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N O AMOUNT of fertilizer will grow 
a satisfactory crop if it does not 
contain sufficient nitrogen to balance it. 
Nitrogen, being the most costly of 
the fertilizer elements, is the one most 
grudgingly used and often is of the 
poorest grade because of its price. 
Your mixed fertilizers should contain 
4% to 7% ammonia in available form. 
They seldom do contain that much 
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IT PAYS TO USE 
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200 pounds to 300 pounds per acre for cultivated crops 
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scarcely a hen whose comb shows that it 
has ever been touched by frost. But in 
his cockerel house he drops a thin curtain 
down in front of the roosts on very severe 
nights. « GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
Blister Rust; Barren Apple 
Tree 
1. While traveling through the Adiron- 
dacks we came across some signs, “Blis¬ 
ter rust, i/4 of a mile ahead.” Is it some¬ 
thing dangerous, or poisonous, to keep 
away from? 2. On our ground in the 
Berkshires we have an old apple tree 
which has blossomed for many years, but 
never had any signs of fruit. Tree is a 
very vigorous grower and very healthy in 
every respect. There are other trees near 
by. What can be done to make it bear 
fruit? c. F. D. 
Hinsdale, Mass. 
1. Blister rust is most certainly dan¬ 
gerous, and though it does not attack the 
human family directly, it attacks them 
in a roundabout way by laying waste 
vast acreages of white pine—the most 
famous tree friend of America. It is not 
poisonous and is absolutely harmless to 
animal life. The white pine blister rust 
is one of the most interesting as well as 
one of the most destructive tree diseases. 
It spends part of its life on the currant 
or gooseberry, and the. remainder on the 
white pine; it cannot complete its life 
history on one alone. Consequently, if 
either the white pines or the currants and 
gooseberries are removed the disease is 
checked. In theh Adirondack Mountains, 
where timber is of most concern, the nat¬ 
ural process is to cut out the currants 
and gooseberries and leave the timber. 
This is being done by Federal and State 
workers in a thorough and systematic 
way. Where the currants and gooseber¬ 
ries are domesticated the owner is reim¬ 
bursed for his loss. In areas of fruit 
production, however, they then become 
the item of most consideration, and they 
are left untouched in preference to any 
few white pines which may be growing 
in the locality. 
2. If the tree blossoms every year and 
yet fails to set fruit it may be that the 
trees near it do not bloom or bloom either 
so much earlier or so much later that they 
do not provide adequate cross-pollination. 
After satisfying yourself on this point you 
will do well to observe whether or not the 
tree is really as vigorous as you think it 
to be. When trees bloom profusely it is 
usually because they are under-supplied 
with nitrogen. Trees in sod frequently 
bloom heavily and then do not set much 
fruit. An application of from 4 to 8 lbs. 
of nitrate of soda, made just as the tips 
of the buds are showing green, will help 
to hold any fruit on the tree that is prop¬ 
erly pollinated and fertilized. On light 
soils such as are apt to be found in the 
Berkshires nitrogen is very commonly de¬ 
ficient. H. B. T. 
Diner : “Waiter, what kind of meat 
is this?” (Waiter: “Spring lamb, sir.” 
“I thought so! I've been chewing on one 
of the springs for an hour!”—London 
Answers. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, DEC. 6, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Lime with Manure . 1505 
Reducing Bones for Fertilizer. 1505 
Acid Phosphate and Hen Manure. 1505 
Hope Farm Notes . 1506 
Expert Educators and Farmers. 1509 
The Potato Brought to Trial. 1509 
For and Against the Farm Bureau. 1509 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
A Prize Jersey and Her Owner. 1497 
One Item of the Tuberculin Law. 1498 
Let Us Face the Milk Situation. 1509 
Meaning of Thoroughbred* .. 1512 
Wool Stocks .1512, 1513 
Does Dishorning Affect Breeding. 1514 
Cement Floor in Cow Stable. 1514 
Goats Defending Sheep . 1514 
Itching Skin of Cow. 1515 
Warts. 1515 
Roaring Horse . 1515 
The Milk Committee of Fifteen . 1516 
Dysentery, Service of Bull. 1516 
THE HENYARD 
Economic Comparisons of Poultry. 1498 
Description of a Chicken House.1499, 1500 
Cottonseed Meal for Poultry. 1518 
Mites or Ticks. 1518 
Mill Shavings for Litter.1518, 1519 
Light or Dark Yolks; Alfalfa for Greens.. 1519 
New York Egg-laying Contest. 1519 
Chickenpox . 1520 
Manson’s Eye Worms in Fowls. 1520 
Feeding in Lighted House... 1520 
HORTICULTURE 
Gum Flow of Cherries; Transplanting Seed¬ 
ling Peaches . 1498 
Cut Cornstalks for Strawberry Mulch. 1504 
Treatment of Cucumber Seed. 1504 
Digging Dahlias Early. 1504 
Stringy Celery . 1504 
Greenhouse Attached to Residence. 1505 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Christmas Song . 1510 
A Pioneer Christmas in Nebraska. 1510 
Sweets for Christmas Boxes.1510, 1511 
The Rural Patterns . 1510 
Letters of An Indiana Farmer... 1511 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Destruction of Rats with Calcium Cyanide. 1498 
Radio and Airship in Law... 1498 
Tree and Lightning Stroke. 1499 
Countrywide Situation . 1503 
Radio Suggestions . 1504 
Legal Questions .-. 1504 
Permission to Hunt Skunks. 1507 
Sodium Cyanide for Woodchucks. 1507 
Calcium Cyanide for Moles. 1507 
Swallows Infested with Maggots. 1507 
Editorials . 1508 
Publisher’s Desk . 1522 
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