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THE RURAL NHW-YORKER 
October 10 
Ruralisms 
WORKING A PEACH ORCHARD. 
A reader In Niagara County, N. V., says 
lie has always plowed his peach orchard 
In (he Spring until tills' year; then lie 
■went over It three times with a harrow, 
after that twice with a drag, and sowed 
clover. The clover failed to catch, bill 
now he has about t lie greatest crop of 
Summer grass that he over saw. He Is 
In doubt whether to plow this under this 
Fall or let It go until next. Spring and 
then work It under. What would you do 
with a proposition of this kind? 
Let the grass alone by all means until 
Spring. You will have a better protec¬ 
tion for both soil and trees by letting 
the grass remain on the surface. 
H. L, BROWN. 
I certainly would not plow the or¬ 
chard this Fall. The grass will hold 
the leaves and act as a mulch on the 
ground, and will also keep the frost 
from going as deep in the ground. 
PEI.OS P. TEN NY. 
If the orchard was mine I surely 
should not plow it until Spring, but 
should bank up a little dirt close about 
the trees so that no water could settle 
close'ahout the collar of the trees during 
a thaw in the Winter, and then a sudden 
change to severe cold freeze this water 
and thus injure the bark just at the col¬ 
lar of the trees. b. j. case. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
So much depends upon soil, situation 
and the condition in which tlie orchard 
jiow is, that it is hard to advise in this 
case. If the soil is heavy and land 
at all wet, I should advise plowing this 
3'all, turning toward the rows, so as 
1o leave an open furrow to carry off 
the water. Many orchards here in west¬ 
ern New York are on ground quite wet 
in the Winter and early Spring, and 
everybody knows peach trees can’t stand 
wet feet any length of time. In such 
soils, in order that peaches may he even 
moderately successful, the land must be 
plowed, turning up toward the rows, 
so as to have quite a ridge along 
ihe row. Hut if the soil is so open 
as not to need any aid in getting rid 
of water, I surely would not think of 
plowing this Fall. I would prefer to 
have the grass there to hold the snow 
and prevent deep freezing, and then 
plow early in the Spring, not too deep, 
turning toward the rows and then by 
subsequent cultivation leveling down the 
land. But, of course, if the orchard is 
not to he plowed, great care must be 
taken in hilling up about the trees to 
prevent injury by mice. I know that 
many good peach raisers make a prac¬ 
tice of plowing their orchards late in 
the Fall, leaving them bare all Winter. 
But 1 am thoroughly convinced this is 
not the best way, as very much of the 
plant food that has been put on that 
land, or that may become available by 
weather conditions, will be washed awav 
and lost. I would by far prefer my or¬ 
chards to he covered by some sort of 
vegetation; even chickweed is much 
preferable to barrenness, 
j. s. WOODWARD. 
PECAN BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 
The season for budding pooit-ns begins 
just as soon ns the bark on the stock 
slips well. Under favorable conditions tills 
may be looked for ns early as in June, 
nml In some eases even earlier. The best, 
time all around, however, Is about July 
or August, and In some years the season 
extends Into September. The length of 
season varies with the ellmatlc conditions. 
During favorable seasons one will have 
several weeks during which budding may 
be done. I Hiring adverse seasons the time 
will be much shorter. As no one can pre¬ 
dict climatic conditions, it will naturally 
be Impossible lo predict just bow long one 
would be able to Insert buds successfully. 
Every budding knife lias Its advocates and 
admirers. It is a matter of fact that less 
depends on the knife than on the man 
who handles It. There nre probably half 
a dozen different devices for budding pur¬ 
poses. The old-fashioned, two-bladed knife, 
which can be made at home from two 
budding knives, Is probably as successful 
nn all-around lool ns any. The grafting 
season occurs In the Winter, when the 
stock Is dormant. II Is best to graft some 
time before the sap begins to flow. This 
allows the slock and scion to unite their 
cambium layers before the Spring flow 
of sap. As the Spring flow of sap is de¬ 
pendent on climatic conditions, it, is a 
safe plan to do grafting rather early than 
late. Pecans, In Florida, are grafted In 
the nursery row. 
As an Illustration of what 1 said be¬ 
fore, that it depends more on the man 
than the tool, I may cite an Illustration 
that came under my observation about 
two years ago. A certain carpenter in 
our city, who bad no experience In horti¬ 
cultural lines, sought advice in regard to 
grafting pecans. After spending about 
(wo hours In asking all questions he could 
think of in connection with the work, lie 
Bet about the business in bis nursery, 
with the result that the percentage of 
scions be got to live was far above 
what pecan nurserymen expect. This car¬ 
penter, however, was nn export with tools', 
and has a good eye to accuracy, hence bis 
success in the undertaking. P. it. uoi.ks. 
