1900 
753 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
When to Prune Japan Plums. 
F. H. TP., Keene, N. H .—Will you tell me 
whether I can trim Japan plum trees now, 
or will it injure them? 
Ans. —Fall is not usually the time to 
prune plum trees of any kind; not that 
it would really injure then, out, in the 
early Spring, when most of the cold 
weather is over, one can see whether 
there is any damage from the Winter, 
and cut back accordingly. However, 
there is more time to do the work now 
than to wait, or, if there is any other 
special reason for doing it now, it will 
be all right to prune Japan plum trees 
in the Fall in New Hampshire or else¬ 
where. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Five New Apples. 
J. II. J., Waitsbtirg, Wash.—I give below 
the names of five apples. A nurseryman 
here is praising them highly. I would like 
to know through your paper how they are 
for quality: Black Ben Davis, Champion, 
Apple of Commerce, Senator, Delicious. 
Ans. —All of the varieties named are 
new and untried, except by very young 
trees, outside of their native localities in 
Arkansas. They may all or in part 
prove of great value, and I believe some 
of them will do so, but that is yet to be 
done, and it would be well to only plant 
them in a small way and with a view of 
testing—not at once making orchards 
of any of them. There are some differ¬ 
ences among pomologists as to their 
names, most of them having other 
names that have been adopted by the 
official authorities. These latter names 
have been given in The R. N.-\. several 
times within the last year or two. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
How Thick to Plant Corn. 
J. S., Jasper, N. 7.—I have been theorizing 
about the corn crop. This is a cold wet 
country; the land stands drought remark¬ 
ably well. I have read that in Nebraska 
they only plant two stalks of corn in a hill 
314 or four feet each way. We plant corn 
a great deal thicker than that. I think 
the average is as much as five plants to 
tlie hill, 3x4 feet, and silage corn Is drilled 
from 22 inches to three feet apart in rows, 
and from one-half to one bushel per acre 
of seed. I think it runs from five to 10 
tons of green corn per acre. How far 
apart should corn be planted on our hill 
land for a yield of grain? 
Ans. —In certain sections of the coun¬ 
try only one stalk of corn is allowed to 
grow in a place and the rows are from 
3*4 to four feet apart in the row. Where 
corn is grown like this the stalk very 
frequently attains a height of 15 to 20 
feet and the field resembles a cane 
brake nearly as much as it does a corn¬ 
field. The stalks grown to such a height 
and size require so much moisture that 
if they were crowded as closely together 
as we crowd the stalks in the North they 
would fail to mature, and would make 
but poor returns. It has been found that 
in New York State corn can be grown 
much thicker than it can be in the South 
and in the West. 'After experimenting 
for several years in the growth of corn, 
the Cornell University Experiment Sta¬ 
tion has adopted the practice of plant¬ 
ing the corn in rows three feet four 
inches apart and the stalks in the row 
20 inches to two feet apart and from two 
to four stalks are allowed to grow in a 
place. Where corn is grown in this way 
it is a very poor season when 10 tons 
of forage cannot be obtained per acre, 
and the yield is more frequently from 
14 to 18 tons. In many places corn is 
grown too thickly, it being planted so 
that the development of the grain is im¬ 
possible. It is a mistake to grow corn 
in this way, for the more grain which 
can be produced the greater is the feed¬ 
ing value of the product. If corn is 
planted upon land which is somewhat 
porous, and which dries out quite read¬ 
ily during the Summer, then it should 
be planted farther apart than when 
planted upon bottom lands or lands 
•which are naturally moist. 
Chas. A. Green sends us a specimen of 
the Banana apple, which he called just in 
the right condition for eating. This apple 
was excellent in quality, of high flavor, 
with a distinct banana taste. It is also 
very handsome. 
Garget in a Cow. 
L. II., Tallula, 111.— Is there any perma¬ 
nent cure for garget in a cow? We have 
one that had it before we bought her, and 
lost one teat by it. When she came fresh 
again she gave milk out of all of them, but 
every few weeks the milk Is thick and 
the cream will not churn; just foams up 
and refuses to gather, tastes badly, so that 
we give it to the pigs. The cow is well 
cared for, good pasture, clean water and 
a little corn or bran every day. 
Ans. —There is no permanent cure for 
garget in a cow. In fact, one attack 
predisposes to another, so that a cow 
that has suffered from inflammation of 
the udder is more susceptible to cases 
that are liable to cause garget than one 
that has never had inflammation of the 
udder. Whe - ever one or more quarters 
gives thick milk bathe with hot water, 
rub dry, and then rub with camphorated 
spirits. Repeat several times daily. 
Feed on a light laxative diet, or give a 
dose of salts if there is constipation. 
F. L. K. 
Mare Overloaded on Grain. 
II. S. J. (No Address ).—A neighbor recent¬ 
ly lost a valuable mare through the ani¬ 
mal getting to a bin of wheat in the night, 
and eating as much as she wanted. I 
would like to know whether there Is any¬ 
thing that can be done in a case like this, 
to save the life of the animal? The mare 
mentioned above only lived about 15 hours 
after she got to the wheat. 
Ans. —These cases can usually be 
saved if placed at once in the hands of 
a competent veterinary surgeon. Treat¬ 
ment should be prompt and heroic, but 
will uepend largely upon the symptoms 
that develop. In general, a full dose of 
salts should be given at the outset, and 
followed by stimulants, such as spirits 
of ammonia, ether and tincture of gin¬ 
ger, and repeated every two or three 
hours. Rectal injections of warm soap¬ 
suds every hour or two are very bene¬ 
ficial. In severe cases apply hot water 
or mustard poultice to abdomen. Walk¬ 
ing exercise also favors action of bowels. 
