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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 12, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Broadcasting Ground Bone. 
J. M. R., Connecticut. —I was about to 
stock a piece this Spring, and sent for bone 
for fertilizer. It did not get here, and as 
team work is hard to get I let the man 
put on stable manure, lie tells me that it 
would do to sow the bone on top. It was 
stocked with Herd’s grass and Ited-top sown 
with oats. The oats are about coming up. 
Would it do to sow it on top? If not could I 
use the bone on my garden to advantage? I 
raise all kinds of vegetables and potatoes. 
Ans.—W e would sow the bone broad¬ 
cast on the oats. We like to use bone 
where it can be harrowed into the ground 
if possible, because it decays faster in the 
soil, and the roots of plants can use it 
quicker. The phosphoric acid in acid 
phosphate is soluble in water. Rains carry 
it down into the soil. The bone is not 
soluble in this way, and is best when 
worked into the soil. Mr. Clark, the 
grass man, uses bone for top-dressing and 
claims to receive great benefit. The bone 
will make a good showing in the garden, 
but can safely be put on the oats and 
_ grass. 
The New Grass—Bromus Erectus. 
J. L. P.j Brooklyn, N. Y. —What can bo 
said about Bromus ercctus? 
Ans.— Bromus erectus is a species of 
Brome grass, closely related and resem¬ 
bling to quite an extent the common 
cultivated Smooth brome-grass (Bromus 
inermis). It seems to be quite drought- 
resisting, and able to withstand low tem¬ 
perature to quite a marked extent. We 
are not in position as yet to recommend 
this grass on an extensive scale, although 
our experiments with it have indicated 
that it is worthy of attention. If the 
reader can obtain seed we would sug¬ 
gest that he give it a trial on a small 
area. We are unable to give any definite 
information regarding its value as a hay 
grass or the quality of hay it produces, 
and cannot compare it with hay made 
from Smooth brome-grass. Hay made 
from Smooth brome-grass is of good 
quality, and sells readily on markets 
where it is known. There might be some 
difficulty, however, in finding a ready sale 
for it where it has never been used. 
R. A. OAKLEY. 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
Plants for Lawn Vases. 
C. O. P„ Upper Montclair, A T . J. —I have 
two large lawn jardinieres about 2% feet 
across top, in which I wish to plant some 
things which will look bright and attractive 
all Summer. Will you suggest what I place 
in these vases? I should like something 
which would look tropical and some flower¬ 
ing effects. 
Ans. —Lawn vases are usually put in a 
somewhat exposed situation, and for this 
reason we should select plants that will 
not suffer from being whipped about by 
the wind. The receptacle should have a 
drainage hole at the bottom to prevent the 
soil from becoming sour, and after a 
layer of broken crock or similar material, 
should be filled with rich compost, about 
one portion of well-rotted manure to 
three portions of good garden soil. The 
plants are put in quite thickly, and are 
likely to need more feeding by August, 
when a top-dressing, or occasional water¬ 
ing with liquid manure, or Bonora, will 
be desirable. For the center a plant taller 
than the rest will be required, and noth¬ 
ing is more generally satisfactory than 
the formal Cordyline (Dracaena) indivisa, 
or the graceful Australian silk oak. Gre- 
villea robusta. For the remainder we 
would have geraniums for the next row, 
then dusty miller;, if pink geraniums are 
selected Begonia Vernon and the deep 
crimson-leaved Aehyranthus will give a 
fine color combination. Drooping plants 
for the edge may include Vincas, green 
and variegated, single Petunias, ivy¬ 
leaved geraniums, German ivy, climbing 
nasturtiums, Maurandya, Abutilon Mega- 
potamicum, wandering Jew and many 
others. The main thing in getting a good 
effect is to put in plenty of plants, and then 
be good to them. You will find that they 
need abundant watering in warm weather. 
The pretty blue Lobelia Erinus is often 
put in vases and baskets, but it rarely 
stays in flower through the warmest 
weather, and looks shabby. Fuchsias and 
Rex Begonias are desirable where a vase 
is not in the full sun. Be sure that you 
have plenty of trailers around the edge. 
Tank Built Like a Silo. 
IF. R.j Wollaston, Mass. —In a recent num¬ 
ber Prof. King condemned a certain kind of 
plank tank cemented. We are considering 
making a tank of 1,000 gallons on plan of 
octagon silo, recommended in your columns 
by Mr. Manchester, and lathing and plaster¬ 
ing with cement. If you condemn a tank 
made in this way and placed on scaffold of 
barn, why would you not condemn a silo? We 
purpose using matched spruce or country 
pine one inch or seven-eighths inch. If you 
condemn octagon, which would be six or eight 
feet in diameter, what would you say to 
making after plan of round silo with one-half 
inch boards sprung around circle, which I 
believe would have to be 12 feet in diameter 
at least, and cemented, as I believe Mr. 
