1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
243 
A " Filler " for Fertilizers. 
H. T. A., Mew Jersey —Would it be a good plan 
to mix wheat bran with sulphate of potash for 
fertilizing strawberries ? The bran will render 
the whole more easily distributed. If not, why 
not ? I purpose to distribute broadcast over the 
rows as advised, adding bran at the rate of 200 
pounds per acre, to make the potash more bulky 
and distribute more evenly. Would cotton-seed 
meal be better ? 
Ans. —We consider wheat bran poor 
stuff to use as a mixture for fertilizers. 
It is too coarse to obtain an even mix¬ 
ture. You mig-ht dissolve the sulphate 
of potash in water, and then soak the 
whole thing through the bran. But cot¬ 
ton-seed meal would be much better, as 
it contains more fertility, and will mix 
better with the sulphate. 
California Scale Remedies. 
jS. P. M, Jackson, Mich. —A man from California 
says that the San Jose scale insect is easily over¬ 
come by the following formula, which has been 
successfully used for the past 12 or 14 years, by 
California peach growers: 20 pounds sulphur, 
20 pounds slaked lime and 10 pounds of salt. 
The salt is dissolved, then added to the lime. 
The sulphur is next put in, with sufficient water 
to make a very thin liquid. The whole is boiled 
for at least two hours, after which 100 gallons of 
water are added, and the mixture is sprayed on 
the trees while yet warm. He also says that 
the above is an excellent remedy for Pear-tree 
blight. 
Ans — The sulphur, lime and salt 
formula has been used somewhat at this 
end of the country, but not with great 
success. The climate of California seems 
to be peculiarly favorable to the use of 
this formula. There is more rain in the 
eastern States, and it was found that 
this wash will not stay on the trees. 
Lime and Ashes for Potatoes. 
J. Melt., Trenton, Mo .— In planting potatoes this 
Spring, I ata thinking of mixinghard wood ashes, 
bone and tobacco dust, and scattering in the 
rows after the potatoes are dropped. What 
would be your opinion of this plan ? The soil is 
of fair fertility. I can raise from 100 to 200 
bushels per acre with good culture. 
Ans. —In our own experience, lime and 
wood ashes have not given good results 
when used on potatoes. They seem to 
favor the development of scab. Prof. 
Wheeler, at the Rhode Island Experi¬ 
ment Station, found that lime, either 
air-slaked or in the form of ashes, 
neutralized the soil, and thus aided the 
development of the fungus which pro¬ 
duced the scab. On land where no scab 
fungus has been found, lime might not 
give such bad results, but on our ordin¬ 
ary eastern soils, we would not advise 
its use. The tobacco dust will be first- 
rate to use in the drills. It is a fair fer¬ 
tilizer, and also useful as an insecticide. 
Offal From a Slaughterhouse 
F. P. H., Ohio. —How can we best dispose of the 
offal from a slaughterhouse where 830,000 to 
840,000 worth of meat is butchered yearly ? We 
have6“4 acres, irrigate, grow celery and market 
garden crops under high culture. We also have 
30 acres on which we grow wheat, clover and 
corn. All is in a state of high cultivation. 
Ans. —Such offal contains varying 
amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric 
acid, and little or no potash. In the 
Spring or early Summer, it can be hauled 
directly to the field and plowed under 
with fair results. At other times, the 
first thing to do is to dry it, and this can 
be done by spreading it under cover and 
keeping it well dusted with plaster. This 
will dry it out, and prevent a bad smell. 
When thoroughly dried, it can be crushed 
or ground, and used with potash salts or 
wood ashes, although we would not mix 
the wood ashes with the dried offal. An¬ 
other way to handle it, is to compost it 
with stable manure, dried muck or black 
soil, using a fair amount of potash in 
making the compost Probably this last 
method would be the most satisfactory 
on the ordinary farm. 
Corrosive Sublimate for Potatoes 
Several Subscribers. —How is the corrosive sub¬ 
limate mixture made, for treating potatoes for 
scab? How long should the seed be soaked? 
Will it injure the potatoes for seed if soaked long 
before it is time to plant ? Should they be cut 
before or after being treated ? 
