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Orchard Questions. 
J. R. IF., Pawtucket, R. I. —1. I have a 
young peach orchard just coming into bear¬ 
ing. For three Springs it lias been troubled 
with leaf blight. What is the cause and what 
is the remedy? There has been less this year 
than the two previous seasons. 2. When is 
the best time of year for cutting hack young 
peach trees? .'1. More than CO years ago our 
best early sweet apples began to be affected 
by a needle-like worm that completely honey¬ 
combed them, and later they attacked the 
early sour kinds, and of late all kinds except 
the very sourest. The apples appear sound 
on the outside, and show no hole where 
the pest enters. Is there a remedy? If so, 
what is it? 
Ans. — 1 . It is Curl-leaf of the peach, 
and is caused by a fungus. It develops 
very early in the growth of the leaves, 
and seriously injures them, and thus 
causes a general lowering of the vitality 
of the tree. The young fruit shares in 
the injury, and sometimes drops off. The 
preventive measure is thoroughly spraying 
DRYING MIXED CORN AND COW- 
PEA HAY. 
I have broadcast corn and cow peas to¬ 
gether. It is a hard mixture to cure. 
Would it be wise to support the cocks on 
three forked sticks made into a tripod 
thus: B forhs of tripod; A top of cock 
when first made; C top of cock when set¬ 
tled. Sticks for cocks are plentiful, and 
September is such an uncertain month that 
there is almost sure chance of rain be¬ 
fore curing many days. Would this air 
space under the cock permit it to cure 
and dry out after a rain without handling? 
Round Hill, Va. J. R. s. 
MACHINERY IN THE HAY FIELD. 
I have used a hay loader only one sea¬ 
son, the Summer of 1904, and like it very 
much. I can handle twice the amount of 
hay I could by hand, with the same help. 
In ordinary hay, cutting about V/ ton 
per acre, it takes from 12 to 15 minutes 
to put on a large load, picking the hay 
from the swath. In light hay we load 
from windrow. It takes a man or boy to 
drive and two men to load, for quick 
work; one man can load, but the wagon 
has to be stopped often, as the hay comes 
faster than one can handle it. The loader 
T have loads from windrow or swath, 
picking as clean from swath as any rake, 
and is drawn by team weighing only 2,400 
pounds. I think that a man cutting as 
small an amount of hay as 20 acres would 
find a hay loader a paying investment, as 
the extra help he would have would soon 
cost him the price of a loader. A. F. 
Vischer Ferry, N. Y. 
On account of the scarcity of help 
farmers are doing most of their haying 
with machinery. We certainly would ad¬ 
vise any man who has more than 10 acres 
of hay to buy a hay loader and side rake. 
We sell a great many to small farmers 
and renters, and in many cases two neigh¬ 
bors buy together and save the expense of 
any hired help. As to the amount of 
work that these machines will do, our 
loader will put on a load of hay much 
quicker than two men can pitch it on; 
in fact, we have often put on a large load 
in from six to 10 minutes with only one 
man on the wagon. Two or three of our 
customers did their haying entirely alone 
last season. The advantage of a side de¬ 
livery rake is that it makes windrows 
around the field, and you can then com¬ 
mence raking as soon as the first cutting 
is dry around the outside. They also 
make a much nicer windrow than the old 
dump rakes. K. y. 
Reading, Mich. 
with Bordeaux Mixture when the leaf buds 
are just opening, and again after about 10 
days. This kills the germs of the disease 
and prevents the damage to the foliage 
and indirectly to the fruit. 2. 1 he best 
time to cut back peach trees is just before 
blooming time ii the Spring. I he amount 
of fruit that is likely to set can then be 
told, and any damage from \V inter is eas¬ 
ily seen. The pruning can and should be 
in accordance with these conditions. 3. 
