1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
187 
About Apple Pomace. 
H. W. H., Beaver Center, Pa.—I n 
answer to W. A. G.’s inquiry about 
apple pomace for fertilizing trees, I 
would say, Don’t try it on anything you 
wish to live and thrive, as I killed or 
ruined currants, peach and plum trees 
with it several years ago. I would not 
use it on anything now unless left in a 
pile until thoroughly decomposed, and 
then try it cautiously. 
G. S. P., Winslow, Me.—N oting the 
fact some years ago that little seedling 
apple trees grew vigorously in solid piles 
of pomace, I hauled several loads of the 
stuff and spread it thickly around the 
trees in an orchard, thinking that it 
would smother the grass and help the 
trees. Whether it helped them much I 
do not know, but it did not hurt them, 
and it did produce a rank growth of 
orchard grass, with which the orchard 
was seeded under the trees as far as the 
application extended ; the effect lasted 
several years. I see no reason why it 
should be bad for trees to restore to the 
ground the very elements which the 
apple crop removes, and this is what we 
do by giving them porpace. 
Walnuts for Poultry. 
T. B. W., Cumberland, Md. —Reply¬ 
ing to J. C. B., Monroe County, Indiana, 
in regard to feeding walnuts to chickens, 
it has proved a success with me. I had 
never used them for such a purpose until 
the past winter, but I shall use them 
hereafter, as I find that they add materi¬ 
ally to the profits from my chicken yard. 
I simply crack them with a hammer and 
let the chickens do the rest, and I find 
that I am well paid for the little trouble 
it takes to feed them. 
J. T. C., Smithfield, Pa. —I have had 
considerable experience with walnuts. 
Where they grow in great abundance as 
they do here, they are a valuable as 
well as an economical feed, if fed in 
moderate quantities. The walnuts, as 
they fall from the trees, are picked up 
and piled in an old building, not too 
deeply, until dry. Here they are left 
until wanted, when a large block of 
hard wood is used on which to crush 
them. A mallet of hard wood, about 
five inches square, having a flat or 
concave face, is used for crushing 
them. With a little practice, they can 
be crushed very rapidly, by taking the 
mallet in the right hand, and with the 
left placing the walnuts one or more at 
a time on the block. A bushel can, in 
this way, be crushed in five minutes. 
Fowls soon acquire a great fondness for 
walnuts. I have never seen the chemical 
analysis of the walnut kernel, but, no 
doubt, it is rich in egg-producing food. 
After the nuts are crushed, one may 
trust the fowls with the rest. A bushel 
to 100 fowls every other day will be 
about the right quantity to feed. 
Various Horticultural Problems. 
B. B., Farmingdale, III.—On page 
114, U F.” says that he has “ blundered 
into having no difficulty ” in growing the 
Marianna plum from cuttings. I did not 
know that it was considered particularly 
difficult to grow. I have had as good 
success with it as with the average grape 
or currant. Seasons will come occasion¬ 
ally that are fatal to the growing out 
of doors of most kinds of cuttings. The 
question was asked me, some time ago, 
“ Why is the Marianna a better stock 
for plums than Myrobolan ?” and I was 
unable to answer, for I have never used 
the latter myself. But I do know that, 
where ordinary American plums are 
used for a stock, the result is an eye- 
soring wilderness of sprouts that can 
hardly be managed. I can see scarcely 
any objection to the Marianna, for the 
union seems perfect, the graft or bud 
grows certainly and rapidly (although 
often not so large as the stock beneath), 
it is little troubled with borers, and 
sprouts only occasionally. Who will 
answer for the Myrobolan ? The Mari¬ 
anna has great vitality. My first two 
trees, received 12 years ago, when plant¬ 
ed, were apparently dead from improper 
handling ; the bark slipped from the 
wood and roots, and had a reddish hue. 
I noted in my book, “ Planted two dead 
Marianna plums,” and had it not been 
for an impulse of the moment, rather 
than reason, I should have thrown them 
away. But they lived. 
In the same issue, page 116, is a state¬ 
ment by Mr. Van Deman as to the hardi¬ 
ness of the Japan walnuts. I suppose 
that he refers to Sieboldiana and Cordi- 
formis. With me, they are not proving 
so hardy as I, for awhile, thought. Many 
times, they have been much damaged at 
15 degrees below zero. This damage 
line, of course, varies several degrees 
with other conditions. I am protecting 
part of mine this year, with corn fodder, 
and may, some time, see the fruit, but 
doubt it. 
In another place on the same page, 
you say that “ one or two of the hardiest 
and best of the pecans might stand the 
climate ” of Michigan (Ithaca). But, cer¬ 
tainly, there can be scarcely a compari¬ 
son as to hardiness between the Japan 
walnuts and the pecan that is na¬ 
tive here. Many a pecan tree here has 
lived through 35 degrees below zero 
weather, and such weather is pretty 
cool. I refer to the winter of 1872-3. 
Ensilage for Horses, Hot. 
S. A. L., Mooresville, N. C.—I have 
fed some ensilage to horses for several 
years, but the past winter I was short 
of oats, and have fed ensilage to two 
mules, to a brood mare and two colts. 
The mare has been suckling for six 
weeks now, and I see no bad effects. 
They relish it, and eat all they want 
once per day, which is about one-half 
bushel each. I hear a great deal about 
hot ensilage. My pits or rooms, as they 
are entirely above ground with a plank 
floor, are only 10 feet square. I fill in 
August, don’t open until November, and 
they have, by that time, cooled down, 
and I have no more trouble with hot en¬ 
silage unless a warm spell comes, and I 
don’t feed fast enough to keep the sur¬ 
face fed off. I never loosen up more 
than I feed at a time. 
Elder Win. Tennison 
OF BUFKIN, IND., 
Tells of the Great Benefits Derived From 
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure. 
afflicted for thirty-five years with heart dis¬ 
ease, in fact, troubled with it nearly all my 
life; I think it heredi¬ 
tary as my father was 
afflicted with it. I have 
suffered great distress, 
my heart palpitated to 
such an extent as to 
shake my whole body. 
So distressing was it I 
could only with great¬ 
est difficulty compose myself to sleep. About 
two years ago I began taking I)r. Miles’ 
Heart Cure. The first bottle gave me no 
perceptible benefit, but after taking the 
third I began to feel much relief and I con¬ 
tinued for some months. I have good rea¬ 
son to believe the cure is permanent. 
Dr. Miles’ Remedies are sold by all drug¬ 
gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle 
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart 
and nerves sent free to all applicants. 
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. 
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The Sheep Earns his Living. 
Saves Man’s Labor. 
An Economical Convenience. 
Other dairymen use a dog, a goat, or 
a calf, the one most convenient. 
Very many 
Improved 1. S. Separators 
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your Sheep Bowers. I use in the Power a 
sheep weighing 170 pounds, and it runs very 
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Power while we are milking or doing other 
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milk per day in this way, and consider it the 
most convenient Power out. 
I find a saving of $15.00 to $25x0 per month 
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South Vernon, Vt., March 7, 1896. 
We sell the best Separator, adapted for hand operation or readily changed to be run by any power. 
We sell a thoroughly practical Sheep or Dog Power. 
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