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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 19, 1921 
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Sudan Grass 
I am interested in Sudan grass; I have 
seen it praised by the Government and 
the seed bourses. I planted a sample I got 
a year or so ago, but it did not amount 
to much. Does the seed or land need any 
inoculation or special treatment? 
Ballston Spa, N. Y. w. P. M. 
Sudan grass, with ns in Northern New 
Jersey, makes a heavier growth than mil¬ 
let, which is the best comparison we can 
make regarding it. It requires good soil 
and does best, with us, when grown in 
drills about -Vs ft. apart and well culti¬ 
vated. like corn. Handled in this way, 
it gives a large amount of good feed. The 
seed of this grass does not need inocula¬ 
tion. That is given to the seeds of the 
pod-bearing plants, like clover, Alfalfa, 
peas and beans. The seed of the Sudan 
grass would not respond to this inocula¬ 
tion. as the bacteria which work on the 
roots of the pod-bearing plants do not 
work on this grass. 
the habits and life history of the house¬ 
fly. and has written at length concerning 
it on several different occasions, and has 
said some things which he wishes he could 
take back. That, however, is a common 
experience of people that talk much. 
It is interesting to note that on Jan¬ 
uary 30, the day before the foregoing in¬ 
quiry came to me, I caught a house-fly 
in my house and made the following note: 
“Took a house-fly in my study today. It 
was lively and appeared normal in every 
way.” My eject in catching the fly and 
in making this u’ote was to obtain evi¬ 
dence on the question whether or not a 
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I was much interested in the article on 
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have a detrimental effect on the potatoes 
by producing scab? What rotation is 
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The use of ground limestone on the 
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I have a quantity of potatoes that have 
acquired the sweetish taste not uncom¬ 
monly met with in stored Irish potatoes. 
Is tliis sweetish taste caused by a low 
temperature? What effect does this 
change have upon the keeping quality? 
What effect, if any, does it have upon the 
nutritive value? w. s. K. 
Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
We know that potatoes slightly frosted 
are apt to turn dark upon exposure to 
the air or on cooking, and have a sweetish 
taste. These changes are no doubt ex¬ 
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Maggot of House-fly. Fig. Ill 
house-fly can live through a New York 
Winter in ordinary dwelling-houses, for 
this point, is not yet positively settled. 
The latest investigations regarding the 
manner in which house-flies pass the 
Winter may be briefly summed up as 
follows: First, in the latitude of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.. and farther south, at least, 
it has been shown that the house-fly may 
pass the Winter out of doors in or under 
large manure heaps as a maggot (Fig. 
117) and a pupa (Fig. 118) ; and, sec¬ 
ond. that in warm bakeries, restaurants 
and stables it may lay eggs and produce 
new individuals all Winter if food for 
Pupa of House-fly. Fig. 118 
the maggots is present. Farther than 
this we cannot now with absolute surety 
go. Some investigators think that the 
full-grown flies can and do live through 
the Winter in a dormant condition, hidden 
away in cracks and crevices, much as a 
woodchuck lives in its hole; but there 
seems to be no positive evidence of this. 
The available evidence indicates that 
here in New York all, or nearly all, house¬ 
flies die in the late Autumn and early 
Winter, • and that the insect passes 
through the Winter most commonly as a 
pupa (Fig. 11S) in manure piles, about 
stables. There we shall have to let the 
matter stand until we are able to obtain 
more positive information. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Home-grown Elberta Stock 
Will you advise me whether I can grow 
it healthy root upon which to bud from 
Elberta pits from our home-grown 
peaches? * W. N. E. 
Medina, N. l r . 
We have grown seedlings from a num¬ 
ber of cultivated varieties, and have 
budded and top-worked the trees to the 
standard varieties. At present most of 
the trees seem to have a fair growth, 
though all have beeen injured by borers. 
Theoretically the seedlings would be 
variable, as they are hybrids, and they 
itre not as stocky or hardy as the nursery 
seedlings which are grown from the pits 
secured from the wild trees in the moun¬ 
tainous districts of Georgia. They can be 
used, but are not the best. t. ii. t. 
What Becomes of House-fly in Winter? 
What becomes of house-flies in Winter? 
West Ivortright, N. Y. M. D. o. 
Tt is said that at one time not a single 
specimen of a common house-fly could be 
found in the great British Museum in 
1. on don, where there are specimens of 
insects from all the countries of the 
world. If this were ever true, it was cer¬ 
tainly in the days before we knew the 
house-fly as a criminal, and before its 
picture was hung in the vogue’s gallery 
t.f insects. It is a fine example of our 
neglect of the common every-day things 
when, after all, these are the important 
things in our lives. 
When the house-fly came under sus¬ 
picion as a real menace to mankind, 
scientists began to investigate its habits, 
life history and manner of living in the 
minutest details, and volumes have been 
written on it. The writer has studied 
More About Carpet Moths 
On page 72 I saw an article on buffalo 
and carpet moths, how to get rid of them, 
etc. The only reason I can give why the 
“moth” is called buffalo is that the larva 
looks in shiipe like a buffalo. Take a 
magnifying glass and look at one; you 
will see it is covered with fine hair and 
shaped like a buffalo; high shoulders and 
sloping back. I have had a good deal of 
experience with them, as I followed house¬ 
cleaning for nine years, and may have to 
go at it again, as the plant I was work¬ 
ing in has shut down. M.v experience has 
been that, eternal vigilance is needed, but 
there are some things which will check 
them ; gasoline, pepper, and those spoken 
of in The R. N.-Y. Put newspaper un¬ 
der all carpet* - and rugs; it is a great 
help, as there is something about the ink 
they do not like. I have done a good deal 
of packing of household goods to be stored 
and used black pepper abundantly, and 
never have had any moths of any kind 
get in when they have been stored four or 
five years. This may help someone out, 
but if the house is old. or a double-wall 
brick house, it is almost impossible to get 
rid of them. The best thing I have had is 
to use gasoline frequently around the 
edges of carpets. Be careful about any 
lighted matches or flame in room for a 
while. READER. 
