1911. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
667 
A SHOWER AFTER SPRAYING. 
When spraying apple trees with poison 
what would you do after a heavy shower? 
Go back and spray over? 
I consider that our work in spraying 
is perfectly safe from thunderstorms, if 
there has been time enough for the spray 
to dry thoroughly before the storm, 
came on. Should a heavy storm cornu 
on right when we were at work and be¬ 
fore the spray got set, we might go back 
over the work for a little way back, but 
I don't believe I would do even this until 
I had finished the iob laid out, then I 
might go back and patch up that spot 
that had not dried at the time of the 
storm. When the work once gets 
thoroughly dry one may have no fears 
from storms; at least this is my ex¬ 
perience, and I think the same of others 
in this section. 
New York. h. l. brown. 
The question of repeating the spraying 
after a heavy shower or storm would de¬ 
pend entirely upon what material was 
used in spraying. If Paris green was 
used it would undoubtedly wash off. My 
own experience is to spray when the 
leaves are dry and on a clear day if 
possible. If I can get one-half hour sun 
on it I would not even think of re¬ 
peating the spraying if it should rain 
hard for 48 hours; it is simply im¬ 
possible to get it off when once dry. 
I believe when one goes to the expense 
and trouble of spraying it is economy to 
use the very best material on the mar¬ 
ket; even if it costs a little more to 
start with it is very often the cheapest 
in the end. Even if I had used arsenate 
of lead alone and it had time to dry I 
would not repeat the spraying, but 
finish the unsprayed part of the or¬ 
chard. JOHN H. BARCLAY. 
New Jersey. 
We would not think any harm was 
done by a shower if the trees had 30 
minutes to dry before the rain com¬ 
menced to fall. Ordinary seasons we 
would not spray in the face of a 
shower; if the trees were not drenched 
they dry very quickly, and once dry the 
poison does not wash off easily. Ofv 
course we have had catchy seasons 
when we have had great difficulty in 
getting the trees sprayed .at all, at the 
right time, but then it is all the more 
necessary to go ahead when we can. 
and I may say that we never go back 
even if the rain drives us off while we 
are spraying. floyd q. white. 
Those N. Y. Central Experiment Farms. 
C. J. C., Fairport, N. Y.—Some time ago 
I read in your paper that the New York 
Central was to start an experimental po¬ 
tato farm. We were supposed to hear from 
this farm from time to time as to how they 
got along. If, during the past two years, 
potatoes had been high and the farm had 
paid large dividends, I think we would 
know all about it. As It is, they have been 
cheap and potato growers have been for¬ 
tunate to keep even with the world for the 
last two years. In order to be perfectly 
fair with us, should we not know how they 
came out even though the dividends are 
not so very large? 
Ans. —Let us be fair to the railroad 
as well as everything else. These farms 
are very poor. They are low and wet, 
not adapted to potato growing until they 
are thoroughly drained. At this time a 
power traction is at work cutting ditches 
and putting in tile. It will probably be 
two years before a fair crop of potatoes 
can be expected. One object in buying 
these farms was to demonstrate if pos¬ 
sible that capital invested in these poor, 
wet lands will pay. Thus the experi¬ 
ment is for the well-to-do rather than 
the farmer without capital. 
Planting Potatoes Eye Down. 
T. II. R., Henderson , Md .—Does it make 
any difference in planting potatoes, whether 
the eyes of the seed pieces are turned up 
or down, or whether they are left the way 
they chance to fall? Some of the farmers 
around here claim there is a big difference 
In time of coming up and in the potato 
crop. 
Ans.— Naturally it makes some dif¬ 
ference if the sprouts must turn up 
around the seed piece instead of growing 
straight up. It will take two to five 
days longer to get above ground—de¬ 
pending on the soil and the weather. 
There is not enough difference under 
ordinary conditions to make it pay to 
turn all seed pieces over in field culture. 
Of course this could not be done where 
a planter is used. When planting by 
hand we should try to have all seed 
pieces dropped cut side down. 
AN IMPROVISED WINDMILL. 
. I saw in some paper an improvised 
windmill or wheel, something like the 
accompanying sketch. It was built on 
the fashion of a paddle wheel, with the 
lower half protected from the wind in 
a box-like inclosure, the upper half ex¬ 
tended in open air to catch the wind. 
Do you know whether this scheme is 
practicable for pumps, feedmills or 
other farm purposes, and can you give 
any basis for figuring the power for 
such a mill? e. f. d. 
Owensboro, Ky. 
R. N.-Y.—About 10 years ago we 
had a full discussion of these mills, with 
pictures showing how they were usually 
made. They were called “jumbo” or “go- 
devil,” and were chiefly located on the 
arid or dry lands of the Western States. 
The State Geoloigst of Nebraska issued 
a good bulletin about them. They work¬ 
ed fairly well as makeshifts, but cannot 
be compared with the modern wind¬ 
mills for efficiency. 
“Why do you call your place a bunga¬ 
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I still owe for it.”—Judge. 
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