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It  kills  plant  lice 
—and  it  costs  less  than  two 
cents  a  gallon  to  spray  with 
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Preventing  Trees  from  Bearing 
I  should  like  to  know  what  I  can  use  to 
spray  150  peach,  cherry,  pear  and  apple 
trees  in  order  to  prevent  them  from  bear¬ 
ing  any  fruit.  The  trees  are  six  years 
old.  This  may  sound  queer  to  you.  per¬ 
haps,  but  my  orchard  is  situated  adjoin¬ 
ing  a  country  road,  and  passersby  help 
themselves  to  the  fruit.  They  are  wel¬ 
come  to  the  fruit,  hut  they  climb  up  into 
the  trees  and  break  the  limbs.  Since  we 
;ire  going  to  be  away  this  Summer,  I 
thought  that  perhaps  you  could  tell  me 
how  to  spray  the  trees  so  that  I.  can  pro¬ 
tect  them  from  the  thieves.  MBS.  B. 
Wildwood.  N.  J. 
The  best  thing  that  we  have  ever  heard 
of  to  prevent  peach  trees  from  bearing 
is  a  severe  Winter  or  a  good  late  Spring 
freeze !  However,  that  would  be  rather 
hard  on  the  rest  of  us.  As  for  spraying,  we 
know  of  nothing  that  will  insure  the  loss 
of  the  blossoms  without  also  affecting  the 
leaves  seriously,  although  from  time  to 
time  there  are  scattering  reports  of  in¬ 
jury  by  spraying  with  Bordeaux  or  litne- 
ulphur.  Incredible  as  it  may  seem,  we 
have  sprayed  with  dormant  strength  Scal- 
eeide  when  the  trees  were  in  full  bloom 
without  any  serious  damage,  hut  nine 
times  out  of  10  the  result  will  be  severe 
injury  to  both  flowers  and  leaves.  The 
best  thing  that  we  can  think  of  is  to  pick 
the  crop  shortly  after  it  has  set,  just  as 
you  would  thin  a  tree — only  thin  it  com¬ 
pletely.  •  H.  B.  T. 
Wants  Real  Japanese  Buckwheat 
I  wish  to  find  the  real  Japanese  buck¬ 
wheat.  All  seed  houses  are  selling  a  mix¬ 
ture  and  calling  it  Japanese.  As  I  know 
it,  it  is  a  large,  Ulack  seed.  I  had  some 
once  about  eight  or  10  years  ago;  cannot 
find  any  more.  Saw  some  once  at  a  flour 
mill  in  Bedford  Ceuter,  but  neglected  to 
get  the  name  of  the  man  that  had  it. 
There  is  or  was  another  kind  years  ago 
(about  40)  out  in  Sullivan  County,  called 
Moreno  or  Mareno,  color  yellow,  big 
cropper  for  feeding.  Do  you  know  any¬ 
thing  about  it?  WM.  H.  NICHOLS. 
Connecticut. 
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We  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  West  30th  St.  -  New  York 
Waif  Plaster  on  Land 
‘Some  time  ago  I  had  occasion  to  tear 
out  several  walls  in  the  house,  the  plaster 
of  which  I  spread  on  my  back  lot,  cover¬ 
ing  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre.  Now  my 
neighbors  tell  me  this  will  kill  the  land, 
and  advise  my  gathering  it  again  and 
spreading  on  the  roadway.  It  seems  to 
me  the  lime,  etc.,  in  this  plaster  ought 
to  benefit  the  soil.  c.  f.  s. 
Paradise,  Pa. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  plaster  which 
could  injure  the  soil — and  very  little  that 
could  do  it  any  good.  Plastering  is  usu¬ 
ally  made  of  lime,  sand  and  hair.  In 
some  cases  where  rooms  are  quite  damp, 
very  small  quantities  of  nitrate  of  lime 
are  formed,  but  the  small  amount  of  lime 
is  about  all  there  is  of  value.  Of  course, 
great  chunks  of  plastering  will  be  of  no 
immediate  use.  Big  piles  of  plastering 
plowed  under  before  spreading  might  hurt 
the  texture  of  the  soil,  but  if  well  spread 
out  we  should  plow  the  plastering  under 
and  not  try  to  take  it  off. 
