lbW. 
SPRAYING QUESTIONS. 
Two or Four-Cycle Engines. 
I Intend to ptirchnm* n power spraying 
'outftt IIiIh Spring nn<l Nhould lx; Kind to re¬ 
ceive Informntlon relative to same. Which 
would be the inure desirable for IIiIh work, 
u two or n fourcycle ciikIuc (the gn noil no 
machine, of course) ? I expect to uae at IciihI 
four of the MlHtry. Jr., nozzles, and to keep 
pressure khukc Indicating 125 to Hit poiuxlH. 
How much more gasoline will a two cycle en- 
’Kltie consume ihim n four-cycle machine, size* 
mud IoiiiIh being cuunlV i have noted Hint 
.the two horHc-powcr four-cycle engine given 
(considerably more trouble than the larger 
mlzcH. Im this true of the two cycle types? 
Stanley, N. y. n, i 
Two-cycle engines use is to 20 per cent 
Tttotfc gasoline lit,in four-cycle, and run 
more steadily under an even load. Four¬ 
cycle engines have been generally used 
for spraying purposes, and are apt to 
work better than two cycle under variable 
loads, or as ;t manufacturer of mo¬ 
tors says, “Are not so sensitive.” 
As a matter of fact the smaller gaso¬ 
line engines give less trouble than the 
larger sizes. One who has had no prev¬ 
ious training in running a gas engine 
must expect to have some trouble until 
he gets acquainted will) and understands 
the vital.points of its construction, and 
learns where to look for trouble. Almost 
any of the gasoline power spray rigs on 
the market will run four of the large 
capacity nozzles at 100 or more pounds 
pressure, which is high enough pressure 
for good work. Many different makes 
are in use, and giving good satisfac¬ 
tion. A spray rig should carry no extra 
weight, and yet he strong enough to do 
tthe work required. 
Effect of Scalecide. 
N’sn you tell how long II takes Hcfllecld'* 
to kill the Kcnlc, and how can we know when 
ilx-jr are dead? I sprayed peach trees with 
It on notn<• of the warm days In January, 
amt would like to know whether we shall 
have in spray them again this SnrliiK? 
Middle Hope, N. Y. w. ,i, xi, 
„S.un Jose scales should show the ef¬ 
fects of a treatment with Scalecide a 
few days after. The scales live through 
the Winter in the so-called "black stage,” 
and are then about one third grown. Moth 
the older mature scales and the very 
young ones are killed by ordinary Winter 
weather. To find out the effectiveness 
of a wash only these small black scales 
should be studied. These should be 
turned over under a band lens; if the 
soft scale* underneath is of a light yellow 
color, and moist when crushed under a 
pin point there is life, and there should 
be a second treatment. If the scale in¬ 
sects under the scale covering are darker, 
and bronze or copper colored and dried 
up willi no moisture, they are dead and 
do not need a second treatment. F.x- 
amine well scales that are in protected 
places upon the trees, and il a very small 
per cent are found alive give a second 
jipplic.it ion. 
Spraying Suggestions. 
In spraying he sure that all connections 
are tight and hose sound. The reason 
that the hired man refuses or finds fault 
when it comes to spraying is because wc 
often want him to use an outfit that 
leaks so that lie is covered from head to 
foot with the mixture and has his hands 
wet all day long. Il requires only a small 
additional outlay to make everything snug 
and tight, and the saving in time, temper 
and comfort will repay well. Rubber 
gloves are of no value on the spray rig; 
they sweat the hands so that I hey he 
(COme verv tender and last but a short 
time. A hard, firm, leather glove greased 
with mutton tallow, well worked in. or ;i 
little warm coal tar well worked in the 
palms shed water and are cheaper, more 
durable and comfortable. 
