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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  3,  1923 
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Abington  . 
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.60 
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4.00 
.60 
Campbells  Early  , . . 
4.00 
.65 
Chesapeake  . 
10,00 
1.10 
Dunlap  . 
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4.00 
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Ekey  . 
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4.00 
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4,00 
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4.00 
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4.00 
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5.00 
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3.50 
.60 
Lupton  . 
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5.00 
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4.00 
.60 
Premier  . 
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5.00 
.65 
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4,00 
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Warfield  (Imp.).... 
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4.00 
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Wm.  Belt  . 
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4.00 
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8,00 
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THE  MAILBAG 
Preparing  a  Compost  Heap 
I  ask  your  advice  in  regard  to  a  com¬ 
post  pile,  which  consists  of  chicken  ma¬ 
nure,  dirt,  garbage,  sod  and  vegetation, 
which  has  lain  since  November  1.  What 
can  I  add  to  it  to  make  it  available  for 
my  garden  ?  F.  F. 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
Most  composts  of  this  soli,  are  quite 
strong  in  nitrogen,  but  they  need  phos¬ 
phorus  and  potash  in  order  to  make  a 
full  garden  fertilizer.  We  should  dig  the 
compost  over  and  scatter  lime  through  it, 
then  bind  it  into  a  pile  once  more.  A 
week  or  so  before  using  it  we  should  fork 
it  over  once  more  and  scatter  acid  phos¬ 
phate  and  muriate  of  potash  all  through 
it.  We  cannot  tell  you  how  much  to  use, 
as  we  do  not  know  how  large  the  pile  is, 
but  a  mixture  of  three  parts  acid  phos¬ 
phate  to  one  of  potash  and  about  50  lbs. 
of  the  mixture  to  a  ton.  of  the  compost 
would  be  about  right. 
Suckering  Sweet  Corn 
I  would  like  information  as  to  the  suck¬ 
ering  of  sweet  corn.  Should  the  suckers 
of  Early  Bantam  or  any  other  variety  of 
sweet  corn  be  removed?  If  so,  to  what 
extent?  E.  K.  C. 
Grafton,  W.  Va. 
Most  practical  gardeners  seem  to  think 
it  pays  to  pull  off  the  suckers  just  before 
the  ear  begins  to  form.  The  theory  is 
that  this  ripping  off  of  these  blades  forces 
the  ear  into  a  quicker  and  stronger 
growth.  While  that  result  does  not  fol¬ 
low  in  prunning  a  tree,  the  practical  men 
believe  it  pays.  At  some  of  the  experiment 
stations  careful  experiments  have  been 
made  by  suckering  one-half  of  a  field  and 
leaving  the  suckers  in  the  other  half.  In 
every  case,  we  believe,  the  stalks  where 
the  suckers  were  not  pulled  grew  the  best 
ears. 
Mulch  for  Strawberries 
Have  much  trouble  about  dirt  and  sand 
on  ripe  strawberries  when  not  protected 
by  straw  or  something  similar.  Pleas* 
advise  if  sawdust  could  be  used  without 
injury  to  either  land  or  plants.  There 
is  not  to  exceed  10  or  12  per  cent  of  eon- 
ilfera  or  wood  containing  turpene  products, 
the  balance  being  oak,  poplar,  maple, 
etc.  Expense  is  not  an  item,  unless  it 
should  he  too  expensive  to  apply,  as  the 
sawdust  is  at  hand  and  can  be  had  for 
the  hauling.  B.  A.  J. 
The  chief  trouble  with  sawdust  is  that 
it  packs  down  too  closely  over  the  plants 
and  will  often  smother  them.  The  straw¬ 
berry  plant  must  have  air  through  the 
Winter.  It  does  not  need  protection  from 
the  cold,  hut  the  object  of  the  mulch  is 
to  prevent  alternate  freeze  and  thaw  of 
the  soil.  If  this  is  not  prevented  the 
plant  will  be  lifted  cut  and  weakened  or 
killed.  If  you  can  put  on  the  sawdust 
so  as  to  cover  the  soil  around  the  plant, 
but  not  the  plant  itself,  the  plan  will 
work. 
Transplanting  Old  Raspberries 
I  have  an  old  raspberry  patch  that  has 
been  in  use  several  years,  and  wish  to 
dig  it  out  and  plow  up  the  ground  this 
Spring.  I  have  some  good  healthy  plants 
of  Cumberland  which  I  would  like  to  set 
out  in  another  place ;  can  get  three  or 
four  old  plants  from  each  clump  Would 
it  pay  to  separate  these  clumps  and  trans¬ 
plant  them?  I  understand  about  starting 
new  plants  by  tipping,  but  want  to  know 
if  it  would  be  practical  to  divide  the  old 
plants  and  reset  them.  G.  E.  D. 
West  Lafayette,  O. 
I  sometimes  have  used  blackcap  rasp¬ 
berry  plants  that  were  one  year  old,  with 
fairly  satisfactory  results ;  in  other  words, 
plants  that  have  sprung  from  the  rooted 
tips  left  in  the  ground  of  the  parent  plan¬ 
tation,  after  such  plants  have  made  one 
season’s  growth.  However,  I  doubt  the 
practicability  of  trying  to  make  use  of 
large  plants  from  an  old  plantation.  Very 
few  fine  fibrous  roots  could  be  retained 
on  these  old  plants,  especially  after  they 
has  been  divided  as  the  inquirer  suggests. 
It  surely  would  be  much  more  satisfac¬ 
tory  to  secure  newly  rooted  tips,  if  it  be 
possible  to  purchase  them  from  a  nursery¬ 
man  or  small  fruit  growers  whose  rasp¬ 
berry  plantation  is  free  from  disease. 
There  are  few  such  plantings  in  the  Cen¬ 
tral  West.  F.  H.  BALLOU. 
Ohio  Experiment  Station. 
Gathering  Sweet  Corn 
Quite  a  long  time  ago  you  mentioned 
the  fact  that  gathering  sweet  corn  was 
quite  a  laborious  task.  We  think  we 
lighten  this  somewhat  by  making  a  nar¬ 
row  sled  of  2x4’s,  put  a  box  on  it  and 
use  a  horse,  and  take  in  anywhere  from 
50  to  100  dozen  to  a  shady  place  where 
we  comb  and  sack  it.  With  two  pickers 
and  a  trusty  horse  we  take  six  rows  at 
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100 
1,000 
5,000 
Amanda  (Per) . 
$0.90 
$6.00 
$28.75 
Bubach  (Imp) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Big  Joe  (Per) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.76 
Big  Late  (Per) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Chesapeake  (Per) . 
.90 
6.00 
28.75 
Dr.  Burrell  (Per) . 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Ford  (Per) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Gandy  (Per)  . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Gibson  (Per)  . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Horsey  (Per)  . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Klondyke  (Per)  . 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Kellog’s  Prize  (Imp) . . . 
.80 
5.00 
23,75 
Lupton  (Per)  . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Missionary  (Per) . 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Nie  Ohmer  (Per) . 
.80 
6.00 
23.75 
Premier  (Per)  . 
.80 
6.00 
23.75 
Howard  17  (Per) . 
.80 
6.00 
23.75 
Sen.  Dunlap  (Per) . 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Wm.  Belt  (Per) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Progressive  (Ever-B’ing) 
1.60 
10.00 
47.60 
Minnesota  1017  (E.  B.j. 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
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