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A BARGAIN IN PIGEON MANURE. 
II. K. D., Kutztoicn, Pa .—Would you 
advise the purchase of pigeon manure 
mixed with tobacco stem nests, at $8 a 
ton, and pure pigeon manure at $12 a ton, 
for fertilizer? Should it be used pure or 
mixed with other chemicals? If so what, 
and how much per acre? I cannot raise 
or buy sufficient stable manure, hence this 
question for a cheap fertilizer. Would you 
advise using it on oat, potato or corn 
land? It might be good to spread on 
wheat, sown with Timothy and clover for 
a grass crop. Last year I bought 26 tons 
and put it through a thrashing machine, 
which made it fairly fine, and used fully 
a ton per acre, which was rather expensive. 
It was worked in the soil after plowing. 
The question also arises, was it all used 
up by the corn crop? The crop was good, 
but not better than a farmer would have 
with good manuring. Commercial fertilizer 
at $21 a ton and 400 to GOO pounds per acre 
would have been cheaper; at the same time 
the pigeon manure may not have had the 
proper proportion of chemicals. Soil is 
good dark loam, similar to what is called 
walnut bottom. 
Ans.— Pigeon manure is at least twice 
as rich as hen manure. The average 
of two samples reported from Massa¬ 
chusetts give about four per cent of 
nitrogen, \y 2 of potash and 2% of phos¬ 
phoric acid. At the prices paid for 
mixed fertilizers this would be well 
worth $18 per ton or more. The tobacco 
stems will average two per cent of ni¬ 
trogen and about six of potash. Both 
forms of the manure are well worth 
the price. We would like to buy locally 
at these figures. As we have so often 
stated, all bird manures are relatively 
strong in nitrogen and deficient in the 
other elements. Corn needs more potash 
and phosphoric acid than the pigeon 
manure supplies. To make it most ef¬ 
fective it should be “reenforced.” A 
simple rule would be to use 150 pounds 
muriate of potash and 450 pounds acid 
phosphate with each ton of the pigeon 
manure. It is not necessary to mix them 
before applying. Half a ton of the 
pigeon manure with the potash and 
phosphate added will no doubt give 
better corn than the full ton of manure. 
You have a good opportunity in this 
chance to buy the pigeon manure. The 
nitrogen it contains is mostly organic, 
and will not all be used by one crop. 
By using the chemicals with it you can 
obtain full value. 
Orchard Fertilizer for Wisconsin. 
I have a young orchard of 200 apple trees 
that have been making a very heavy growth 
of wood and not bearing very much. They 
are seven years old, have borne some. Will 
you tell me if I can use commercial fer¬ 
tilizer that will set them to bearing and 
what will it be and where can I get it? 
I thought that about 10 per cent potash 
and 10 per cent phosphate and no nitrogen 
might be about right. We have never used 
any commercial fertilizer here. m. w. 
Oshkosh, Wis. 
You are right in figuring that potash 
and phosphoric acid without nitrogen will 
be best for an orchard which makes too 
much wood. Nitrogen and thorough culture 
are chiefly responsible for heavy wood 
growth on trees. We should stop cultivat¬ 
ing those trees for a time and try the 
mulch plan of clipping grass and weeds and 
leaving the crop on the ground. Three parts 
of acid phosphate and one of muriate of 
potash will supply what you want. The 
fertilizer dealers in Chicago ought to sup¬ 
ply these chemicals. Wood ashes will also 
serve the purpose. 
FRUIT PROSPECTS. 
I have not heard of any serious injury 
to the wood of our fruit trees in this sec¬ 
tion. Peach buds were badly injured in 
many orchards, and some show almost no 
bloom, while adjoining farms may be pink 
with it, so it is hard to estimate the crop 
prospects. High cold winds have been con¬ 
stantly with us the past week. Pears 
(Kieffers) are as full of bloom, as possible; 
what effect the weather will have is a prob¬ 
lem. Apples are hardly far enough ad¬ 
vanced to tell yet, though most varieties 
promise a good bloom. Cherries show the 
usual amount of blossoms. Could we have 
a few warm days without high winds, we 
should have a normal set of fruit where 
there are healthy blossoms. In this im¬ 
mediate neighborhood we were surprised to 
see the amount of peach bloom, as sound 
buds were hard to find. Most of the bloom 
is in the tops of the trees. 
HOWARD G. TAYLOR. 