According to some of the circulars ad 
■yertisjng certain preparations for combat 
ing San Jose scale, il is a difficult and 
expensive operation to make the lime 
Mllplmr washes, I he steam cooking plant 
is quite expensive, hut the large grown 
just as economical and 
cooking. I he small 
to resort to the stove 
With two ISO gallon 
kettles one man can make 100 gallons of 
the wash per hour, cooking enough lime 
and sulphur in each M) gallon kettle for 
loo gallons of wash, and diluting with 
cold or slightly warm water. My oh 
nervations have led me to believe that 
tlx* lime sulphur wash is just as effective 
where cold water is used to dilute as 
the entire amount of mixture is 
Ihe chief objection to kettle cook 
that the mixture must be dipped 
he kettle' to the $pray tank, and 
.also must he stirred every few minutes. 
Steam cooking can he done in barrels on 
an elevated platform, and the mixture run 
into the spray tanks by gravity. The 
steam gets in the hoi tom of the cooking 
barrels keeping the mixture well agitated 
when cooking. One hour of rapid boiling 
has proved sufficiently long. h. n, v p, 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
205 
will find that it is 
easier than kettle 
grower will have 
cooker or kettles. 
where 
boiled 
ing is 
from t 
For the IiuhI'm Hake use 
iili/.crH. They enrich the 
Bowker’a Fer- 
earth— rAdv. 
WnUN you write advertisers mention Tun 
R. N. V. and you'll get a riufete reply and 
“a aqtiare deal." See guarantee, page IS, 
PURE Unleached HARDWOOD ASHES 
NATIJKK'H 1*1.ANT FOOD. 
Tim lioHt I'Vrllli'AOr to Mallil up Hut I,nail Von ant, 
llin lumt la Tlm.loynt Brand, Write for prices to 
JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, ontakio, Oanau.v. 
The Most Feed Per Acre 
oftlirhcatnii'lmoat nutrition« Llml 
uni be tjcairod by (/rowing our Improved 
Eureka Ensilage Corn. 
It In tho re* tilt of fifteen yenro rigid nnd 
r.nrcful irlrf.tion from the beef variety of 
true Southern Corn. We havo tlum pro¬ 
duced u porn whloh grown to the 
f lu lglil, produce* mont 
ollitgo Mild lurgtut mi in hr r of 
atm, Early tnmitfli to bring thocnru 
Into mlllc by rutting time pint when 
It II l»*".t for ciiullfiuo. (’untniiirri have 
(frown 414 ton* ol t4 Kurvku M i»«r 
•irrr* Ifnamonoy maker for every man 
whoplfinte It. 
Itrtnrmbrr—we control tho entire 
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the genuine? nerd can only bo prmurrcl 
from ue. Send for our largo, new catalog 
o< Earm Machinery, Implement*, Fouls, 
etc. We mul 1 n copy free on roijucwt. 
ROSS BROTHERS, WORCESTER, MASS. 
SEED POTATOES 
Thorbiirn’* Noroton Himaty, lrlali (lohhlor, Iturpixm, 
Quirk Lniicli, .lurrord'n ICarly Surprl*o, Karly Nun 
light. M/iggln Murphy, Aiiiui'lenn (llaut, (laid (.'ola, 
AT 111 Ion Hollar, Carman No a Sir VV Ualolgh 
<!. W. HUKNKTT, I'hnlp*, N. V. 
SEED Potatoes, Corn & Oats 'll iv 
utlim at. I.OWICHTPkioicM ('(lining I'rito. 
McA iIiihih Mood Co,, ColiimlxiH drove, O. 
:<>lt HAM') CriuiNOD (lliivur Hood, W4.AO IiiihIiiiI 
Rod Clovnr Hood, Hi7.no and HtM.OO litmluil 
‘Jahin ii’Ih. H*«,no and I.iihIioI, Cow I’oiim 
IM w.oO to W'v.lft bintliol, illMH-|»h F.« )lull«*M«l v Milford, Ih-I, 
OATS 
Kriik.tlcm— mi tm. |mr ni'm, ii'ii , win 
hit. A 1,0 Hm»it Cnril. Miltll|i|p, mill rut,i 
li'Kilii fo'ii. 'i t miii. pin t A Hmiih, MuIi mhii.OIiIo 
II ril ri Hill'd rot' raid. Write 
OB Mil r ft fill MiiMi|ilnii, pi I HUH, and b'tt l<; )•] 
— - o m — ™ 0 direction* "Jill” on growing, 
J. E. Wing & Bros., Box 23, “'mTr: 1 ,'?;,. 0 '' 
fiRACQ CFFn R°"(l Oal.x and Homl Corn, All 
, OttU ),i h,1m of Clover, Timothy, Mine 
(iniMH, Rod Top, Orchard (ininn and Oil Mnal, old 
IH'oi'hhh, PriruHttnil Hntnidiin on application. 
