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May  13,  1916. 
TShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Ip^MCIIlTHAT 
Why  Take  Chances  With  Others  Since 
Commercial  Fruit  Culture 
an  engine*  and  a  blower  and  costs  about 
the  same  as  a  spray  outfit  of  similar 
power.  A  small  but  efficient  duster  that 
will  blow  dust  30  feet  high  can  bo  bought 
for  $45  and  can  be  run  by  any  1  horse¬ 
power  engine.  There  are  three  makes  of 
large  dusters  on  the  market  selling  at 
$05  to  $100.  can  be  run  by  a  2%  horse¬ 
power  engine.  The  machines  are  simple 
and  closely  resemble  the  blower  and  pipe 
on  a  silage  cutter.  The  same  engine  may 
be  used  to  run  both  the  dusters  and  the 
spray  pump,  for  I  think  every  grower 
will  still  have  to  he  supplied  with  a 
spray  rig.  Up  to  the  present  time,  dust 
has  been  used  and  proven  successful  for 
the  control  of  Codling  moth,  leaf-roller, 
tent-caterpillars  and  for  apple  scab,  and 
the  mixtures  mentioned  do  not  burn  the 
foliage  and  have  been  thoroughly  tried 
and  proven. 
There  is  some  work  done  and  under 
way  to  try  various  dust  mixtures  as  a 
dormant  spray  for  scale  and  as  a  Sum¬ 
mer  spray  for  aphis,  psylla  and  other  in¬ 
sects,  but  this  is  all  in  the  experimental 
stage,  and  while  many  growers  are  try¬ 
ing  ii  out  for  themselves  the  majority 
will  continue  to  use  lime-sulphur  as  a 
dormant  spray  and  soap  and  nicotine  for 
sucking  insects  until  the  contact  dusts 
have  been  more  thoroughly  tried  out. 
Columbia  Co..  N.  Y.  E.  w.  mitchell. 
More  Facts  on  Dusting  Apple  Trees 
1.  Materials  Used  in  1015.  For  the 
dusting  work  done  in  1015  we  used  a 
specially  fine  ground  sulphur  and  dry 
arsenate  of  lead  with  powdered  gypsum 
as  a  filler.  We  used  two  different  mix¬ 
tures.  one  of  10  lbs.  sulphur,  10  lbs.  lead 
and  50  lbs.  gypsum,  and  another  35  lbs. 
sulphur,  15  lbs.  lead,  and  50  lbs.  gyp¬ 
sum.  These  both  gave  equally  good  re- 
sulfs.  These  mixtures  may  be  changed 
to  suit  local  conditions.  Where  scab  or 
fungus  is  prevalent  the  Sulphur  content 
may  be  raised  to  80  or  00  lbs.  in  a  hun¬ 
dred  and  if  the  dust  is  applied  for  seal) 
alone  without  regard  to  worms  no  lead 
need  In*  added,  but  gypsum  or  hydrated 
lime  used  as  u  filler  to  make  a  lighter 
dust,  as  the  sulphur  alone  is  heavy  and 
does  not  blow  on  as  evenly  as  when 
mixed  with  lead  or  gypsum.  The  lead 
content  may  he  increased  or  decreased 
di  pending  on  the  likelihood  of  an  infesta¬ 
tion  of  codling  rfiotli  or  other  chewing 
insects,  but  I  think  10  lbs.  per  hundred 
would  he  the  minimum  amount  to  use 
aiid  20  lbs.  the  maximum. 
Mixtures  of  SO  lbs.  sulphur  and  20 
lbs.  lead,  and  of  00  lbs.  sulphur  and  10 
lbs.  lead  have  been  used  with  good  suc¬ 
cess  to  control  scab  and  worms. 
The  prices  on  materials  arc  subject  to 
change  without  notice,  but  are  quoted  at 
present  as  follows,  f.o.b.  point  of  ship¬ 
ment  in  New  York  State: 
1'owdered  arsenate  of  lead,  32%  ox¬ 
ide.  20c  lb. 
Finely  ground  sulphur,  for  dusting. 
$2.75  1()0  lbs. 
