1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
261 
Japan Plums in Orange County, N. Y. 
C. B. E., Orange Co., N. Y .—Will you tell 
me the best three varieties of Japan plums 
for Orange Co., N. Y., for market pur¬ 
poses? 
Axs.—My experience with Japan 
plums for commercial purposes has been 
on the whole unfavorable; in fact, I have 
never had faith enough in them to plant 
largely. I think, as a rule, the growers 
of them in this section have been con¬ 
siderably disappointed in them as a com¬ 
mercial fruit. Were I to extend my 
plantings it. would be confined to one 
variety, Red .Tune. J. R. cornel!.. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
Painting Fruit Trees. 
A. V. It-, Yew Paris, Pa,— Will Prof. Al- 
tvood tell us Whether it is profitable to 
paint other frtiit trees than apple, and give 
his experience? Will a good white paint 
that requires two to three quarts of lin- 
feeed oii added to the gallon of paste to pre¬ 
pare he as suitable as white lead and oil? 
A ns. —I have used white lead paint up- 
bn pear trees very successfully; in fact, 
have painted them as high as three feet 
up so as to avoid trouble from rabbits 
when the snow drifts, and my results 
have been good in every way, without 
the slightest injury to the trees. I am 
not willing to say that A. C. R. can se¬ 
lect a good white paint and then add oil 
to it, because I do not know what might 
be contained in this ready-mixed paint. 
I have always thought that painting 
trees is an operation that must be done 
with caution, because if material is used 
which will penetrate the bark, the trees 
will be killed almost certainly. I think 
it wise to stick to white lead and linseed 
oil and do your own mixing. 
To Obtain Silkworm Eggs. 
T. C., Ridgefield, Conn .—Can some one 
who has had experience in silkworm cul¬ 
ture tell me something in regard to price 
of eggs, expenses of starting and general 
profit? 
Axs.—The North Carolina Department 
of Agriculture imports annually a small 
supply of silkworm eggs for use of citi¬ 
zens of the State. When applications 
from non-citizens are received before 
February 1 we always increase our im¬ 
portation sufficiently to supply such de¬ 
mands. But we cannot furnish eggs to 
applicants except as above. No reliable 
strain of eggs is at present produced in 
this country, though there is no reason 
why they should not be when the de¬ 
mand is sufficient to make it possible for 
a competent person to give his time to 
breeding for eggs. At present we al¬ 
ways advise persons taking up silk cul¬ 
ture to purchase and use only imported 
eggs, which have been produced by the 
Pasteur or “cellular” method, which en¬ 
sures freedom from germs of pebrine. Tt 
was the use of diseased eggs more than 
any pther single factor which discour¬ 
aged silk growers who began silk culture 
between 1880 and 1885. At present date 
the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture has a small supply of silkworm 
eggs and mulberry trees for free distri¬ 
bution to those interested in the new in¬ 
dustry. Your correspondent can prob¬ 
ably secure both eggs and trees free of 
cost by making prompt application to 
the Secretary of Agriculture at Wash¬ 
ington. GERALD M’CARTHY. 
How to Spray Wild Mustard . 
E. P., Deansboro, N. Y.—I wish to inquire 
how some people apply sulphate of copper 
to kill charlock on extensive scale. I have 
tried it with my spray pump, but it is a 
discouraging job when one has much of a 
piece to go over. I find that a three-per¬ 
cent solution wall kill it applied when very 
small. I have never seen a statement how 
these experimenters apply it on a large 
field. I have wondered if a four or six-foot 
potato sprayer could be fixed so it would 
cover the ground. 