Gurler does silo on Gurler lath, or I believe 
Mr. King does on ordinary lath? If tank 
would not be good why should silo? We built 
tliis year a 3f» by 8 foot in diameter silo as 
recommended by Mr. Manchester. As far as 
we can see it works all right, but we are 
considering lathing with ordinary laths and 
cementing. 
Ans. —W. R. does not sufficiently real¬ 
ize that while small leaks in a silo can be 
tolerated, the water tank must be abso¬ 
lutely water-tight when it is placed in a 
building where leakage would do damage. 
Again, the leakage of air into a silo is 
produced by an extremely small pressure, 
probably never one one-hundredth that of 
water pressure even in a very shallow 
water tank, and, on this account, very 
slight openings which would leak large 
amounts of water allow but little air to 
enter the silo, first because of the small 
pressure, and second because of the pack¬ 
ing of the silage against the walls of the 
silo. If W. R. wishes a tank holding only 
1.000 gallons and lie wishes to use cement 
it would better be made entirely of Port¬ 
land cement concrete. If round and two 
feet deep it need be only 10 feet inside 
diameter, and if square only nine feet in 
diameter. If a solid foundation can be 
provided, one which will not spring or sag 
under the full load, it will only be neces¬ 
sary to build a form in which the wall 
four inches thick, if circular, and five 
inches thick if square, can be built 2 
feet high. Make the concrete out of clean 
sharp plastering sand and gravel in the 
proportion of three of sand and gravel to 
one of Portland cement, filling the con¬ 
crete in in layers and tamping well until 
the form is full. After the cement has 
become hard remove the form and build 
in the concrete bottom to a depth of six 
inches. Finally plaster bottom and sides 
with a mortar made of two parts of sand 
to 1 14 of Portland cement. F. h. king. 
About a Crop of Soy Beans. 
R., Pennsylvania. —I have a field much 
out of grass. Can I plow it this Spring and 
sow Soy beans, either to cut for hay or to 
plow under and sow grass seeds in August 
or September? Can you tell us about Soy 
Ijeans, time to sow. quantity per acre, when 
to cut for hay, etc.? 
Ans.— Soy beans is a crop which must 
not be planted until all danger from frost 
is over, thus it is not adapted to early 
Spring planting. On this old grass field 
better results would probably be obtained 
by plowing the land as early this Spring 
as it can be worked, and seed it to oats 
and peas, one bushel of Canada peas and 
one and one-half bushel of oats per acre. 
1 he oats and peas can be cut for hay, or 
if the soil is deficient in humus, they may 
be plowed under, the peas furnishing the 
nitrogen and the oats adding to the hu¬ 
mus. If, however, it is desired to use 
Soy beans the method of procedure 
should be somewhat as follows: Plow 
the land this Spring and give it a repeated 
harrowing until the middle of May, at 
that time planting the Soy beans. The 
variety which I prefer is the Early Green 
Soy bean, and yet it is possible for Penn¬ 
sylvania some other variety might be 
better adapted to local conditions. I pre¬ 
fer planting Soy beans in rows so that 
cultivation can be given. If the crop is 
to be used either for forage or for plow¬ 
ing under a greater growth will be se¬ 
cured by planting the Soy beans in rows 
and by giving cultivation. Of Soy beans 
about one bushel of seed will be required 
per acre. Plant in rows about 2 l / 2 feet 
apart with the seed drilled in, one seed 
about every three inches. I would not 
recommend growing Soy beans for hay, 
because of the difficulty in curing them 
in good condition, but as a crop to plow 
under, especially on land that is somewhat 
poor, there are few legumes which are 
better. If the land is to be fitted for 
grass, then whatever crop is planted in 
the early season should be removed by 
the first of August and the land thor¬ 
oughly fitted, so that the grass seeding 
can be done during the month of August, 
or at least early in September. If the 
purpose is to secure the best possible 
conditions for grass seeding, a crop of 
early potatoes grown upon the land and 
given thorough tillage will serve to put 
the soil in better shape for grass than 
anything else that can be done with it. 
The early potatoes should be removed 
by the first of August, and then the land 
should be given surface fitting, and should 
not be replowed for grass seeding. 
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