Finely  ground  gypsum,  one-half  cent 
won  over  all  competitors  at  Experiment  Station, 
Wooster.  O.  Costs  only  $1  for  acre  size  can  delivered 
next  mail.  State  kind  wanted.  It's  in  powdered  form 
and  sticks  to  seed.  Tell  your  friends  a  pout  "Nature's 
Easy  Way."  Postal  brings  proof. 
McQueen  Bacteria  Co., 
Box  190  -  -  Baltic,  Ohio 
DO  it  before  it  mins  your  Crop^yti spec tsf  Timely 
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Cheap 
Copper  Sulphate 
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can  no  longer  be  had  but  growers  of  Potatoes, 
Grapes  and  Vegetables  who  have  used  Sulfocide 
for  the  past  5  or  6  years  say  that  they  prefer  it 
to  Bordeaux  mixture  aeit  is  cheaper  and  easier 
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Best  qualitv.  All  styles.  Any  quantity. 
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RASPBERRY  PLANTS 
From  yoting  clean  plantation,  free  from  all  disease. 
Kxtra  fine  plants.  $8  per  Ji. 
K.  A.  TAI1ER,  bakeview.Poughkeepsic.N.Y, 
I  notice  article  on  page  6o4  concern¬ 
ing  Damson  plums.  About  25  or  30 
years  ago  we  set  out  a  plum  orchard  of 
700  trees,  and  among  the  lot  were  about 
100  Blue  Damsons.  They  fruited  very 
regularly,  and  we  never  had  enough  of 
those  to  supply  a  local  market.  Th  y 
were  freestones,  larger  than  ordinary 
damsons  by  perhaps  one-third:  tree  of 
branching  growth,  unlike  Shropshire 
Damson.  Those  were  selected  by  a  man 
whose  father  had  been  a  nurseryman.  We 
tried  to  find  out  the  name  when  we  knew 
the  fruit  and  its  ready  sale  but  no  nur¬ 
seryman  we  could  hear  from  could  tell 
the  name.  Some  of  those  trees  are  still 
Plants,  Strawberries  and  Vegetables  t»bJ<^ea»d 
strawberries. iai'-ludiiiir  Everbearing.  Oei  my  cata¬ 
log.  Read  why  i  sell  choice  plants,  sent,  prepaid,  at 
half  the  ptire  of  others.  C,  E.  FIELD.  Sewell,  N.  J. 
These  must  he  mixed  in  a  machine  es- 
pecially  constructed  for  the  purpose, 
which  costs  $35.  and  mie  machine  could 
mix  for  a  cooperative  society  or  for  a 
number  of  growers.  Where  a  grower  is 
using  only  a  small  amount  it  will  prob¬ 
ably  be  better  to  buy  the  dust  already 
mixed  ready  to  use.  The  present  prices 
on  mixed  dust  are  till  May  first : 
S5%  sulphur.  15%  lead  seven  rents  lb. 
!l(l%  sulphur,  10%  lead.  0%c  lb. 
50%  sulphur  15%  lead.  35%  gypsum, 
0«4e  |b. 
Where  scab  or  fungus  is  prevalent  I 
•would  not  use  less  than  00  to  75  lbs.  of 
sulphur  per  hundred  pounds  of  dust. 
The  best  information  available  that  is 
accurate,  relative  to  the  comparative 
amounts  of  spray  and  dust  applied  per 
trie  and  the  cost,  I  take  from  Cornell 
Bulletin  300.  See  also  Cornell  Bulletin 
354.  page  01.  We  sprayed  and  dusted 
thoroughly,  and  estimated  to  put  on  six 
gallons  of  liquid  per  tree,  and  1  l/o  to  two 
lbs.  of  dust  per  tree;  the  trees  being 
about.  30  years  old,  25  feet,  high  and  well- 
grown  Baldwins.  On  the  sprayed  trees 
we  applied  actually  about : 
C'ts.  Oz. 
4.0  ounces  sulphur  (§?  ,02.85c  per 
lbs.  =  . 0082 
1.03  ounces  ars.  lead  @  ISc  per 
G4 ecd  'Potatoes 
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Prices  to  suit  most 
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Sixteen  varieties  at 
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Strawberries  in  Orchard  ;  Killing  Out 
Witch  Grass 
1.  I  have  about  one-half  acre  of 
ground,  a  little  rocky,  where  I  am  going 
to  set  out  some  apple  trees.  How  would 
it  be  to  set  strawberries  out  between  the 
trees  for  a  few  years?  2.  What  can  I 
sow  or  plant  that  will  kill  witch  grass? 
