486 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 2 4 
Plums on the Sand. 
J. H. T., Dartmouth, Mass —While 
at Westerly, R. I., lately, I visited the 
Whipple small-fruit farm, and in looking 
over the place, the elder Whipple called 
my attention to a couple of Beach plum 
bushes they had grafted with Burbank 
plum. They were, probably, two or 
three years old, and were loaded with 
fruit. They had grown higher than my 
head, and I think higher than the bushes 
around. The grafts were looking thrifty, 
while the wild bushes were looking 
rather scrawny at best. They had Abund¬ 
ance, Burbank and Satsuma trees grow¬ 
ing on the place, but the Burbank led 
the whole, being heavily loaded, while 
the others were only lightly set. 
Bugs and Blight on Potatoes. 
D. H., Rochelle, III —For the past 
few years, I have been growing for the 
main potato crop, Early Ohio and 
World’s Fair for early, and R. N.-Y. No. 
2 and Carman No. 3, for late. The past 
two seasons I have been obliged to spray 
for beetles the early sorts only. U ntil 
the present season, I had attributed the 
cause to earliness entirely, as the early 
varieties were invariably planted first 
and came up first, giving the bugs an 
opportunitj to begin operations, conse¬ 
quently the later sorts were compara¬ 
tively unmolested. But the present 
season (the most buggy one for many 
years) I find that the time of planting 
has little to do with it. A part of one 
field was planted to Carman No. 3, Ban¬ 
ner and Flagle ; two weeks later, the 
rest was planted to Carman No. 1, and 
Early Ohio. The late varieties came up 
about a week ahead of the others. The 
Carman No. 1, Flagle and Early Ohio 
have been sprayed twice for bugs, the 
Carman No. 3, and Banner only once, 
and if the whole field had been as free 
from bugs as these two varieties, no 
spraying would have been needed. 
In another plot, Early Ohio, Early 
Thoroughbred, Bovee, Uncle Sam, Green 
Mountain, Polo, and one little tuber of 
Sir Walter Raleigh, were planted, all at 
the same time. With the exception of 
Sir Walter, all have been badly infested 
with bugs, and have been sprayed three 
times, and I expect to spray the fourth 
time. The beetles seemed to concentrate 
upon the Bovee more than any other 
variety, perhaps because of its feeble 
growth at the start; numerous hills were 
destroyed by old bugs. A small plot 
was planted to Early Ohio, June 6, as an 
experiment to see whether lace plant¬ 
ing would escape the bugs ; but to-day 
(July 1), they are covered with old bugs, 
and many young beetles of all sizes that 
have traveled, at least, six rods from 
other plots. The R. N.-Y. No. 2 have 
seemed to me almost blight-proof. Last 
year, all varieties, both early and late, 
died from blight, but Carman No. 3, R. 
N.-Y. No. 2, and Flagle were the last to 
succumb. While blight will come to all 
fields not persistently sprayed with 
Bordeaux Mixture, sooner or later, in 
seasons of general blight, I believe that 
thorough cultivation and vigorous seed 
go a long way toward immunity from 
blight. 
Government Reports and Cutworms. 
B. F. B., Brockton, Mass —I have a 
large number of Government agricul¬ 
tural reports which were published years 
ago, which were printed on heavy, stiff 
paper. I cut out the leaves, take about 
a dozen at a time and make in the cen¬ 
ter with a penknife a hole large enough 
to fit around the plant; then draw the 
knife from the hole to one side of the 
paper. I take one sheet of the paper, 
open the slot and draw it around the 
plant to the round hole. This will keep 
the Cutworm away from the plant, and 
I think it makes those old reports of 
some use. A man could apply these 
remedies to a great many plants in a 
day’s time. A great many people don’t 
know how to keep borers out of peach 
trees. In an experience of 50 years, I have 
never known the fly to lay eggs in the 
trunk of a tree that had air-slaked lime 
about it. It should be kept about the 
tree during the summer months. Another 
remedy is to cut heavy paper into strips 
about a foot wide and long enough to 
wind around the trunk of the tree, dig 
away a little of the earth about the 
trunk, wind the paper around, and tie 
it with a string; then throw the earth 
back and the tree is safe. 