Axs.—In the experiments conducted by 
the Cornell College of Agriculture wild 
mustard was very generally destroyed 
by spraying with a three-per-cent solu¬ 
tion of copper sulphate at the rate of 
about 45 gallons per acre. A three-per¬ 
cent solution is secured by dissolving 10 
pounds of the chemical in about 40 to 45 
gallons of water. The application is 
best made by a four or six-rowed potato 
sprayer, elevating the spray nozzles suf¬ 
ficiently to cause the spray to cover the 
entire area. The sprayer used for this 
work should have, brass fittings wher¬ 
ever the solution comes in contact, as 
copper sulphate attacks iron very vig¬ 
orously, and will soon destroy iron fit¬ 
tings. The work is much more easily 
and effectively done when the plants are 
only four to six inches high. Later the 
mustard becomes more resistant, and the 
crop in which it is growing protects it 
more from the spray. Mustard is most 
successfully destroyed when growing in 
oats, barley or peas, as these crops are 
not injured by the spray. Corn is also 
little affected, sugar beets somewhat 
more so, though they recover quickiy. 
Beans, potatoes and rape are destroyed 
almost as effectually as the mustard. 
j. l. s. 
R. N.-Y.—We must understand that 
the spraying is done by driving through 
the field and throwing out a broadcast 
spray. It is necessary to cover as wide 
a track as possible at each round. Among 
other sprayers, the Aroostook, made by 
the Field Force Pump Co., Elmira, N. Y., 
the Peppier, by Thomas Peppier, Hights- 
town, N. J., and the Shangle, by John R. 
Shangle of the same place, are guaran¬ 
teed to throw the spray so as to cover a 
strip 24 to 30 feet wide. 
Fireproof Roofs.— A form of silicate of 
soda is successfully used to make wood 
non-inflammable. One coating on the shin¬ 
gles would be sufficient to give protection 
under the circumstances mentioned. The 
local druggists could probably find out 
from a wholesale chemical house the price 
of this material. It is a liquid glass, and 
is the basis of the fireproof paints, which 
latter would, no doubt, be efficacious. Com¬ 
mon whitewash will prevent the sparks 
from burning holes in the shingles, but it 
would not adhere any length of time to 
a roof. g. D. 
SAMSON 
No other name means so much 
to the man who seeks a good 
windmill in an understanding 
manner. The Samson is so 
made in design, material, work¬ 
manship and construction as to 
be the best windmill that it is 
possible to make. The Samson 
is the mill with the wonderful 
double gear which gives the 
strength of more than two ordi¬ 
nary mills in the single mechan¬ 
ism. This also provides for the 
longest shafting and the longest 
bearings, andplaces all working 
parts between bearings. These 
things mean perfect freedom 
from all torsion and overhanging 
strain—no bending or twisting 
of shafts. All boxes detachable. 
Exceedingly 
sensitive to the |' ; i| 
slightest wind. L j 
It is the only 
real deep well 
pumping mill. 
We send free 
the handsomest 
and most complete 
mindmill catalog 
ever published. 
Don’t buy a wind¬ 
mill of any kind 
until you send for 
the Samson book. 
Write today. 
THE 
Stover Mfg. Co. 
602 RlverS*. ^ 
i Freeport, 
iiis. 
and fertilizing go hand in hand. 
You can plant in hills, drills or I 
checks ana putin the ground all com¬ 
mercial or Thome made fertilizers in 
any condition,as w r et,lumpy,etc. with | 
i 
Corn Planter and 
Fertilizer Distributer, 
With Improved Row Marker. 
Adapted as well to Peas, Beans, Beets, etc. 
Hills 6 to 45 inches apart. Distributes 60 to 
450 lbs. fertilizer per acre. Wide and easy 
adjustment, Light draft, weight 150 lbs. 
Easy to handle, a fnodel for accuracy and 
durability. Investigate our Eclipse Two 
Row Two Horse Planter. Agents wanted in 
new territory. Write for circulars and terms. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR At T. CO., 
Box 76, Chlcopeo Falls, Mass. 
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Our money winning books, 
written by men who know, tell 
you all about 
Potash 
They are needed by every man 
who owns a field and a plow, and 
who desires to get the most out 
of them. 
They ar tfret. Send postal card, 
GERMAN KALI WORKS 
98 Nassau Street, New York 
HUBBAilD^S 
FERTILIZER 
FOR OATS AND TOP-ORESSING* 
THE FAMOUS HAY-MAKER, 
Office of Cutaway Harrow Co., Higganum, Conti., 
The Rogers & Hubbard Co., Middleton, Conn. Aug, 7, 1903, 
Gentlemen:—That % of an acre is certainly a wonderful section of land. 
