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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 18, 
HOW STRINGFELLOW PLANTS TREES. 
Will you tell inc bow Mr. H. M. String- 
fellow advises planting a tree? 
If on plowed ground, and trees are 
one year old or small two-year, cut off 
all roots to one inch or less. If June- 
bud whips or straight tap-root seedlings 
leave about three inches of straight root 
and cut off remainder. Where the tree 
is to stand sink a spade deep, push the 
handle forward and backward several 
times, then insert the tree behind it, 
shoving firmly to the bottom. Withdraw 
spade and tramp hard. No water nec¬ 
essary if soil is moist. If the trees 
are two years or older cut off all roots 
to about one inch on the younger up to 
two or even three inches on four or five- 
year-old trees. Then bore a hole with 
a ground auger about one foot deep on 
well-drained land, or dig it with a spade 
leaving not more than one inch of loose 
soil on the bottom. Set the tree and 
push it firmly down so the new tap roots 
can strike directly into the hard ground, 
just as all natural seedlings do. Fill the 
hole about half full with surface soil and 
ram just like a fence post. Then pour 
in water if the ground is dry, but if not 
water is not necessary. Complete the 
filling and firm with the foot. Not one 
in a thousand times trees thus planted 
will fail. Apply all fertilizers on the 
surface, none ever in the hole. Don’t 
be afraid of bruising the bodies. It does 
no more harm to them than to stems of 
cuttings. As a test, seven years ago I 
set four small June-bud peach trees, 
one in a five-inch hole and remainder 
in 10 , 15 and 20 inch respectively. The 
last had only two inches of top above 
grotyid. All have grown about alike, 
and are now fine trees. Deep planting 
is more necessary in Fall to prevent 
heaving than in Spring. Cut all tops 
back to 12 or 15 inches, or a little more 
on large trees, allowing all shoots to 
grow a couple of months, when all but 
the straightest and strongest should be 
CUt Off. H. M. STRINGFELLOW. 
R. N.-Y.—Later Mr. Stringfellow will 
take a hand in this mulching discussion. 
Fly-by-Night Commission Men. 
Farmers often receive a letter some¬ 
what like the following: 
We have a large hotel and retail trade 
paying us highest prices. in fact, the 
prices obtainable are out of question if we 
can only get the goods. We have been re¬ 
turning our shippers four and five cents 
above highest market quotations for fancy 
white and proportionately high prices for 
State eggs, this week. A trial shipment 
will best convince you that we can get you 
better results than others Returns are 
made the day of arrival of shipment and 
cases returned without charging for them. 
If you are in need of empty cases just 
now, let us hear from you and we will be 
glad to accommodate you with some with¬ 
out charge. We would like very much to 
hear from, you soon with a shipment or 
reply. urabem axu ketcham. 
To a man who is not familiar with 
New York market conditions this seems 
like a very plausible statement. We 
have known shrewd farmers .to bite at 
this tempting bait. They send a small 
shipment and, sure enough, prompt re¬ 
turns are made at a price considerably 
above the printed market figures. Then 
they see a chance for a fortune and 
go out and pick up everything they can 
find for shipment. We have heard of 
men who borrowed money with which 
to buy produce to send in this way. In 
many cases the shipper never hears of 
his goods again. If the dealer thinks 
he can get a larger shipment out of him 
he may make returns, but as a rule the 
game is to pay high prices for a small 
shipment as bait. Then when the larger 
shipments come the goods are sold for 
what they will bring and the proceeds 
are pocketed. After repeated letters the 
shipper comes to New York to find a 
vacant store or some one else in con¬ 
trol. In the present case the firm sim¬ 
ply has desk room and a small floor 
space. They may be honest but the 
letter has well-known earmarks that 
we always look for. When any man 
claims to be able to do better- than 
others for- you keep an eye on him. If 
any commission man has given you fair 
returns for some years—far better stick 
to him and let the “fly-by-nighter” alone. 
Destroying Red Ants. 
F. 8. IS., ’Newport, R. T .—If you know 
of any formula which will drive away those 
little red ants which are such a nuisance 
in Summer would you publish it for the 
benefit of your readers? 
Ans. —Ants can be driven away from 
the house by persistent trapping; it 
would appear as though the mysterious 
disappearance of so many of their num¬ 
ber throws the survivors into a species 
of panic, and they abandon the place. 
They can be trapped either with un¬ 
cooked bones or with a sponge saturated 
with sweetened water. Put the trap 
directly in the pathway of the ants. If 
the raw bone is used, which should be 
freshly trimmed from the meat, let it 
become completely covered with ants, 
and then put it into the fire. If a 
sponge is used, soak it in sweetened 
water, and as soon as it has become 
filled with the ants, drop it into boiling 
water. After killing the ants, rinse out 
the sponge, dip it in the sweetened 
water, and again set it in the ants’ path. 
Usually a few repetitions of this will 
drive the ants away. If you can find 
where they come from, the colony may 
be destroyed with bisulphide of carbon. 
Carbolic acid and naphthalene will repel 
ants, which dislike these odors intensely, 
but of course they cannot be used near 
food. 
Nitrate of Soda for Potatoes. 
1l r . F. L., Shelby, N. Y .—I have a piece 
of land, about nine acres, which is run down 
very much. It has bad very little manure 
for the last five years, except a little two 
years ago. Last year I raised beans on it 
and corn the year before. I want to put 
about six acres in potatoes and the rest 
in cabbage and tomatoes. Do you think 
it advisable to put on about 150 pounds 
to acre of nitrate of soda? This is lime¬ 
stone land and has raised fair crops with , 
no manure. 
Ans. —It would be well enough to put 
150 pounds of nitrate of soda, provided 
you put potash and phosphoric acid 
with it. As we see from our fertilizer 
articles the nitrate supplies nothing but 
nitrogen. Cabbage and potatoes must 
have the other elements and if the soil 
is run down they must be supplied. We 
would not use nitrate of soda alone, un¬ 
less we had proved that the other ele¬ 
ments are not needed. 1 he 150 pounds 
of nitrate will give you 24 pounds of ni¬ 
trogen. A good potato fertilizer should 
contain 3j4 per cent nitrogen, eight of 
phosphoric acid and at least seven of 
potash. Your 150 pounds of nitrate will 
give the nitrogen found in about 700 
pounds of this fertilizer. You would 
need to go with it 400 pounds of acid 
phosphate and 100 pounds muriate or 
sulphate of potash in order to equal the 
fertilizer in plant food. With these 
chemicals you may get fair crops, though 
you can see by reading the articles that 
you could make a better combination. 
Always remember the truth about ni¬ 
trate of soda. It is the quickest and 
most effective source of nitrogen, and 
will give wonderful results when this 
nitrogen is specially needed. It does not 
contain either potash or phosphoric acid, 
and unless you knew these elements are 
abundant you should always use them 
with the nitrate. 
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