1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
37 
Mixing Ashes With Manure. 
M. K. W., Northville, N. Y.—I have a quan¬ 
tity of ashes and some fine old horse manure 
not turned or heated. I have ordered 1,000 
pounds acid phosphate. IIow shall I mix it 
for a good fertilizer for grass, etc. ? 
Ans. —We have not found it advisable 
to mix wood ashes with manure or fertil¬ 
izers. They are so fine that coarser ma¬ 
terials do not mix well with them. They 
also contain lime, which when mixed with 
the acid phosphate causes it to “revert” and 
become less soluble. We should broadcast 
the ashes alone, and mix the acid phos¬ 
phate with the manure. 
Winter Protection of Roses. 
J. P. O., Ripon, Wis .—IIow can I best cover 
Remontant roses for Winter, as protection 
against mice and the weather? 
Ans. —The best possible protection from 
the mice and cold for Remontant roses 
m your locality would be heaped earth, 
12 or 18 inches high about the stems, just 
before hard freezing begins, and cover 
the mound of earth with coarse straw, 
manure or evergreen branches to keep 
out severe frost. Mice will very seldom 
cut roses or other plants below the ground 
line, and the earth makes a fine protection 
against sharp freezing during the Winter. 
Baled Horse Manure. 
C. D. T., Emerald, Pa .—There is a man 
here who desires to engage in the business of 
raising mushrooms, and cannot obtain the 
required amount of manure. lie has request¬ 
ed me to learn of persons in your city who 
bale and ship the same. 
Ans. —We doubt if baled manure can be 
bought in this city. About 10 years ago 
some experiments were made with baled 
manure, but the bales did not pay, and 
were given up. The baling squeezed out 
most of the liquid—carrying the best part 
of the manure—and the dry bale was like 
“firefanged” manure. You will probably 
be obliged to buy in bulk. 
Seeding With Orchard Grass. 
IP. S., Mt. Airy, Pa .—I have an orchard 
which I want seeded with Orchard grass. 
IIow much seed does it take to tlie acre? IIow 
is it in comparison witli Timothy for feeding 
cows and horses? Is it likely to grow in 
clumps? Can it he sown in Spring? 
Ans. —In seeding our own orchard we 
used three bushels of Orchard grass seed 
per acre and six quarts of clover. This 
was not too much. Orchard grass makes 
a light hay of good quality. We call it 
fully equal to Timothy for feeding, but 
the market does not care for it. The 
grass grows in tufts or bunches. We like 
it because it does well in the shade. It 
can be seeded in Spring or Fall. 
Red-Top as Meadow Grass. 
C. J. IT., Scmckley, Pa .—For some years 
past we have been growing hay under a mod¬ 
ification of the Clark method, and with ex¬ 
cellent results. While Red-top is natural to 
this soil, and has been growing around us all 
our life, yet it remained for Mr. Clark and 
The It. N.-Y. to tell us of its merits as a 
meadow grass. The more we know of it the 
better we like it. It does not scald out or get 
thin on the ground like Timothy, and we 
think makes fine hay. We find that on our 
soil one quart by measure of Ited-top seed and 
turee of Timothy is about right. If we use 
more Ited-top it takes entire possession. 
Ans. —We find Red-top an excellent 
meadow grass. On sour or damp lands it 
has crowded the Timothy out in our seed¬ 
ing. We consider it better for feeding 
than Timothy, but not so good for a 
market hay. 
Keeping Pigs and Hens. 
C. O. L., Lockport, N. Y .—Will one pig 
thrive alone, or must two be kept? Can a pig 
lie allowed to run in a chicken yard, or will 
he interfere with the chickens? What breed 
of hens would you advise for home use? 
Ans. —A single pig will thrive in a pen 
if well fed and watered, and permitted to 
keep himself clean. A barrow is best for 
such feeding. See that he has a dry nest 
with shade, and salt and wood ashes be¬ 
fore him. It is usually safe to keep pigs 
with the chickens, but they must be 
watched. If they once begin to kill and 
eat the chicks they will get them all. We 
have kept pigs in this way and had no 
trouble, yet we know that in some cases 
the chickens are killed and eaten. The 
breed of hen depends upon various things. 
Probably White Wyandotte are as good 
as any for “home use.” 
Rhubarb in Mississippi: Barren Grape. 
O. n. U., Hattiesburg, Miss. —1. I am try¬ 
ing to grow rhubarb; bought some one-year- 
old roots and set out last Fall. Will it in¬ 
jure them to cut the leaf stems next Summer, 
or must I wait and let them alone till the 
following season? 2. I have a Scuppernong 
grapevine seven years old, crossing an arbor 
30 feet square. It has been blooming pro¬ 
fusely every Spring for five years. After 
blooming it sheds every vestige of a sign of 
fruit; has never borne a grape. Would you 
dig it. up, or can you tell me what to do to 
make it. bear? 
Ans. —1. It is not a good plan to cut 
rhubarb plant until it established at least 
two years. The rhubarb plant is not very 
much at home in your latitude at best, and 
it would be well to let the plant become 
thoroughly established and gain full 
strength before cutting any of the stalks. 
2. It is likely that your Scuppernong 
grapes do not produce sufficient pollen to 
fertilize themselves. It is well to plant 
the male Scuppernong vine near the fruit¬ 
ing vines in order to furnish sufficient 
pollen. When this is done they are ren¬ 
dered very fruitful. 
Gas Power for Spraying. 
J. M. C., Delaware, O .—I notice that you 
have been using liquid carbonic acid gas. 
What would it cost to run a spray pump for 
10 hours with this gas? Would tlie outfit for 
spraying with the gas be expensive? Could 
compressed air be used economically, or would 
a small gasoline engine be preferable to 
either? We have a large orchard of about 
3,000 apple trees. We used hand pumps, but 
would like to get something that will not tire 
as easily as men to run the pumps. 
Ans. —We cannot give the cost, as we 
have not yet run our sprayer for a full 
day at one time. It is estimated that a 
20-pound tube of the liquid will blow out 
600 gallons of spray material, but we 
have found that this varies. There is 
some leakage through tubes and connec¬ 
tions. Some operators are more economical 
than others. A 20-pound tube refilled 
costs us $1.50 with freight one way. The 
money paid for the tube itself will be 
refunded when the tube is given up. 
These tubes are much the same as 
those used in soda-water fountains. The 
outfit is expensive, as the gas is used 
under pressure, and a powerful airtight 
tank is necessary, with a gauge to show 
the pressure. Of course this costs more 
than a barrel or open tank, which answers 
when a hand pump is used. We cannot 
say how this gas method will compare 
with a gasoline engine—not having used 
the latter. The gas does well for us— 
the great objection being that you must 
depend on the gas manufacturer for your 
power. You should keep at least three 
tubes on hand, and send them back to 
be filled as fast as they are emptied. The 
compressed air sprayers are, we believe, 
best of all where one can afford the heavy, 
cost of the original outfit. The little 
hand air pumps are useless except for 
spraying in a garden. With 3,000 trees 
we should never attempt to depend upon 
hand pumps. The power sprayers do the 
work more rapidly, and keep up a con¬ 
stant pressure, which gives a better spray. 
It takes $20,000 worth of 
postage stamps to mail 
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threshed 121 bu. per acre. 
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National Oats 
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Billion DollarCrass 
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The two greatest forage 
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Catalog tells about it. 
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Speltz, 80 bu. grain 
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Macaroni Wheat, 
Rust Proof, 80 bu. 
Victoria Rape, 40 
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Pea Oat, 85 tons. 
Earliest Sweet Cane, 
00 tons green food. 
Potatoes, 800 bu. 
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