1030 
JShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 1, 1917 
:is they become troublesome. The few 
that are to be kept fo» breeders can be 
easily hobbled by using heavy cord, , and 
tying the legs just above the hock joints 
together, giving the bird just sufficient 
movement in the hobbles to walk around 
without too much trouble. A continual 
and constant growth of the pullets to 
be used for the Winter egg supply, is 
absolutely necessary, as it is during the 
Summer that these bii-ds are getting their 
development, that the foundation for the 
following Winter’s egg supjdy is being 
jtrepared. V. G. AUBREY. 
Now Jersey. 
Soy Beans as Cover Crop 
The picture on page 1029, Fig. 469, 
shows a cornfield in Illinois in which Soy 
beans are growing as a cover crop. Fither 
Soy beans or cow peas are often used 
for this purpose yvhere the season is late 
enough to permit nearly a full growth 
after the corn is cut. Either crop will 
give a great mass of matter to be turned 
under, though both are killed by frost. 
On the Atlantic slope we prefer rye and 
clover as a cuver crop, as this combina¬ 
tion will live through the Winter and give 
green manure the following Spring. 
Transplanting Alfalfa 
Do you believe a man can afford to 
transplant Alfalfa where he wants several 
acres for a daii-y? Ajn getting to the 
point w'here I begin to think we shall 
have to stick to Ited clover or try tall 
Sweet clover. Our soil is fertile and 
well drained, will grow 190 bus. of .shelled 
corn under favoi-able conditions, well 
limed and inocidated. G. D. B. 
Bedford Hills, N. Y. 
This man has tried Alfalfa several 
times—^seeding it according to the best 
advice he can get, 'I'lie crop starts and 
grows a season or two and then fades 
away. That is the wmy the common va¬ 
rieties of Alfalfa act<Hl with us. The 
crop did not, on the Avhole, give us much 
moi-e of a crop than Alsike clover, while 
the cost of seeding was twice as great. 
The Cossack Alfalfa on our land does 
better than the others, and we think it 
better adapted to this class of soil. As 
for transplanting, we have never yet ad¬ 
vised it except on a small scale—say 600 
or 1,000 plants. We know that number 
will pay for poultry feeding, but we 
w'ould try that number first—^before 
)(lanting acres. We believe that farmers 
will come to it before many years, but 
we also realize that it seems like a very 
small and impractical thing at present, 
and think it better to let each man de¬ 
cide for himself, after trying it on a 
small .scale. 
Winter Injury to Peaches 
M.v peach oi’chard produced an <‘x- 
<-eptional bloom. The trees Bien began 
to cast their leaves and fruit (i. e., a 
lot of them, chiefly situated on the high¬ 
er ground) and then began to die. I 
promi)tly dishorned several and scattered 
a good amount of nitrate of soda around 
them. There was no effect upon them 
except on the surrounding weeds. The 
trees have continued to die, and are 
still going; many with fruit of consid¬ 
erable size. I think the roots must 
have been winter-injured. So far as I 
have ob.served aO the orchards in this 
immediate neighborhood are. all alike, 
(’an you give me any light on the cause 
of the trouble, or how to prevent a re- 
<-un-ence of the trouble? F. T. P. 
West Barrington, R. I. 
Fi'om your description the trouble 
with your peach trees appears to be a 
clear c.isc of Winter ii.juiy to the bark 
of the main root ju.-t at or a little le- 
low the surface of the soil. I w'ould 
suggest that you remove some of the 
Soil from about the trunk of any iiae 
that is just dying and see if the bark is 
not in a dead and decaying condition. In¬ 
jury of this sort not infrequently oc- 
cui-s to peaches duriaig Winters when 
temperatures are not low enough to in¬ 
jure buds. It is commonly most severe 
when a period of warm weather occurs 
any time during the dormant season, to 
be follow’ed by considerably lower tem- 
pei-atures. Varieties like Elbertas which 
are easily .started into growTh are most 
susceptible to this trouble. If the soil 
is well mounded up, about the trunks 
of the trees, in the late Pall just before 
freezing weather much of this damage 
is jirevented. The soil should be made 
level about-the trees again in the spring 
so as to keep the bark well hardened. 
Peaches upon a hillside exposed to wind 
may he injured through the swaying 
about of the trees during a storm in 
the late Fall, loosening the soil about 
them and exposing the bark of the root 
below' the gi’ound level. M. A. B, 
Falling of Bean Blossoms 
The blossoms on my pole beans break 
off close to blossom. I thought at first 
that .some insect ate them off. They 
are cut as clean and square as though 
with a knife, but at a touch one fell 
off so I think it is a disease. Nearly 
one-half of them are off now, and it 
looks as though they all would be when 
far enough along. ]My j)otato blossoms 
wejit the same way. Is there any rem¬ 
edy? ^ A. G. w. 
Union, X. Y. 
Fruit trees and vegetablo plants pro¬ 
duce many times moi’e blossoms than 
there are fniits developed. If all the 
blossoms on some i)lants or vines were 
to set fruit the load would be so heavy 
that the plant could not support -the 
crop. Only tho.se blossoms I’emain which 
have the greatest vigor and the best 
pollination. The growing condition of 
the plants has a gi-eat effect upon the 
number of blossoms produced and the 
number of fruits which ultimately de¬ 
velop from those blossoms. 
Plants growing on rich »)il will u.s- 
ually produce the greatest amount of 
blossoms. A cold storm may cause the 
blossoms to blast; moist conditions, due 
to rainy weather, or very dense foliage 
may cause the blos.soms to damp off ex¬ 
cessively, and soil exceedingly rich, es¬ 
pecially in nitrgen, will cause the 
development of blossoms with weak 
pollen. A great big vine growth of 
beans, peppers, pumpkins, squash and 
tomatoes does not guarantee a heavy 
yield in spite of the profusion of blos¬ 
soms. 
The heavie.st set of fruit is obtained 
from the blo.ssoms which are produced 
during clear •weather and on plants 
•which are making a sturdy, moderate 
growth. A fertilizer especially high in 
phosphoric acid induces a i)ersistent 
blossom, while a sudden drought will 
cause many blossoms and even partly 
grown pods or fruits to wither and fall 
off. vnien a lima bean vine, for in¬ 
stance, is loaded •\v-ith a developing crop 
it -wdll produce few or no blossoms. 
Therefore, the yield for the season wdll 
be increased if the grower picks off the 
developing pods as soon as they have 
reached perfection. The loss of the 
potato blossoms has no direct effect upon 
the yield; however, a healthy bloom 
which holds up well is an indication of 
a good crop. The remedy to prevent 
the falling off of blossoms is suggested 
above in proper fertilization, distance 
between plants, sturdy grow’th and clear 
weather. To trim back excessive foliage 
or to injure the root system will also 
induce the setting of persistent blos¬ 
soms. R. w. n. 
KiT.i.ix<i Rabbits.— In Pennsylvania a 
gardener may legally kill Avild animals 
Avhich molest gardens. The Pittsburgh 
Telegram reports: 
“William J. Black, of Oak Station, 
several days ago wms fined ^25 and costs 
by a justice of the peace. Black on a 
Sunday killed a rabbit that had beeen 
running over his garden for several days. 
The legislature last month passed a bill 
legalizing the killing of animals molest¬ 
ing gardents.” 
On appeal the County Court rever.sed 
this decision and stated that such war 
gardens may be protected! Remember, 
this was in Penn.sylvania, and referred 
to a “war garden.” 
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25 Bushelsi 
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That’s the yield set / : IforrontTi^j 
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WHEAT CROP 
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