1900 
Lime and Fertilizer. 
J. R. 8., Pcrryaville, Pa.— Will the spread¬ 
ing of lime on top of the furrows on land 
intended for wheat this Fall Interfere with 
or in any way counteract the good to be 
derived or hoped for from the application 
of a good complete—so-called—commercial 
fertilizer? The land needs both. 
Ans. —Of course it depends somewhat 
on the fertilizer. Most wheat fertilizers 
contain acid or dissolved rock. When 
lime is put with this a chemical action 
takes place, and the phosphoric acid is 
not soluble in water, though it is mostly 
available as plant food. We would use 
the lime broadcast on the furrows, har¬ 
row it in, and then drill in the wheat 
and fertilizer. Used in this way, there 
would be little danger of loss. 
Rye in an Orchard. 
W. W. M. (.No Address). —I have a farm in 
western New York on which is a small 
pear orchard, which has been considerably 
neglected, and has grown up to weeds and 
grass. 1 have thought of seeding it to rye, 
and then in the Spring turning the rye 
under and planting potatoes. The soil is 
of light-colored clay and the land is well 
drained. Would this be the best treat¬ 
ment, and should it be fertilized in the Fall 
or in the Spring? What kind of fertilizer 
should be used, and how much? 
Ans. —We would plow the orchard at 
once and sow rye. In the Spring we 
would plow the rye under, fit the land 
properly, and plant potatoes. We would 
use all the fertilizer in the Spring—at 
least 800 pounds per acre of some stand¬ 
ard brand. For potatoes we like to use 
all the fertilizer at planting. 
Grass as a Weed. 
O. P. 8., Copenhagen, N. Y.—Can you give 
me a name for the inclosed grass? It is a 
very troublesome weed, and takes complete 
control of the ground wherever it gets in; 
spreads very rapidly. I have tried to kill it 
by plowing it in deep, but it will start up 
again before reseeding. Can you suggest 
any way to rid a field of the pest? 
Ans. —The grass is Hairy panicum, 
Panicum pubescens. It is a native an¬ 
nual grass found throughout the eastern 
part of this country. This is the first 
report that we have received in regard 
to it as a troublesome weed, and I think 
it possible that in this instance it may 
have been confused with Crab grass or 
sdme other perennial grass, the leaves of 
which may resemble this. In some in¬ 
stances it is abundant on reclaimed 
marshes, where the soil is still in an 
acid condition, and it may grow in a 
similar manner in recently-cleared up¬ 
land. Thorough cultivation, together 
with an application of lime will doubt¬ 
less quickly eradicate it and put the soil 
in a condition to grow better plants. 
LYSTER H. DEWEY. 
Glass in Cow's Foot. 
Subscriber— I have 20 milch cows. I have a 
piece of pasture that has been neglected; 
part is just across the street from a house 
that has been occupied by a number of 
families of the carousing nature, and they 
have made it a dumping ground for their 
bottles. One young cow cut her hind foot 
in the back above the hoof; that is healing 
nicely. The same day another (as I sup¬ 
pose), cut her front foot between the claws 
towards the front; her foot swelled some 
way up her leg, and was very hot. I found 
she had a piece of glass that had poison 
in it broken off. in her foot. I washed 
thoroughly and put pine tar on to keep 
flies off, and kept her on a good clean sod. 
In three or four days the sore broke and 
discharged, and began to smell like foot- 
rot, so I cleansed with muriatic acid and 
water. She licked some of that off. In 
about two or three days I began using 
carbolic acid and water to wash. Recent¬ 
ly it broke the second time above one of 
the claws and now there is a sore in her 
mouth back of her front teeth as large as 
a 25-cent piece. Did that acid cause a sore 
in her mouth? 
Ans. —There is evidently some glass or 
foreign body in the foot, or suppuration 
has taken place beneath the horn, as the 
result of the injury and inflammation. 
In either case a surgical operation is 
probably needed. I would advise call¬ 
ing a competent veterinary surgeon to 
operate on the foot. The sore in the 
mouth might be due to the acid, but I 
think more likely due to some other in¬ 
jury. Sponge night and morning with a 
strong solution of boracic acid in water. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.’ 
