1904. 
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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Hope Farm Notes 
Night Comes.—S onic hard tilings are said 
about farming, but, after all, a farmer knows 
where to go when night comes. He can for¬ 
get and forgive a good many tilings if after 
the sun goes down lie can end his day before 
an open (ire. Tour heaters and stoves are all 
well enough to keep the house warm, but the 
open (ire does more—it keeps home warm. 
There is a great difference between a house 
and a home. With steam heat in every room 
I have known people to scatter all over the 
Ihouse with no headquarters. An open (ire 
brings them all together for a time at least, 
il thought of this last Saturday night as we 
llined up before our fireplace. I had a roar¬ 
ing (ire of old rails and a big pear tree that 
had been killed by the scale. .Mother and the 
largest boy had been to the city to do some 
shopping. They rode through the new sub¬ 
way, saw the crowd which surrounded a place 
jvhere a man was injured, and met with vari¬ 
ous adventures. The rest of us had been at 
work, and there was much (o tell. The chil¬ 
dren studied tneir Sunday School lesson, the 
little girl played two or three hymns, and 
then they all went through the bath to bed, 
leaving me alone before the tire to eat apples 
and think over the day. 
A New Spray. —As the chunk of wood 
from the old pear tree blazes away I seem to 
hear it talking. Its snaps and hisses might 
be translated much as follows: 
"In my day i was one of the best workers 
.on this farm. I have given my three barrels 
.of Bartletts in one season, and would have 
.done it Ibis year instead of roasting here had 
it not been for the scale. When if lirst began 
.to prick and tingle my back i did not mind il. 
it did not seem possible that such a tiny 
jnsect could do any harm. It was lirst only 
.a bad itching, then it grew worse and I 
found myself growing weaker and weaker. 
My arms lost their strength and withered 
away. Tou ought to have killed the hateful 
thing that destroyed me, but I was too far 
gone before you started. You did well to cut 
me down at last. Now I want to warn you 
as 1 warm you. I am old, and have had my 
day, but do not let these scales kill your 
young trees, t see you have been after them 
to-day. Keep at them, or they will ruin your 
orchards, i have done my duty. Now 1 go 
in a blaze of cheerful heat. Put my ashes 
around a young tree that 1 may live again, 
but keep off the scale." 
The old tree’s wishes will be respected. We 
will put the ashes around a Bose pear tree— 
no Kieffer shall have them. It is true that 
we have been try lug a new spray mixture to¬ 
day, which I hope will help us tip the scales 
against Mrs. S. .1. Scale. 
Limoid and Kerosene. —We have just 
given this new combination a fair trial. 
What is “limoid" V 
A very clear and line form of lime. It Is 
made from limestone which contains some 
magnesia. It is ground und sifted liner than 
Hour, made especially for such work as spray¬ 
ing. The circulars refer to it as a "hydrated" 
lime, which means that it Is combined with 
water without changing its chemical form. 
We made our mixture as follows: First we 
poured 10 quarts of kerosene into a barrel, 
and then slowly added 10 pounds of limoid. 
stirring it with a hoe. It made a pasty mass 
something like sott putty. We were careful 
to add enough of the limoid so that no free 
kerosene came to (lie top. Water was added, 
four gallons at a time, slowly, and the liquid 
was kept constantly stirred. Our tool for 
doing this was a hoe churned up and down 
rapdily. This made the liquid tumble about 
like the cream in a dash churn. The direc¬ 
tions say use a pump for this stirring, but 
we have sent our hand pump to Florida, so 
that Uncle Ed can spray his orange trees. 
In all we added 90 quarts of water, so that 
ihe final mixture contains 10 quarts of kero¬ 
sene and 10 pounds of limoid in a total of 
100 quarts—a 10 per cent solution. 1 am 
unable to say just what chemical change oc¬ 
curred between the kerosene and limoid, but 
.both seemed to lose much of their character 
and unite in a mutual agreement to put the 
scale out of business. Out of consideration 
for the lime the kerosene agreed to bite the 
scale without hurting the trees, while the 
lime agreed to give backbone to the kerosene. 
After churning the mixture we strained it 
into the gas sprayer through cheese cloth, 
and also through a tine wire sieve. It was 
surprising to see how little of the lime was 
left on the line cloth. Imagine what would 
happen with 10 per cent of lime in ordinary 
mixtures! 
