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EXPERIENCE WITH APPLE POMACE. 
About 40 years ago my desire outran 
my discretion, and I bought a farm, and 
when the divine Fall season came, 
gathered and took my apples to the 
cider mill. I observed that a large 
quantity of pomace had accumulated, 
and asked the owner if I might have 
some. He was more than willing, and 
knowing him to be a close man, was 
rather suspicious, but though it better 
than going home with an empty wagon, 
so I took a load, and dumped it in the 
barnyard. I went down my long lane 
and opened the gate for my cows to 
come up. In a moment it was a free- 
for-all race; they evidently had smelled 
the pomace. Their sense of smell was 
educated in the best of schools. Why 
is not ours? It is as valuable as sight 
or hearing, and should be educated and 
taught. When I reached the barnyard, 
the cattle were delirious with ;joy) 
Not knowing what the effect might be 
if they ate too much, I drove them with 
many cattle protestations into the barn. 
The same sort of scene was daily en¬ 
acted, until the pomace disappeared. I 
observed that the cattle were relaxed as 
as a result, and thought, as the diploma¬ 
tists say, that the incident was closed. 
At that time we were setting butter, and 
my women folk, (there were no sales¬ 
ladies or waitress ladies or washerladies 
in those days) informed me that the 
cream was so thin they could not churn 
'it. With the disappearance tof the 
pomace the cream became normal. But 
I had to go to the cider mill again, and 
to steady the barrels in the wagon threw 
in some pomace with the same results. 
What is the lesson I have learned from 
this experience? 1 . Apple pomace as 
a manure is worthless, as the chemical 
constituents told me. 2 . Sweet apple 
pomace as a relish for cows and swine 
in small quantities has a value. 3. 
Pomace buried in an enclosed piece of 
ground is valuable as a breeding bed 
for young trees that may thereafter be 
grafted. w. williams. 
Rhode Island. 
I used pomace as top-dressing on put¬ 
ting green, put on in Winter. I found 
in Spring that my grass turned yellow 
and greens were spoiled for one Sum¬ 
mer. One Winter we put rotten ap¬ 
ples on the manure pile. I applied it as 
top-dressing in Winter. I found where- 
ever there were decayed apples I had 
yellow spots. Spots were not caused by 
leaving manure on too late in Spring, 
as I take it off early in March before 
grass starts to grow. The only place 
for pomace and rotten apples is on the 
dump. JOHN PRESSLER, 
Supt. Allegheny Country Club, Pa. 
Oat Straw for Milch Cows. 
What effect will result from feeding oat 
straw to cows, either before or after becoming 
fresh? I have fed oat straw for the last 
45 years, and my father also fed it as long 
as I can remember, and I never knew of 
any ill effects therefrom. As I was born 
and brought up in Dutchess County, N. Y., 
on a rather rough and hilly farm, better 
suited to grain than hay, we were always 
as careful of saving our oat straw as we 
were our hay. We always raised from 500 
.to 1,000 bushels of oats, and fed both horses 
and cattle, feeding grain with it. Of course 
anyone will admit it has not the feeding 
qualities of hay. but 1 have always found 
my cattle to thrive, and never had a heavy 
horse while feeding straw. c. w. r. 
Housatonic, Mass. 
We believe that heavy feeding of oat 
straw, to cows, without grain for any 
considerable length of time before par¬ 
turition, is liable to produce abortion and 
retention of the afterbirth. As a rule 
the dairy farmers through New York 
State do not feed much grain to dry 
cows, and here is where the damage is 
done by getting the cows in poor con¬ 
dition. We would not object to the feed¬ 
ing of oat straw in moderate amounts 
when enough grain is fed to keep the 
cows in good condition, except that it 
will not produce much milk. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 12, 
Chemicals for a Garden. 
G. It. I)., Jieloit. H is.—What commercial 
fertilizers should I use and how use them 
for beans, peas, cabbage, radishes, par¬ 
snips, salsify, spinach, etc.? Heretofore I 
have put on a liberal coat of stable ma¬ 
nure, but this year I am without and must 
use commercial fertilizers or trust to what 
is in the ground already. 
Ans.—A s a substitute for manure you 
might try the following: 300 pounds 
nitrate of soda, 300 dried blood. 400 
muriate of potash and 1,000 acid phos¬ 
phate. We should use at least 1,000 
pounds of this mixture per acre—600 
pounds broadcast and the remainder 
along the rows. 
Buckwheat and Butter. 
I see in a recent issue of The R. N.-Y. 
that one writer speaks of feeding buck¬ 
wheat shorts to cows. It is an excel¬ 
lent feed both for milk and butter, but 
the butter is much poorer quality than 
butter that is made where cornmeal is 
fed. h. c. 
Last Fall I had about 200 bushels of 
buckwheat, and I was offered but $ 1.25 
per hundred for it; so I have been 
grinding it with the peas and oats for 
the cows. I was a little curious to 
know how an expert would score this 
buckwheat butter, and I took some up 
to the dairy convention at Watertown. 
I got a score of 93 on it. So buckwheat 
evidently does not spoil butter. The 
trouble with the buckwheat is that it is 
too fattening, and now I am taking out 
the flour. j. g. m. 
Barn Itch. 
Can you tell me what causes what is 
called “barn itch” on calves and young 
cattle, how it can be prevented and what 
is the cure, or help for it? c. w. s. 
The disease (ringworm) is due to the 
vegetable parasite known as trycophyton 
tonsurans, which lives also on damp wood¬ 
work. walls, fences, rubbing posts and such 
like places where cattle are kept. It may 
also affect the hands of the attendant or 
person treating the disease. It is about 
useless to attempt its cure unless the 
places occupied by the cattle are thoroughly 
cleansed, disinfected, whitewashed, ventila¬ 
ted and sunned to get rid of the parasite. 
The stables should lie so prepared to receive 
cattle in Fall. When a case shows up the 
stables again require attention and the af¬ 
fected animals should he isolated for treat¬ 
ment. Treat by scrubbing and scraping each 
sore clean and then wet it once daily with 
a solution of one pound of sulphate of cop¬ 
per to a gallon of water, to be used warm. 
See that it does not get into the eyes. For 
the sores about the eyes and face it is best 
to use tincture of iodine or iodine ointment. 
Apply this each other day. The copper so¬ 
lution is best for sore places or scaly sores 
on the skin of the body. a. s. a. 
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