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THE RUKAL NEW-YORKER 
December 31, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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AN ECHO OF THE CORN SHOW. 
Several Headers .—Why do you quote 
shelled corn at $1.10 per bushel in figuring 
the value of that crop grown by P. E. Davis 
in Massachusetts? Corn is not worth that 
much anywhere for ordinary purposes. 
Why not give the cost of growing that 
acre? 
Ans. —We gave the price at $1.10 be¬ 
cause that was what farmers told us 
they received for this hard flint. It is 
used for making meal for cornbread, and 
is considered better for this, purpose 
than the softer dents. We asked Mr. 
Davis for his figures, and they follow: 
I have consulted three grain dealers, but 
they said that they had not bought any 
for years, but all agreed that $1 per bushel 
would be about right for this year, and 
$1.10 for last. I was told by Mr. Damon, 
of the Rhode Island Experiment Station, 
that the farmers his way sold all they could 
spare of the Rhode Island white flint for 
$1.25 per bushel for domestic use. The 
fodder on my acre weighed almost three 
tons, and I sell for $8 per ton at farm. 
You did not ask for the cost of this corn, 
but I see you are disposed to figure on 
it, therefore the facts might aid you. Of 
course, you know I was not trying to s;e 
how cheaply I could raise it but how much. 
PERLBY E. DAV.IS. 
Here are the figures showing the cost 
of labor and fertilizer which were put 
into this one acre: 
COST OF TUIZE ACRE. 
Plowing .....$2.50 
Harrowing . 4.00 
Planting . 2.50 
Fertilizers .38.00 
Cultivation . 3.50 
Iloeing . 2.00 
Suckering, thinning and transplanting 4.00 
Cutting and stacking. 3.00 
Tarred rope . 1.00 
Husking .12.00 
$72.50 
Value of fodder . 24.00 
$48.50 
I have had to estimate some in regard 
do labor, but this is very close. 
A farmer in Rhode Island, who grows 
the white corn mentioned on page 1119, 
gives these figures: 
We sell all our surplus either at the 
door or at the mill, and so far we have 
not sold at any time lor loss than $1 per 
bushel of 70 pounds on the cob, the price 
ranging upwards as high as $1.30 per 
bushel last year. This price is, of course, 
based upon the demand for this meal for 
cooking purposes, and I presume would not 
continue as high if the supply were to in¬ 
crease very largely. 
Mr. Davis grew 127 bushels of corn, 
as shelled from the field. The prize was 
offered for “crib-dry” corn, which means 
so dry that it contained not over 12 
per cent, of moisture. He could have 
sold the 127 bushels, but we will figure 
on the dry corn. The 103 bushels, at 
$1, mean $103, and the corn fodder 
added, makes a total of $127, or $55 
above all cost of fertilizer and labor. 
We shall now be glad to have some of 
our Western friends come forward with 
similar statements of crib-dry corn. 
Trimming an Arbor Vitaceae Hedge. 
L. If.. Hornell, A T . V.—Will you inform 
me which is the best season of the year 
to trim an arbor vitae hedge? 
Ans. —The best time to trim ever¬ 
greens is during the dormant season, 
and any time before growth starts in 
the Spring or after growth stops in 
Summer is the ideal time for trimming 
them, whether in hedges or single speci¬ 
mens. Generally the months of May 
and August are considered the best time 
for this work. Many gardeners and 
nurserymen who want to keep the plants 
in perfect form keep them cut back all 
through the growing season. The safest 
way is to trim before and after the 
growing season. e. s. black. 
Overgrown Raspberry Tips. 
J. S., Farmville, Fa.—I have a lot 
of raspberry bushes; I cut the old canes 
out in August. The bushes from the new 
•canes have grown like weeping willows. 
What should I do with them, and how 
manage them? 
Ans. —J. S. should have pinched back 
the tips of the young canes of his rasp¬ 
berries when two or three feet higb; 
this would have caused them to branch 
out. Then early the next Spring, be¬ 
fore growth started, cut back these 
lateral branches to 18 inches, and he 
would have had a strong plant that 
would have been able to set and hold 
up a heavy crop of fruit. By not pinch¬ 
ing them back he has now a straight 
cane that is bent down to the ground, 
and without the necessary laterals to 
set a heavy crop of fruit. The only 
thing for him to do now is to cut back 
these canes before growth starts in the 
Spring to a length of two or three feet. 
If the canes are prostrated and not 
capable of straighting themselves enough 
to hold the fruit from the ground, then 
stake or wire them up. And see to it 
next year that the terminals are pinched 
out of the young canes in time next 
Summer. e. s. black. 
Do Peach Borers Live Over ? 
