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TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 20, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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CLEANING LAND OF STUMPS. 
Much lias lately been said in The R. 
N.-Y. about dynamite and stump pullers 
for cleaning land, but none of it seems to 
be fully satisfactory. I have some pine 
timber land to be cleaned, and would like 
to know if some of your readers know of 
a better and cheaper way to do it. Some 
time ago I read an article in a farm paper 
about an easy way to get rid of stumps by 
■ boring one or more one-inch holes in the 
stumps a few inches above the ground, 
fill the holes with some compound (this 
compound is what I don’t remember and 
want to know), plug up the holes, leave it 
for some time, and when you are ready 
for the cleaning pour a little kerosene in 
the holes, light a match and the whole 
stump will burn up without any other 
’rouble. If that should be true and such 
compound could so impregnate the 
■! .ups that they would burn out so easily 
is would be the best of all methods. 
Mississippi. A. B. a. 
R. N.-Y.—In our experience this plan 
1 not work. In some of the far west- 
papers a machine for burning stumps 
Ivertised. It uses gasoline. Holes 
bored to the center of the stump and 
i itle tubes put in. Then the gasoline is 
blown in and ignited, thus keeping a con¬ 
stant blaze which soon destroys the stump. 
The outfit costs $150 or more, too much 
for a farmer to pay. 
The “ Yellows ” and Peach Trees. 
G. S. B., Warwick, X. Y .—Is it prudent 
to replant a peach tree when one peach tree 
has been removed affected by the yellows, 
or will it be better to plant some other 
fruit tree, or not plant at all? 
T. R. IE., Rhode Island ,—Would you ad¬ 
vise setting out young peach trees next 
Spring to replace some cut down affected 
with the yellows? 
Ans.—W c would not tinder any circum¬ 
stances plant a fresh peach tree in a hole 
from which a “yellow” tree was taken. 
Put some other kind of a tree or leave 
the place vacant. 
Pushes in Potting Soil. 
A. S. Seneca Falls, A’. Y .—In preparing 
soil for the greenhouse would it be advisable 
to mix some hen manure which has coal 
ashes in it? I would like your opinion, as 
I have been told it would be injurious. 
Ans. —The fact that there are coal ashes 
among the hen manure would not be any 
special objection, as the action of the ashes 
on the soil is more of.a physical than a 
chemical nature. But hen manure is 
usually more effective as a top-dressing 
on greenhouse crops than it is when used 
in the soil, being made after the crop has 
become established, and owing to the 
strength of this fertilizer it should only 
be given in light sprinklings on the sur¬ 
face, and then cither stirred or watered 
in. w. H. TAPL1N. 
Budding Apple Seedlings. 
L. M. S., Franklin, A. H .—I have a num¬ 
ber of wild apple seedlings which I intend 
to reset and work over to either Wealthy 
or McIntosh. Can these be successfully 
budded the same Spring they are trans¬ 
planted? Some are large enough to graft, 
and could that be done successfully the same 
season they were moved? Can you refer me 
to some experiment station or Government 
publication on budding? 
Ans. —It is not generally considered 
that trees just after transplanting are in 
vigorous enough condition to be grafted, 
but I believe this is more a matter of bare 
theory than a deduction from actual prac¬ 
tice. It is not likely’-, however, that any 
time will be saved by doing so, for the 
ultimate growth will likely be as good and 
their bearing as early if the grafting is 
done a year later. I do not know of any 
Government or State publication that de¬ 
scribes budding and grafting, except one 
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
on “Budding the Pecan.” This gives di¬ 
rections for peculiar methods, and while 
they would be safe for any ordinary.bud- 
ding as well they arc not so simple as the 
shield method, which is entirely success- 
full with apple trees. “The Nursery Book” 
by L. H. Bailey, which may be bought 
through The R. N.-Y. office, gives full 
directions for budding and grafting. 
h. e. van deman. 
Cutting Asparagus in Fall. 
