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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
March 25, 
HANDLING SEEDLING POTATOES. 
E. W. L., Lisle, N. Y .—I have on hand 
several kinds of seedling potatoes which I 
have grown for the past three years. Home 
of these are, I believe, valuable commercial 
varieties. As this is the first time I have 
developed seedlings I should like your ad¬ 
vice as to the proper method of placing 
them on the market. I should prefer com¬ 
plete sale of my interest in them to the in¬ 
troducer. 
Ans. —Seedling potatoes, like straw¬ 
berries and peaches, are readily grown, 
and often show considerable local merit 
under the careful manipulation of the 
raiser, but unless the new varieties 
really possess distinctive and lasting 
merit, as shown by extended trials in 
different localities and under varying 
cultural conditions, they are scarcely 
suited for commercial introduction. If 
prematurely forced on the public they 
soon drop from notice. Reputable seeds¬ 
men are slow to undertake the ex¬ 
ploitation of such novelties until con¬ 
vinced of their positive merits. It is 
the originator’s privilege so to demon¬ 
strate, by evidence of successful trials, 
the superiority of his product that there 
can remain little doubt as to the pro¬ 
priety of commercially offering it to the 
public. Under such circumstances it 
should not be difficult to interest a com¬ 
petent introducer by either correspond¬ 
ence or personal appeal. Be sure you 
have “the goods” before opening nego¬ 
tiations, as far too many untested novel¬ 
ties are offered every year, and the po¬ 
tato appears especially prone to rapid 
deterioration when its seedling varie¬ 
ties are intensively propagated by tuber 
division. As to the mode of compensa¬ 
tion, an outright sale is generally pro- 
ferable to a share or royalty on the 
proceeds. The price to be paid for such 
novelties is entirely a matter of per¬ 
sonal arrangement between originator 
and introducer. As a matter of fact 
few plant novelties ever directly com¬ 
pensate either the raiser or distributer 
for their efforts, but there are a few 
brilliant exceptions to this rule. Very 
few potatoes in recent years have proved 
more valuable than R. N.-Y. No. 2. Mr. 
Carman received $200 for the entire 
stock of this remarkable potato. 
w. v. F. 
A Well in Sandy Soil. 
C. W. K., Massachusetts .—On page 126 
Charles L. Cook, Long Island, says he has 
a well of eight-inch tiling, 51 feet deep. I 
would like to know how that eight-inch hole 
was made, and how the tile was put in. 
Ans. —Probably this well is in sandy 
soil where there are few if any stones 
or rocks. In such locations a sand pump 
is used; as the sand and water are 
pumped out pipe of terra cotta is put in 
the hole around the pump tube, and 
pushed down by attaching new joints at 
the top. The sand pump lifts out the 
soil around the bottom of the casing 
pipe and it is pushed on down into the 
opening. Of course this plan is used only 
in light soils free from stone. 
A Cheap Brown Paint. 
R. (No Address ).—Can we safely use a 
mixture of crude petroleum and Venetian 
1 as paint for old, weatherbeaten build¬ 
ings? 
Ans. —For a cheap paint crude pe¬ 
troleum and Venetian red applied to old 
weatherbeaten buildings is very satisfac¬ 
tory. Mix the two a few days before 
using, stirring same every day, as it 
takes some time for the oil to penetrate 
or become affiliated with the dry color. 
Before applying to building add about 
one quart of naphtha to one gallon of 
mixture. I would advise using linseed 
oil mixed with the red, to which add one 
pint of Japan dryer to one gallon of 
paint, for doors and casings, as the crude 
oil and red are slow in drying. H. H. 
Killing Sumach. —For many years I have 
tried to kill sumach, but it would start 
up again. Finally I started a fire through 
it; all went down before the fire, trees, 
alders, chokecherries and sumach, not a 
sprout of it ever came up. There is good 
grass there now. I burn all my land after 
it is cleared of wood, for I find where there 
is wood-dust or decaying wood, grass will 
not grow well. J. H. 
Litchfield, Conn. 
THE CONCENTRATED LIME - SULPHUR 
MIXTURE. 
