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THE RURAL NEW-YORKHR„ 
December u 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Abundance Plum on Cherry Stock. 
E. D. R.. Crooked Creek, Pa.—Will Abun¬ 
dance plum be likely to unite and do well 
on sour cherry? Cherries grow plenty of 
wood but do not fruit .well. 
Aks. — I have never seen any of the 
Japan plums tried on sour cherry 
stocks, but I do not think they would. 
My belief is that they would fail to 
grow, or at least make a very poor 
union. Peach stocks are often used for 
these plums. h. e. v. d. 
Growing California Privet. 
a. H. P., Paterson, N. J.—1 b California 
privet easily grown from seed? The fact 
of its being grown from cuttings by 
nurserymen, and the high cost of plants 
as compared with those of osage oranges 
(which grow readily from seed) would 
seem to indicate some difficulty in germi¬ 
nating the seed, which is readily obtain¬ 
able. 
Ans.—T hough California privet is 
quite easily raised from seeds, but IJttle 
is grown by this method, as propagation 
from cuttings is very quick and certain. 
The seeds may be washed out of the ber¬ 
ries late in the Fall and sown in beds, 
giving slight protection of brush Or 
coarse hay to prevent heaving during the 
Winter. Seeds are only produced on 
strong, old plants, which are not very 
often to he found, while any amount of 
wood for cuttings may be had from 
young hedges of three or four years’ 
growth. 
Oregon Evergreen Blackberry.^ 
J. R. C., Uermon, /».—What do you know 
as to the size and market qualities of the 
Oregon Evergreen blackberry, or Oregon 
Everbearing blackberry cultivated on the 
Pacific coast? How would it compare with 
the Mersereau, Rathbun. Erie and other 
large kinds of the East, in size and yield? 
Ans. —This berry is an excellent one 
for the Pacific coast, especially in Ore¬ 
gon and Washington, where it grows and 
bears most successfully, but in the Cen¬ 
tral and Eastern States it is a failure. I 
have seen the vines in the two former 
States and in California so large that 
one plant covered a fence or trellis al¬ 
most 50 feet long, and I was told by re¬ 
liable people that such plants would 
yield a bushel or two of berries. Their 
size is very large and the fiavor quite 
good, but not equal to that of the really 
good blackberries. The leaves are ever¬ 
green in a mild climate and the vines, 
which are very long and slender, do not 
die hack biennially as other blackberry 
vines do. I have tried this berry in Kan¬ 
sas and seen others try it in several of 
the other States farther east, and in all 
cases the vines were tender and the fruit 
was scarce and inferior to the old kinds 
that are commonly grown. 1 would not 
advise further experiments with it there. 
H. E. V. n. 
Whale-oil Soap for Scale. 
F. C., La Grangeville, N. 7 .—I have an 
apple orchard of 250 trees, set three years 
this Fall. I found last Spring that a num¬ 
ber of the trees were affected with San 
Jos6 scale. I have sprayed four times this 
season with caustic potash whale-oil soap, 
four ounces to a gallon of w-ater. It has 
helped the trees very much; while the 
trees are dormant and leaves off, I am in¬ 
formed I can spray with four pounds of 
the soap to a gallon of water without in¬ 
jury to the trees. I would like to hear 
from some one who has had experience, if 
this will completely eradicate the scale. 
I am of the impression from the benefit 
I received by spraying during the Summer 
that it will. I would like to spray now as 
soon as the leaves have all fallen, and 
again early in the Spring before leafing, or 
would I better spray with the California 
wash, salt, sulphur and lime? What is 
the proper formula for this wash? I am 
determined completely to eradicate the 
scale if possible before the trees leaf out 
in the Spring. I prefer using the whale- 
oil soap because it is much easier pre¬ 
pared. if it will prove effectual. 
Anr.—F our pounds of whale-oil soap 
to a gallon of water may prove injurious 
to the trees. We have found two pounds 
to the gallon very effective in killing the 
sc.ale when thoroughly sprayed. In this 
strength we have known of no injury ex¬ 
cept the frequent killing of the flowering 
buds of peaches, plums and pears. We 
have had no experience with the Cali¬ 
fornia spray, or lime, sulphur and salt 
wash, but have every confidence in 
whale-oil soap, thoroughly applied at 
the strength of two pounds to the gallon 
in Winter and four or five ounces to the 
gallon during Summer. When this 
treatment is efficiently carried out the 
scale makes little if any progress. It is 
a difficult matter thoroughly to eradicate 
the scale under the present conditions 
with so many chances of reinfection, but 
it is quite possible to keep it under rea¬ 
sonable control. 
Figuring Out a Fertilizer. 
TV. ff. S., Pinegrove, Pa .—Will you give an 
easy method to take right quantity of 
each of the following materials to make 
a ton to contain nitrogen three per cent, 
phosphoric acid 10 per cent, potash eight 
per cent, using nitrate of soda 16 per cent, 
dissolved rock 14 per cent, muriate of pot¬ 
ash 60 per cent, ground raw’ bone three per 
cent, nitrogen 24 per cent, phosphoric acid, 
using 1,000 pounds of the bone meal in the 
mixture? How much of each is required? 
