614 
e/ic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 28, 1917. 
drainag*' when setting a peach orchard. 
In genei’al terms a belt of land from 
two to thrf*e miles wide on each side of 
the island is more favorable for growing 
peaches than the central portions. The 
fact that the north half of the island is 
hilly makes it a more favorable location 
for peach orchards than the south half. 
Avoid setting peach trees in “kettle 
holes,” or on level land surrounded by 
woods whicli form a pocket. hen set¬ 
ting an orcliard near the ocean put the 
wind-break on the south and east side, 
leaving the north and west sides open 
to the winds. Orchards can be set in 
valleys and on hill.sides, provided there 
is lower land near the orchard for fogs 
and cold air to settle into. F. A. S. 
An Old Asparagus Bed 
I regret to have.to turn down the as¬ 
paragus offer, for we all like it, and < ) 
plants are <|uite enough to supply a fam¬ 
ily for the season. My experience may 
encourage or discourage the planter ac¬ 
cording to the point of view. 
Thirty-three years ago I began to care 
for an asparagus bed which had been set 
10 years, I suppose. I thought I should 
outlive it, but I am sure now that it will 
outlive me, for I am cutting as much 
good “grass” from it as I ever did, from 
about May 1 to the latter part of .Tune. 
T’here is plenty for us, and some for the 
neighbors. It was not set deep, probably 
not ovet eight or nine inches. In the 
Fall it gets .a heavy coat of dressing 
which is lightly forked under in the 
Spring, and tin; hens at that time work 
the surface very fine. Two or three times 
in Summer ashes are rathei* thickly 
strewn, and the top turned over with a. 
fork, avoiding the plants or working 
through and above them. After cutting 
the plants soon sh.ade the ground, and 
few weeds appear, and the bed now 
takes care of itself. Refuse salt is put 
here, perhaps because there is no better 
place to dispose of it. I can see no effect 
either on the plants or the weeds. 
Asparagus is a more able and ambi¬ 
tious plant than is generally supposed. It 
crowds the rank grass along the edges of 
this bed, and the finest shoots are often 
found in the grass. Like hawkweed it 
shows a desire to overstep the limits. I 
think it craves new soil, and that a top¬ 
dressing of good new loam every two 
years would encourage it greatly. 
Maine. C. S. P. 
N.-Y.—That is what we have 
claimed, and why we say that every farm 
should have an asparagus bed. It will 
take care of itself better than any other 
vegetable. The Hope Farm boys had no 
idea of the swarm awaiting them when 
they made their offer. They sent every 
root they had and still were unable to fill 
one-third of the orders ! 
Controlling Onion Maggot 
I have a jiiece of land whore I raise 
onions, the only land I have that is fit for 
them. I have had onions on that same 
• land for about in years, and it raises fine 
onions, only the maggots thin them out. I 
did not have a good stand at all last year. 
Can you tell me how to get rid of the 
maggots? A. J. G. 
Hallston Spa, N. Y. 
A new and effective method has recent¬ 
ly been developed to prevent the destruc¬ 
tion of the onion maggots. We all know 
that it is quite impossible to dislodge the 
maggot after it has once begun to destroy 
the crop. Therefore, the new treatment 
recognizes this difficulty and avoids it. 
This new method is developed by our 
State entomologists, who understand the 
life history of our insects. Because of 
this they have been able to find a means 
of destroying the parent insects which are 
responsible for the infestation of mag¬ 
gots, thereby avoiding trouble later on. 
The onion maggot hatches from an egg 
which is laid near the onion by a fly which 
looks very much like the common house 
fly. After the onion maggots eat enough 
so th.at they are fully grown, they leave 
the onion roots and crawl down into the 
ground another inch or two. There they 
lie for a weidc or so, until they graduall.v 
transform and develop into a fly just like 
the original parent. The flies sit around 
the onion patch a few days, during which 
time they mate and prepare to lay their 
eggs for the next infestation of maggots. 
After the fly lays her eggs she soon dies. 
Three complete broods appear each year. 
However, the first is usually the mo.st de¬ 
structive because the maggots are active 
in early May, when the onions are mo.st 
easily destroyed. The second infestation 
comes in .Tune and thft third along in mid¬ 
summer. 
