RURALISMS 
Top-working  Cherry  Trees 
1.  We  have  a  block  of  200  five-year-old 
sweet  cherry  trees  that  are  very  healthy, 
hardy  and  vigorous,  but  the  fruit  is  un¬ 
dersized  and  not  true  to  name.  Is  there 
any  method  by  which  these  trees  can  be 
worked  over  into  a  better  variety';  2. 
What  is  the  best  material  to  use,  commer¬ 
cial  or  otherwise,  to  paste  labels  onto 
crates';  a.  l.  d. 
East  Jordan,  Mich. 
1.  It  is  almost,  impossible  to  graft 
cherry  trees  successfully  because  the  bark 
is  so  thin.  I  do  not  know  of  any  prac¬ 
tical  method  for  working  over  a  block  of 
200  fi vc-yeat*-old  trees,  but  would  suggest 
that  you  make  sure  file  trouble  is  not 
due  to  some  disease  or  insect  injury  be¬ 
fore  pulling  them  out.  2.  To  paste  labels 
on  crates  use  either  a  cheap  grade  of 
glue  or  a  paste  made  of  cheap  flour  and 
water  as  used  for  hanging  wall  paper. 
IMGR 
Power  and  weight  are  necessary  factors 
in  heavy  traction  work  like  plowing. 
Many  attempts  have  been  made  ana  are 
being  made  now  to  do  this  class  of  work 
with  light-weight  explosive  engines. 
They  do  not  and  cannot  get  the  same 
economical  results  that  properly  designed 
and  constructed  Oil-Gas  Tractors  can 
accomplish. 
Nichols  &  Shepard  Go/s 
OIL-GAS  TRACTOR 
Is  properly  made  to  do  the  work  that  it 
is  expected  to  do.  It  is  not  an  experi¬ 
ment,  but  a  tried  and  tested  machine, 
good  enough  and  reliable  enough  to  be 
sold  under  the  Red  River  Special  name 
and  guaranty. 
It  will  plow,  haul  and  work  at  the  belt 
with  the  steadiness  and  sureness  of  steam. 
Operating  economies  are  highly  devel¬ 
oped.  It  has  the  power,  it  has  the 
strength,  it  has  the  weight  to  do  the 
things  that  you  want  it  to  do — and  that 
we  guarantee  it  to  do  —  without  stalling 
or  breaking  down.  That’s  business. 
DON’T  TRY  TO  WORK  A 
PLEASURE  MACHINE 
There’s  a  lot  to  this  gas  engine  question.  It  is 
well  worth  careful  investigation  before  you  buy 
:  ny  kind  of  a  tractor  that,  makes  power  with 
oil  or  gasolino.  Write  us  for  particulars  and 
consider  the  facts  that  we  put  before  you  be. 
tore  your  decision  is  made.  Aslt  for  the  Home 
Edition  of  tho  Red  River  Special  paper  and  the 
Big  Catalog  that  tells  about  our  lino. 
Japanese  Barberry  Hedge 
T  intend  to  plant  a  hedge  of  Berberis 
Thunbergii,  Will  it  become  as  heavy  as 
the  California  privet?  Would  it  be  all 
right  to  set  two  rows  one  foot  apart  and 
alternating  the  plants  in  each  row  one 
foot  apart?  This  makes  a  good  hedge  if 
applied  to  California  privet?  a.  k. 
New  York  City. 
The  P.erberis  Thunbergii  is  not  as 
strong  growing  slirub  as  the  California 
or  other  privets,  its  maximum  height  be¬ 
ing  about  six  feet,  but  its  spreading  and 
dense  lmbit  of  growth  makes  it  well 
adapted  for  ornamental  hedge  work, 
many  persons  preferring  it  to  all  other 
kinds  of  hedge  plants.  It  may  lie  planted 
in  double  rows,  but  unless  a  very  wide 
hedge  is  specially  desired,  there  is  no  ad¬ 
vantage  to  lie  gained  in  planting  them 
that  way.  The  single  row  is  quite  suffi¬ 
cient  for  ordinary  purposes.  A  Berberis 
hedge  requires  less  care  in  the  way  of 
pruning  than  any  other  shrub  used  for 
that  purpose.  About  all  the  pruning  that 
is  necessary  is  to  cut  back  long  and  strag¬ 
gly  shoots  in  the  Fall  or  Spring.  K. 
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able  Spark  Plugs.  product  increased. 
