Acid Phosphate with Manure 
I saw a statement in The H. N.-Y. that 
acid phosphate added to manure at the 
ratio of 40 lbs. will make the manure 50 
per cent more effective. "Does that mean 
40 lbs. per ton of manure? Could the 
acid phosphate be allied to the manure 
after being spread on the field? If so, 
at what time, and about what quantity 
P‘‘r acre should be applied? I am pur¬ 
chasing gome manure from the city near 
by. and am hauling directly to the field 
and spreading it from the wagon. 
Indiana. E. g. m. 
The statement was quoted from Dr. 
C. E. Thorne of the Ohio Experiment 
Station. It means 40 lbs. of acid phos¬ 
phate scattered through a ton of manure. 
This phosphate not only provides phos¬ 
phorus, but has some effect in holding 
the ammonia in the manure. If it were 
not convenient to use the phosphate di¬ 
rectly with the manure, we should spread 
the manure in the usual way and plow it 
under. Then drill in the acid phosphate 
at the rate of 40 lbs. for each ton f 
manure. 
Side-hill Plows 
I learned some time ago that in the 
State of Maine potato growers use plows 
that shift from left to right and vice 
versa, so as to start at. one end of the 
field and continue without having dead 
or back furrows. Are such plows prac¬ 
tical in Ohio? h. a. b. 
All through the hilly sections of the 
Eastern States these “side-hill”’ plows are 
used more or less. They are very useful 
for work on a hillside. The moldboard 
is reversible. You plow along the hill¬ 
side in the usual way, then turn and kick 
out a clutch on the side of the plow. 
This; turns the moldboard completely over 
from the right to the left-hand side of the 
plow. Thus the first furrow is turned 
to the right, while you come back in the 
furrow throwing the next one to the left, 
and so reverse as you plow back and 
forth. There areino dead furrows and all 
are turned downhill. These plows have 
a heavier draft than the ordinary plow, 
owing to the peculiar shape of the mold- 
board. They do a better job on hillsides, 
but are rarely used on level land. 
A Report on Bridge-grafting 
Some time ago you asked for reports on 
the results of bridge-grafting girdled fruit 
trees last Spring. I bridge-grafted 91 
apple trees with 27S grafts, of which 241 
lived, a percentage of 86; five pear trees 
with 11 grafts, of which four lived, or 
36 per cent; one quince with four grafts, 
of which all lived, 100 per cent; two 
plums with seven grafts, of which five 
lived. 70 per cent, and two peaches with 
seven grafts, of which two lived. 26 per 
cent. 
These trees were up to 10 in. in diam¬ 
eter. The larger trees had up to six 
grafts. Where most of the grafts took 
well the trees had normal foliage and 
growth, and mostly bore full crops of nor¬ 
mal fruit. The McIntosh fetched ,$2.75 a 
bushel in local market; other apples $2 a * 1 
bushel. Where no grafts were put in, or 
none took, or very poorly, the foliage was 
yellowish and the fruit about half size. 
A completely girdled King David and a 
Gilliflower each bore full crops of such 
fruit w r hich was, however, sound, of high 
color and good flavor. All the larger 
girdled trees, whether bridged or not. ap¬ 
pear to be filled with fruit buds for next 
year. 
Almost all my trees were completely 
girdled except those that had been pro¬ 
tected j;wo years before with red sheath¬ 
ing paper. Apparently this gave perfect 
protection where the paper had remained . 
intact. 
In bridge-grafting I cut the scions from 
the trees as used, scarf them at each end 
on one side only, inlay them into the bark 
at the upper and lower edges of the 
wound, tack each end with a brad and 
paint them with melted paraffin. On large 
trees with straight trunks a very neat 
graft can be made by splitting a large 
scion from end to end and using each half 
as a graft. The split surface fits closely 
to the trunk and the whole is painted 
over with the melted wax or paraffin. In 
some instances I bent down slender 
branches that grew out above the girdl¬ 
ing. and grafted them in below the girdl¬ 
ing. 
It will be interesting to watch the 
future course of these trees. I am trying 
to give them all efficient protection this 
Winter against the mice. 
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