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THE RURAL* 
NEW-YORKER 
A CAT OF QUALITY. 
In a recent issue of The R. N.-Y., under 
“Brevities,” you say, “Anything that can 
and will kill a rat deserves a premium.” 
Well, I am enclosing a picture of the 
winner of first premium, Rueben, 15 years 
of age and still in the game. A rat, no 
matter how large, cannot get by “Old 
Rube,” if he sees it first. One of our 
women folks has a great fear of mice, and 
occasionally encounters one in the pantry, 
when she will let out an awful scream, 
and if Rube happens to be within hearing 
his immediate destination is the pantry, 
and invariably a mouse is his reward. 
A CAT OP QUALITY. Fig. 480. 
Four years ago we lived on the bank of 
the river here, and Rube would follow 
the opposite shore in his hunt for rats. 
Many times he has brought home great big 
fellows, all he could carry, a distance of a 
quarter of a mile, just to prove his skill, 
lie is a favorite with all, humans and 
domestic animals, even the chickens. lie 
is nothing but a plain black and white 
cat, not registered nor pedigreed, but a 
thoroughbred all the same. He always 
cuddles down in my lap while I read The 
R. N.-Y., so ho must be “one of the fam¬ 
ily,” hence this epistle. e. g. 
Medford, Mass. 
KILLING WILD ONION OR GARLIC. 
This is the time of the year when the 
wild onion begins to make itself noticeable. 
This plant is one of the most serious weeds 
of the Atlantic Coast region from Rhode 
Island to Georgia, and as far inland as 
Missouri. Dairy farmers especially have 
suffered great losses from the presence of 
this weed in their pastures, resulting in the 
tainting of all dairy products. Wheat grow¬ 
ers also experience considerable losses an¬ 
nually from the fact that the small bulblets 
on top of the stems are harvested with the 
grain, and being about the size of the 
wheat grains are difficult to separate. 
Now is the time to attack the wild onion. 
We have studied the methods of a number 
of farmers who have been sucessful in rid¬ 
ding their farms of this weed and most 
of them have accomplished it by deep plow¬ 
ing followed by a cultivated crop. It ap¬ 
pears that the plowing may best be done 
in late Fall, and for the purpose of com¬ 
pletely burying the green tops. It may be 
that late Fall plowing does not fit in well 
with a farmer’s rotation, or may be unde¬ 
sirable on account of the soil washing that 
may result during the Winter. In such 
cases it is desirable to defer the plowing 
until Spring. It would seem, however, that 
the plowing should be done in the Fall, if 
practicable, and should turn under thor¬ 
oughly all onion tops. After plowing, the 
top growth of the onion should be pre¬ 
vented by disking occasionally until plant¬ 
ing time. Corn planted in check rows is 
the best crop to grow for weed eradication. 
It is highly desirable that an implement of 
the sweep type rather than a tooth or shovel 
cultivator be used wherever possible in cul¬ 
tivating the crop. Sweeps may be attached 
to almost any cultivator in place of the 
shovels, because they act as a series of 
knives run just under the soil surface, and 
are highly efficient in cutting off the stems 
of the onion. After plowing and until the 
crop is laid by, no onion top should be 
permitted to appear. If the work is thor¬ 
oughly done the weed is practically erad¬ 
icated by laying-by time. If some of it 
still persists the land should be again 
plowed deeply the following Fall, and put 
to a cultivated crop again the next Spring. 
Two years of such treatment is almost sure 
death to the onion. 
It is often difficult to decide how to 
handle an onion-infested pasture. Where 
a pasture is quite full of this weed the 
cultivation method above described should 
be followed, if possible. A few farmers 
have reported that hogs, sheep and goats 
have killed most of the onion out of their 
pastures. This method is not practicable, 
however, on a very large acreage, and the 
animals must be partially starved before 
they will eat the onion in large quantities. 
Where the quantity of onion in the pasture 
is small it may be easily killed by treating 
each clump with a small quantity of a 
plant poison. Arsenite of soda in dilute 
solution, coal-tar, creosote oil and the. pe¬ 
troleum products are good for this pur¬ 
pose. Arsenite of soda dissolved at the 
rate of one pound in five gallons of water 
is perhaps the best and cheapest, but it 
must be used with some caution because 
it is poisonous when eaten by man or ani¬ 
mals. * This method is also applicable to 
onion-infested lawns. 
The best way, therefore, to kill this weed 
is deep plowing, preferably in the Fall, 
followed by cultivation of a crop with 
sweeps. We shall be very glad to have 
farmers who have tried this or any other 
method write to us, giving their experience. 
Please write immediately and address, 
II. r. cox, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
PEACH ORCHARDS AND CULTIVATION. 
