THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JANUARY. 1928 



TWO SPRAY QUESTIONS FOR 

 FIRESIDE CONSIDERATION 



While waiting for apple prices to go up, 

 suppose we put another log on the fire 

 and try a couple of "Ask Me Another" 

 questions. The spray season is still a 

 long way off, and yet a bit of December 

 speculation will do no harm. It may do 

 some good. 



First, — Why didn't I get better control 

 of apple scab last season? The answer 

 is likely to be. Because I didn't have a 

 protective covering of lime sulfur on the 

 leaves and fruit before one of the rainy 

 periods during which scab spores were 

 discharged. Or perhaps I didn't do the 

 job thoroughly enough. If there was no 

 rain during the two or three weeks pre- 

 ceding the Calyx period, there would be 

 little need for a scab spray. Scab .spores 

 do not develop unless the leaves and fruit 

 are moist for a period of several hours 

 after discharge. But the lime sulfur must 

 be on the tree before the rain, not after, 

 if it is to give the desired result. And 

 fortunately the sulfur, being insoluble, 

 does not wash off. Apple Scab therefore 

 is almost inexcusable if we watch the 

 weather and have the spray outfit ready. 



Second, — Can I safely omit the Delayed 

 Dormant application next spring? The 

 answer is, Yes, if I am sure my orchard 

 is fairly free from European Red Mite, 

 Scale, Aphis, and Bud Moth. The facts 

 are that some of us have the "Delayed 

 Dormant habit" so strongly fixed that we 

 put it on without questioning its necessity. 

 Growers who feel that they can put on 

 only a limited number of applications 

 might well change the program occasion- 

 ally by omitting the early spray, thereby 

 saving that time and energy for an at- 

 tack on later pests. From the writer's 

 observations in hundi'cds of Massachu- 

 setts orchards, at least half of them have 

 more need for the "Three weeks after 

 Calyx" and the "July" applications than 

 they have for the "Delayed Dormant". 

 Exception, of course, must be made in the 

 case of orchards badly infested with red 

 mite. Our spray money should b? so dis- 

 tributed that we get full value for every 

 dollar expended. I 



ANSWERS TO 



FARM AND HOME???? 



1. Three hundred and fifty-one eggs in 

 36.5 days laid by a White Leghorn 

 at the University of British Colum- 

 bia, Canada. 



2. Growth of these trees indicates light 

 and sandy soil which is usually poor 

 for crops. 



3. Sea foods are high in iodine. 



4. Percherons in France, Clysdale in 

 Scotland, Shires in England, and 

 Belgians in Belgium. 



5. To admit sunlight, without which 



6. 

 7. 

 8. 



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leaves cannot produce enough food 

 material for the fruit spur which 

 means a poor fruit. Admitting sun- 

 light also helps fruit to ripen proper- 

 ly, gives color, and helps make 

 branches of trees strong and hca'.thy. 

 Ten times per week. 

 Beef, pork, lamb, veal. 

 In the United States, although it is 

 often called the Irish potato. 

 Thoroughbred is a type of English 

 race horse. Use purebred when 

 speaking of other types of horses 

 and all other animals. 

 Asparagus. 



SHELTER AND SAVE 



Actual trials i-un by the University of 

 Missouri have proven that sheltered farm 

 machines last twice as long. The trials 

 were run on plows, planters, harrows, 

 cultivators, mowers and binders. 



Of course they should be under cover 

 now but if not you should act at once. A 

 covering of snow is fine for our farm 

 land but not for your farm machinery. 



Hen Lays 306 Eggs 



Continued from pag-e 1, column 3 

 1921 and 212 eggs in 1922. The dam of 

 this hen's sire had a record of 267 eggs 

 as a pullet. Hen G-908 is not inbred, 

 but she does represent a cousin mating in 

 that she traces to the same male on both 

 her father's and her mother's side in the 

 third generation. 



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1928 Methods 

 For 1928 



You are about to step into the 

 n?\v year. "Big Business execu- 

 tives are .stressing reduction of 

 costs per unit of production as the 

 chief source of increased profit for 

 1928. Prudent farmers are doing 

 likewise. 



The Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change is performing a definite cost- 

 reducing service for more than 22.- 

 000 farmer members for whom is it 

 purchasing supplies. From the out- 

 set this cooperative has recognized 

 the fact that to perform an effective 

 buying sei-vice it must devote its 

 energies to selecting best suited to 

 the needs of its members as well as 

 to keeping down the cost of distribu- 

 tion. 



Never in the history of agricul- 

 ture has there been so much in- 

 formation on various classes of sup- 

 plies. Individual farmers cannot 

 .study it because operating problems 

 absorb most of their time. Farmers 

 who have information on specific 

 commodities find it impractical to 

 secure as individuals the grade 

 which they know they should have. 



Eastern farmers, for in.stancc, 

 know that some clover is adapted to 

 their needs and that .some is not. 

 They have an impression that most 

 foreign clover and some domestic 

 clover is not adapted to this climate. 

 Important in the crop rotation as 

 next year's clover seeding will be, 

 the individual farmer cannot make 

 a study of clovers and then set out 

 to find the seed he should plant. 

 But the Eastern States Farmers' 

 Exchange purchasing several car- 

 loads of medium red clover for its 

 members can and does study and fill 

 its members' clover seed needs. 



The Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change, in other words, is the co- 

 operative buying department for 

 more than 22,000 farmers. It se- 

 lects for them feed, fertilizer and 

 seed. Plan to use it throughout 

 1928. 



For information on Eastern 

 States cooperative buying sei-vace 

 write the oflnce. 



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