New Jersey Ilort. Society. 
I can only give conditions in central 
and southeastern Ohio. Considering the ex¬ 
tremely low temperatures which we had at 
different times during the Winter, as low 
as 21 degrees below zero, the fruit trees i 
are looking very promising. We had sup- I 
posed the peach buds were all killed, but i 
the hardier varieties are showing a pro¬ 
fuse bloom and are in much better condi¬ 
tion than often follows a less severe Win¬ 
ter. The prospect for an apple crop in 
southeastern Ohio, where our experiment 
station has quite a number of test or¬ 
chards, is certainly very promising—better 
by far than in any one of the four seasons ; 
m which my work has been in progress in 
that part of the State. Orchards which I 
produced generous crops last year are again ; 
loaded with blossoms, especially those 
which were well taken care of last" year by 
spraying and fertilizing. Pears, plums anil ; 
cherries are looking very good. If no un¬ 
looked-for limiting cause intervenes this 
should be a great year for the Ohio fruit 
grower. f. h. ballou. 
I have not yet. got reports from all sec¬ 
tions, . but in this county and elsewhere, 
both in the Piedmont and Valley sections 
that I have heard from, I can say that so 
ths rural new-yokker 
for the prospects for a large crop of all 
kinds of fruit are very good. Apples, in 
Piedmont, are just going out of bloom; 
bloom was very heavy, trees in good con¬ 
dition ; bloom hung on a good while, which 
is always considered a good sign ; too soon 
yet to say what stand of apples there 
are; trees are very full so far. In the 
Valley, apple trees are still in bloom; fa¬ 
vorable prospects so far as I have heard. 
Peaches are probably more irregular than 
any other fruit, but there is a good crop, 
in fact a heavy crop set on the higher 
elevations (over 1,000 feet). There has 
been a good deal of fruit buds killed dur¬ 
ing the Winter in some places on lower 
elevations, but in others there is quite a 
fair stand. I am speaking of this countv 
and another in Piedmont that I have heard 
from. On the other hand, there is the 
largest set of fruit on all kinds of plums 
and cherries that I have seen for a long 
time, both on high and lower elevations 
Even where such trees arc right close to 
peaches that have been cut by frost there 
are large crops of plums and cherries set. 
strawberries are in bloom here and promise 
well; for the first time in several years 
I have not seen a bloom with a “black 
eye. The plants are not so numerous as 
they often are on account of the dry sea¬ 
son last year preventing many runners 
being made. I have not seen or heard of 
any injury to any kind of fruit trees 
around here, nor have I heard of any 
elsewhere, except that in some peach trees 
planted last Fall some of the wood has 
been killed back a few inches. 
\ a. Ilort. Society. Walter whately. 
In the Winter “every peach killed” was 
the report. As time passed a few buds ap¬ 
peared. until to-day my brother reports 90 
per cent of a crop unless something kills 
them; not many buds on the lower 
branches, but the top full, it is too early 
to tell of Winter injury, but I think trees 
are in better shape than wheat, which is 
the poorest on good wheat ground that I 
have ever seen. c. allis 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
The condition of the fruit crop in this 
State appears to be fairly good at the 
present time, with the exception of peaches. 
The fruit buds of these were almost en¬ 
tirely killed, so that there will not be any 
crop worth mentioning. I am told that the 
trees were also destroyed in some sections 
of the State, so that many orchards may 
have to be dug out. Trees in the open 
orchard were quite generally injured to a 
considerable extent all over' the' State. It 
looks now as if we would have a good crop 
of apples and pears. James troop. 
Indiana. 
The fruit crop in Delaware seems to have 
escaped serious injury during the past Win- 
ter, and up to date. I have seen a little 
winter-killing of peach twigs on trees that 
were forced to a late growth last Fall, but 
not enough to be called a real injury to the 
trees. Most orchards are now, April 26, 
just past the blooming period, but many 
of them showed an abundance of bloom. 
Certain yellow varieties bloomed sparsely, 
notably the Reeves, and in some cases the 
FIberta. Apples and pears have bloomed 
profusely, and strawberries are in excellent 
condition to produce a full crop of fruit. 
Delaware. wesley webb. 
No Winter injury to trees here; 30 per 
cent of buds on peaches (FIberta) in some 
parts are dead. On high land little injury. 
* banco for a full crop yet on all varieties in 
our orchard. Apples not set so full as 
last year. Pears look well. Currants set 
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