In a recent issue of The R. N.-Y., F. 
T. J. of Rhode Island advances the opinion 
that cultivation and care were responsible 
for the almost general failure of the peach 
crop this season in this State ; that those 
who neglected their orchards in 1911 were 
the only ones getting a crop this year. 
On general principles I should hate to be¬ 
lieve this to be so, and from observation 
I feel that he is mistaken; 1911 was a 
very dry year, especially in the Spring 
and early Summer; the peach trees did not 
get the benefit of cultivation and nitrogen 
in fertilizers applied, and consequently 
made little growth until late Summer and 
early Fall, when what rain we did get fell. 
Consequently the trees made a late rank 
growth and were in no condition to winter 
well in an ordinary Winter, to say nothing 
of the exceptionally severe one which fol¬ 
lowed. But this applies to light, sandy 
loam, such as I think F. T. J. has, while 
the orchards that bore this season are, 
so far as I have observed, growing on 
rather heavy soil which did not suffer very 
greatly, if at all, from the effects of the 
drought in 1911. Certainly the great bulk 
of the Rhode Island peach orchards are 
growing on light, sandy soil which has 
long been considered as unfit for cultiva¬ 
tion till peaches began to be grown com¬ 
mercially ; therefore the crop failure was 
very general this season, and the excep¬ 
tions only serve to prove the rule. I would 
suggest that most of us are not applying 
our fertilizers early enough in the Spring, 
when even a little rain would dissolve 
them and render them available for the 
tree. A late application on dry, sandy 
land in a season which proves to be dry 
will, I believe, should copious Fall rains 
follow, cause a repetition of the experience 
we have just had. J. c. H. 
Rhode Island. 
More About Airedales. —You ask me 
why I prefer the Airedale terriers to other 
breeds of dogs. I have kept and bred the 
Airedale for some years. My dog Togo III 
took several prizes. I enumerate some of 
the characteristics of a well-bred Airedale : 
Very affectionate and fond of children; 
good size, strong and not liable to disease ; 
the very best of watch dogs at night, no 
matter how cold the weather is; will kill 
rats, skunks, weasels and woodchucks; 
never picks a quarrel with another dog 
but if set upon will usually kill or dis¬ 
able the offender. Very sensitive to a 
cross word or a cuff, and exceedingly fond 
of being loved and petted by his master 
and the whole family. Very intelligent 
and easily taught. Don’t keep an Aire¬ 
dale in the city ; they are not house dogs. 
Pittsford, N. Y. H. B. 
When Oil Foams. —Referring to the 
question and answer on page 10G0, will 
say I believe that the foaming is caused 
by their allowing water to get into the tar 
pot. We temper in oil and are obliged 
to heat the oil, at times, up to 500 de¬ 
grees. We find, if through carelessness a 
small quantity of water is allowed to get 
into the oil, that as soon as the tempera¬ 
ture of 212 degrees is reached the oil will 
foam badly, it being almost impossible to 
prevent its running over even when vio¬ 
lently stirred. On the other hand, if care 
is used to keep the oil free from water, 
there is no difficulty in heating up to 500 
or 600 degrees—depending on the quality 
of the oil. R. m. c. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
NO MEDICINE 
But Change of Food Gave Final Relief. 
Most diseases start in the alimentary- 
canal—stomach and bowels. 
A great deal of our stomach and 
bowel troubles come from eating too 
much starchy and greasy food. 
The stomach does not digest any of 
the starchy food we eat—white bread, 
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc.—these things 
are digested in the small intestines, and 
if we eat too much, as most of us do, 
the organs that should digest this kind 
of food are overcome by excess of work, 
so that fermentation, indigestion, and a 
long train of ails result. 
Too much fat also is hard to digest and 
this is changed into acids, sour stomach, 
belching gas, and a bloated, heavy feeling, 
In these conditions a change from 
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will 
work wonders in not only relieving the 
distress but in building up a strong 
digestion, clear brain and steady nerves. 
A Wash, woman writes* 
“About five years ago I suffered with 
bad stomach—dyspepsia, indigestion, con¬ 
stipation—caused, I know now, from 
overeating starchy and greasy food. 
“I doctored for two years without any 
benefit. The doctor told me there was no 
cure for me. I could not eat anything 
without suffering severe pain in my back 
and sides, and I became discouraged. 
“A friend recommended Grape-Nuts 
and I began to use it. In less than two 
weeks I began to feel better and inside 
of two months I was a well woman and 
have been ever since. 
“I can eat anything I wish with pleas¬ 
ure. We eat Grape-Nuts and cream for 
breakfast and are very fond of it.” Name 
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 
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Lambsdown is the regular fleece-lined 
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