The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1307 
RURALISMS 
Controlling Corn Smut 
I have a small patch of Golden Ban¬ 
tam corn, having almost reached maturity. 
It is badly diseased with smut. What 
can I do to prevent this next year? Seed 
from the same package was used last 
year, but only a little smut appeared 
then. K. G. R. 
Wilkinsburg. Pa. 
The smut disease in corn is not carried 
on the seed, as is the case with the smuts 
of wheat or oats. The use of the seed, 
therefore, has little or nothing to do with 
the spread of this disease. The germs 
appear while the ears are forming, and 
they float through the air, coming in con¬ 
tact with the growing ear and thus 
spreading the disease. You should not 
attempt to raise corn on that same piece 
of ground next year. It ought to go in 
other crops for at. least two years, in 
order to kill out the germs thoroughly 
which are found in the soil. As fast 
as the smut appears on the ears, pull 
these ears off and burn them promptly. 
It would be better, too, to burn the entire 
stalks on which these smutted ears are 
found, and do not use the manure made 
from feeding this diseased corn. That 
is about the only effective remedy against 
this disease, and the destruction of the 
ear and stalk should be prompt and com¬ 
plete. 
Layer and Potted Strawberry Plants 
In “Hope Farm Notes.” in speaking of 
strawberry culture, II. W. C. says that 
he will “take five potted plants from each 
original plant, then put three layer plants 
around each potted plant.” Will you tell 
me the difference between potted and lay¬ 
er plants, and how is each obtained? 
Plattsburgh, N. Y. f. m. c. 
What we said was that we shall try 
to put three layer plants around each 
parent (not potted ) plant. A parent 
plant is the one you plant originally in 
the Spring. It is the plant from which 
you expect to pick berries next season. 
This parent plant sends out runners which 
root and form new plants. When they 
are rooted naturally in the soil they are 
called layer plants. A potted plant is a 
layer plant artificially rooted in a small 
pot. This pot is usually filled with rich 
soil and is then sunk or placed in the 
ground near the parent plant. The roots 
of the layer plant are put into this little 
pot. and a stone or other weight put on 
top to hold it in place. The roots grow 
into the soil in the pot. and in a short 
time completely fill it. Then the mass of 
roots can be taken out of the pot and 
planted. The potted plant thus has a 
larger root than the layer, but is more ex¬ 
pensive. 
Old Plaster Around Trees 
Would it be worth while, and in your 
opinion wise, to use old plaster ceiling 
that has been pretty finely broken up 
around pear or cherry trees on heavy 
clay soil? I thought the lime iu the 
plaster would be good for the soil but my 
neighbors advise me not to use it. G. c. 
New York. 
We have used considerable of this plas¬ 
tering piled around trees. It contains 
about 30 per cent of lime and a small 
amount of nitrogen, both very slowly 
available. The chief value of the plas¬ 
tering is about like that of coal ashes—- 
as a mulch or cover for the soil. 
Value of Alsike Clover 
Where we came from iu the southern 
part of the State, Alsike clover was raised 
and fed a great deal. We sowed some 
here, and most of the neighbors said “look 
out for your horses; it will give them 
sore mouths.” Our hay was cut and 
cured and fed mostly here, and we had 
no trouble with it. Most farmers here 
pasture their hay fields. I wondered if i 
the dew on the clover had anything to do I 
with making sore mouths, if such a thing 1 
was so. We had a field of Alsike. cut it j 
two seasons, then corn was planted there ■ 
two seasons, and then a crop of oats. It 
was then Fall-plowed and a fine crop of 
Alsike came up where the Fall-plowing 
was (self-seeded 1. We thrashed 5V> bu. 
out of it. and it seemed just like a gift. 
There was about one acre of it. O. D.N. 
Oscada Co., Mich. 
We think Alsike makes the best hay 
of all the clovers. The fine stalks and 
heads, when properly cured, are excellent. 
Of course, this clover is smaller than 
Red. and thus gives a smaller yield. We 
have had some reports from farmers who 
say that second crop clover will some¬ 
times make horses “slobber.” but we have 
never found Alsike worse than other va¬ 
rieties in this respect. 
Pear Psylla and Blight 
Can Be Controlled by Fall Spraying with 
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W THE COMPLETE DORMANT SPRAY / 
‘Makes a Tree Outgrow Its Troubles" 
S CALECIDE” kills the adult 
Psylla, and, if sprayed before 
they lay their eggs, control is easy 
and effective. Therefore spray in 
Fall or early Winter. 
And this same spraying will also 
control Blight Canker which is the 
source of infection for Fire Blight. 
No cutting-out is necessary. 
“ SCALECIDE” meets every re¬ 
quirement without cutting or 
painting. 
But don’t expect to clean up your 
orchard in one season. Two or 
three years of faithful spraying with 
“SCALECIDE” will secure practical 
control of Pear Psylla and Blight, 
and invigorate your orchard. 
“ 'SCALECIDE’ makes a tree out¬ 
grow its troubles 
A fruit grower near Buffalo, N.Y., 
who failed to control Pear Psylla 
with Lime-Sulfur, losing his entire 
crop in 1916, “became desperate” 
and tried two barrels of “SCALE¬ 
CIDE”. In 1918 he wrote: 
“We were delighted when June 
came to find no trace of Psylla nor 
any since, and, instead of sooty 
twigs, had the most beautiful foli¬ 
age imaginable. In justice to 
your material, I think you ought to 
be in possession of these facts.” 
We recently visited several large 
orchards, embracing 150,000 trees 
of all varieties. Two years and a 
half ago, when we first saw these 
orchards, many of the trees seemed 
past redemption from Blight and 
Canker, but after three dormant 
sprayings with “SCALECIDE”, they 
are now in perfect health and vigor, 
and loaded with fruit, while other 
orchards in the neighborhood are 
badly blighted. 
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