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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 14 , 
WATER SUPPLY FOR BARN. 
S. C. 2V, Clymcr, N. Y. —I enclose a sketch 
of a water supply I have installed this 
Fall and it works welL Now 1 would 
like some advice; the line passes within 
40 feet of my barn. I have put in a tee 
as shown in sketch. I want to tap the 
pipe there and bring water to barn. If I 
do this will it affect the faucet in the 
house? Then when the water drops be¬ 
low the six-foot level, as it will in Sum¬ 
mer, shall I be able to draw it by faucet, 
as now, or will I have to use a pump? I 
would have to use a pump in barn, as I 
would always be above the water line 
there. But I don't want to bring it into 
the barn unless I am sure it would not 
make any trouble in the house. 
Ans. —The syphon action of the water 
pipe must stop as soon as the level of 
water in the well reaches the level of 
the faucet in tile house. It would prob¬ 
ably stop before this point is reached, 
a balanced ration. The mulch should 
be heavy, covering the ground several 
inches deep, and a close wire cloth or 
any material enclosing the trunk of the 
trees to keep the mice from girdling 
them under the mulch. The common 
salt would not benefit them at all. Prune 
the trees thoroughly, and fertilize well 
is the secret of growing quinces. 3 
The clover in the peach orchard will 
have to be plowed under early in the 
Spring, otherwise an early drought 
might prevent it being done, and the 
clover would use up the moisture that 
the peach trees need, and result in a 
stagnated orchard that might never re¬ 
cover from the effects of it. Potatoes 
require a great amount of moisture, and 
also potash and phosphoric acid, and 
these are very essential elements in the 
to supply water sufficiently rapidly for growing of a peach tree. The potato 
use. If an arm were carried to the must be protected from the bugs with 
barn, to which a pump is attached, the insecticides, and as Paris-green is the 
effect of pumping at the barn might be popular formula for the potato, *he ma- 
to lower the water in the well suf¬ 
ficiently to prevent the faucet from 
flowing strongly in the house, or from 
flowing at all until the water had again 
raised in the well. If the water en¬ 
ters the well slowly, especially during 
the dry part of the year, it might be 
possible that in pumping, the water in 
the well would be lowered sufficiently 
to uncover the lower end of the syphon 
in the well, and so stop the flow en¬ 
tirely until it was again started. If 
no leakage of air results from attach¬ 
ing the pump, this arrangement would 
not interfere with the flow at the faucet, 
except at the time of pumping, unless 
the faucet were left open, or if the 
faucet leaked so that air could be 
drawn in there through the suction ef¬ 
fect of the pump. Any leakage there 
while the pump was being worked 
might permit sufficient air to be drawn 
in to stop the action of the syphon. It 
may be possible to deepen the well and 
get a sufficient increase of flow, so that 
the level of the water in the well would 
terial is likely to be sprayed or dusted 
on the foliage of the peach, and as the 
peach leaf is sure to be killed if Paris- 
green is used on it ever so light, there 
is a great danger of ruining the peach 
while protecting the potato. Also 
Bordeaux, that is so popular a fungicide 
for the potato, is rank poison to the 
foliage of the peach. I am, and always 
have been, prejudiced against cropping 
a peach orchard with either potatoes or 
corn; if for no other reason, they take 
up the moisture the peach tree should 
have. Melons, tomatoes, carrots, beets 
and such small hoed crops are best for 
growing in young orchards, but what¬ 
ever crop is used in the orchard, it must 
be kept perfectly clean and thoroughly 
cultivated to retain the moisture. Any 
neglect on this score means a failure for 
the orchard. E. s. black. 
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GRAPES, QUINCE AND PEACH ORCHABDS 
E. E. B.j Netc Milford, Comm. —1. 1 have 
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the other half Worden. They made a fine 
growth; should I cover them this Win¬ 
ter to prevent them from freezing? 2. Do 
you advise salt for quince trees and how 
much per tree, trees set last Spring? 
3. I have set 3,000 peach trees, one and 
two years old. I sowed clover (red) in 
August and it made a good growth. Do 
you advise planting the orchard to po¬ 
tatoes next year? 
Ans. —1. S. E. B. might find it a paying 
proposition to lay down his grape vines 
before Winter sets in. The Concord is 
hardy and withstands severe Winters 
without protection, but the other half 
of the vineyard may be tender and need 
protection. On the whole, I would ad¬ 
vise laying down the vines, as it would 
not be an expensive job, and it certain¬ 
ly would be a benefit to them. 2. The 
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