1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
3o5 
Cotton-Seed Meal and “Phosphate.” 
T. G\, Paducah, Ky .—T would like to know 
if it would be advisable to mix 500 pounds 
of cotton-seed meal to every 1,500 pounds 
of this commercial fertilizer, below analy¬ 
sis. Phosphoric acid available, eight per 
cent; insoluble, two per cent; nitrogen, 
1.65; potash, five. This fertilizer seems to 
be what you term lowgradc goods, and I 
thought if I could mix as above stated 
it would analyze: Phosphoric acid, total, 
11; nitrogen, five; potash, 5.60. I want to 
use it for tomatoes for canning factory. 
A ns. —Let us see 
what 
you will 
have 
in this mixture; 
Nitre- 
Phos. 
Pot- 
gen. 
acid. 
ash. 
1.500 lbs. fertilizer ... 
25 
120 
75 
500 lbs. cotton seed. 
35 
!) 
12 
Total . 
60 
129 
87 
This gives three per cent of nitrogen, 
fiVa of phosphoric acitl and nearly iV 2 
of potash. As you will see by adding 
the cotton-seed meal you raise the per 
cent of nitrogen but decrease that of 
both phosphoric acid and potash. We 
figure on the average analysis of cotton¬ 
seed meal. In this case you would do 
better to buy acid phosphate and mu¬ 
riate of potash and mix your cotton¬ 
seed meal with them, or do as Mr. Hul- 
sart and other tomato growers advise—■ 
broadcast the phosphate and muriate 
and put the cotton-seed meal in hill or 
drill. You could make a better mixture 
by using nitrate of soda, but the cotton¬ 
seed meal will probably be cheaper in 
your State. 
The Cabbage Maggot and Its Handling. 
(1. 11. Onego, N. F.—LaBt year the 
Cabbage maggot was very plentiful, and it 
spoiled whole fields of turnips. Is there 
any remedy for it when it attacks turnips? 
When is the first brood of eggs laid on 
early cabbage? A year ago last Summer 
Some one in Canastota, N. Y., wrote about 
Using wood pulp, applied with a large 
syringe around the plants. Is it a success? 
Axs. There are at least two destruc¬ 
tive broods of the Cabbage maggot. The 
flies of the first brood appear in April, 
and their maggots work on the roots of 
cabbages, cauliflowers, radishes or tur- 
fcipa in May. These maggots transform 
into a second brood of flies which ap¬ 
pear about June 15, and the maggots 
work in July. After July their life-his¬ 
tory is not well known, but probably 
there is at least another partial brood 
working largely in cabbage-like weeds, 
Such as mustard and shepherd’s purse. 
The flies may be prevented from laying 
their eggs around the base of cabbage 
plants by the use of a tarred paper card 
fitting closely around the plant. I have 
heard nothing about the wood-pulp 
scheme for making a sort of paper col¬ 
lar around the plant since the ingen¬ 
ious suggestion which appeared in Tii:e 
It. N.-Y. a year or so ago. The best ap¬ 
plication I have used for pouring around 
the base of plants affected with the 
maggots is an emulsion made of one 
pound of hard or soft or whale-oil soap 
dissolved in one gallon of boiling water, 
into which one pint of crude’ carbolic 
acid is then poured, and the whole mass 
agitated into an emulsion. In treating 
the plant, take one part of this emul¬ 
sion and dilute it with 30 parts of wa¬ 
ter. If the emulsion is cold and semi¬ 
solid, use several parts of warm water 
at first. Begin the treatment early, 
soon after the plants-are up or set in a 
field, and repeat every week or 10 days 
until about May 20 Simply pour a cup¬ 
ful or more of this emulsion around 
each plant. This is the most practical 
and effective method I know of for 
treating a similar maggot which works 
in onions. m. y. slingerland. 
Roman Hyacinths.—C. D. H., on page 
200, says: “Roman hyacinths are not hardy 
in the garden.” Several years since I got 
some bulbs from a friend, arid not know¬ 
ing what they were put them in the gar¬ 
den. When they came up I discovered they 
were Roman hyacinths and they bloomed 
freely each year for about five years with¬ 
out any care whatever, until they died 
out. As soon as the snow was off the 
ground they were to be seen. Had r taken 
care of them perhaps they would have been 
living now. m, a. p. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
One Man on Cross-Cut. —In a recent 
issue you ask how to rig up a saw for 
one man to use. I enclose a drawing of 
the way I have used one for four years, 
and I like it very well. The saw is on 
the right and the cant hook on the left 
of the upright. By unhooking the ring 
and pulling the rope the hook will go 
over the log and hold it firmly in place. 
There is a knot on the post on which 
the saw rests when not in use. I have 
cut logs larger around than my body, 
and any smaller size as well. c. il a. 
Binghamton. N. Y. 
An Arkansas Orchard.—I select good, 
well-drained land. Plow very deep, harrow 
well, check my ground off 20 x 20 feet. 
With shovel remove loose dirt from check, 
then place tree in just as deep as it grew 
in nursery, first cutting off roots two to 
three inches long. I prefer a well-formed 
June-bud tree three feet high, the body 
being well branched. I then, with sharp 
knife, remove all limbs and cut the main 
stem off at about 12 to 14 inches from the 
ground. When the new shoots have started 
out and got about two to three inches 
long, I rub off all except three, four or 
five of the upper ones. These are used to 
form the head of my tree. I prefer only 
three, if they balance the tree well. I 
commence to cultivate early in Spring. 
Keep this up every 10 days till September 
15, never using a turning plow. s. w. s. 
Arkansas. 
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