Ans. —The corrosive sublimate is very 
poisonous, and should be handled with 
great caution. The solution must not 
come into contact with metal, and must 
be prepared in earthen or wooden ves¬ 
sels. Dissolve two ounces of corrosive 
sublimate in water, and dilute to 15 gal¬ 
lons. Soak the seed potatoes in this 
solution for 13^ hour, then cut and plant. 
After it has been soaked, do not put it 
in boxes or barrels in which scabby po¬ 
tatoes have been kept. The scab fuDgus 
is capable of living year after year in 
the soil, and in some cases, the soil has 
become so filled with it that, when po¬ 
tatoes are grown therein, little benefit 
is derived from soaking the seed. In all 
ordinary cases, soaking the seed as di¬ 
rected will prevent the crop from being 
scabby. Where the soil is badly infest¬ 
ed, Dr Halsted has secured good results 
by sprinkling sulphur in the trenches at 
the rate of 300 pounds per acre. An¬ 
other method is to soak the seed pota¬ 
toes two hours in formalin, using eight 
ounces to 15 gallons of w ater. This may 
be prepared in any kind of a vessel, and 
is not poisonous. The name given to 
formalin by chemists is 40-per-cent for¬ 
maldehyde gas. 
Osage Orange , Potatoes, Etc. 
A T., Clinton, Mo. —1. How should I sow the 
seed for an Osage orange hedge? 2. How much 
seed would be required to make about one-eighth 
mile of fence ? 3 In June, I planted some very 
fine, smooth, oblong-shaped potatoes in well pre¬ 
pared, rich garden soil, where there had been 
good potatoes grown the year previous. They 
came up all right, were well hoed, and kept free 
of weeds. But they blossomed, and kept on blos¬ 
soming. The tops grew tall, and were a light 
green instead of the rich dark color. At digging 
time, they were yet green, and in bloom. I pulled 
up some of them, and found instead of a crop of 
good potatoes, only a few small tubers, which 
had sent out short stems with more little tubers. 
They were knotty, and very irregular in form, 
and of a whitish color, while the seed was of a 
pink color. 4. Will seed field corn, if bought in 
Philadelphia, Pa., do well if planted in southwest 
Missouri ? 
Ans— 1. The seeds should, after being 
well soaked, be sown in early Spring. 2. 
We cannot say just how many seeds 
would be required to make one mile of 
hedge; as the seeds are but 50 cents a 
pound, this is of but little consequence. 
3. We have had precisely the same ex¬ 
perience ourselves. Potatoes planted in 
rich soil, as late as June, if the rest of 
the season should be favorable, are sure 
to grow to stalks and leaves. They grow 
so vigorously that they haven’t time or 
inclination to form tubers. The light 
green color of the foliage is proof of its 
too rapid growth. 4. Yes. 
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 36 Cortlandt Street, 
New York.—A deal of taste has been shown in the 
arrangement and get-up of this little book entitled 
“ The Seeding and Preservation of Golf Links.” 
The chapters are entitled, Turf-forming Grasses, 
comprising 17 different species and varieties; 
The Theory of Grass-seed Mixture; Formation 
of Putting Greens; Time of Sowing; Weeds, 
Earthworms, Fertilizers; Rolling and Mowing. 
It is very plain that different soils require differ¬ 
ent varieties of grass, if we would have ideal 
golf links. We must consider whether they are 
sandy, clayey, low and wet, or high and dry. 
Fine, enduring grasses of low-growing habit 
should be selected. Turf-forming grasses should 
be selected, and all bunch-forming grasses like 
Orchard grass, which grows in tussocks, should 
be avoided. A mixture of half a dozen of the 
grasses described in this book, the peculiarities 
of soil and situation being carefully borne in 
mind, will give the best results. 
A few years ago I had a severe attack of Pneu¬ 
monia. I continued to grow worse, until at last THE 
DOCTORS GAVE ME UP TO DIE. I then com¬ 
menced taking Jayne's Expectorant and improved 
steadily under this medicine until I was completely 
cured.—JONATHAN REEVES, Hutchins, Texas, 
November 6,1896. 
For the Liver use Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills. 
— Adv. 
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(When the Posts Give Out.) 
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AND FULL PARTICULARS ABOUT OUR 
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