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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
April 8, 
LIME-SULPHUR AND LEAD ARSENATE. 
My experience in spraying peJich trees 
with lime and sulphur, when in foliage, 
is limited; in fact, so much so, as to be 
of little value. The past season is the 
first I have used it as a substitute for 
Bordeaux in general spraying. Sweet 
and sour cherries sprayed with a 
standard concentrate diluted one to 50 
aivd three pounds of arsenate of lead 
added showed no injury whatever. This 
spraying was for curculio. At the same 
time I experimentally sprayed a few 
peach trees with the same strength, and 
saw no injury. I would hesitate about 
using concentrated lime and sulphur 
solution largely on peaches in foliage un¬ 
less it was diluted pretty well. I think 
I would make it one to 100 until I was 
satisfied I could use it stronger. We 
all realize that peach foliage is tender— 
some varieties more than others. I 
should not look for any injury from 
arsenate of lead if applied in reasonable 
amount, say three pounds to 50 gallons 
of mixture. I have used arsenate of 
lead for a number of years, and I have 
yet to see any injury to tree or foliage 
from its use. I have experimentally 
used six pounds to 50 gallons of 
Bordeaux on the pear without trace of 
injury. j. r. Cornell. 
Orange County, N. Y. 
Spray Mixture On Hog Pasture. 
E. A. B., Berrien Springs, Mich. —I have 
an old apple orchard which has been used 
for perhaps 30 years as a hog pasture, and 
that has produced almost invariably very 
fine apples. Now it is becoming infested 
with scale, and I am dishorning it, and will 
spray it with lime-sulphur and later, after 
bloom falls, with same diluted and contain¬ 
ing arsenate of lead. Will the amount of 
poison on weeds, grass, etc., be sufficient 
to injure hogs? 
Ans. —No. There will not be likely 
to be any trouble with the hogs. To be 
on the safe side keep the hogs out for a 
few days after spraying, or until after a 
rain. 
THE POTATO MARKET AND “QUALITY.” 
On page 373 in the market report we 
read “Potatoes are still lower, the market 
being crowded with large quantities of poor 
stock." Again on page 379 is an article 
under the heading, “Potatoes too Large.” 
I firmly believe that herein lies the trouble, 
to a great extent w'ith the potato market, 
overgrown stock and poor quality. The de¬ 
mand for potatoes has been somewhat akin 
to the demand for milk, something cheap 
regardless of quality, and in order to meet 
this demand potato growers have had to 
resort to the heavy yielding varieties re¬ 
gardless of quality, and now the “ultimate 
consumer” is like the boy who had eaten 
a dozen pancakes, and when he was asked 
to have more replied that he did not want 
what he had already. It seems to be im¬ 
possible to get a potato that will yield 
enough to make a profitable crop and at 
the same time be of good quality. The 
great majority of our potatoes as grown 
to-day are not fit to eat. Years ago, when 
we had the Burbank, Snowflake, Rose and 
others of the same quality, people would 
eat of them cooked in any manner, but 
to-day with the overgrown, coarse, soggy 
stuff a man has to have a pretty good 
appetite to get them down, no matter how 
cooked. The market demands a round po¬ 
tato ; it also demands a red apple, and no 
question is asked regarding the quality. A 
Baldwin or a Ben Davis will sell better 
than others of far better quality, but 
lighter in color. For the best interests of 
the producer as well as the consumer a 
campaign of education should be inaugu¬ 
rated, the same as is now being done with 
the milk question. The “ultimate con¬ 
sumer,” the protege of President Taft, must 
be taught that he cannot get something for 
nothing, and with potatoes as with milk, if 
they want better quality they must pay the 
producer so that he can afford to produce 
it. It is a good deal easier to grow potatoes 
that mil not be too large than it is to grow 
them always of the best quality. There 
are three things that affect the size of the 
potatoes, in the order of importance; 
amount of seed planted, distance apart in 
the row and fertility, the different varieties 
of potatoes show a wide variation in this 
respect; some will not produce any little 
ones and some produce nothing else. The 
worst kind in this respect with us is the 
Irish Daisy. No amount of fertility or 
care in planting that we could give would 
induce this kind to grow even as large as 
a good-sized hen’s egg. It will set from 
20 up to 100 in a hill, and if they could 
be made to grow to a decent size a record- 
breaking crop could be grown. The Mag¬ 
num Bonum, a kind we grew years ago, I 
believe goes to the other extreme, often 
weighing from 2% to 3 pounds, and no 
little ones. If your reader who is troubled 
with large potatoes will plant them closer 
or plant more seed to the acre, or both, 
he will not be troubled with so many large 
ones, but he should remember that the 
closer he plants and the more seed he uses 
the more fertilizer he must use. 
