HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



D. A. PORBES & SON 



EASTHAMPTON S 

 "HOME HARDWARE STORE" 



Farming Tools 

 Spray Pumps 



Spray Materials 

 Fertilizers 

 Seeds 



Implements 



EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FKKK AIR 



6G KING STREET 



Tul. 13y.'J-M 



THE HINMAN MILKER 



The R. T. Prentiss 

 Complete Fertilizer 



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4th spraying. Three to four weeks 

 later. Same materials as the third, 

 omitting- nicotine. Especially important 

 for codling moth, lesser apple worm, 

 scab, gypsy moth, sooty fungus of apples, 

 etc." 



The one absolutely essential spray- 

 ing is that which is applied just after 

 the blossoms fall. This one should be 

 given without fail. 



In sections where the curculio and 

 apple scab are bad, the spraying just be- 

 fore the blossoms open would probably 

 stand next in importance. 



In the judgment of the writer we 

 might in many cases well omit the spray- 

 ing which is usually given at the last of 

 the season, say six weeks after the blos- 

 soms fall. Of course in doing this we 

 are probably going to have a few more 

 wormy apples, and run a chance of 

 damage from sooty blotch and the lesser 

 apple worm, but we have to take some 

 chances, we always do, and one year 

 with another this spraying is not as im- 

 portant as most of the others. If the 

 sooty blotch is found to be developing 

 then a special application may be made 

 for it. The deferred dormant spray, so 

 called, which is given just as buds are 

 well broken open is another one which in 

 many cases might be omitted. It is 

 given for San .Jose scale, for aphis and 

 as a general clean up. Scale has been 

 on the decrease for several seasons, aphis 

 was not very abundant last year, and 

 we can afford to take a chance on the 

 "general clean up" side, so that when 

 the labor situation is serious, or in less 

 important blocks of orchard, this spray 

 might be omitted. 



For materials the principal change 

 from last year is going to be the substi- 

 tution of arsenate of lime for arsenate 

 of lead. The U. S. government needs 

 the lead for killing other and worse pests 

 than the codling moth and the curculio, 

 and many oixhard men who have not 

 already bought their lead will probably 

 have to accept the arsenate of lime. 

 From the best advice available there 

 seem to be three ways in which this ma- 

 terial is not as good as the arsenate of 

 lead: 1st, it does not adhere as well to 

 the foliage; 2nd it is somewhat more 

 likely to burn and .3rd, it is more vari- 

 able in composition and therefore less re- 

 liable. But neither one of these seems 

 likely to be very serious and at all events 

 it seems to be the best substitute avail- 

 able. — F. C. Sears. 



R. T. PRENTISS, Agent 



JO I Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS. 



Coiichided froni paye G 



One stroke of the sprayer gives enough 

 mist for each shovelful of grain. One 

 quart of .solution will treat .50 bushels. 

 When all grain is treated, shovel into a 

 pile, and carefully cover for five hours 

 as directed under the wet method. The 

 grain may be sown immediately. 



COBURN 8C GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



FURNACES FOR ALL WOOD 

 OR COAL BURNING 



A one-pipe furnace 

 will heat five or six 

 rooms to an even 

 temperature, and will 

 save fuel in opera- 

 tion. 



Not an ounce of 

 heat is wasted, and 

 the cellar remains 

 cool for storing vege- 

 tables. 



H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass. 

 SHEET METAL WORKS 



The Ideal Restaurant 



SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor 



REGULAR MEALS 



Also ORDER COOKING 

 FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES 



40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



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