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THE  MAILBAG 
Thawing  an  Underground  Pipe 
I  have  a  100-ft.  water  pipe  between 
the  barn  and  the  house.  It  is  frozen,  and 
I  know  of  no  way  by  which  to  melt  it. 
Is  there  any  way  by  which  I  can  melt  it 
without  poisoning  the  water  which  the 
eattle  drink?  V.  L. 
New  York. 
We  have  had  this  trouble  several  times, 
and  have  tried  everything  we  could  think 
of  in  an  effort  to  thaw  out  the  pipes. 
We  have  never  been  able  to  find 
any  chemical  that  will  do  it  effectively. 
Some  of  the  plumbers  are  able  to  attach 
an  electric  device  which  quickly  heats 
the  pipe  to  a  high  degree  of  heat,  so  that 
the  ice  within  it  melts.  On  several  occa¬ 
sions  we  have  dug  two  or  three  holes 
along  the  line  of  the  pipe  and  started 
fires  inside  them.  If  these  fires  are  kept 
up  long  enough  the  pipe  can  be  heated  so 
that  the  ice  will  melt  and  run  out.  It  is 
a  long  job,  however,  and  a  disagreeable 
one,  but  we  have  not  found  any  better 
way  of  thawing  out  an  underground  pipe 
in  Winter. 
Daddy-long-legs  Takes  to  Eating  Fruit 
Some  time  ago  an  article  in  The  R. 
N.-Y.  spoke  of  the  commonly  known 
“granddaddy-long-legs,  where  are  your 
cows”  variety  of  insects,  and  seemed  to 
be  at  a  loss  to  explain  what  they  lived  on. 
This  usually  peaceful  and  unobtrusive 
fellow  destroyed  more  peaches  for  us  last 
Summer  than  did  yellow-jackets  and  flies. 
They  took  nips  the  size  of  a  wheat  grain 
out  of  the  peaches  a  few  days  before 
ripening,  and  we  lost  several  bushels  be¬ 
fore  finding  the  cause ;  but  on  close  ob¬ 
servance  we  found  them  in  the  act  of  bit¬ 
ing  peaches.  Not.  only  once,  but  several 
times,  we  saw  them,  so  I  can  affirm  this 
beyond  doubt.  They  seemed  especially 
fond  of  Carman,  but  did  little  damage  to 
others,  and  perhaps  this  was  an  exception, 
as  the  year  was  dry.  and  they  may  have 
been  after  water.  To  me  it  wras  a  sur¬ 
prise  that  this  long-legged  fellow  would 
do  this.  Have  other  fruit  growers  re¬ 
ported  about  this?  I  would  not  wish  to 
start  a  campaign  of  destruction  against 
the  “granddadd.v.”  This  year  was  his 
first  offense.  We  destroyed  all  we  found 
in  orchards ;  other  places  we  do  not. 
E.  J.  D. 
New  Madison,  O. 
The  observations  of  E.  J.  D.  are  very 
interesting,  and,  so  far  as  I  know,  are 
the  first  to  show  that  daddy-long-legs  is 
really  injurious  to  fruit.  As  I  stated  in 
a  former  article  in  The  R.  N.-Y.,  some 
observers  sav  that  these  animals  feed  on 
the  juices  of  fruits  and  vegetables,  while 
some  say  they  sometimes  eat  living  in¬ 
sects.  and  others  that  they  live  upon  the 
bodies  of  dead  insects.  It  may  be  that 
daddy-long-legs  is  formin’g  new  habits  and 
r.ew  tastes  in  the  foods  he  eats,  and  that 
he  may  become  something  of  a  nuisance. 
He  will  evidently  bear  watching. 
GLEN  W.  HERRICK:. 
■  Disposing  of  Quack  and  Dock 
I  bought  a  piece  of  land  that  was  full 
of  quack,  dock  and  milkweeds.  Last  Sum¬ 
mer  I  cleaned  out  the  quack  and  dock 
and  cut  off  the  milkweed  with  a  hoe 
four  or  five  times  a  week  all  Summer. 
That  treatment  seemed  to  kill  out  most 
of  them,  but  will  they  all  “come  back” 
next  Spring?  Is  there  any  way  of  killing 
out  milkweed?  The  plants  are  very  thick 
in  some  meadows  around  here.  Perhaps 
some  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  familv  can  help 
me  out.  a.  L.  h. 
Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Dog  and  ’Possum  Meat 
I  note  on  page  1465  of  December  16 
issue  item  on  “Dogs  and  Opossums.”  I 
give  herewith  my  experience  with  same. 