Puncture of the stomach may be neces¬ 
sary if there is much distension to draw 
off the gas. f. l. k. 
Enlarged Ankle Following Fracture. 
F. 8. W., Addison, N. 7.—A five-year-old 
horse had bone broken in left forward leg 
between hoof and ankle last March; had a 
horse doctor set it and kept the animal In 
sling six weeks. The leg now is swollen 
between ankle and hoof. What can I do to 
take swelling out? The hoof does not seem 
to grow as fast as it should. When the 
horse travels he puts heel on ground first. 
What makes him do it? His shoulder has 
also shrunk in somewhat; when he walks 
he does not appear very lame, but when 
he trots Is very lame. Is it best to keep 
him on ground or board floor? 
Ans. —Firing in points with the hot 
iron would undoubtedly give best re¬ 
sults. Such firing should only be done 
by a competent veterinary surgeon. 
Blistering the coronet around the top 
of the hoof will stimulate and increase 
the growth of horn. The shrinking of 
the shoulder is due to rest, or lack of 
exercise of the muscles of that side dur¬ 
ing recovery. They will probably fill 
out again after the horse has fully re¬ 
covered and been exercised for some 
time. Repeated mild blistering will 
hasten the recovery of the wasted mus¬ 
cles. A good ground floor would be pre¬ 
ferable to the board floor. F. l. k. 
Canker in Pouliry. 
I have lost four pullets within a few 
days, all from the same cause; two of 
them fell off the perch at night dead, and 
the other two I found dead in the hen¬ 
house. I opened their windpipes and found 
them filled with a granular cheese-like 
mass one-half an inch in front of the valve 
of the throat. Their feed has been corn 
with a little soft feed for a change. What 
is the disease, and what is the remedy? 
Memphis, N. Y. f. r. 
The trouble with F. R.’s pullets is 
canker filling the windpipe, and causing 
death by strangulation. Canker is a 
form of roup, commonly called dry roup, 
and is in this case caused by feeding too 
much corn. While corn is an excellent 
food it should be used with care, as it 
contains a large proportion of fat-form¬ 
ing elements, and if used too heavily is 
sure to make the birds feverish, and 
cause trouble. There are a number of 
more or less effective remedies, but in 
all cases where the growth of canker 
has become thick it should be removed 
with a sharpened piece of wood; then 
moisten the parts with spirits of tur¬ 
pentine, or dust with powdered alum 
Corn should be withheld entirely, or fed 
very lightly, for a few weeks, feeding 
two parts wheat bran, one part wheat 
middlings, two parts ground oats, three 
parts cut clover hay and one part 
ground meat. Use a handful of salt and 
one quart of ground charcoal to each 
half bushel of feed. See that they have 
good sharp grit and fresh water to 
drink. j. e. s. 
BITS OF BOILED-DOWN FACT. 
I can buy lime refuse that has been 
used in tannery vats. Is it good for any¬ 
thing? 
That depends on how much lime there 
is in it. Such samples vary greatly in 
the amount of water they carry. The 
only safe way to buy such things is to 
send a fair sample to your State experi¬ 
ment station and have it analyzed. 
* * * 
How much is corn silage worth in the 
silo at this time of year? 
We have never heard of but one case 
where silage was sold. It bought $3.50 
per ton. The price would vary, for si¬ 
lage is not uniform. The feeding value 
of good silage is equal to about one- 
fourth that of good clover hay. The 
silage could not be carted away, while 
the clover could. 
* # * 
I send specimens of second crop ap¬ 
ples resulting from hailstorm of unpre¬ 
cedented violence on August 29. I have 
some chestnuts and pear trees in bloom 
this Fall and a few blooms of apples, 
but never before saw apples that had 
set so late in Summer. 
The apples were as large as hickory 
nuts. The injury caused by hail simply 
caused the dormant buds that were in¬ 
tended for next year to develop this 
year. It is now understood that fruit 
buds are often produced nearly a year 
in advance of their actual development 
into fruit. 
* * * 
Is it true that our exports of liquors 
are increasing? 
Here are the figures for the nine 
months ending September compared 
with two years ago: 
1898 1900 
Malt liquors .$528,518 $1,680,345 
Whisky . 249,203 910,844 
The chief increase has been in exports 
to the Philippine Islands and Porto 
Rico. 
* * * 
Can you tell me of any way to clean 
paint brushes that have stood a good 
while with paint in them? 
You can soak them in kerosene or 
benzine. Strong soapsuds will take 
longer. 
* * * 
Would chestnuts succeed planted on a 
bleak, rocky hillside, exposed to the 
wind from the ocean? 
It is hardly the place to plant any kind 
of chestnut trees, on a bleak hillside 
ocean front, exposed to the winds of the 
North Atlantic. It is true that some of 
our native chestnut trees do grow in 
some such places, but they do not flour¬ 
ish there as they do in more protected 
places. 
* * * 
What can be added to whitewash to 
harden tne finish? 
Salt is often used, and hydraulic ce¬ 
ment is suggested. The amount would 
have to be decided by experiment. 
* * * 
How much floor space should be al¬ 
lowed for one hen? 
In some experiments at the Maine Ex¬ 
periment Station with Light Brahmas 
and Plymouth Rocks the hens naving 
about eight square feet each gave most 
profit. In that country there could be 
no outdoor exercise in Winter. In 
warmer situations six feet might an¬ 
swer. 
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