1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i37 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
(continued.) 
Hen Manure and Lime Ashes. 
B. L. S. } Pleasant Point, Me.—I have 2>4 barrels 
of dried hen manure in lumps. How should it 
be used—dry or liquid ? Do hens need gravel if 
they have plenty of broken clam shells all the 
time? I can buy lime ashes (the ashes left after 
burning lime, with more or less lime in them) for 
25 cents per barrel (2 )4 bushels), delivered at the 
field. Will they be profitable on rnn-out grass 
land ? 
Ans. —With that quantity of hen ma¬ 
nure, we would crush it fine, and use it 
for such crops as corn or on the garden. If 
you had a large quantity, we would ad¬ 
vise you to make it the base for a mixed 
fertilizer—using suitable quantities of 
dissolved rock, plaster, nitrate of soda, 
muriate of potash, and bone with it. We 
doubt, however, whether it will pay to 
mix a small quantity. Yes, we would 
certainly provide gravel for the hens. 
The lime ashes are worth the price. They 
will, probably, give you best results on 
sour soils or on fields that have been in 
sod for a long time. You cannot expect 
the ashes to make the “ run-out grass 
lands” without reseeding, but when such 
sod is broken up for other crops, the 
ashes will be excellent to harrow in after 
plowing. 
An Arbor-vitas Road Hedge. 
E. B , Markle, Ind. —I wish to start an evergreen 
hedge along the public road, something that will 
be an ornament as well as a fence. 1. What kind 
should I plant ? 2. What size ought the plants to 
be ? 3. How far apart should they be set ? 4. 
What is the best and cheapest plan for setting 50 
rods? 5. How shall I care for them after plant¬ 
ing? 6 . What will be the probable cost per rod 
for the first year, including trees, planting and 
care ? 
Ans. —1. We would choose for this pur¬ 
pose the American Arbor-vitae. 2. We 
would select plants from two to three 
feet high. These would cost $15 per 
100. Many would prefer setting smaller 
plants, say, 12 to 18 inches high. These 
would cost about $5 per 100. 3. We 
would advise setting them three feet 
apart. The books advise much nearer 
planting. 4. We would plow trenches. 
5. Keep the soil free of weeds ; that is 
about all the care the plants would need. 
0. With the above data, E. B. may readily 
estimate the cost. 
Starting Trees from Cuttings. 
11. R. M., Mount Zion, Mo.— Will apple, pear, 
plum, peach and other fruit trees make as hardy 
and thrifty trees from cuttings as from budded 
or grafted stock ? I know nothing of budding or 
grafting, and as I wish to try only a few of a 
kind, can I make cuttings grow in this climate 
by taking six or eight-inch twigs, sticking a 
small potato on one end, wrapping a woolen cloth 
about four inches wide around the cutting and 
planting so as to have two or three buds above 
ground ? 
Ans. —No ; although it is barely pos¬ 
sible to cause cuttings of the apple, 
pear, plum, peach and many other 
orchard fruits to strike root when set in 
the open ground in very rare cases, it is 
practically impossible to do so with any 
degree of profit, in Missouri. LeConte 
pear trees are propagated in this way in 
Georgia, Texas and other Southern 
States, and so are Marianna plum trees ; 
but in Missouri, not five per cent of the 
cuttings of these varieties could be de¬ 
pended upon to grow if treated in the 
ordinary way. Quince cuttings grow 
fairly well in almost all common soils 
and climates. The methods suggested 
such as “sticking the butt end in a piece 
of potato”, and “wrapping woolen cloth” 
about the scion would not be of any 
value, so far as I have ever known. 
h. e. y. d.^- 
A Compost Heap of Peat. 
T. C. F., St. Paul, Minn. —I have a small farm 
devoted to the growing of grass. I keep 14 cows 
and 4 horses upon this farm, and a peat bog is 
very accessible. How can I best use this peat to 
make a compost heap ? Last year, I used all the 
manure from the stables with alternate layers of 
the peat, and am doing so again this year. I 
wish to make another heap, more than I have 
stable manure to mix with it. What can I best 
use with the peat in this case ? 
Ans. —The plan of using the manure 
with the peat is a good one. Peat is 
usually sour. Its plant food is inert. It 
needs sweetening and “ cooking ” or fer¬ 
mentation before it is fit for use. In addi¬ 
tion to this, it needs potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid in some form. The manure 
starts up the heat or ferment, and thus 
helps to break up the peat, but it pro¬ 
vides but little potash and phosphoric 
acid. The simplest way to make the 
peat useful will be to use unleached 
wood ashes. Use only half as much of 
the manure as formerly, and thus make 
it go twice as far. Over every layer of 
peat, spread a layer of wood ashes, say 
two inches thick. The lime in the ashes 
will help break up the peat, and the 
potash and phosphoric acid will make it 
a “ balanced ration.” It will pay to 
shovel the whole heap thoroughly over 
during the winter. 
50 lbs. 
of Coal 
A day would keep your rooms 
warm in winter. But that 
small stove will burn only 
twenty-five. Hence, discomfort 
and misery. 
A certain amount of fat, 
burned daily, would keep your 
body warm and healthy. But 
your digestion is bad, and you 
don't get it from ordinary fat- 
food. Hence you are chilly, 
you catch cold easily, you have 
coughs and shivers; while 
pneumonia, bronchitis, or con¬ 
sumption finds you with no re¬ 
sistive power. 
Do this. Burn better fuel. 
Use SCOTT'S EMULSION 
of Cod-liver Oil. Appetite and 
digestive power will revive; 
and soon a warm coating of 
good flesh will protect the vital 
organs against the cold and the 
body against disease. 
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