THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 13, 
SOME TOUGH INSECT PROBLEMS. 
All farmers should have a variety of 
fruit trees for home use. Last year the 
cherry trees were covered with black 
lice. Kerosene emulsion, strong enough 
to kill the lice, killed the leaves as well. 
The lice would travel in droves ~p and 
down the branches in search of fresh 
young leaves to feed upon, so 1 daubed 
Some branches with tar and others with 
“tree tanglefoot,” but the tar hardened 
somewhat during the night and the lice 
laughed. A few thousand stuck in the 
tangle-foot, but the lice were not dimin¬ 
ished. Should the emulsion be applied 
before the lice appear, or must I build 
a tin trough around the trunks and 
keep it filled with water? Green lice 
have been very abundant on the young 
apple trees, and young buds ...e easily 
burnt by the emulsion. 1 have a pretty 
growth of White pine and oak just 
plastered with Gypsy eggs and capped 
with Brown-tails. Shall I put in a saw¬ 
mill and cut everything flat and re-set 
to pines, trusting that by the time the 
pines get tall enough for the moths to 
feed upon, disease or something worse 
will have overtaken the moths? In Ger¬ 
many a contrivance with a searchlight 
and blower caught four tons of moths 
in one night. Are we behind times at 
moth catching? 
White arsenic one pound, sal-soda 
two pounds to 20 gallons of water, will 
kill poison ivy. Many farmers and oth¬ 
ers will be glad to try it. 
Massachusetts. F. H. h. 
R. N. Y.—We want to hear from the 
wise men about all this. We have sev¬ 
eral reports from Europe about killing 
insects by attracting them with strong 
lights. We do not think it has been 
tried in this country. 
APPLES FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA. 
I have 20 acres <■*$ apples just well in 
bearing, and have this 'season harvested 
my second crop, about $1,000 worth of 
fruit. We have Jonathan, Grimes 
Golden, Ben Davis, Gano, York Im¬ 
perial and Janet. My apple crop was 
gathered by October 12 , and is in cold 
storage in a nearby city. 1 have begun 
selling, now getting from $:t to $5.50 
per barrel. Gano leads Ben Davis, and 
Jonathan and Grimes lead in quality and 
price. If I had half my plant this year 
in York Imperial it would have given 
me $ 2,000 as trees bear that 1 have. It 
is not generally planted in the West, 
and is somewhat new, but on this soil 
is stands away in lead. Tts fruit buds 
are hardier than the whole of above list, 
and it will bloom and bear when about 
rdl other blooms are killed by late frosts. 
It has heavy foliage, indicating great 
vitalitv. Fruit is well inside tree among 
leaves, and does not suffer from sun¬ 
burn. Tree here is a regular hearer. 
Fruit is large and attractive, but will 
not stand cold storage later than Feb¬ 
ruary 15 without scalding. It certainly 
is a leader here. w. M. bomberger. 
Shelby Co., Iowa. 
AN AIEING ELM TREE. 
L. R., Washington, I). ('. Ih li possible 
for one tree to lake the strength from 
another through the leaves? There Is an 
oak tree about: 20 or 22 foot from tin English 
elm. The elm Is larger and older than the 
oak. The pasl Summer the elm was not 
thriving very well, Its leaves turning yellow 
and falling. 1 have been told by a neighbor 
who Is anxious to have the oak removed that 
It Is taking the strength from the other 
tree through its leaves. 1 have never heard 
of sueh a thing. I would like to know what 
you think about It. Hotb trees are beautiful 
and I should not like to lose either one. 
Ans. —It is quite impossible for one 
tree to take the strength from another 
through ils leaves. It is entirely possi¬ 
ble, however, for one tree or plant to 
starve another through its roots, by 
feeding more voraciously, and securing 
so much of the plant food available 
that its competitor has no chance. There 
are certain plants which do not live to¬ 
gether harmoniously, and the theory 
has been advanced that one may be so 
inimical to another as to poison the soil 
for it, hut we are not aware that this 
theory has been fully worked out, or a 
full explanation given of the phenomena 
connected with it. We have no reason 
for believing that the oak and the elm 
could possibly affect one another injuri¬ 
ously except where the roots of one 
starve out the oilier. There are a num¬ 
ber of causes that may be affecting the 
elm tree. Elms are subject to the at¬ 
tacks of a good many insect enemies 
and fungus diseases, and many of these 
trees in our own locality have died out 
during the past few years, the Elm 
leaf-beetle being especially troublesome. 
Furthermore, the elm likes n deep moist 
soil; we have now passed through two 
very dry Summers, and the prolonged 
lack of moisture has affected many for¬ 
est and shade trees to a noticeable de¬ 
gree. There are many causes that might 
affect the elm free in question, but we 
do not include the oak tree among them 
except in so far as it may restrict the 
elm’s food supply. 
TREATMENT OF PEACH TREES. 
7’. II. f\. /Springdale, Conn .—I have just 
bought a small farm. 20 acres, at Vine- 
land, N. .1. There arc about 570 poach 
trees set one year. They have made a fine 
growth and look well, hut I found some 
borers in I hem. Will you tell me If 1 
should have them dug out. at onee, or Is 
the Spring the time to do it? There was 
a crop of corn grown on the land, and when 
cut will leave the land bare. Could you 
plant rye as late as this In the peach or¬ 
chard ? Is there danger that the late cul¬ 
tivation putting in the* rye would keep trees 
growing and so make them liable to winter¬ 
kill? 
Ans. —Many of the borers may be 
destroyed by a careful examination of 
the young peach trees this Fall, but some 
of the borers will be so small as to 
escape detection and a second examina¬ 
tion of the trees in Spring will be neces¬ 
sary. Be sure that the soil is put 
hack firmly around the trees this Fall 
after an examination for borers, other¬ 
wise Winter injury to the exposed bark 
of the roots may occur. A cover crop 
of rye sown at this time is likely to be 
of some value, although it is too late 
in the season for the best results. The 
necessary barrowing of the orchard in 
connection with the sowing of the rye 
will not cause the trees to make a late 
growth. It is important that the cover 
crop of rye be plowed under early next 
Spring (say not later than April 15), 
as a crop of growing rye dries out the 
sandy soils very rapidly, and may check 
the growth of the trees. 
M. A. BLAKE. 
N. J. Experiment Station. 
The Destructive Pheasant.—T he 
English pheasant as a destroyer of corn 
lias no equal. The blackbird and crow 
arc in no sense to be compared with it 
as destroying agents, and yet our legis¬ 
lators, by enactments, have afforded spe¬ 
cial protection to this abominable nuis¬ 
ance. They multiply rapidly, single 
broods of their young often containing 
from 12 to 14 birds. In this vicinity 
during the past month acres of corn 
have been destroyed, yet flic man who 
dares kill a pheasant in defense of his 
crops is subject to a fearful fine. Would 
it not be an act of wisdom for the 
farmers of the State to demand from 
their Senators and Assemblymen 
pledges that their influence lie exerted 
for the repeal of any protective meas¬ 
ures now existing as State laws for 
this bird, as they were introduced 
merely to serve the gratification of the 
sporting fraternity? s. n. willakij. 
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