T. II. K., Tompkins Co., N. Y .—You say 
on page 1049 “Killing the Peach Borers,” 
“In June the borer becomes fully grown, 
leaves the burrow and goes into a cocoon.” 
W T e found a good many large ones this 
Fall that evidently were of last year's 
brood, and were in for another year. Do 
they live over to the third season? These 
were in a block of trees that were not 
looked over last year. 
Ans. —The following outline of the 
life history of this insect is given: The 
moths appear in New York from the 
latter part of June to the middle of 
August, and in some seasons until Sep¬ 
tember. After the moths appear, they 
deposit their tiny eggs on the trunk of 
the trees, and the small larva enters 
through the crevices of the bark and 
begins working in the sapwood. It eats 
and grows until Fall, usually becoming 
only one-half to two-thirds grown by 
the time cold weather comes on. In 
exceptional years, when the season has 
been long and favorable, some of these 
borers become three-fourths to almost 
full grown. It would seem that the 
season of 1910 was one of these favor¬ 
able Summers, and very likely many of 
the borers in Mr. King’s trees became 
nearly full grown. Undoubtedly these 
are the borers that he saw, and, of 
course, they would remain in the trees 
until the Spring of 1911, if left undis¬ 
turbed. However, it must be remem¬ 
bered that the eggs from which these 
borers hatched were laid in the Spring 
of 1910. So far as all the observations 
go, and, of course many workers have 
followed the life history of this insect, 
they show that the insect never passes 
the second Winter in the trees. 
GLENN w. HERRICK. 
Fumigating Scions— Grafting. 
J. C. A., Jeanette, Pa. —What is the 
best method for fumigating scions before 
grafting, also how late in the season may 
apple trees be grafted? 1 have grafted 
them successfully when they were coming 
in blossom, but think they do not make as 
great growth that season when grafted 
very late. 
Ans.— J. C. A. does not say how large 
or small the quantity of scions that he 
wishes to fumigate, so it is not easy to 
answer him as to size of box or the 
amount of cyanide and sulphuric acid he 
would need. If he would send for this 
information to his State entomologist, 
he can get accurate advice, which is very 
necessary to have if he does not want 
to injure his scions with the gas. If 
he dips his scions in Scalecide solution 
of one part Scalecide to 15 parts water, 
or any other of the commercial in¬ 
secticide oils, or the commercial lime and 
sulphur solutions—one part of the solu¬ 
tion to 12 parts water—he will have a 
less dangerous operation for himself and 
the scions than he would have with gas. 
It might be better to dip the cut ends of 
scions in paraffin before putting them 
in solution. Dip (not soak) the scions, 
and set them on end in the sun to dry 
off. The apple can be grafted when in 
leaf when the grafts are dormant, but 
why ask “how late?” J. C. A. answers 
his own question when he says that “they 
do not make as great a growth that 
season when grafted very late.” The 
best time to graft apples is just be¬ 
fore growth starts, and then the bark 
of the stock is not injured by bruising, 
and the graft starts growth with the 
Stock. E. S. BLACK. 
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THE STORKS & HARRISON CO.. Box 154. Paioesvule, 0. 
GOLD MEDAL CORN! 
HE ONLY GOLD MEDAL 
Given at the Great New England Corn Expo¬ 
sition, Held at Worcester, Mass., November 7th to 
12th, Was Awarded to Hon. Theodore C. Bates, 
For CROP and for EXHIBIT 
Those who visited the Corn Exposition will recall the Great 
Pyramid and Great Cone of Corn near the entrance. Concerning 
this display the “ Worcester Magazine” says : 
“An exhibit, consisting of a pyramid and cone, mounted on a heavy 
platform, was placed just inside the entrance doors. This idea of a 
practical demonstration of good corn was original with Mr. Bates. The 
corn on the cone was placed there by winding about it spirally a contin¬ 
uous braid of select ears of seed corn, with no ears less than 12 inches long 
and nearly every ear perfectly capped or tipped. There were 3000 ears on 
this cone alone. The pyramid was covered in regular rows with similar 
corn, measuring from 12 ]A to 14 inches long, about 2000 specially selected 
ears being used thereon. 
“ On one acre of flint corn, Mr. Bates raised one hundred seventy-three 
and three-tenths (173.3) bushels of ears, weighing 70 lbs. to the bushel, 
equivalent to 56 lbs. of shelled corn. On another acre, of flint corn in the 
same field, he harvested one hundred sixty-eight and six-tenths (168.6) of 
ears, at 70 lbs. per bushel. These results were certified to by three com¬ 
petent men (as sworn to by them before the clerk of the courts at Worcester), 
who carefully measured the acres and personally superintended the husking 
of the corn and weighed it as it was put into the corn crib. The authorities 
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of flint corn in this country. For the superior quality of his corn—the 
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