RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
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General  Farm  Topics 
Leaving  Alfalfa  Uncut 
At  the  present  time  my  lot  is  in  Al¬ 
falfa,  and  is  ready  for  its  second  cutting. 
A  neighbor  takes  the  three  cuttings  for 
his  cow  each  season.  He  gets  it  gratis. 
My  only  object  is  to  keep  down  the 
weeds,  and  the  three  cuttings  do  that.  My 
neighbor  is  sick  just  now  and  is  not 
available.  If  I  let  the  Alfalfa  remain 
uncut  and  fall  to  the  ground,  will  it  come 
up  next  Spring  just  as  if  it  had  been 
cut  the  three  times?  R.  w.  w . 
Pennsylvania. 
Many  of  our  readers  with  acres  of  Al¬ 
falfa  may  smile  at  such  a  question,  but 
it  is  a  sample  of  many  of  like  nature.  The 
next  growth  of  Alfalfa  will  come  up 
though  this  cutting  if  it  is  left  on  the 
ground.  IC  will  ‘decay  and  make  a 
covering  for  the  ground.  Mice  will  work 
in  under  it  and  make  trouble,  and  it  will 
clog  the  mower  knives  for  the  next  cut¬ 
ting,  but  it  will  not  prevent  growth.  4Ve 
heard  of  a  case  last  Spring  where  a 
farmer  failed  to  cut  10  acres  of  Alfalfa. 
He  planned  to  turn  it  over  in  April,  but 
let  it  go  too  long  for  the  heat  from  burn¬ 
ing.  This  thick  mass  of  dry  stuff  would 
hurt  the  young  sprouts.  He  should  have 
burned  it  in  December. 
Corn  Ear-worm;  Trimming  Raspberries; 
Asparagus  Beetles 
1.  'Will  you  tell  me  what  to  do  for 
worms  in  sweet  corn?  2.  When  and  how 
%  should  I  trim  red  raspberries,  and  rec- 
*  ommend  another  kind  to  plant.  3.  Will 
you  also  tell  me  what  to  do  about  aspara¬ 
gus  beetles  which  have  turned  the  tops 
brown  of  our  five  acres  of  young  aspara¬ 
gus?  M.  K.  S. 
Chestertown.  Md. 
1.  The  worm  to  which  you  refer  is 
probably  the  corn  ear-worm.  Since  the 
insect  passes  the  'Winter  in  the  soil,  it  is 
recommended  to  plow  infested  land  deep¬ 
ly  in  the- Fall,  and  to  harrow  so  as  to 
expose  and  break  as  many  of  the  pupal 
cells  as  possible.  Early  planting  reduces 
the  extent  of  damage,  because  the  corn 
will  have  passed  the  silking  stage  before 
the  moths  are  laying  their  eggs.  Again, 
the  young  caterpillars  are  sometimes 
poisoned  with  arsenate  of  lead  while  they 
are  on  the  unfolding  leaves. 
2.  Red  raspberries  are  pruned  in  the 
Fall  or  early  Spring,  cutting  out  the  old 
canes  and  cutting  back  the  new  canes  to 
within  three  feet  of  the  ground.  The 
former  is  better  done  in  the  Fall  and 
the  latter  left  until  the  Spring  of  the 
year.  The  Latham  red  raspberry  is  meet¬ 
ing  with  much  success  and  is  well  worth 
t’-ying. 
3.  The  asparagus  beetle  is  controlled 
by  spraying  with  arsenate  of  lead,  3  lbs. 
to  50  gallons  of  water,  to  which  has  been 
added  3  lbs.  of  resin  soap.  Spraying 
should  begin  as  soon  as  harvest  is  over 
und  repeated  at  intervals  of  10  days  for 
a  spraying  or  two.  H.  n.  T. 
Trouble  With  Sucking  Locust  Trees 
Some  time  ago  I  purchased  a  small 
place  of  18  acres  and  upon  this  place 
were  several  locust  trees.  I  cut  down 
these  trees  and  from  the  roots  there 
sprang  up  a  new  growth  at  a  distance  of 
200  or  300  feet.  The  more  I  cut  the 
more  they  scatter  and  grow.  Their 
growth  is  so  rapid  that  they  threaten  to 
over-run  the  whole  place.  Can  you  sug¬ 
gest  some  means  of  getting  rid  of  these 
root's?  w.  E.  J. 
Angola,  N.  Y. 
We  are  wondering  if  perhaps  these 
“suckers”  are  not  seedlings.  If  they  are 
coming  from  the  roots  of  the  old  trees 
you  will  be  able  to  starve  them  out  in 
time  by  cutting  them  off  as  fast  as  they 
appear.  You  might  try  putting  a  little 
sulphuric  acid  or  carbolic  acid  on  the 
cut  surfaces,  for  the  action  of  these  ma¬ 
terials  will  extend  to  some  distance  be¬ 
yond  the  point  of  application.  Perhaps 
someone  else  has  other  suggestions  to 
make.  h.  b.  t. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN. — Charles  .T. 
Brand,  marketing  specialist  of  the  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture,  who  recently 
studied  the  situation  abroad,  said  Au¬ 
gust  23  the  British  meat  trade  was  con¬ 
vinced  that  Argentina  would  increase  its 
beef  production  in  the  future  until  the 
supply  from  that  country  overshadows 
that  from  any  source.  Australia  and  New 
Zealand,  he  said,  will  be  next  in  impor¬ 
tance  as  sources  of  supply. 
