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r 1-1 li, K UKAL NEW-YOKKEK 
April 10, 1915. 
Wood’s Virginia 
Ensilage Corns. 
Our Virginia-grown Ensilage 
corns, on account of climatic 
reasons, make much larger growth 
in the North and West than corn 
grown in other sections. Our 
corns, too, are cured under natural 
conditions, and are unsurpassed in 
vigorous germination. 
Wood’s Virginia Ensilage, 
Pamunkey Ensilage, 
Eureka Ensilage, 
Cocke’s Prolific Ensilage, 
Va. Horsetooth Ensilage. 
Write for price and “WOOD'S 
CROP SPECIAL" giving informa¬ 
tion about Cow Peas, Soja Beans, 
Sudan Grass and all Seasonable 
Seeds. Mailed free on request, 
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SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. 
bulbs. Free catalogue on application. 
D. V. HOWELL. Dahlia Specials* PITOMC.L. I. 
—is the Coniine garden Cower 
Blossoms entire season. Postal 
for list of choice new varieties. 
My specialty. G, S. RAMSBURG, Somersworlh, N. H. 
BANKER’S SPECIAL OFFER. 
10 apple trees, 3 peach, 3 pear, 1 plum, o 
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high, worth $2.50 for only $1.00. 5 Baldwin. 1 
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'Z Assorted Grape Vines, 2 year, N \ 1, for 60c. 
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APPLE TREES 
EACH 2c EACH 
2 to 3 feet hitch.2c each 
3 to 4 feet hlph.3c each 
4 to 6 feet hitch.4c each 
4 (o 5 feet hitch Branched.oe each 
5 to 8 feet hitch *• «c eafh 
Nice, smooth, well grown, true to name. 
Full list of Commercial sorts.—Box M 
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1 
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Crimson Clover Seed. $0 bushel; Be 1 Clover Seed, 
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THAT FRUIT SAME YEAR AS PLANTED 
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Grower of the famous Longmeadow Cantaloupe. 
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tion of Ever-Bearing Strawberries.—(En. Farm and Home.) 
Farm and Soil Problems 
Repairing Metal Roof. 
I have corrugated metal roofir? on zzv- 
eral buildings, find it leaks some at the 
laps, but more at the nails. Can any¬ 
thing be done to } fop tbs holes mate by 
nailing? Is there any ftu-m of metal roof 
that can be put on without leaking? 
Keymar, Md. j. D. E. 
N locating leaks in a roof o' this hind 
be sure that it is a leak find no': con¬ 
densed wafer dripning down. A metal 
roof, because of its great heat conduc¬ 
tivity, sometimes condenses water on the 
under side and drips. This ; s especially 
true if the roof is used over a warm, 
damp interior. A roof of this kind should 
not leak at the laps, however, provided 
that the sheets are lapped far enougn 
and that the roof has sufficient ) itch. 
Corrugated roofing should not be used on 
a roof unless it has a good slant to carry 
away the water. 
As to leaking r-oum: the nails it is 
likely that either the metal has rusted 
;i"ound the na ; ! nea.h. or ordinary steel 
nails were r ed and have rusted off. A 
local hardware dealer uses the following 
method :o repair a roof of this kind when 
in thif condition. Small washers (about 
% to %-inch) are cut from rubber pack¬ 
ing. This is obtained in sheets, and as a 
eherp grade is used is not expensive. 
The Vak is painted with roof cement, one 
of <■ lose rubber patches placed over it 
am drawn down tightly by means of a 
s-’-ew. A small steel washer or burr is 
- ipped over the screw before it is turned 
.n and protects the rubber washer from 
the screw head as the screw is drawn 
down. As a further protection the patch 
: s then painted with the roofing cement. 
The rubber washers are easily cut out by 
means of a hollow punch or a gouge of 
suitable size. To help in stopping the 
leaks between the sheets of metai, paint 
the under side of the laps with the roofing 
cement while the sheets are loosened np 
before putting in the screws. A cheaper 
method would be to use bits of roofing 
paper instead of the rubber washers, and 
nails instead of the screws, but the first 
mentioned method will prove the best in 
the long run. 
There are a number of forms of metal 
roof that cau be applied without leaving 
leaks. Among these is the “standing 
seam,” in which the edges are turned up, 
and covered with an inverted V, which 
prevents the entrance of water, and the 
flat seam roof, in which the seams are 
soldered. The “standing seam” roof is 
only suitable for a roof having a good 
slant to carry away the water; otherwise 
it might rise above the edges of the seam 
and the roof would then leak. b. h. s. 
Reseeding an Old Sod. 
On page 437 I notice that M. V. O. 
would like to restore a starved meadow. 
He says the soil is gravel over clay and 
each year a crop of lean Timothy is 
gathered from it. I would suggest that 
one of the experiments that may he tried 
be something like the following: 
Instead of gathering the small crop of 
lean Timothy allow it to remain standing 
until at least the 15th of August, and 
not later than September 1st plow it 
under and if possible bring up at least 
one inch of the clay subsoil. Follow each 
half day’s plowing with the harrow to 
conserve moisture, or, in other words, 
have the harrow keep up with the plow. 