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I cannot see that there is any occasion 
to become unduly alarmed; the trouble 
is evidently due to an injury, and not 
contagious, so that there can be no dan¬ 
ger of its spreading to the other cows. 
E. E. KILBORNE. 
Straw in the Silo. 
M. D. T., Candor, N. Y.— While filling a silo 
with corn would it be advisable to cut with 
the corn good buckwheat and rye straw? 
Ans. —We have not cut any other crop 
in with our silage corn. It has, how¬ 
ever, been done in Massachusetts, Mary¬ 
land and Delaware, in so far as they 
have included cow peas and various 
leguminous plants. I am not so sure 
that it would be a desirable thing to cut 
up buckwheat straw, cornstalks and 
other rather indigestible substances in 
with the silage, on the principle that 
you cannot get blood out of a stone. 
Buckwheat and rye straw, particularly, 
are not very nutritious products, and 1 
do not think it would pay to fill the silo 
with them; besides, if a large quantity 
of these was added it might very ma¬ 
terially affect the fermentation, result¬ 
ing in a mold, as would be the case in 
packing in products in the silo which do 
not contain sufficient moisture. Of 
course, this could be overcome by add¬ 
ing water. e. b. voobhees. 
New Jersey Exp. Station. 
PRICES FOR APPLES. 
What Buyers Offer in New York. 
The prevailing opinion is that $1 for 
the fruit is all that we can expect. There 
is an abundant crop here, of fine quality. 
Youngstown. a. h. d. 
The buyers of barreled apples are of¬ 
fering $1 per barrel, including barrel. 
The evaporators are contracting for 
fruit at 25 cents per 100 pounds. 
Union Hill. j. s. l. 
Price not yet established on Winter 
fruit, except for evaporating, which is 
selling for 20 cents per 100 pounds, in¬ 
cluding all the orchard contains. Pos¬ 
sibly a few crops have been sold for $.1 
per barrel, which includes the barrel. 
Clyde. e. 1,. s. 
Buyers are paying $1.25 for apples fit 
for use now. Some have sold Winter 
apples for $1. Buyers are in the field 
looking over the situation, but are not 
making many offers at present. Good 
judges do not think the crop is as large 
as four years ago. b. w. b. 
Hilton. 
Apples are selling here for $i.25 per 
barrel for Maiden Blush, barrel in¬ 
cluded. Buyers are talking $1 per bar¬ 
rel for Winter fruit. I have heard of no 
sales in this vicinity. The crop is large, 
of good quality, but not more than half 
of the crop of 1896. f. h. g. 
Holley. 
The street prices range from 80 cents 
to $1.50 per barrel; the latter price is 
for Lady Blush. I think that the price 
of Winter fruit will bring not far from 
$1 per barrel for the fruit; that would 
be $1.30, barrel included, as barrels now 
are worth 30 cents each. j. b. 
Albion. 
There is a good crop of apples along 
the lake section, and very fair in quality. 
Dry-house men are paying from 24 to 28 
cents per 100 pounds, taking whole crop. 
No barreled apples are being sold yet. 
Buyers are taking $1 per barrel. 
Lakeside. l. k. b. 
Blush, $1.50 to $1.75; Winter apples, 
such as Baldwins and Greening, $1 per 
barrel seems to be all any buyer will 
pay or offer. My opinion is that they 
will never realize $1 for Winter fruit 
when it begins to move freely. We have 
a very large crop of fine fruit here. 
Middleport. d. e. p. 
I have bought three orchards running 
heavily to Baldwins, barrel and fruit 
packed, No. 1, f. o. b. cars, at $1 per 
barrel. King, Spy, Twenty Ounce, Rus¬ 
sets and Cooper Market are worth over 
$1. Farmers are beginning to see the 
situation, as they have not forgotten. 
1896. As long as the majority of the 
crop is in farmers’ hands, prices will 
grow weaker. j. b. c. 
Hilton. 
Very few if any Winter apples have 
been bought in our sections. Growers 
hope to get $1 per barrel for Baldwins, 
Greening, etc., or 75 cents for fruit with¬ 
out barrel, but it is hard to say whether 
the bulk of the crop can be sold for 
even as high figure as $1, barrel in¬ 
cluded. We have a very large crop of 
fine fruit here. f. b. h. 
North Chili. 
