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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 24, 1020 
One Trial 
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But it’s worth saying that Grape- 
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the grains, is ready to eat, requires 
no sugar and there’s no waste. 
Grape-Nuts is a Builder 
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the best grown in 
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all the best standard varieties 
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MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO 
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General Farm Topics 
Uses for Pomace 
I have seen a lot of different opinions 
as to the use of apple pomace to Ret some 
money value out of it. Have any read¬ 
ers ever tried using a silo to store the 
pomace in. as made, wetting down and 
letting stand, and drawing off contents 
later as vinegar stock? I have a custom 
mill, and have a lot of pomace which goes 
to waste. Some say it is good feed for 
cattle, but- cannot get the people here to 
try it. I would like some good sugges¬ 
tions on t his matter. E. R. 
Shortsville, N. Y. 
This query brings up a question that 
is deserving of attention. The storage 
of apple pomace in a silo for the purpose 
of salvaging more vinegar stock is prac¬ 
tical. It should be thoroughly moistened 
to prevent heating, aud the process vine¬ 
gar obtained after this method is market¬ 
able. It cannot, however, be labeled 
“pure cidar vinegar,” but label must des¬ 
ignate test, as “3 per cent," “S 1 /^ pci’ 
cent,” etc. 
There need be but little fear of spoilage 
of the pomace iu the silo. It will can 
over like a jar of fruit and remain in a 
sealed condition indefinitely. E. R.’s ex¬ 
perience in failing to interest cattle own¬ 
ers in the pomace as a desirable feed is 
quite in common with that of other oper¬ 
ators. It reminds me of the day of early 
butchers and market men, when liver was 
given away. We took it almost with 
suspicion. Pomace does make fair cattle 
feed. Minus the cider content, there is 
not the stomach fermentation as when a 
cow gorges on a bushel of apples. Iu our 
section the pomace is often dumped in one 
corner of a pasture lot and the cattle al¬ 
lowed to eat thereof whenever they de¬ 
sire. I have many times heard it de¬ 
clared the equal of silage. 
The trouble with pomace is rather the 
prejudice of people who mistakenly be¬ 
lieve it to be a worthless waste, giving 
up all its value with the pressing of the 
juice. Practically no pectiu, the constit¬ 
uent of fruit juices causing them to jell, 
passes into the cider with the pressing. 
The commercial jelly makers not many 
years ago found that apple pomace ex¬ 
ceeded the dried cores and skins in its 
yield of pectin, and through these re¬ 
searches of their chemists pomace at once 
assumed a commercial value. 
As the pomace would undergo no chem¬ 
ical change when properly handled in the 
silo which would nullify its pectin con¬ 
tent and value, it could, if desired, be 
dehydrated after its second application 
to the vinegar process aud sold for its 
pectin value. Whether there would be 
profit in thus dehydrating after use in the 
silo would depend on the pomace market, 
[ which is given to wide fluctuations. 
Many cider and vinegar men dry the 
pomace direct from the first pressing and 
sell on quantity order to the large jelly- 
makers. The ideal system for drying 
pomace is one using low drying tempera¬ 
tures, not over 150 degrees Fahr. Some 
dryers will carry a temperature as high 
as 300 degrees Fahr., or enough to break 
down the cells and destroy some of the 
true constituents of the pomace. Em¬ 
ploying low .lemperaturres, the pomace 
is dehydrated in rotating drums of cyl¬ 
indrical shape covered with layers of 
bronze wire cloth. At one end of the 
housing a hot-air furnace supplies the 
drying current and at the other end a 
suction fan withdraws the moisture-laden 
air. carrying off the moisture at a much 
lower temperature than where a hot blast 
alone is depended on to do the work. The 
drying drums rotate by a worm drive 
gearing, and within each drum a pomace 
picker breaks up the mass of pomace. 
When both drums and fan are in action 
the suction holds the pomace against the 
wall of t'he rotating cylinder. Thus the 
air is drawn through the pomace, not 
over or around. The pomace from one 
bushel of apples will make about five 
pounds of dehydrated product. This has 
been known to be worth as high as four 
or five cents per pound for jellymaking. 
A. II. PUI.VEK. 
Grafting Cherries and Plums 
Most readers may believe, just as 1 
have many times' heard aud formerly be¬ 
lieved, that to insure success cherries and 
plums must be grafted earlier in the sea¬ 
son than is necessary with apples aud 
pears. No doubt early grafting is prefer¬ 
able, and my limited experience indicates, 
when the buds are just as far advanced 
as is allowable with apple or pears, fail¬ 
ure is nearly certain. I believe such 
grafting should be done before the buds 
have started, which is the generally 
accepted belief, but I have found there 
is a second season considerably later 
when such grafting may be done. 