After the field is all plowed barrow it 
crosswise and then brush it over with 
the smoothing harrow. Let us suppose 
that this “seed bed” is now ready to sow 
about 400 pounds of good fertilizer and 
eight to ten quarts of Timothy to the 
acre. Sow the laud both ways. The first 
time over let the drill run about the 
Same as sowing grain. The second 
time over have the drill run a little more 
shallow. After sowing use the smooth¬ 
ing harrow again. This completes the 
work until haying time, 1910. By sow¬ 
ing in this way the field will receive about 
800 pounds of fertilizer and 10 to 20 
quarts of Timothy seed to the acre. The 
shallow sowed fertilizer can be readily 
reached by the roots of the Timothy seed, 
which will cause them to develop rapidly 
and soon reach down to the deeper sowed 
fertilizer which insures the crop. This 
system furnishes the humus in the Tim¬ 
othy that is plowed under, and the ripen¬ 
ed ceed of the Timothy is in the ground 
ready to grow in due course of time, and 
the whole work completed, with one plow¬ 
ing. Four to five crops of hay might be 
expected from this style oj treatment be- 
tore having to reseed, and if the land 
could receive a :op-dresc.:ig every Fall 
the time might he greatly .xtendea. This 
is based on the ac f nal experience of tl * 
writer. oro. e. stone. 
Vermont. 
Cottonseed Meal for Fertilizer, 
OULD you advise the use of a mix¬ 
ture of cottonseed meal (41%) and 
acid phosphate for a fertilizer for 
silage corn in this climate? If so, in 
what proportion? Cottonseed would scorn 
to he a cheap source of nitrogen. Its 
availability to the corn plant in a cold cli¬ 
mate is the question. With cottonseed 
at $3T 14% acid phosphate at $15.50, 
and a ‘complete fertilizer” at $35, \ hich 
wo’ I he the best and cheapest to use 
under New York conditions, 200 pounds 
per acre in the drill? r. b. b. 
Coeymans, N. Y. 
Of course we cannot answer this ex¬ 
actly—not knowing the analysis of the 
“complete fertilizer.” Most authorities 
seem to think that cottonseed meal must 
sell for less than $20 a ton in order to 
make an economical fertilizer. It will 
probably give about seven per cent, of 
nitrogen, three of phosphoric acid, aud 
two of potash. Mixed with acid phos¬ 
phate about two parts cottonseed meal to 
one of phosphate it would give good sil¬ 
age corn. There would be potash to in¬ 
sure sound cars of grain. Cottonseed 
meal is quite largely used by tobacco 
growers, and gives a good form of organ¬ 
ic nitrogen. It is a matter of price. 
Horses’ Hoofs for Fertilizer. 
The blacksmith who does my work has 
offered to give me three barrels of the 
parings from horse’s hoofs. Would they 
he of any value and if so, how would yoii 
suggest they be used? f. n. p. 
Montclair, N. J. 
Such parings often contain 10 per 
cent, of nitrogen and two of phosphoric 
acid. _ They are so hard that this plant 
food is not available unless ground very 
fine or “cut” with acid. We should dig 
holes besides the fruit or shade trees and 
put about a quart of the parings in each 
hole—three or four to the treo. 
Sawdust as a Mulch. 
I have about 30 or 40 loads >f oak saw¬ 
dust which is well rotted. I had it hauled 
for the purpose of mulching to hold rno's- 
ture. I sec by other papers that it is det¬ 
rimental. What can I do with it? 
Lamar, Mo. k. b. d. 
Well-rotted sawdust is usually safe to 
use as a mulch. We have spread it und< r 
apple trees and scattered a little lime over 
it. Fresh sawdust contains too much 
acid, but when well rotted or soaked with 
stable liquids it becomes fit to use on the 
soil. It is safer to use limestone with if 
if the stone can he bought at a fair figure. 
Equivalent of Wood Ashes. 
What ingredients should I add to one 
ion of air-slaked lime, and how much 
each, to give results equal to on.; ton of 
Oi-nada hardwood ashes? I intend to ,n t 
on a meadow, and try also on pasture 
land. M. DELANEY. 
Danbury, Conn. 
The average ton of imleached wood 
ashes contains 100 pounds of potash, 
about 40 of phosphoric acid and 000 
pounds of lime. The rest is usually sand 
or material which has no particular value 
as a fertilizer. A mixture of 200 pounds 
muriate of potash and 300 pounds of a 
good acid phosphate will furnish the pot¬ 
ash and phosphoric acid found in the ton 
of ashes. We never knew of a mixture of 
chemicals that gave equal results with 
pure ashes although the same quantities of 
plant food were supplied. We would not 
mix the chemicals with the lime—the lat¬ 
ter is too fine and powdery to mix well. 
Use the lime alone and mix the chemicals. 
Why Kill Angleworms? 
In my garden some of the fish worms, 
or earthworms are 10 or 12 inches long. 
How much land salt should I put ou an 
acre to kill them, and to help to enrich 
the land? M. d. u. 
Brockwayville, Pa. 
It would probably require from two 
to three tons of salt to the acre to have 
much effect upon the earthworms. But 
why do you seek to kill them? They do 
no harm to plants and surely indicate good 
soil. They are the greatest soil builders 
we have. They bring the subsoil to the 
surface and mix it, draw leaves and other 
organic matter into their holes, and also 
make the plant food in the soil slightly 
more available. Then when they die their 
bodies add to the organic matter. Why 
should you try to kill these little help¬ 
ers? If you use enough salt to kill them 
you do your soil more harm than yood. 
