March jqoo. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
output can sea roely be loaded onto two 
freight rn re. Twenty years ago corn was 
cut from the cob by hand at a cost of 10 
cents per bushel; two bushels per hour for 
a hoy was a good aycraec; now one boy 
w ill cut 7S bushels per bout 
Tomatoes Improve the land. 
An authority an this subject makes the 
assertion that yon msy take an acre of old, 
worn out land, plant «n*l cultivate and 
raise three .-.•n-eciitive crops of tomatoes 
and you will have hriMuthl Utr soil back 
almost to Its virgin purity and richness, und 
itt the same time kept jnnr land from 
washing— toniabu- bPinc planted and cul- 
tivated similarly lo corn. 
Yield and Profits. 
To figure on on»- acre land the name rule 
will apply to 5ft. bat or 1 ,'MMi non:-*), toma- 
toes well tended, with an ordinary season, 
will yield from »« lo tiffO bushels: 400 
bushels sn.v, at 20 cents a litlRliel will bring 
you in f .‘h‘. Without goiuir into detail? at* 
to expanse of plowing, harrowing, etc.. we 
will claim ?.H' for fxpmstw per acre, which 
leaves you a ch ar profit or *50 per nrn-. or 
the nice round sum of 15.000 for 10ft acres 
enough to bin > nil another farm yearly 
• •r to pay the mortgage that might he nti 
the one .vun now hurt'- 
Canning Compared with Manufacturing Cus- 
itusa. 
in niuHl tnanttfai turlug Industries, such 
us the manufacture of wagnps, plows, reap- 
ers. etc., large plants cm u lip estnhllsbeil In 
cities and raw uiAttflnln shipped lung dlis- 
tauces. In canning fruits on(l vcgetahleo 
the raw material rinial In* secured In the 
most perfect cotidltjnn and freshness, and 
II is the farmer who produces this raw ma- 
terial. Hraetlcnlly then, the cntmiTig fac- 
tory must go to the row material instead 
of the raw material to I In- factory. 
Need and Coat, 
lo put up high grade guilds |u a ninnuer 
useful In every way. entitling factories 
must bo numerous, nml located In the oddst 
of farming iomhiulBtth'8. Theta- will nec- 
essarily tie small plants, costing only n few 
t boon nd dollars, which ban entrih be «e- 
eiire .1 through the '"operative effort of 
the farmers and business man, with only a 
small Investment for each and located 
near the farms In the Interested commu- 
nity. 
A Paying Business. 
1 hough the price or entifiril gonda has 
been esceedingly reduced t.. the consumer 
nlthln the last lew years, musing a lurge 
increase of consumption, lire m*t of nmnlp 
ol..t:.,n has been greatly lowered by tbl> <>i> 
erixtlon of Improved uineiiiupi-y ami pro 
e. exes, h living profits uniform. and the mn 
3"rity ut canning fncturios have paid their 
cw uer>. dividends ranging from 15 tu 30 per 
eeni rut her a snug Investment. 
the "inning murJilniry itieii yeporl large 
vr.lei, almost hcjolld their ability to till 
< entinlhi, Spiuigib hi and .It i-ej vllle, 
‘u t- talking about electing a i-nnnrj. 
Monmouth, III., U working up a eiuu- 
l ’ jn - v Ul ‘ erection of a *15,000 cream 
111 ) re Is great activity i„ ,|„ canning 
1 .1" improvement on old can 
O* ri. k and more new establishment* start- 
"' than ha- been known for years. 
Jeliuwiiivllle, Wayne county] III,, is said 
to have one of Hip largest fruit evaporator" 
In the state, jet there Is room fur another 
factory at the same place, for fruit, fuel 
a nd lab .if tire plentiful and cheap. 
Tree Pests. 
VALUE OF SPRAYING. 
"It is OODSC-rv tfivi ly estimated, by tile 
Maine Experiment station Mullet in No. 5_. 
that the annual yield of nil crops t> les- 
sened about 25 pci cent l y the attacks of 
Injurious insects and fungous diseases. 
Experiments have demonstrated that at 
least 75 per cent Of this loss can be pn - 
Vented by Ho* u*e of simple lelltPilles tip 
plied by means of a spray pump Kxjuvwd 
lu figures, the annual loss would represent 
about $500,000,000 In tin- I'nlted States 
n lone t»r tins amount, 75 per cent, ,ir 
S.'I715, 000,000. can he saved by spraying.'' 
