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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 11 
Sulphur for the Woodchucks. 
J. II. R., Portland, Me.— We had so 
many woodchucks last year, that grain, 
cabbages and grass were injured so 
seriously that traps were quite inade¬ 
quate ; so we tried a plan of our own. 
With a spade, we deepened tbe mouths 
of the holes, and placed therein an old 
solderless pan or vessel; a small box 
made of wood that would stand fire, 
answered just as well. Then from a 
fire of small pieces of wood built near 
by for the purpose, we placed coals in 
the pan or box. On the fire, we put 
pieces of broken sulphur, equal to about 
one inch, broken from an ordinary 
stick ol sulphur, and covered the mouth 
of the hole and burning sulphur to¬ 
gether with short pieces of old board, 
leaving a little room so as not to stifle 
the fire; boughs covered with leaves 
answer as well. We then covered earth 
over all. Woodchucks never disturbed 
us afterwards. The whole time taken 
was not ordinarily longer than usually 
consumed in setting a trap. There is 
not one hole this year where there were 
twenty last. 
Black or White Grapes. 
Prof. .J . L Budd, Iowa.—A ll the desir¬ 
able white varieties of grapes I have 
tested, have failed in our climate ; but 
I do not believe that the color of the 
fruit has anything to do with it. All of 
them have had more traces of European 
parentage than such hardy sorts as Con¬ 
cord, Worden, and Moore’s Early. Even 
the Delaware shows foreign blood to 
those who have studied the grapes of Hun¬ 
gary, especially when we grow seedlings 
from it. That the color of fruits has 
nothing to do with hardiness, is shown 
by the fact that some of our hardiest 
apples are light colored, as are the fruits 
of some native plants, such as the Indian 
snowberry and our native Cornus. 
Asparagus for the Farm Garden. 
C. S. Rice, Lewis County, N. Y.—Why 
does not asparagus more generally find 
a place in the farmer’s garden ? No 
product of the garden is more easily 
raised, and it is the earliest and best of 
spring vegetables. I have a row five 
rods in length in my garden. It is a 
continuation of a row of currants and 
gooseberries, and the ground on both 
sides is cultivated as a garden. It is not 
as much work to care for this row of 
asparagus as for one of potatoes of the 
same length. Our family is large, but 
has been well supplied from this row for 
six weeks past, and quite a quantity has 
been given away. 1 suspect that com¬ 
ing to the table direct from our own 
garden, it is better than the half wilted 
product sold in our market. At any 
rate, we do not tire of it any more than 
of strawberries. 
this variety are a good commercial arti¬ 
cle. The Persian walnut lived through 
all right, but is small and does not seem 
so thrifty as the Japan. Those that died 
I expect to replace next spring, and if 
you can suggest any variety of nut tree 
that it would be desirable to try, I shall 
set some out. 
I am greatly interested in this nut 
question, as we have a great deal of 
land which is now altogether unprofit¬ 
able, which I fully expect to plant to 
chestnuts and other nuts as soon as I can 
determine the best kinds to plant. The 
objection I have to Paragon is that it is 
greatly injured by weevil, and that 
spraying does not reach the weevil; I have 
seen statements to that effect. To sum 
up, Paragon and the Japan walnut are 
the hardiest and thriftiest trees, but will 
their nuts be commercially successful'? 
Where is Luther Burbank ? If he can 
get us a good chestnut that the weevil 
will not damage, it would be a boon to us. 
Columbian Fails in Iowa. 
H. A. T., Crescent, Iowa. —In the 
spring of 1895, I bought 25 plants of the 
Columbian raspberry which, in spite of 
the dry weather, made so vigorous a 
growth, that I increased my plants to 
about 200 by fall. Most of the tips were 
quite strong, and, as 1 supposed, were 
quite capable of enduring the cold of 
winter. Last winter was a mild one, so 
that peaches went through without 
much injury ; but my Columbians, both 
old plants and tips, killed to the ground, 
and many of them were killed “root and 
branch,” so that I had no more plants 
this spring than I started with last 
spring. Possibly, the drought last sea¬ 
son may have had something to do with 
this, but 1 fear that the Columbian is 
not sufficiently hardy for the Iowa 
climate. Shaffer and Muskingum both 
went through the winter in better shape 
than Columbian. We also have a west¬ 
ern variety, the Redfield, which is quite 
hardy here and the fruit is of about 
the same size and quality as that of 
Columbian. 
Ensilage and Cows’ Teeth. 
A. L., Ghent, Belgium. —On page 389, 
you ask about ensilage destroying cows’ 
teeth. I have used ensilage as well of 
corn, as of clover and Timothy, since 
1884. I have sold cows which have had 10 
calves, and have some left (very good 
milch cows) which have had their 10th 
and 11th calf. If the teeth had been 
eaten by the ensilage, I would certainly 
not have them left. But does not G. V. 
B. give only very sour stuff, unfit to be 
put in a manger ? Does he not give 
other acid stuffs ? Or have his cattle 
such hard things to eat that the teeth 
are worn out ? My herd has, from Octo¬ 
ber to May, given 22 pounds a day—60 
to 80 cattle. 
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Nut Culture in Connecticut. 
F. T. S., Shaker Station, Conn.—The 
R. N.-Y.’s statements about the pros¬ 
pects of chestnut and other nut culture, 
induced me to set out an experiment 
plot, in the spring of 1895, with the re¬ 
sult that three of the Paragons are full 
of bloom, and look as though we would 
have nuts this year. Another Paragon 
has a few blooms. All the Paragons 
stood the winter without damage. Of 
Numbo, some were killed by the winter, 
and some bloomed. Some of the Ridge- 
leys were killed by the winter ; none 
bloomed. Of the Japanese, some were 
killed by winter; none bloomed. I 
planted several pecans; two Russell from 
Mississippi, were killed down by the 
winter, but are starting up from the 
bottom ; we shall protect them next win¬ 
ter. The Japanese walnut is flourishing ; 
the winter did not harm it in the least, 
but there will be no nuts this year; it 
is one of the thriftiest trees 1 planted. 
I. would like to ascertain if the nuts of 
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