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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.' 
February 24 
Insects in Hothouse. 
H. H. B., Northport, N. T.—We are very 
much annoyed in this section by a small 
flat white fly in our greenhouses and 
frames. It affects the under side of the 
leaves. We have repeatedly smoked them, 
then drowned them, but it does not exter¬ 
minate them. What shall we do? 
Ans. —The standard kerosene emul¬ 
sion, made of one-half pound hard soap, 
preferably whale-oil soap, one gallon 
boiling soft water, two gallons kerosene, 
all vigorously churned or pumped to¬ 
gether, and diluted with 12 to 15 times 
its bulk of soft water before using, is 
quite an effective remedy against these 
troublesome insects. It should be ap¬ 
plied with a spray nozzle. Hydrocyanic 
acid gas is entirely effectual where 'it 
can be used safely, but is not always 
easy of application. See late numbers 
of The R. N.-Y. for the best methods 
of using it. 
Catalpa and Mulberry Seedlings. 
J. H., Coal City, Ind.—I would like some in¬ 
structions In regard to growing Catalpa and 
mulberry seedlings. What time is the seed 
planted? How much seed to an acre, and 
how far apart? How many seedlings can 
be grown to the acre? 
Ans. —These seeds are best sown in 
early Spring, in seed beds of rich light 
soil. The rows may be 18 or 20 inches 
apart, and the seed covered thinly, and 
well firmed in the ground by the pres¬ 
sure of a board on the back of the hoe. 
As mulberry seed is quite small, it can 
be sown more evenly if mixed with 
several times *ts bulk of sand. Greater 
success will be assured in germination 
if the beds are well shaded or mulched 
until the seedlings are up. Give very 
careful and thorough cultivation 
throughout the growing season, and the 
seedlings will probably grow large 
enough to transplant the following 
Spring. We do not know how much 
seed is required to plant an acre. There 
are about 20,000 seeds to the pound of 
hardy Catalpa (C. speciosa) and 200,000 
seeds of most species of mulberry. 
Trees for Fence Posts > 
H. P., Franklin, Ind.— In the Spring I de¬ 
sire to set a few rows of locusts, mulberry, 
Catalpa or, in fact, something that will 
make as quick growth as possible, and yet 
make durable fence posts. I would be 
pleased to know what will be best for me to 
plant. 
Ans. —The hardy Catalpa (C. speciosa) 
would be most likely to meet your de¬ 
mands. It grows with great rapidity in 
good soils, is not greatly troubled with 
insects, and makes excellent and dura¬ 
ble fencing timber. The Black or Yel¬ 
low locust makes the most durable of all 
fence posts. Many posts in the vicinity 
of the Rural Grounds, set 50 or 60 years 
ago, are still serviceable. It grows 
quickly after .t is well started, but is so 
subject to attacks from a great variety 
of insects that nearly every tree be¬ 
comes checked and distorted before it 
attains any considerable size. We are 
not familiar with the durability of 
mulberry wood. Our native mulberries 
are desirable and fast-growing trees, but 
the Catalpa would prove more manage¬ 
able. 
New Plan for Planting Corn. 
J. P. B., Flemington, N. J.—On page 358, last 
year, L. E. K., Jefferson County, Mo., 
says that he intended to try a new plan 
of planting corn; rows six feet apart and 
stalks five to eight inches in row. Will you 
ask him to give his experience through 
your paper? 
I followed my six-feet-apart and level- 
cultivation plan of growing corn the 
past season, and the results were satis¬ 
factory. We purchased our place three 
years ago. The former owner was a 
broom-maker, and had seriously im¬ 
paired the fertility of our little creek- 
bottom patch by persistently raising 
broom corn on it. I suppose some of 
your readers have grown broom corn. 
The creek had also been permitted to 
get out of its bank and take some of the 
soil towards New Orleans, and leave a 
right smart sprinkling of rock in its 
stead. The last crop tne former owners 
raised (corn) yielded about 12 bushels 
per acre. Our yield the past season was 
about 50 bushels per acre, and would 
have been considerably more had we 
not drilled it too thickly in the row, and 
neglected to thin it. This year we in¬ 
tend to adopt the same plan with varia¬ 
tions. We will drill about nine inches 
apart in the row; harrow until six or 
eight inches high; throw earth from 
corn, plowing deep; after a good rain, 
throw soil back to row, plowing deep; 
harrow frequently until ready to lay by; 
then sow cow peas or Crimson clover 
and harrow in. In the meantime give 
one good hoeing. l. e. k. 
Flucom, Mo. 
The Dreaded Asparagus Rust. 
L. C. B., Crown Point, Ind .—Last Pall my 
asparagus tops were completely covered 
with rust. We cut them all off with a 
mowing machine, and piled and burned 
them. Would it stop the disease from 
spreading to the crowns and roots if I were 
to broadcast either salt, airslaked lime, or 
powdered sulphur, and if so, how much per 
S.CFG ? 
Ans. —As we understand the aspara¬ 
gus rust, it does not affect the crowns 
and roots, but attacks the tops after 
they have made some growth. By cut¬ 
ting and burning the tops you have de¬ 
stroyed millions of the dormant spores, 
and to that extent lessen the chances of 
infection next year. Applications of salt 
at the rate of 500 or 600 pounds per acre, 
or lime at the rate of 20 to 25 bushels 
to the acre, would benefit the plants by 
unlocking plant food already in the soil, 
and encouraging a vigorous growth. We 
have not learned that sulphur has been 
successfully used as a remedy for As¬ 
paragus rust. High fertilization and 
thorough culture seem to enable aspara¬ 
gus to withstand, to a considerable ex¬ 
tent, the ravages of the rust, and such 
varieties as Palmetto and Argenteuil are 
proving to be more resistant than oth¬ 
ers to the rust, as they have a powdery 
skin or cuticle which does not moisten 
readily, and encourage infection from 
the rust spores. 
Cabbage Without Manure. 
F. TV., Phillip8burg, Pa .—How can I grow 
cabbage on poor ground without the aid of 
stable manure? In December, 1899, I 
plowed a piece of low ground, mostly clay, 
inclined to be moist, turning under a very 
light grass stubble next Summer. I wish 
to grow a crop of cabbage for Pall and 
Winter sales. Can I do it without the use 
of stable manure? 
Ans. —Cabbage is a very gross feed¬ 
ing crop, and delights to run its roots 
into the humus produced by decaying 
stable manure. It is not likely that 
good cabbage can be grown on really 
poor soil without such manures. How¬ 
ever, your field may not be too deficient 
in available fertility to produce a fair 
crop of cabbages if it is fortified with a 
good application of reliable chemical 
fertilizers. Apply a high-grade fertilizer, 
containing at least three or four per 
cent nitrogen, six to eight of phosphoric 
acid, and four to five of actual potash, 
at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre, 
and if an additional quantity is applied 
near the plants during the early stages 
of their growtn success will be better 
assured. The main application should 
be made broadcast, and well harrowed 
or raked in before the cabbages are 
planted. 
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