Peach Borbkk. I)r. II. A. Surface, of 
Pennsylvania, reports a letter from a peach 
grower who gives the following experience 
in lighting peach borers: “The best thing 
I have found is to remove the dirt around 
the trunks of the trees to a depth of per¬ 
haps two Inches, doing this from the mid¬ 
dle to the latter part of June, and spray 
or wash the trunk to a height of one to 
two feet and down to the base of the tree 
as low ns possible, using thick boiled lime- 
sulphur wash, with a sediment of lime In 
it, and then replace the soil to its former 
level. This' method In my orchards this 
year has resulted in h«s than one per cent 
of the trees being infested with borers.” 
We have used hot lye and some other rem¬ 
edies with fair success, hut come hack to 
the old plan of digging out with knife or 
wire. When you do that you may know 
that the borers are dead. 
When you write advertisers mention Tub 
]{. N.-Y. and you’ll gel a quick reply and 
“a square deni.” See guarantee page 10. 
Ed Brown was in the office of John 
Frederick, arranging to renew his fire 
insurance. Frederick was looking up 
the descriptions, valuations, etc. 
“Let’s see,” he was saying, “any 
changes in the property described as 
follows, to wit:”—and so on? You’ve 
been doing some building, haven’t 
you, Ed.” 
“Yes,” Brown answered. “I’ve 
built a new barn, and put on some 
new roofs. I’ve got this Rex Flint- 
kote Roofing on all my buildings 
now, including the house. No more 
shingles or tin or tar-andgravel forme.” 
“Good for you, Ed. Now, this Rex 
Flintkote Roofing is fire-resisting, 
isn’t it?” 
“You bet it is. I made sure on 
that point. I sent for a free sample 
of Rex Flintkote Roofing, and tried 
it with live coals of fire. Then I 
tried it with water, too, — never 
feazed it. There’s no getting-away 
from dead sure prove-up tests like 
these.” 
“You’re right, Ed. I have to keep 
posted about different roofings. Fires 
nearly always start on the roof. In 
the cities, where they have strict 
building laws, people aren’t allowed 
to use shingles and other inflammable 
materials for roofs. And there’s just 
as much danger from flying sparks 
around farm buildings. Something 
might be wrong with the chimney on 
the house—thresh ing-machine engines 
are around shooting up sparks—a 
dozen-and-onc ways a fire might start, 
if you havent got a proper roof. 
“But—here’s what’ll tickle you, Ed. 
I will try to give you a lower rate of 
msurance, now that you’ve got Rex 
Flintkote Roofing on your building. 
“Is that so ! Well, lm going to tell 
every farmer in the country about it, 
and I guess they’ll all be sending to 
Boston for that book 
which tells about Rex 
Flintkote Roofing. If 
anybody wants to know 
about it, Mr. Frederick, 
you tell them to write 
J. A. & W. BIRD & CO. 
70 India Street, Boston, Mast.” 
layers 
oi one 
Never Needs Covering 
Air between glass better than boards or mats 
Plants need light, the more of it, the better. Sunlight Sash lets in 
light all the time. Almost every kind of vegetable or flower has been 
grown under the Sunlight in all sorts of weather and temperature. 
You can get better results than ever before—stronger earlier plants. 
The Sunlight is such a big improvement that gardeners, State 
Agricultural Stations and Colleges of Agriculture everywhere use 
and recommend it. 
It does away entirely with the hardest work, the covering and 
uncovering. Children can prop it open for airing. You can handle 
twice the number of beds. 
Write for catalog and get our freight prepaid proposition. 
Order early to insure prompt ship¬ 
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guaranteed. Write today. Nona is 
the time to prepare for cold frames. 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 
Hot-beds (Incorporated) 
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Double Saving till Nov. 15th 
Vehicle bargains in our Special ‘‘KEEP BUSY” Sale. 
Even at regular prices you will save money yf/ 
if you Buy now. Because leather, rubber mid j 
other materials are rapidly advancing in cost 
— and next year’s prices will be higher. 
