RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1161 
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THE MAILBAG 
Effect of Windfall Apples on Soil 
Wliat ia tilt* (‘fffC't t>ii the tree of letting 
ilie aiifilos reiiiiiin where they fall, never 
removing them V l'. H. 
On a lit-nvy, retentive soil this increases 
the acidity. At times the soil heeomes so 
sour as (o injure the tree. On light, open 
soils the trouMe is not so had. fiime, 
ashes or manure will remove the trouble. 
Selling Eggs By Weight 
Wliat is gtdiig to be done about the oft- 
advocated jilan of weighing eggs to estab¬ 
lish the price? I have read in ^I’lrK It. 
N.-V'. years ago that U4 ounces is a fair 
weight for eggs at any stipulated juice 
jier do7,en. The eggs I am getting and 
selling at the going dozen prici* weigh 
to .‘50 ounce.s right along, i. e., three- 
eighths of a jiound more value than I am 
getting, which is a loss of 20 cents per 
dozen. H. h. 
Two objections are made to the jdan 
of selling eggs by weight. It requires 
extra work to weigh ami handle the <>gg.s 
and it is too much trouble to figure the 
jirice of broken ounces. No two dozen 
eggs will weigh alike and all would have 
to be weighed at retail sales. 'I’lie jilan 
of selling by the dozen is not fair to jiro- 
ducers of large eggs, but selling by weight 
has never become pojiular. 
A Market for Cat-tails 
W'e have a swamji we are <lraining, 
jiart of which is covered with <-at-tails. 
Several people have told us there is a 
mark(*t for them. I have heard that 
bieweries u.se them to jilace between 
bairel staves, but I had in mind the 
manufacture of gunjiowder. Is then* such 
a market? Otherwise Ave jirefer to burn 
them after the frost has killed them this 
E«ll. r, o. u. 
Several pai-ties haA’c written about the 
sale of these “cat-tails,” or ru.shes. .Some 
of our readers seem to think they are 
used as a substitute for rattan in chair 
making. We have not been able to find 
any market for them, and it is not likely 
that brewers will find much use for their 
products hereafter. There are peojde 
who seem to think this war has made a 
market for all waste jiroducts, but if 
“cat-tails” have value excejit for fuel Ave 
have not been able to find it. 
Getting Rid of Skunkt 
Could you inform me of a way to get 
rid of polecats (skunks) Avithout suffer¬ 
ing the annoyance of Avhich they are cajia- 
ble when cornered? I liave a camji in 
the Mohawk Valley, and Avhile Ave liave 
been able to get them out of the way by 
shooting and setting trajis, the Avhole 
neighborhood has had to suffer from the 
“fragrance.” j. E. o. 
We shall have to turn this over to our 
re.'iders. On our own farm an Airedale 
dog has cleaned out the skunks, but, un¬ 
fortunately, during the encounters this 
dog becomes a carrier of the skunk’s most 
effective weajion. The dog comes to the 
house to celebrate his victory! Can any¬ 
one tell how to dispose of the skunk in an 
odorless manner? 
Hen Manure and Shavings 
I would like some information in refer- 
em*<* to the use of chicken manure mixed 
with shavings. I have quite a quantity of 
it, and it runs about one-third manure 
and the rest shavings. It is stuff cleaned 
out of the colony houses. In which way 
can tliis be best utilized, and is it neces¬ 
sary to use lime Avith it? M. K. 
Morristown, N. J. 
That is a large proportion of shavings 
in the manure. 'Po be sure of it Ave should 
use lime. OtherAvise the shavings inay 
make the land too sour for crops. We 
should spread the manure and spade or 
plow it under, then scatter lime at the 
rate of (>00 pounds or more per acre and 
rake or harrow it in. This will work for 
all crops except pot.'itoes. 
Acid Phosphate or Manure 
Which would contain the most jdant 
food value, $100 Avoi th of af*id iihosjihate. 
jiresent jirlce, or (i'/f. tons clover hay fed 
to cattle, practically all the manure to 
be saved by Aise of jilenty of straAV? 
It. B. 
At present jirices $100 Avould buy jibout 
1.400 jKiunds, more or le.ss, of |)h(.>sphoric 
acid, and there would be no nitrogen or 
jiotash in the acid jihosphate. One ton 
of good clover hay will contain 40 jioumls 
nitrogen, .‘{.2 of jiotash and eight of pho.s- 
jdioric acid. Thus the tons Avill give 
200 jiounds of nitrogen, 215 of jiotash and 
52 of jihosjihorlc acid. There is no way 
of making a fair comparison, since the 
acid jihosjihate has mitliing of jilant food 
excejit the jihosjihoric ticid. Probably 
about two-thirds of the jdant food in the 
clover Avould be found in the manure 
when applied to the soil. For grain grow¬ 
ing <111 good land the acid phosjihate 
would give excellent results, but on ordi¬ 
nary soil the nitrogen and jiotash in the 
manure would be needed. ’I'he best re¬ 
sults would be (d)tained from a combina¬ 
tion- using one ton of the a<*id phosjdiate 
along with the manure from the clover 
hay. 
Di0miKihle Sparl Hilts 
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Horse or Cow hide. Calf or other skins 
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