I have been offered $1.25 for some fine 
Kings. We hope through here to get 
$1 for fruit, exclusive of barrel. The 
crop of apples through here is generally 
good, but nothing like the crop of 1896. 
We think buyers are overestimating the 
crop. There is a fair crop on the out¬ 
side of trees, but where we expect usual¬ 
ly to get two or three barrels from the 
inside of trees, we shall get none. 
Morton. j. a. 
Buyers are offering $1 per barrel for 
Winter apples in this section. This is 
for the fruit alone, the buyers to furnish 
the barrels. Of course, Fall fruit is fluc¬ 
tuating, and sells according to demand. 
Just at present such varieties as Maiden 
Blush, Gravenstein and high-colored 
Twenty Ounce bring as high as $1.50 for 
the fruit. We consider $1 for Winter ap¬ 
ples a good price for buyers to pay. 
Buffalo. F. BRENNISEN & SON. 
Buyers have been offering for apples 
$1.30 (that includes the barrel). This 
was four weeks ago. At present I hear 
but little about prices. Evaporators 
have not started. Farmers refuse to sell 
their apples at 20 cents per 100 in bulk; 
prefer to let them rot. The crop is not 
a full one, about 70 per cent of a full 
crop; quality good. Growers are wait¬ 
ing, confident that prices will be from 
$1.30 to $1.50 per barrel. w. r. f. 
Rushville. 
Apples are a very large crop in this 
section, of good quality. There has been 
an agent of a Minneapolis firm near here 
contracting Winter fruit. He has bought 
one fine orchard for 50 cents a barrel on 
the tree; he to pick and furnish barrels. 
Another orchard for 70 cents picked, he 
to furnish barrel and a man to put them 
up. The price here now is $1 a barrel, 
delivered at station. Apples for evapo¬ 
rating will be about 15 cents per 100 
pounds. a. L. B. 
Ionia. 
We hear of one sale of one of our best 
orchards of apples at $1 per barrel, pur¬ 
chaser furnishing barrels, owner of fruit 
doing all the work and laying down the 
product at railroad station. We hear 
of two other like offers being made, but 
not accepted, and also that some buyers 
are offering the same price generally for 
red sorts as Baldwin, Spy, Ben Davis, 
etc.; all Winter fruit about 25 cents per 
barrel less than Fall sorts. w. 11 . v. 
Reed Corners. 
Western buyers are offering $1 per 
barrel, while eastern men are still pro¬ 
specting. Local crop is largely con¬ 
tracted to evaporators at 10 cents per 
bushel, and manufacturers in turn have 
contracted 60 carloads to be delivered 
here at prices ranging from 3*4 to 3% 
cents per pound. Crop about 70 per cent 
of 1896; quality good. All storage build¬ 
ings will be filled to utmost capacity. 
Good red fruit ought to bring $1.25 per 
barrel. e. w. c. 
N. Rose. 
The price has not been established. 
A man from Chicago last week tried to 
contract barreled apples, strictly No. 1, 
for $1 per barrel and fruit, but did not 
make any contracts. About all the 
farmers expect is $1 per barrel. They 
are paying 80 cents per barrel for 
Gravensteins, Alexanders and such fruit 
at present. The evaporator men have 
bought the most of the orchards at from 
18 to 20 cents per 100 pounds for all 
good paring apples. Dried fruit, October 
and November delivery, 3y 2 cents per 
pound. e. d. w. 
Rose. 
The impression early obtained that 
there was to be an immense crop of ap 
pies, and farmers became frightened and 
predicted low prices, the result of which 
is that a few have already sold fruit at 
15 cents per hundredweight, or eight 
cents per bushel, but very few have yet 
sold (these all go to driers). I think the 
call will absorb all fruit, and the stock 
will be worth 30 cents per hundred¬ 
weight for all but the “ciders,” or $1 per 
barrel for that stock. J. a. 
Weedsport.__ 
The Fruit Trade Journal, speaking of 
the sour and inferior grapes now being re¬ 
reived from the South, says: "One mer¬ 
chant of this city sold 100 crates of North 
Carolina grapes at 40 cents to a customer 
who left $5 deposit. After he had sized up 
the situation he chose to forfeit his deposit 
rather than take the goods, and the mer¬ 
chant did not blame him.” 
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