1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i45 
Saving Timber from Powder-Post Beetle. 
H. M. S.. Battle Creek, Mich.—We would 
like to know whether there is a month or a 
time in the course of the year that timber 
(hickory, for instance), may be cut, and 
thus avoid the mischief of the Powder-post 
worm, which destroys so much of our best 
timber, soon after seasoning? Is there any 
other remedy? 
Ans. —Knowing that Prof. A. D. 
Hopkins, of the West Virginia Experi¬ 
ment Station, had been making some 
experiments along this line, I solicited 
his opinion regarding this important 
matter. He replies as follows: 
Our experiments in this line indicate that 
there is a possibility of preventing, by cut¬ 
ting the timber during certain months and 
periods, a large per cent of the losses from 
the ravages of the Powder-post beetle and 
other wood-boring insects, but as yet the 
experiments and investigations have not 
been sufficiently completed to warrant the 
publication of results or of giving any defi¬ 
nite information. I hope, however, to be in 
a position before long to push this line of 
work and to arrange for some cooperative 
work in different sections of the country for 
the purpose of determining some important 
facts on which to base final conclusions. 
1 regret that I cannot give you more defi¬ 
nite information at the present time. 
This is a more encouraging reply than 
1 had expected to receive, for I could see 
no hope for circumventing the pest in 
that way. I hope Prof. Hopkins will 
be able to give us some definite and 
favorable results soon. 
M. V. SLINGERLAND. 
A Conservatory Upstairs. 
O. H. IF., Lyndon, Kij.—I have an attic room 
12x12 feet and six feet in height, without 
any window. Directly under this room is a 
hot-air furnace, the pipe of which passes 
through the room and into the chimney, 
keeping said room very warm. I am 
thinking of putting a skylight over room, 
sloping sash to south, with just sufficient 
slant to carry off water. Can I make a suc¬ 
cess of it? How may sash be secured to 
make it water-tight and yet afford suf¬ 
ficient ventilation? 
Ans. —Conservatories built in the 
manner indicated seldom prove satis¬ 
factory, as sufficient sunlight for the 
well-being of many plants cannot be 
secured by a glass roof without south, 
east or west windows. Some low-grow¬ 
ing plants might thrive if kept very 
close to the glass. If you could make 
the south or east front of glass it would 
be better than a skylight. Then, too, 
the air of an upper room heated in the 
described manner is likely to be too dry, 
unless the floor is made of cement, tin 
or other waterproof material, with 
drainage provided, so that the plants 
may be liberally drenched often enough 
to counteract atmospheric dryness, and 
the heat which now seems ample in the 
closed room may be much reduced by 
radiation through an extended glass sur¬ 
face. A few potted plants might be 
successfully grown in such a room 
under a skylight if placed in the best 
situations, but scarcely enough to con¬ 
sider it a conservatory. Sliding sashes 
cannot be secured in such a manner as 
to be water-tight in driving rains ac¬ 
companied with heavy wind pressure. 
The best way would be to construct the 
skylight with regular greenhouse sash- 
bars, preferably of cedar or cypress, 
with hinged ventilators to raise and 
lower in the usual manner. 
Best Variety of Cabbage. 
D. M., Ridgeway, Pa .—I am thinking of 
planting about an acre of ground to cab¬ 
bage this year. What variety would you 
advise, and how is the crop handled to the 
best advantage? Is there any remedy for 
club-root and cutworms? 
Ans. —There are so many fine varieties 
of cabbage of general and local value 
that we hesitate to name any special 
one. Favorite and profitable varieties 
are Jersey Wakefield for first early, 
Early Summer or Succession for Sum¬ 
mer, and Flat Dutch or Holland for 
Winter. Seed may be had from any re¬ 
liable seedsman, though often listed as 
a special strain. Plants for the earliest 
heads are often grown in the Fall and 
wintered over in frames, or else started 
in hotbeds, as are also the succession 
varieties. Seeds for. Fall and Winter 
cabbages are sown outside in a seed bed 
of rather poor soil late in May, and 
transplanted to the field about July 1. 
The soil should be well prepared and 
fined, and a heavy coat of manure, not 
less than 20 tons to the acre, incorpor¬ 
ated with it. Thorough cultivation 
until heads form is imperative, and the 
Cabbage worm must be kept down with 
hellebore or black pepper if a fair crop 
is expected. The heads are gathered 
after the first light freeze and sold at 
once or stored in pits or trenches until 
Spring. A heavy dressing of fresh lime, 
at least 50 bushels to the acre, worked 
in soil five or six inches deep, is almost 
a sure cure for club-root if the plants 
are not affected before setting. Cut¬ 
worms are not easy to manage. Plants 
may be protected by collars of paper, or 
the worms may be poisoned before the 
plants are set with balls of chopped 
grass and bran mixed with molasses 
and Paris-green. 
