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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
November 13, 1915. 
General Farm Topics 
Controlling Grain Weevils. 
I am sending a few bugs or lice that 
are working in the wheat and rye in the 
bins; they eat the inside of the berry out 
and leave just the shell or hull. What 
can I do or use to get rid of these bugs, 
and yet not hurt the grain for feeding 
purposes? c. c. b. 
Hammondsport, N- Y. 
The insects enclosed in the box were 
the saw-toothed grain-beetles which are 
sometimes known as grain weevils, al¬ 
though there are other small beetles that 
work in stored grain and are also called 
grain weevils. The saw-toothed grain- 
weevil is more abundant and more injur¬ 
ious in the Southern States than in the 
North, but it seems to be adapting itself 
more and more to Northern conditions. 
The beetle is a narrow, reddish one only 
about one-tenth of an inch in length, but 
what it loses in size it makes up in num¬ 
bers. It increases enormously, and the 
grubs as well as the beetles eat all kinds 
of grains. 
The most practicable remedy for this 
weevil is fumigation with carbon bisul¬ 
phide, especially in grain bins. The bin 
containing the wheat or rye should be 
made as nearly airtight as possible. All 
cracks and crevices should be stopped with 
rags, and the door when closed should 
be made tight about the edges. The car¬ 
bon bisulphide should be used at the rate 
of four or five pounds, at least, to every 
1,000 cubic feet. The fumigation should 
be allowed to go on for 36 to 48 hours, 
after which the bin may be opened and 
aired. In the meantime great care should 
be taken regarding fire. No one should 
be allowed to go near the bin with a 
lighted lantern, cigar, pipe or with any 
form of fire. The gas from this liquid is 
inflammable and explosive. Otherwise 
it is not dangerous and will not injure 
the grain for use in feeding. 
GLENN W. HERRICK- 
Winter Storage of Cabbage. 
In storing cabbage the heads are gen¬ 
erally pulled up when light freezing be¬ 
gins along in November. Frequent freez¬ 
ing and thawing will not hurt the general 
appearance of cabbage before it is har¬ 
vested. However, too much of it will im¬ 
pair the keeping qualities. In small quan¬ 
tities, the supply may be stood on the 
bottom of a cool cellar with the roots 
turned up. Cover the single layer of 
cabbage with sand so as to exclude air 
and keep in perfect condition. 
In large quantities cabbage is stored 
right in the field, provided the soil is 
well drained. Market growers prefer to 
open up a furrow with a two-horse plow 
going down and back just once, leaving a 
space two or three inches wide between 
the furrow. This ridge is quickly level 'll 
down or thrown out. The cabbage is laid 
in this one layer thick by turning the 
roots almost straight in the air. Gather 
the old leaves closely around each head 
and pack them in snugly. A few of the 
poor heads may be laid on top. Over 
this sprinkle a little hay, straw or leaves, 
then throw a furrow from each side on 
this material. This will prevent the ma¬ 
terial from blowing away, and will leave 
a space possibly 10 inches wide not cov¬ 
ered with soil. Thus air ventilation will 
be provided until severe freezing weather, 
when more soil or covering material may 
be applied. The important consideration 
in the storing of cabbage is to prevent 
heating and to maintain an even low tem¬ 
perature. Ten degrees below freezing 
does not hurt cabbage provided it is 
thawed out gradually. R. D. B. 
Quick Unloading for Hay. 
In some of your recent issues I have 
noticed the discussions of various farm¬ 
ers about hay slings and hay forks. I 
would like to tell my brother farmers 
about the method I employ for unloading 
short hay, grain (loose and in bundles), 
beans, in fact, all except long Timothy 
hay. I take two double harpoon hay 
forks and about four or five feet of log 
chain, and connect a fork to each end of 
the chain, and then with another clevis 
I connect the pulley that goes to the car 
to the center of the chain and am all 
ready to unload any kind of hay or grain 
in a hurry. Set a fork on each side of 
your load and tell the driver to go ahead 
and watch the forkfuls go up. I have a 
steel track in the barn and use a reversi¬ 
ble car. In drawing oats or wheat 
bundles I can put the load of sheaves in 
the mow in one-half the time it takes to 
unload by hand, and a great deal easier, 
but the time is what counts, especially 
when it rains as often as it did with us 
this year during harvest. R. L. R. 
