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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 9 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Barberry and Asparagus Rust. 
A. L. J., Chateauguay Basin, fianada.—Is 
it at all' likely that a barberry hedge said 
to breed mildew can convey it to plants 
of asparagus near by? Is this true as said 
of the barberry? 
Ans. —There is no evidence to sup¬ 
port the idea that mildew on barberry 
plants will infect asparagus with rust, 
though the barberry is well-known to 
act as host for the Orange rust of wheat 
and rye. The fungi affecting the bar¬ 
berry and asparagus are of different spe¬ 
cies. 
Cooking Food for Stock. 
C. C. Z., Norwich, Conn.—Do you think 
cooked grain is better than raw for stock 
in general? If so, how much will it pay 
to bother to cook it? 
, Ans. —We have used a cooker for five 
years. It pays best for potatoes, tur¬ 
nips, and other bulky food. We find it 
very useful for hogs. A warm breakfast 
right from the cooker does them good, 
and we think it pays to cook all such 
food. Whole corn and cornmeal are im¬ 
proved by boiling in cold weather, but 
we have not found it profitable to cook 
the nitrogenous foods, like bran, oats 
or linseed meal. 
Using Bisulphide of Carbon. 
E. 8., Lionville, Pa.—I have about 250 
bushels of wheat in a good granary just 
over the cows. It is infested with the 
Angoumols moth, and with w'eevll. The 
l.antern is used in the stables morning and 
evening. If I treated this wheat with bi- 
-sulphide of carbon, would I endanger the 
cows or run any risk from fire? 
Ans. —No, under ordinary circum¬ 
stances there wull be no danger. Of 
course the grain bin is tight. The bi¬ 
sulphide would do but little good unless 
the bin is tight enough to hold the gas. 
We are advised to put blankets or bags 
over the bin to prevent the escape of the 
gas. In a well-ventilated stable there 
would be no danger, but to make doubly 
sure you can use the bi-sulphide in the 
morning after the cows are turned out. 
You will not kill the insects unless you 
make the bin airtight and keep it cov¬ 
ered. 
Peaches for Central New Jersey. 
C. McM., Westfield, N. J.—What varieties 
of peaches do you think are best to set 
an orchard containing 500 trees, to have 
five kinds to ripen in succession? I have 
been thinking of Mountain Rose, Old- 
mixon, Stump, Late Crawford, and Stevens 
Rareripe. Soil is clay loam with traces 
of iron. How do Spitzenburg, Oldenburg 
or Jonathan apples do in this section and 
soil? Northern Spy does not do well here; 
keeps poorly. Baldwin does well. I believe 
in planting fruit of high quality, as I think 
it will pay in the end. 
Ans. —The varieties you mention are 
excellent for your locality. We would 
suggest that some Triumph be worked 
In for early use, anti that Chairs Choice 
be substituted for Late Crawford. You 
would run some slight risk with these 
hewer varieties, but the chances are that 
they would please you. Jonathan apple 
should succeed well with you, but Spitz¬ 
enburg has never been satisfactory as 
far south as New Jersey. 
To Confine a Spring. 
C. B., Windsor, Conn.—In a pasture in the 
rear of the house I occupy there is a very 
fine spring which I w'ould very much like 
to confine and make easier to get at. It 
is in the side (at the bottom) of a hill. Can 
some of your readers advise me as to the 
best plan to do this, something permanent, 
but not too expensive? If I could bring the 
water nearer the house (perhiaps to a 
spring-house) it would be more convenient. 
Ans. —If I understand this question 
correctly the inquirer wishes to confine 
the water in his spring and pipe it to 
his residence. We should dig at the 
head of the spring and find whether at 
the depth of two or three feet this water 
issued from rock or through hardpan 
soil. If the main head of spring is at 
one point we should here either insert 
a large drain tile, or if preferred, would 
enclose it with a stone or brick vat, 
using Portland cement. We should pre¬ 
fer the large tile, as then only cracks 
to stop up will be at bottom, which can 
be done with Portland cement, or clay 
rightly puddled will settle into cracks 
and stop leaks. It will be easy to drill 
a hole in the tile to pipe the water. If 
necessary a vat can be constructed near 
the spring to hold a larger amount, but 
we should prefer to draw direct from 
the spring. We should get a man who 
thoroughly understands his business to 
do the cement work; then a satisfactory 
and inexpensive job will result. 
H. G. M. 
Various Fruit Questions. 
A. B., Friends, Pa. —I have a piece of 
Cuthbert raspberries set In May, 1901, that 
were pinched off at about 18 Inches. They 
have thrown out from three to four lat¬ 
erals that in some places meet across the 
seven-foot rows. These laterals are quite 
close to the ground, many at the surface. 
