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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 8 
Notes on Grass Seeding. 
B. S., West Chester, Pa. —It is the 
almost general practice in southeastern 
Pennsylvania to sow Timothy in the fall 
with wheat, and clover in the spring. 
In this way, I have never failed but 
once—and that shortly after I began 
farming 41 years ago—to get a catch of 
one or both. If the fall is wet, the 
Timothy sometimes so covers the ground 
as to prevent the clover catching. I find 
it better, on this account, to seed rather 
lightly with Timothy—if Timothy is 
sown alone, the ground is very liable to 
wash in winter. It is better to sow 
wheat in this dairy region, where straw 
is a necessity. My last year’s wheat 
field is, this spring, covered thickly with 
a beautiful coat of green, in some parts 
about all Timothy, in others mostly 
clover or the two mixed. Why this 
difference I am unable to explain. The 
wheat made 33 bushels to the acre, and 
was sold for 90 cents per bushel. Last 
year’s new seeding was mown twice, and 
is now in places nearly all clover. 
About the surest way to obtain a good 
catch of grass is to make the ground 
good, then something is bound to grow. 
Clover seed should be sown very early, 
before the frost is out and ground 
settled ; though many wait till it cracks 
open in April. Much of the seed falls in 
the cracks too deep and never grows. 
Buckwheat is not grown in this neigh¬ 
borhood. 
The Frost in Maryland. 
J. W. K., Denton, Md.—T he peach 
crop of the Peninsula is greatly damaged, 
so much so, that one-fifth of a crop will 
be the maximum. Cherries and pears 
are also injured. The Keiffer pear, of 
which there are more grown than any 
other variety, suffered because of its 
precocity in blooming. This immediate 
section, which has considerable reputa¬ 
tion for growing fine strawberries, has 
sustained but slight damage in this fruit, 
as only the quite early blooming kinds 
were advanced enough to be injured, 
and, fortunately, these kinds are not 
grown largely in this part of the Penin¬ 
sula. South of this, damage to straw¬ 
berries was greater. The mercury was 
29 degrees, Wednesday morning, April 
21. Native plums were uninjured. 
Killing Apple Tree Borers. 
H. W., Oakland, Md. —For the past 
three years, I have treated my apple 
trees in the following manner, and find 
it a sure preventive against borers : As 
soon as it becomes warm enough, say in 
April, I carefully remove all the borers; 
then whitewash the bottoms of the 
trunks, and tie a piece of stout, light- 
colored paper about 10 or 12 inches high 
around them, and tuck it into the 
ground about an inch. The first year, it 
is necessary to untie the paper occasion¬ 
ally, to see whether all the borers have 
been found. If they are in very far 
and it is difficult to get them out, lay a 
match in the hole, and the brimstone 
will destroy them. 
How to Keep Eggs. 
C. W. 0., Kennebunkport, Me.—I n 
regard to keeping eggs, I would say that 
thousands of dozens are kept here for a 
year in good condition for all purposes 
except for boiling, as the shells will 
crack open. They may be beaten up for 
frosting cake, also be used for spoDge 
cake. I lost only three out of 35 dozen, 
and they were cracked. I used the last 
a few days ago. They were packed one 
year ago. They must be kept in a cool 
place, must be fresh when packed, clean 
and have hard shells. To every three 
gallons of water, add one pint of fresh 
slaked lime and one-half pint of salt. 
At least five inches of the liquid must 
be kept on top of the eggs when packed. 
Use clean casks ; I use soft wood ones 
such as lard comes in (half-barrel size). 
They will hold 75 dozen eggs. Large 
butter firkins will do. 
Pine Tar on Trees. 
A. M. E., Moonlight, Kan. —On page 
260, April 17, of The R. N.-Y., J. C. A. 
makes inquiry about applying pine tar 
to prevent rabbits from injuring fruit 
trees. Last fall, before I had any idea 
that rabbits would hurt any trees, I dis¬ 
covered that a number of my young 
trees were gnawed—some pretty badly. 
I had some pine tar which I mixed with 
old lard—probably 25 per cent tar, and 
melted sufficiently to mix. I applied it 
with a woolen cloth. It was very easily 
applied, and' not a single tree was in¬ 
jured after the application, and the 
trees have a smooth and healthy appear¬ 
ance. 1 intend to give them a wash 
with some weak lye or strong soap suds 
this spring. If I had whale oil, I would 
mix it with the tar in preference to lard, 
as I think it would be still more offen¬ 
sive to the rabbits. Two years ago, I 
used axle grease, but I would prefer the 
tar and oil mixture. 
Late Planting Potatoes ; Mixed Apples. 
W. G., Elm, Mich. —I never plant my 
main crop of potatoes before June 15, 
and I have as good potatoes as any ODe 
in this locality. For the last two years, 
I have tried the deep planting, the Rural 
Trench system, and think that my pota¬ 
toes are better than formerly under the 
old hill surface planting. In a recent 
issue, you spoke of apples half sweet 
and half sour. I have seen and tasted 
such apples ; they grew on my uncle’s 
farm in Oakland County, this State. He 
told me that he took the half of a bud 
each of Talman Sweet and Swaar, and 
budded the tree when young. The 
apples resembled a Swaar, and there 
was a russeted dark line entirely around 
the apple between the sweet and sour 
sides. 
Cultivate the Orchards Early. 
C. H. W., Niagara Count*-, N. Y.— 
Early cultivation of orchards is, without 
doubt, the surest means at band for the 
average farmer to make certain of a fair 
crop of fruit every year. By this process 
of stirring the soil early, more moisture 
is retained in the soil, which is so neces¬ 
sary for the early development of the 
vigorous fruit buds, which, if given a 
strong start, are much more liable to 
become insect and fungus-proof in the 
early and later stages of fruit develop¬ 
ment. For the past few years, I have 
practiced this plan together with spray¬ 
ing, and have had a good fair crop of 
apples every year. In 1895, I received 
more net profit from the orchards than 
last season, although last year I sold 
600 barrels of sorted fruit, at an aver¬ 
age price of 75 cents per barrel, from four 
acres of orchard, or 140 trees. This sea¬ 
son, by April 10, I had the orchards 
(pears as well) all thoroughly harrowed 
both ways. I have a neighbor who has 
10 acres of apple orchard, one-half of 
which he plowed in the summer of 1895. 
Last season, he thoroughly harrowed 
his orchard early in April, and all along 
the early summer ; the part which he 
plowed in 1895, produced double the 
amount of fruit, and of equally as fine 
quality in every respect. In fact, he had 
the honor of having the largest and best 
keeping quality of Baldwin apples that 
have gone to, and been held in, the Chi¬ 
cago markets as Niagara County fruit. 
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