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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 6 
Catalpa Propagation. 
J. Ji. K., Brushton, N. T .—Can I grow Ca¬ 
talpa speciosa from cuttings? 
Ans. —Catalpas can be grown from 
cuttings of ripe wood taken in the Fail, 
or by soft cuttings in June or July, 
rooted in moist sand in the usual man¬ 
ner. Catalpa speciosa, however, is most 
economically grown from seeds. 
Moles in a Cellar. 
IF. 8. B., Kensington, Ky .—Have you ever 
hoard of moles getting Into a cellar, and 
if so can you tell me how to get rid of 
them? They come into mine, and when 
there is a heavy rain the water follows 
their holes into it. If you can give me a 
remedy you will do me a great favor. 
Ans. —There are only two effectual 
methods of ridding your cellar of moles. 
The most certain is to trap and kill the 
moles before they get into the cellar. 
There are many good traps now on the 
market, and if persistently used on the 
runways in the vicinity, will doubtless 
clear out the moles entirely. The other 
method is to make the cellar walls so 
close that the moles cannot get through. 
As a general rule moles do not burrow 
more than two or three feet deep, and 
a tight wall a yard or more in depth 
should keep them out. In default of 
other means it might be well to trench 
around your cellar walls and put in 
planks or some impervious material to 
the required depth. If the moles come 
in through the bottom of the cellar 
about the only recourse would seem to 
be to cement or otherwise floor the cel¬ 
lar with some material through which 
they cannot pass. There is no use try¬ 
ing to poison moles or to drive them 
away by any means short of absolute 
destruction. 
CAYUGA COUNTY BEEKEEPERS. 
The annual meeting of the Cayuga 
County Bee-keepers Association, with emi¬ 
nent representatives from Onondaga and 
Ontario counties, was held in Auburn, 
January 11, with an attendance much 
larger than usual. The annual address of 
Professor Stevens was so thoroughly prac¬ 
tical as to be heartily approved, and at 
once put the members in the best of humor 
and good working order. The constitution 
was amended to admit women to member¬ 
ship on payment of 60 cents. N. E. Prance, 
of Wisconsin, general manager of the Na¬ 
tional Association, made a brief address 
on "Swarming,” the prominent points being 
that as no one is satisfied with a stunted 
pig, nor with a skim-milk calf, so no one 
will be with stunted swarms. To be profit¬ 
able, bees must be well supported. If in¬ 
crease of bees is the main object, little 
honey will be sold. Increase may be ef¬ 
fected by either natural or artificial 
swarming, and to prevent swarming, give 
ample room or divide swarms. If you 
want honey, divide and feed well. A little 
insect has appeared in several States, bor¬ 
dering on the Mississippi River, that de¬ 
stroys the basswood blossoms and for 
which, as yet, no remedy has been dis¬ 
covered. There is not much choice in 
breeds, with possibly a preference for the 
hybrids. No use in caging the queen to 
stop swarming, for you might just as well 
cut off her head. 
Snap Shots.— Three pounds of extracted 
honey cost about the same as one pound 
of comb. Diseases, known as “foul brood” 
and “pickle brood,” are best treated with 
formaldehyde gas or by the starvation 
plan, known as the McAvoy remedy. 
There are about 508,000 swarms in this 
State, averaging 36 pounds of honey to a 
swarm, and 22,700 bee keepers. Sell ma¬ 
tured honey or you make a poor market 
for the goods. Never sell honey in the 
season when fruit is abundant. Never put 
honey in glass fruit jars. Brand honey 
according to quality, and never mix bass¬ 
wood, clover and buckwheat. Grade you* 
honey and guarantee quality. Member¬ 
ship in California is 306 and in New York 
214. N. L. Stevens was elected president 
and J. W. Pierson, of Moravia, secretary 
and treasurer. c. f. b. 
A Steam Sprayer.— As to your question 
how many fruit trees should a grower 
have to justify him in buying a steam 
sprayer, I should say he could make it 
profitable on from five to 10 acres of fruit. 
I purchased a steam sprayer and found it 
very satisfactory, and shall buy another 
next Spring. It is impossible to do as good 
work with any hand sprayer. A boy 12 
years old did the firing. j. e. allis 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
Barnyard or Farm Gate.— Anyone hav¬ 
ing trouble with such a gate dragging 
will do well to dig a hole 3x3 feet square 
and four feet deep. Cut a good post 9V 2 
feet long, set in center of hole, and brace 
perfectly plumb; you can do this by hang¬ 
ing a plumb line on a nail set in the side 
of the post, and brace post by driving two 
stakes at right angles with post, and nail 
strips from post to stakes. Cut timber 
three feet long and commence at bottom 
cribbing close to post and tamping earth 
tight as you come up. Knock off the tem 
porary braces, and you have a post set 
that will hold any gate you may hang. 
Plumb a line to bore for hinge hooks, and 
in putting in the hooks stop them so they 
are perfectly plumb; put gate on, and you 
will have a gate that will never give any 
more trouble. g. g. m 
Abington, Va. 
Selling by ’Phone.— The Hope Farm 
man speaks of the telephone. We find 
ours a great help, especially during the 
Summer. Most of our extra fruit and 
vegetables are sold over the ’phone. The 
first thing in the morning all Summer 
long is to ring up the different stores and 
get their orders, then go out and pick or 
cut what is wanted, and in a very short 
time, sometimes in a very few minutes, 
they have their orders fresh from the 
vine, which is very much appreciated by 
both shopkeeper and customer, for what 
is nicer than fruit or vegetables fresh, al¬ 
most with the dew on? Then they know 
that any time during the day if they sell 
out all they have to do is to step up to 
the ’phone and order more, thereby avoid¬ 
ing too large an order to get stale or per¬ 
haps waste, as these commodities are very 
perishable. In this way, and by fair treat 
ment, we have the town much to ourselves 
and our products much in demand. J. D, 
Milton, Ont. 
Get the large heavy sole-leather pads for 
the tops of your horse collars, and if you 
use a “sweat,” buckle the pad on under¬ 
neath the sweat. It will hold the sweat in 
place and you will find it a most excellent 
arrangement for a horse with a tender 
neck. h. s. w. 
Employer: “I’d engage you for the 
place at once, only I must have a mar¬ 
ried man.” Applicant: ‘‘Keep the place 
open for an hour, sir, I’ll fix that! It’s 
easier to get married than to get a job. ! 
—Tit-Bits. 
The dentist was examining Mrs. Flan 
nigan’s teeth. ‘‘What a splendid set of 
teeth you have, Mrs. Flannigan,” he re¬ 
marked. “Sure, they ought to be fine; 
they’re imported,” she replied. “Im¬ 
ported?” said the dentist, in astonish¬ 
ment. “Why, what do you mean? They’re 
your own teeth.” “But I’m tellin’ yer 
they’re imported—imported from Ire¬ 
land along with meself.”—Philadelphia 
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