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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 2 
Red Spiders on Walls. 
C. S. L., Menominee Falls, Wis.—Nearly 
every season the south wall of my house, 
especially around a south window 18x48, 
becomes infested with a minute insect like 
a mite, the older ones of a dark green 
color, the young white with red center. 
They are there only a few weeks, and seem 
to feed on the grass of the lawn, and 
when gone leave a red, rusty deposit on 
window sash; also a fine web like spider 
web. Are they red spiders or aphis, and 
how can I get rid of them? 
Ans. —The minute animals found on 
the walls of houses are doubtless mites 
or red spiders. Possibly some of them 
may be aphids, but it is not uncommon 
for the red spiders to swarm from grass 
or clover lands on to the walls of houses 
and often get in through the windows, 
and swarm over the wall paper inside. 
Usually it is the kind that feeds upon 
clover. A simple remedy would be to 
spray the outside wall with a strong 
soap solution or with kerosene. Several 
applications should soon discourage and 
kill off most of the mites. 
M. V. SLINGERLAND. 
Fertilizer for Young Apple Trees. 
Z. C. B., Waterbary, Conn— What Is the 
best chemical fertilizer to use for young 
apple trees from one to six years old7 to 
be hand cultivated a circle of eight to 10 
feet around each tree, the soil mostly a 
light, sandy or gravelly loam? 
Ans.— If you want to mix the chemi¬ 
cals yourself you will find the following 
good: Four hundred pounds nitrate of 
soda, 400 pounds fine ground bone, 800 
pounds acid phosphate, 400 pounds mu¬ 
riate of potash. It is not necessary to 
mix these chemicals before using if you 
do not care to do so. We should be sat¬ 
isfied to broadcast the acid phosphate 
and the potash in August or September, 
and the bone and part of the nitrate in 
late April, and the remainder of the 
nitrate in early June. We would use 
GOO pounds of the mixture per acre. 
Many fruit growers find little extra 
value in bone and would use 1,200 
pounds of acid phosphate. We prefer to 
add the bone. 
I am of the opinion that the pecan has 
a strong resistant bark. However, if I 
were to paint pecans I would try the 
paint on say half a dozen thrifty trees 
of various ages, and wait one year be¬ 
fore painting the others. In this test, 
one should be careful to notice whether 
the paint tends to bind the bark and 
thereby restrict the development of the 
trunk, and should also notice whether 
the paint has a tendency to roughen the 
bark on the tree, or anywise affect the 
vigor and health of the same. I have 
elsewhere said that I do not like paint 
on peach and cherry trees, and I am of 
the opinion that it will be found that 
white lead paint is not advisable on 
some other trees, though this fact will 
have to be determined by actual ex¬ 
perience. WM. B. ALWOOD. 
Old Apple Wanted.— Can anyone tell me 
where I can get Black Detroit apple scions? 
I have been unable to find them, although 
I have written to several firms. Thirty 
years ago in western New York they were 
grown to some extent and I have seen 
them in the New York fancy fruit stores. 
What is the matter with them that they 
are not grown now? m. t. k. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 
Dairy Benefit.— I must tell you one 
benefit we gained (from your paper 
chiefly). We were feeding our seven cows 
each daily two quarts mixed feed and one 
quart cornmeal and hay, mixed, and corn¬ 
stalks cut up. We were getting 28 pounds 
of butter weekly. We changed the quart 
of meal to a quart of gluten and had 32 
pounds a week, and one week 35. I reckon 
that it was a gain in our pockets of at 
least 75 cents a week if not a dollar. 
New Hampshire. a. j. b. 
BOOK BARGAINS. 
• 
A' few shelf-worn copies of the following 
20-cent pamphlets will be sold at the rate 
of any six for 25 cents or the whole 10 for 
49 cents: 
Canning and Preserving, Young; How to 
Plant a Place, Long; Silo and Silage, A. J. 