Blowing It Out.—I have never described 
our gas sprayer. A tank capable of resist¬ 
ing a presssure of 700 pounds to the inch is 
fitted with a tube and steam gauge at the 
top and a tube with two hose connections at 
the hot! tom. A hole in the top through 
which the spray mixture is poured can be 
closed airtight. Inside the tank is a float 
which rises and covers the liquid and an agi¬ 
tator somewhat like the screw on a steamer 
which is turned by a handle at the top. We 
poured the liquid in and screwed on the 
cover. With the valves at the bottom shut 
the power was let in. This "power" or force 
comes from liquid carbonic acid gas. It 
comes in a tube which is capable of resist¬ 
ing a pressure of 1,400 pounds to the inch. 
A man can easily carry this tube around, yet 
it contains force enough to blow a house from 
its foundations. To charge the sprayer we 
connect the tube of gas with the tube and 
steam gauge at the top of the spraying tank. 
This connection is made by means of a small 
rubber tube. With a wrench we slightly 
loosen the valve at the top of the gas tube 
and the liquid carbonic acid instantly forms 
gas, which rushes into the spraying tank. In 
less than two minutes we had a pressure of 
ltd pounds. Then the values were shut and 
we were ready for business.-' We started with 
the tank on the single wagon with Frank to 
haul it. We took the roughest land on the 
farm, and went the wrong way. The fifth 
wheel finally broke and we moved the tank 
to a low-down two-horse wagon. One man 
or child can work the agitator and drive and 
also charge the tank when needed. Two men 
can work on the nozzles, one on each side 
of tin* wagon. With 65 pounds pressure we 
blew out the spray in a fine mist. We use a 
rod with four nozzles tit the end and a trig¬ 
ger near the Hand to shut off the stream as 
desired. Willi this tine spray the tree Is 
quickly and evenly covered. There may be 
stout men who can keep up an even pressure 
hour after hour with a hand pump, but we 
haven’t got them at Hope Farm. As I ex¬ 
pected, the spray mixture formed a coat of 
whitewash over the trees, the kerosene inside 
doing the business and the lime holding it up 
to its work. I am hopeful for results, but 
cannot state them until we see what happens. 
I want to see how long the wash remains and 
what happens to the scales. There being a 
little mixture left in the tank when we came 
from the field I took the nozzle inside the hen¬ 
house and thoroughly sprayed the inside. 
There is no use in my saying what I think 
will result from this spraying until I see Ihe 
trees two weeks hence. We had some pic¬ 
tures taken showing the outfit, if they are 
good enough to print they will show how this 
big popgun blows out the spray better than 
I can tell about it. My object In spraying 
now was to see if this 10 per cent mixture 
will hurt, the leaves. The trees are still 
pretty well dressed. Later I shall try 15 
or 20 per cent kerosene for Winter spraying. 
I hope this mixture will be as strong as 
kerosene emulsion and stickmueh better. 
A Spray Sermon. —It would be an odd man 
who could aim a spraying nozzle for hours 
without considering the higher side of his job. 
It is not alone a question of killing the scale 
to produce more fruit to make more dollars. 
It means something to tight for a beautiful 
and useful life which the tree represents. It 
means much to us and those who follow us 
that these hillsides should become profitable 
and yield crops which mean money. Yet. in 
another way it means more to have the hill¬ 
tops show the glory of the orchard. The man 
with tlie nozzle Is not only working, for the 
pocketbook, hut also for' the gentler and 
truer things of civilization. Again the 
thoughtful man who aims the nozzle must 
see in his spray an illustration of the power 
of expression. When all the nozzles work 
properly the tree is enveloped in a thin mist 
so that every part of it is covered. We can 
only be sure of killing the tiny scale insect 
when every point the size of a pin point is 
plastered. A feeble squirt from the nozzle is 
wasted. It either hits nothing or will only 
wash down a limb or twig with waste of time 
and material. At one time the nozzles 
seemed filled—only one ran a stream the size 
of a straw. The nozzles were not at fault. 
It was the power behind them that failed. 
