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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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March 19 
Corn Grown after Corn. 
E. 8. B., Long Island .—I have a clay soil, 
surface drainage good, but apt to be wet 
and sticky after rains. I plant about 30 
acres of corn for silage. I do not see my 
way clear for a rotation of crops to avoid 
having corn on same land for three or 
four years. How can I keep up fertility? 
Clover will not do here; Spring sowing 
makes a start, but the Winter kills it out. 
Ans.—W e would sow Crimson clover 
and Cow-horn turnips in the corn at the 
last cultivation. This has been often de¬ 
scribed. The clover and turnips will 
make a fair growth, and with some fer¬ 
tilizer added will keep up the corn yield. 
Bones and Sulphuric Acid. 
E. B., Long Island.—I have quite a quan¬ 
tity of beef bones that I wish to convert 
into fertilizer. I have no means to burn or 
grind. Can they be cut up with acid? If 
so, how, and what crop would they be 
best adapted for on a clay soil? We raise 
a general crop. 
Ans. —Bones can be “cut” with sul¬ 
phuric acid, but we would not advise 
you to try it. The acid is too dangerous 
for a novice to handle. To use it the 
bones should be smashed quite fine and 
put into a box or tank lined with lead. 
Then the acid is gently poured over and 
mixed with them. We would not try it. 
Better pack the bones in layers with 
wood ashes or caustic potash, as we 
have often described. This will soften 
them. Such bones are useful for all 
crops. We use them mostly on fruit. 
Experience With Planting Trees. 
C. J. T., Flora Dale, Pa.—I have just read 
the article by Prof. Alwood on age 155. I 
certainly have been one of those who 
“seem not to be posted,” but my feeling 
of scepticism was not so strong as to pre¬ 
vent my following the advice given previ¬ 
ously to the extent of painting about 250 
trees, being part of a four-year-old 
orchard. We had removed ground around 
trees to look for borers, and before re¬ 
placing, painted with white lead and lin¬ 
seed oil to a height of from 18 to 24 inches. 
The rabbits, which are our usual enemies, 
have done very little harm this Winter, 
even where trees were not painted, but 
the drifting snows of the past two months 
have been accompanied by a great deal of 
damage done by mice, almost no one in 
the neighborhood escaping entirely. I 
have just made a thorough investigation 
of the above-mentioned young orchard 
with this result: A great many unpainted 
trees have been eaten by mice, some en¬ 
tirely girdled, but among those that were 
painted there was not one damaged tree. 1 
found a few trees from which pieces of 
bark, possibly half the size of a dime, had 
been removed. I suppose we had failed to 
cover these spots, or if covered, Mr. Mouse 
was satisfied with a very small bite. We 
are now looking forward to painting all of 
our 6,000 apple trees next Fall, from the 
ground up to the first branches, being 
thoroughly convinced that your advice is 
sound. Do you know of any way by which 
we can save the trees already girdled or 
badly eaten? The number will amount to 
more than 100. Would a thick coat of paint 
on the eaten part be a help? Would there 
be any advantage in drawing ground 
toward the tree high enough to cover the 
bare wood? Most of the eating has been 
close to the ground. 
Ans. —The result of your work is ex¬ 
actly what I have always found to be 
the case, and confirms thus far my form¬ 
er statements, and if you follow up this 
work you will find that all of my obser¬ 
vations will be confirmed, because I have 
used this paint so long that I am certain 
as to what It will do, and I am also sure 
it is safe. We have frequently noticed 
especially that rabbits will bite a little 
in the painted trees, just enough to try 
them, but they stop at once on tasting 
the paint. In regard to your question as 
to what course you shall pursue with 
the trees that have been in part or 
wholly girdled by mice will say that I 
have not succeeded very well with such 
trees, and if your orchard is young, I be 
lieve I would take out the girdled trees 
without wasting any effort on them. 
Where trees are cut half way around, I 
believe I would take them out, but if 
they are not cut too severely clean the 
wound with a sharp knife, cutting back 
to the uninjured tissue, and then cover 
the wound with this same white lead 
paint. There is nothing better. In 
thrifty trees in a few years you will find 
the place entirely healed. If you try to 
save the trees that are girdled half way, 
or entirely around, I would still clean 
the wound as directed above, paint the 
place over, and if possible bank up the 
earth around the tree high enough to 
cover the injured portion. I remember 
saving one tree in this manner, which 
had been entirely girdled, but I do not 
believe that such work is profitable. 
Va. Exp. Station. wm. b. alwood. 
A Delaware Clover Note.— I only have 
a small piece of land; have seven-eighths 
of an acre in com. For 13 years succes¬ 
sively I have used nothing on the ground 
except Scarlet clover sown at the last 
working of com and plowed under the 
following year late in May; average about 
70 bushels com each season. Scarlet clover 
sown in June and plowed under the next 
year will produce crops and clover seed 
sown in wheat will grow if harrowed over. 
In sowing Scarlet clover, cover it very 
lightly. In harrowing wheat I use ordi¬ 
nary drag harrow with setback at about 
15 degrees. r. c. j. 
Faulkland, Del. 
Frozen Peach Trees.—C. W. N., page 
156, asks, “What shall I do with my peach 
trees? All are killed to the snow line.” 
How does he know they are killed? We 
have 4,000 peach trees, and we thought 
they were killed four years ago, when the 
thermometer went down to somewhere 
about 40 below zero. The wood turned 
black and everyone through here thought 
the peach trees were all killed, and some 
went so far as to dig their trees out. 
Others cut back severely and some waited 
to see what the result would be. We took 
the latter plan, and when the proper time 
came they leafed out and some of them 
had peaches on. If the trees were mine I 
should go slow and await developments. 
Breedsville, Mich. t. j. r. 
Watson’s New Peonies front Japan. 
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RE6° SAF PEONY ASS'N 
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\L>' E have just received a special importation of new 
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immediate planting. The collection consists of 27 
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flowered. Names and descriptions on application. 
This collection is well deserving the attention of 
connoisseurs. The colored plates of the whole collec¬ 
tion can be seen at our office. We will furnish:— 
a set of the 07 varieties, 1 plant of each, for 
SS13.0O. Early application is advised, as Peonies 
should be t lanted as early as possible in the Spring. 
We will have another importation in the fall If 
cannot plant now, book at once for Fall delivery. 
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