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Corn Smut and Oats 
Will corn smut affect the oats next 
year? E. o. N. 
No. Corn smut is a very different 
disease from the smuts which attack small 
grains. The life history is quite different. 
You can safely follow corn with oats 
where the corn was smutty, but do not 
plant corn there again for several years. 
Rain and Crops 
Another heavy rain here again delaying 
harvest. It looks as though the grain 
crop would be damaged to quite an ex¬ 
tent. it has been wet so many times and 
laid so long in the field. No doubt some 
of our city friends would consider this 
an advantage to the farmer, as it prolongs 
his harvesting and permits him to handle 
his grain, because of the longer time al¬ 
lowed, with a smaller number of men. 
S. 
Why, yes! That is the way they talk. 
We have had them tell us that these con¬ 
tinued rains are fine for a fruit grower, 
since they wash off his apples so the 
packers need not do it in a tub before 
they are sold. 
A Big Hydrangea and a Little Girl 
The picture shows the largest Hy¬ 
drangea cluster I ever saw—being some¬ 
thing more than 12x9 inches. The small 
Whc Big Hydrangea and the Little Girl 
girl was placed beside it for comparison, 
and had to wait so long for the photog¬ 
rapher she became impatient. It is sent 
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a request. W. S. R. 
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Preparing Chicory as Coffee Substitute 
Can you tell me when to dig and how 
to prepare chicory as a substitute for 
coffee? I have raised some, but do not 
know how to care for it. E. E. M. 
Farmersville, N. Y. 
The usual method of preparing chicory 
for use as a substitute for coffee is to 
dig it as soon as it has attained its maxi¬ 
mum growth in the Fall, thoroughly 
cleanse the roots and dry them, when it 
is ground, and may be used alone or in 
mixture with genuine coffee, as may suit 
the taste of the user. Some prefer to use 
it alone, while others think it better if 
Combined with 20 per cent or more of 
genuine coffee. K. 
Securing Honey in Tree 
Could you give me information how to 
proceed to get the honey out of an old 
apple tree in our pasture? We do not 
care if we have to kill the tree, as it is 
worthless. MBS. W. I. 
Connecticut. 
If the cavity containing the honey is in 
the body of the tree, you will have to 
cut the tree, unless the honey chamber 
should chance to be sufficiently near to 
the ground to enable you to slab off one 
side and open into it. Veils and gloves 
will be likely to be needed until the cavity 
is opened and the bees fill up with the 
wasting honey and decline further to de¬ 
fend their stores. Much of the procedure 
will depend upon just the conditions you 
find after beginning the work, but it is 
quite likely that you will have to destroy 
the tree, and not at all unlikely that you 
may get little else than firewood for your 
pains. _ M. B. D. 
Tomato Experience Wanted 
What do the farmers think about the 
three different tomatoes, Bonny Best, 
John Baer, or Stone, for a main-crop to¬ 
mato for canning? Our season here is 
from June 1 until frost, about October lo. 
I would like to hear through The R. N.-Y. 
the different experiences that growers 
have had with these tomatoes, or any 
other kind. E. A. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
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