1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
339 
FARMERS' CLUB DISCUSSION. 
(continued.) 
$5 gun to “blowup” a few bushes, when 
the lime can be sifted on very well from 
an old, loose-meshed sack, giving quick 
movements of the hand, to make the 
smudge as great as possible, so that it 
will adhere to the under sides of the 
leaves. 
Growing Seed Peas. 
W. O. E., Whitby, Ont. —I have just 
been reading “ Growing Peas on a Large 
Scale.” It may interest your readers to 
be told how the seed, which commands 
so liberal a price when at last it reaches 
the hands of those who use it, is raised. 
Several large dealers have agents dis¬ 
tributed through this section of Ontario, 
to whom they forward the peas that are 
to be sown to grow the seed peas. These 
agents contract with the best farmers of 
the neighborhood to grow the peas, sup¬ 
plying them with the seed, the usual 
condition being that the farmer shall 
return the same quantity of peas as the 
amount of seed furnished him ; or in 
the event of a failure of his crop, that 
he shall pay for them at a stated price ; 
while the agent, on his part, agrees to 
purchase the remainder of the crop over 
and above the quantity of seed fur¬ 
nished, at a stipulated price, which is a 
good deal less than Charles Parry says 
that the truckers must pay for what 
they get. The agent exercises needful 
supervision of the crop while it is grow¬ 
ing, to see that the seed is kept pure, by 
having all the vines that do not come 
true to kind, pulled up. 
We regret that we cannot tell our 
readers, from personal experience, in 
time to enable them to act upon it, as to 
the value of the new small fruits, the 
Gault raspberry, the Raspberry-straw¬ 
berry and the Logan Raspberry-black¬ 
berry. The Gault has passed the winter 
in safety, though the plants were greatly 
harmed by anthracnose last year. The 
Logan plants are alive, though most of 
the canes were badly killed. The herb¬ 
aceous Strawberry-raspberry has started 
vigorously. It is a strange fruit, and 
will, no doubt, have a certain value. It 
will be remembered that last year we 
reported that the new Japan Mayberry 
(Burbank) did not stand the winter. We 
procured other plants last spring and 
these were protected by a mulch over 
the roots. But they seem to be dead. 
We are fairly confident that this very 
distinct novelty will be a failure in this 
and similar climates. 
The past winter was one of excep¬ 
tional severity. We do not know how 
low the mercury fell, but we do know 
that it touched 18 degrees below zero. It 
is a great pleasure to be able to state that 
Campbell’s Early, which, we believe, 
though judging from too little knowl¬ 
edge, possibly, will proveto be the best 
black grape at present known, without 
any protection, has not been injured in 
the least.. 
Saghalin, of our three kinds of Poly¬ 
gonum, was the first to start. It makes 
an early, vigorous growth. 
And now for Crimson clover. Our 
readers will kindly bear in mind that the 
lowest temperaure was, at least, 18 de¬ 
grees below zero. We sowed it in late 
August, and the exceedingly dry weather 
thereafter prevented it from making 
much growth before frost. Again, it 
was sown upon poor land that, being 
more clayey than sandy, cracks and 
“ heaves” somewhat during winter. 
Well, most of it is alive—that is more 
than half—and this seems to demonstrate 
its capacity to stand cold alone. What 
kills it out in places we may not state. 
That is what we need to find out. Our 
guess would be, first, that it needs a 
better start in the fall, and, second, that 
it cannot stand the water and ice that 
accumulate in soil depressions. The 
land needs to be perfectly surface 
drained. This, as our friends should 
know, is our fourth trial with Crimson 
clover. The first was on a garden plot, 
thoroughly well drained. Not a plant 
was killed apparently, and the growth 
in the spring was beautifully vigorous. 
The next year, on the same plot, it was 
badly killed. Then we sowed it as a 
spring crop, the result being that the 
weeds, starting earlier, and growing 
faster, smothered it. Evidently, we do 
not know just what conditions suit this 
plant. Certain it is that 18 degrees be¬ 
low zero will not kill it. But we want 
to know why portions were killed while 
other portions were not. 
We shall have more to say later as to 
our Crimson clover plots. Our winter 
oats seem to be killed, except a plant 
here and there. Why did a few plants 
survive while all the rest were killed ? 
We had great faith in the Rural Winter 
oats, because they passed the winter in 
safety two years ago. 
Every one of our collection of Japan 
plums is alive and, seemingly, unharmed. 
We would be glad to hear from our 
friends as to the hardiness of the new 
Columbian raspberry, and also the Lou¬ 
don and Miller raspberries. 
One grows to care more and more for 
the Hardy catalpa—Catalpa speciosa. It 
is valuable for timber, as an ornamental 
tree, as a quick-growing tree, and for 
its hardiness. In every way, except, per¬ 
haps, as to rapidity of growth, it excels 
the Common catalpa—Catalpa bignon- 
ioides or syringaefolia—but especially as 
to hardiness. It would pay our friends 
to plant a few of these trees every year, 
to be used simply for firewood. A little 
grove of this Hardy catalpa would give 
lots of shade in three or four years, 
while its big, tropical leaves and im¬ 
mense trusses of orchid-like flowers, 
would render such a grove a thing of 
great beauty. 
The Hardy catalpa is very easily raised 
from seeds, and one may buy them of 
seedsmen for 10 cents an. ounce. The 
seedlings grow with wonderful rapidity, 
and may be transplanted to permanent 
places the second year. The seeds may 
be sown now, or even later, in boxes or 
pots, or in the garden. 
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Did you ever hear of SLUG SHOT? 
1880 
SLUG SHOT saves the garden. 
SLUG SHOT has a history. 
HT.TTfl STTOT is a cheap powder,remarkably 
tine,very diffusible, and clings 
in a fine dust upon any plant 
over which It is dusted. It kills Currant Worms. 
STjTTCt SHOT kills insects as sure as sugar 
sweetens coffee. 
STjTTCt STTOT is not a new or untried prepa- 
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Rose Slugs and Blight. 
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^ ^ k 3 -LAvy j. veKeta t,ion, and drives off or 
kills Cockroaches and Bed 
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STiTTG STTOT primarily was used on the 
Potato Bug and then the Cur- 
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and flowers generally. Cabbage was saved by it. 
Beans, Tomatoes, Tobacco and Radishes were 
treated. Turnips by the acre were protected from 
the fly. Melons from the cut-worm and tty beetles. 
Saved the Plums from the curculio. The Quince 
covered with slugs was completely cleaned. The 
Apple was saved from the Canker worm. Saved the 
Elm trees from being destroyed by the Kim Tree 
beetle. 
SLUG SHOT " ent 's 10 the Jers ?r Cran - 
berry Bogs; acre after acre 
of Cranberry vines from 
grasshoppers were saved. 
ST,TTO STTOT was used on lousy chickens, 
>3 - uuu Qn calveSj d0({} . and cattle . 
STJTG STTOT went into the hands of com- 
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girl or boy, horse or cow, dog or cat, calf or sheep, 
goose or turkey, hen or pigeon, hog or ox, or any 
other quadruped or biped; and It has been used 
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qt tt ra. STTOT ls put u p ln 5 andlO-pound 
UAJUVX QHU-t bags; kegs, 125 pounds; bar- 
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