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Nurseries Box I 60 
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Laying Out Orchard 
For economy of time anti labor I think 
that my method of setting out an orchard 
is better than any yet described in The 
R. N.-Y. 
About 15 years ago, wanting to set out 
a 10-acre orchard, my neighbor got me 
to mark it out for him. By using two 
poles at each end to line up to, having a 
good steady team, and a good eye, I was 
able to plow furrows for each row, and 
then to plow the cross furrows in the 
same way, so that a rifle bullet could 
have been shot over the full length of any 
furrow in the field. 
Where the furrows crossed made a good 
start or hole for trees, and any slight 
variation the men made in setting the 
trees, cannot be seen at the present time. 
J. R. W.- 
Squash Borer 
After a long experience growing Boston 
marrow squash I found that the only way 
I could avoid it was by late planting. In 
our section, where we seldom have severe 
frost before October 1. I plant in well- 
prepared soil from July 1 to 5, and sel¬ 
dom have much trouble. I usually grow 
fine crops. The soil should be got in 
good condition sometime before planting 
as they must start at once. Hubbard and 
some other later varieties have to be 
planted at least two weeks sooner and 
then the borer is hard to control. There 
are often several in one vine; it helps to 
cover the vine near the roots well with 
soil. 1 This must, be done as soon as vine 
starts to run. ciias. black. 
Mercer Co., N. J. 
Some Potato Vines 
In the Fall of 1922 a friend was telling 
me about his little crop of old-fashioned 
Peach Blow potatoes. I said I would 
like to see what it looks like. lie brought 
two, about the size of ordinary duck eggs. 
I planted on Decoratioim Day, May 30, 
192-3 ; made eight pieces. One plant to each 
piece came up. June being a very dry 
month, when they were about 6 in. high 
I used a hoe to open a trench about (i in. 
deep, poured in 12 buckets of water, then 
pulled the dirt back. When about 12 in. 
high, I opened a similar trench on the 
other side, about IS in. from the row 
of potatoes and treated as before. They 
bloomed in early July, but did not make 
any seed balls. August and September 
there was an abundance of rain, when 
they bloomed again, and were loaded with 
seed balls, which did not mature. The 
vines trailed over the ground like toma¬ 
toes. I supposed there was too much 
vines and would be no potatoes, of any 
consequence. I dug them on October 25, 
after a killing frost. Vines were still 
green, when frost got them. Now for 
results. The vines measured from 0 ft. 
to 7 ft. 7 in. fom tip to the ground. 
There were only 7 hills to harvest. One 
hill was entirely eaten up by moles or 
mice. There was a heaping */£> bu. of 
potatoes; four of the largest weighed 
i 1 ^ lbs., and 30 of the largest made the 
measure mo-re than level full. The other 
10, of merchantnlfle size, made good 
measure; about oue quart of marble size. 
The potatoes were planted 1 ft. apart in 
the row. Once during the season I 
picked off a few bugs. w. w. w. 
Mount Sterling, Ky. 
Insects Injuring Oats 
Last Spring I had trouble with wire- 
worms eating off the tops of my oats after 
they were up about 1 in. I replanted 
some, but it was the same over. If I 
mixed salt in the fertilizer would that 
cheek the trouble? If so, how much salt 
would you use? We have had this 
trouble for four years. r. h. 
Amsterdam, N. Y. 
It is doubtful if the oats of R. II. were 
injured by wireworms. Wireworms do 
not eat off the tops of plants. They live 
beneath the surface and eat off the roots 
of a plant, and the portion of the stem 
underground. One can only guess at 
the insect causing the trouble. It may 
have been due to cutworms, or to what 
are known as sod webworms. Any one of 
these three insects is liable to injure corn, 
wheat, or oats when these grains are 
planted or sown on freshly plowed sod- 
land. Where injury is prevalent by 
these insects it would he advisable to put 
some crop like buckwheat on the land for 
the first crop, or to plow the sodland in 
the early Fall and keep it free from 
weeds and all plant growth by frequent 
disking until Winter weather begins. In 
this way the insects may be starved out, 
and the land freed from them ready for 
planting the next Spring. 
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