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‘P* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Poultry and Codling Worms 
One of our readers makes a strong 
argument in favor of keeping poultry 
in the apple orchard. Among other 
things she says the hens destroy all the 
codling worms and moths and thus save 
all spraying. This is a new one to us. 
We never heard this argument advanced 
before. Years ago. before spraying be¬ 
came general, we were advised to keep 
sheep and hogs in the orchards. In fact, 
such practice was really the only way of 
fighting the leaf-eating insects. The 
theory was that the sheep and hogs de¬ 
stroyed the wormy apples and thus kept 
down the supply of worms. The claim 
that liens destroy the worms is a new 
(me. and we asked Dr. J. T. Iieadlee. of 
Xew Jersey about it. He says: 
1 think it is always well to give the 
correspondent the benefit of the doubt 
and analyze very carefully the possibility 
that lie may be right in his conclusions. 
(if course, as you know the codling moth 
lame, throughout the late Fall. Winter 
ami Spring, are in the corky bark, on the 
trunk and large limbs of the tree. I sup¬ 
pose if the trees were very small the 
chickens might succeed in reaching al¬ 
most every part or. if the ordinary bird 
destruction were very high, practically 
all the codling moths above the Winter 
snow might be destroyed and the work 
of the chickens limited to the base of the 
trunk. How a chicken would know where 
the larvae lay in the bark is pretty diffi¬ 
cult to see and I have no evidence what¬ 
ever that would lead me to believe that 
a chicken is able to locate larvae thus 
protected. 
Possibly your correspondent has the 
idea that they eat up all the wormy apples 
and thus kill off the worms. The only 
difficulty with that proposition is that a 
large portion of the worms escape from 
the apples before they fall to the ground, 
and thus make their way down the corky 
bark of the trunk and larger limbs with¬ 
out interference from the birds, which 
may consume almost all wormy apples 
a^ thev fall. 
To sum the matter up. as I see it. I may 
say that unless there obtains in the or¬ 
chard some most unusual conditions I 
have no confidence in the proposition j 
that the chickens cleaned up the codling 1 
moth. Furthermore, parasitic aud pre¬ 
dacious enemies may have done the job 
coiucidently with the years that the 
chickens were in the orchard. 
THOMAS J. IIEADI.EE. 
Cherries for New Jersey; Plums Fail to 
Fruit 
I wish to put out a few plum trees and 
two sweet cherries for home use. 'What 
kind would be the best to put out? Our 
land is light. We put out two plum trees 
six years ago. One has not yet had a 
blossom, and the other is full every 
Spring, hut the plums drop off as soon 
as the blossom dies. Could you tell me 
the trouble? I. C. 
Pedricktown. N. J. 
Cherry trees are more likely to live : f 
planted in the Fall rather than in the 
Spring. Good varieties of sweet cherries 
for Southern New Jersey are Black Tar¬ 
tarian and Yellow Spanish, while Early 
liiehmoud^nnd Montmorency are good va¬ 
rieties of sour cherries. 
Plums are more or less uncertain in 
crop production in Southern New Jersey. 
The blooms often fail to set fruit because 
of unfavorable weather at blooming time, 
aud the crop is also likely to be injured 
bv brown rot later in the Summer, unless 
they are thoroughly Summer-sprayed. I 
note that some of your plum trees have 
bloomed each Spring, but have failed to 
set fruit. This is undoubtedly a case -of 
lack of pollination, and some varieties of 
plums are. known to be self-sterile, or will 
not set fruit unless cross-pollinated by an¬ 
other variety. Some varieties of Euro¬ 
pean plums grow vigorously and fail to 
set any plums until the trees get quite 
mature. If you desire to plant a few 
plains for home use. I would suggest that 
you try some varieties such as Green Gage 
or Lombard. These will reequire thor- ' 
ougli Summer-spraying after they come 
into bearing to prevent damage by curcu- 
lio and brown rot. ,\r. a. klake. 
Pollinating Burbank Plum 
1 would like to give my experience in 
regard to inquiry about Burbank plums 
not setting fruit. I set out a dozen or 
so of Burbauks at the same time I set 
about the same number of the native 
varieties, or such as Lombard prune, etc. 
1 he Burbanks blossomed two or three 
years before the others did. but never 
set a fruit. But ns soon as the other 
varieties began to blossom the Burbanks 
bore very heavily and have since borne 
several heavy crops, regardless of fer¬ 
tilizer. etc. I have heard of this same 
experience from others, so tin* Burbank 
imist need others for pollinating. 
New York. f. w. lessek. 
1 here, ma’am.” said the dentist lay¬ 
ing down his forceps; “that was your last 
li- And you won't regret their loss 
"lien you know they’ll never pain vou 
any more.’ "I hope so, doctor.” signed 
• lie patient. “I’ve suffered so much with 
B'etli I think it would have been a 
jerry u Id been born without any.”— 
New lork Globe. 
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The use of Timken Tapered Roller 
Bearings at pointsof hard seevicein the 
great majority of leading tractors — 
and in power driven farm machinery— 
is proof of leadership established on 
the tapered principle of design, qual¬ 
ity of manufacture, performance, and 
service to the automotive industry. 
Do You Know- 
that the problem of bearings in a tractor is just as im¬ 
portant as that of the motor, fuel, cooling system 
or any of the rest of the points so commonly dis¬ 
cussed by builders, dealers, and users? 
that some of the oldest concerns in the tractor industry 
were the first to realize the need of a bearing that 
would resist thrust load, or radial load, and all 
combinations of the two? 
that the adjustable feature, the tapered design and high 
quality materials of Timken Tapered Roller Bear¬ 
ings are even more important in the tractor than 
in the passenger car because of the tractor’s harder 
service? 
that the leading tractors are now using Timken Bearings 
at from two to fifteen points of hard service, and 
that both the number of users and the average 
number of points of application show a steady 
increase? 
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Plants at Canton, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio 
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n't 
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I* the straw stiff enough to stand? 
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Is the clover or grass stand in it good? 
If not, think over the matter of using a 
fertilizer that will help you. 
Is there any Rust or Smut in your wheat? 
For five years wheat fertilizers have con¬ 
tained no Potash. 
Enough German Potash has now come 
forward, so that those who wish can buy 
wheat fertilizers with 4 to 6per cent of 
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he get it for you when the fertilizer salesman makes his first call. 
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