‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Red Pepper to Repel Crows 
I would like to ask through The R. 
X.-Y. whether anyone has ever tried using 
red pepper on seed corn in addition to 
tar f o overcome the crow nuisance. Late 
years tar alone does not seem to avail 
much. H. s. D. 
Great Barrington. Mass. 
Has anyone used red pepper with the 
tar? We have found tar alone a good 
remedy, though for two seasons the crows 
did not seem to mind it. Last year we 
called for reports from farmers on crow- 
killers or repellers. The great majority 
said they used tar alone. A number used 
Pyrox or Paris green. 
Cure for Skin Disease 
l note on page 667 an article regarding 
a skin disease variously named “itch,’ 
which seems to be the same as afflicted 
several persons in this neighborhood dur¬ 
ing the Summer of 1917 and which was 
cured by the use of sheep dip. applied full 
strength to the sores and one to 50 of 
soft water as a bath and wash for the 
clothing. It required less than^ one pint 
to cure about a, dozen cases. This treat¬ 
ment is torture for a few minutes after 
applying, but “surely is the stuff, as one 
of those using it remarked after his cure. 
Richfield Springs, N. 1’. H. u. H. 
More About Those Unwelcome Guests 
On page 6S2 I read A. S.’s complaint of 
“Unwelcome Guests.” I do not wish to 
contradict, but I have soaked a. bcd.bug in 
plain gasoline, afterwards placing it in a 
paper cup to dry. and in two hours it was 
entirely recovered, and as lively as ever. 
If A. S. will mix one quart of turpentine 
to each gallon of gasoline they will stay 
dead. I venture to write you this as we 
were almost discouraged, trying to get 
rid of bugs in the flat we now live in 
with the use of gasoline alone. After 
adding the turpentine, about six treat¬ 
ments. and I have had no bedbugs since. 
The turpentine will not stain, and does 
not do any more damage than lain gas¬ 
line to anything except the ins ts. A. S. 
has my sympathy, and I do b <pe she will 
get rid of them. as. A. s. M. 
New York. 
Limestone or Burnt Lime 
Regarding “Limestone or Burnt Lime,” 
page 646. I think the limestone is slower 
to act than the burnt lime. If the farmer 
will watch his soil where hy put the for¬ 
mer I think he will see results after a 
time. Last Fall I seeded sand vetch in a 
young apple orchard and have the best 
stand on a light sandy ridge, where a 
former owner put refuse lime from a local 
tannery 20 years ago. I hardly think the 
limestone washed away. joiix stout. 
Michigan. 
Comments and Congratulations 
I ha\ e just been reading your editorial, 
page 656. an answer to James A. Gard¬ 
ner about the daylight saving. Although 
I am verv tired, vour answer pleases me 
so well that I feel like saying, “Bully, go 
for him, sic him,” etc. If there ever 
was a fool law, this is one. Just state 
my case. I must be in town with our 
truck at the stores at 6 :30, so this makes 
me get up one hour earlier than old time. 
But the men at home can’t do a thing 
so early in the morning, as it is mostly 
too wet with dew, and in the evenings 
the best time to work we quit, i. e.. the 
help does, but I continue, adding one hour 
to my already too long day. Besides, dur¬ 
ing the hot noon hour we are expected to be 
out in the field instead of the shade rest¬ 
ing. Another thing in “our paper.” The 
R. X.-Y.. I read with much pleasure, the 
article by C. M. Moore of Maine about 
land for returning soldiers. How thank¬ 
ful we ought to be to have such a paper 
as The R. N.-Y. to speak up for us. the 
ordinary plain folks. Good luck and 
more power to you. c. P. 
Jefferson City. Mo. 
An Appreciation 
I had a valuable Holsteiu cow with a 
“spider” in the end of her teat. T had 
exhausted all the remedies I knew of. I 
even bought a milking tube and put iodine 
in the end of the teat, but it grew worse. 
By chance I saw a prescription in The 
R. X.-Y". that one of your subscribers had 
used; that was putting a clove in the end 
of the teat. I tried it for three days, and 
the cow has never bothered since, so I 
sent my dollar in the next mail for a re¬ 
newal. for the prescription was worth ten 
times that amount, to say nothing about 
the paper. E. G. p. 
Rome. X. Y. 
Sheep and Acorns 
Mr. Farver. page 446. need have no 
fear in allowing his sheep access to acorns. 
I, like Mrs. Plummer, have always found 
my sheep to thrive well on acorns, and 
they make for the woods the first thing 
in the morning, and sound like pigs crack¬ 
ing acorns. A. s. w. 
Winchester. Va. 
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