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THE KUKAb NEW-YORKER 
April f. 
Soil Rich in Nitrogen. 
A. C., Channitiff, Mich .—I have been “up 
against” the real thing on a field I cleared 
up two years ago. Maple, birch, cedar, 
spruce, hemlock and balsam grew on .the 
field. I manured and planted potatoes and 
had a great growth of vines and a very 
poor crop of potatoes. Last year I sowed 
oats and clover; had a very fair stand of 
straw and very light head. Clover did not 
catch. This Spring I want to manure 
again and plant potatoes. The soil is a 
light sandy loam. What mixture of fer¬ 
tilizer should I use to get results? I 
know it is difficult to advise when one 
has never seen the land, but believe you 
can put me on the right way of thinking. 
1 wrote once before for advice. While 
] did not do as you advised, you said 
enough to put me on the right track, and 
1 came out all right. 
Ans. —The clearest indication here is 
that this soil contains a fair amount of 
available nitrogen, but lacks potash and 
phosphoric acid. This shows in the 
heavy growth of vine and straw and 
the short crop of tubers and grain. There 
may be other things not stated partly 
responsible, but the most sensible thing 
now is to use potash and phosphoric 
acid with the manure. Three parts of 
either fine bone or acid phosphate to one 
part muriate of potash will answer. We 
should plow under the manure and use 
600 pounds or more of this mixture in 
the hill or drill. The clover probably 
dails because the soil needs lime, but 
this should not be used on potatoes. 
Influence of Grafting Stock. 
' A. D. M., Vcllxam, 3/ass.—In top-working 
mature apple trees, does the tendency of 
the stock as to early or late bearing in¬ 
fluence the scion? If I graft Jonathan 
into a Northern Spy, shall I get Jonathan 
apples as soon as 1 would if I grafted 
into Wealthy? Does the rule for stand¬ 
ards in this matter hold for dwarfs? 
Ans. —In my opinion, the influence 
of the stock upon the graft does not 
extend so far as materially to change 
its tendency to early or late bearing to 
correspond with that of the stock. In 
other words, I believe that Jonathan 
grafts on a Northern Spy tree will be¬ 
gin to bear as soon as they would if 
growing on a Wealthy tree, but I have 
not tried this particular thing. How¬ 
ever, I have tried grafting York Im¬ 
perial and other varieties on to North¬ 
ern Spy and no effect as to tardy bear¬ 
ing was noticed. A very slow growing 
stock would tend to hasten the time of 
fruitage, as we see in the pear on 
quince stock, making dwarf pear trees, 
for the purpose of early bearing. When- 
ever anything comes in the way of 
nature’s normal vegetable development, 
she makes a dying effort, as it were, to 
produce seeds, and thus perpetuate the 
species. Growing dwarf pears is taking 
advantage of this fact. If one variety 
could transmit to another its quality of 
early or late bearing, then we would 
have a wonderful variation among in¬ 
dividual trees of a given variety planted 
in the same orchard. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Turning Rye Under. 
Would it be proper to top-dress rye with 
manure, turn under the middle of May, 
then lime and work well, and then use a 
good fertilizer at time of planting cabbage? 
Rcnovo, l’a. J. a. b. 
Yes, this plan can be worked, but you 
must be sure to pack or roll the plowed 
rye down hard. If you leave it loose the 
soil will dry out loo much. Use plenty of 
fertilizer for the cabbage. 
Frog Spawn in Spring. 
I have great trouble with frog spawn 
(Spirogyra) gathering in my spring. My 
spring is one of the best in this com¬ 
munity, affording a good supply of water. 
What is the cause of this frog spawn, and 
what can I do to prevent it? H. a. o. 
Dalton, Pa. 
From the Department of Agriculture we 
learn that “frog spawn” or Spirogyra, 
which is one of the green alga?, may occur 
in any clear running water, and is especial¬ 
ly likely to appear in spring water. It is 
entirely harmless, but it may occur in such 
quantity that it will be troublesome, or at 
the time when it dies late in the Summer or 
Pall may produce a very bad odor. It is 
possible to destroy this plant by the use 
of copper sulphate, but before definite ad¬ 
vice regarding this treatment could be 
given the size and location of the spring 
and approximate flow should be determined. 
Lime-Sulphur on Potatoes. , 
Can you give any information as to the 
use of lime-sulphur spray for potatoes in 
place of Bordeaux? The New York Ex¬ 
periment Station has used it on apples, 
but has no reports of its use for po¬ 
tatoes. Neither has the Pennsylvania sta¬ 
tion. e. R. J. 
Center Bridge, Pa. 
We understand that the United States 
Department of Agriculture has tried the ex¬ 
periment, but not with conclusive results. 
We doubt if lime-sulphur will be found as 
satisfactory for potatoes as for fruit. A 
new compound of sulphur now offered is 
said to prove effective against blight. 
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