The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1233 
“Saws 25 Cords 
In 6 Hours” 
That’s what Ed. Davis, an Iowa wood 
eawyer says he did with a WITTE 6 H-P. Saw- 
Rig. Another claims 40 loads of pole wood m 
8 hours and 20 minutes with a 6 H-P. Hundreds 
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(Was $305) 
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Carload fat. to Pbtr. 
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.oj. Oakland Ave. 1891 Empire Bldg. 
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Peach Borers at Work 
I have two peach trees which bore fruit 
for the first time this year, and every one 
was a prize, large and firm. But I no¬ 
ticed some time ago around the lower 
trunk a jolly formation which I removed, 
and put ashes around the tree, but I see 
it has again formed, and it is just full of 
worms. What can I do? j. P., JR. 
New York. 
Every year at this time we have dozens 
of questions from people who do not know 
the work of the peach borer. They find 
jelly or gum on the trunk close to the 
ground, and become alarmed about their 
trees. When this gum. upon examina- . 
tion. is found to be filled with little chips 
or sawdust, you may be sure that peach 
borers are at work. The eggs from which 
this insect hatches are laid on the trunk 
of the tree during the Summer, usually 
in late .Tune or July. They are deposited 
on the lower part of the trunk, and when 
the borers hatch they proceed to work 
down toward the root. As they grow 
their work increases, and they bore or dig 
down under the bark during the Fall or 
early Winter. One or two of them, work¬ 
ing in this way, will not cause great dam¬ 
age. but they are sometimes so numerous 
as to kill the trees. When the leaves 
turn light in color and curl, while the 
wood seems to be healthy, we may be 
quite sure that borers are killing it. The 
gum and chips at the base of the trunk 
are sure indications that the pest is work¬ 
ing. The surest way to get rid of this 
nuisance is to dig out the borers. Hoe the 
soil away from the bottom of the trunk, 
scrape off the gum and you will find the 
opening through which the borer has dug 
his way. With the small sharp blade of 
a knife cut down through this hole. Do 
not cut across the trunk, but follow the 
passage down. The borer will be found 
at the bottom of the hole, and is easily 
identified. Dig him out and kill him. 
That is the surest way of ending the 
trouble. We have dug more than 25 
borers from a single tree, and when there 
are a dozen or more the tree is in danger 
of destruction. Many other plans are 
suggested for killing this insect. Boiling 
hot water, poured around the lower trunk 
of the tree, will destroy most of them if 
the gum is first scraped away. One year 
we used boiling hot lye for this purpose. 
It did not injure the trees, nor did it kill 
all the borers, and the trouble was to keep 
the solution hot in handling a large or¬ 
chard. During the last few years experi¬ 
ments have been made with a new chem¬ 
ical known as “paradichloradbenzine.” 
This is scattered in a circle around the 
tree a few inches out, and covered with 
soil. It produces a gas which works 
through the soil and is said to destroy 
the borer. Most of the reports regarding 
the use of this chemical are favorable, 
but the surest remedy we have ever 
known is the above plan of digging the 
insect out. It is a necessary part of 
peach growing to clean the trees of the 
borers. Witth us this insect is more to 
be dreaded than the scale. 
Home-grown Alfalfa Seed 
We would like information in regard 
to using second cutting Alfalfa for seed 
in Northern Ohio. At what stage of ma¬ 
turity should it be cut to secure the most 
seed, care and curing of same; also how 
best to thrash with clover huller or grain 
thrasher? We wish to use this seed for 
our own seeding, and are not particular 
as to color. c. S. f. 
Gibsonburg, O. 
We have never had any experience in 
ripening Alfalfa for seed production. We 
are inclined to believe that you would be 
disappointed in the results that you 
might obtain in case you are located in a 
district where the production of Alfalfa 
seed is not a regularly established enter¬ 
prise. The growing of Alfalfa seed is rec¬ 
ognized to be a specialized line of en¬ 
deavor, and certain sections of the West, 
n eft ably. Utah. Nebraska and Kansas, 
have established a reputation for the pro¬ 
duction of the highest grade of Alfalfa 
seed. If you are determined to utilize 
your second-cut Alfalfa for seed purposes 
it would be to your advantage to get in 
touch with the Department of Agronomy 
of the Kansas Experiment Station, Man¬ 
hattan, for they can give you information 
that would be both timely and practical. 
It is important that Alfalfa seed be 
grown in districts where the plant grows 
vigorously and matures under natural 
conditions and. at the nresent cost of 
seeding Alfalfa, one cannot take any 
chances in using home-grown seed that 
might not be adapted to local conditions. 
At Last— 
A Distinctive Strip-shingle 
The Ruberoid Strip-shingle is unrivaled in its dis¬ 
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its patented form, does what no other shingle has 
ever done. It gives you maximum quality—that 
is, true Ruberoid quality—at minimum cost. 
Consider what this means. For nearly half a cen¬ 
tury Ruberoid has set the standard by which 
roofing products have been judged. Now this 
quality is found in a strip-shingle the price of which 
is within the reach of any one. 
This shingle offers another advantage to the farmer. 
It has a most distinctive design and one which may 
he varied in many ways. You can lay it in red or 
green entire, or combine these colors in many har¬ 
monious patterns to which the slate surfacing lends 
itself admirably. The color of the evenly crushed 
slate is permanent and the slate itself is deeply 
imbedded in the surface coating and stays there. 
Ruberoid Strip-shingles are easy to apply. You can 
lay them yourself. They are self-spacing. No chalk 
lines are necessary. Only five nails to a strip, but 
each strip actually secured by nine nails due to the 
tabs on the upper edge. 
Look for the Ruberoid man trade-mark; it identi¬ 
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■FORMERLY THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY, 
95 Madison Avenue, New York 
Chicago Boston 
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These Young Trees Are Protected 
They are safe from the attack 
of small animals that gnaw and 
kill. Don’t expose your young 
trees to danger this winter. 
Excelsior Wire Mesh Tree 
Guards placed around them 
will make them safe. Durable, 
galvanized to prevent rusting 
and low in cost. 
Write tor booklet R for detailed 
information. 
Wickwire Spencer Steel Corporation 
Worcester, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y. 
Apples in Baker Boxes bring better prices 
than in barrels. New, clean boxes, eastern 
or western style—no breakage. Your 
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today for low prices. You 
pay no middlemen’s profits. 
BAKER BOX COMPANY 
64 Faster Si., Wercaster, Mass. 
Every crib 
chockfull 
Every bin running over—the Solvay-limed farm 
is known by its bumper crops. Pure, soluble 
Solvay lime is ground fine and feeds easily 
through drill or sower; sweetens the soil to 
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501 Milton Avenue 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
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