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B*/>c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Februai-y 24, 191?, 
Garden and Farm Notes 
Apple Pomace as Fertilizer 
AVhat is apple pomace good for? Is 
it any good as fertilizer for potatoes, 
corn, oats or nursery stock. K. B. 
I’ainesville, O. 
Apple pomace is mostly used for feed¬ 
ing cattle. Its feeding value when fresh 
is nearly e<iual to good silage. In some 
few cases it is being dried and fed like 
dried beet pulp. As a fertilizer pomace 
is worth about 75 per cent, of the value 
of stable manure. It is (juite sour and 
lime should be used with it. It seems to 
be best for orchards or corn—used on a 
sod. We should spread it in Winter, 
plow under and u.se at least a ton of 
lime to the acre. 
Wild Honeysuckle 
Portions of this farm are overspread 
with wild honeysuckle; have been 
r'x'lected several years. What can he 
done to eradicate the pest? It happens 
two of the patches are on my best two 
fields. ^ K- R. M. 
I.ouisa To., Va. 
I have had to do with this pest of 
wild honeysuckle. I got rid of it by 
grubbing out and then keeping all green 
shoots constantly mown off. No plant 
can long survive if not allovred to make 
green leaves above ground. The roots 
will surely perish if the tops are con¬ 
stantly kei)t off. The mowing machine is 
one of the best weed destroyers if used 
faithfully. A smothering crop of cow 
Iteas will help too, especially if turned 
under and followed by Crimson clover 
in August. tv. r. massey. 
Brown Rot of Plum 
I have a plum tree about 17 years 
old, a volunteer, that was found in a 
hedge and transplanted in field. In the 
17 years I have had one crop and that 
was* about five years ago, Avhen we pick¬ 
ed about three bushels. The color is 
blue, very sweet, about the size of a 
walnut, the seed the size of a kidney 
bean. Every year the tree blooms and 
becomes loaded with fruit, but when the 
fruit about ripens or nearly so, it be¬ 
gins to rot and fall off, and so on until 
all ai-e gone. E. L. 
Woodlawn, Md. 
The trouble with the plum tree men¬ 
tioned is evidently brown rot and can 
be controlled with the following applica¬ 
tion of spray material: 1. Fse self-boiled 
lime-sulphur (8-S-oO). Add one pound 
of arsenate of lead powder or two pounds 
of arsenate of lead paste to the barrel 
(50 gallons) of spray material. Apply 
about 10 days after the blo.ssoms drop, 
or when the shuck of the bloom is about 
one-third to one-half off the young fruit. 
This spray is' for curculio, scab and 
brown rot. 
2. T'se self-boiled lime-sulphur (8-8- 
50) without the addition of arsenate of 
lead. Apply about one mouth before the 
fruit ripens. This spray is for the pre¬ 
vention of brown rot. If the orchard 
has been badly affected with brown rot 
'apply 'Sipray No. 1 (self-boiled lime- 
sulphur 8-8-50 with ar.senate of lead 
added) as soon as the jwtals of the 
bloom have begun to fall. Repeat this 
spray four weeks later. Then apjdy 
Spray No. 2. s. b. shaw. 
Grapes in Maryland; Pine Posts 
I. I Imve contracted to pull up. by the 
roots. acres of pines, pines running 
three to 20 inches in diameter.^ I pull 
them up for the wood and give the own¬ 
er .$4 per 1000 feet for all that will 
scpiare five inches cut in boards. This 
014 acres lies to the east and south side 
of hill and is a sandy loam down to IS 
inches in depth and is underlaid by a 
stiff clay. If I plow this up and plant 
in grapes, after grubbing, what part 
should I allow for the use of the land? 
Is this a desirable piece of ground for 
grapes? It is 10 miles north of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.. and is 75 feet above tide. 
2. I have a piece of ground that was in 
potatoes last Fall. I wish to put this 
ground in Sweet clover and Alsike this 
Spring. The land is meadow, 36 inches 
above water. It is very fertile and was 
limed last Spring. Should I use more 
lime this Spring? AVill those clovei’s 
take and shall I add some Timothy? 3. 