Information Wanted About Speltz. 
E. D. O., Massachusetts .—Who has tried 
the new grain speltz, and what does it 
yield? Is it valuable feed, either grain or 
straw? Will it stand drought better thart 
barley? I sowed a little packet of seed last 
year; only a few dozen grains. It did well, 
and I would judge it would be valuable. 
I would like to hear from some one who 
has tried it in field culture. 
Ans. —We invite opinion from those 
who have tried speltz. Our own opin¬ 
ion is that it is valuable for the western 
prairies, but not equal to barley, oats 
or wheat in the East, where these grains 
will thrive. 
Tkees 
Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Ornamental 
Trees, Evergreens and Shrubs, Shade 
Trees, Hardy Roses, Hardy Plants, 
Climbers, etc., inciudine the New Hardy Yel¬ 
low Rose, Golden Sun (Soldi d'Or) and 
beautiful New Cut leaved Elder. 
Descriptive Catalogue (Edition 1901) with colored 
illustration of the now Rose and Elder on request. 
Ellwanger & Barry 
Ml. Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
Established over 60 years. Mention this publication. 
EVERGREENS 
Largest stock In Amer¬ 
ica, Including 
Colorado Blue Spruce 
and Douglas Spruoe 
of Colorado, 
Also, Ornamental, 
Shade and Forest Trees, 
Tree Seeds, Etc. 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, 
Waukegan, Ill. 
Geo. S. Josselyn 
Frxdonia, N. Y. INTRODUCER OF 
Campbell’s Early .The Best Grape. 
Josselyn. The Best Gooseberry. 
Fay.The Best Currant. 
Awarded gold and stiver medals at the Pan-American. Large 
list of Grape Vines aud Small Fruit Plants. Catalogue Free. 
SPECIAL PRICES 
On the following Nursery Stock : Peach, 
Apple, Plum, Pear and Cherry Trees, 
Asparagus Roots and California Privet. 
Send list of wants, for prices and 1902 
Catalogue. C. A. BENNETT, Pro¬ 
prietor of the Robbinsville Nurseries, 
Robbinsville, N. J. 
GRAPE VINES 
Currants, Gooseberries, Black¬ 
berries, Raspberries, Straw¬ 
berries. Price List FREE. 
Send 2c stamp for illuatrated descriptive catalog. 
T. S. HUBBARD CO. Fredonia, N. Y. 
TUg-Popuiar CAROLINA POPLAR 
Just the tree for city planting—Thrives where others fall—Realsts smoke and gas as 
the salamander fire. No tree furnishes quicker shade; 100,000 of them, beautiful 
trees, 6 to 8,8 to 10,10 to 12 and 12 to 15 feet. Immense stock of all other 8hade Trees, Shrubs 
and Boses. Hiindrcdsof thousands of Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Grape Vines, Plants, 
Seeds. Mail size postpaid. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed; larger by express or 
freight. Valuable catalog free; send for it and see how cheap you can get the best direct 
from the grower. 48 years. 44 greenhouses. 1 OOO aercs. 
THE STORKS & HARRISON CO., Box| 9 q, Painesvllle, Ohio. 
APPLE, PEACH 
The Y ork Imperial apple, a hardy 
heavy bearing fine flavored, long keeping, 
apple. The Ben Davl®, big,juicy,hand- 
Bome,productive—best market apple grown. 
The Gordon (Late Peach), large 
yellow peach, of firm texture and delicious 
flavor. Long keeper and a good shipper. 
Harrison's Nurseries, 
AND PLUM. 
The Climax Plum, 
a new plum, moat remarkable 
ever introduced. You will get! 
full description in our new free 
catalogue. Everything for the 
orchard and garden. All trees 
and plants vigorous and hardy. 
Box 29,Berlin,Md 
Plums for Virginia; Gano Apple. 
F. P. M., Buffalo Gap . Fa.—1. Will you 
give a list of the best plums for Virginia? 
2. What is the Gano apple like, and how 
does it compare in quality with Ben Davis, 
which does well here? 
Ans. —1. The Japan plums do better 
in Virginia than any other class, al¬ 
though they have the fault of rotting 
under some conditions. Red June, 
Abundance, Wickson, Bailey, Burbank 
and Satsuma are all well tested varieties 
in Virginia, and there is no question 
whatever as to their hardiness and pro¬ 
ductiveness there. 2. The Gano apple 
is like Ben Davis in every respect, ex¬ 
cept that it is redder in color. It has been 
tested and well proven to be suitable to 
the climate and soil of Virginia. 