Buy hef'oro the advance at LESS than regular 
I irterK you make two mivliurx In one. In order to 
iccpall of our force employed during the quiet season 
at full pay we will allow, if you mention this paper 
5% off 1908-1909 Catalog Prices 
on ull ordora .cnl un hofnm Nov. 15, liKili Tfd. npptU. oti nil 
Mtirrny buffirlm*, phnotorm, mirrvyw, pony VfdilclrM. r<n«l- 
otc. wit bout r« n»*rvutlon of miy kiwi. Oltmcu Now and Savw 
Musky. S«-nd for rutnlnur. Or if you hnvn rntjtlog OllDr.lt at onco 
ami n high vrmlo Murray vohlcln at n bnrunWi. 
Tic Wilber H. Murray Mfg. Co.. 326-332 E. 5th St., Cincinnati. Ohio 
itA/UUf 
5% off 
1908-1909 
Catalog 
Prices. 
5 YEARS’ use has proven that SAN JOSE SCALE 
and all FUNGOUS diseases, controllable during the dormant season, are absolutely controlled 
by the use of 
“SCALECIDE” 
There is but one—“PRATT’S” Trade Mark, Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off. 
Prims: In barrels ami half-barrels, BOc. per gallon; 10 gal. cans, $0.00; 5 gal. cans, S3.25; 
1 gal. cans, ft.oo. If you want cheap nils, our “OAKllOLKlNK” at 80c. per gallon is the 
equal of ANYTHING KL8K. Send for free Booklet, “Orchard Insurance.” 
B. G. PRATT COMPANY, Mf«. Chemists. BO CHURCH ST., NEW YORK CITY 
_Save Your Trees. 
'Got rid of Han Joae Scale. applii wall, pencil curl, 
White Ely, worms and Inserts on trees, plants 
and vegetulilim. Spray early with 
Good’s c V/hld. p ou h Soap No. 3 
—a sure parasite klllor. Fertilizes sidl and promotes 
healthy plant-growth. Endorsed by HUte Experi¬ 
ment Stations and t’. H. Ilrpartm.iu of Affrlaultiir*. 
Mi II,n. |n,to; ion llse I.rossr quautltloi |>i iq»oi llou- 
ntoly less. Wi I to for frno “Manual "I Plant I)ln*-„miH." 
Jiou.i liond. Original Xulo-r, 1M& N. Front Ht.,Philadelphia. 
Jarvis Spraying Compound. 
IS THE CHEAPEST AMD BEST. IT HAS NO SUPERIOR. 
SURE CURE FOR THE SAN JOSE SCALE 
Ilnr direr I from I lie iiooiiiriietiirer and wave money. Hpraylnn 
Compound ready tr, mix wllli water. One Kaflnti of Hpi-aylng 
..I will m,dm iram rlxtron to I wanly gallon, at apray. 
Term. ,—In Idd. lolx (50 uni.) UUe. per pal. 
We would refer yon to J. II. Hale, Him Peach Klior, or Prut, 
Jarvis, or tlie Cimnertlcnt Jtfrloultiirul Collu.a. They will loll 
you tin.ie U nolldiiK Potior. 
THE J. T. ROBERTSON CO., BOX R. MANCHESTER, CONN. 
^SAN JOSE SCALED 
KILLER 
KIL-O-SCAI.E is the most, reliable rem¬ 
edy for Seale. Ready for use by simply 
mixing with water. We also sell Spray¬ 
ing Outfits. Write for catalogue. 
HENRY A. DREER, - Philadelphia. Po. 
GET THE BEST 
A Good Spray Pump earns 
big profits and lasts for years. 
THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
practical fruit grow¬ 
ers we were using common 
sprayers in our own orchards 
—found their defects and 
invented the Eclipse. Its 
success forced us to manu¬ 
facturing on a lar; s scale. 
You take no chances. We 
have done all the experi¬ 
menting. Large fully illustrated Catalog 
and Treatise on spraying FREE. 
MORRILL & MORLEY. Benton Harbor. Mich. 
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Ilf ^ have no OTrorK for you. ii* t «•«*!•- 
™ gtruotlon, tK*rf«' 0 t agitator*, no m <*rrb<’<t 
m foil Mgr. Wo makfl alUixcM and »tyl«a»of (J:i ollno 
Kiigiuo Bpruyori. Fro* llook on N|>rnyliifr. Aicmi* want'<1. 
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141 IRRARH’Q 
GRASS AND GRAIN FERTILIZER 
The I'amous “ HAY MAKER ” For Fall Seeding 
Our Almanuc tells all about it. 
Sent free lo any address. 
THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., 
MANUFACTURERS OF THE HUBBARD FERTILIZERS. 
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 
