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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE KING DRAG. 
C. L. M., Pittsburg, Pa .—Can you give me 
any information regarding the King drag, 
how to make and use it? 
Ans. —Probably the best information 
will be a picture of the drag, which is 
shown at Fig. 134.' 
There is no doubt about the value of 
this implement if used persistently on 
the country road. 
Questions About Spraying. 
S. O., San Diego, Cal .—Can I spray Bor¬ 
deaux mixture or Paris green on straw¬ 
berries where they are blooming and fruit¬ 
ing without injury to the crop? 
Ans. —It is not' safe to use Bordeaux 
Mixture on strawberries when they are 
blossoming or fruiting. It will mark 
the fruit very badly, and will sometimes 
hurt the blossom. As to Paris green 
that surely cannot be used after buds 
open; it would be both unsafe and un¬ 
wise. w. H. 
Power of a Water Wheel. 
C. R. Bethel, N. Y .— Can any reader tell 
me how many horse-power a six-foot over¬ 
shot water wheel has that is six feet in 
diameter, four feet wide, the buckets six 
inches? 
Ans. —It is not possible to give a 
specific answer to this question. An 
overshot water wheel is not likely to 
utilize more than three-fourths of the 
theoretical power the water would gen¬ 
erate if it could all be used. If the 
wheel could utilize 200 cubic feet per 
minute at the usual advantage, the 
horse-power would be less than two, 
possibly 1.8. f. H. king. 
Fool Talk About Sulphur and Potash. 
A reader in Pennsylvania sends us a 
report of a lecture said to have been 
delivered by C. W. Tabler of West Vir¬ 
ginia, in which this remarkable state¬ 
ment is made: 
The speaker announced that he had 
proved by careful experiment that in deal¬ 
ing with scale, the most destructive of all 
fruit tree enemies, the use of sulphur lime 
wash in spraying is absolutely useless in 
every ease where the ground lias first been 
treated with potash. The reason of this, 
he explained, was because the potash con¬ 
tains chloride of lime, which combines with 
the sulphur lime wash in such a manner 
as to render the spraying useless. 
It would hardly be possible to get 
more nonsense in a few tons of type. 
Mr. Tabler never said any such thing. 
The lime-sulphur wash is sprayed on 
the tree and not on the ground, and 
could not corribine with anything in the 
soil until it had completed its work on 
the tree and been washed off. What 
Mr. Tabler actually said was this: 
One point should be carefully observed 
in the use of organic nitrogen, which when 
applied or used for a succession of years is 
liable to produce humic acid or a sour 
condition of the soil, which can easily be 
determined by the use of the blue litmus 
paper; an acid soil will change blue litmus 
red. When this condition exists light ap¬ 
plication of lime should be used, as an al¬ 
kali will correct acidity of the soil. It 
can also be determined by a blighting or 
dying of the large limbs of the trees. When 
lime is applied to an orchard the sulphate 
of potash should be used, as muriate of 
potash contains chlorine, which unites with 
the lime, making a soluble compound, which 
is easily washed or will leach out of the 
soil, thus robbing the soil of the lime. 
Now that is as sound as a dollar, but 
you will see that the reporter got it all 
mixed up. He could not see any dif¬ 
ference between lime put on the soil to 
sweeten it and lime-sulphur put on the 
trees to kill the scale. 
Water Company and Wells. 
A few issues back 1 noticed where 
you answered a query to the effect that 
where one man had property and had 
a well on that property, and a water 
company bought adjoining or nearby 
property and dug so many wells that his 
well went dry, there was no remedy for 
him; in that it was percolating waters 
and he could not prove any particular 
stream. In the New Jersey courts a 
case of this kind (very recent) was 
tried and the courts held that the water 
company must use its property in a rea¬ 
sonable way, and if they dug so many 
wells that the adjoining or nearby prop¬ 
erty owner’s well went dry, then the 
owner could recover damages against the 
company. The court based its decision 
on the fact that the water company had 
not made a reasonable use of its land. I 
understand there is another case about 
to be brought or pending of the same 
kind. The law as stated by you has 
been the law for a great many years, but 
as conditions are changing I think you 
will find that many courts will follow 
this New Jersey decision. h. g. w. 
Verona, N. J. 
Cook the Pork ! Cook it Well ! 
Every little while it seems necessary 
to repeat the Government’s warning 
about trichinosis in pork: 
Cases of illness sometimes occur from eat¬ 
ing uncooked, or insufficiently cooked pork 
which is infested with a microscopic para¬ 
site commonly known as trichina or flesh- 
worm, the scientific name being Trichinella 
spiralis. An average of one or two per cent, 
of the hogs slaughtered in the United States 
are Infested with this parasite. When trans¬ 
mitted to human beings, trichinae may cause 
serious illness, sometimes resulting in death. 
Out of about 15,000 cases of trichinosis re¬ 
corded in medical literature, most of which 
occurred in Europe, 830 cases resulted 
fatally. 
No Government inspection can surely 
detect the pork containing these para¬ 
sites. Dry salted, pickled or smoked pork 
is practically safe. The sure remedy is 
thorough cooking—up to 160° at least. 
Cook fresh pork until the red color en¬ 
tirely changes to white. 
Destroying Willow. 
I would like Information as to what 
days in August should willows or timber 
be cut, so that it will not sprout again? 
Paonia, Col. M. p. G. 
There is no particular day or state of 
the moon best for cutting sprouts. The 
principle is that in late Summer when such 
shrubs or stumps finish their growths they 
are exhausted. If left alone they will 
recruit by storing up fresh material in their 
roots. If the sprouts arc cut right then 
nature forces the roots to send up new 
sprouts. These weaken the roots that they 
are likely to die before Spring. That is 
why farmers are advised to cut such sprouts 
when the Summer growth has ended. This 
is usually in August. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See gifarautee page 20. 
Steel Wheels 
Steel Gears 
You know the advant¬ 
ages steel construction 
t has over wooden con¬ 
struction. You wouldn’t 
^ even think of buying a 
lUc Modern Wagon. wooden frame cultiya _ 
tor. Why then a wagon of wood? Everyone realizes that the 
steel wagon will soon be the only wagon used. 
The Davenport Roller.Bearing 
Steel Farm Wagon 
Is Built Like a Bridge 
Constructed of I-beams, chan¬ 
nels and angles, solidly riveted 
together with large steel rivets, 
put in hot. The gear parts and 
the wheels are trussed and 
braced like the modern steel 
railway bridge, built for the 
heaviest lifetime service. In 
the Davenport you have a 
wagon of 5000 pounds capac¬ 
ity, stronger and more durable 
and of lighter draft than any 
other wagon of equal capacity. 
The Modern Bridge. 
The WHEELS of steel, with strong round spokes, forged solidly into the 
hubs and hot riveted into the tires, do away with the resetting of tires, loose 
spokes and cracked felloes. 
Roller-Bearings Reduce the Draft 30% to 50% 
Last a 
Lifetime 
No Repair 
Bills to 
Pay 
The Roller-Bearing. 
You know the difference between dragging a thing and rolling it. Well, the 
Roller-Bearings have this advantage on the Davenport. 
Write us now for more information and why you should buy a Davenport 
when you need a wagon again. The Davenport costs about the same as a 
high grade wooden wagon, and is far better. Be sure and ask for our 
Package No.36. for full information. - 
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Makes a Woman of 70 “One in 10,000.” 
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Try it on stumps or green trees. 
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