those two mixtures together to make 100 
gallons. It is very doubtful that the re¬ 
sults will warrant the effort to make this 
late application. 
Hath of these forms of rot can be ef¬ 
fectually controlled by timely and proper 
spraying early in (lie season with Bor 
dennx mixture made according to (he 
4-4-50 formula; that is. I lbs. of copper 
sulphate with I lbs. of lime dissolved in 
50 gallons of waterThe copper sulphate 
is first, dissolved in a small quantity of 
water, say live gallons, and this is then 
added to 40 gallons of water. The lime 
is then put in five gallons of wafer and 
the mixture added to the 45 gallons of 
copper sulphate and water. 
The first application should lie sprayed 
ou when the shoots are hut 2 or 2 in. in 
length. A second spraying should be 
made a few days previous to blooming. 
A third is required when the berries have 
attained the size of small peas. A fourth 
application should follow in about two 
weeks. The early applications are the 
most important ones. F. E. o. 
well. The rotation oil the cape is usually 
as follows: Sirawherries for two years 
after land is cleared from the woods, fol¬ 
lowed by turnips and often by corn, then 
book lo strawberries again. 
Massachusetts. Wll.FRlD WHEELER. 
Mr. Wheat Grower 
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Rolling Onions 
Should Winter onions be rolled or not? 
Does it make a difference in the mildness 
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necessary ? J. w. E. 
Chary, N. Y. 
The rolling of onions to which J. W. 
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Wo still grow Carman, but not as 
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white with bright red cheek, and inclined 
to he a cling. The flesh is tender and the 
peach is easily bruised. With ns it is 
very subject to brown rot. perhaps >the 
worst variety for this disease that we 
have. Our customers do not care for a 
white peach. They demand yellow color, 
often preferring what we call inferior 
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yellow peaches come from the South, and 
is not therefore fully salable. 
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CONTENTS 
L EAP’S PROLIFIC I smooth chaff ) wheat has 
yielded a* high ax 41! bushels to the acre for 
ox mid wo are offering choice rede.-med. se¬ 
lected and graded seed at 02.40 per iniehol (hav- 
extra I. Our wheat hax boon given tho HOT 
AVATKK treatment and is free front runt, snnu 
amt all other disease as a consequence and will not 
readily lodge. It will outyiohl untreated wheat and 
an increase of onlyll bushel to tho acre will pay 
your expense of changing. 
W W. WEIMAN. r O. ■«> ««». HUMMCLSTOWN, PA. 
8EE1> W HEAT. Trumbull, Gladden, Poole, 
Goings. Rosen five. Timothy. Alfalfa. F!am\ 
Samples. SCAILFF’S SEED FARM. 
If. F. I>. *>, New Carlisle, O. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, AUGUST 2G. 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
Compensation Laws and Co-operative 
Thrashing ... 
The ‘ Pilgrim Spirit" in Agriculture. 
The Market Slump in Philadelphia. 
Some Wheat Variety Tests. 
Helping Dad in Haying. 
New York State Notos. 
SEED POTATOES 
lmmatured, Hill selected. Come, see and in¬ 
spect my potato fields before you buy. They 
contain less than one percent, diseases. 664 
bu. Russet and 443 bn. Cobblers per acre 
official test by Farm Bureaus. We have as 
good seed as can be found. Write 
WM. A. JONES, Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Some Live Stock Considerations 
Hope Farm Notes...... 
Hog Bristles as a Fertiliser. 
July Milk Pool Prices. 
Testing Sterilized Milk. 
Trouble With Churning. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
or August “nd Fall planting. Pot-grown and runneT 
iiluuta that wgt hear-fruit next Summer. RASPBERRY, 
KLACKBHUUY. DIS'V BERRY. GOOSEBERRY. CUR¬ 
RANT. CRAPE plant*, ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB 
room; ROSES, SHRUBS for Fall planting. 
HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER PLANTS 
tor Summer and Fall planting * DELPHINIUM, HOLLY¬ 
HOCK, COLUMBINE. FOXGLOVE, GAILLARDIA 
•ad many other* Fatnloijur free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRKS, Good Ground, N. Y. 
Rot of Grapes and Flums 
How nut T chock tin* rotting of my 
grapes, and what, if any, steps can bo 
taken to prevent a recurrence of the same 
trouble next year? 1 first noticed some 
clusters covered with a mealy-like sub¬ 
stance about July 1. and sprayed wilb 
Bordeaux mixture. R. r. it. 
Stratford. Conn. 
’What can I spray on my grapevines 
and plum trees to save them from rot¬ 
ting? They appear all right until they 
begin to show color to ripen. Our vines 
are loaded with large bunches of grapes, 
and if I can save them we will have a 
fine lot. When spray them and what to 
use so it will be safe to eat them when 
ripe? j. s. 
Little Falls. N. Y. 
Two kinds of rot are now evident on 
grape berries, namely, the black and the 
brown rot stage of (be downy mildew. 
It is impossible at ibis time to check 
either of these diseases lo any extent. 
Bordeaux mixture applied at this lute 
date stains the frail and lenders it tin 
sightly and unsalable. Burgundy mix¬ 
ture is made by dissolving 2 lbs. of cop¬ 
per sulphate ia 5ft gallons of water and 
1 lbs. of sodium carbonate (sal soda i in 
5ft gallons ot‘ water and then bringing 
HORTICULTURE 
How to fix Up the Farmyar I.1033, 
Apple Growing in Pennsylvania. 
Cape Coil Strawberry Crop.1035. 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 
A Farm Woman’s Notes. 
Tomatoes jn Winter Guise. 
Methods of Flv Control.. 
The Pastoral Parson.... • 1040, 
Notes from a Sagebrush Farmer’s Wife.... 
To Cook Woadehuok. 
Boys and Girls.1048. 
The Home Dressmaker. 
Editorials . ... 
The Delay in Cashing Chocks. 
Protection for Investors. 
Dr. G. F. Warren for Senator. 
Examination for State Troopers. 
Killing Skunk* .. . 
Farm Boy and Chauffeur. 
"Bags with Holes". 
Destroying Ants . .. 
Waterproof Glue for Patching Canvas. 
Rusty Water.. 
Cleaning White Leather. 
Bright Light Flux on Magneto.. 
Tire Tale for the Feet. 
Purifying Water Barrels.. 
Homemade Typewriter Ribbons and Carbon 
Paper ..... 
Tar Barrel in Spring. 
Ice Frozen at Different Temperatures. 
Stopping the Leaky Chimney. 
A Miner's Christmas Pie. 
My Finest Meal.... .. 
Hot Tamales and Fried Ants. 
"Five o'Clock Tea". 
Perfect Lemon Pie. 
Publisher's Desk ... 
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