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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 1 
Farmers’ Club. 
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Cata/pa and Maple Trees. 
B. V. J, Suffolk County , N. Y .—Is the Catalpa 
as desirable for a shade tree as the maple ? Does 
It grow as quickly? Which is the best kind of 
maple, and most used in this part of the country? 
Ans. —The Catalpa will, probably, 
grow faster than any of the maples. 
Whether it is as desirable or not for a 
shade tree, is a matter of taste. Its 
flowers are borne in conspicuous ra¬ 
cemes, while the maples have no con¬ 
spicuous flowers. The leaves of the 
Catalpa are so large in well-grown speci¬ 
mens as to give the tree a tropical ap¬ 
pearance. We would choose the Hardy 
Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa). Among the 
maples, we would choose for a shade 
tree the Norway, although the Sugar 
maple is somewhat faster growing. If 
purple leaves are valued, Schwerdler’s 
or Reitenbach’s should be chosen. The 
young leaves are beautifully tinted. 
A Crop After Strawberries. 
T. E. A., Olenburn, Pa.—Which of the following 
plants should I sow after a strawberry bed has 
been plowed under in July, so as to enrich the 
soil: Winter vetch, cow peas, Dwarf Essex rape, 
Velvet bean? The soil is not sandy. 
Ans. —From our experience, we would 
say cow peas, by all means. We are too 
far north for the Velvet bean, and the 
rape is not a nitrogen-catcher. You can 
drill the cow peas in thin, keep the cul¬ 
tivator moving, and in August, sow 
Crimson clover as you would in corn It 
is not sure to live, but there is a fair 
chance for it. 
Cow Peas for Poor Soil. 
E. 11 R., Belleville, Mich ,—I have a 100-acre 
farm, about thret-quarte s of which is high 
sand, merging to gravel. It is foul with Sand 
burrs and Quack grass. I have about 18 acres 
Fall-plowed for corn. What method could I use 
to bring this farm up to a reasonable state of 
fertility ? I am thinking of using cow peas. 
Would they be proiitable in southeastern Michi¬ 
gan ? I have no money to buy much costly fer¬ 
tilizer. 
Ans —If we had this farm, we would 
certainly sow cow peas as the most 
economical way of bringing it back to 
fertility. Sow the peas about June 1 in 
drills about three feet apart, and culti¬ 
vate them as long as you can get through 
the vines. The Early Black variety has 
proved best for us. Let the vines lie on 
the ground through the Winter, and 
work them in through the Spring. 
A Home Mixture Suggested. 
C. E. W., Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.— Will the 
following make a good potato manure ? Would 
it pay me to buy and mix my own chemicals at 
the prices quoted ? 
360 pounds nitrate of soda at 2% cents per pound, 
19 per cent ammonia. 
200 pounds muriate of potash at 2% cents per 
pound, 80 per cent muriate. 
•100 pounds dissolved bone black at 1^ cent per 
pound, 16 per cent phosphoric acid. 
Is pure raw bone meal at 1*4 cent per pound an 
economical fertilizer combined with the above ? 
Ans. —The chief objection to this mix¬ 
ture is that you have only one form of 
nitrogen. Nitrate of soda is very solu¬ 
ble and immediately available. When 
nitrate alone is used, there is danger of 
leaching from the soil, and in the season 
when the tubers are forming, there will 
be a lack of available nitrogen. Organic 
nitrogen like that found in blood, bone, 
tankage or cotton seed meal is not avail¬ 
able until hot weather, just at the time 
when the plants most need it for form¬ 
ing the tubers. That is why the best 
high-grade potato fertilizers contain 
nitrogen in a number of different forms, 
such as nitrate of soda, sulphate of am¬ 
monia and the various organic forms. 
This mixture would be better if jou 
used 200 pounds of nitrate of soda, and 
300 pounds of dried blood, or more of 
cotton-seed meal. There is hardly enough 
phosphoric acid in the mixture. We 
would not advise the use of fine ground 
bone at $30 a ton, as that is too high- 
priced. We doubt whether home mix¬ 
ing would pay at the prices quoted. 
Cow Peas for New Jersey. 
J. C., Mt. Jlermon, N. J.—l have a poor piece of 
ground that I wish to get into condition for Fall 
seeding to grain. What is the best, Crimson 
clover or cow peas ? When is the time to sow, 
to plow under the cr< p the latter part of August ? 
Ans. —In this case, the cow pea will 
be, by far, the better crop. Crimson 
clover sown in the Spring will not prove 
satisfactory. We would sow the cow 
peas about June 1. In plowing them 
under in August, you should use lime 
before sowing grain. 
Plaster no Substitute for Lime 
R. P., Easton, Pa .—Will 400 pounds of lard 
plaster to the acre give as good results as 25 
bushels of lime? I wait to put it on grain 
ground, before sowing, and harrow it in so as to 
insure a good catch of clover. I can buy plaster 
at $8 a ton, and lime at seven cents a bushel, but 
can put plaster on land with one-fourth the labor 
that I can lime. 
Ans. —Plaster will not answer in place 
of the lime for neutralizing or sweeten¬ 
ing the soil. The carbonate of lime is 
necessary for this purpose, because in 
that form, the lime can unite with various 
acids in the soil, and render them harm¬ 
less. It is the special form of lime that 
is needed for this purpose. Salt and 
baking soda, for example, both contain 
soda, the baking soda being the caibon- 
ate of soda, while the salt represents the 
chloride or muriate. No one would take 
salt as a remedy for a sour or acid 
stomach, neither would it take the place 
in cooking that is filled by the baking 
soda. This illustrates the fact that the 
form or combination the lime is in, must 
be considered. 
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