William Crouch, now nearly a nona¬ 
genarian, living in this county, showed 
me, several years ago, a large Black Tar¬ 
tarian cherry tree, which he assured me 
he grafted when iu full bloom, cutting 
the grafts from a blooming tree and 
immediately setting them in another, lie 
spoke of it as one of his experiments. 
The stock was a wild tree that had 
probably grown from some sweet cherry 
pit dropped by a bird. It had been top- 
worked on six branches, aud every scion 
had made a good growth, and it had ao 
perfect a top as I over caw. 
I have twice since both cleft aud whip- 
grafted plums and cherries just as the 
blossoms began to open, and nearly every 
scion grew. There was much sap both 
in scions and stocks and new growth on 
scions, sot in a cloudy day, showed no 
sign of wilting. It is my guess that to 
do successful grafting when growth is so 
far advanced the scions must bo set as 
sood as cut from the parent tree, or at 
least not allowed to wilt. It should be 
remembered that as severe cutting back 
or pruning as some other trees will en¬ 
dure may possibly kill cherries. E. A. P. 
Horseheads, N. Y. 
Pollenizing Burbank Plum 
On page 683 is a question by E. G. S. 
in regard to the cause of failure to fruit 
of Burbank plums. This failure, I be¬ 
lieve. is due to lack of cross-pollination, 
rather than to the other causes men¬ 
tioned. The University of California re¬ 
ports the Burbank plum to be absolutely 
self-sterile, but easily cross-fertilized by 
other Japanese varieties. I would sug¬ 
gest that E. G. S. place branches of other 
varieties in pails of water near these trees 
during blooming time. H. S. LOOP. 
Pennsylvania. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 24, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Mistakes of Farmers Who Come East. .811, 812 
Michigan Farmers’ Candidate for Governor— 
Part II. 812 
Fertilizers from Horse Meat. 812 
Sorghum in New Jersey. 813 
Hope Farm Notes.828, 829 
Notes on “Mixed” Seed Corn. 829 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Further Discussion of Milk-selling Plans.. 831 
Lackawanna County, Pa., Dairymen’s Im¬ 
provement Association. 831 
Largo English Black Hog. 838 
Figuring a Ration. 838 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 838 
Temperature for Churning.839 
Beginning with Purebred Cows.840 
Oats and Peas in Silo... 840 
Outlook for Dairy Business. °40 
Pasture and Barn Notes. 846 
Traumatic Pericarditis . °47 
Mammitis . °47 
Catarrh . 8 i' 
Feeding Young Pigs. 853 
Various Dairy Questions...... 853 
Feeding Freshening Cows. 
Guernsey Club Meeting. 
THE HENYARD 
Chicks that Count—Part II. 
Babying the Baby Chick. 
A Good Little Coop. 
Depluming Mite . 
Egg-laying Contest . 
Early Laying Turkey. 
815 
841 
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848 
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850 
HORTICULTURE 
One Tree Pays Farm Taxes.... 
Grafting Cherries and Plums.... 
Pollenizing of Burbank Plums... 
Notes fom a Maryl .ni Garden.. 
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. 815 
WOMAN AND HOME 
An April Dav. 
.. 818 
Boys and Girls.834, 835 
Notes from tlio Montana Schoolroom.. 83o 
Pastoral Parson and His Country Folks.... 
Boys and Girls.834, 835 
The Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman.... j»3) 
Hot Lunches and Hot Talk. 8. > 
The Home Dressmaker 
837 
Good Food for the Taking. 82 ‘ 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Snow Roller for Winter Road Breaking.... 
Uses for Pomace. 
Immigration from Europe. 
Living With the Old Folks.. 
From Country School... 
Bald Heads and Insanity. 
Events of the Week. 
Use of Marsh Hay. 
Dun'mating Blue Prints..• 
C^nving Pad... 
V r -terfiroofing Canvas.... 
•'New Skin Grower”..,. 
Paste for Wallnaper; Disinfectant.. 
Pasteurized Cider . 
Wax for Sealing Cans. 
Tomato Vinegar.. 
Phosphate Baking Powder.... 
Removing Varnish; Cleaning Marble. 
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