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Smoke Cartridges 
Can you tell me how to make the cart¬ 
ridges they use in the animal smokers? 
They call them sulphur and charcoal cart¬ 
ridges. A. H. B. 
Vernon Center, N. Y. 
We never heard of them, but from 
your description they are likely charcoal, 
sulphur and saltpeter; that is, a slow- 
burning gunpowder. To duplicate them 
from your account -of them is out of the 
question. If you can send us even a 
little bit of one we may be able to tell 
about it. 
Storing Strawberry Plant* Over Winter 
Could you tell me how to go about tak¬ 
ing up strawberry plants this Fall? Ve 
set them this Spring and may move next 
March, and would like to take them up 
and store in cellar over Winter if it is 
possible to do so. A. F. A. 
Gasport, N. Y. 
We have done this in a small way by 
digging the plants just before the ground 
freezes and planting or packing them 
closelv in boxes with about three inches of 
soil. They may be put close together, 
about as they are sometimes “bedded in” 
when thev come from the nursery. The 
soil must be kept fairly moist through the 
Winter. It is doubtful if this would pay 
on a large scale, but for a few plants it 
worked well with us. 
Comstsilks for Horses 
* I have about two acres of cofn. I can 
use the corn for my hens, but do not know 
how to use the ^alks and leaves, as I 
have only hens and one horse. Is it safe 
to cut the stalks and feed to my horse this 
Winter? H. V. 
Massachusetts. 
It is. We feed dry stalks to our own 
horses as long as they last through the 
Winter. Do not expect the horse to live 
entirely on these stalks. Feed some hay 
and grain, but you can safely depend on 
the stalks for half his fodder. 
Rabbit and Guinea Pig Manure 
How can I best use guinea’pig and 
rabbit manure for fertilizer? The guinea 
pig manure is all dry. I have from one- 
half to a ton of it. My rabbit manure 
has been wet and is not in as nice condi¬ 
tion. They are both very clean, very 
little hay in them. J* 
Bloomsburg, Pa. 
Keep the manure dry by storing in a 
sheltered place and mixing land plaster 
or gypsum through the rabbit manure. 
This ‘ will drv it out into hard chunks. 
In the Spring crush or smash it fine and 
mix two parts acid phosphate and fine 
lime to five parts by weight of the ina- 
nure. This will make a good mixture for 
farm crops. 
Raising Calves 
I plan to buy some Holstein calves 
and raise them to one year; believe it 
will pay. Good dairy cows here are un¬ 
known. Anything that has teats and 
gives a small hat full of milk will bring 
$75 to $85. n. H. 
Tndisina. 
If you havp some milk to feed these 
calves the plan will pay—on a small 
place. There is to be a great demand for 
good dairy cows in the future; but do 
not buy ‘these good calves iinless you 
have milk for them. A calf without milk 
will be a runt. 
Hard Cider; Chestnut Disease 
1. If I am caught with a barrel of 
hard cider, which I am keeping for it to 
turn into vinegar, can I be arrested for 
having intoxicating liquors on my preni- 
ises, or can it be confiscated? 2. Is it 
injurious to eat chestnuts on account of 
the disease that the trees are infected 
with? M. L.P. 
Spencer, IMass. 
1. No, you will be in no danger unless 
you try to sell “hard” cider in quantities 
less than five gallons. If you do that 
you must have a liquor license. If you 
show that you are merely keeping the 
cider until it turns into vinegar you will 
not be troubled. 2. The chestnut disease 
is not injurious to humans. 
Changing the Time 
On page 1141 you say, “Anyway, on 
October 27 the clocks are all to be turned 
bnck one hour.” If there is time, please 
correct this. Clocks should not he turned 
hack, but stopped for one hour. Watches 
should be turned back. w. n. N. 
New York. 
Removing Hair By Electricity 
In your recent article about T’emoving 
hair you made no mention of the elec¬ 
trical method. Is it reliable? n. e. c. 
It was not mentioned because it should 
never be employed except at the advice of 
a physician and by a skilled operator. A 
fine wire is run in beside the hair and 
.an electric current passed of such strength 
that the root of the hair, the gland which 
forms it. is destroyed by the chemical 
action of the current. At best there is a 
small scar, and if there is any infection 
of the wound there may be serious 
trouble. 
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