1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
775 
Supposed Cases of Peach Yellows. 
Jos. H. Black. Son & Co , Hiohtstown, 
N. J.—So many different causes are con¬ 
ducive to the condition of the tree’s ap¬ 
pearance, which have caused it to be 
condemned as having the “yellows”, 
that it would be well to call attention to 
them briefly as we go along. 
We have the identical appearance with 
other causes in the trees which are af¬ 
fected by borers, and have not the 
proper attention at the proper time. Of 
course, in this case, the only precaution 
to use with the tree put in the same 
place would be to protect it from the 
borer the next time, and examine it 
carefully twice each year. 
The second cause is the most common 
one, and the one which is most often 
erroneously called yellows. This one is 
starvation and not yellows at all, except 
in the fact that it turns the tree and 
leaves so that it exhibits all the symp¬ 
toms that we see described as the yel¬ 
lows. In this case, we would say, when 
putting a new tree in, put plenty of new 
soil in the hole from which the old tree 
is dug, and use plenty of bone dust, 
kainit and muriate of potash or hard 
wood ashes. Use these or a mixture of 
two or more of them, and use them 
pretty heavily on the rest of the orchard, 
and in nearly all cases the yellows will 
disappear, and in its place, will be a 
good case of strong, healthy green trees. 
The third cause is a hard winter, not 
perhaps the one directly preceding the 
year that the trouble appears, but the 
one some time before ; or if bad, it may 
appear the same year following the 
freeze. This can only be cured by pull¬ 
ing the tree out and putting a new one 
in its place, and by good fertilizing, this 
will need no other precaution. 
Now comes what is called the yellows, 
and we have never seen it personally, 
but have had it described as it appears 
in some parts of New York and Dela¬ 
ware. Men have told us that, by heavy 
fertilizing and taking the soil out well 
and putting in new, they had no trouble 
thereafter, provided they kept the trees 
well tended and fertilized with potash 
fertilizers. 
Seeding Grass Without Gram. 
C. F. R., North Tonawanda, N. Y — 
Some time last summer, The R. N -Y. 
asked for experiments in seeding directly 
to Timothy without grain. I will report 
my trials now for the benefit of others. 
As grass or hay is best adapted to my 
land, and being near a good market, I 
considered hay the only crop I could 
raise and keep out of the sheriff’s 
clutches ; so, three years ago this fall, I 
turned over a Timothy sod which seemed 
to be scorched by the hot sun after mow¬ 
ing. It was dead, the ground was mel¬ 
low, and worked up well. I drilled in the 
last of September, a peck per acre of 
seed. We had some rains, but the seed 
did not make much growth before win¬ 
ter. It proved a failure, as a big crop 
of ragweeds covered the field the next 
summer. I plowed the weeds under with 
a coat of straw manure, sowed to wheat 
and Timothy about September 15, and 
as the Timothy did not make much of a 
show last spring, I sowed clover. The 
catch was good, and a heavy hay crop 
was the result. 
Not being satisfied with the above 
trial, I took another field last fall of 
eight acres, sowed four acres to Timothy 
and the other four to wheat and Tim¬ 
othy. All came up well and grew right 
along. This spring, the grass looked 
spotted, so I added clover again to the 
whole field. The Timothy lodged before 
haying time, it cut two tons per acre, 
but there were some weeds again. 
It has now again grown to nearly two 
feet in height, much is headed out, and 
could have been cut once more, but I 
pasture it. There is no clover in sight, 
while on the other four acres, the clover 
is much higher than the wheat stubble, 
while not much Timothy appears. Upon 
the whole, I don’t like this seeding with¬ 
out grain, and were I otherwise situ¬ 
ated, I would not try it again. 
R. N.-Y.—We would have worked it 
longer before seeding, and also used 
more seed. 
Ivy on Damp House. 
W. O. E., Whitby, Ont. —It is claimed 
for the Boston Ivy (Ampelopsis Veitchii) 
that it serves to protect the wall on 
which it grows from dampness ; not. 
however, on the ground that it removes 
any moisture from the wall, but because 
of the way in which its leaves overlap 
each other, after the manner of shingles 
on a roof, and thus shed the rain from 
it ! They might thus prevent a wall 
from getting wet, but would, certainly 
hinder its drying once it got wet. An 
account from those who have fairly 
tested this matter would be interesting 
and profitable. Though I am trying it, 
I cannot yet testify anything more than 
that the leaves arrange themselves in 
the manner indicated. 
Profit in Winter Dairying 
G. W. Sisson Jr., St. Lawrence 
County, N. Y.—Winter dairying, with 
fall-fresh cows, comfortable stables, a 
good and convenient water supply, some 
succulent food in the shape of roots or 
ensilage to combine with cheap, home¬ 
grown roughage and purchased pro¬ 
tein foods, will prove profitable That, 
much experience has taught. To com¬ 
pare winter dairying under such favor¬ 
able conditions with summer dairying 
as usually practiced in the careless, take- 
things-as-they-come manner, would be 
manifestly unfair. However, even under 
like conditions, there are several facts 
in favor of winter dairying. The value 
of the product is greatly enhanced, 
sometimes as much as 50 to 100 per cent, 
with no such corresponding increase in 
cost of production. The fertility of the 
farm is rapidly increasing if the dairy¬ 
man is wise in his choice of purchased 
grain. More time and closer attention 
can be given the cows than during the 
rush of a season’s work The winter 
dairyman who is equipped for his busi¬ 
ness is master of the situation, can gov¬ 
ern conditions, is not harassed by 
drought, short pastures or flies and, 
whether near a large city or not, a fine 
product from a well-kept dairy will 
always find a good market and price at 
that time of year. 
Many women 
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