CAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1129 
The Home Garden 
Drying String Beans 
AVill you tt'll me how to dry wnx beans 
(or snap beans as some call tln'inl for 
home use? yius. u. i:. 
Any variety of string beans. lama 
beans or field beans will dry perfectly 
well if loft on the vinos until the entire 
plant is almost rii>e. At that time the 
pods maj* bo iticked and allowed to dry 
until the seed is perfectly dry, or the 
vines may be pulle/l and thrashed for the 
seed. Almost any v.arioty of dried be.au 
seed will di> for coi>king; however, the 
eidor (>f the bean itself may alTect its 
attractiveness. 
Tf the mo.aty pod is to be drit'd for 
use, pick the beans when the jtods are 
in most excellent condition for tabh; use. 
Wash, remove sttan. tip and “strings.” 
Cut or break the b<*ans into jiieces one- 
half to one inch long, and place in trays 
to dry. The he.-it from the stove, a 
breeze or an ele<-tric f.an and the sun 
.ire excellent drying agencies. Another 
excellent recipe is to pri'pare the beans 
as directed above, but instead of cutting 
the beans, thread them on coarse, strong 
thread, making long “necklaces” of them 
and hang them above the stove or out 
of doors until dry. An old-f.ashioned 
recipe calls for boiling the pods :i few 
minutes after they are strung .and' be¬ 
fore drying them. ' n. w. i>. 
Sawdust Mulch for Tomatoes 
I to you thiidv it would be a good plan 
to mulch toin.ato pl.ants wirh sawdust 
where it is impossible t'* stake them? 'I'he 
ide.a is to prevent rotting Avhere they 
touch the ground. j. o. 
So. Deerfield, Mass. 
Mulching with .sawdust is not to be 
recommended as a gcner.al thing, because 
this m.aterial and shavings quickl.v im- 
I)air the tilth of the .soil. Fnaiuently, 
.some form of acids, turpentines or al¬ 
cohols are firesent which ar<‘ detriment.al 
to jdant growth. 'I'he mulching of ni.any 
of tuir veget.ables es[MHa:illy toin.atoes, egg- 
pl.ants. str.awlwrries, rhubarb, etc., is to 
l>e commended. The m.aterial to ust^ may 
1 k! Intrse stable m.anuiaa hay, straw, de.ad 
weeds, lawn clippings, etc. In fact many 
of our most sucessfnl commercial vege¬ 
table growers find th.at they can buy city 
stable manure during the .‘summer very 
e.asily and at re<luced rate.s. 'I’his materi¬ 
al is ai»plied as a mulch to the growing 
crof»s especially tom.ato and egg-plants to 
increase yield and quality and to .s.ave 
CTiltivation and labor, because the mulch 
keef»s down weeds, holds nndstiire, fur¬ 
nishes jdant food and i»revents the fruits 
from getting splashed with soil during 
heavy showers. Thus the manure pa.vs 
for itself even before it is plowed under 
for the next year's crops. Your s.awdust 
<-an furnish no pbant food, and it may 
impair yotir plant growth and iterman- 
ently injure your soil. n. w. n. 
Rose Cuttings; Harvesting Peanuts 
1. Tan you tell me the most api>roved 
time and method of <'utting and planting 
rose cutting in Xew .Ter.sey? 2. I have a 
arge patch of Texas (.small-kerneD pea¬ 
nuts growing. How should they lx* tre.at- 
ed to harve.st and cure them at proper 
time? ,7. r. m. 