Quack Grass in Nebraska. 
S. B. C , Townsend, Neb —In answer 
to F. A. B , of Lewisville, Wash., who 
wishes to know how to kill Quack grass 
in an orchard, I will state my experience 
with it in New York State in circum¬ 
stances similar to his. To exterminate 
it entirely in rich soil, one must shake 
the roots out with a fork from each fur¬ 
row as plowed, and haul them away 
where they cannot touch the soil to grow 
again. It will need to be done every 
year to keep them from forming a solid 
mass. By doing this one has an excel¬ 
lent seed bed for growing a crop where 
the trees are small. 
Manure Shed for a Bank Barn. 
W. B , Portage, O—l have one and 
keep my cattle up all winter. My shed 
is boarded up on three sides, with plenty 
of windows, and doors to drive through 
to haul out the manure. I have room 
overhead to hold all of ray straw. I 
have mangers to pitch it into, so the 
cattle can eat all they want. I bed this 
shed down every night and morning. 
My stock is put into the stables in the 
barn every night, and in the morning 
when they get through eating they are 
turned into the shed, where there is a 
good well of water. There is water by 
them all the time. They will drink as 
much in the night as in the day time. 
Because of the stock running on that 
manure, it does not heat. They have 
that shed to run in all summer, and are 
in it every day. 
Cow Peas, Winter Oats, Crimson Clover. 
G. D., Sanilac County, Mich —I tried 
cow peas here, fitted the ground in good 
shape, and sowed two bushels about 
June 1, 1895. The vines, if straightened 
up, were higher than my head, but just 
started to blossom when the frost struck 
them. I also tried winter oats, sowing 
them on a nice piece of well-fitted 
ground about September 5. They grew 
finely, and whenever the snow would 
thaw so that I could see them, they 
looked greener than my wheat, until 
freezing and thawing weather came in 
the spring, and that fixed them all. 
I also sowed Crimson clover with the 
oats, and also one acre besides by itself, 
which did well until freezing and thaw¬ 
ing weather came, and it, also, died. 
Then I sowed 1% acre again in the 
spring with peas and oats. The same 
fall, I could have cut two or three bush¬ 
els of seed to the acre, but thought I 
would let it go, and see whether it 
would stand the winter ; but it acted 
just the same as before. 
Making or Buying Poultry Netting. 
J C. S , Ore Banks, Va —Which shall 
it be, 200 rods of poultry netting, or a 
machine to make an unlimited amount ? 
Situated as I am, I would unhesitatingly 
buy the machine in case I needed only 
100 rods of woven wire fencing of any 
description or size of mesh. The price 
of a good machine and sufficient wire to 
make 100 rods of wire fence is just about 
the same as the cost of that amount of 
fencing in the roll. Years ago, when 
such a thiog as an automatic fence 
machine was not to be had, I investigated 
the matter thoroughly, and if there was 
a single manufacturer of wire fence or 
machine who did not hear from me at 
the time, it was because I did not see 
his advertisement during a scrutinizing 
search of all classes of papers, conducted 
for several weeks. Everybody had the 
“best” article, but I found that, by mak- 
100 rods of fence myself, I would just 
about have the machine as my pay for 
the work. Oa the next 100 rods, I would 
save the cost of the machine. In other 
words, I would have had to pay the 
fence manufacturer over and above the 
cost of the wire, an amount sufficient to 
buy a machine, so I determined to give 
myself the profitable job, and retain 
this amount of money. 
The “ standard ” size machine makes 
a fence anywhere from 4% to 49% inches 
high, with one shifting of the spools. 
