1900 
rHE RURAL NEW-YORKER] 
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Furnace for Burning Stumps. 
T. H. N., Hillsboro, O.—I see in a recent 
issue of your paper an account of a furnace 
for burning stumps. If it is a practical de¬ 
vice, I would like to secure one. Where 
can I get one? 
Ans. —We printed the report of the 
stump burner chiefly as a suggestion. 
We do not know where the burners are 
made, but would like to know more 
about them. We have often noticed in 
the city gasoline burners which are used 
for melting asphalt pavements. These 
burners throw a fierce sheet of flame 
down to the ground. Possibly some 
similar device might be used for burning 
stumps. The blaze could be forced down 
upon them and probably destroy them, 
although the chances are that it would 
be an expensive method. We would like 
to know more about it if anyone has 
seen these portable furnaces in opera¬ 
tion. 
Spray Pump With Compressed Air. 
O. W. P., Wilton, N. H.—ls there on the 
market a spray pump that works by com¬ 
pressed air; one that is powerful enough to 
spray apple trees? 
Ans. —We do not know of any success¬ 
ful spray pump which uses compressed 
air. Several years ago we pictured a 
large tank which was mounted on a low- 
down wagon, and contained a spraying 
mixture and a space for compressed air, 
which was forced in by gearing attached 
to the wheels. This seemed to operate 
fairly well, although we have heard 
nothing about it since. A friend devised 
a homemade arrangement for using an 
ordinary knapsack sprayer on a wheel¬ 
barrow. Air was forced into the sprayer 
uy means of an air pump, so that it kept 
up the discharge for several minutes. 
If any one has succeeded with this 
method of spraying we would like to 
hear from him. 
Grass for Sheep Pasture. 
F. F., Breakabeen, N. Y.— Will you give me 
a grass mixture for permanent sheep pas¬ 
ture; on rather damp black soil, and also 
one for heavy clay loam? 
For permanent pasture there should 
be used a mixture of grass seeds, and 
the seeding should be much neavier than 
for meadows where hay is to be cut. 
The following mixture has been used by 
many farmers in New York State, and 
has been very satisfactory: Mixture of 
grass seeds per acre: Red clover, six 
pounds; Alsike, four pounds; Kentucky 
Blue grass, 3y 2 pounds; Orchard grass, 
pounds; Meadow fescue, 3% pounds; 
Red-top, 3% pounds; Timothy, five 
pounds. If the soil is quite damp, as 
the inquiry seems to indicate, the 
amount of RecUtop seed could well be 
increased. On the clay loam the mix¬ 
ture as recommended should give good 
results. L. A. CLINTON. 
Pecan Trees in Missouri. 
A. B., Kansas City, Mo.— Can the pecan tree 
be grown successfully In western Missouri? 
Does the tree come into bearing early, and 
where could I get young trees? Do nursery¬ 
men handle them, and what is the best way 
to cultivate them? 
Ans. —There should be no difficulty in 
growing pecans in your locality. They 
succeed best in deep rich soil, and will 
not grow well on dry upland. Pecan 
trees are doubtless quite hardy through¬ 
out the greater portion of the country, 
but they are too late in ripening to fruit 
successfully in the North. They seldom 
come into bearing until over 12 years 
from the seed. Young trees can be had 
from many of the nurserymen advertis¬ 
ing in The R. N.-Y. or can easily be 
grown from the fresh nuts planted one 
inch deep in the Fall. Seedlings seem 
to reproduce the parent type quite close¬ 
ly, and only the best nuts should be 
planted. Seedlings or inferior-bearing 
trees can be budded or grafted with 
choice varieties, though the operation ia 
less certain than with orchard fruits. 
The nuts can be planted where the trees 
are to stand, or in the nursery row, and 
transplanted when not more than two 
or three years old; 25 to 30 feet apart is 
near enough for bearing trees to stand. 
The Culture of Tarragon. 
J. H. 8., Benton Harbor, Mich.— For several 
years I have been utilizing a part of my 
grape crop in making a sterilized grape 
juice, and find at end of the season about 
20 barrels of vinegar on hand from sour 
juice. This is fine vinegar and highly col¬ 
ored, and should sell well as tarragon vine¬ 
gar. Give me such information as you 
possess in reference to growing tarragon; 
also as to where it can be procured at a 
reasonable price for propagation. 
Ans. —Good, highly-colored grape vin¬ 
egar, such as our correspondent men¬ 
tions, should be very suitable for trans¬ 
forming into tarragon vinegar. Tarragon 
is grown in the same manner as other 
garden herbs. For best results it should 
have a rich and, if possible, rather moist 
soil, but will do well wherever cabbage 
or potatoes can be grown. The young 
plants should be set out in early May, 
about 12 inches apart, in rows 18 inches 
apart for hand cultivation, or three feet 
apart if horse tools are to be used. The 
soil should be kept well stirred and free 
from weeds throughout the season. By 
September it may be of advantage to cut 
out every alternate plant, if growth is 
becoming crowded. The young shoots 
and leaves may be used at any stage of 
growth for flavoring. Most seed houses 
carrying a list of vegetable plants and 
roots, can furnish tarragon plants in 
the Spring. If clumps are taken up in 
the Fall and grown in a cool greenhouse, 
cuttings from the young shoots can be 
easily rooted. 
Charcoal and Ashes. 