Dundee, N- Y. 
Big Work at Haying. 
I have read so many stories in The R. 
N.-Y. recently of good hay-hauling rec¬ 
ords that I am going to add a few of my 
own. I once had (not so many years 
ago) two men put in 21 large two-horse 
loads in a day, beginning after 9 a. m., 
the distance from the barn to the far end 
of the most distant windrow being about 
50 rods. The same two men the same 
season hauled 73 loads in five consecutive 
days and could and would have drawn 
more in the same time (five consecutive 
days) had it been ready to haul. The 
two men did the mowing of all the hay 
they hauled. I myself with the assistance 
of one of the above men once hauled 18 
loads between 12:30 p. m. and 7:15 p. 
m., spending half an hour of this at sup¬ 
per. The distance from barn to the far 
end of the most distant windrow in this 
instance was about 80 rods. All of the 
hay above referred to was raked with 
side-delivery rake and loaded with hay- 
loader. 
Now, I’ll stop bragging and tell those 
who, in these hay hauling discussions, 
have pressed the claims of the hay slings 
that no such amount of hauling could 
possibly have been accomplished by their 
use. That it may be understood that my 
knowledge of slings (hay) is born of ex¬ 
perience, I will state that for years I 
have found them invaluable for handling 
bound grain, which has to be elevated so 
high in my barns that in no other way 
except by stagings and extra men could 
we accomplish so much. 
BRAGTON T. SCOTT. 
Winter Spraying for Brown Rot. 
Is it desirable to spray peach trees 
during the Winter as a means of fighting 
leaf curl? 
Spraying peach trees with lime-sulphur 
solution while the trees are dormant is 
almost universally practised in the peach 
sections of Northern Ohio. It is a de¬ 
cided success in preventing damage from 
scale or leaf-curl. I believe it will pay to 
spray all kinds of fruit trees while dor¬ 
mant with lime-sulphur, even if no scale 
are present. Possibly an exception might 
be made in the case of the sour cherry. 
Ohio. W. W. EARNSWORTH. 
It is a general practice to spray peach 
trees with lime-sulphur during the dor¬ 
mant season to control scale and leaf- 
curl ; in fact, it is now as important to 
spray to control the leaf-curl as it is for 
the scale. It is now the exception 
among all good orchardists not to spray 
for leaf-curl. This probably assists also 
in clearing the trees from brown rot 
spores to some degree at least. 
New Jersey Exp. Station, il. A. blake. 
We have regularly advised for a num¬ 
ber of years the use of lime-sulphur solu¬ 
tion at Winter strength against peach 
leaf-curl. It has been used in many parts 
of this State and has always given satis¬ 
factory results as a preventive of this 
trouble. We believe it will pay to use 
this Winter wash regardless of the pres¬ 
ence or absence of scale insects. 
Virginia Exp. Station. H. L. price. 
Yes, indeed, the lime-sulphur spray ap¬ 
plied while the. trees are dormant will 
prevent peach leaf-curl. This method of 
control is much practiced in New York 
though not as generally as it should be. 
The complaint is occasionally heard that 
spraying is not entirely effective. We are 
confident that failure is due to one or 
both of two things: The application was 
made too late (must be made before the 
buds break) or it was not made thorough¬ 
ly. In time of an epidemic very thorough 
work is required, but it is entirely prac¬ 
ticable to spray thoroughly enough to se¬ 
cure practical control. Use either lime- 
sulphur 1 to 8 or Bordeaux 5-5-50. 
F. C. STEWART. 
Geneva, N. Y., Exp. Station. 
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