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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 31 
Cure for Cutworms . 
S. F., Belding, Mich. —My remedy is 
one pound of Paris-green to 50 pounds of 
bran, and one pint of common molasses 
to sweeten the water. When the mo¬ 
lasses and water are mixed, put in the 
Paris-green, and with a sprinkler wet 
the bran in a large box, being careful 
to have the bran thoroughly mixed and 
dampened, not wet, with the water. I 
drop about two-thirds of a tablespoon¬ 
ful on every alternate hill and every 
alternate row of corn. I find this so 
effectual that I have not lost one-half 
dozen hills on 4% acres from Cutworms. 
They seem to prefer the sweetened bran, 
and I find it kills the potato beetle, and 
it does not hurt the corn. If you reckon 
the bran as a fertilizer, the cost is, for 
Paris-green, 25 cents ; molasses, four 
cents ; total, 29 cents for 4% acres. If 
you reckon the bran, it is 54 cents. I 
drop it from an old tobaeco pail. 
Peach on Plum Stock. 
W. W. EL, Leamington, Ont —The 
peach is often budded on plum stocks. 
Trees thus grown succeed better on flat 
or damp soil, as the plum will stand wet 
feet better than the peach, I think that 
peach trees grown on plum roots would 
succeed better than on their own. Any 
soil that is low or liable to be overflowed, 
is not suitable for the peach. I would 
not expect it to pay to plant them on 
such soil for commercial purposes. We 
always select the highest and driest soil 
we can find for the peach, one that is 
naturally drained to a depth of 10 to 20 
feet. On a low or flat soil, the trees 
grow too late in the autumn, and do not 
ripen their wood sufficiently to stand 
the cold winters we get here in Canada. 
This may not apply farther south where 
the winters are mild. Judging from my 
own observations, I would think it very 
doubtful whether the peach can be 
grown successfully on wet soils, either 
on the plum or its own roots. 
The Honest Tree Agent. 
C. W. A., Collinsville, Conn. —Lst 
me suggest that The R. N.-Y. has, in 
the past, had several articles, most 
severely condemning tree agents. While 
many are certainly rascals, it is equally 
certain that many are strictly honest 
and honorable in their dealings. Some 
of the best firms, such as Ellwanger & 
Barry, send agents, who certainly sell 
good stock. Many others, like myself, 
do a small business of our own, buying 
of large nurseries. Stephen Eoyt’s 
Sons, of whom I buy what stock I do 
not raise, sell nearly all their stock to 
dealers, and their trees, I think, rank as 
high as any. The higher prices charged 
by agents are balanced by the delivery 
of the goods, the guarantee of a free re¬ 
placing of trees dying the first year, 
and the fact that the trees sold by 
agents—honest agents, I mean—usually 
grade higher than those sent out by the 
cheap nurseries. So when some one sends 
in an article giving a wholesale condem¬ 
nation of all tree agents, please add a 
word that there are some agents who 
are not swindlers, while there has not 
yet been found a business into which 
some rascals did not enter. 
Killing Quack Grass. 
Dr W. J. Beal, Michigan. —As nearly 
as I can estimate the number, I have 
completely eradicated at least 75 pieces 
of Quack grass in the past 25 years, 
many of them small, but some of them 
10 rods or more in length. I do not plow 
deep, but shallow ; I do not extend the 
work over a whole season by summer 
fallowing ; I do not wait for a dry time, 
but prefer wet, growing weather for 
quickest results ; I spend no time har¬ 
rowing or raking out the rootstocks ; I 
put no stress on freezing out the plants. 
This plan I have found best: Plow very 
late in autumn, or, just as well, very 
early in spring, and cultivate with an 
instrument that cuts the ground all over 
like a number of small, sharp shovel- 
plows working together. Cultivate every 
three days, rain or shine, wet or dry, 
from early spring, till about June 10 for 
central Michigan. If the weather be 
wet, and otherwise very favorable for 
the growth of the grass, it may need 
working a little oftener. The leaves 
must not be allowed to appear above 
ground. 