A. N. V., Middlcville, N. J .—Will you give 
me information about cutting asparagus in 
the Fall? Will it do to cut now? 
Ans.— Asparagus should not be cut in 
the Fall; it should be induced to make 
all the growth possible at this time of 
year. The tops should not be disturbed 
until killed by freezing weather. If it 
is not the intention of the grower to 
manure the bed during the Winter it is 
best to leave the tops standing in the 
rows until Spring before they are broken 
off and burned. They will catch the 
heavy snowfall during Winter, preventing 
it from drifting, thus affording great pro¬ 
tection to the ground, acting as a natural 
mulch. 
Piping for Water Supply. 
C. P. A., Connecticut .—A spring lies 850 
feet from the farm building and 26 feet 
above them. If I pipe this water down to 
the house, what kind and size of pipe ought 
I to use? I want a good supply in the 
house, and enough at the barns to supply 
a dozen horses during cold weather. 'Hie 
pipe can be laid at a grade all the way 
except for the first hundred feet, which will 
rise about eight per cent. If there is water" 
enough, a neighbor below me wants to get 
a supply also, running it through my main 
pipe. I am in doubt as to how large this 
main pipe, and the branch supply pipes, 
should be, and of what material they should 
lie made. 
Ans.—I f there is an abundance of 
water at the spring the size of pipe to he 
chosen would have to be determined by 
the distance to the neighbor, who desires 
to use the water also and the amount he 
would require. With a fall of 26 feet 
between the spring and the outlet at the 
house a one-inch pipe would deliver 
nearly five gallons of water per minute 
where the length of the pipe is 850 feet; 
but at a distance of 2,000 feet the dis¬ 
charge would be only 2.56 gallons per 
minute, supposing the fall to be only 
26 feet, and also supposing that no water 
is being drawn at the distance 850 feet 
from the spring. Probably a 11^-in'clf 
pipe the first 850 feet, and one-inch pipe 
to the neighbor’s, would provide a suf¬ 
ficient amount of water. Either galvan¬ 
ized or kalameined pipe should be used. 
f. h. king. 
An Experience with Peach Rot. 
I. R. II'., Woonsocket, R. I. Four years 
ago I set, out 300 peach trees, litis Spring 
about 2O0 of them blossomed and sot thick 
with peaches. They began to turn black 
and dry up when tbe size of a grape, but 
as they wore so thickly set I thought enough 
would be left to grow and ripen. When two- 
thirds grown there wore still enough left 
for a crop, but they still continued to rot 
until full grown and ripe. A peach about 
ready to pick would lie rotten in 24 hours. 
They began ripening last of July, and by 
August 8 were all gone and I did not get 
enough to supply my table. About one-third 
were later, but they all rotted, not one 
single one ripened. Ilerliert Harris, of Lime 
Rock, had the same experience with an 
orchard of 600 trees, bought at same time 
and of same lira as mine. Benjamin Eddy, 
a mile from Harris, lias a young orchard 
loaded with as fine peaches as 1 ever saw, 
and not the least sign of rot. This proves 
that location, soil or season bad no part in 
the rotting. Is there any remedy? 
Ans.— There is scarcely a doubt that 
the orchard was infected with the germs 
of Peach rot at the start of the growing 
season, and as it progressed the develop 
merit of the disease was frightful. Such 
a terrible case is not frequent. The con¬ 
ditions must have been very favorable for 
the multiplication of the germs of the 
disease. There are two tilings that I can 
suggest as a possible preventive, in case of 
danger of another such attack, and this is 
likely to occur again, destroying the old 
fruit and thorough spraying with Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture. The fruit should be gath¬ 
ered and burned without delay, and the 
spraying should be begun early in the 
season. I would suggest calling on the 
State Experiment Station for help. The 
officials are well informed on the subject, 
and Rhode Island is such a small Stale 
that very likely there would be no diffi¬ 
cult}’ in getting them to visit the orchard 
and give advice from a close study of the 
situation. h. e. van deman. 
When you write advertiser^ meufion The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quiak reply and 
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