This  is  twice  as  many  plugs  as  we  pro-  And  now%  after  exhaustive  competitive 
duced  last  year,  when  our  sales  greatly  tests,  four  out  of  five  of  this  year’s  record 
exceeded  those  of  all  others  manufactur-  output  of  new  cars  w  ill  be  equipped  with 
ers  of  spark  Plugs  combined.  Champions — over  a  million  new  cars. 
There  is  a  Champion  especially  designed  to  dependably  serve  your  •, 
particular  motor.  See  that  your  dealer  furnishes  Champions  when  you 
replace  the  plugs  in  your  car.  lie  knows  which  one  will  serve  it  best. 
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Car'bolated  Soap 
I.nst.  year,  in  :t  report  of  tin*  Western 
New  York  Horticultural  mooting.  Thf. 
R.  N.-Y,  referred  to  a  “carbolic  .soap 
mixture”  which  was  recommeuded  as  pro¬ 
per  treatment  for  plant  lice,  other  insec¬ 
ticides,  and  itlsu  us  si  fungicide.  Since 
thou  we  have  seen  very  little  about  it. 
and  we  would  like  to  know  just  vvliat  ex¬ 
perience  shows  regarding  the  value  of 
this  material.  J.  L.  s. 
The  following  notes  were  sent  us  from 
Cornell : 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Western 
New  York  Horticultural  Society  I  stated 
definitely  that  the  carbolated  soap  lias  no 
value  as  a  fungicide  and  that  apple  scab 
had  developed  on  trees  sprayed  with  this 
material  to  a  very  serious  extent.  It  is 
very  evident  that  the  material  would  not 
be  effective  in  the  control  of  the  southern 
apple  blotch,  which  is  much  more  diffi¬ 
cult  to  handle  than  apple  scab.  I  would 
suggest  that  a  number  of  the  commercial 
paste  Bordeaux  preparations  are  being 
offered  for  sale  at  old  prices. 
DONALD  REDDICK. 
Its  value  as  an  insecticide  has  not  yet 
been  thoroughly  investigated  and  I  would 
hesitate  to  recommend  it.  I  have  seen  at 
least  one  instance  in  the  State  where  it 
burned  the  foliage  seriously.  We  cannot 
find  that  it  has  any  advantage  over  black- 
leaf-40  as  a  contact  insecticide.  I  be¬ 
lieve  your  correspondent  would  do  best 
to  stick  to  black-leaf- TO.  using  it  at.  the 
rate  of  three  quarters  pint  to  100  gal¬ 
lons  of  water  to  which  four  or  five  pounds 
of  whale  oil  soap  or  ordinary  laundry 
soap  has  been  added. 
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You  will  find 
that  it  does  two 
things — kills 
the  leaf -eating  insects  and  stops  blight, 
rot,  rust,  wilt  and  similar  fungous  troubles. 
Read  what  C.  H.  Hansing,  Southport,  Ind., 
says  about  it:  “I  used  Pyrox  on  fruit  and  have 
90%  sound  pears,  and  practically  100%  sound 
cherries.  Last  year  I  was  able  to  spray  with  it 
three  times,  and  got  98%  sound  fruit  on  my  ap¬ 
ples.  If  there  is  anything  better  than  Pyrox,  1 
would  like  to  know  it.  If  I  cannot  get  Pyrox  I 
will  quit  spraying  ”  If  Pyrox  will  do  as  much 
for  you  as  it  did  for  Mr.  Hansing,  and  it  may — 
wouldn’t  you  like  it? 
Choose  your  spray;  don’t  let  any  one  pick  it  out 
for  you.  Don’t  lose  your  crop,  your  labor  and  your 
spraying-  material  too  by  using  an  inferior  spray. 
Spray  with  Pyrox.  It  does  the  work  and  saves  the 
crop  and  your  labor.  Good  for  practically  all  fruits 
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The  Perfection  Raspberry 
Onu  you  tell  me  anything  about  the 
Perfection  red  raspberry,  how  it  com¬ 
pares  in  size  and  hardiness  with  the 
Cuthbert?  '  j.  d.  b. 
South  Cairo,  N.  Y. 
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ing  variety  of  raspberries  and  is  yet  to¬ 
day  very  dependable  provided  the  strain  is 
not  run  out.  The  Perfection  is  a  now 
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York  State.  It  is  a  most  promising  ad¬ 
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