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The marks ou the potato sent us 
are not all made by the disease, but 
very largely by insects. The limestone, 
being less active, would not be so likely 
to increase the scab as the burned lime. 
While there seems no question about this 
case, we do not feel like advising farmers 
to use lime on potatoes. We should use 
it on clover or grain. 
Hay for Sheep; Dishorning Cattle 
1. Will you tell me how much English 
hay it is supposed to take to winter 15 
sheep on hay alone? What is best grain 
ration for sheep, and what kinds are. best 
before lambing period? 2. I want to dis¬ 
horn my cattle this year. What time is 
the best? Is it safe to dishorn cows be¬ 
fore freshening, and will the horns grow 
on yearlings and two-year-olds after they 
are dishorned? S, c. II. 
1. I have fed hay to thousands of 
sheep and I do not know. I presume if 
I manufactured automobiles I could fig¬ 
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surplus axle or bolt. That shows how 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 3, 1919 
FARM TOPICS 
A Roadside Market in New England—Part 
III. 766 
Good Roads or Land Reclamation. 767 
Community Organization . 767 
Ground Limestone and Potatoes. 767 
Lime for Top-dressing. 768 
Hay for Sheep. 768 
Propagating Stumps . 768 
Long Island Potatoes.769, 770 
A Talk About Potatoes. 770 
Crimson Clover After Oats. 772 
Hints on Com Growing. 772 
Alfalfa in Rotation. 772 
A Law to Certify Farmers. 776 
The Cost of Production..., 776 
Start a Small Store. 776 
A New England Farmer and Tractors. 776 
Red Pepper to Repel Crows. 777 
Limestone or Burnt Lime. 777 
Smothering Crops of Oats and Buckwheat. . 779 
Hope Farm Notes. 782 
Destroying Locust Stumps. 783 
Prospects in Southern New Jersey. 786 
Up-State Farm Notes. 801 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Food Value of Milk.765, 766 
Sheep and Acorns.•. 777 
Difference Between Corporation and Co¬ 
operation . 786 
Plain Farmers on League Plans. 786 
Milk Questions . 788 
Advantages of Sheep Farming. 788 
May Gain and Loso at Same Time. 788 
Farmers as Horseshoers. 788 
The Prolific Sow. 788 
A Case of “Shoe-boil”. 788 
Feeding Freshening Heifer. 790 
Raising Swine on Mill Feed. 790 
Improving Grade Herd. 790 
Feeding Sow and Pigs. 790 
Dairy Ration . 792 
Bitter Cream . 792 
Ration With Mixed Hay. 792 
The Use of the Pasture. 792 
Separator Milk for Calves an I Pigs. 792 
Clay-bottomed Silo . 792 
White Flakes in Butter. 792 
Another Cow Ration. 794 
Improving a Dairy Ration. 794 
Dairy Ration . 794 
Feeding Value of Millet. 794 
Water for Pigs. 794 
Buckwheat for Pigs. 794 
Polyuria . 800 
Paralysis . 800 
Obstructed Teat . 800 
Collar Boils; Worms. 800 
Cat With Cough. 800 
Garget . i . 300 
Goats for Milk. 801 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 798 
Diarrhoea in Baby Chicks. 798 
Leghorns for Cold North. 799 
Laying Ration . 799 
How Turkeys Move Eggs. 801 
HORTICULTURE 
Bringing an Orchard Rack. 766 
Destroying the Strawberry Weevil. 770 
Peach Crop Outlook.... 771 
Kerosene Injurious to Vegetation. 772 
Fruit Trees for Central Virginia. 773 
Sprayed Liquid Manure. 773 
Thinning an Orchard. 774 
A Discussion on Hybridizing. 774 
Planting and Caring for the Young Orchard. 774 
Strawberries Killed by Mulch. 774 
Birds and Cherries...,. 774 
Moles . 779 
The Microphylla Rose. 783 
Unthrifty Fern . 783 
Protecting Tender Hydrangea. 783 
Experience with Girdled Trees.783 
Apple Aphids Wear Overcoats. 786 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 786 
War Risk Insurance Policies. 786 
The Rural Patterns. 786 
Conserving Men’s Clothing—Part III. 786 
Dyeing Rag Carpet. 787 
Preparing Rabbit Skins. 787 
Pressure Cookery . 787 
Washing White Clothes. 787 
Embroidery Design . 787 
A Moving Experience. 787 
Letters from a Cousin. 787 
Egg Sandwiches . 787 
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A Sufferer from Rheumatism. 770 
“Cull the Bread' Lines”. 776 
Who Will Do the Work?. 776 
Cure for Skin Disease. 777 
More About Those Unwelcome Guests.777 
Comments and Congratulations.777 
An Appreciation . TV7 
Cooking Turtles, Eels and Fish. 778 
Sulphur for Bedbugs.778 
The Cider and Vinegar Question.779 
Events of the Week...,.780 
Editorials . 784 
Country-wide Produce Situation.791 
Construction of Spring-house. . . 796 
More About Septic Tanks.796 
Publisher’s Desk . 802 
things needs to know, compared with men 
operating finance and mechanics. In re¬ 
gard to the hay, the weather, shelter, 
quality of the feed, and amount of outside 
forage will influence the demand, but I 
would surely lay up about two tons for 
them. That would be about two pounds 
each per day. The other questions are 
not so hard. We know what to feed ewes 
before lambing, because 40 years has 
nearly taught us. One hundred per cent 
of lambs from Delaine ewes is considered 
extra, while we now have 105 per cent. 