1. The amateur will be most likely to 
succf^ed with cuttings made from the 
branches that bore blooms, and the Ix'st 
time to take them is just at the clo.se of 
the blooming period or immediately after 
the [(etals drop. The wood is then .at the 
proper stage of hardening to insure the 
cutting striking root. The cuttings m.ay 
be made in two or three bud length.s. .sev¬ 
ering the wofKl close to the lx>ttom bud. 
making a smooth, sloping cut. Remove 
the lower leav(‘s, stem and .all. and .short¬ 
en the to[> ones about one h.alf. .riean. 
sharp .sand is ess'cntial. This should be 
put in a shallow box to a depth of about 
four inches, and slightly firmed, narrow 
channels are opened with a table knife 
or like instrument into which the cuttings 
• ire in.serted to nearly the top bud. The 
s.and is then gently firmed to them with a 
hi ick or block of wood, watered and set 
in ,a sh.ady place. The cuttings in warm, 
dry we.ather will rcfniire watering a 
Collide of times a day. They should be 
kept reas.mably moist at all times during 
the r.x>ting period, as.drought means fail¬ 
ure. The box in which they are placed 
must have sufiicient openings in the bot¬ 
tom to permit of the surplus water drain¬ 
ing out quickly. 
2, When in the South I observed th.at 
the peanut growers allowed them to re¬ 
main in the ground until the vines showed 
signs of maturity, which was indicated 
by the yellowing of the leaves. The 
ground was then loosent>d and the vines 
Avith the nuts adhering were pulled up 
and laid or placed in windrows for a fcAV 
days until the nuts dried off, when they 
Avere picked off and spread out thinly 
under cover until thoroughly cured. K. 
Work of Potato Aphis 
Fig. 420, this page, shows the curious 
eflect of the pot.ato aphis on asparagus. 
Its Avork causes the tip.s to curl and go 
out of shape, thus making them unsal¬ 
able. The remedy suggested for thi.s in- 
•sect i.s <514 ounces of sulphate of nicotine 
addefl to 50 gallons of the spray Avhich 
A\-onld be u.sed for the potato beetle. 
I’aris green is not .advised for this mix¬ 
ture, as this form of arsenic and nicotine 
Potato Aphis on Asparagus. Fig. 420 
may cause injury to the foliage. Thi.s po- i 
tato jiphis attacks most of the common 
garden A'egetalde.s, and also the .apple and 
the rose. ITobably its worst injury Avill ’ 
be done on eggplants, spinach, potatoes, 
pepper.s and peas. 'J'hia seems to be the 
insect Avhich canscol such great trouble j 
on potato vines this past season. At 
Xorfolk the following spr.ay is suggesteil 
Avheii these aphis ai»pear upon young 
egg plants: For small garden patche.s 
oiie-half ounce of snljdiate of nicotine, 
one-half bar of laundry soup, and five gal¬ 
lons of Avater. 
Spraying the Under Side 
The picture at Fig. 41C, page 1120. is 
taken from Bulletin 2.‘{ of the Virginia 
Truck Experiment Station at Xorfolk. 
It shoAA's a curveil extension rod Avhich 
may be used Avith a knapsack sprayer 
for getting at the under side of the 
leavi's. In many crops smdi as egg¬ 
plants or melons, it is absolutely neces¬ 
sary to get at this under side in order 
f<» do efTecti\-e Avork, and Avith the or¬ 
dinary straight rod this is often very 
ditlicult. The curved rod here shown 
enables the operator to aim under the 
loaf and bloAV the spray upward. 
Saving Hen Manure 
I have a quantity of g.M-Ml hen manure I 
that I saA-e through the year. I s.ia'c the ' 
droppings every morning'aixl put them in 
a barrel; over each deposit I put a hand¬ 
ful of land pla.ster to prcA’ent an.v lii.<s 
of the gases. I am thinking of mixing 
superphosphate and some sulplmr and 
use it in garden-truck. Am" I correct? 
Is sulphur a good fertilizer? a. k. 
Fauby, Ore.. 
T’se enough of the land plaster to dry 
out the manure thoroughly and keep it 
under shelter in a dry jdace. This will 
leave the manure in dry, hard chunks. 
Fru.sh and grind these as fine as pos.siblc 
and mix, three parts by Aveight of fine 
manure to one part of superphosphate. 
The sulpluir will do harm, but Avill hardly 
lie netsled. US the superphosphate contains 
cnsiderable sulphur from the sulphuric 
acid used in making it. : 
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