Cook; Ensilage and Silo, Collingwood; 
Fruit Packages, Powell; Accidents and 
Emergencies, Groff; Country Roads, 
Powell; The New Botany, Beal; Milk 
Making and Marketing, Fowler; Tuberous 
Peeonias. 
Clogging of Hydraulic Ram. 
T. If. L., Benton Ifarbor, Mich.—Vie supply 
our hydraulic ram with water from a vein 
in the side hill. The tiling follows around 
the hill about three feet below the ground 
for 2,000 feet. The ram. has been running 
12 years. The pipes rusted out and ram 
would not work; overflow in main feed 
got clogged. We cleaned out the tile, re¬ 
piped the ram, and now it clogs from a 
growth in the water. The stuff is some¬ 
thing like “mother” in vinegar, the color 
of iron. Water was allowed to run through 
the tile and out of the main spring for 
days, and water runs through the overflow 
all the time. 
Ans. —We have found by experience 
that it is almost impossible to keep the 
roots of willow trees from entering the 
joints of sewer or tile pipe when the 
pipe is laid three or four feet under 
ground near the trees. There seems to 
be a special affinity for the roots of wil¬ 
low trees and water, and we know of no 
way of keeping them out of pipe except 
it be a cast-iron pipe carefully caulked, 
or the regular screw-joint wrought-iron 
pipe. Of course, if the pipe lines were 
dug up every Spring and the roots re¬ 
moved by cutting them, the trouble 
would probably be overcome, but as a 
rule, this would be too expensive, and 
ii would be cheaper to put in iron pipe 
where this condition existed. b. l. g. 
High nni CTCIII P Al l/CC f'rsalp. PrlreJlB. BONNIE 
Hie.l nUL J 1 LIU UAlYLO mtOOK FARM, iluflalo, N. y. 
NATIVE EVERGREENS 
White Pine and Hemlock, G to 12 in., $5 per 1000 ; 5000 
for $20. Balsam Fir, Arbor Vitae, American Spruce. 
$4 per 1000 ; 5000 for $15. Also transplanted Ever¬ 
greens, Fruit Trees and Ornamentals. Write for 
price lists. MRS. JAMES A. ROOT, Skaneateles, N.Y 
Seed Cora and Oats SKES'IKmS 
corn. Sliver Mine oats 60c per bu. Sks. 5c each. New 
ba s.lSc. Prices F.O.B., Wakeman.O. F. A. Denman 
CUCUMBER SEED 
About 100 lbs. LONG GREEN JERSEY, $1.50 per lb. 
EDWARD R1GU, Jr., Seedsman, 
Burlington. N J. 
Cppdj PnfflfnPC Leading varieties; Early and 
olcu I oiaiuts late: pure and true to name. 
Prices reasonable. S°nd for price list. 
F. H Thompson.Fairviow Farm.Holland Patent,N.Y 
EDIIIT TOKXC St raw be rry P 1 n n ts, 
iflUI 1 I ilhbw Asparagus Roots. Lead¬ 
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special bargains. A.\V. ROOT & BRO., Manheim, Pa. 
Surplus Stock 
72 vaiieties of Strawberry Plants. Strictly first- 
class. and true to name. 8end list of what you want 
for special prices. Catalogue free. 
A. R. WESTON & CO., R.F.D., No. 10, Bridgman,Mich. 
A SU1MUS EB LOW PRICES 
Kansas Raspberry Plants, $6.00 per M. White 
Silver Skin Onion Seed, $65.00 per 100 lbs. Reliable 
stoik. U. M. STEWART, Madison, Ind. 
When you write advertisers mention The. 
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Fire, Wind and Water Proof 
Durable and low in price. Being soft and 
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JC*tabli*hed in 1888. 
A Home for$600 
We publish a booklet telling how to build it yourself 
without architect or carpenter. Also two other houses at 
$800 and $1,200. Complete plans and specifications. Every 
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NECESSITIES 
THE ORCHARD 
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w. 
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Compressed-Air Spraying 
Apparatus, Fruit Graders 
Chemicals for Spraying, Etc. 
