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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 21, 
Weed Seeds In Fertilizer. 
U. J. V., Gettysburg, Pa .—Several farm¬ 
ers In this neighborhood think they get 
wild mustard seed in the fertilizer they buy. 
Would mustard or any other seed germinate 
after being bagged up with the general 
grades of commercial fertilizer on the mar¬ 
ket? Goods are always 10 to 20 days from 
the time they leave factory until sown on 
ground. One man told me he was sure 
that all the mustard on his farm came from 
seed mixed in potato manure. 
Ans. —It would, of course, depend on 
what the fertilizer was made of. A 
dry mixture of acid phosphate and mu¬ 
riate of potash with ordinary forms of 
nitrogen would not seriously hurt the 
seeds in 30 days. If this mixture were 
damp there would be greater effect. 
The chemists at the agricultural col¬ 
leges tell us they have seen no evidence 
of weed seeds in fertilizers. You must 
remember that such fertilizers will 
sometimes start seeds to life which 
otherwise would not have sprouted. 
Apple Questions. 
J. E. H., Walkerville, W. Va. —1. What 
sweet apple is best for planting for feeding 
hogs? Please name a second best one. Do 
you think it advisable to grow apples for 
hogs in a country where grain is high? 2. 
Would it be safe to use cane stalks from 
making sorghum molasses for mulching 
young apple trees? 3. Compare the bloom¬ 
ing season of the following apples: York 
Imperial, Delicious, Stay man, Rome Beauty, 
Grimes Golden, Regan, Gano, Yellow Trans¬ 
parent and Mammoth Black Twig. 
Ans. —1. Growing sweet apples for 
hogs is all right almost anywhere that 
they may be grown cheaply. They con¬ 
tain considerable nourishment, and 
along with some grain make a good ra¬ 
tion. Several varieties should be grown 
instead of one or two, so that there will 
be a succession ripening continuously 
from the earliest until Winter begins. 
Sweet June or Hightop Sweet is the 
first to ripen, and that is followed 
closely by Sweet Bough. A little later 
is Golden Sweet and then Jersey Sweet, 
Ramsdell, Haskell, Munson and for 
very late the Tolman and Bentley. The 
last two will keep until late Spring. 2. 
Bagasse or the waste or fibre from 
crushed sugar cane is a good mulch for 
trees or bush fruits. I have used it in 
this way repeatedly with good effect. 
The main objection is the difficulty of 
handling it with a fork. 3. All of the 
varieties mentioned bloom about at the 
same time, and their pollen will inter¬ 
mix or prove effective upon the stigmas 
of each other to a very considerable ex¬ 
tent, thus making the fruit more abun¬ 
dant and of better development than 
without it. The iftterplanting of varie¬ 
ties of apples and pears or almost any 
other kind of fruit is a good plan and 
should be followed whenever possible. 
There may be several rows of one kind 
together, at least four or five, for the 
wind and insects will carry the pollen 
across a considerable space. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Budding: on Wild Cherry. 
E. G., New Jersey. —Is it advisable to 
bud or graft sweet cherries on wild cherry 
stock ? 
Ans.—N o, it is not. This has been 
tried, and on all the different varieties 
of the wild species of North America, 
and found to be a failure after a few 
years’ growth, although at the start it 
seemed successful. The union is poor, 
and this finally results in gradual failure 
and death in the end. I have tried it 
myself on two wild species as stocks 
with this result, and have seen others 
do the same. But if by “wild cherry 
stock” is meant the common sweet 
cherry trees that grow up along fence 
rows as if they were really native to the 
soil, as is the case in many places, they 
will prove all right as stocks for the 
improved sweet cherries. They are all 
of the Mazzard species and are congen¬ 
ial. Indeed, this is the best and only 
proper stock for the sweet varieties. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Piping Water to Bam and House. 
I am formulating plans for the con¬ 
struction of a water supply system upon 
my farm. The system is intended to supply 
water to a large barn, housing at times 
from 30 to 50 cattle and perhaps eight or 
nine horses, and also to one and possibly 
two farm dwelling houses. The houses are 
2,700 feet from the source of supply, and 
the barn is situated about midway between 
the source and houses. The elevation of 
the source and supply from which the water 
is to be brought is, for the barn, probably 
60 feet above the spot where the pipe 
would discharge; and for the dwelling 
houses probably 85 to 90 feet. What size 
of pipe would you suggest that I use and 
how deeply should the same be laid to be 
secure from frost, bearing in mind that 
the ground traversed lies ‘‘to the sun?” 
Would a one-inch pipe from source to barn 
and house be sufficient for such ordinary 
needs? If in your judgment a one-inch 
pipe is too small, would a two-inch pipe 
from source to barn and a one-inch pipe 
tapping same at or near the barn and con¬ 
tinuing to the house be sufficient? With 
head as above suggested, what pressure 
could be secured at the place of discharge 
In barn? In house? Using a two-inch pipe 
as above suggested, could sufficient pressure 
In the barn be secured to operate a water 
motor of sufficient size to furnish power 
for some practical use upon the farm? 
New Jersey. 8. a. 
The theoretical flow from a one-inch 
straight iron pipe, fully open at the end, 
without obstruction in the form of faucets 
at the barn, if the distance is 1,350 feet 
and the source is 60 feet above the open¬ 
ing, would be 5.9 gallons per minute, and 
the discharge at the house, at a distance 
of 2,700 feet and with a fall of 90 feet, 
would be about an even five gallons per 
minute. With faucets and bends in the 
pipe the flow would be somewhat less than 
these amounts. A two-inch pipe leading to 
the barn would not supply sufficient water 
and pressure to enable a water motor to 
give an amount of power worth while. A 
114 -inch pipe, under the conditions stated 
above, would give a theoretical discharge at 
the house of 5.70 gallons per minute; and 
an inch, and a half pipe, 6.3 gallons. If 
the pipe is laid at a depth of four feet 
below the surface there would probably be 
little danger from freezing, f. h. king. 
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