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Various Farm Recipes. 
Potato Scab Prevention. —Soak the un¬ 
cut seed two hours in a solution of for¬ 
malin, one pint to 30 gallons of water. 
Oat Smut. —Put the seed in a heap on 
barn floor and sprinkle with one pint forma¬ 
lin in 50 gallons water. Use as many gal¬ 
lons of solution as there are bushels of 
grain to treat. Shovel the grain over 
while sprinkling; then cover the pile with 
heavy blankets and leave over night. 
Bean Weevils. —Put the beans in a tight 
bin or vessel. On the top set a dish con¬ 
taining a small quantity bisulphide of car¬ 
bon. Cover and leave several hours. The 
fumes are heavier than air and sink down, 
penetrating the beans and killing all breath¬ 
ing insects. The bisulphide fumes are very 
inflammably, so do not bring ‘a light near 
them. 
Hydrocyanic Fumigation. —The propor¬ 
tions for 100 cubic feet of space are : Cyan¬ 
ide of potassium, one ounce ; sulphuric acid, 
one fluid ounce; water, three ounces. Use 
an earthen vessel. Pour the water in first, 
and add the acid to it. Have at least two 
windows so that they may be opened from 
outside. Put the cyanide in a thin paper 
bag, drop it in the liquid, and yet out at 
once, as a single whiff may^be fatal. This 
gas will kill all breathing things. After 
two hours open windows from outside and 
ventilate thoroughly before entering. 
Bordeaux Mixture. —Copper sulphate, five 
pounds; lime, five pounds, water, 50 gallons. 
Put the copper sulphate in a bag and sus¬ 
pend in a vessel of water until dissolved; 
add the slaked lime in a creamy solution, 
and then water to make 50 gallons. This 
is standard strength for work on dormant 
trees. For use on foliage it must be diluted 
according to sensitiveness of the plants. If 
desired strong “stock solutions” of the cop¬ 
per and lime may be made, to be mixed 
and watered as needed. 
The “Lime-Sulphur” Mixture. 
What is this lime-sulphur mixture I hear 
bo much about? 1 called up the druggist, 
but he never heard of it and does not keep 
it in stock. j. s. k. 
Massachusetts. 
We really thought every reader of The 
R. N.-Y. knew that this mixture is a com¬ 
bination of sulphur and lime’ used for 
spraying trees and vines. The directions 
given by the New York Experiment Station 
are simple and exact, so we give them here. 
The proportions are 40 pounds of pure lump 
lime and 80 pounds of sulphur. This is to 
go in 50 gallons of water, or smaller lots 
in the same proportion. First moisten the 
sulphur into an even paste—without lumps. 
Slake the lime by pouring on about 10 gal¬ 
lons of water, adding the lime gradually 
so as not to have too rapid a boiling. Pour 
in the sulphur paste slowly while this boil¬ 
ing is going on, and when the slaking is 
done add the water needed to make the full 
proportion, and boil steadily for one hour. 
As the water boils away add more, so as to 
keep up the needed amount. Then strain 
the mixture into a barrel, and keep it cov¬ 
ered. This in brief is the way to make 
“lime-sulphiy.” Of course this strong liquid 
is not to be used at its full strength. It is 
diluted with water. In Winter, while the 
trees are dormant, the mixture can be used j 
one part to eight or nine of water, while 
for Summer spraying 40 or more parts of 
water are needed. It will kill scale in¬ 
sects or others which are killed from the 
outside, and also help destroy disease germs. 
It is not a poison and will not, alone, kill 
leaf-eating insects, but poisons can be used 
with it if needed. There are “commercial” 
brands on the market—that is the mixture 
ready made. Most of these are reliable and 
effective. 
Those “Home Laid” Eggs. 
On the editorial page is a reference to 
“home-laid” eggs. Full particulars, regard¬ 
ing this deal are given in the following from 
the Norwalk, Conn. “Hour.” The eggs were 
bought on February 3 by W. H. Byington. 
The eggs were dfily delivered and the first 
one taken out of the box bore this inscrip¬ 
tion : 
“The purchaser of this egg is requested 
to communicate with J. L. Thompson, Iteady- 
ville, Tenn.” 
Mr. Byington telephoned the grocer, who 
admitted that the case of eggs was re¬ 
ceived from Swift & Co., of Stamford, and 
that they had cost him 47 cents a dozen. 
Mr. Byington then wrote J. L. Thomason, 
as follows: 
“This is to notify you that I purchased 
an egg with your name and address on it 
on February 3, at Norwalk, Conn. Would 
it be asking too much of you to use the 
inclosed stamped envelope, to let me know 
the date on which you sold the egg, and the 
price received per dozen, and oblige, 
“Very truly yours, 
“W. H. BYINGTON.” 
He promptly received the following reply: 
“In reply to yours of February the 5th, 
will say that I sold the eggs that the one 
which bore my name and address on, about 
December 10, 1911. I received 17 cents per 
dozen for them, which we think is a high 
price here, but I expect those eggs cost you 
25 or 30 cents per dozen there. If it is not 
too much trouble write me and tell me what 
they cost you per dozen there.” 
Truly yours, 
J. L. THOMASON. 
My Byington has used up two pencils and 
three pads trying to figure who got the profit 
of 33 cents between the buying and the 
selling price. In its seven weeks’ journey it 
is possible that it may have passed through 
not over four transactions which, allowing 
an average profit of five cents per dozen 
for each person handling the egg and the 
liberal allowance of two cents for freight 
and storage, would bring the price to the 
consumer at not over 40 cents and Mr. 
Byington is still figuring as to who got the 
extra dime. As the egg “shook” in the shell 
when purchased, it was an easy matter to 
“blow” it and he has saved the shell as one 
more monument to the trusts. 
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This is not 
mere claim. It is 
the actual experi¬ 
ence of all owners of 
Sharpies Mechanical Milkers. 
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We stand ready to prove it on your 
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Fielden, Supt. Branford Farms, Groton, 
Conn., where some of the highest priced 
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minutes to an hour and a quarter. The cows take to the machine readily 
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