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THK KUKAt NEW-YOHKEH 
April 25, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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..Corn in Young Orchards. 
Will corn hurt a young tipple orchard? 
The land is new and sprouts up badly ; 
good land. I. J. F. 
Stuarts Draft, Va. 
A variety of corn with a small short 
stalk would not hurt a young orchard, pro¬ 
vided it is not planted close to the trees. 
We plant corn in our own orchard for 
four or five years at least, seeding down 
at the last cultivation to rye and vetch, 
plowing this crop under in the Spring 
and planting the corn again. One of the 
small low-growing and slender varieties 
will be better for this use than the lar¬ 
ger kinds. Do not put the corn too close 
to the trees. We should leave at least 
four feet between the rows of trees and 
the first row of corn. If the land is good 
the corn crop ought to pay practically 
all the expenses of the spraying. That 
is what it does for us. Our own soil is 
not strong, and so we use lime and some 
fertilizer in addition to cover crops. 
Tarnished Plant-bug on Dahlias. 
What can I do to prevent an insect or 
bug from working in the buds of of my 
Dahlias just before the flower opens, 
destroying or injuring the bud so it does 
not open or bloom? I have noticed for 
three or four years our Dahlias would 
have plenty of buds, but would not open 
or flower. I found an insect working in 
the bud which seemed very shy, and upon 
being disturbed flew away. Last year 
from 50 plants, had only live flowers. 
Amsterdam, N. Y. n. w. 
The marauder is, no doubt, the Tar¬ 
nished plant-bug, which is extremely de¬ 
structive to Dahlias in some localities. 
Its control is difficult, as the adults, 
which are brown and dull yellow, about 
one-fifth of an inch long, are too active 
to be affected by insecticides. The young 
nymphs may be killed with seven per 
cent, kerosene emulsion or tobacco ex¬ 
tract. The only other means of con¬ 
trol is to clear up and burn all rubbish 
in the Fall, as the bugs hibernate in 
crop remnants. The insect pierces the 
young bud shoots and sucks the sap. 
The shoots are blackened and distorted, 
and the injury causes new side 
shoots to form, which often suf¬ 
fer the same way. Where flow¬ 
er buds develop, they are blasted or one¬ 
sided. Clean up all rubbish left around 
the garden, and burn it; you will destroy 
many other enemies besides this plant- 
bug. 
Agricultural Student and Agent. 
The Ohio Agricultural College tells of 
a student who studied the theory of fer¬ 
tilizers and plant food, went back to his 
home and talked to the farmers about the 
fertilizer business. According to the 
story, a fertilizer agent came along tell¬ 
ing some of the surprising yarns about 
his goods. For example, this man 
claimed that the “filler” in a fertilizer was 
necessary in order to ripen the plant 
food, whatever that may mean, and that 
it prevented concentration, so that the 
plant would not get too much food at one 
time. It seems that this college student 
got into a debate with the agent, knew 
more about the subject than he did, and 
argued him down to the benefit and pride 
of his neighbors. This is a good story, 
and such a young man who could talk 
sensibly and fairly on the subject would 
prove a help to any farm community. 
Some of the fertilizer agents do like to 
tell big stories about their goods when¬ 
ever they think they can get away with 
it, and find no one there who could ex¬ 
pose their bogus science. There are 
other fertilizer agents, however, who 
know very much better than to do this, 
and they would not make any such fool¬ 
ish statement before a company of in¬ 
telligent farmers. Such a man as is here 
spoken of might well be called down and 
shown up when he begins to talk his 
absurd lingo. On the other hand, there 
are intelligent fertilizer agents who are 
not only farmers themselves, but have 
made a careful study of the science of 
farming. These men can be, and usually 
are, of much value in a farming com¬ 
munity. We do not believe in the theory 
that all agents are rogues and rascals. 
because they are trying to sell ready- 
mixed goods or manufactured articles. 