It has been found that during the. fir.st 
warm days of middle April in New Jersey 
the parent flies can be seen sitting around 
the onion patch. Furthermore, it has 
been found that they are particularly fond 
of a solution of molasses and water when 
it is flavored with onion. Therefore, by 
adding a poison to this bait the flies are 
killed off before they lay the eggs from 
which the maggots come. The poison bait 
solution is made by boiling a few onions 
or onion tops about five minutes in a gal¬ 
lon of water. To this boiling water add 
one-fourth ounce of sodium arsenite, some¬ 
times called white arsenic. Stir this and 
add one pint of molasses. The best way 
to apply the bait is to sprinkle, it in 
coarse-drops about the onion field and on 
adjacent vegetation where the flies will be 
attr.acted to it. No attempt should be 
made to cover the onion tops with a 
spray; the coarse drops properly applied 
should he more effective than a misty 
.spray. The applications should be ap¬ 
plied every four or five days from the 
time the onions crack the ground until 
the middle of .Tune. One gallon of the so¬ 
lution should be enough for one applica¬ 
tion to an acre. The commercial sodium 
jirsenate should be ordered ahead of time 
because the druggi.st may have to send for 
it. The commercial material is quite expen¬ 
sive and a half pound' to the acre would 
be suflicient. The writer tried out this 
method last year. Where the material 
was applied correctly, not one onion was 
touched with a maggot, while right across 
the street a field had to be plowed up be¬ 
cause of the destructive work of the mag¬ 
gots. K. W. DEBAUN. 
Spring Fertilizers for Wheat 
Last Fall I soAved several acres of corn 
ground to wheat. As the ground had 
been in grass and well manured I sowed 
only 100 lbs. of fertilizer per acre. The 
wheat does not look well, and I feel sure 
it is because of the lack of sufficient fer¬ 
tilizer. I wonder if I could sow fertilizer 
yet, and harrow it in? What kind should 
i use? R. M. E. 
Virginia. 
Nitrate of soda will supply soluble ni¬ 
trogen and acid phosphate will give avail¬ 
able phosphoric acid. For a Spring ap¬ 
plication we would not use other forms of 
these elements. One part of nitrate to 
parts acid phosphate is a good propor¬ 
tion—2,o0 to .“00 pounds per aci-e. In 
this year of high prices such api)licatio)i 
ought to pay. You need not harrow this 
fertilizer in. .Tnst .scatter it evenly over 
the field while the ground is moist. It is 
often hard to get an even diistribution of 
small amounts of fertilizer. The best 
plan is to mix it with about three times 
its hulk of good soil or sifted coal ashes 
and then .sjn-ead. 
SoT.niKHS OF Ac.RTCT’r.xrRE.—Respond¬ 
ing to the President’s call all who have 
access to a piece of land will try to help 
out the food supply this year. Many of 
them will raise little more than an appe¬ 
tite and a blister, and barely get back the 
seed the.v put into the ground, hut they 
will try to show their spirit at least. 
Farming is a bu.siuess and a profession 
requiring trained and skilled labor, aiid 
on general principles it is better to leave 
food production to farmers—giving them 
a fair chance to obtain capital and labor, 
Bardens and small lots will provide veg¬ 
etables and some poultry food, but the 
bread and meat must be grown by skilled 
farmers. Yet the little children may help 
by .showing po.ssibilities or giving us en- 
thusia.sm and hope. The little one .shown 
at Fig. 244 (page Gl,3) is good to look 
upon. Here we see something of the po*s- 
sihilities of a cornstalk and the pride of 
the household beside it. Acres of corn 
like this (if we could learn how to pro¬ 
duce it) would fill the silos or provide 
johnny-cake for the multitude—and the 
love of little people like the child .shown 
in the picture, will be the greatest spur to 
the ambition needed to produce the crop. 
“For the Land’s .Sake, use liowker’s 
hVrtilizers; they enri(4i the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
Seasonable Farm Seeds 
cow PEAS, SOY BEANS 
The best varieties for hay and 
silage, also Millets^ ‘Buckwheat^ 
Dwarf Essex Rape, etc. 
MANGEL WURZELS and 
SUGAR BEETS 
for stock feeding, all the best varieties. 
Write for prices on any Farm Seeds de¬ 
sired, also ask for free Alfalfa Leaflet. 
HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 
BASIC SLAG 
'THE 
A Ton 
_great Alfalfa fertilizer, splendid also for 
Corn, Soy Beans, Wheat and Oats. We believe 
that no other fertilizer on the market gives better 
results on the crops named than Basic Slag does. 