The little worm that does the mischief 
mentioned is commonly known as the 
Apple maggot. It is quite prevalent in 
the New England States and some parts 
of Canada, and is a very serious enemy 
to the apple. It comes from an egg that 
is laid by an insect during the growing 
stage of the fruit, and is not noticeable 
until the damage is done, for there are no 
outside evidences of its work. 1 here is 
no preventive and no remedy, except what 
can be done in the way of gathering the 
affected fruit and destroying it, in the hope 
of cutting short the next year’s crop of in¬ 
sects. Feeding it to stock will put it to 
good use, so far as this saving goes. 
H. E. V. D. 
Trade in Galax Leaves. 
IF. J. J., Johnson City, Tenn .—Will yoy 
tell us something about the Galax trade? 
When are leaves in demand and what are 
usual prices paid to shipper, and what firms 
usually handle this plant? Considerable 
Galax grows within a few miles of this place, 
and it might he that a small trade could he 
worked up. 
Ans. —Galax or colt's-foot was first 
introduced to the florist trade about 1890, 
and soon became a staple article, being 
sold from cold storage all the year round. 
The handsome heart-shaped leaves, green, 
bronze or red, have to a great degree 
taken the place of ivy, being cheaper, 
more convenient, and more lasting. The 
wiry stem permits the use of the leaf 
without wiring in wreaths or other de¬ 
signs, while the beauty of the Galax 
makes it very desirable in general decora¬ 
tive work. It lasts a long time, and is 
thus very useful in cemetery designs, 
while the green leaves are largely used 
to border bunches of violets, in place of 
the violet leaf, which fades quickly; 
practically all of the violets sold on the 
street are bordered with Galax. The 
plant extends all the way from Virginia 
to Georgia, especially in the Rhododendron 
districts; it does not seem likely to be 
exterminated by picking, as this is done 
chiefly in late Summer or Fall, or when 
the plant ceases growth, care being taken 
to avoid injuring the plant itself. The 
leaves are green until touched by frost, 
when they turn a rich red, shading to 
bronze; in densely shaded places they re¬ 
main green, however. The price in New 
York is from 75 cents to $1 per thousand 
leaves; they are sold by florists’ supply 
houses and dealers in greens; specialists 
in this line keep Galax, Leucothoe, south¬ 
ern smilax and wild ferns in cold storage 
all the year round. Galax leaves must 
he perfect, and gathered with full length 
of stem. 
How to Grow Big Onions. 
G. U. A., liird-in-IIand, Pa .—We put out 
about 1% acre of onion sets in the Spring 
in rows 20 inches apart and about six inches 
in the row. They seem to be all going to 
tops and no bulbs. We would like to know if 
it will he necessary to turn the tops over to 
grow large onions. There are quite a few go¬ 
ing to seed. Can we put in cabbage plants? 
Ans. —There are two reasons why 
onions grown from sets grow to tops in¬ 
stead of making bulbs. The first is an ex¬ 
cessive amount of nitrogen in the soil, 
which is sometimes caused by using large 
amounts of fresh stable manure or com¬ 
mercial fertilizers containing large quan¬ 
tities of nitrogen. Second, too deep plant¬ 
ing. I would suggest that the soil be 
taken away from the plants as much as 
possible to expose the crown or bulb to 
the sun, then apply a liberal dressing of 
wood ashes. Do not roll or break down 
the top, as it will be likely to injure their 
keeping qualities. The onions that are go¬ 
ing to seed are of no value. They are the 
product of large sets. In purchasing sets 
always select the smallest and set about 
V/z to two inches deep, always working 
the soil away from the onions. Do not 
put in cabbage. j. j., JR. 
Coal Ashes for Squash Bito. —Use sifted 
coal ashes instead of plaster for Striped 
squash bug. They are cheap, easily handled, 
can he quickly put on without any apparatus 
whatever, and are not injurious to tender 
foliage though applied in large quantity when 
the dew Is upon it. L. F. s. 
Arlington Heights, Mass. 
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For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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