1909 
PEACH YELLOWS. 
I have read with much interest the ar¬ 
ticles in recent issues of The R. N.-Y. on 
peach yellows. Here in Maryland (Prince 
George County), most people look on the 
peach crop as a failure. You hear many 
say, “Eh ! peaches don't pay, for it's either 
frost or yellows.” Now, I firmly believe 
both can be prevented in a great measure 
by care and fertilization. I think a tree 
is very much like an animal or person; 
either, if well cared for and fed, is less 
liable to be hurt by colds or disease. About 
12 years ago 1 worked on a stock farm 
along the Potomac River. On the farm 
was an orchard of 150 three-year-old peach 
trees. While those trees were in full bloom 
the ground froze two successive nights, so 
hard we were unable to plow. While the 
peach crop that year was a failure, 
throughout the county, those trees had a 
full crop of good peaches, and I believe it 
was due to the rich land they were planted 
in (it being an old garden spot) and the 
culture, for they were worked about as 
faithfully as the vegetables in the garden. 
Feed and care for the peaches: then you 
need not fear the yellows. f. f. s. 
Maryland. 
R. N.-Y.—While P. F. S. is right about 
feeding and caring for the trees, this is not 
all there is to “yellows” prevention. Cold 
weather, very drv Summer or other weaken¬ 
ing causes may induce the disease. 
SHORT STORIES. 
Absorbent for Cow Stable. 
What is the best absorbent to use in a 
cow stable? Which would be better, kainit 
or Tennessee raw rock phosphate? Would 
common land plaster (gypsum) be as good, 
or would Thomas phosphate powder be best 
of all? Q. T. 
Elk Rapids, Mich. 
We do not know of anything better than 
dried swamp muck or peat. This absorbs 
the liquids and adds nitrogen. In regard 
to chemicals for holding the ammonia, we 
should, on the whole, use land plaster. 
Kainit and acid phosphate will both give a 
better chemical action, but they are not 
good for the feet of stock. If anyone has 
experience which will offset this opinion 
we want it. Do not use the phosphate 
powder or basic slag anyway. That con¬ 
tains lime, which will drive off the am¬ 
monia. 
Starting an Asparagus Bed. 
Please tell me how to get an asparagus 
bed. J. f. c. 
Charlotte Hall, Md. 
To get an asparagus bed get a lot of 
manure thoroughly rotten and fine during 
the Winter. In Spring run furrows in well- 
broken and prepared soil. Make them deep 
by going twice in a furrow, and clean out 
with shovels to make the furrows about 
10 inches deep. Fill them half full of the 
fine manure, and on this add some commer¬ 
cial fertilizer high in nitrogen and potash 
at rate of 500 pounds per acre. Cover 
lightly with soil and sow the seed in a 
continuous furrow. When they are about 
four or five inches tall thin out to two 
feet apart, and work the soil to the plants 
as they grow till level. Cultivate well all 
Summer. In the Fall apply 500 pounds of 
kainit per acre, and in the following Spring 
add a top-dressing of 400 pounds of nitrate 
of soda, 300 pounds of cotton-seed meal and 
200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre be¬ 
fore the shoots appear. You can cut a lit¬ 
tle that Spring. But keep up the cultiva¬ 
tion and top-dressing annually and you will 
get asparagus sooner than by getting the 
rOOtS. W. F. MASSEY. 
Blackberries for Northern Illinois. 
Please advise as to the hardiness of El¬ 
dorado blackberry for northern Illinois. 
What do you consider the best blackberry 
for us to plant? z. t. t. 
Eleroy, Ill. 
The Eldorado blackberry is a very hardy 
variety, and ought to be hardy in Stevenson 
County, Ill. The best for Z. T. T. is to 
plant a few of them as a trial, before going 
extensively into them without practical 
knowledge. Snyder is one of the black¬ 
berries that will stand the coldest climates, 
but the fruit is small. The Taylor is al¬ 
most. if not equally, as hardy as the 
Snyder, and a much larger berry: either 
of these two varieties would be all right 
for hardiness. Try Eldorado and the new 
Blowers; this last variety originated in 
New York State, and it is claimed to lx 1 
the hardiest cane and largest berry of the 
hardy varieties. The only satisfactory and 
safe way is to get a few plants of any 
variety that seems desirable, and try them 
under the conditions they will be required 
to grow in. e. s. black. 
A Grange Lawyer. 
Our Grange has bought a plant here that 
has a grain elevator, hay barn, coal trestle, 
store and fertilizer building, and a home 
for a family to live in. We have sold stock 
to Grangers and have sent papers to Albany 
to be incorporated. Where could 1 buy a 
book of incorporation laws, so that we could 
have something to refer to if any matter 
came up that we could not decide ourselves. 
Cayuga County, N. Y. E. l. c. 
Laws . are being constantly changed 
through new enactments and court decisions, 
and on this account it is not safe for a lay¬ 
man to depend on any book. A co-operative 
body of this sort should have a lawyer of 
its own, either hired by the year or with an 
arrangement for turning all doubtful mat¬ 
ters over to him. This is a form of insur¬ 
ance that it will pay well to invest in, as 
otherwise there is a constant liability to 
errors. 
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