1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
61 
A CORRECTION REGARDING SPRAY¬ 
ING OILS. 
Permit me to correct a. statement in 
your column of “Ruralisms” in issue of 
December 30. You say that “Scalecide” 
and “Target Brand” are both “soluble oils” 
or “emulsions,” one prepared with sul¬ 
phur and castor oil and the other with 
rosin. Now for the sake of your readers 
who have seen the one and not the other, 
we beg to state that they arc not in the 
same class. We know the “Target Brand” 
contains rosin; so the reference to “sul¬ 
phur and castor oil” was made to “Scale- 
cidc” which docs not contain either sul¬ 
phur or castor oil, but is the nearest ap- 
approach to petroleum oil that is soluble in 
water that science has ever achieved, a 
breaking up of the oil globule allowing 
it to spread over a much greater surface 
than an “emulsion.” which is a mechanical 
mixture of oil and water without breaking 
up the oil globule. “Target Brand” claims 
to be an “emulsion” and has that appear¬ 
ance. We do not discuss the relative 
merits of the two materials, for of that we 
do not know. “Target Brand” may be 
better than “Scalecide;;” but we have no 
evidence of it. Furthermore you state 
that you heated the oil and the water. 
This may be necessary for “Target 
Brand,” but is positively against the di¬ 
rections for the use of “Scalecide” which 
mixes instantly with cold water in any 
proportion, and stays mixed. “Target 
Brand” directions say that it is “absolutely 
necessary” to mix first with equal vol¬ 
ume of water before adding to your tank 
of water, whereas, “Scalecide” should be 
added directly to the amount of water 
necessary; then start the agitator and be¬ 
fore you can reach the first row of apple 
trees it is ready for work. 
B. G. PRATT COMPANY. 
NEW YORK FRUIT GROWERS' 
ASSOCIATION. 
Election of Officers. —T. B. Wilson, 
Halls Corners, remains as president, Chas. 
H. Darrow of Geneva, as treasurer, while 
E. C. Gillett of Penn Yan takes W. L. 
McKay's place as secretary. As execu¬ 
tive committee the old board, F. E. Daw- 
ley, S. W. Wadhams, B. J. Case, J. R. 
Cornell, Geo. W. Potter, are still the 
power behind the throne, 
Spray Notes. —The concentrated sul¬ 
phur mixtures now on the market, and 
much advertised as sure remedy for San 
Jose scale, have, according to Entomol¬ 
ogist P. J. Parrott not proven uniformly 
successful. The Pear psylla has been 
somewhat checked by means of the lime- 
sulphur washes, but Prof. Parrott does not 
think it safe to depend for its destruction 
on one application, made during the dor¬ 
mant season. Co-operative spraying plants 
are in successful operation in Ohio. They 
are useful, and have a place where there 
are many small growers in one neighbor¬ 
hood. Entomologist Parrott states, how¬ 
ever, that if he had 15 acres of orchard, 
or even 10 , he would want his own cook¬ 
ing plant for making the lime-sulphur mix¬ 
ture. The lime-sulphur washes at the 
Geneva Station are made without the 
addition of salt, as the latter does not 
seem to add anything to the value or ef¬ 
fectiveness of the compound. 
Membership. —The one-thousand mark 
in the membership has almost been 
reached. The full-fledged member, whe 
receives the annual crop reports, pays $3 
membership fee; the associate member, 
who receives the annual report of the 
proceedings but no crop reports, pays $ 1 . 
Another thousand or two should be added 
to the membership. It is full value re¬ 
ceived in any case. 
Two Insect Enemies. —For the Rose 
chafer which was abundant and very de¬ 
structive in many localities last year, 
spraying with arsenate of lead in strong 
doses (three to five pounds to 50 gallons 
of Bordeaux Mixture) is considered the 
best remedy. Small trees mav be saved 
from serious injury by the jarring pro¬ 
cess, collecting and destroying the beetles 
repeatedly, Flea beetles yield to thor¬ 
ough applications of Bordeaux Mixture, 
Apple Crop of 1905. —Of all the States 
in the Union, only Maryland and Virginia 
reported an increase in the appL crop. 
Dwarf Trees. —The dwarf orchards on 
the farms of Albert Wood, E. Van Al- 
styne and F. E. Dawley are still in an 
experimental stage. That much seems 
settled that trees on Doucin stock begin 
to bear extremely young, and the chief 
danger is from early overbearing. Can 
anything be said against the use of trees 
on Doucin stock as fillers in a young 
standard apple orchard ? 
Spray Injury. —Prof. Stewart of the 
Geneva Station has been misunderstood 
by city reporters. Much injury has re¬ 
sulted from spraying apple orchards dur¬ 
ing 1905, from causes not yet determined 
but he is far from advising against the 
practice of spraving orchards, as much 
greater good has been accomplished by 
spraying, in the aggregate, than harm. 
The causes of spray injury will be care¬ 
fully investigated by the station pathologist. 
The wonderful fruit exhibit made by the 
Geneva Station and various prominent in¬ 
dividual growers, like W. T. Mann, Albert 
Wood. Eighme and the Missouri Horticul¬ 
tural Society, all of whom believe in and 
practice thorough spraying, had not been 
possible this year without the help of the 
spray pump. For Grape rot Prof. Stew¬ 
art advises five spray applications, two 
before and three after the blooming period. 
The Bartlett is still the pear for profit. 
Willard Hopkins finds Beurre Bose one of 
the best producers and best sellers. Some¬ 
what contradicting arc the reports in re¬ 
gard to the outcome of grafting Bartlett 
on Kieffer. The warning is sounded by 
Mr. Eighme of Lockport against heavy 
commercial planting of early apples. 'File 
Oldenburg already finds a market fairly 
filled with other stuff.—Go light on early 
apples! _ t. g. 
Exposing Cistern Wall, 
J. R. O., Ripon, IF is .—We have a cistern, 
six feet diameter, in the ground, the wall of 
which is built of small stones and is about 
one foot thick and plastered inside with 
Portland cement. If the top four feet of dirt 
is dug away, do you suppose it will hold 
water without breaking, or will it need hoop¬ 
ing? 
Ans. — A careful examination of the 
material used and the thickness of the 
plastering will enable a person to deter¬ 
mine whether this wall would stand or 
not. For a permanent job I think it would 
be a good idea to hoop it and plaster it 
on the outside. If it is to be full of 
water in Winter, some precautions would 
have to be taken against freezing, other¬ 
wise it would freeze and break the wall 
in spite of almost anything that could 
be done. _ G. D. 
Teacher; “A coal dealer has ten tons 
of coal which he sells at five dollars a ton. 
How much does he get for it?” Scholar: 
“About sixty-five dollars.” Teacher: 
“That’s wrong.” Scholar: Yes’in; but 
all coal dealers do it.”—Judge. 
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