeal 
in the form of a thick slop, with water. 
Such Alfalfa was valued at $10 per ton 
while cornmeal cost $12. Among other 
things the experiment showed that 
W'hile 100 pounds of gain on corn alone 
cost $4.48, the same weight of gain 
when Alfalfa was fed cost $3.40! The 
Alfalfa-fed hogs made a better carcass 
in every way. There was more lean 
meat, more blood and larger liver and 
lungs. The thigh bones of the corn-fed 
hogs were larger but on a breaking test 
those from the Alfalfa hogs were found 
to be stronger. This wag measured by 
putting the ends of the bones on sup¬ 
ports and applying pressure at the mid¬ 
dle. The bones of the corn-fed hog 
broke at an average pressure of 324 
pounds while those from the Alfalfa-fed 
hogs broke at ,510 pounds. This would 
seem to show that when corn-fed hogs 
break down it is largely (he fault of 
their feed. 
Government Whitewash. 
Several Readers .—What is the formula for 
making so-called Government whitewash, 
as used at military posts and around pub¬ 
lic buildings? 
Ans.—T o make “Government white¬ 
wash,” slake half a bushel of good stone 
lime in boiling water, keeping it covered 
while slaking; strain and add half a peck 
of salt dissolved in warm water, three 
pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin 
paste, half a pound of powdered Spanish 
whiting, one pound of clear glue dis¬ 
solved in warm water. Mix all together 
and stand for several days. Keep in a 
kettle and apply as hot as possible with 
a clean brush. 
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