In  the  Hospital;  Suggestions  for  the 
Home 
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owned  by,  or  available  to,  every  family 
in  the  land.  If  I  were  a  country  mer 
chant.  I  should  help  that  modern  mis¬ 
sionary,  the  district  nurse,  and  add  to 
my  popularity  by  having  a  few  sets  of 
these  utensils  to  lend  throughout  the 
!  neighborhood,  with  boiling  as  a  condition 
of  the  loan. 
I  nearly  forgot  to  speak  of  the  pillows. 
Pillows  are  an  institution  at  the  hos¬ 
pital.  At  the  head  they  are  held  for 
those  sitting  up  by  a  support  much  like 
a  high  straight  chair  back  resting  on  the 
mattress  and  against  the  headboard. 
Then  there  is  a  pillow  under  the  shoul¬ 
ders  for  the  very  weary  when  lying  on 
the  side.  Almost  best  of  all  is  a  rather 
small  ordinary  pillow  for  the  knees,  under 
the  knees  or  between  them,  or  as  a  foot¬ 
stool  with  one  knee  up  and  a  foot  on  top 
of  that,  and  other  gymnastics  for  legs 
that  are  not  as  quiet  as  they  were  wont 
to  be.  There  was  for  me  another  pillow 
not  common.  I  believe,  in  hospitals.  An 
extra  pillow  was  placed  on  a  chair  out¬ 
doors  or  in  the  draft  to  get  cold  and  re- 
I  place  the  head  pillow  when  that  became 
Jtoo  warm — a  very  great  comfort  at  times. 
This  is  all.  What,  these  few  things 
make  most  of  the  difference  in  the  care 
of  the  sick  in  the  city  hospital  and  the 
country  home?  Yes,  they  and  their  proper 
exercise.  You  are  amazed?  So  am  I. 
Now  there  are  some  in  the  world  who 
say  of  a  new  idea  presented  them  :  “That 
is  a  good  thing ;  I  will  do  it.”  Others 
there  be  who  say  :  “That  is  a  good  thing ; 
I  will  think  about  it.”  If  you  are  of  the 
latter,  may  I  not  suggest  that  you  cut 
this  out  for  future  reference  And  here’s 
hoping  it  may  be  a  long  time  before  you 
find  need  of  it !  datus  c.  smith. 
“Get  out  o’  here!” 
— That's  what  seed  com,  when  coated  with  Stanley's 
Crow'  Repellent,  says  to  crows  and  pests 
and  how  they  do  GET! 
You  don't  have  to  plant  twice  as 
much  seed,  sort  o’  feeling  that  crows 
will  pull  up  half  of  it.  You  don’t 
have  to  put  up  scare-crowa.  and  then 
keep  a  shot-gun  handy  to  kill  off  the 
crows  that  have  built  nests  right  in 
the  scare-crow’s  coat  pocket.  No, 
sirree;  you  just  buy  a  can  of 
Stanley’s  Crow  Repellent 
then  mix  it  thoroughly  with  the  seed 
corn,  and  plant  it  at  once.  No  waiting 
for  it  to  dry.  And  it  positively  will 
not  clog  the  planter !  Non-poisonous. 
Won’t  injure  the  seed.  Won’t  kill 
birds  or  animals.  BUT, — it  WILL  keep 
them  out  of  your  fields,  absolutely.  It 
WILL  save  you  all  loss  of  time  and 
expense  in  having  to  re-plant.  It 
WILL  let  you  get  3  bushels  of  corn 
where  now  you’ve  been  getting  only 
2.  Because,  no  crows,  moles,  gophers. 
'chucks  or  squirrels  will  touch  any 
seed  corn,  nor  the  young  sprouts,  that 
have  been  coated  with  Stanley’s  Crow 
Repellent.  And  thousands!  of  corn- 
growers  will  gladly  testify  that  it  does 
all  we  claim  for  it.  Large  can,  enough 
for  2  bu.  of  seed  corn  (8  to  10  acres), 
$1.50.  Half  sized  can,  $1.00.  If  your 
hardware,  drug,  or  seed  store  doesn't 
have  it  in  stock  then  order  direct.  Ad¬ 
dress,  Cedar  Hill  Formulae  Co..  Box 
500H,  New  Britain.  Conn. 
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