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l'lease  advise  your  readers  not  to  use 
metal,  and  handle  the  stuff  with  care.  I 
have  seen  a  number  of  men  blown  sky- 
high  and  you  can’t  make  the  warning  too 
strong.^  In  closing  just  let  me  add  that 
if  J.  C.  B.  can  get  a  crowbar  under  the 
stone  and  place  the  powder,  then  chink 
in  all  the  way  around  it  with  good  wet 
mud,  he  will  get  better  results  from  his 
dynamite.  If  he  cannot  get  under  it  he 
can  place  the  dynamite  on  top  the  stone, 
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has  never  handled  it,  it  would  be  better 
to  get  a  licensed  powder  man  if  possible. 
When  we  did  not  need  a  whole  stick  of 
dynamite  we  used  our  wooden  punch  to 
tear  up  the  paper  wrapper,  then  broke 
the  stick  in  our  hands  as  you  would 
break  a  stick  of  candy,  orrin  babcock. 
New  York. 
Skunks;  Non-bearing  Apple  Trees 
I.  I  have  quite  a  number  of  chickens 
and  I  find  that  the  skunks  take  three 
and  four  a  day.  What  is  the  most  ef¬ 
fective  way  to  destroy  them?  2.  I  have 
48  Baldwin  apple  trees  which  I  trim, 
spray,  and  put  straw  around  each  year. 
Last  year  there  was  very  little  fruit, 
mostly  on  one  side  of  the  tree.  This  year 
there  are  only  three  out  of  the  48  bear¬ 
ing  fruit  and  those  do  not  bear  as  many 
as  they  should.  3.  I  have  12  apple  trees 
of  some  other  varieties  which  I  take  care 
of  as  outlined  for  the  Baldwins  and  each 
year  they  fail  to  blossom.  l.  m. 
1.  Our  friends  and  neighbors  think  that 
the  best  way  to  get  rid  of  skunks  is  to 
trap  them.  We  have  never  had  much 1 
trouble  in  getting  some  enterprising 
young  chap  to  trap  them  for  their  skins. 
2.  Baldwin  apple  is  a  late  bearer  and 
this  characteristic  must  be  borne  in  mind, 
as  well  as  the  possibility  of  frost  injury 
to  blossoms.  Examine  the  trees  and  see 
how  much  growth  they  are  making.  If 
they  are  making  a  short  growth,  say  two 
to  six  inches,  they  doubtless  need  some 
nitrogen  fertilizer  to  give  them  greater 
vigor  and  producing  ability.  It  lias  been 
shown  also  that  an  application  of  a  ni¬ 
trogen-carrying  fertilizer  made  just  as 
the  trees  start,  their  growth  in  the  Spring 
will  often  increase  the  set  of  fruit.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  your  trees  are  making 
a  rank,  long  growth,  they  are  vegetative 
and  are  producing  wood  at  the  expense  of 
fruit  buds.  In  that  event,  provided  you 
think  that  the  trees  are  old  enough  to  be 
bearing,  try  planting  some  grain  crop 
between  the  rows  or  let  the  orchard  go 
into  sod  for  a  year.  This  may  throw  the 
trees  into  bearing. 
3.  The  same  suggestions  that  apply  to 
the  Baldwin  trees  will  apply  to  the  trees 
that  fail  to  bloom.  h.  b.  t. 
Frost  Protection  for  Dahlias 
In  the  September  issue  of  the  Flower- 
Grower,  Charlton  Burgess  Bolles  .states 
that  the  current  issue  of  the  valuable 
bulletin  of  the  American  Dahlia  Society 
suggests  fire  pots  to  ward  off  early  frosts, 
similar  to  those  tised  in  orange  and 
lemon  groves. 
“In  many  localities  the  first  frost  is 
not  followed  by  another  for  a  fortnight. 
Sometimes  frost  visits  the  field  two  suc¬ 
cessive  evenings,  and  then  not  again  for 
15  days.  I  have  had  that  happen  to  my 
large  fields,  and  extra  sturdy,  less  frost- 
sensitive  plants  have  rallied,  and  started 
blooming  again.  In  Skagway,  Alaska, 
where  Dahlias  flourish  exceptionally  well, 
but  where  frosts  are  early  and  often, 
though  followed  by  warm,  fine  days,  cloth 
is  put  over  the  plants  and  a  lighted  lan¬ 
tern  placed  beneath.  Sheets,  tablecloths, 
burlap  or  hay  covers  will  answer.  The 
edges  should  be  weighted  or  fastened  with 
bricks  or  stakes.  I  alw7ays  prolong  the 
life  of  my  Chrysanthemum  blooms  in  this 
manner,  but  do  not  find  a  lighted  lantern 
needful.  I  carefully  support  the  covers 
so  that  they  do  not  touch  the  blooms,  else 
the  blossoms  rhat  do  touch  the  cloth  will 
be  frosted. 
“A  smudge  will  ward  off  frost.  Weeds, 
garden  stubble  and  refuse,  long  grass, 
spoiled  hay,  half-rotted  chips  make  a 
lasting,  smoldering  fire.  Locate  so  that 
the  drifting  smoke  will  not  be  a  nuisance 
to  neighbors  in  their  sleeping  rooms.  A 
flow  of  dense  smoke  across  the  garden 
will  effectually  prevent  frost  damage. 
Keep  the  smudge  going  till  the  tempera¬ 
ture  rises  after  sunrise. 
“A  simpler  frost  protection,  and  a 
very  effective  one,  is  to  use  the  hose, 
setting  the  nozzle  so  that  the  finest  pos¬ 
sible  mist  falls  upon  the  plants.  With  a 
plot  of  costly,  modern  Dahlias,  it  would 
pay  to  set  up  a  few  pipes  with  very  mi¬ 
nute  holes  15  in.  apart.  Such  an  ar¬ 
rangement  would  be  valuable  for  Sum¬ 
mer  irrigation,  and  prevent  frost.  Where 
fine  blooms  are  selling  wrell  a  season  or 
two  of  lengthened  flowering  will  pay  for 
the  irrigation  equipment  that  will  last  a 
lifetime.” 
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