Will they support themselves during Win¬ 
ter and fruiting next year, or would you 
advise wire or stake support for the 
plants? They did not send out but one or 
two canes until late in the season. Will 
these small canes be all right for setting 
next Spring? Would you advise plowing to 
the rows this Fall? They have had level 
culture, and the soil is well drained. My 
Miller raspberries set same time have not 
made one-third the growth of Cuthbert. 
They are affected somew’hat with root 
galls. Are they a good variety to set in 
this latitude, 42 degrees north? How are 
the Loudon? Are the Miller and Loudon 
more subject to disease than the Cuthbert? 
What varieties of strawberries would you 
advise setting on black somewhat mucky 
ground? Jessie has made fine growth of 
plants this season, but I have not fruited 
them yet. Would you advise Clyde and 
Bubach for higher ground? 
Ans. —Your raspberries are too young 
to bear much fruit. It would hardly be 
worth while to stake them this season, 
and they will not be likely to need it 
next year, unless you are willing to take 
the trouble chiefiy for the sake of ap¬ 
pearance. Trim the laterals back to two 
o.c three buds next Spring. The new 
canes may be allowed to grow about 30 
inches high before pinching. They will 
probably be self-supporting if well 
pruned the following Spring for fruit¬ 
ing. Leave your rows level, plowing to 
the rows will do more harm than good 
by cutting roots. The Miller Red, 
where affected with root galls, should 
be dug and burned. This variety is use¬ 
ful on account of its early season and 
bright color, but it does not generally 
succeed as well as Cuthbert. The Lou¬ 
don is later and rather dull in color, but 
is usually healthy and hardy. Gandy is 
considered the most profitable straw¬ 
berry on heavy soil, though there 
are many local favorites. Clyde, Bu¬ 
bach, Warfield and William Belt are ex¬ 
cellent for upland. 
Nodules on Peas; Green Crops. 
E. D. B., Cayuga, N. T. —I enclose some 
roots of Canada field peas. You will see 
that they have small bunches attached to 
them. Are those bunches the tubercles 
that gather nitrogen from the air? I wrote 
you last Spring for best treatment of a 
piece of ground intended for strawberries 
next Spring, but at time of writing it was 
in rye. Your advice was to "cut the rye 
for hay if needed, plow the ground, drill 
in cow peas, cultivate long as possible to 
get between rows, and at last cultivation 
sow Crimson clover.” I did not need the 
hay, so I plowed it under about the time 
the grain was forming. When going to our 
local seedsmen for the cow peas, they had 
all been sold; so I concluded to try the 
Canada field peas. I drilled them in, mak¬ 
ing the rows 28 Inches apart; kept them 
well cultivated and at the last time over, 
sowed Dwarf Essex rape. I used rape in¬ 
stead of Crimson clover because I wished 
to plow the ground late in the Pall. The 
peas grew nicely until the latter part of 
August, when they began to turn brown; 
and upon examination the vines proved to 
be covered with green lice. The two days 
succeeding my discovery of the lice we had 
heavy rains lasting for several hours, and 
when the weather cleared up there were 
no green lice to be found; the peas, taking 
on new life, have grown nicely ever since. 
A week ago I broke a vine off at the 
ground and it measured 9% feet in length. 
The rape is making a good showing, and 
with all that mass of green stuff it puzzles 
me to make out how to get it all plowed 
down, unless by going on with a Cutaway | 
harrow and chopping It up. Within a few ^ 
days the green lice have returned to the 
peas. 
Ans. —The little "bunches” on the 
roots of the peas are the nodules or 
houses in which live the bacteria which 
secure the free nitrogen from the air. 
These “bunches” are found on the roots 
of the leguminous or pod-bearing plants. 
These tiny bacteria are living germs or 
low forms of life which do their work 
underground, and add greatly to our 
supplies of nitrogen. Whenever these 
nodules are present on the roots it is 
safe to conclude that the plant is ob¬ 
taining nitrogen in this way. We have 
reports of green lice on field peas. The 
lice do not, we think, usually work on 
cow peas. The rape will keep green un¬ 
til the ground is fully frozen. Some 
plants usually live through the Winter. 
We would not Fall-plow this ground, 
but let the rape grow and rot—plowing 
all in the Spring. It is sometimes pos¬ 
sible to chop up these heavy green crops 
by rolling and then working with disk 
or Cutaway across the track of the 
roller. 
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CHristmas 
You can be as generous 
as you like at Christmas, 
and all it will cost you will 
be a little systematic work 
between now and then. 
Write to The Ladies’ 
Home Journal and The 
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all about it. 
After Christmas you can 
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No luck about it. It 
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