The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
917 
How to Use Arsenate of Lead 
Can you tell mo how to spray or use 
arsoimto of loudV I always use .arsenate 
of load on my currant hushes for Mr. 
and Mrs. Currant Worm, with excellent 
results; use at rate of 3 lbs. paste to 50 
gallons of water. This year I used same 
rate on some apple and pear and one 
poach as a trial (on the peach). Results 
were that I burned pear badly and lost 
all fruit ; burned peach very badly, lost 
all fruit and nearly all leaves; burned ap¬ 
ples (four) slightly, and destroyed. I 
should spy, at least 50 per cent of fruit ; 
some leaves burned, and wood. too. Our 
bulletins, as sent out from time to time, 
sn.v "spray tlirnoughljt." Now, can you 
tell me hoic to spray arsenate of lead 
ihoioufllilu without destroying my trees 
anti crops? How must it be done? Must 
the tree be drenched? How much is real¬ 
ly necessary to kill the codling moth? 
What size nozzle or disk should I use? 
Should 1 have used something else with 
the lead? Can I do a good job with a 
barrel (hand pump) outfit? Where did 
T fail? A. L. V. 
New Jersey. 
Further inquiry of A. L. V. elicited 
the information that lie used 1 Y> lbs. of 
powdered arsenate of lead to 25 gallons 
of water, which is at the rate of 6 lbs. to 
100 gallons. This is at least twice as 
much as is ordinarily recommended. How¬ 
ever. even at this high rate A. 1,. V. 
should have received no spray injury on 
the apples. The dropping of the fruit is 
a common and widespread condition this 
year, due probably to early frost and an 
excessive bloom. In some orchards in 
New York 25 to 50 per cent of the apples 
have dropped. Probably A. T.. V. will 
find, if be examines his trees closely, that 
the early, first leaves are crinkled and 
mis-shapen, while the Inter leaves are 
normal in shape and appearance. These 
first leaves were caught by the frost and 
show the effects yet. while most of the 
fruit that was injured dropped. The 
brand of arsenate of lead used is a well 
known, reliable make, and we feel con¬ 
fident that the dropping of the fruit is not 
due to any injury from spraying. 
The cracking of the McIntosh is prob¬ 
ably due to scab and not to spray injury. 
This is a scab year apparently, and Mc¬ 
Intosh is quite subject to this disease. 
While the Baldwins are not so subject to 
scab, they are probably affected this year. 
Moreover, frost may also have had some¬ 
thing to do with the cracking. So far as 
the apple is concerned rheu, I should ad¬ 
vise A. L. V. to keep right on spraying 
with arsenate of lead with the assurance 
that he will not cause injury to fruit or 
foliage if reasonable amounts are used, 
and that, on the contrary, he will control 
many seriously injurious apple pests. In 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YOR.KER, JULY 22. 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
A Roadside Stand that Stays. 912 
Seeding Grass in the Corn . 912 
Julv Plowing for Wheat. 912 
Fall Plowing and the Covet Crop. 913 
A Cover Crop After Haying. 913 
The Old Grain Cradle.. 913 
Alfalfa with Buckwheat. •••• 9J-J 
Hope Farm Notes .918, 919 
What About the Watermelon?. 921 
Now York State Notes .. 921 
Retail Food Prices Higher. 921 
Auto Hogs and a Monkey Wrench. 921 
UVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Cattle Poisoned by a Weed Killer. 913 
The Dairy Business is Essential. 921 
Value of New York Dairy Products. 921 
Ropy Milk . 924 
Treatment for Colic..... 924 
Lice on Hogs. 924 
Death from Bloat. 924 
Lawsuit Against League Ended. 925 
THE HENYARD 
A Review of the Turkey Disease Prob¬ 
lem ....911. 912 
The Stag Beetle and Chickens. 914 
Hens in Potato Fields . 914 
Diseased Liver . 926 
Sour Crop . . 926 
Powdered Milk in Place of Meat Scraps.... 926 
Another Case of Gapes. 926 
Hens with Obstructed Throats. 926 
Depth of Litter in Henhouse. 928 
Hatching Questions . 926 
Woodchucks and Chickens. 926 
HORTICULTURE 
Grafting Tomato on Potato . 912 
Sulphate of Ammonia on I.awns. 913 
Notes from a Maryland Garden.915. 916 
Propagating Rambler Roses. 917 
Notes on the Cortland Apple. 919 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . ...... 922 
Bread from Home-grown Wheat............ 9fc2 
The Rural Patterns. 922 
Some Fruit Bainties...922. 923 
Notes from Oklahoma. 923 
Grape Juice; Canned Lima Beans. 923 
Patching Children's Stockings... 923 
Sweot Chunk Pickles. 923 
Jolmnycake Toast .. 923 
Canning Beans without Cooking...... 923 
MISCELLANEOUS 
An Outdoor Flytrap. 913 
More About Poison Ivy. 914 
Death of George E. Howoll. 9u5 
Limitations of Siphon. 927 
Gasoline Engine; Auto Goars; Size of Hen¬ 
house .. 927 I 
Creosote from Coal Stove . 927 
Repairing Leak in Spring. 927 
Water Supply; Drainage Problem. 927 
fact, he cannot afford to omit the use of 
this poison. 
Iu the case of the pear I am also very 
doubtful if the trouble was caused by 
spraying. Pears are somewhat, more sus¬ 
ceptible to spray injury than apples, but 
they should stand one or two applica¬ 
tions of arserfhte of lead just after the 
petals fall without fear of jnjury. It is 
safer, however, to add lime-sulphur or 
simply lime to counteract, any burning 
effect from the poison. The trouble with 
the pear this season may also have been 
due to frost. 
With the peaches it may be a different 
Story. Peaches may be seriously injured 
with repeated applications of arsenate of 
lead. In general, but one application of 
poison should be made on peaches. That 
one is made when the shucks arc failing, 
using 3 lbs. of the powdered form to TOO 
gallons of water. If a second application 
is given later. 3 or 4 lbs. of lime should 
be added to neutralize the burning effect 
of the poison. Even then there is some 
risk of injury, and we should advise 
rather careful and conservative use of 
arsenate of lead on peaches. 
GLENN w. HEKRICK. 
Planting Currants 
I want to plant about 50currant bushes 
and would like your advice regarding va¬ 
rieties. soil and best, method of planting. 
Long Island. F. h. At. 
Currants do well on any soil which is 
well drained and fertile, though the heavy 
types of soil, such as clay and silt loam, 
probably produce the best fruit. We or¬ 
der plants in the Fall front reliable nur¬ 
sery houses and set the plants as early 
as possible in the Spring. Many growers 
plant the currant bushes between the 
rows of fruit trees, especially in the Hud¬ 
son Valley section. 
Currants are easy to propagate, should 
one wish to grow his own. Cuttings are 
taken either in the Fall or late Summer 
and set in rows in the Spring as early as 
possible, after being heeled in. in a cel¬ 
lar, over Winter. There are three kinds 
of currants; the reds, whites and the 
black varieties. Tire red sorts are the 
most popular. Perfection. Wilder, Red 
Cross and Wlnte Imperial are all good 
varieties for New York State. A descrip¬ 
tion of the varieties mentioned, and much 
general information on both currants and 
gooseberries, can be obtained by writing 
for Farmers’ Bulletin 1024, “Currants 
and < roosebevries,” which can lie secured 
free of charge by addressing the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. Washington. I). C. 
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