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Planting  a  Shady  Border 
I  have  a  border  about  4  ft.  wide,  either 
side  5f  a  path,  running  partly  through 
trees  and  partly  not,  the  latter  half  rath¬ 
er  sunny.  Very  sandy  soil.  The  Gaillar- 
dia,  Physostegia  and  a  few  other  peren¬ 
nials  did  not  do  well  this  dry  season  in 
this  sandy  soil.  Have  you  any  sugges¬ 
tions  for  some  evergreens,  varying  >n 
height  from  1  to  3  ft.,  for  this  border?  I 
have  barberry  in  mind  for  the  rear. 
Glen  Head,  N.  Y.  e.  l.  b. 
If  the  soil  is  very  sterile,  and  robbed 
by  trees,  it  will  not  be  easy  to  secure  de¬ 
sirable  results  in  this  border.  The  past 
Summer  has  been  very  hard  on  plants  in 
dry  situations,  and  it  is  not  surprising 
that  your  perennials  failed  to  do  well.  It 
would  be  wise  to  improve  the  soil  by 
mulching  and  top-dressing.  Native  Rho¬ 
dodendrons  would  be  desirable,  but  they 
do  not  like  a  dry,  arid  spot.  Our  native 
Andromeda  floribunda,  with  clusters  of 
waxy  bell-shaped  flowers  and  evergreen 
foliage,  is  a  useful  shrub  for  such  loca¬ 
tions.  The  evergreen  barberry,  Mahonia 
aquifolia,  would  be  desirable,  or  the  Jap¬ 
anese  holly,  Ilex  crenata.  The  native 
yew,  Taxus  Canadensis,  is  a  low  spread¬ 
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carpet  of  neat  foliage,  which  spreads  rap¬ 
idly  ;  it  is  often  used  under  pergolas,  or 
to  cover  bare  spot  in  the  lawn,  under 
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FARM  AND  GARDEN.— Jean  Boyer, 
a  farmer  at  Gap,  Department  of  Hautes- 
Alpes,  France,  received  at  Faris,  Dec.  3 
from  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  a  medal 
for  fidelity  to  French  farm  traditions, 
the  Boyer  family  having  occupied  the 
same  farm  more  than  1,000  years,  ever 
since  an  ancestor  obtained  it  as  a  re¬ 
ward  for  services  rendered  a  colony  of 
monks.  Congratulated  on  the  honor, 
Boyer  said:  “It  is  very  nice,  but  I 
should  rather  have  a  few  sacks  of  fer¬ 
tilizer. 
Ten  lives  were  lost  during  _  the  deer 
hunting  season  of  six  weeks  which  closed 
Nov.  30  in  Maine.  Nine  were  killed  last 
year.  Three  hunters  were  mistaken  for 
deer,  four  lost  their  lives  by  the  acci¬ 
dental  discharge  of  their  own  guns  and 
one  was  accidentally  shot  by  his  com¬ 
panion.  A  woman  was  killed  by  a  stray 
bullet.  One  of  the  victims  was  stricken 
with  heart  trouble  and  died  while  gun¬ 
ning.  * 
Maurice  Lux.  a  13-year-old  boy  from 
Slielbyville,  Ind.,  won  the  title  of  “Corn 
Prince”  of  the  International  Grain  and 
Hay  Show  at  Chicago,  Dee.  1,  when  bis 
10  ears  of  White  Dent  corn  won  over 
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money  given  by  the  Chicago  Board  of 
Trade,  young  Lux  also  annexed  the  Jun¬ 
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Thares,  also  of  Indiana. 
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at  Red  Men’s  Hall.  Schenectady.  N.  Y.. 
Jan.  8-12,  1924.  Entries  close  Dec.  30, 
1923.  In  addition  to  usual  cash  awards 
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given.  Entry  blanks  may  be  secured  by 
addressing  a  postal  to  A.  A.  Van  Wie, 
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CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  DEC.  15,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Sensible  Talk  About  Soy  Beans  .  1514 
Cotton  Culture  at  the  North  .  1515 
Hope  Farm  Notes  .  . ....1522,  1523 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Ration  With  Oats,  Buckwheat  and  Corn..  1530 
Worms  in  Horses  . 
Feeding  Purebred  Herd  . > .  1530 
Ration  With  Peas,  Oats  and  Barley  .  1531 
Beans  for  Pigs  .  1531 
Ration  Without  Silage  .  1531 
Ration  With  Barley  and  Buckwheat  .......  1531 
HENYARD 
Poultrymen’s  Loss  by  Theft  .  1525 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  1533 
Cement  Foundation  for  Henhouse  .  1533 
HORTICULTURE 
Pruning  Trees  and  Pruning  Charity  .  1514 
The  Blueberry  Business  in  Maine  .  1515 
Effect  of  Mulch  on  Trees  .  1515 
New’  England  Notes  .  1516 
More  About  Oil  Wraps  . . . .  1521 
Steely  Beetle  on  Grapes  .  1521 
Top-working  Oldenherg  on  Wealthy  .  1521 
Michigan  Fruit  Growers  Meet  .  1523 
Apples  in  Natural  Storage  .  1523 
A  Booster  for  New  England  . . .  1523 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day  .  1526 
The  Rural  Patterns  . . .  1526 
Easily-made  Christmas  Candies  . 1526,  1527 
Tennessee  Notes  . 1527 
Rendering  Lard;  Angel  Food  . 1527 
Christmas  Cookies  . 1^27 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Possibilities  in  Muskrat  Farming  .  1518 
Mammal  Fish  .  1518 
She  Deserved  a  Burial  . 1518 
Catching  Hen  Hawks  .  1518 
Curing  the  Turkey  Wing  . . .  1518 
Defense  of  a  Dog  .  1518 
Fditorials  .  1524 
An  Onen  Letter  . . . . .  1525 
The  Trespass  Laws  . 1525 
Publisher’s  Desk  . - .  1534 
Shall  this 
happen  in 
YOUR  orchard  ? 
You  wouldn’t  double  lock  the  doors  of  your  home — and 
leave  the  windows  wide  open. 
Then  why  should  you  hope  to  keep  worms  out  of  your 
fruit  when  you  protect  it  with  drops  of  poison — and 
leave  the  spots  in  between,  untouched? 
Yet,  after  all,  isn’t  that  exactly  what  you  are  doing 
when  you  spray — no  matter  how  carefully — in  the  old 
fashioned  way? 
For  Example — 
The  apple  in  the  photo¬ 
graph  above  was  very 
thoroughly  sprayed  with 
a  mixture  of  4  pounds  of 
arsenate  of  lead  to  100 
gallons  of  water. 
The  coverage  was  an 
exceptional  one;  yet  cod¬ 
ling  moth  worms  easily 
effected  an  entrance,  and 
the  marketability  of  the 
fruit  was  ruined. 
The  Answer? 
“Granted,”  you  say,  “but 
can  this  uneven,  spotty 
coverage  be  prevented?" 
For  answer,  we  refer 
you  to  over  100,000  suc¬ 
cessful  fruit  and  vegeta¬ 
ble  growers  who  have 
mfso 
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STAY 
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