c. I. HUNT. 
R. N.-Y.—Some of our customers demand 
a long, narrow potato. They claim the 
round, thick ones are more likely to prove 
hollow hearted. The big restaurants ac¬ 
tually ask for “soggy” potatoes, as part of 
their trade, since these make the best 
“French fried.” Where potatoes are sold 
at wholesale, as most large crops are, how 
does Mr. Hunt figure that the grower is 
paid for high quality? 
BEN DAVIS POINTS A MORAL. 
The following is Walt Mason’s opinion of 
the Ben Davis apple, which I thought pos¬ 
sibly some of your Ben Davis admirers 
might find interesting: 
“The Ben Davis apple is lovely in hue, 
it seems to invite you to step up and chew. 
It's pretty and shapely, its profile is fine— 
but I do not long for Ben Davis in mine. 
To eat a Ben Davis is wasting your time; 
it tastes like a mattress and drives you to 
crime. I ate a Ben Davis when I was 
quite young, and now I recall it whenever 
I'm stung. It taught me a lesson, a lesson 
I prize, it sharpened my wolf-teeth and 
opened my eyes. And now when a faker 
comes up to my door, to sell me some stock 
in a mine full of ore, I think of Ben Davis, 
and say to him ‘Nix,’ and tell him to van¬ 
ish and pelt him with bricks. And when I 
encounter an oily-tongued jay, too sweet 
and too gracious for man made of clay, 
professing affection approaching to love, I 
think of Ben Davis, and give him a shove. 
1 read in the magazine pages of men who'd 
make us all wealthy, again aud again; 
they're brokers or dealers in moonshine and 
mist—just send them two bucks and they’ll 
mail you a list! Their glittering spiels don't 
appeal to my wits; I think of Ben Davis, 
and throw a few fits.” 
Philadelphia, Fa. D. w. b. 
Corn in Checks or Hills. 
Does check corn make better yields than 
unchecked, both worked the same number 
of times? J. p. n. 
Gordonsville, Va. 
We get a large yield when the corn is 
in checks or hills about three stalks to the 
hill. This means about the same number 
of stalks to the acre as when drilled and 
the cross working helps. 
Birds Eat Chestnut Bloom. 
I have a few Paragon chestnut trees in 
my yard bearing, but got no nuts the last 
two years. Robin Redbreast and the oriole 
eat the leaves and blossoms. The law is 
against killing them. I like their music, 
but like the nuts, too. b. w. s. 
Campbellstown, Pa. 
It is true that “music hath charms,” but 
it does not take the place of nuts and 
fruit. The only thing you can do in such 
a case is to cover the trees with netting 
such as is used by fishermen in salt water. 
Cinders and Fence Wire. 
Will coal cinders spread along or be¬ 
side galvanized wire fencing in making 
paths and drives cause the fence to rust 
and rot? Several different persons have 
told me that galvanized fencing will rot in 
four or five years when cinders are placed 
near it. I have seen the fences in ques¬ 
tion and they are badly rusted. I should 
like to have the opinion of some authority 
on the subject. J. c. G. 
West Lafayette, Ind. 
We doubt if the cinders wall make any 
difference, but we would like experience 
from anyone who has seen them used. 
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