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THE RURAI* NEW-YORKER 
March 14, 
Oak Sawdust and Mulch 
I can get all the oak sawdust, about 
three years old. I can haul. Would this 
do to put on a one-year asparagus patch 
and one-year-old rhubarb? Would it be 
of any value in way of manure? 
Terra Cotta, I). C. J. Q. B. 
1 Oak sawdust at three years of age 
would be too raw to apply to growing 
crops, as the large per cent, of tannic 
acid contained in the wood and bark 
of the oak cannot he entirely dissipated 
until the wood is pretty thoroughly de¬ 
composed. The decomposition of the saw¬ 
dust can be hastened by composting it 
with equal weight of horse manure for 
three or four months. The heating of 
the manure will in a great measure neu¬ 
tralize the tannic acid, and convert the 
sawdust into manure with a fertilizing 
value equal to about tour-ninths that of 
mixed barnyard manure. K. 
Trouble With Rambler Rose. 
X have a Crimson Rambler rose that 
every year, as soon as the buds form, is 
infested with some kind of an insect that 
causes the leaves to curl and fall off. I 
have sprayed it. hut it does not seem to 
do any good. Could you tell me what 
to do for it? J. s. N. 
Millington, Md. 
You do not describe the appearance 
of the leaves, but we suspect the trouble 
is powdery mildew, rather than an in¬ 
sect, as this is a common trouble, and 
often a severe one, with Rambler roses. 
It is very likely to appear where a plant 
is placed against a house or porch, or in 
any place where there is insufficient air 
drainage; it also follows a sudden chill. 
Cold nights following warm and humid 
days commonly result in mildew; in the 
greenhouse a cold draught often causes 
it. Grayish spots, spreading into a film 
of flowery white, gradually cover the af¬ 
fected foliage. When the trouble is un¬ 
interrupted. young shoots and even flower 
buds 1 ecorne curled, distorted and red¬ 
dish, foliage withers and falls, and the 
whole plant is affected. The trouble 
may be controlled by the use of sulphur. 
(When first noticed dust dry flowers of 
sulphur over the leaves in early morn¬ 
ing, while the foliage is damp, so that 
the sulphur will stick. Spraying with 
potassium sulphide, one ounce to two 
gallons of water, is more effective, though 
the dry sulphur is satisfactory if the 
trouble is not too far advanced. Bor¬ 
deaux spray is also used. In green¬ 
houses sulphur compounds are evapor¬ 
ated, commonly on the heating pipes, to 
control mildew, which affects many other 
k plants besides roses. 
More About Broom Corn. 
I saw an article written by W. ,T. W., 
Garden City, N. Y., about broom corn. 
Tie says when fully ripened to bend it 
down so as to straighten the splints. Tie 
will find it will be much better not to 
break it down, and to cut it as soon as 
the blossom will shake off the least bit. 
Cut it and clean it, put in the shade to 
dry, do not wait for the seed to get ripe, 
but cut it while the seed is in the milk. 
It is the old way to break it down and let 
it hang until ripe; that makes it brittle 
and colors. If cut as above it will be 
tough and have a nice given color. I 
am a broom maker, and have raised some 
broom corn. I have a hard time getting 
the people here to cut their broom corn 
whep green. All who cut it according to 
directions will not let it get ripe. Plant 
in rows 3^4 feet apart, four inches apart 
in rows, or if in hills IS inches apart, 
and leave five to seven stalks in a hill. 
Clarlngton, O. c. m. m. 
“Your name?” asked the teacher, regis¬ 
tering a new pupil. “Arthur.” “And 
what’s your first name?” “Brown.” 
“Oh, haven’t you got them wrong? I 
think Arthur must be your first name, 
and Brown your family name. Isn’t that 
right?” But the small pupil was not per¬ 
suaded. A day or two later he an¬ 
nounced : “Teacher, mother says Brown 
is my first name. She says I got that 
name when I was horn and she didn’t 
name me Arthur till three months later!” 
—Everybody’s. 
Country Stores and “ Drummers.” 
In these d ys of cheaper transporta¬ 
tion the question is often asked “Will 
the mail-order business drive out the 
small dealer?” To me it seems that the 
question is not “Can we afford to do 
without the country store?” but rather 
‘‘Shall we be compelled to do without 
it?” A few facts which I have observed 
convince me that if they do continue 
to exist, the merchants will have to 
make some changes in their methods of 
buying goods. I live on a cross-country 
road midway between two stores whose 
owners try in a modest way to carry 
stock of all the staple articles used by 
farmers in these localities. The number 
of traveling salesmen who visit these 
stores would seem incredible. There 
are three hardware, two grocery, two 
dry goods, two harness, two shoe and 
one or two hat drummers, who come 
more or less regularly, besides an oc¬ 
casional tobacco, soda, fruit and numer¬ 
ous medicine men. These men have 
teams and driver, and their respective 
salaries range all the way from $900 to 
$1,800 per year. Of course this expense 
must he added to what the farmer is ex¬ 
pected to pay for his goods. These mer¬ 
chants are our neighbors, fellow citizens, 
and we want to see them prosper. Their 
stores are a convenience to us, but the 
temptation to order some things will 
always be great while they can be 
bought cheaper from the mail-order 
bouses. I think most of the wholesale 
houses send out catalogues anyway, but 
cannot understand why then a man must 
be sent to sell the articles catalogued. 
The time is doubtless near at hand when 
some stirring changes will be made in 
, fhe manner of buying. F. A. c. 
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