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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 22 
Walnuts for Poultry. 
R. C. S , Warsaw, Mo —Feeding wal¬ 
nuts to hens will make an abundance of 
eggs, but scarcely marketable. It makes 
the hens so fat that the shells are 
scarcely thicker than tissue paper, and 
a portion would be broken in marketing 
Soaking Oats for Smut. 
N. S. W., Willard, Ga —The old cus¬ 
tom of soaking seed wheat and oats in 
bluestone for 8 to 12 hours, is an infalli¬ 
ble remedy for smut and blast in either 
grain. One pound of bluestone dissolved 
in as much water as will cover five bush¬ 
els of grain, is about the proper quan¬ 
tity for proportion. I have practiced it 
for many years Copper solution kills 
the spores. The remedy is, also, as 
effectual in barley. 
Keeping Bacon and Hams. 
J. A. McK., Kingsville, Kv. —Bacon, 
hams and shoulders that have been 
nicely cured and smoked, can be best 
kept for summer and fall use, by making 
sacks of light, close woven cotton shirt¬ 
ing, sufficiently long to close over the 
piece of meat and fit loosely. Put the 
piece of meat into the sack, and with 
the hand stuff fine, nicely-cured hay or 
dried grass around the meat, keeping 
the cotton at least one inch at every 
point from touching the meat. Tie the 
sack tightly around the string by which 
the meat was hung in smoking. Hang 
again by the string attached to the meat, 
so the meat will not press bard against 
the sack at any point, and the meat is 
good for three years. 
A Good Tree Label 
H. E. Van Dkman. —As to tree labels, 
I have used many kinds for the past 30 
years, and prefer those of zinc. Instead 
of having holes punched in them, and 
wires run through to fasten about the 
branch of the tree, as on page 277, I 
have found it best in my experience to 
have them long and wind one end about 
the branch. Thin sheet zinc is cut into 
strips six or more inches long, and of 
tapering shape, being half an inch wide 
at one end, and almost a point at the 
other. Before writing the name on the 
broad end with a common lead pencil, 
I rub it on the bottom of my shoe sole, 
thus getting a fresh and slightly rough¬ 
ened surface, which will take a much 
better impression than the smooth, oxi¬ 
dized surface. I have read such labels 
in my orchard after 20 years of exposure 
on the tree. The narrow end coiled 
about the branch will not cut into the 
hark and injure it as will a wire, but 
will expand with the growth. I have 
made hundreds of such labels in a few 
minutes, out of scraps in a tinshop with 
shears at the bench, thus costing noth¬ 
ing besides a little time. 
Wind Breaks in Canada. 
W. W. H., Leamington, Ontario —I 
have planted a number (some of which 
have been growing 18 years), some Nor¬ 
way spruce alone, Scotch pine alone, and 
others pine and spruce alternately. The 
last look best and give good satisfac¬ 
tion. About 15 feet apart is about right. 
A single row is much to be preferred for 
planting around the farm. We do not 
wish to keep out all the wind, only to 
break its force or screen it. Around the 
farm buildings, 8 to 10 feet apart will 
give good results. The Scotch pine 
grows much the faster, and carries its 
size more evenly towards the top. Ever¬ 
greens should never stand more than 
two years in a nursery row without 
transplanting ; especially is this true 
with the pine. There is no difficulty in 
transplanting when this is done. I 
would not care to buy pines at any price 
that hadnotbeen recently transplanted. 
I would buy more than was required for 
the desired wind break, and plant in nur¬ 
sery row where they can be cultivated 
for one or two years much more cheaply 
than they can if planted where they 
are to remain. Tbey will not receive 
much of a check when you take them 
from the nursery row, and every tree 
will live and make a good growth if the 
work be done properly, which is of great 
importance. 
Nott's Excelsior Peas ; “Soda Gun." 
G. M. B , Kent, 0.—One of my farm 
papers, or else a catalogue, made the 
statement that “ Nott’s Excelsior pea 
can be planted as soon as the smooth 
varieties.” I planted two quarts March 
16 last, within three days of a month 
earlier than I planted peas last year. 
The ground is warm and sandy gravel, 
with natural drainage, and was in good 
condition to work. Nott’s Excelsior 
nearly all rotted, while the Alaskas, 
planted at the same time, are all right. 
The question arises, Was the seed of 
Nott’s Excelsior first-class? At about 
the time the peas were sprouted half an 
inch or more, the ground froze enough 
to bear up a team and wagon. Did the 
frost harm the Excelsior and not the 
Alaskas ? Of course, we had weeks of 
wet, cold weather, and that is the prob¬ 
able reason of their rotting. Planted 
too early. 
I have read what The R N.-Y. has to 
say in regard to catarrh cures. I got 
some soda, but I could not blow it down 
my own throat with my own breath. I 
took an old rubber syringe bulb with 
about six inches of the injecting tube, 
fastened a piece of paper one-half round 
the end of the tube to hold the soda, 
and now I can shoot it down my own 
throat without assistance from any one 
R. N.-Y.—Did the soda help the nose 
and throat ? 
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Rogers Trees are Business Trees. 
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TREES 
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Leading varieties, carefully packed In baskets, and 
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Cauliflower plants. WOODLAND FARM, Canastota, 
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S WEET POTATO PLANTS-Best Stock Yellow 
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Spraying Apparatus, Poultry Supplies, etc. 
Cfk|> Q a | A —Irish Daisy Potatoes, 50c. per bn. 
I Or ddlC Mills' Banner Beans, $1.50 per bn. 
White Rice Popcorn, 5c per quart, shelled. 
LESTER M. LOVELESS, Baldwlnsville, N. Y. 
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Spraying Crops 
Prof. Clarence M. Weed. Why, When and How 
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Dusts tree, bush or vine. 
Two rows of potatoes as 
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Extension tubes for 
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