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Dahlias Fail to Bloom 
Can you tell why my Dahlias do not 
blossom ? I have given them everything 
to make them bud and blossom; where is 
the trouble? I have changed roots, but 
that does not seem to make any differ¬ 
ence. My ground is rather heavy, but I 
have used ashes to lighten it. s. E. L. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
The fact that the soil where S. E. L. is 
trying to flower Dahlias is heavy may be 
the cause of the failure to bloom. Another 
cause may be too much nitrogenous fer¬ 
tilizer, which has a tendency to over-de- 
velop the leafy portion of the plant. They 
do not take kindly to a shaded, cramped 
position. If the soil is very heavy add 
plenty of coarse, though not fresh, manure, 
which will lighten it up considerably, then 
get the proper degree of fertility by add¬ 
ing phosphate. Dahlias arc grown in New 
Jersey and Maryland by the hundreds of 
acres, in soil that is largely sand. This 
soil requires well-rotted manure or plenty 
of some other form of humus to retain 
water during prolonged drought. If the 
ends of the shoots where the flowers 
should form throw out a rosette of short 
shoots it is likely that the tarnished plant 
bug is the cause of the trouble. Spraying 
with kerosene emulsion or nicotine may 
help, though I doubt it very much. We 
have tried many methods to control this 
pest and have found none that was effica¬ 
cious. E. J. w. 
Tobacco as Fertilizer 
I can buy tobacco dust, said to be free 
from foreign substance, for $1.25 per 100 
lbs. Hauling will cost 35c per 100, or 
$1.60 delivered. Would you consider this 
a bargain? I can also get tobacco stems 
f. o. b. for $18 per ton, which I thought 
would be useful for mulching. I do not 
know what the freight would be, but not 
much. Would you advise buying them at 
that price? * Would an overdose of the 
dust on the land be harmful? Would fine 
ground bone and tobacco dust make a 
good combination? C. E. W. 
Grosse lie, Mich. 
Tobacco stems at $18 per ton would be 
of more value than tobacco dust at $25 
per ton when simply considered for fer¬ 
tilizing value, as there is no more and 
there will very likely be much less real 
fertilizer in the dust than in the stems. 
We use both dust and stems rather ex¬ 
tensively, but never use the dust purely 
for a fertilizer. This is used only as an 
insecticide for aphis. We find that all 
dust that does not cost us over $25 per 
ton is composed largely of the fine sand 
and soil that adheres to the tobacco in 
harvesting, and is dislodged in the strip¬ 
ping operation. This dust is heavy, and 
has only a small proportion of the bulk 
that fine crushed stems will have. At the 
present price of fertilizing elements, espe¬ 
cially potash, it will pay to use these 
stems for this purpose at the price you 
mention. If they come from a factory 
where some of the elements have been ex¬ 
tracted it may pay to try to find out just 
how much potash they will analyze before 
purchasing them. Tobacco stems and raw 
ground bone will make an excellent com¬ 
plete fertilizer if quick action is not de¬ 
sired. You will have the three essential 
elements in a form that will become avail¬ 
able slowly, instead of rapidly, as would 
be the case with nitrate of soda, acid 
phosphate and muriate of potash. The 
stems we use are cut into short pieces and 
are very convenient to handle in that 
manner. E. J. w. 
Snowshoe Rabbit in New York State 
I am advised that certain individuals 
intend to turn loose 42 pairs of snowshoe 
rabbits in this town. Will you advise what 
effect such rabbits will have on farming 
and fruit-growing interests? We already 
have a large rabbit, which is said to be 
the jack rabbit. These appear to have 
been turned loose also. In the AN estern 
country these are looked upon as a nuis¬ 
ance. IRVING O. CROSS. 
Rensselaer Co., N. Y r . 
If this is the true snowshoe rabbit, but 
known to the department as the varying 
hare, the property-owners need not worry 
regarding the damage that they will do, as 
they only live in swamps and densely 
wooded districts, and even if liberated in 
the open country where there are great 
orchards and berry bushes, or other agri¬ 
cultural products, the rabbits would at 
once strike back to the mountainous ter¬ 
ritory where the cover is more dense. 1 
am speaking now of the true snowshoe 
rabbit or varying hare, only found in the 
Adirondack Mountains or swamps. 
LLEWELLYN LEGGE, 
New York Conservation Commission. 
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