The  Four  County  Grape  Growers’ 
meeting  held  at  the  New  York  Agricul¬ 
tural  Experiment  Grape  Farm  at  Ur- 
bana,  on  Lake  Iveuka,  August  20.  was  at¬ 
tended  by  over  100  growers  and  their 
families.  After  an  inspection  of  the  dif¬ 
ferent  plots  under  experiment  with  com¬ 
mercial  fertilizer  and  disease  control,  a 
lunch  was  eaten  at  Gibson  Point  and  the 
afternoon  meeting  was  opened  by  Prof. 
F.  E.  Gladwin  of  the  experiment  staff  on 
the  general  grape  work  of  the  station,  fol¬ 
lowed  by  questions  from  the  growers. 
Prof.  F.  Z.  Ilartzell,  station  entomologist 
spoke  on  disease  and  leaf  hopper  control. 
W.  8.  Fullager  of  Penn  Yan.  a  director 
of  the  Penn  Yan  Co-operative  Grape  As¬ 
sociation  spoke  of  the  results  of  co-opera¬ 
tion  at  Penn  Yan.  A  meeting  will  be 
held  next  Summer  by  the  growers  of  the 
Finger  Lake  section. 
The  annual  meeting  of  tire  New  York 
State  Farm  Bureau  Federation  will  be 
held  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  on  Novem¬ 
ber  20-24. 
The  Monmouth  County,  N.  .1..  Board 
of  Agriculture  will  hold  its  annual  exhi¬ 
bit  and  meeting  at  the  Beach  Casino,  As- 
bury  Park.  Nov.  24. 
The  Federal  Horticultural  Board  has 
decided  to  put  a  strict  embargo  on  all 
fresh  fruits  and  vegetables  from  foreign 
countries,  except  Canada  and  Mexico 
this  to  go  into  effect  November  1.  This 
quarantine,  No.  56,  is  to  keep  out  the 
Mediterranean  fruit  fly  and  related  pests. 
Special  permits  will  be  issued  for  the  ad¬ 
mittance  of  certain  things  in  individual 
cases. 
The  annual  convention  of  the  Society 
of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists  was  held  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  August  21-24.  C.  C.  Pollworth, 
Milwaukee,  Wis..  was  elected  president, 
and  Roy  F.  Willcox,  Montebello.  Cal.. 
vice  president.  The  next  annual  conven¬ 
tion  will  be  held  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Sept.  10-15. — New  York  State  Fair, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Sept.  17-20.— Vegetable  Growers’  As¬ 
sociation  of  America,  annual  convention, 
Statler  Hotel,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  C.  II.  Niss- 
ler,  secretary,  New  Brunswick.  N.  J. 
Sept.  20-28. — Northern  Nut  Growers’ 
Association,  fourteenth  annual  conven¬ 
tion,  Washington.  D.  C. 
Oct.  5-13. — -National  Dairy  Show  and 
World’s  Dairy  Congress,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  10-12. — International  Farm  Con¬ 
gress  of  America,  seventeenth  annual  ses¬ 
sion,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Nov.  20-21. — 'New  York  State  Farm 
Bureau  Federation,  annual  meeting. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Nov.  20-24. — Annual  farm  exhibit, 
Monmouth  County  Board  of  Agriculture, 
Beach  'Casino,  Asbury  Park,  N.  .T. 
Nov.  24. — Annual  meeting,  Monmouth 
County  Board  of  Agriculture,  Beach 
Casino,  Asbury  Park.  N.  J. 
Nov.  27-Dec.  1. — Poultry  Show.  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C.  Secretary,  D.  Lincoln  Orr, 
Orr’s  Mills,  N.  Y. 
Dec  4-6. — New  Jersey  State  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society,  annual  meeting  and  exhibit. 
Haddon  Hall  Hotel,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  SEPT.  8,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Leaving  Grass  Uncut  .  1143 
Hilling  Corn  and  Strawberries;  Green  Crop 
for  Poultry  Run  .  1143 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . . 1150,  1151 
Shall  Farmers  Limit  Production  .  1153 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
.  I 
September  Milk  Prices  .  1153 
Feeding  Ground  Wheat  .  1158 
Fattening  Old  Cow . 1158 
THE  HENYARD 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 1159 
Leg  Weakness  in  Mallard  Ducks  .  1159 
Loss  of  Ducklings  and  Goslings  .  1161 
Diarrhoea  .  H61 
Cost  of  Raising  Birds  .  1181 
HORTICULTURE 
Fruit  Tree  Bud  Selection  in  California, 
Chicken  Manure  for  Strawberries  .  1143 
Strawberries  and  Florida,  Part  IV  .  1143 
Growing  Brussels  Sprouts  .  1144 
Planting  Sweet  Peas  in  Fall  .  1144 
Notes  from  New  England  .  1148 
Training  Purple  Raspberries;  Curing  Sun¬ 
flower  Seed  .  114V 
Control  of  Apple  Scab;  Black  Rot  on  Grapes  1147 
Eradicating  Cherry  Sprouts  .  1151 
New  Horticultural  Quarantine  .  1153 
Prices  for  Picking  Apples  .  1153 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
• 
Canning  Lima  Beans,  Tomatoes  and  Corn.  1151 
From  Day  to  Day  .  1154 
The  Rural  Patterns  . .  .  .  1154 
Uninvited  Summer  Company  . 1154,  1155 
Tennessee  Notes  .  1155 
Canning  Summer  Squash  . 1155 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Hyposulphite  of  Soda  for  Ivy  Poisoning  .  .  1143 
Chemical  Reaction  in  Bordeaux  Mixture..  1149 
Mending  Porus  Inner  Tubes  .  1149 
Knife  in  Vinegar  Barrel  .  1149 
Sawdust  Floor  Covering  .  1149 
Editorials  . 1152 
The  “Line  Up”  on  the  School  Bill  .  1153 
The  Game  Laws  of  New  Jersey  .  1153 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation  .  1161 
Publisher’s  Desk  .-. . 1162 
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