The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1357 
Killing Honey Locust 
I wish to know how to dispose of 
locust tree roots. I have given these 
roots all the abuse I know of, but they 
are like whiskers—the more you cut them 
the faster they grow. P- D- 
New York. 
The honey locust has a very deep and 
also a very extensive root system. It 
also has an immense amount of vitality, 
and sprouts, or pollards, will spring ui 
immense numbers, not only from the 
roots when wounded, but from the stumps 
as well. Besides this, the dead 1 ’oots will 
remain in the ground for a great many 
years before decaying, while the sharp 
thorns on the branches make them dis¬ 
agreeable things to handle. I am sorry 
to say that there is neither a royal road 
nor a lightning express leading to suc¬ 
cess along the desired lines. But the 
trees may be killed by removing all 
suckers, cutting all root sprouts below 
the surface, girdling the trees completely 
and thoroughly late in June, and allowing 
them to stand until the following season. 
Then the earth is removed from around 
the trunks and they are cut far enough 
below the surface so that the stumps will 
never interfere with the plow. If the 
trees are already freshly cut the stumps j 
may be killed by piling plenty of brush j 
upon them and burning them, care being ! 
taken to see that all sprouts are cut 
several inches below the surface. If the 
stumps are dead they may be removed 
either with a powerful stump-puller, if one 
is available, they may be blown out by 
dynamite, or they may be cut off below 
the surface and the roots pulled out or 
broken off whenever touched by the plow. 
It is just a case of keeping everlastingly 
at it and never allowing green leaves to 
appear, for each green leaf puts its just 
proportion of new life into the sprout. 
C. o. ORMSBEE. 
Training Dewberries 
I had two dozen dewberries sent to me 
last Spring. I planted them in two rows 
5 ft apart; now I find them running all 
over. Would it be best to train them on 
a wire fence now or wait until Spring. 
IIow high should the fence be? A. w. 
Saugatuck, Conn. 
The usual method of training dewber¬ 
ries by the market growers is to tie the 
canes up in the Spring to poles, like 
Lima beans. Allow two or three canes to 
grow and leave them on the ground all 
Winter, as they might get killed if tied 
up in the Fall. As soon as the fruit is 
off cut out the canes to the ground, and 
train the young canes in along the 
rows so that- clean cultivation may pro¬ 
ceed. But never let too many grow, and 
keep out suckers in Summer. Do not al¬ 
low the tips to root unless you want more 
plants. Dewberries will root at tips like 
raspberries, but I find that root cuttings 
make better plants. w. F. massey. 
To Florida by Automobile 
Wife and I, her brother and wife, are 
planning ft trip to Florida this ^ all. \>e 
expect to go by way of Washington, D. 
C„ and figure on making the trip in an 
automobile. I would like to see pub¬ 
lished in The R. N.-Y. the story of some¬ 
one who has made the trip that way. e 
plan to start about the first of November. 
Is that too early or late? We plan on 
doing part of our own cooking on the 
road. What kind of a stove do we need? 
We expect to stay at hotels at night. We 
would like to have the story of how the 
other fellow did. I think that ill in¬ 
terest a good many R. N.-Y. readers. 
Ohio. 
We shall be obliged to turn this over 
to readers who have made the trip. No 
doubt some of our folks have traveled that 
way, and can tell us how they got on. 
Another Remedy for Poison Ivy 
I read all the advice given on poison 
ivy, but really have not met one person 
who has tried my inexpensive remedy. I 
used to take ivy poisoning, even if the 
wind would blow in my direction when 
passing it, and certainly would swell up 
beyond recognition, and did not kuow 
what to do with myself. Lead water, 
and everything else, would not relieve me. 
but someone told me to take a sweat and 
that worked wonders. T take a bed sheet, 
wet it thoroughly with cold water, un¬ 
dress, wrap myself in same and then have 
blankets wrapped over a wet sheet; cover 
face and all. and sweat for a couple of 
hours. It certainly is a mean dose, but in 
two hours I was ready for a shave. J. P. 
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