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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Green Oats for Strawberry Mulch 
Last October you asked the question 
about seeding oats in strawberries. I aru 
interested in this question, and have not 
yet seen a reply. I have a small bed of 
strawberries in hill culture, planted last 
year after potatoes, and the plants looked 
so well that experienced strawberry grow¬ 
ers admired them. I cultivated tip to 
about August 15, cutting out all the run¬ 
ners not needed, then planted some Soy 
beans and Cow-horn turnips, and about 
September 1, oats. All came well, but 
about the middle of October the leaves of 
the oats turned yellow. On Election Day 
they were quite yellow and three weeks 
later the oats appeared dead, although the 
main stem was still alive and green. Up 
to Election Day we had no killing frost 
(Suffolk Co., N. Y.), and consequently 
even the Soy beans looked well. The 
oats had made a growth of about 2 ft. in 
height and promised to make a decent 
mulch. The Soy beans and Cow-horn 
turnips I used for humus. That the oats 
turned yellow I ascribe to the acid condi¬ 
tion of the land, because on other parts 
of the garden which have been limed the 
oats were green. The drawbacks I find 
are that from September 1 on the plants 
made still more runners, and as I could 
not cut them off on account of the cover 
and mulch crop, I am inclined to think 
the plants do not get the full benefit of 
these dying crops. Keeping the runners 
off and putting manure or mulch on say 
in October, seems more beneficial, o. R. 
Long Island, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—Some years ago we had a 
number of reports from people who seeded 
3,000,000 Apples, only 7 with Scale 
Mr. I). P. Miller, Supt. Sumner Fruit Co., Worcester, Mass., said he 
round about 7 apples with scale out of a crop of 3,000,000, after spraying with 
S-W Dry Powdered Lime Sulfur. “In our six years of using your materials, 
I have found your claims to be modest and fully met by the results we obtained. 
I am simply not interested in other brands* It is a pleasure to leave our 
spraying troubles all in your hands.” 
oats in the strawberries to serve as mulch 
during the Winter. Most of them said 
the oats protected the berries, but made 
too much work in the Spring, as it was 
necessary to clean them out. They also 
seemed to encourage the growth of weeds. 
On the whole, the plan does not seem 
practical, though now and then someone 
endorses it. We have found Japanese 
millet a good mulch crop. It cau be 
grown in drills on good soil after early 
crops and cut and put on the berries. We 
doubt the wisdom of seeding any crop 
among the berry plants. 
Construction of Lean-to Greenhouse 
Will Prof. Massey give construction 
details of his “lean-to” greenhouse? I de¬ 
sire to build one, and found many ques¬ 
tions to be answered. I judge quite a 
number of other readers would be inter¬ 
ested. Particularly I would like to hear 
how his glass roof is laid. M. P. 
St. Michaels, Md. 
My little structure is across the rear 
of my office building, from which a door 
behind me as I write opens directly to 
the table, four feet wide and 10 feet long, 
on which plant pots are placed on a layer 
of sand to retain moisture. In the first 
place, a brick wall for a foundation was 
built, throe feet high, to bring it on a 
level with the office. Above this the 
structure is of wood. It faces east, and 
the east wall on top of the brick rises 
three feet, and on a sill there is inserted 
a SxG-ft. sash on its side, hinged for ven¬ 
tilation. From the top of this sash three 
sashes make the roof sloping to the office 
wall. The north end is of wood, weather- 
boarded on the outside and ceiled tight 
on the inside. The south cud has another 
3xG-ft. sash on its side, and is closed 
above with wood weatherboarding and 
ceiling planks. Ou the inside of the 
foundation wall there is luiug a return 
coil of 2-in. pipe, 9 ft. long, in eight lines. 
This is the heating apparatus. A little 
cylindrical boiler of the type known as a 
“tank beater” is in the cellar. The flow 
comes direct to an open expansion tank 
in the corner of the office. This is the 
highest point in the little system, and 
from there back to the boiler it is all 
down grade, for water, hot or cold, runs 
down hill faster than you cau force it up. 
The little boiler gives an abundance of 
heat, and heats the office, too. iu moderate 
weather, with the door open, and iu cold 
weather I have a grate in iue office, and 
use this and shut the greenhouse off. The 
S-W Dry Powdered Insecticides 
Save Buying TONS of Water 
Every time you buy six barrels of liquid lime sulphur you purchase 
over two thousand pounds of water. You pay water freight on it, labor 
and team haul out to the orchard, often through the mud ofspringrains. 
S-W Dry Powdered LIME SULFUR 
eliminates all water risks and loss. You buy nothing but the 
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Dry Lime Sulfur is a powerful all-around spray for fruit trees. 
Its long enduring strength and adhesion make a splendid dormant 
spray for fall and spring control of scale and fungus. For summer 
work it is equal to liquid lime sulphur in all respects 
This spring we used about 
$J0,000 of your Dry Lime Sulfur in 
control of scab on Bartlette Peart. 
We sprayed when buds were n r» 
ly opened; when fully opened: 
when in the cluster and when 80* 
of the petals had fallen. Later we 
made two more applications.when 
the pears were nearly out of tho 
bloom, and when about three 
weeks further along. As to suc¬ 
cess, we have had the cleanest 
crop we have had for three year*. 
We thank you for your cooperation 
in furnishing us a field man whose 
efforts we highly appreciate. 
Signed) Percy Gammon, Bonnie 
Brae Farm, Hood, Sacramento 
County, Cal. 
"It gives me great pleasure to 
tell you of my experience with 
your Insecticides. I used your 
Dry Lime Sulfur for a dormant 
spray on my apples, peaches and 
pears; also used your Dry Arsenate 
of Lead together with Dry Lime 
Sulfur as a combination Summer 
Spray and got the best results I 
have ever gotten since growing 
fruits. I made my first exhibit of 
apples, peaches and pears in one 
of the drug store window* at 
Dover, Delaware, and the fruit 
was highly complimented.” 
(Signed) W. E. Maloney & Son, 
Wyoming, Del. 
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