My attention has been called to an arti¬ 
cle appearing on pages 100-161. The article 
is signed “IV. II.." and is in reply to an 
inquiry by .1. \V. K. in regard to the manu¬ 
facture of lime-sulphur. W. II. recommends 
the formula, SO pounds sulphur, 40 pounds 
lime and 50 gallons water, based upon ex- 
pe.riments conducted by the New Vork Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, claiming “that 
the amounts set forth are the greatest ones 
that will enter into solution with 50 gal¬ 
lons of water; consequently any greater 
amounts of lime and sulphur do not add 
to the strength of the mixture, but do add 
to the sediment.” He further claims that 
the solution so made will test “ a little 
over 28 degrees Baume.” As some of the 
prominent orchardists of Michigan are de¬ 
manding why, in the light of these state¬ 
ments, we are recommending a formula call¬ 
ing for more lime and sulphur to 50 gal¬ 
lons of water I desire to call attention 
to some inaccuracies in the above state¬ 
ments. 
In the first place, the claims as set forth 
are not the claims of the New York Sta¬ 
tion authorities. Iu Bulletin 239 of the 
New York Agricultural Station the formula 
36 pounds lime, 80 pounds sulphur and 50 
gallons of water are recommended, and the 
claim is made that with this formula a 
greater percentage of the lime and sulphur 
used goes into solution than when larger 
proportions of lime and sulphur are taken. 
Furthermore, a lime-sulphur solution testing 
28 degrees B. should contain approximately 
21 per cent sulphur in solution. Now 50 
gallons of water will weigh about 415 
pounds, and with 40 pounds of lime and 80 
pounds of sulphur added to this we would 
have as a final product, a solution, pro¬ 
vided all the lime and sulphur were dis¬ 
solved, weighing about 535 pounds. It 
may easily be figured then, that the very 
highest percentage of sulphur possible 
would be slightly less than 15, but as every¬ 
one knows, who has had experience In mak¬ 
ing this solution, it is a practical impos¬ 
sibility to bring about a perfect solution 
of all the ingredients, consequently, in prac¬ 
tice the strength of the solution would be 
even less than theory. 
The writer made a lime-sulphur solution 
on a small scale in the laboratory, using 
the above proportions, and the resulting 
solution had a Baume reading of 23.6 de¬ 
grees, and contained 14.56 per cent, sulphur. 
This is slightly less than the theoretical 
amount. Most commercial preparations of 
lime-sulphur sold in Michigan have a Baume 
reading of 32 to 33 degrees, and contain 
from 25 to 26 per cent soluble sulphur. This 
means that more than 130 pounds of sul¬ 
phur are contained in 50 gallons of solu¬ 
tion. A sample of the solution has been 
prepared in our laboratory testing 36.8 
degrees B., and containing 27.83 per cent, 
soluble sulphur. It is plainly evident, there¬ 
fore, that very much larger amounts of lime 
and sulphur may be brought into solution 
with 50 gallons of water than are called 
for in the formula recommended by W. If. 
From the standpoint of economy the writer 
believes it wiser to prepare solutions of 
greater concentration than is possible by 
the formula 40-80-50, for by so doing a 
saving is effected ill labor and fuel and 
cost of receptacles for storing the solution. 
By using the formula 60-120-50 the same 
amount of sulphur may be brought into 
solution in two boilings as would be dis¬ 
solved In three boilings with the 40-80-50 
formula. The expense of boiling one batch 
of solution is saved, besides the cost of one 
barrel. This saving would amount nearly 
to the cost of 50 gallons of the weaker 
solution. ANDREW J. PATTEN. 
Chemist, Mich. Exp. Station. 
Dissolving Corrosive Sublimate.— 
Those who employ the method that .7. 1’. 
Stewart gives on page 308 for the treat¬ 
ment of rot in apple trees, following the 
infection of fire blight, should take care 
not to use a metal vessel when dissolving 
the tablets of corrosive sublimate in water. 
Glass, crockery or agate ware may be used 
for this purpose, but corrosive sublimate 
quickly eats iuto tin or iron, and in so 
doing is itself decomposed, so that it loses 
its disinfecting properties. w. r. f. 
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