Our catalogue will interest you. 
H. OWEN, Port Clinton, Ohio 
How to Organize 
A Farmers’ Telephone Co. 
We have published a very in¬ 
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about different types of ’phones, 
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constitutions; in fact it is a tele¬ 
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if you mention this paper. Ask 
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for Farmers.” You will get it by return 
mail. Address nearest office. 
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Rochester. N. Y.—Chicago, III. 
The Steitz Potato Planter 
Always works right; easy to set; light 
of draft; well balanced. Marks fur¬ 
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seed potatoes In one operation; 
hills 14,16 or 18% inches apart. 
Never imisses; every hill planted 
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Self-anchoring and Stump- 
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Pull an ordinary stump in J 
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CRONK’S 
Improved 
Staple Puller"" 11 in. long. 
IS AT THE KKOAT. Ask your dealer to allow it. 
Three wire cutters, two hammers, two splicing clamps — 
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no oilier make will. A cutter that, will reach wire when 
die button cutter will not. One day’s use will save the 
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We are the largest manufac¬ 
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Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
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Grooved Tire Wheels to 
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THE GOOD OLD 
Board F.nee was best, but too expansive. Truss A 
Cable Wire Board Fencing is still better and costs 
much lesi. Free sample and full particulars by 
mftil 
The Truss A Cable Fence Co., 612 Cuyahoga Bldg. ,Clo»elaud,0. 
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J Before you buy WIRE FENCE write us 
for information that will save you from 30 
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KITSELMAN BROS. Box 83, Muncie, Ind. 
A WIRE FENCE 
may be a pretty good fence and still not be nearly as 
good or strong as the Page when it comes to a trial. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE PENCE CO., Adrian, Michigan. 
SOME WIEN 
FROST 
BEST 
_.CHEAPEST _ 
throw their money away by buying flimsy woven 
wire fence, while Others get 100 cents on the dollar 
by buying the “FROST," which contains the weight, 
strength and wearing qualities to last a life-time 
Catalogue free THE FROST WIRK FKNCE CO . 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
We Ship Union Lock Quick * 
Mills in Connecticut, Illinois and California. Shipment made from 
mill nearest you and freight paid to nearly all points. 
UNION LOCK IS THE 
POULTRY FENCING 
THAT'S STRONG . 
The reason is all horizontal lines are cables. Stretches perfectly, but 
never sags. Covers uneven ground without cutting. Small meshing below for small chicks. All 
sales direct from faxtory a.t factory prices. Write today for free catalogue of Farm, Lawn and 
Foul.,, Fences. CASE BROTHERS, Colchester, Conn. 
White Paint for Pecan Trees. 
W. II 7 . J., Seminole, Ala.— Will Prof. Al- 
wood’s method of painting trees have the 
same tendency to protect pecan trees and 
others from the Flat-headed Apple-tree 
borer, as well as it does from the Round- 
headed borer? I sent samples of these to 
Agricultural Department at Washington, 
and they were identified positively as such 
and preventive advice offered, but Prof. 
Alwood’s plan seems so effective and 
simple that I thought if the habits of both 
borers, or the moth that lays the eggs, 
are identical, I would adopt the painting 
method. 
Ans. —As to the value of using white 
lead paint on pecans to protect them 
from the Flat-headed Apple-tree borer 
1 believe this can be done successfully as 
The Dealer s PROFIT is Your LOSS 
buying ADVANCE FENCE direct from the factory at 
Wholesale Prices. We sell it on 
Thirty Days Free Trial. 
You are to be the judge.. If you are not per--— 
fectly satisfied you can return the fence to us 
at our expense and your money will be re¬ 
funded. No conditions attached except that 
ADVANCE 
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? you give the fence a fair trial. 
_ Advance Fence of the best quality 
po^lbie amount o?strength^ from°the xvire*! a™, 8 meth °i ° f 
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Advance Fence Company, 7223 Old St., Peoria, III. 