(I. ,1. COVER, nil. (ill.-ml, Ohio. 
PLANTS FOR SALE Tomato, ICgg PlanL 
Colory, Hwi'id. Potato, Pepper, Hlrawhorry, A HpanigtiH, 
Oto, Price 11*1 free. H. 0. Atherton, driionwontl,Del. 
CIOICI) HWI'll'lT POTATOHS Jortmy Yellow, Jersey 
*■' IIikI, Vliiolaoit Itimii; other vurlellon; pluntu In 
NOttNou. Prloo LI Hi. (J. M. llurrlHon, Vlmilaml, N J. 
DIBBLE’S SEED CORN 
I II,I.M Till'; OKI IIS AND MILOS. 
Mniiiniifth Yellow Flint rocord M Im. from 1 pork 
Hiind, 1111) Im. cm U i.rri'H, the largml and iiionI proilun 
tl vii Flint rorn maturing in tm to I no day*. 
Idhldn'H Ini) Hay I .ranting, lamt. large Hunt for 
M lildle rllateH and Hit Hay Ynllow Ham, iiarlh’Ht. Hunt 
rorn grown. tiandHoiiiii ralalog and Haiiiplo* fniot 
write today. ICdwerd I''. DlTililr, Mooilgroivor, 
llonooyo I'll I Ih, N. V. 
GRAFTING WOOD. 
I haven limited Htork of gmftlng wood of the Miller 
Pear, a Niieilllng from the Klritnr, knn|iH all Winter. 
(loi.il ipinllty, I'i Irr f I .no prr foot. Iiy mnll pimt paid. 
AddrONH 1). J. MILLKIt, .MlllorHlnirg, Ohio. 
Hold oar or Hholled. All 
gruded, tostod, itrovon—then 
Kimritiiteoil. No hotter at 
any price. Teat It in your 
tinroiiting box. If you don’t 
like tL-ilro It back. You'll 
got your money hack dotihlu 
quirk. "< *uuranttiecl-pure” 
Clover Hood. Garden Heeds 
that will really grow. Catu- 
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HENRV FIELD. SEEDSMAN, 
BOX 76, SHENANDOAH. IOWA. 
Purest 
Grass 
and 
Glover 
Seed 
We Hell only tl»«i >*>rjr 
purnatgruN* and clover 
Herd. None belter can 
he hoiiKht ut any price. 
Try in. 
Our vegetable and 
(lower ate )umrnt need, 
at leuMuiuible p t I c e h . 
We Ntip|dy lai tnriH who 
plant by (lie biiiulred 
acre*, down to collec¬ 
tion* for the kitchen 
garden. 
You will lie likely to 
li nil i n our free cat a log 
I tilot tiial ion worth dol¬ 
lar* to you. 
J. J. H. Gregory & Son 
MARBLEHEAD. MASS. 
CLOVER 
l.arucHf grower* ol 
Clover, Timothy, (iran*, 
— (lain. Barley, Corn, Spell/., -v — 
Knpe andFnrmSeedH ol rill kinds In Amerlea 
FREE 
Our timiiiiniitli I IM.|,.,gri('utulog In itmllril 
•>«’«’ to ull hili'iiilhig httyern; oriiniiil 
8o I N STAMPS 
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Kjan need, tngdthi'r ivllli I'oddi'l 1'lunln. 
( Invi'l*,i't. 0 ,, ntii,,101(1 hlg I'atalng free. 
