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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
August 28, 
40 Legs 
Imagine a man 
with 40 legs, 40 
feet to wash, 40 
shoes to repair, 
and yet unable to travel as fast or as 
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some, extra 38 legs, would he? 
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Some have 40 to 60 disks inside. 
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clean, can’t run as 
lightly, can’t be 
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long as the sim¬ 
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HOW THE FRENCH FEED ASPARAGUS. 
T. IT. H\, 8an Francisco, Gal. —We learn 
that the best asparagus in France is grown 
at Argenteuil, where no manure is given 
at planting and only a little over the roots 
each Autumn of subsequent years. Are 
chemical fertilizers used there, and if so, 
what kinds, what quantity, when and how? 
Is the American method of enriching the 
soil beneath the plants and adding a ton 
of commercial fertilizers as a yearly dress¬ 
ing, together with stable manure as a Win¬ 
ter covering, so far superior to that of the 
French that we can lay claim to producing 
both a more palatable and a more profit¬ 
able article? F. M. llexamer’s book on 
asparagus does not answer this question, 
although it raises it. Is there any pub¬ 
lication that does answer it? 
Ans. —We give you herewith copy of 
formulas of fertilizers for asparagus 
recommended by Messrs. Eugene Ross- 
eaux and Ch. Brioux in the “Journal de 
1’Agriculture Pratique,” 1907 (pages 8, 
43 and 74). The method of fertilizing 
asparagus varies of course according 
to the soils, and in the formulas alluded 
to four cases have been considered: 
a. Light soils with pervious under¬ 
ground, when a Winter application of 
from 20,000 to 40,000 kilogrammes man¬ 
ure per hectare has been made. 
Kilograms 
per hectare 
Basic slag.250 to 300 
Nitrate of soda. 200 
Sulphate of potash. 100 
b. Light soils, unmanured: 
Kilos per 
Hectare 
Superphosphate 14-16 .200 to 250 
Nitrate of soda.200 to 300 
Sulphate of potash.100 to 150 
c. Sandy soils more or less mi^ed 
with lime or clay, with a clayey under¬ 
ground, manure having been employed: 
Kilos per 
hectare 
Slineral superphosphate . 300 
Dried blood or born.250 
7'itrate of soda. 250 
Sulphate of potash.200 
d. Corresponding formula when no 
application of manure is made: 
Kilos per 
hectare 
Basic slag . 400 
Dried blood or born.250 
Nitrate of soda. 250 
Sulphate of potash.200 
A kilogram is 2.2040 pounds, or 
roughly calculated about two and one- 
lifth pounds. A hectare is equal to 
2.471 acres, or close to V /2 acres. 
As regards the application of these 
fertilizers and other particulars regard¬ 
ing the manuring of asparagus, we beg 
to refer you to the article of the 
“Journal de 1’Agriculture” above men¬ 
tioned. VILMORIN-ANDRIEUX & CIE. 
Paris, France. 
Prizetaker Onions in North Carolina. 
('. Fj. S-, ’Wilmington, A r . C .—Which will 
be better in my climate, to sow Prizetaker 
onion seed in open and transplant to field 
in open before cold weather gets too se¬ 
vere, or sow seed under cloth in January 
or February and transplant as soon as 
large enough to make large dry bulbs about 
June? 
Ans.—I would sow the seed about 
the first of January in a frame in rows 
rather thinly, and would only put the 
cloth over them on freezing nights, ex¬ 
posing them fully to the sun in pleas¬ 
ant weather, so as to keep them in a 
hardy condition. Then you can trans¬ 
plant the seedlings in February, prob¬ 
ably better after the 15th, as you are 
apt to have about the coldest spell iri 
Winter from the first to middle of 
February. How you would succeed by 
earlier sowing in the open ground I 
am not able to say, but you could easily 
test the matter by sowing some in late 
October in the open ground so as to 
give them a start before cold weather. 
But in either case I would transplant 
them. W. F. MASSEY. 
Winter Vetch as a “ Catch Crop.” 
Can Winter vetch be recommended as a 
"catch crop” for northern Ohio? n. 
Our experience with Hairy or Winter 
vetch leads me to say that it is a very sure 
cover crop in northern Ohio. It should 
be seeded in July, August or very early 
in September. The earlier dates mentioned 
are to lie preferred, however. The Spring 
vetch is not nearly as valuable as a cover 
crop. 1 would hardly care to recommend 
it. C. G. WILLIAMS. 