Ans. —Taking the figures as you give 
them you want in your ton 60 pounds of 
nitrogen, 200 of phosphoric acid and 160 
of potash. If for any reason you must 
use 1,000 pounds of bone meal you start 
with 30 pounds of nitrogen and 240 
pounds of phosphoric acid. Nitrate of 
soda is your other source of nitrogen. 
In order to supply the needed 30 pounds 
you must use 200 pounds. In order to 
obtain the required 160 pounds of pot¬ 
ash you must use 350 pounds of muriate. 
If you now add 450 pounds of dissolved 
rock you have the following: 
Nitro- 
Phos. 
Pot- 
gen. 
acid. 
ash. 
1,000 lbs. 
bone meal 
. 30 
240 
■ • • 
200 lbs. 
nitrate soda.32 
. . . 
• • • 
350 lbs. 
muriate .. 
175 
450 lbs. 
acid rock. 
63 
... 
Total 
. 62 
303 
175 
You have more 
phosphoric 
acid 
than 
you ask for, but not all of the bone is 
immediately available, and the per cent 
of available phosphoric acid will not be 
far wrong. We do not know' why you 
make it a condition that half the ferti¬ 
lizer must be bone meal. If you have 
some special rate on bone meal you can 
afford to use it, but at ordinary prices 
we would prefer to use not over 600 
pounds of bone and use more dried blood 
and acid rock^_ 
Powder for Stumps.— Tell P. T., page 
786, that he cannot put powder enough 
under his stumps to blow them out if they 
are green, but if dry use regular stumping 
powder. Follow directions sent out by 
manufacturer of the powder and he will 
find this far cheaper and much better than 
any machine that I have ever seen, and 
1 am not a novice at the stumping busi¬ 
ness. After blasting, all roots left W’ill be 
easily plowed or pulled out. a. .w. b. 
Grove, I. T. 
Protecting Trees.— White lead and 
linseed oil applied to the trunks of young 
apple and peach trees may not injure them 
seriously, but would probably prevent the 
free growth of the bark to some extent. 
I am accustomed to protect young apple 
trees from rabbits and mice by winding 
the trunk spirally with a long strip of old 
bagging two or three inches wide. This 
is quick and inexpensive, and I never had 
a tree injured when thus protected. 
Arlington, N. Y. w. h. h. 
Wild Dust Spraying Answer?— We have 
read with great interest the articles ap¬ 
pearing from time to time In The R. N.-Y. 
upon dust spraying, especially those re¬ 
ferring to the spraying of potatoes, but 
have yet to learn with what the dust la 
applied. We have so far failed to see at 
the State fair or other exhibits of agri¬ 
cultural implements any machine other 
than small hand dusters for the applying 
of dust spray, nor do we find any machine 
advertised in the agricultural papers. We 
would like to hear from those who have 
had experience upon this phase of the sub¬ 
ject. Our own spraying this year upon 13 
acres of potatoes was done with a three- 
row power sprayer. While the work was 
very satisfactory we find that it required 
at least one-half of the time going to and 
from the field after water, and in prepar¬ 
ing the mixture. We think there must be 
a great saving of time in a busy season 
where the material could be prepared 
ready for use in a leisure time, and enough 
carried to the field to complete the job. as 
could be done wfth the dust. w, w. t. 
Painesville, O. 
Mulching Stringfellow Trees.— Re¬ 
ferring to the discussion ou planting trees, 
Stringfellow method, will say I planted 
400 peach trees last year, root pruned, and 
am so well pleased with results that I 
shall plant 2,500 more this month the same 
way. I would like to hear from The R. 
N.-Y. family their opinion on mulching 
these trees with pine sawdust. 1 can get 
an unlimited supply of it nearby that has 
lain in a pile for seven years, and my 
opinion is it will make a good mulch for 
my young peach trees. J. u. s. 
Tjeavitt. N. C. 
Handling Corn Fodder.— I cut my corn 
with a binder; would prefer to cut by 
hand, but cannot get help sufficient. I 
only husk a small part of it, as I prefer to 
buy shelled corn to feed; draw, house and 
stack when thoroughly cured. I have had 
it in small shocks for that purpose. I buy 
my feeding steers in Chicago, and feed 
until late Spring, using the unhusked corn; 
about in February or March add shelled 
corn and hay at noon. I have fed twice 
per day until this time. If some do not 
do well on shelled corn I have meal of 
corn and oats for them. The profit comes 
largely from the hogs that follow the 
steers, allowing one shote to a steer. These 
I raise, if possible, and turn them in at 
60 or 70 pounds in weight, and as soon as 
they weigh 200 sell them. They get slops 
made of corn and oat meal soaked from 
one feed to the other. If I do not raise 
pigs I buy to keep the number good. 
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