.About how long will ti pine post last in 
the ground, if it is pitched on top. and 
where it goes into the ground? Posts 
are five inches in diameter and butt cuts. 
Berwyn, Md. g- P- R- 
1. If the tenant cultivates, prunes and 
tends the vines into a hearing state, you 
furnishing the material for trellises, and 
he building them, he should get all the 
first crop, and after that one-half, he 
doing the pruning and training and you 
fnrni.shing one half the expense of bas¬ 
kets and packing. This seems to me to 
be as near fair as I can devise. 2. On 
the rich land you mention you can get a 
better crop of hay by sowing Sudan 
grass in .Tune. You can cut this sev¬ 
eral times, making the first cutting as 
soon as the bloom shows. Or you can 
spread more lime and sow to Sweet 
clover in early Spring. 3. Your sapling 
pine posts will not last very long. If 
Avell charred where they go into the 
ground or painted with coal tar they may 
last a number of years, but not very long 
in any event. The land should grow 
grapes if well fertilized. AV. F. aiassey. 
Euonymus from Cuttings 
About a year ago I read in The R. 
N.-Y. that W. F. Massey recommended 
Euonymus for a hedge. Upon inquiry I 
found some vei-y fine single plants in the 
neighborhood, but I find that the nurser¬ 
ies want about .$.30 a hundred for them, 
Avhich I think w’ould make an expensive 
hedge, as I Avould like to plant about 200 
feet. Could you tell me if they could be 
procured cheaper and where, or Avherc 
I could get cuttings? I think I could 
raise some as I have already started a 
feAV. A. B. F. 
Ambler, Pa. 
If you have plants already you can 
soon groAV plenty of the Euonymus from 
euttiiigs by making the cuttings now of 
the younge.st shoots and stripping off all 
leaves except at the tip. Make the cut¬ 
tings noAV about three or four inches long 
and set them thickly in pans of sand, 
and keep the sand ahvays in a sort of 
loblolly state, setting the pans in a sunny 
Avindow. W. F. MASSEY. 
Guinea Pigs 
AVill you tell me at what age guinea 
pigs are weaned and at what age to 
breed? AA’hat are the best feeds for 
them and Avhat amount? Do they need 
salt? R. E. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
Guinea pigs may haA’e their first lit¬ 
ter of young at four months of age and 
rear about 12 young per year. The young 
guinea pigs are salable after about six 
Aveeks. They are fed on hay, the or¬ 
dinary garden A'egetables and such grains 
as Avheat, oats and bran. A piece of 
rock salt and a pan of Avater should be 
Avithin their reach. Care should he 
taken not to overfeed Avhile giving them 
as much as their appetites require. The 
market for guinea pigs is furnished by 
hospitals, medic,al laboi’atories, etc., 
Avhere they are used for experimental 
purpose.s. m. b. i). 
Do Bean Harvesters Pay ? 
In raising 10 acres of beans, is it 
economy to purchase a bean harvester? 
I suppose that bean gi'OAvers Avho haiwest 
a large acreage must use a machine. 
Last Fall I got on trial one of a stand¬ 
ard make Avith the understanding that if 
it proved satisfactory I Avould keep it, 
othei’Avise it Avas to be returned. I used 
it on about three acres Avhere the ground 
Avas level, Avith results that. seem some- 
Avhat doubtful to me. I found that 
counting the time spent Avith the ma¬ 
chine, and uncovering and bunching after 
the machine, that I could pull them by 
hand and put in bunches just about-as 
fast as Avith the harvester, and also leaA'C 
out all immature beans and Aveeds Avhich 
othei-Avise are mixed up Avith the gooa 
ones. If there is any economy using 
the harvester I want it. Can you show 
me? s. «• B- 
Michigan. 
R. N.-Y.—AA’^e Avould like to have bean 
growers in NeAV York and elsewhere tell 
us Avhat they think about this. It is 
possible to develop such a discussion in 
regard to this matter, and Ave Avould like 
to knoAV from practical gi*OAvers just Avhat 
they think of bean harvesters. 
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Hoor. “AAliy on earth don’t you .set a 
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