Our ewes are from three to seven years 
old, and except some briars and weeds, 
all they ever had was natural grass, 
clover, Alfalfa, corn and oats. The forage 
and grains that grow in any part of the 
earth are the ones best adapted to the 
needs of all animals there, for all pur¬ 
poses. Our ewes get a little corn and 
oats until a couple of months before 
lambing, and from that until a month 
after, aboyt a pint a day. 
2. We liave dishorned at all times of 
the year, and I have known many others 
to do it when they took the notion. The 
sooner the better now, before fly time. 
I have seen it done in zero weather, but 
it is not fair nor profitable to shock an 
animal, and make a wound ou it then, 
neither is it safe to dishorn a cow any¬ 
where near calving time. Men will tell 
you that it. does not hurt to dishorn, but 
it does. It is like “painless dentistry”— 
painless for the operator. No sign of a 
horn will ever grow on a yearling or two- 
year-old if its horns are cut off at the 
right place, the head, but if a stub is 
left there may be a little deformed horn 
follow. W. W. REYNOLDS. 
Lime for Fall Top-dressing 
I have eight acres to sow to oats this 
Spring, and had intended to put on eight 
tons of ground limestone along with other 
fertilizer, but the roads are in terrible con¬ 
dition now, so thought I would put the 
lime on the seeding next Fall, after the 
oats have been harvested. If this is prac¬ 
tical, how much should I use per acre? 
Oneida Co., N. Y. D. A. 
We have never been able to get full re¬ 
sults from lime by spreading it on the 
seeding in Fall. In order to obtain full 
benefit the lime must be worked into the 
soil, and of course this is best done when 
the seed is put in. Ground limestone is 
better for the top-dressing than burned 
lime would be, but if it is possible, we 
should much prefer to work the lime into 
the soil. A few of our readers have re¬ 
ported success in top-dressing with ground 
limestone, but the great majority report 
against the practice. One ton of ground 
limestone to the acre is the rule. 
Propagating Shrubs from Hardwood 
Cuttings 
Which of our most popular shrubs can 
he propagated by hardwood cuttings? 
Will you give directions? Which of the 
standard sorts can be propagated by soft¬ 
wood cuttings, layers or other methods? 
Wisconsin. x. y. z. 
The following are among most popular 
shrubs, and can be rooted without much 
difficulty from hardwood cuttings: Al¬ 
thaeas, Deutzias, Weigelas, Philadelphus 
(mock orange), practically all the Spi¬ 
raeas, and occasionally a fair strike can be 
made by Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 
fiora. The cuttings are made in the Win¬ 
ter from wood of the previous year’s 
growth. They are cut 8 to 10 iu. long, 
using a sharp knife for the purpose, mak¬ 
ing a sloping cut (not square), as they 
will not root readily if cut square off with 
the shears. The cuttings are tied in bun¬ 
dles of 50 or 100 and are buried iu the 
cold frame bottom ends up, and covered 
with about four inches of soil or sand. 
They are usually planted in nursery rows 
as early in April as the ground is in good 
working order. When the quantity is 
large, and horse cultivation is to be em¬ 
ployed, they should be planted iu rows 
3 to 4 ft. apart, and 5 to (»iu. apart in the 
row, but when only a few hundred are 
planted and hand cultivation only is to be 
employed, they may be planted in rows 
2 ft. apart and 5 to 6 in. apart in the row. 
The best method of planting is to stretch 
a line and open a narrow trench or slit 
along this line by pushing the spade down 
flat side to line, and pushing it back and 
forth lightly to firm the soil so it will not 
fall in. Insert the cuttings iu the open¬ 
ing, leaving but two or three of the top 
buds above ground, firming the soil well 
on each side of the row. Keep them free 
from weeds and cultivate frequently 
enough to keep the ground from baking 
hard around them. 
All varieties of our most common and 
popular shrubs can be rooted from green 
wood cuttings in Summer (the lilac being 
a notable exception). For instructions 
see The It. X.-Y.. April 12. pags <542. un¬ 
der the head of “Propagating Cherries 
and Spiraeas.” which applies to practically 
all other 6orts. K. 
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