A  few  years  ago  we  killed  a  very  large 
opossum,  weighing  nearly  22  lbs.  After 
skinning  and  cleaning  it  we  cooked  it 
tender,  in  fact,  until  it  fell  off  the  -r  • 
The  meat  was  then  cooked  up  »  corn 
meal  and  made  into  a  mush  for  the  dogs. 
This  mush  or  “scrapple”  was  given  to 
them  with  milk,  but  no  amount  of  coax¬ 
ing  or  starving  could  induce  them  to  eat 
even  a  little.  I  have  known  of  many 
similar  experiences,  and  I  think  Mr, 
Slemmer  is  right  in  what  he  says  relative 
to  dogs  eating  opossum  meat. 
New  Jersey.  L.  v.  compton. 
Dam  for  Ice  Pond 
Commercial  Fertilizers 
Also  Raw  Materials^ 
Carload  or  less  Carload  lots 
NITRATE  OF  SODA  TANKAGE 
SULPHATE  OF  AMMONIA  BONE  MEAL 
ACID  PHOSPHATE  MURIATE  OF  POTASH 
BLOOD  SULPHATE  OF  POTASH  g 
N.  J.  FERTILIZER  &  CHEMICAL  CO.  I 
Factory  :  Croxton,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Office:  40  Rector  Street,  New  York 
.1  ■■■ .  * 
Will  you  ask  the  readers  of  Tiie  R. 
N.-Y.  their  ideas  on  building  a  dam  for 
a  small  ice  pond?  I  have  had  my 
troubles  gathering  iee  on  a  large  pond, 
and  have  decided  to  dam  a  place  up  on  a 
small  brook,  where  I  can  turn  the  brook 
in  or  out  of  it.  I  have  been  advised  to 
lay  a  wall,  then  face  the  inside  with  con¬ 
crete.  L.  G.  B. 
Philipsport,  N.  Y. 
The  deposits  in  savings  institutions 
last  year  exceeded  those  oi  the  year  before 
by  &L500, 000.000. 
The  early  truck  brings  the  top  prices.  The 
use  of  1000  pounds  of  complete  fertilizer  to  the 
acre  will  frequently  add  as  much  as  $100  an  acre 
to  the  value  of  the  crop,  because  it  will  not  only 
increase  the  yield  per  acre,  but  will  hasten  the 
maturity  of  the  crop,  and  bring  it  on  the  market 
earlier  than  otherwise.  There  are  two  things  to 
remember:  first,  pin  your  faith  to  a  reliable  old 
brand  like  Royster’s;  and  second,  use  a  complete 
fertilizer  in  large  enough  quantities  per  acre  to  in¬ 
sure  worthwhile  results. 
For  helpful  information  about  fertilizer,  write 
freely  to  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
ROYSTER 
Safer  than  a  horse  cultiva¬ 
tor,  faster  than  the  old  hand  hoe, 
Planet  Jr.  No.  12  double-wheel  hoe 
gives  you  the  ideal  combination  of 
clean  yet  speedy  hand  cultivation.  It 
is  the  riding  cultivator  principle  ap¬ 
plied  to  a  wheel  hoe — cultivating  both 
sides  of  the  row  at  once,  running 
close  to  snake  out  persistent  weeds, 
always  under  the  operator’s  control. 
It  clears  plants  up  to  20  inches  high, 
and  cultivates  equally  well  between 
the  rows.  Large  market  growers 
use  No.  12  in  batteries.  Every  farm 
which  grows  truck  for  sale  or  for  the 
home  table  will  find  it  profitable  in 
time  saved,  in  better  results,  and 
good  for  years  of  useful  service.  It’s 
a  Planet  Jr.  implement— that’s  why. 
Write  for  complete  catalog  of  Planet  Jr. 
seeders  and  cultivators — hand,  horse  and 
tractor. 
S.  L.  ALLEN  &  CO.,  Inc. 
Dept.  38 
5th  Sc  Glenwood  Are.  Philadelphia 
LIME  im  LAND 
SOLVAY  brings  better,  greater  crops 
the  first  harvest.  SOLVAY  makes 
sour  soil  sweet  and  releases  all  fertility 
the  land  contains  to  hasten  growing 
crops  to  full  maturity. 
Most  farm  lands  need  lime,  and  none 
is  better  than  Solvay  Pulverized  Lime¬ 
stone  high  test,  non-caustic,  furnace 
dried,  and  ground  fine  to  spread  easily. 
Every  farmer  should  read  the 
Solvay  Booklet  on  Liming 
—  sent  FREE  on  request. 
THE  SOLVAY  PROCESS  CO.,  Syracaie.N.Y. 
SPECIAL  SPRING  PRICES 
ON 
Lehigh  Hydrated  Lime 
ROBERT  A.  REICHARD,  Inc.  -  YsT  Allentown,  Pa. 
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