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BUS OF TALK. 
Why not use S. C. rock instead of 
plaster as an absorbent in stable? 
Some farmers do, and find it very use¬ 
ful. It is not so neat and clean-looking 
as piaster, but is worth more as a fer¬ 
tilizer. 
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What chemical process goes on in the 
silo? 
It is not definitely known, but chem¬ 
ists are now coming to believe that in 
many cases there is no regular fermen¬ 
tation. 
Does not the great heat which starts 
up after filling show that the silage is 
fermenting? 
Not always. This neat has been ob¬ 
served when no ferment was present. 
What caused it then? 
The respiration (almost like breath¬ 
ing) of the cut stalks. These stalks are 
living things, which give off gases in the 
siio. 
Is this heating necessary? 
No. People used to think so, and some 
do now, but the best of silage has been 
made with little if any heating. 
According to these new ideas what 
sort of corn makes the best silage? 
The mature stalks. The green, soft 
stalks make a poorer silage, with more 
acid. 
What about the silo? 
The best silage is made in strong, light 
silos. We hope to have this whole 
thing explained by Prof. P. H. King ere 
long. 
* * * 
Why do you feed so much wheat bran? 
It contains more of the minerals or 
bone-forming food than any other feed. 
For young stock, poultry or brood ani¬ 
mals we call it specially useful. 
* * * 
Will the continuous use of nitrate of 
soda harm the soil? I have heard it 
stated that nitrate of soda leached the 
soil and carried other materials with it. 
No. The nitrogen may leach out of 
the soil in a rainy season, but it will 
not carry other valuable fertilizing ele¬ 
ments with it. 
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Is there any profit in dandelion cul¬ 
ture? 
Very little, except in some special lo¬ 
calities. Tbe dandelions are boiled for 
“greens.” There is but a limited mar¬ 
ket for them. We would not advise any 
large investments in the business. 
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A dwarf stock will always dwarf a 
standard tree grafted on the dwarf. 
What is the effect when a dwarf is graft¬ 
ed on a standard, as, for example, a 
Paradise graft is inserted in an ordinary 
apple tree? 
As the dwarf graft cannot be induced 
to grow fast enough or produce suffi¬ 
cient foliage it will eventually succeed 
in checking the growth of the vigorous 
stock, but if a good union is made it will 
probably grow larger than if on its own 
roots. Catalpa Bungei, a large-leaved 
shrubby species, is often grafted high 
up on C, speciosa or G. bignonioides 
stocks, and forms the dense round- 
headed Umbrella Catalpas often seen on 
ornamental grounds. 
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What are the best kinds of peppers for 
market? Are they a profitable crop to 
grow? What kind of soil is best suited 
for them? What distance apart are they 
usually planted for field culture? 
The Ruby King, County Fair and 
Large Bell are the kinds generally pre¬ 
ferred, given in the order of their popu¬ 
larity. The new Chinese is immense in 
size and of splendid quality. It is rather 
late, but if first fruits are removed as 
soon as they reach marketable size it is 
very productive. Peppers are consid¬ 
ered fairly profitable near the large mar¬ 
kets. A warm, light, well-enriched loam 
is best. The plants are set in rows 30 
inches apart, and 15 to 18 inches apart 
in the row. 
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I have about three acres of asparagus 
that 1 intended to put farm manure on 
this Spring, as the land is a trifle heavy. 
I saw just a trace of rust last Fall. 
Which will be the safer, manure or a 
complete fertilizer? I used nitrate of 
soda last Spring; year before manure 
and fertilizer. What is the best black 
raspberry to plant? 
Good stable manure is probably best 
for asparagus, applied at the rate of 20 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
or more tons to the acre. Good aspara¬ 
gus is grown with fertilizers containing 
four per cent nitrogen, eight of phos¬ 
phoric acid and 10 of potash, applied at 
the rate of 1,000 to 1,200 pounds per acre. 
Kansas is probably the safest black 
raspberry to plant just now, though 
Cumberland is meeting with great favor, 
as it becomes more widely tested. 
ASPARAGUS RUST AND VARIETIES. 
What New Jersey Growers Say. 
While we have had no experience with 
the Argenteuil or any other of the new 
or old varieties other than the Palmetto 
and Conover’s Colossal, we find a very 
decided difference in the immunity 
from rust between the Palmetto and the 
old stand-by, Conover’s Colossal, in fa¬ 
vor of the Palmetto. In fact, the Colos¬ 
sal rusts so badly that it is not planted 
except by mistake in this locality, while 
the Palmetto and French “grass” is be¬ 
ing put out in large quantities. 
Middletown, N. J. w. b. conover. 
My experience is only between the 
two varieties, Conover’s Colossal and 
Palmetto, both in the same field, and of 
same age and culture. Palmetto is very 
much less affected, showing three weeks’ 
good growth after Colossal is apparent¬ 
ly dead. I have had no experience with 
the Argenteuil, which some of my neigh¬ 
bors claim as good as Palmetto. I think 
not. The old varieties are no good; too 
easily killed by the rust. j. s. e. 
Port Monmouth, N. J. 
Palmetto will rust badly with me. My 
plants were raised from seed grown by 
Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, and 
they assured me the seed was genuine 
Palmetto. There is a variety grown here 
to a limited extent known as French as¬ 
paragus, which may be Argenteuil that 
does not rust as much as the Palmetto. 
Red Bank, N. J. n. c. m’l. 
In regard to Asparagus rust in our lo¬ 
cality, my experience has only been with 
the Palmetto and Colossal, and the latter 
is so susceptible to rust that it is a dead 
failure, and people have about stopped 
putting any more of it out. As for the 
Argenteuil, as far as I can learn, it is 
about the same as Palmetto, although 
the beds are all very young yet. 
Red Bank, N. J. t. s. f. 
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