H. e. v. D. 
All Rural New-Yorker readers, wish¬ 
ing to plant trees the coming Spring, 
should send for the instructive and in¬ 
teresting catalogue of Martin Wahl, 
Rochester, N. Y. It is free for the 
asking.— Adv. 
F f% HI I grow all my own Raspberries, 
Ulll I Blackberries, Gooseberries, 
I _ Dewberries,Currants,Grapes, 
■ ■ ■ Strawberries, etc I guarantee 
every plant to be true to name and variety and to 
bo strong;, healthy, well rooted and fresh dug. 
Send for large New Catalogue. It Is mailed free. 
ALLEN L. WOOD, Wholesale Grower, Rochester, New York. 
Big Sweet Chestnuts. 
Big Berries, Hardy Peaches. Sure-bearing Plums, 
Giant Asparagus from most profitable fruit farm in 
America. Free Catalogue gives best money¬ 
making trees and plants. 
J. H. HALE, South Glastonbury, Conn. 
A pple trees, *6 a hundred; plum trees, 
$5 a hundred; other varieties as low; asparagus 
roots, $2 thousand; rhubarb roots, J2 a hundred; a 
beautiful photograph of the everbearing peach tree, 
free; nice for the gardens. 
JOHN W- C. PULLEN, Nurseryman, Milford, Del 
45(1000 TPCCg 
200 varieties. Also Grapes,Small t ruitsetc^TeBt root¬ 
ed stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample currants mailed for 
10c. Desc. price list free. LEWIS KOESCH, Fredonia, N. Y. 
Premo 
Dewberry 
The earliest and mont productive 
Klackberry variety. Very large, jet 
black, firm and solid. Crop ripens rap¬ 
idly. This is the berry to plant for 
profit. Write at once for prices and particulars. 
Myer&Son, IIridgev!l le Nurseries, 
Brldtfcville, Del. 
Clean your grain, get a higher price when you sell it; have it 
free from foul seeds when you sow it. It means dollars to you. 
FANNING 
MILL 
The CHATHAM 
will separate seeds of all kinds. The best mill made for 
separating wheat and oats, cleaning flax, clover and timothy 
seeds, beans, buckwheat, broom corn, etc. It soon pays for 
itself. Special bagger attachment saves half the labor. VVe 
give you time to pay for it. Send for catalogue and spec¬ 
ial terms. (Factories at Detroit, Mich., and Chatham, Ont.) 
M. CAMPBELL FANNING MILL CO., (Lid. 118 Weston Ave., Detroit,Mich. 
Works on either standing timber or stumps. Will pull an ordinary Grub in 1)4 minutes. Makes a clean 
sweep of Two Acres at a Sitting. A man, a boy and a horse can operate it. No heavy chains or rods to 
handle. The crop on a few acres the first year will pay for the Machine. Send postal card for Illust’d 
Catalogue, giving price, terms and testimonials. t||| yr yrij pn OCA 8th Qt Mnnmnilth III 
(Address Milne Bros, for Shetland Pony Catalog.) lYIILnu mill. III)., OuU 0 III 01., mUniiluUln, III. 
THE ARLINGTON SWIVEL PLOW 
with Coulter, Jointer and Ground Wheel. 
This is the ideal plow for plowing side hill lands or for 
plowing back and forth without lands. This plow 
is equipped with a specially con¬ 
structed moldboard that makes tt 
work equally as well as the regular 
sod plow. The reversible jointer Is a 
special now feature of great value. You 
will see how it operates by looking at the 
above cut. Send for catalogue, prices, etc. 
THE BELCHER A TAYLOR A. T. CO. 
Box 75 Chlcopea Fallrn, i 
They 
are made 
in two 
6izes with 
wheel and coulter, 
and two sizes, 
wheel, coulter 
and jointer. 
No. 6 
Iron Ag® 
Combined) 
Doable 
and Single 
Wheel 
Hoe, 
Hill and 
No. 1 
Iron Age 
Doable 
and Single 
Wheel Hoe 
workers that have made the Iron Age line of farm and garden implements 
known all over the continent. You can make more money this year than last it 
you will decide now to let them help you. Look at the good points of 
IRON AGE IMPLEMENTS 
Improted-Robblns 
Potato Planter. 
Figure out how much time, work, seed, fertili¬ 
zer, &c., you might save with a very small 
outlay, by buying the Iron Age implements 
you need. All the Iron Age implements 
have won their way by honest 
performance of every promise. 
Write for free Book. 
BATEMAN MFC. CO., 
Box 102 
Crenloch, N. J 
No. 60 Iron Ag® 
PWot Wheel Cultivator 