Weather good for grasses will induce 
Quack to push rapidly, and this pushing 
for new stems or leaves above ground is 
an exhausting process till green blades 
appear; then it is gaining instead of 
losing. If plowed under deep, espe¬ 
cially in heavy soil, and especially 
in dry weather, the rootstocks often lie 
dormant for too long a period. By the 
middle of June, the land will be ready 
and in fine tilth for a crop of some kind. 
Quack grass thrives with child’s play. 
Quack grass likes nothing better than 
the hap-hazard, faint-hearted farmer. 
It takes time to kill it. Will you be 
thorough and work intelligently, or will 
you nurse the job along for years, 
scattering it broadcast with the harrow, 
and after a time, allow it a roothold in 
every rod of soil on the farm ? 
Root-Gall in Peach Trees. 
F. S. C., Lake Helen, Fla. —Last year, 
I had several trees affected by this 
disease, but no one here knew what it 
was, and I thought it the result of root- 
knot. In October, a friend sent me a 
copy of The R. N.-Y., which contained 
an illustration of a tree that had root- 
gall, and a short account of the disease. 
In that article, the author said that no 
cause had been discovered, and as yet, 
no remedy found for it. At that time, I 
had a good many trees that were affected, 
and I was a good deal discouraged ; but 
it was some satisfaction to know what I 
had to contend with, and I began to ex¬ 
periment and have successfully treated 
several trees. I do not think there is 
any need of losing any trees 'from that 
cause, if they are treated before it saps 
the life all out of the tree. 
The first thing I did was to try to find 
what caused root-gall. I found that the 
first sign of it was sap oozing from the 
tree and forming a gummy substance ; 
around this place, a knotty growth of 
wood will form, sometimes as large as a 
goose egg, and in time it will become so 
hard that one cannot cut it with a knife. 
Wherever one of these galls is found the 
tree will be found dead to the heart and, 
if left alone, it will kill the tree. The 
first thing I did was to cut the gall out 
with a chisel, and then cut all of the 
dead wood out; on some of the trees, it 
made a hole that cut the tree nearly 
half off. I then painted the place with 
coal tar ; I did this to stop the flow of 
sap for, if nothing was done, the sap 
would continue to flow and, without 
doubt, another gall would form. It was 
a success, and all trees that were in a 
vigorous condition recovered, and one 
that was less than one year planted, had 
a heavy crop of fine peaches this year ; I 
am sure there was not less than one-half 
bushel and I think more than that. I 
watch my trees now, and at the first 
sign of root-gall, cut the diseased wood 
away and apply the tar. If the sap 
should force itself through the tar, 
scrape it off and paint again, and give 
the tree an application of some quick¬ 
acting fertilizer, so that it will make a 
vigorous growth and repair the damage 
as soon as possible. 
More Manure Shed Talk. 
A. S., Mansfield, Pa.—I keep but one 
cow and two horses, but you can guess 
what I think about the value of a ma¬ 
nure shed when I tell you that I intend 
having one. There is no question with 
me about its paying, the only question 
being as to how to keep the manure 
tramped solidly enough to exclude the 
air and prevent burning. The very best 
manure I ever had was when I had two 
box-stalls, each about 16 feet square, in 
one of which 1 kept a horse and the other 
a cow, both of which were allowed their 
freedom. The stalls were deep, extend¬ 
ing below the floor to the ground, and 
were not cleaned out at all during the 
winter ; but plenty of dry sawdust was 
used, so that they were, at all times, dry 
and comfortable, and the animals kept 
cleaner and in better condition than I 
have ever been able to keep them in or¬ 
dinary stables. In the spring, the ma¬ 
nure came out with no signs of fire-fang- 
ing, but loose and friable, owing to the 
sawdust, and in a shape to be easily and 
evenly applied to the soil, and it gave 
me by far the best results of any barn¬ 
yard manure I have ever used. Its effects 
on the several crops on which I used it 
were most marked. 
Florida Fodder Crops. 
