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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Onions for Hens. 
8. Brentxoood, N. Y .—Will onions help to 
make hens lay, or will it stop them? 
Ans. —In our experience onions act like 
a mild stimulant for the hens, and will 
help “make them lay.” If you feed too 
many, the eggs will taste of onion. 
A Disease of Pears. 
R., Michigan. —This Fall, as heretofore, 
we had a nice crop of large, seemingly sound, 
nicely colored pears. From outward appear¬ 
ances they were excellent, but upon using we 
found the core and surrounding parts a 
light brown color, presumably decay. I un¬ 
derstand the pears in this vicinity have been 
similarly afflicted for several seasons. What 
is the cause? 
Ans. —The core decay of pears to 
which R. refers is a common trouble, par¬ 
ticularly with certain varieties like Flem¬ 
ish Beauty and Clapp’s Favorite. Ap¬ 
parently it is not due to any fungus or 
bacteria, but is a breaking down of the 
tissue, due to physiological causes, and 
not well understood. The longer the 
fruit is stored the worse the trouble be¬ 
comes, and it may even appear while the 
pears still hang on the tree. No remedy 
is known except to use the fruit early. 
F. C. STEWART. 
Farmers and a License. 
C. N. P., California. —Can a city (incorpo¬ 
rated) compel a farmer or berry grower to 
pay a license to peddle his own produce inside 
corporation? Said produce is raised just out¬ 
side the corporation. 
Ans. —No. The general rule is that a 
farmer has the right to sell his own pro¬ 
duce on any public highway, provided he 
does not block traffic so as to become a 
nuisance. He cannot buy and sell pro¬ 
duce under this right. The courts Tiave 
sustained this principle many times. In 
a few cases the legislature gives certain 
cities the right to arrange for public mar¬ 
kets where farmers may come. This is 
because the streets are crowded and can¬ 
not hold the farmers’ wagons without 
crowding. In Minnesota an old clause of 
the State constitution declared that no 
class should enjo)’" a ny special -privileges. 
Under this old law a combination of 
grocers and butchers secured injunctions 
restraining farmers from peddling with¬ 
out any license, as it was claimed this 
would give them an advantage over other 
dealers. In order -to drive farmers out 
of the business this license was made as 
high as $r,0 in some places. To overcome 
this, farmers, and gardeners organized 
and induced the Legislature to submit an 
amendment specifically granting the right 
to peddle to the farmers. This was sub¬ 
mitted to the people and carried. 
Protecting Trees from Mice. 
C. TF. C.j Cochituate, Mass .—How does 
the Hope Farm man keep the mice from 
gnawing the bark from bis young trees dur¬ 
ing the Winter when the mulch is piled about 
the trees? The only way I have been able to 
keep the mice away is to clean all grass, etc., 
away from around the trees late in the ball, 
so there will be nothing for mice to work in 
when the snow is on. Is it a good thing to 
pile coal ashes about young trees a few inches 
deep? I am told by a friend that it is done 
in New Jersey, and by that method the peach 
crop especially is much more sure, as it pre¬ 
vents the trees starting so early in the 
Spring, and getting nipped by the late frosts. 
Ans. —We succeed fairly well in keep¬ 
ing the mice away from our trees by rak¬ 
ing the mulch back early in December 
and piling coal ashes or even gravel 
around the base of the trees. When they 
are mounded up in this way the mice 
keep away. They appear to nest under 
the mulch, and when the mulch is left 
close to the tree they begin to gnaw. We 
find it necessary to rake this mulch 
away, and we save our coal ashes until 
that time, then give each tree a little 
mound. If we don’t have coal ashes 
enough we take gravel or earth which 
does not contain much sod and throw 
that around the trees in the same way. 
I find that the mice do not like to cross 
an open space to gnaw the trees. Some¬ 
times the snow, of course, covers this 
mound, but by stamping it down once or 
twice through the Winter we have had 
very little trouble. We pile coal ashes 
around our young peach trees close up to 
the body of the tree, but I would not 
put too many of them all around under 
the branches. In my judgment, that 
would be a mistake, with much of the 
unburned coal left. There is a good deal 
of discussion as to whether keeping the 
ground covered with some kind of a 
mulch holds the trees back or not. We 
think it does, but we observe that some 
of our scientific men have made experi¬ 
ments which they think disprove the no¬ 
tion. 
What Ails the Ducks ? 
R. B., Verplank, N. Y .—I am in the chick¬ 
en business, and know the business well. 
There is a lake one mile long and one-half 
mile wide running through my place, so I 
started to raise ducks. Recently three of the 
ducks came in off the water and walked a 
little lame, and 10 minutes afterward they 
were dead. This morning I found three 
more dead in the coop. The ducks weigh 
between seven and eight pounds. I have been 
feeding middlings, not much corn, and some 
beef scraps about twice a week. The ducks 
were hatched in May. My next door neigh¬ 
bor had nine old ducks which came home off 
the water, and they also died. I would like 
some advice, as the water seems to be clear 
and clean, but there is a little seaweed in 
it. 
A N s.—It would be impossible to make 
a positive statement concerning this trou¬ 
ble; but, from a little experience that I 
have had, if I were to have to make a 
guess, I should say that the ducks had 
been injured by turtles or some other 
water animal. I once had some young 
ducks at our Summer home at the lake, 
just for their beautiful appearance on the 
water. I began missing them, and after 
a long watch saw a turtle swim up and 
take a duck by the leg and carry it under. 
I followed with a boat and made it let 
go, but the duck died. It would weigh 
about 3J4 pounds. ellis m. santee. 
For the land’s sake use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
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