Should any one desire to have a woven 
fence any higher than 49 inches, all he 
has to do is to weave the desired width 
or widths, and staple above the first. 
Opinions may differ, but for my part, I 
regard it as a waste of time and material 
to weave the fence any higher, as plain 
strands of No. 13 wire stretched several 
inches apart, will equally well restrain 
Biddy should she get any flighty notions 
in her head. The ordinary poultry net¬ 
ting is such a flimsy article, when the 
price is considered, that this fact alone 
would induce me to give the preference 
to the machine. By using, say No. 9 
wire for top and bottom, No. 13 for mid¬ 
dle wires, and Nos. 18 or 20 for mesh, 
one can make a fence close enough to 
confine securely the smallest chick, and 
at the same time, strong enough to turn 
hogs, horses and cattle. 
But the main reason why a machine 
to make the fence on the ground is pref¬ 
erable to buying fencing in the roll, is 
the very one most likely to be over¬ 
looked. For my rolling land, I would 
not accept readymade fencing as a gift. 
On such lands, it is simply impossible to 
make anything like a halfway decent 
job without much cutting and splicing. 
Even on land to all appearances level, 
not everybody can make a really satis¬ 
factory job. Not so with a machine on 
the ground. It makes a fence conform 
to the undulations of the land, across 
ravines and over hills. 
Gate and corner posts cannot be made 
any too firm. For gate posts, I like my 
“cap” plan with mortise and tenon, as it 
does away with the otherwise necessary 
braces. These are objectionable in a 
poultry yard, and for this reason, it is 
also preferable to brace firmly the cor- 
(Continued on next page.) 
Dull Aching Pains 
Palpitation of the Heart—All Cured 
by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 
“ I was troubled with a dull aching pain in my 
right kidney, and I also had palpitation of the 
heart. I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and 
since then I have never been troubled with either 
of these complaints. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is also 
helping my wife very much.” H. B. Scott, Marl¬ 
boro, New York. Get only Hood’s because 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. 
Hood’s Pills cure indigestion. 25 cents. 
CARMAN. 
Get buds of this famous PEACII direct from the 
originator. The original tree has not failed to bear 
a full crop in six years. Prices greatly reduced for 
181)7. Address J. W. STUBKNKAUCH, Mexia, Tex. 
If Short 
of HAY or FODDER, get our GRASS 
and CLOVER FOLDER, and our special 
prices on pure 
Southern German Millet 
State quantities wanted. 
Johnson <& Stokes, 
217 & 219 Market St., Philadelphia. 
CRIMSON 
ALSIKE 
LUCtRNE 
CLOVERS 
Samples and prices on application. Send for our 
Mid-summer Catalogue.fully describes the above also 
CELERY. POT-GROWN 8TRAWBERRIES, ETC. 
HENRY A. DREEB, Philadelphia. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
and other 
S u in in e r 
Seeds. 
(Millets. Buckwheats, Cow Peas, etc.) 
Lowest Market Prices tor high-grade seeds on 
application. Large or small lots. 
A. W. LIVINGSTON'S SONS. Columbus, Ohio. 
Crimson Clover Seed. 
My crop just bulled. Pure, clean and bright, $3.00 
per bushel, including bags; 10 bushels or more at 
discount. Cash with order. 
E. H. BANCROFT, Camden, Del. 
Crimson Clover Seed. 
DERBY'S GROWS. Pedigree dates back to 1887. 
Crop of 1897 for Sale. Address 
SAM H. DERBY, Woodside. Del. 
PDIRICnil PI fill CIO— Th e largest handler 
UltllTIdUfl ULv WCIl of American-grown 
Crimson Clover Seed In the United States, is JOSEPH 
E. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber, Milford, Del. 
Also, Cow Peas. Winter Oats,Timothy Seed, etc. 