SPRAYING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF 
INSECTS AND FUNGOUS PESTS. 
Uy Pint . Samuel T May mini. It. Sc„ 
IIurtK uiriiri-a, riotiTi Expi-niio-ni 
Stmi III of the Mil- x. Agl'lr 111 
lur.il College 
Paniti-r*. Mini growers and gardeners 
hit coming moii and more to see the nc- 
-slty of spraying fludr n ips to protect 
them from Inf.cts und fungmi* pcs a, and 
a a role those most successful In the 
above lines practice Spray tap sy <Iimu<i tl< -al- 
ly and have a* complete equipment for 
Hits work a* for tin- work flf eultivntlou. 
«**•** 
Many kinds of pumps and nnzxle* are In 
iim-, and imme new fi-ulmcs have been In- 
troduced. tile tiOKf Important of which 
perhaps. i» the coin blued kerosene arid w-a 
ter sprayer tkerosprnyer), These pumps 
are made wllJt two cylinder*, one for the 
water and the other for the kmnvmc. 
Those are worked by the same lever 
or linndle. the kerosene being foiled 
Into the bone with the water and distflh 
tiled from the same nozzle lu a very fine 
mixed sprav. The pump < nn he so regulat- 
ed that 5. 10, 20, 25 and even 50 per cent 
of kerosene may be Used. NY 1 1 It these 
pumps the kerosene may be used with the 
copper sulfate solution of the Dordenux 
mix tun.', though with the latter It has not 
g.vcn as saturactoij result" as wiih the 
former. Whatever Hu- kind "f pump pur- 
chased It Is Important that It he used care- 
fully. that the .praying iiinterffil, It con- 
taining coarse pnrtMu*. be carefully 
-a rn i tied before use. Hint till purls be kept 
well Oiled nml after using, that tllo pump 
be elenio d by pumping anttleleiit water 
thn>nsll it to ' lent' it of enrrotllitg ntn- 
tf rials. 
flood judgment and eonxJtUu'Hhlf me* 
rbnideul skill must lie exercised to get the 
lust results wl|li any eomplleated mn- 
chine, ami only those persons pmnu'ixlng 
iliesi- qualifications should be nllowed to 
use the pumps. 
Insecticides. 
While there are many new Insecticides 
offered, Ho re is bo utile c\Hi ' knowledge 
of their effect open rnrm and garden crops 
Hat until further trial I* made we can 
only recommend for gemiffll use Tatis 
erecn. arseuntc i>r lend and hcllolinre for 
Cliewlng Insects, with pyretlmiui or insect 
Ii .wrlci- hi a very few cases. 
Paris Green 
ISO gallon* xvo ter. 
Tltis insecticide needs tin deseript Inn. 
Special care, however, should be iaken 
that only pure Paris green be used A 
much larger p. r caul of tills tuny I" used 
without Injury to tile foliage If mixed 
with the Honleaux I hau it applied mi wa- 
ter alone, rite cherry, peach and Juptin- 
pho plum cannot be sprayed with 1'arls 
green without injury In the foliage. 
Arsenate of Lead. 
Formula. 11 o/,. Acetate of T.o.'td. 
4 ox, Arsenate of Soda. 
Tl*l» In*" tb-'lde Inis tills mlvnntnBc over Part* 
green Unit wlii'ii used In large quant It lex It will 
not Injure the foliage of the pencil, elierry, Jap- 
anese plinri rn- other trees .if delicate nature. It 
I*, however, more expensive null Its etTectlve- 
Salt> Office: 
802 Masonic Temple, 
Chicago, III 
Factory; Hoopcslown, III. 
SPRAGUE CANNING 
MACHINERY CO., 
?.H 0 2',oT n wh ,° 1 °T!; “ ' evaporator or deals in can- 
ned goods nr dried fruits at wholunale, should take the. . 
C ANNER % DRIED FRUIT PACKER . 
A First-cioss Journal for the Wholesale Trade Only, 
lUliaOHlt'TlON 
HATK8 ' PICK YICAI*. 
POfiuanuj. km kv tiiubsdav uv 
0. L. DEMINfi, 22 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. 