We have used it on our own farms for years and 
prefer it to all other fertilizers. 
Sir.ee the European War began, it has been ex- 
trr nely difficult to obtain this material but we 
hi.ve.been fortunate enough to secure two-hundred 
tons and we are pricing it so low that itis relatively 
cheaper than Acid Phosphate. We offer it in New 
York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky,Indiana, Jiq ca 
I llinois, M’.' nigan and Ohio. Price lI/.uU 
In many cases we can ship from warehouse in 
states mentioned. Analysis 15% to 17% Phosphoric 
Acid; .35%to 50% Hme. Orders for twotons orover 
may be wired at our expense. 
THE WING SEED COMPANY, Box 823, Mechanicsburg, Ohio 
MORE MONEY FOR FRUIT 
prices for fruit in the 
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enjoying btgKer pro¬ 
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Berlin Heights, Ohio 
Book 
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Cabbage, Tomato, Beet, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Celery, 
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The big, profitable varieties—early, mid-season, late and 
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Strawberry Plants 
Ten of the best varieties selected out of a bundled. 
Ten varieties that are good enough for any one. 
Early, Medium and Late. Send for onr 1917 price 
list of strawberry and other plants. KonianceSeed 
& Plant Farm, CALEB BOGGS & CO.,Cheswold,Oelaware 
100 St. Regis Everbearing RASPBERRY PLANTS 
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Sfravfberry Plants and Asparagus Roots ^gemide 
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CLraiukarru Dlanlc Leadingvarieties,$2 and$2.50 per 
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9(rflwhprru ''NO VEGETABLE PLANTS. All leading va- 
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Pound postage paid, $1.50. Booking orders for Sweet 
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Cabbage and Tomato Plants t 
paid, 100—,50c.; 300—$1.25; 500, $2; l,0n0— $2.7,5. Loading 
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A Cp AO Am IC» Warranted to grow. 
O KELSEY. West Harllord. Conn. 
I a/>min<vr<>a<li> Quality bred si.x years. Gei'mination 
Uvamingtally test, 97%. $18 bunliel. vvitli bugs. 
SEEIN C«»1LN. 1)4 acres, 1916, yielded 317 bushel ears. 
MEADOW FAKM, IIAUTSDALE, NEW TOKK 
INOCULATE 
AND 
DOUBLE 
THE 
CROP 
SOY BEANS 
Prepared for Alfalfa, Clover, all legumes 
50 cts. per acre; 6 acres, 
A one-acre bottle inoculates 90 lbs. seed 
Sen<l for 30-page book on legumes 
THE EGGEKT CHEMICAL CO., Canton, Ohio 
SEED POTATOES 
If you want the very best Aroostook 
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Potatoes of the best marketable va¬ 
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CRAWFORD SQUARE. PROVIDENCE. R. I. 
CRIMM 
Absolutely true to name. Have sold 
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,\11 weeds are hand pulled. 99.75 pure. 
We have letters saying that while all ordi¬ 
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O. M. SCOTT a SONS CO., 330 Main SI., Marysville, Ohio 
Alfalfa 
Seed Corn 
Soy Beans 
Hoffman’s Farm Seeds 
Also, Seed Potatoes—Seed Oate— 
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1 
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Landisville* Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Free from weed seeds and 
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Improved GOLDEN DENT GOURD SEED CORN 
bred for30 years on the Enieka Stock Farm. Pro¬ 
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I SWEET CLOVER 
CLOVERLEA SEED CO. 
of North Dakota 
KINDERHOOK, N. Y. 
We have several varieties 
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and late. Also Inoculatoi’. Ask 
for prices and catalog. 
O. M.SCOTT & SONS CO.,540 Main S(.,Marycville, 0.1 
sALE-Cow Peas-Soy Beans-Scarlet Clover Seed 
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Millions of Fruit Trees 
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start right with niy hardy 
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THE NUT TREE SPECIALIST 
Box R, Lancaster, Pa. 
Norway Maple Trees m a p“i 
8 to 10 feet, 50c each: 10 to 12 feet, 75c; 4 to 6 feet, 35c 
each. White Oak trees, 6 to 8 feet, 75c. 3,000 Fil¬ 
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Hickory Nut trees at 10c each. 1,000 Bean Poles at $13 
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AIIKinrl^ nf Friiif Trppo reasonable. 
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THE KUKAL NEW-YORKER, 
333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK, 
THERE’S STILL TIME 
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