The pressure was down to 25 pounds. Charlie 
turned the valve in the gas tube and forced 
the pressure to 70 pounds. Then that one 
stream the size of a straw divided Into thou¬ 
sands of little streams ,and the other nozzles 
broke loose until they thoroughly covered a 
circle nearly six feet in diameter. It was 
like a man trying to give expression to the 
things within him that longed to give testi¬ 
mony to power and beauty. I suppose every 
one of us has at times felt sorrow at our ina¬ 
bility to express with hand or tongue or pen 
the things that come up within us. What 
we do seems like the single stream running 
from the nozzle when we know that the world 
needs the finer mist. When this feeling comes 
most of us are inclined to blame the nozzle, 
as It is easier to see. We take It apart and 
clear it. or try a new one, yet still the work 
Is Imperfect because the power behind it is 
too feeble. We cannot give expression to the 
things we feel within us by tinkering with the 
nozzle—hand, brain, tongue or pen. We must 
g"t behind them and increase the power that 
makes them worthy. But my friend the 
chunk of pear wood has crumbled to ashes 
ns I write. I shall not give expression to 
my idea of a well-spent dav unless I get my 
eighl hours of sleep. Holding that nozzle 
gave a touch of lameness to my back which I 
accept as the power which drives me to bed. 
Farm Notes. — I have a number of ques¬ 
tions about Florida and farm matters which 
I will try to answer next week. The weather 
for October has made up for many bad days 
In Ihe past. I have never known a more 
beautiful Fall than we have had thus far. 
Perhaps we haven’t enjoyed it! ... it 
is time for us to push the mulch away from 
the young trees and firm the soil around 
them. Where trees are closely root-pruned 
they sway and turn with the wind, and often 
make a large hole around them, 'l’liis does 
lillle harm in ordinary weather. Before the 
ground freezes we go over the orchard and 
pound the earth firmly around the trees to 
steady them. This whirling Is the worst 
feature 1 have seen of root-pruning. Tying 
to a stake would prevent it. . . . Another 
reason for moving the mulch back is that the 
mice will nest, under it and gnaw the tree. 
When we push the mulch away, the mice are 
mil likely to touch it except when the snow 
covers Ihe ground. They will sometimes work 
under Ihe snow. We have usually protected 
the trees by mounding earth around the base. 
The plan of twisting wire cloth around is 
safe and sure. . . . The pigs are swal¬ 
lowing reed at a great rate just now. There 
seems no end to them when you take them 
from pasture and try to fill them up. The 
butcher praises our pork this year. The pigs 
have never stopped growing, yet have not been 
forced. They made a good, healthy frame 
and were then filled out. Il never pays to let 
a pig stand still and then start him to grow¬ 
ing later on. From every indication our pig 
feeding will be more profitable than ever this 
year. When you sell $70 worth of meat at 
one time and see the other good ones in the 
fattening pen you feel better Ilian when you 
paid for the feed bills. . . . The iast 
field has been plowed and seeded to rye and 
grass. Next Spring apple trees will be 
planted 4o feet apart, with pears 20 feet 
apart as fillers. 
Right in the rye? 
Yes, but we shall cut a big space around 
each tree before the rye is 15 inches high and 
pile around the trees. Then all the rye will 
be cut before it Is fully headed anil two- 
thirds of it used as mulch. Live rye in a 
young orchard is a sucker. Dead rye spread 
on the ground succors. ii. w. c 
Greening Apples. —The Harvey Greening I 
know nothing about. The Bottle Greening is 
raised in a limited way here, but as far as I 
am acquainted the It. I. Greening is the best 
all-’round Greening for this section, provided 
anyone wishes to set many Greenings. The 
Palmer Greening is a high-class eaMng apple; 
a moderate grower with me, but makes 
a well-shaped tree when well grown. This 
season it lias grown very fine, and if it 
would always do as well I would like a few 
acres of them myself, but some seasons the 
proportion of No. 2 fruit is too large for 
profit. In regard to the Greasy Pippin, if I 
had the same variety I see no reason why 
any nurseryman should list it. The Fall Pip¬ 
pin does fairly well in Massachusetts, but 
like the last variety, I see no reason why 
anyone should plant it, certainly not as a 
commercial variety, I would advise the in¬ 
quirer to try a few up-to-date red ones and 
not run round after varieties no luarketman 
cares for. h. o. mead. 
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