There has never been anything on it but your Fertilizer, first or last, not ones 
pound of any other kind of Fertilizer. It has been top-dressed with every crop. 
It is almost one generation since I seeded that down, so it goes on and on and on. 
Ill tons in 27 crops in 13X years. It is certainly going to make its usual increased 
crop this year. Yours respectfully, GEORGE M. CLARK. 
SEND FOR PRICES AND OUR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE SENT FREE . 
THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 
WATER. 
If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will doyonrwork 
and cost less money than oqr Rider and Ericsson Hot-Air Pumps, but if yon want 
water every day while your’jowers are growing and do not want your pump blown 
down when the wind blows too hard, no pump In the world can equal ours. We 
have sold about 20,000 of them during the past twenty-flvo years, which Is proof 
that wo are not making wild statements. 
Our Catalogue 1 C 4” will tell you all about them. Write to nearest store. 
Rider-Ericsson Engine Company, 
35 Warren St.. New York. 692 Craig St., Montreal, P. Q. 40 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
239 Franklin St., Boston. Teniente-Rey 71, Havana, Cuba. 40 N 7th St., Philadelphia. 
22 Pitt St., Sydney, N. 8 . W- 
AGRICULTURAL DRAIN TILE. 
NO CLOGGING, NO ROTTING, 
NEVER WEARS OUT. 
20 per cent, saved on breakage In handling and 
transit. 80 per cent, saved on strength and dura¬ 
bility. Write for prices and full particulars. Car¬ 
load lots only. Mention this paper. Address 
THE H. B. CAMP CO., Frick Bld g., PIT TSBURGH, PA. 
Make an Ear ly Season 
kuul^hat is tile drained may be worked weeks 
~ in advance of that which is undrained. We make all kinds of tile and 
Sewer Pipe, Red Pressed Brick. Fire Brick, Chimney 
Tops, Flues, Encaustic Side Walks, etc.® Write for what 
you want. JOHN H. JACKSON, 76 Third Ave., Albany, N.Y. 
Ono-llor8o Corn, Beaa 
and Garden Boeder. 
Drops in Mil B and drills 12 
acres a day. Fertilizer extra 
$28- 75 
Calu¬ 
met 
check 
row 
planter with automatic reel 
and $0 rods wire. 
two section steel land 
roller. 7 ft. 3 section, 
$17.50. 8ft. $18.75. Light 
running .strongest,1 >est. 
PLOWS. 
for this 
sickle 
grinder; grinds heel and 
point atsametime. 
Grinds tt ft. sickle in 10 
min With 1 stone for 
sickles. $2.78. With 2 
stones for grinding all 
kinds of tools, $3.1&. 
$1.25 
for our Genuine 
Otis Crank 
Seeder. 
Sow8 wheat, oats, 
grass seed. He. Re¬ 
tails at 93.00; our 
pricoonly 91.25. 
ter irons and hooks, 
rope, 5 floor hooks, 3 pulleys. 
Wood, steel and cable track 
outfits any lengths. 
$|5 25 
AIIT 1 Tllic an nilT and send it to us and we will mai I you our Acri- 
U U 1 1 ri89 n LI LTU I cultural and Farm Machinery Catalogue FREE. 
For this 12-16 all steel 
disc harrow. Frame is 
made of best angle steel. 
Axle of cold rolled pol¬ 
ished steel. Discs hi guest 
grade tempered steel. 
Spring seat. Draft is di¬ 
rect from axle. Guaran¬ 
teed i n every way 
for thi.; Gem 
Garden Drill 
W ith 11 toolscon i plete$8.50 
20for Wol verine 
Garden Cultivator. 
We havecompleteline gar¬ 
den tools. Seed Drill sOhoup 
Steel lever harrow; cuts 
10 ft; 60teeth; two sec¬ 
tions . 
.10 
Stool Cuiilvotor, 
plain, with 5 shovels, 
spreads to 33 inches. 
MARVIN SMITH CO. CHICAGO. 
