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Killing Stumps. 
D O you know of any practical way by 
which stumps of pear trees or other 
trees which send up suckers may be 
treated so as to prevent the suckers ap¬ 
pearing? There is a belief among some 
of the farmers here that by pouring a 
small quantity of blue vitriol or saltpetre 
in a hole in the stump, the stump will 
be killed. w. B. D. 
Freehold, N. J. 
This scheme of boring into a stump 
and putting in chemicals comes up every 
year. If you use enough of the chem¬ 
icals it may prevent sprouting, but a 
surer way is to use the trimmings to 
build a fire over the stump. A hot fire 
is easily made and it will surely destroy 
growth. 
Peeling Seed Potatoes. 
S EVERAL times lately I have heard 
remarks and questions about peeling 
seed potatoes. Would they grow, and 
is it a good plan to peel seed potatoes? 
Yesterday I saw a bushel of potatoes 
that were very smooth and extra nice, 
and the lady who had them said the man 
she bought them from told her that the 
seed was peeled before planting. I would 
like very much to know what there is to 
know about peeling potatoes before 
planting. w. s. c. 
Hallstead, Pa. 
During my boyhood days my father 
introduced a number of new varieties of 
potatoes into the section of country in 
which we lived. His initial purchase of 
any new high-priced variety was always 
limited to a few pounds. He wished 
first to test them out to a limited ex¬ 
tent at least before recommending them 
to his neighbors. Being anxious to test 
them for their cooking and eating qual¬ 
ities, as well as for productiveness and 
size, at planting time he always made a 
practice of taking peeling cuttings or 
sets from the largest specimens, cutting 
this peeling about three-eighths, or per¬ 
haps one-half an inch deep, separating 
the peel so as to leave one good eye to 
each section. This would leave a large 
portion of the potato for the cooking 
and eating test. As I "remember it, the 
peeled seed grew as readily and vigor¬ 
ously and made as good a crop as the 
whole or cut seed. In productiveness, 
size or appearance they were in no wise 
any different from the tubers raised from 
whole or cut seed. I am strongly of the 
opinion that peeled seed can in no way 
affect the resulting crop to its better¬ 
ment, and that the idea that it does is 
purely theoretical. Good clean seed 
planted in clean ground and properly 
fertilized, is the prime factors in the 
growing of smooth potatoes, and if the 
reverse conditions are present, this peel¬ 
ing of the seed can in no wise affect or 
overcome the soil's influence on the 
crop, or any disease that might be in the 
seed at time of planting. k. 
Quack Grass in the North. 
1 HAYE a piece of ground containing 
13 acres which I wish to sow to corn 
for silage this Spring. This field has 
been down to meadow for seven years, 
and during the past two years has cut 
nothing but quack and wood grass and dif¬ 
ferent kinds of weeds. This is my plan. 
Fast September I plowed this field shal¬ 
low, and behind the plow' I used the pul¬ 
verizer, which did not cut the sod as 
much as I wished, although it did fairly 
well considering the toughness of the sod. 
I then spring-toothed it until we had been 
over the piece 12 times, counting six times 
with pulverizer. This was not all done 
at one time but about two weeks or so 
apart. Owing to the dry Fall the sun 
had a good chance at the quack roots, 
etc. The sod was all torn up, but w'as 
riot cut up as much as I wished. This 
Winter I have manured this lot, putting 
15 loads per acre. My idea is to plow 
deep this Spring again, as early as possi¬ 
ble, and w'ork continually until time to 
sow corn. Do you think I can kill the 
quack, etc., by my system? c. E. s. 
Cape Vincent, N. Y. 
One of the worst w'eeds in Northern 
New York is the quack grass, but by per¬ 
sistent effort it can be held in check. C. 
E. S. would make a mistake by plowing 
his land early in the Spring. It should 
be harrowed with a disk as often as once 
a week, beginning as early as possible in 
the Spring, and continuing until the last 
of May. Just before the field is to be 
planted it should be deeply plowed and 
then lightly harrowed wdth a spring- 
tooth or a smoothing harrow. If the 
Spring should be a wet one the plowing 
should be delayed until quite late, so as 
to allow time for the killing of the quack. 
Deep plowing late in the Spring ought 
to smother w-hat quack there is left, and 
1 soil will be in better shape to plow 
"’ •n early in the Spring. c. S. p. 
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