JOHN A.iSALZEl^ 
Seed Co.« " 
iIaCR0SSE,Wi5.( 
Seeds That Hustle 
Plant Our Northern-Grown Seeds 
They are hardy, vigorous, prolific, ' 
and mature quick, because they arc* 
grown in our short, northern sum¬ 
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begin hustling the minute they are in 
(he ground, keep at it, and mature* 
crops while the lazy southern seed is 
getting started. Our new, 150 page 
catalog, tells all about them and our 
Bi/J Cash Club Offer, Mailed free, if 
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DARLING & HRAHAN, 
11S Michigan HI., PctoHltoy, Mich. 
GARDEN anoFLORAL 
GUIDE FREE 
Give* nexurnto (Inscription* and 
lllunirittiiMt'i ol 
the best seeds 
AND PLANTS 
Bpoulai -A Hardy lllby Rambler Ron? 
ready to bloom, Indoor or out, 
1‘oMluifo prepaid, lor 10 Lenta, 
Semi for Cata/ojprt anyway, //’t J-ree 
JAMES VICK’S SONS 
4:i0 Main St. ROC1IRS I I K, N. Y. 
Our 1907 
Catalogue 
. ,w Im* a complete 
list of 
HIGHEST GRADE 
SEEDS 
Thoroughly trwlml ami of known 
vitality. Wo nmkn Mprolid inoiitluii 
ut the moat popular yarlotlo* fer * 
llOlno Harden or is iinsrlti gardener. 
It al «o eon lulu* (ho In led novel lina 
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I'll and IH Fiinoull Hull Hi|iiar(r> t 
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U rt inn it 
Dependable 
Seeds 
The bcsl. Htl'ftltiB 
grown, (. r a c to 
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vitality aru dc- 
Merllwd In 
Dreer’s Garden Hook 
Magnificent color plates, and bMA su¬ 
perbly Illustrated pages, describing 
everything for farm or garden seeds, 
plants. Insecticides, foi l III/,ors and Im¬ 
plements. 
Mailrd In nni/nnr mntlitmino 
thin publlattiim. 
HENRY A. DREI:R, Philadelphia 
;0LDEN NUGGET 
f * .. * •'ini' i 1 1111 y |iriiiiiii'i 
■'in'll plant. Imam 150 in 200 fruit.. Itlnh 
cil'lcn yi’lluw i i.lni, il.-lii .it flavor ami 
| vary Mallil, Wo aro oirurlng: 
$25.00 IN CASH PRIZES 
to Uni pnmmiH irrowlnif tho gruaUMt numbnr 
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"■ *"i"l* for two II rout iilaiuim, with 
prlvllogo of I'uiiipollng fur 
prl*oii. I.argn, llluntrntoil 
I'lltulllgllll of 
Vag.t.bl., flownr 
• nil farm Saadi, r SEC. 
IOWA SEED CO., 
Dos Moines, Iowa. 
BURPEE'S 
Wood’s 
Grass and 
Clover Seeds 
arc tho host ami cleanest 
qualities obtainable—new 
cron—froo from weed seeds, 
ami of tested germinutiou. 
Wood’s Descriptive Catalogue 
gives tho fullest information about 
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best adapted for different soils— 
quantities to seed per aero—best 
combinations for hay and pastur¬ 
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Our trade In Grass. Clover and 
Form Soods, In one or the tar 
gent In thla country, llandlliu 
ihoHO ncciIh In tho largo i|iianli 
Hon thill wc do cnablcN UN to noil 
at tho lowest, prlixtN poNHlhlu for 
Urst-chiNN hooUn. 
Write for our Cataloguo and 
prices of any seeds desired. Cata¬ 
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T. W. WOOD & SONS, 
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 
NORTHERN 
GROWN 
Seeds 
FOR ALL CLIMATES 
farlirnf. Moftf Productive, Hurdiest 
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u Seeds that Grow 
?? 
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W. A l l 
nrr proved the, Heat Meeila (lint onn hn 
grow,,. H>ilo the tcatiiig, -Yin, run norltkl 
I you g ,, r. | i;" either lot plc.m.rr or prolit you 
Ht.uly «Th. Lending Amrrloin 
nhould 
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IVnna. 
THE RIGHT SEED POTATOES 
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