1  have  plowed,  harrowed  and  pulled  them 
out.  but  the  plants  are  still  there.  I 
know  that  T  can  get  it  out  in  time,  but 
I  wish  to  plant  it  to  berries  this  Fall. 
Old  Orchard,  Me.  R.  E. 
1.  Many  gardeners  or  truckers  who  fol¬ 
low  intensive  culture  plant  strawberries 
between  the  young  trees,  and  fruit  them 
for  several  years.  If  the  ground  is  well 
eared  for.  and  is  naturally  strong,  you 
can  get  fair  crops  of  berries.  We  know 
of  one  case  where  a  farmer  planted  sev¬ 
eral  varieties  of  berries  that  make  run¬ 
ners  freely  between  the  young  trees,  lie 
put  these  plants  in  rows  six  feet  apart, 
gave  good  culture  through  about  half  the 
season,  and  then  let  the  plants  run.  It 
was  a  wet  season,  and  in  July  he  scat¬ 
tered  buckwheat  over  the  ground.  These 
plants  made  a  vigorous  growth  and  al¬ 
most  covered  the  ground  by  Fall.  The 
buckwheat,  grew  up  and  then  fell  down 
on  the  ground  so  as  to  provide  some  pro¬ 
tection  for  the  strawberries.  They  were 
kept  in  matted  rows  for  several  years, 
plowing  out  the  old  row  each  year  after 
picking.  This  plan  is  not  recommended 
for  general  practice,  but  just  shows  what 
can  be  done. 
2.  We  do  not  know  of  any  crop  that 
will  surely  kill  out  witch  grass.  About 
the  only  way  to  do  that  would  be  to 
smother  the  witch  grass  with  a  very 
heavy  rank  growing  crop.  The  best  one 
we  know  of  for  the  purpose  would  be 
buckwheat,  sown  very  thickly  late  in 
June.  We  should  give  the  most  thor¬ 
ough  culture  up  to  that  time,  and  try  to 
kill  out  all  the  witch  grass  we  could. 
Then  seed  buckwheat,  at  least  three 
bushels  to  the  acre,  and  give  it  a  fair 
dose  of  fertlizer.  The  buckwheat  will 
make  a  great  start,  and  with  good 
weather  cover  (he  ground  so  completely 
that  most  of  the  witch  grass  will  be 
smothered  out. 
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have  made  a  specialty  of  selecting,  atnl  propagation 
of  the  Sweet  Potato.  Oan  guarantee  you  strong. 
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The  cost  of  application  is  hard  to  fig¬ 
ure  accurately,  but  I  think  it  is  safe  to 
sa.v  i  he  spraying  cost  of  application  is 
ten  times  its  great  as  the  cost  of  applying 
the  dust  or  .008  an  ounce  for  mixture  as 
compared  to  .(KRIS  an  ounce  for  dust : 
for  it  costs  us  approximately  one  cent 
a  gallon  to.  apply  the  spray. 
The  above  figures  are  taken  from  plots 
that  were  dusted  more  thoroughly  Than 
I  thought  was  necessary  or  practical  and 
oil  the  blocks  not  in  the  experiment  I 
used  much  less  dust,  and  in  a  rough  way 
compared  the  cost  of  the  application  with 
former  years,  and  the  weights  of  mate¬ 
rials  used,  and  concluded  t.bat  aside  from 
the  saving  in  labor  the  actual  cost  of  the 
material  was  less.  I  regret  that  I  have 
no  accurate  figures  to  submit  on  this 
point. 
The  machinery  for  dusting  consists  of 
•HEY  keep  out  the  borers  and  dispense  with  the  injurious  and  ex¬ 
pensive  worming  operation,  thus  prolonging  the  life  of  the  tree. 
Thoroughly  tested  and  proved  to  be  efficient,  durable  and  econom- 
.  Write  for  prices  and  booklet  containing  complete  description, 
“For  the  Land’s  Sake,  use  Bowker’s 
Fertilizers;  they  enrich  the  earth  and 
those  who  till  it.” — Adv. 