The tendency of the times and the ten¬ 
dency of the farm education is to teach 
men to buy their goods to better advan¬ 
tage than ever before, yet there is no 
reason why the honest representative of 
a manufacturer should be branded as a 
rogue just because he tries to handle 
manufactured goods in a fair and honor¬ 
able way. When an agent undertakes to 
bluff a farmer and tells him fairy tales 
about the wonderful and superior quali¬ 
ty of his own goods, he ought to be 
called down, but they are not all of that 
class, and the reasonable people should 
have a fair and reasonable deal. 
“Trenching” of Corn. 
Since coming to this farm two years 
ago from New York State I have had 
poor success with corn due to “french- 
ing.” I am located on Chesapeake Bay 
and Worton Creek, in Kent County. The 
soil is clay loam, some sand mixed in, 
and is medium stiff, deficient in humus; 
heavy clay subsoil. This soil will run 
together and crust; if plowed wet lumps 
and is hard to fit. The history of the 
farm is that corn will “french” if plowed 
wet and planted early, although some ex¬ 
cellent corn crops have been grown, but 
I cannot state under what conditions. 
Both years, 1912-13, ground was plowed 
too wet for this section, and planted 
about May 10. In 1012 on part of crop 
2-S-10, on remainder 3%-8-4 fertilizer 
was used, 200 pounds to acre in the hill 
dropped with planter. In 1913 bone 
black, ground bone and kainit equal parts 
were used, 200 pounds under same con¬ 
ditions. Both years corn frenohed, badly 
but later in 1913. This year I shall plow 
and plant late; if possible about May 20- 
25. Could you suggest a treatment or 
fertilizer that would be more advanta¬ 
geous? We have a large amount of oys¬ 
ter shell ground, but corn was not on 
that land. H. F. R. 
Worton, Md. 
The so-called frenching of corn is 
rather a mysterious trouble, and as a 
rule seems to be caused more by deficient 
drainage and soil acidity than by any 
fungus disease. I am perfectly familiar 
with the laud in your section, and know 
that on many farms there are sinks that 
at times will hold water, and are always 
cold and wet in Spring, and hence are 
apt to be plowed too wet, when the sur¬ 
rounding land is in good plowing condi¬ 
tion. Thorough drainage, liming occa¬ 
sionally, and the building up of the soil 
in vegetable decay, will be found to be 
the best preventives of the trouble. Plow¬ 
ing clay loam soil when wet is about one 
of the worst things a farmer can do for 
his land, for the soil will be cloggy all 
Summer, and will suffer more from dry 
weather by reason of the open condition 
of the soil, and the hard clods had as 
well be rocks so far as plant food in 
them is concerned. Much of that land 
would be greatly helped by tile drainage. 
Then too you seem to be making corn 
by depending on complete fertilizer mix¬ 
tures. Growing corn by depending on 
these makes expensive corn. You should 
have a good three-year rotation that will 
bring a Winter cover of Crimson clover 
on the land to go in corn, and thus save 
the purchase of anything in the way of 
fertilizer but a carrier of phosphorus, for 
I do not believe that your land would 
need applications of potash if the soil 
was well stored with vegetable decay and 
limed about once in six years after plow¬ 
ing for corn. Right over in the next 
county of Queen Annes, the late S. T. 
Earle brought up his farm to an average 
of 40 bushels of wheat an acre and 
bought no fertilizer but plain acid phos¬ 
phate, and that for the wheat. And in 
Talbot County W. O. Collier makes about 
100 bushels of corn an acre on a Crim¬ 
son clover sod without commercial fer¬ 
tilizer, and on land that formerly made 
25 bushels. With good drainage and a 
good rotation of crops the lands in the 
Worton section of Kent County can be 
brought up to as high a production as 
any other part of the county. If you 
had clover to turn under, on which the 
farm manure had been spread during the 
Winter, you would need only an applica¬ 
tion of acid phosphate to make a good 
corn crop. w. F. massey. 
Grannie: “And wat’s the matter wi’ 
me richt leg, doctor?” Doctor: “Oh, 
just old age, Mrs. MacDougall.” Gran¬ 
nie : “Hoots, man; ye’re haverin’. The 
left leg’s hale and sound, and they’re 
baith the same age.”—Punch. 
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