1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Value of Orchard Trees. 
C. P. M., Greenwood, Vo.—A railroad lo¬ 
comotive recently started a lire on my 
place, practically killing 20 apple trees, 
some Albemarle Pippins and some York 
Pippins, the latter one size 17 years old, 
bearing 2% barrels to the tree, others bear¬ 
ing one barrel to the tree; some Wine- 
saps six years old bearing two bushels to 
the tree. Would you give me some idea as 
to tile value of these trees, that I may take 
steps to collect from the railroad company? 
This is figuring that the above bear every 
other year. 
Ans. —All sorts of conditions enter 
into such figuring. In the West the 
usual method is to call the one-year-old 
tree well established worth one dollar. 
Thereafter the value is increased at the 
rate of 50 cents per year. On this figur¬ 
ing your 17-year-old trees would be 
worth $9 each. Personally we would 
not sell any such tree for less than $25. 
What About “Long-Tongued” Bees? 
E. G., North Arlington, N. J .—Enclosed 
find a few dead bees for examination. Are 
they of tlie long-tongued species or not, 
or how long is the tongue of the above- 
mentioned species? 
Ans. —The sample bees sent are use¬ 
less for tongue measurement, as it is 
necessary to have live bees for the pur¬ 
pose of obtaining correct results. It is 
a very delicate operation, requiring 
laboratory instruments, and a trained 
operator. The bees are chloroformed, 
which causes them to protrude the 
tongue to its extreme length, and it 
can then be measured with a micro¬ 
meter rule by the aid of a microscope. 
“Long-tongue bees” were much used as 
an advertisement by queen breeders a 
few years ago. but it is now conceded 
that it was more or less misleading and 
is less used than formerly. If memory 
serves me correctly, the tongue reach 
of different strains of bees varied from 
thirteen one-hundredths to twenty-five 
one-hundredths of an inch, with good 
Italians averaging better than twenty 
one-hundredths. I paid quite a sum for 
queens from the long-tongue strains, 
and it probably paid in the end by bring¬ 
ing new blood into the apiary, but as 
far as getting bees that would work 
Red clover is concerned, I have found 
that it is more in the clover than in the 
bees. When the clover blossoms are 
right for honey bees to get nectar from 
them, I find practically all colonies get¬ 
ting their share, whether “long-tongue,” 
‘Red clover” or simply “just bees.” I 
would say by all means get some of the 
good strains of Italian bees, but don’t 
expect them always to fill the hives with 
Red clover honey while other bees are 
doing nothing. j. a. crane. 
on the under sides. The full-grown 
grub is yellowish in color, and its body 
bears many long branching spines. It 
can best be controlled by spraying the 
plants with arsenate of lead at the rate 
of about three pounds to 50 gallons of 
water. Especial attention must be paid 
to putting the poison on the under sides 
of the leaves, for this is where the 
grubs do their eating. Beans grow so 
1 -.v that this is difficult to do, and to 
facilitate the work the nozzle should 
be attached to an elbow so that the 
stream can be directed upwards. Kero¬ 
sene emulsion has given good results 
and, of course, there is no danger from 
poison on the food. Probably the 
tobacco extracts will also give very good 
results. GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Weeds in the Vineyards. 
In the care of vineyards, as with or¬ 
chards, there can be no hard and fast rule 
laid down, as so much depends on im¬ 
mediate conditions. In * general way, how¬ 
ever, one can stay pretty close to rules 
based on common sense. The best results 
in the vineyard are based upon proper con¬ 
trol of moisture, fertility, air drainage, and 
soil drainage. With us it would be im¬ 
possible to get the greatest amount of 
soil moisture during early Summer, and 
best surface drainage during Winter with¬ 
out staying pretty close to a fixed rule, 
which is this: In early Spring the vine¬ 
yard is plowed away from vines and thor¬ 
oughly cleaned away with potato hooks. 
This leaves the ground nearly level, or a 
slight depression next the vines, so if there 
is surplus rain it will settle around the 
vines. The soil moisture is further con¬ 
served by frequent shallow cultivation, 
keeping the ground as clean as possible up 
to September first, when we plow again up 
to lines, leaving a dead furrow in the cen¬ 
ter. This gives the roots a little extra 
covering, and carries off all surplus surface 
water during Winter. 
As soon as ground is fitted we sow on a 
cover crop; this makes use of fertility or 
plant food that becomes available rapidly at 
this time of year, stores it up in such 
shape that it can be returned to the soil 
in Spring, together with an added amount, 
so there is a L zain rather than a loss in 
plant food. The cover also gives a greater 
amount of protection by holding snow, etc., 
puts humus in the soil, and by taking up 
surplus plant food and moisture late in 
Fall, causes both fruit and vino to ripen 
up better. This iu brief is the way I handle 
mine, and if there was any way I thought 
better I certainly would follow it. I do not 
believe that either the heat or cold during 
Summer will hurt the noil, and I do be¬ 
lieve that early as first of August any 
extra vegetation in a vineyard takes up 
moisture and plant food that is badly 
needed for development of fruit and vine at 
that time. wm. hotaling. 
Using Liquid Manure. 
L)o any of your readers ever make a 
practice of saving the liquid manure from 
the stables, and if so how do they apply 
the same to the land? e. k. s. 
A number of them do this very thing. 
Most of them save the liquids by using ab¬ 
sorbents like sawdust, dried muck, straw 
or coarse hay. Others run the liquids into 
cement pits or pools and pump it up at 
times. These liquids are either put into 
the manure pile or pumped into tanks and 
sprinkled over the grass or grain lands. 
We shall describe several of these outfits 
soon. 
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B. It., Payson, Ariz. —Inclosed are four 
bugs which we call “lady-bugs.” They lay 
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destroy our beans and we cannot raise any. 
Ans. The insects referred to are 
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pods and all. The yellowish eggs are 
deposited, usually, on the under sides 
of the loaves, and the grubs feed mostly 
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