PrimeftTl flnwr Thomas McElroy. European Seed 
UlllUjuli vlUVbl com. Merchant, Mercantile Ex¬ 
change Bldg., Harrison St., N. Y., continues the largest 
importer of high grade reliable stock of Crimson Clover 
seed In this country. Prices reduced this month. 
Crimson Clover. 
Reasons why every farmer should plant it, sent 
free. HOLMES & MacKUBBIN, Harrisourg, Pa. 
PrimQnil flrtVPr <\PPll -Home-grown; new crop, 
uilllijijll vlUVCT OCLU prices on application, stat- 
Ingquantlty wanted. It. 8. Johnston, B.4, Stockley.Del 
pri COY Dl A WTQ— Transplanted only. Lead- 
ULL.Cn I iLMIllo ing kinds. 40c. per 100; $2 
per 1,000. Carefully packed; safe for two weeks' 
transit. Good Plants. R. M. Welles, Towanda, Pa. 
pci CDV Dl A UTC $1 per 1,000 for leading varie- 
ULLCHI rLMn I O ties. Potted Strawberries 
only $1 per 100. Slaymakek & Son, Dover, Del. 
!■ n\/ PLANTS-Strong and stocky. 
uCiLCil\ I $1 per 1.000; $9 for 10.000. 
Special low express charges and satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. UNION SEED COMPANY. Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Kevitt’s Collection. 
EIGHT GRAND NEW VARIETIES 
OF STRAWBERRIES. 
The cream out of a thousand sorts which we 
fruited this season. liy mail, for 
12 Parker Earle Junior, Pot-grown.$1.00 
12 Ridgeway, “ 75 
12 Clyde, “ 50 
12 Free Silver “ 50 
12 Win. Belt “ 50 
12 Gardner •* 50 
12 Enormous, “ 50 
12 Brandywine, “ 50 
12 each of above eight sorts, by express, for $2.50 
T, C. KEVITT, ATHENIA, N. J. 
Berry Baskets. 
Quarts, Shorts, Pints, Thirds, &c. 
Peach Baskets. 
Sizes, 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , io. 12, 14 
and 16 quarts. 
Grape Baskets. 
Sizes, 314, s, 8 , 10 and 
15 pounds. 
Peach Covers. 
Wood, burlap and cotton. 
BERRY, PEACH AND GRAPE CRATES. 
Crate stock and box shooks in all sizes, direct from 
the manufacturers. Special prices to dealers and car¬ 
load buyers. Write for catalogue. 
A. H. MONTAGUE & SON, 
Manufacturers and Agents, 
120 Warren St„ New York City, 
niAIVCDIC SUMMER AND 
U W T ELK 9 autumn list 
of Pot-grown and layer Strawberry 
Plants, Celery and Vegetable Plants, 
Fruit Trees and all Nursery Stock 
will be mailed free to all who apply 
forit T. J. DWYER, 
CORNWALL, N. Y. 
Plant Breeding. » 
By L. H. Bailey. (Cross-breeding and Hybrid¬ 
izing, revised and enlarged.) Contains the 
Facts and Philosophy of Variation; the Phil¬ 
osophy of Crossing Plants; Specific Means 
by which Garden Varieties Originate; De¬ 
tailed Directions for Crossing Plants. Cloth, $1. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Corner Chambers and Pearl Streets. New York. 
For Honest Trees for Honest Farmers Rogers, Dansville, N.Y. 
1,000,000 STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For Fall and Spring. All Young Plants. All the leading NEW and Old Standard Sorts, grown on land 
never occupied by strawberry plants before. Prices right. Write for Special Price. Catalogue Free. 
i\.HTXIUn J. COLIjIRIS, Moorostown, 3XT. J. 
RARE TREES 
SHRUBS, FLOWERS AND FRUITS. 
Most complete General Collection in America. Three 
thousand varieties described in a200-page(FUEE) Catalogue 
“The heading New England Nursery.” JACOB W. MANNING, Beading, Mass. 
