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THK RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
December 4, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Burning Weeds. 
particular. We have had several com¬ 
plaints from pardeners who plowed a 
full rye crop under. Lime does not 
seem to overcome the trouble. We 
have, therefore, found it best to cut the 
rye and plow under the stubble. Even 
if the whole crop were to be plowed 
under we would cut it first and let it 
E. M. M., New York. —If one were t 6 
take over a neglected farm, or truck gar¬ 
den, and found it overgrown with weeds, 
already gone to seed, would it be advisable, 
or of any value, to burn the ground over 
before Winter plowing? Would that prove 
of any assistance in destroying the prop¬ 
agating qualities of those weeds and their 
seeds, or is there a better and more prac¬ 
tical method? 
Ans. —Such burning would destroy 
many weed seeds and make a little eas¬ 
ier plowing. It would be about the only 
way to kill the weed seeds that are left 
in the plants. Such burning would not 
free the land of weeds. Millions of 
seeds have already fallen to the ground 
and millions more from former crops 
are in the soil. Thus the burning would 
make little difference in j'our work of 
fighting weeds next year. It would 
prove a disadvantage by destroying or¬ 
ganic matter which the soil needs. Such 
soils are often lacking in humus, and 
they need all the vegetable matter that 
can be plowed into them. We should 
plow the entire growth of weeds under 
and be prepared to fight the weed crop 
next year. If we did not feel able to 
fight it we would not touch the ground. 
Resetting Rhubarb. 
F. E. S., Randolph, Mass —I have a rhu¬ 
barb patch that was set five years ago, 
another four years. Some of the plants 
have too many shoots. When is the proper 
lime to thin out, and what is the proper 
way to do it? I wish to set some of the 
shoots I take off in my cellar. Can you 
tell me the way to do that, and when 
to do it? 
Ans. —I would advise resetting rhu¬ 
barb every third or fourth year for best 
results. It may be planted in either 
Spring or Fall, but usually Spring. The 
sets are obtained by division of the old 
roots, taking care to have two or three 
buds on each. A sharp spade is best 
for chopping or separating the roots. 
Set at a distance of three or four feet 
apart each way. The place where each 
plant is to be set should be dug 12 or 
15 inches deep and the same in width, 
and the soil mixed with well-rotted sta¬ 
ble manure. If desired in Winter or 
early Spring, a few roots can be taken 
up and placed in a warm cellar or any 
dark and warm place. The roots, if the ' 
cellar is dark, may be put in a box with 
earth around them or if in a light cellar 
they may be put in the bottom of a bar¬ 
rel with earth, and the top covered. The 
only care needed is to see that the roots 
do not get dry, and to water when neces¬ 
sary. In this way it will grow with 
little care. Rhubarb, when forced, is 
much finer in flavor than when exposed 
to the air and light of the open garden, 
hut the stalks or useful portions are 
never so large and sturdy. 
T. M. WHITE. 
Rye for Green Manure. 
T. W. P., Fishers Ferry. Pa -—Last 
Spring I planted an apple and peach or¬ 
chard ; I planted the apple trees 32 feet 
apart each way, and a peach tree between, 
leaving each tree 16 feet apart; then I 
planted potatoes and sweet corn between 
the rows. This Fall I dug the potatoes; 
I did not plow the ground, but harrowed it 
and sowed rye in it. Next Spring I intend 
to plow it again and plant it again in 
potatoes and cabbage and beans. Which do 
you think would be the better for me to 
do, to cut the rye for cow feed or to 
plow it under? Is it good for young trees? 
I sowed all my truck patches in rye this 
Fall? Will it pay me to plow it under 
next Spring for all kinds of truck? 
Ans. —From our own experience we 
would cut the rye early—before fairly’ 
in bloom and cure for hay. Full grown 
rye is the poorest crop for pure dry 
vegetable matter that we know of. It 
is very slow to decay. It is stiff and 
coarse, and unless the ground is packed 
hard by rolling it will be too open and 
dry out the fast. There is some prin¬ 
ciple in green rye which seems to in¬ 
jure the soil for certain crops—corn in 
wilt before plowing. 
Notes on Grass Seeding. 
8 . J., Coraopoli , Pa. —If a field is sown 
to permanent pasture seed in Spring—no 
other crop—can stock be turned in on it 
that Fall, or would it be better not to 
pasture it until following year? 
J. I. P., Jonc8villc, N. Y. —Is it advisable 
to sow grass seed in the Spring without 
any other crop, and shall I be able to 
cut a crop the same season? 
Ans. —No, I would not turn stock 
on to a pasture in the Fall after it was 
seeded in the Spring. If you are in need 
of the pasture next season why not sow 
V /2 bushel of oats and one-half bushel 
of Canada peas to the acre when seeding 
to grass? If you will sow part of the 
field just as soon as the soil can be 
worked, and then in succession once in 
two weeks up to the first of June you 
will get a large amount of feed the first 
season. But of course this feed will 
take some of the fertility from the soil, 
and the succeeding pasture will be 
greatly benefited if this fertility is re¬ 
placed in the Fall after the oats and 
peas are removed. I would use animal 
manure if I could and if not, I would 
use a liberal dressing of commercial fer¬ 
tilizer. I 11 this way the pasture will be 
much better than if the grass were sown 
alone and was pastured too early. 
In reply to J. I. P., I will also say, 
sow the oats and peas with the grass 
seed. If the soil is inclined to be moist 
sow Alsike clover with the Timothy, 
and if dry sow the large Red clover 
The oats and peas will make a fine crop 
of hay the first season, but do not ne¬ 
glect to replace the fertility with a top¬ 
dressing of manure or commercial fer¬ 
tilizer, and unless it is a limestone soil, 
I think that a ton or more of raw 
ground limestone to the acre would 
more than pay. j. grant morse. 
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