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Wood Ashes with Hen Manure 
I use my wood ashes on the droppings 
hoard under my henroost. In this way 
the manure is much easier to handle at 
planting time. I think the mixture is 
about half hen manure and ashes. What 
chemical should be added to make it a 
complete fertilizer for garden use? 
Simsbury, Conn. A. o. 
No doubt the wood ashes make the hen 
manure easier to handle, but you ire 
losing half the value by making this com¬ 
bination. Wood ashes contain lime, and 
this sets the ammonia free. TT.se sifted 
coal ashes with the manure, and use the 
wood ashes in tin- garden separately. 
Acid phosphate is the chemical you need 
to put with the hen manure. Use 3 lbs. 
acid phosphate to 10 Ihs. of dry manure. 
Controlling Cutworms 
Is there any remedy for the soft, greasy 
cutworm (Agrotis telifera) beside the 
poison bran? That does not. prove to be 
of much benefit this season. F. c. c. 
Bridgton. Me. 
I know of no better method of getting 
at the cutworm referred to than by the 
use of poison bait. I am inclined to 
think that if F. C. C. substitutes shorts 
for bran he will have a little better suc¬ 
cess. I would suggest the following for¬ 
mula : 
Shorts .50 lbs. 
Paris green or white arsenic.. . 1 lb. 
Molasses. 1 gal. 
Water.1% gals. 
This material should be put out after 
supper, so that it will be present in a 
fresh condition during the night. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Russian Mulberry Hedge 
My neighbor has a very beautiful hedge 
which he tells me is mulberry. Tie keeps 
it cut square at a height of about 4 ft. 
Can the Russian mulberry be used for a 
hedge, kept cut in this way? Will it 
make a thick, dense hedge? V. c. T. 
Glen Ellyn. Til. 
The Russian mulberry, a variety of the 
white mulberry. Morns alba, is useful for 
low wind-breaks and for sheared hedges. 
Tts great virtues are hardiness and re¬ 
sistance to drought and neglect. Russian 
mulberries have become popular for such 
uses in the West, and such a hedge should 
do well in your section, as there is little 
risk of any of the bushes dying out. Care¬ 
ful trimming is needed to maintain sym¬ 
metry. _ 
Garlic Culture 
What is the best method of harvesting, 
curing and handling garlic to obtain the 
best results? E. T. F. 
San Gabriel. Cal. 
Garlic grows readily on any soil suit¬ 
able for onions. Many gardeners here¬ 
abouts in New York State grow fine 
specimens on muck soil in rows next to 
onions, giving the two crops identical 
care. The garlic is propagated from 
“sets’ or “cloves.” which are the separ¬ 
able parts into which a bull) can be di¬ 
vided. These cloves are planted in early 
Spring in rows a foot apart, leaving four 
to six inches between the plants in the 
row. The crop matures in August and 
is harvested like the onion. The bulb:* 
are cured in the sun for a few days, and 
then are braided into chains, in which 
form they are sold. In the South the 
cloves are planted in the Fall, and this 
gives an early start in the following 
Spring. If the soil is too rich the tops 
should be broken over to prevent too much 
top growth and to make the bulbs better. 
The crop is sold mostly to foreigners. 
T. II. T. 
Saving Dandelion Seed 
I have an abundance of dandelion* 
which we did not gather for market, and 
wish to gather seeds for use. Will you 
advise me as to the best method for 
gathering them? o. s. 
Fitchburg. Mass. 
A number of market gardeners in New 
England who grow dandelions save their 
own se 1. They do this principally in 
order to improve their strains, but it 
involves considerable work. Every fair 
morning the bed must be gone over and 
the seed heads picked. Care must b« 
taken to select seed from only the best 
plants, as wild plants usually become 
mixed with the others. After the seed ha* 
been gathered the heads are rubbed with 
the hands in order to remove as much 
as possible of the fuzzy covering. Then 
the seed is soaked in water, which causes 
the down which is left to rise to the 
surface, when it can be skimmed or floated 
ofl\ After that the seed is spread on 
paper or boards to dry. The seed loses 
its vitality quickly, and should be sown 
either the same year it is harvested or th* 
year following, but. no later. ®. I. r. 
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