February 23, 
148 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
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sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper. 1 
Exterminating Osage Orange. 
W. A. F., Homewood, Pa. —Will you tell 
me how I can prevent, an Osage orange hedge 
fence from sprouting after cutting it off, or 
how can I best exterminate it? 
Ans. —The only practical way to ex¬ 
terminate Osage orange when used for 
hedging or other purposes is thoroughly 
to grub out the stumps after cutting off 
the tops. As long as the stubs remain in 
the ground they are likely to sprout, but 
when grubbed out they usually cease to 
give further trouble. 
Water-Glass Eggs. 
J. V., 0/neei/o, X. Y .—In all you have said 
about water glass for eggs you have not said 
what per cent to make it. 1 have put down 
some and use one part water glass and nine 
parts water. Can tills lie used over again? 
Can tlie eggs be taken out and packed away 
dry ? 
Ans. —We have stated very particularly 
several times that the ordinary or stand¬ 
ard water glass solution should be di¬ 
luted with about nine times its bulk of 
water. You are using the correct propor¬ 
tion and should have no trouble in keep¬ 
ing your eggs. We have found by ex¬ 
perience that the water glass may be used 
over the second year if boiled a tew min¬ 
utes and allowed to cool before the eggs 
are placed in. The eggs keep from 10 
days to two weeks, according to the 
weather, after being taken out of the so¬ 
lution, but we would not recommend them 
to be packed away for any length of time. 
They should be used within a reasonable 
time after being taken out. 
Wind-Break for Ohio. 
H. 8. J., Stella, Ohio .—I wish to plant 
something for a wind-break on the north side 
of my house and barn. I am 60 miles north 
of the Ohio River, in Wlnton Co., Ohio. 
The soil where I wisli to plant is a dark 
sand, underlaid witli lire clay and is very 
fertile; in fact, it is now a garden, slopes 
to the northwest and is very, very wet. 
The surface of the ground where I wish to 
plant the wind-break is al>out 13 feet lower 
than the foundation land of my house. 
I’leasc tell me what to plant, what size, how 
far apart, and what time to plant? 
Ans. —Probably the best tree for you to 
use as a wind-break in your situation 
would be Norway spruce in sizes four to 
five feet high, set in a double row about 
12 feet apart each way, of course, alter¬ 
nating the trees in the second row with 
those in the first, or in other words, 
breaking joints. They arc best planted in 
early May. There arc other excellent 
trees, the native Red pine is one and the 
native hemlock another, but they are more 
expensive and less readily procured. 
Winter Rhubarb; Orris Roots. 
H. II., Ferguson, Mo. —1. Where can 1 get 
25 cents a pound for Winter rhubarb? Can 
I plant seeds of Victoria and Llnnfeus and 
raise plants in two years fit for the cellar 
growth? Is the Crimson Winter of Cali¬ 
fornia available? So much has been learned 
since your book has been published I want 
the latest information if possible and avail¬ 
able. St. Louis prices are 80 cents per 
hundred stalks. 2. A Florida party adver¬ 
tises orris roots as bringing more revenue 
than ginseng. Do you know what, its last 
prices are? 
Ans. —1. You cannot be certain of finding 
a market anywhere that will pay you 25 
cents a pound for Winter-grown rhubarb. 
It usually retails in this city in one-half 
pound bunches at 10 cents. The grow¬ 
ers do not, probably, get more than 10 
or 12 cents a pound. Our experience has 
shown that Victoria and Linnaeus rhubarb 
needs at least three or four years’ growth 
from the seed to make clumps strong 
enough for Winter forcing. The Cali¬ 
fornia Crimson Winter rhubarb has 
turned out to be of no value whatever 
for Winter forcing. 2. We do not know 
what orris roots are selling for in this 
city now. In 1903 a half million pounds 
were imported at $26,000, which would 
bring the price for the dried imported 
root -to a trifle over 20 cents a pound. 
It is claimed that American grown orris 
root is more valuable, but we do not 
know whether this has been practically 
demonstrated or not. 
Lard for Scale; Hardiness of Privet. 
H 8., Limaville, Ohio. —1. Does bog's lard 
kill San .TosC* scale as it does all other lice? 
If so, would it injure a. young fruit tree to 
be covered with it from live to 10 minutes? 
Lard kills other lice instantly. 2. Is the 
California privet perfectly hardy in north¬ 
eastern Oh To? 
Ans.— 1. Hog’s lard, like any other 
grease, will kill San Jose scale. Oils and 
fats kill insects by filling up the breathing 
pores and thus choking them to death, 
but in practice lard has been found very 
injurious to fruit trees. It clogs the bark 
and often penetrates enough to kill the 
young wood. It is much safer to make 
an emulsion of kerosene or petroleum 
with water by dissolving a pound of 
hard soap in four gallons of water, and 
beating or churning in a quart of kero¬ 
sene. Trees sprayed or wiped with this 
solution are not likely to be harmed and 
are pretty sure to be rid of the scale. I he 
best treatment for the San Jose scale, 
however, is thoroughly to spray in the 
Fall or Spring when the leaves are off 
with lime and sulphur, or one of the 
soluble oils. This treatment appears to 
be quite certain and has'ncver banned the 
trees in our experience. 2, California 
privet could hardly be regarded as en¬ 
tirely hardy in northwestern Ohio. It is 
hardy here, near the sea coast in the 
latitude of New York, but further in¬ 
land it occasionally kills to the ground 
during a very severe Winter. 
Mick and Trices. —On page 58 Mr. Ditch¬ 
ings recommends wire netting around trees 
as a protect ion against mice. Our mice must 
lie different from these, as .they burrow under 
the surface and dig out holes around the 
roots of trees. I am trying cinders from the 
railroad; have cleared away a space around 
the trees and put there a mound of 1 lie 
cinders. Mr. Vergon advises this, and I 
hope it may work. I hope to put out poison 
also. M. i„ r. 
Ross Co., Ohio. 
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