Ohio Exp. Station. Agronomist. 
Rye for Poultry. 
Would you tell me why rye is never men¬ 
tioned as a food for poultry? g. g. 
Williamsport, Fa. 
Chiefly because poultry do not like the 
grain. Rye has a peculiar taste and smell, 
which hens do not fancy. They might be 
starved into eating it, or it might be ground 
and mixed in a mash with beef scraps, but 
whole rye is the poorest hen grain w« have. 
Black Ants Around Strawberries. 
What will prevent black ants from work¬ 
ing around strawberry plants? They al¬ 
most ruined mine this year. M. B. t. 
Alderson, W. Va. 
We know nothing better than the old 
plan of finding the ant hilt or home. Punch 
a hole down into it with a crowbar and 
pour in half a pint of bisulphide of car¬ 
bon. Then cover with a blanket. The 
fumes will destroy the ants. 
Rye for Hogs and Horses. 
What are the feeding qualities of rye 
for horses and hogs, botli in sheaf and the 
thrashed grain? I am told it is injurious 
to both. t. s. 
Chester, Va. 
Itye and its by-products have very much 
the same composition as wheat, but it is 
not so good for feeding purposes. Most 
animals do not like the taste of the whole 
grain. When ground, they usually eat it 
well. Experiments with ground rye for 
hogs show that it gave about the same re¬ 
sults as barley. In our section farmers 
grind rye with corn as a horse feed. 
Ground rye is mixed with wet chopped hay. 
Some of our farmers cut up the rye heads 
for horse feeding, believing that the spines 
clean bots from the stomach. We should 
not feed rye in the sheaf. It will pay bet¬ 
ter to thrash and grind the grain. 
MAINE CROPS. 
The dry weather lias been very bad here 
since July 1, and everything has suffered. 
It was a cold late Spring with delayed 
planting, and though we have had some 
very hot weather, I lielieve the average 
is low and everything is backward as a 
result. This is the second season with 
such weather and many farmers are feel¬ 
ing blue over the outlook. I should say 
there were more new seeded fields ruined 
the past two years in Vassalboro and China 
townships than before in 25 years. Grass¬ 
hoppers have indeed become a burden and 
other insects in like proportion. Potatoes 
will bo a small crop and many would sell 
their crops now for just what the fertilizer 
cost, if anyone would buy. Sweet corn 
for the factory is very late, and many 
plantings will not mature, while yellow 
corn is uncertain because of lack of moist¬ 
ure at the proper time. I have talked with 
many in the two towns and they all agree 
that apples will be 50 per cent or less of 
a crop and even what there is will be hurt 
for shipping on account of a bad hailstorm 
in the first part of July. c. J. b. 
So. China, Me. 
Killing Quack Grass. —I have seen 
quite a bit about killing quack grass, and 
will give you my method. It has never 
failed me. Plow five or six inches deep in 
the growing season, say April, May and 
June. Give it a good digging, then culti¬ 
vate with a cultivator that has teeth close 
enough so they will cut the roots two 
inches or 2% under the ground. The secret 
is to keep it from getting to the surface. 
It wants holding down six weeks. It does 
not take expensive tools. I use an old- 
fashioned cultivator that was bought 50 
years ago. It has seven teeth, three in 
front, four in rear; each tooth cuts 
six inches wide. It is good to drag it 
over after three or four days. I culti¬ 
vate once a week for six weeks; it has 
never failed me yet. The roots will he 
dead as hay. It is good for Canada 
thistles. If one is doubtful, take a rod 
or more square and keep it down for 
six weeks and see how it works. This 
was done with a hoe on two acres, and TOO 
bushels of Smut-nose corn raised to the 
acre, planted in drills one foot apart and 
hoed to kill. b. l. w. 
Saranac, Mich. 
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C. A. HYATT NURSERIES, CROTON-ON- 
HUDSON, N. Y. : 
Used your spray on trees badly infested in 
spite of the use of other remedies twice a year. 
My fruit this year is the cleanest in 8 years. 
I have tried almost everything, but found 
nothing 1 could recommend as your spray. 
DE VILBISS FRUIT FARM, 
FORT WAYNE, IND.: 
Your spray is an absolute success. Twenty- 
five acres of my orchard was infested to a 
finish. Only wish I had language to make it 
stronger. I can’t find a living scale. 
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