The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
Farmer Injures Own Town
 By Sending Cash To Northern
 Mail Order House, Declared
McVay Points To Burden ShouIdered By Merchant Who
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1 tender maiden hair and other deli cate ferns that an answer to the question would necessarily be gen eral in character. Many of the adian- tum are primarily green house plants and would not succeed in an ordinary residence. If you would name the variety, we could then be more spe- cific.
 | Q. Is the perennial rye grass or grain? I see where it's recomm ended | for a permanent pasture. A. D., | Dora, Ala.
 | A. Perennial rye Is English rye grass and a very desirable grass for lawns or for permanent pasture, but Iswhere used for pasture 1t should be mixed with some other more harder grasses. because while English rye grass is a perennial an admixture of other grasses to aid in forming sod to prevent burning out would be desirable.
 Q. Can we grow catnip from seed or should we have plants? Miss B., Selma, Ala.
 A. Catnip can, of course. be grown from seed, and if you want any son siderable quantity, this method wouli be cheaper. but If only few plants are needed, it would be best to se cure plants or roots. It Is a peren- nial and persists almost indefinitely c. What bulbs may be planted now 1 ton. Ala.
 A. The hardest and most satis- factory bulbs to plant in the open ground now, are hyacinths tulips narcissus, crocus and jonquils. Any of these will also do well in pots. For outdoor planting the hyacinths tulips, narcissus and jonquils should | be about 5 or inches deep; crocus only about 2 inches.
 c. What size pot should we use in potting amaryllis bulbs? Miss R.
 A. There are such large number of varieties differing greatly in size of bulb and character of growth that no conclusive answer could be given except the variety be given. For a good size bulb about an eight-inch pot Is needed More information is needed.
 O. We have a good stand of tue annual yellow blooming sweet clover, just now coming up, but we are sold that we should inoculate. How may this be accomplished after plants are up? s. L., Montevallo, Ala.
 A. It would be possible to inoculate now by mixing bacteria in good sur face soil, sowing broadcast and har- row in. The harrow would remove some of the plants; so it's doubtful if 1t would pay. Much would depend on physical or local conditions, which the writer does not know.
 Q. I have about eight acres that I want to SOW in oats and vetch. Tell me what oats to use, vetch and how much? U. V.. Covin, Ala. A. would use about one and a half bushels of oats and about Is pounds of vetch to the acre. The best oats would be native grown rustproof, or better still, the Appler. The only vetch to plant would be the hairy vetch
 Q. number of my fruit trees and shrubs seem to be affected with a variety of scale. I have used in the past some sort of liquid but don't remember what it was; it came in square cans. Could you help me out? M. F., Gadsden, Ala.
 A. There are any number of prepa- rations that would answer the de- scription, but think what Is known as Target Scale would answer the purpose as well or better than any thing else. The concentrated prepa- ration cost 75 cents per can
 Q. Do we have to fight the ants all winter? We seem to be able to kill them out for awhile but they come back. Should we keep putting out poison? Mrs. d., Vivian. Ala s A. The persistent use of the ant