A. Y. A., Orlando, tFi, a —No north¬ 
ern grasses or clovers will grow here, 
but we have Crab grass and Beggar 
weed that make good dry, as well as 
green feed. The Crab grass comes up 
freely on good land, and grows very 
rapidly. After sowing Beggar weed 
seed one year it seeds itself, and also 
grows very rapidly. I had it on five 
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Seasonable $eeds 
Dwarf Essex Rape. 
-Sow in July and 
August. 12 cts lb., $5.00 bush., $9.00 100 lbs. 
Scarlet Clover. 
Sow with 
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*2 spring feed, invaluable for dairymen. $4.50 bus. 
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vJI adsoCCUS. qualities. Weare headquar- 
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mixtures. Detailsin Farmers'Manual,mailed free. 
Seed Wheat and Rye. JpaTi 
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Descriptive list mulled free. 
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CELERY. POT-GROWN STRAWBERRIES, ETC. 
HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia. 
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The great land improver. Home grown 
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J. G. HARRISON <fc SONS, Berlin, Md. 
Was Able to Do No Work—Liver in 
Bad Condition. 
WOODHULL, N. Y.—“ I was all run down in 
health and hardly able to do any work, except a 
few chores. My liver was in a bad condition and 
my head ached constantly. I have been taking 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and I am now entirely well. 
I have also taken Hood’s Pills with benefit. These 
medicines have done wonders for me.”—H. J. 
Marlatt. Be sure to get only HOOD’S. 
HnnfT* Pills the best family cathartic 
FUNGIROID A PHY BORDEAUX MIXTURE 
Add Water and it's ready to Spray. 
ASK FOK LEGGETT'S WHALE OIL SOAP. 
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Circular Free. 301 Pearl Street, New York. 
CRIMSON CLOVER. 
and other Seasonable Seeds. Prices on application. 
W. AT LEE BURPEE A CO., Seed Growers, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
bSsCRIMSON clover 
ALL TESTED 8 EEDS. 
Send for Samples and Prices. 
II. XV. DOUGUTEN, MOORESXOWN, N. J. 
Crimson Clover Seed. 
My crop just hulled. Pure, clean and bright, $:i.0U 
per bushel, including bags; 10 bushels or more at 
discount. Cash with order. 
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Delaware-Grown l Recleaned. 
Absolutely Pure. 
Crimson Glover. i lbs., sacked, f. o. b 
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rMJUVr n>P SUMMER AND 
U W T EL lx O 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, 
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PDIBflCflti 01 IBllC0- The largest handler 
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Crimson Clover Seed in the United States, is JOSEPH 
K. HOLLAND, Grower and Jobber. Milford, Del. 
Also, Cow Peas. Winter Oats, Timothy Seed, etc. 
frimcnn PlftVPT Thomas McElroy. European Seed 
UlllUoUU U1GVC1 Com. Merchant, Mercantile Ex¬ 
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importer of high grade reliable stock of Crimson Clover 
seed in this country. Prices reduced this month. 
Kevitt’s Collection. 
EIGHT GRAND NEW VARIETIES 
OF STRAWBERRIES. 
The cream out of a thousand sorts which we 
fruited this season. By 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. KEYITT, ATHENIA, N. J. 
Crimson Clover. 
Reasons whv every farmer should plant it, sent 
free. HOLMES & MACKUBBIN, Harrisourg, Pa. 
Crimson Clover Seed-Sr^iX.S 
Ingquantity wanted. R. S. Johnston, B.4, Stockley.Del 
N orthern Ohio-grown Crimson Clover Seed. I have 
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GEO. BITTNER. Milan, Ohio. 
PEI FRY Dl AIITQ $1 per 1,000 for leading varie- 
UtLCn I rUHn I a ties. Potted Strawberries 
only $1 per 100. Slaymakeu & Son, Dover, Del. 
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75 Varieties in Stock. 
Largest stock of Peach Trees in the 
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transit. Good Plants. K. M. Welles, Towanda, Pa. 
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originator. The original tree has not failed to bear 
a lull crop In six years. Prices greatly reduced for 
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