C. N. B., We8tboro, Mass.—A factory here 
Is burning wood under the boiler instead 
of coal, on account of the scarcity of the 
latter. About two cords of chestnut wood 
are burned each day; the grates being for 
coal it does not burn the wood to ashes, 
but makes charcoal from the size of a pea 
to the size of a walnut, making about three 
wheelbarrow loads of the same a day. 1 
can have it for the carting. Is it worth 
the carting, which costs me 50 cents a one- 
horse load? If so, how should it be used 
as a fertilizer? 
Ans. —This tine charcoal and a hes is 
worth considerably more than 50 cents 
a load, and we would haul all we could 
get of it. Use it on orchards or small 
fruit or on grass or grain. It will make 
an excellent dressing for lighter soils; 
while not fully equal to woou ashes, it 
will prove a good investment. 
Shade Trees in Washington. 
O. 8., Spokane, Wash.— What kinds of 
shade trees shall I plant on a sandy ridge 
in front of my house, not in rows but ir¬ 
regularly? I dug some holes about six or 
seven feet in diameter, and two or 2% feet 
deep, and filled up with good soil. Now, 
what trees shall I plant on prepared, and 
what on unprepared places, or must they 
all be prepared? I wish to plant 12 or 15 
trees. The thermometer sometimes gets as 
low as 30 below zero. 
Ans. —It would be better to prepare 
all the holes alike, for the purpose of se¬ 
curing some degree ■■ f uniformity in 
growth. Assuming that evergreen trees 
are not to be included, we would recom¬ 
mend the White or Silver-leaved maple 
and the Carolina poplar for the unfer¬ 
tilized places, and the Norway maple 
and sycamore, or American buttonwood 
for the prepared holes. The two species 
first named are vigorous growers, sure 
to succeed, but are likely to grow «oarse 
and suffer from storms much sooner 
than the Norway maple and sycamore. 
How to Grow Cyclamens. . 
H. H. B., Jewett City, Conn.—We have read 
in some horticultural publication that 
Cyclamens are very easily grown, but it 
fails to tell us how it is done. Our attempts 
thus far have been failures. Do they re¬ 
quire much or little sunshine or shade, high 
or low temperature? Will you state briefly 
the correct method of culture? 
Ans. The Cyclamen likes a rich 
porous soil, a moderate supply of mois¬ 
ture and partial shade during hot sun¬ 
light. Plants over one year old are not 
likely to bloom well under the best of 
treatment, as the corm and its roots 
become too hard and woody for active 
growth. A moderate temperature, from 
50 to 75 degrees, suits the Cyclamen 
best. Vigorous blooming plants can 
generally be procured from florists in 
the Fall, which can be kept in good 
order through the Winter, but it is hard¬ 
ly worth while to carry them over the 
next Summer. If grown from seeds they 
should be sown in pots or boxes of light 
soil in February in a warm window or 
greenhouse. The seeds are hard and 
germinate slowly, so that it is well to 
soak them in warm water 24 hours 
before planting. When one' leaf is fairly 
formed, they should be carefully trans¬ 
planted to similar boxes, two or three 
inches apart, or singly into two-inch 
pots, in a compost made up of coarse 
sand, soil and fine manure in equal por¬ 
tions. As the plants grow they can be 
successively shifted into pots a size 
larger each time until a five or six-ineh 
pot is reached, in which they should be 
allowed to bloom. Always use about 
the same compost for the successive re- 
pottings, and provide ample drainage, 
by an inch or so of pebbles or cinders in 
the bottom of all pots larger than three- 
inch. Plants should begin to bloom in 
November or Decemoer from seed ger¬ 
minated in February. 
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Who Laughs Last” 
A hearty laugh indicates a degree of 
good health obtainable through pure blood. 
As but one person in ten has pure blood, 
the other nine should purify the blood 
<with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then they can 
laugh first, last and all the time, for 
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T WO hundred bushels 
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will supply just the amount 
needed. If there is a de¬ 
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We have some valuable 
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Seeds 
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B 
erry Boxes 
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Send for New Catalogue, FREE. 
Peach and Grape Baskets. 
Melon Baskets. 
Do You Grow Strawberry Plants for 
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I. E. BEYER, Keithsburg, Ill. 
OSIER WILLOWS 
for the protection of DAMS, DYKES and DITCHES, 
and for the manufacture of baskets. Prices for cut¬ 
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New « llng SURPRISE 
Originated from seeds In Minnesota. Hardy and 
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keeper. Plum dark red. The best market plum In 
the northwest Trees 5 to 8 feet; no cions cut from 
them, $8 per dozen. Cions to graft 25 to oil trees tor 
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Spring delivery. SMITH S POTATO FARM, Box E 
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Seed Potatoes & Early Seeds. 
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AM MAYING a 8 P ecialt y of second-growth Seed 
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prices and references. Address ALFRED A 
WHITTINGTON, Marion Sta., Somerset Co., Md. 
Whiton’s White Mammoth Potatoes 
yielded 52 bushels more 
per acre at Ohio Ex¬ 
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than Carman No. 3. 
Write for catalogue of 
Corn and Potatoes. 
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FARM and GARDEN SEEDS 
Dreer’s Garden Calendar for 1900 
Up-to-date in every particular. Profusely illustrated, handsome 
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HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
SEEDS 
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Landscape Gardening 
Estimates furnished for stock planted 
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1847 TREES FOR ORCHARD AND GARDEN 1900 
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Cayuga Lunserles. Established 1847 WILEY & CO., CAYUGA, N. Y. 
