THE RURAL, NEW-YORKSR 
3 01 
1913. 
A SMALL SASH-COVERED GREENHOUSE. 
v Continued. Jrom page 293) 
moval of tomato plants from the green¬ 
house, peppers and eggplants forced 
along in paper pots, additional melon 
plants hurried on in paper pots for 
transplanting to the field, and finally 
all the sash taken off, piled up, covered, 
and scarcely appearing to show any 
wear for having done some remarkable 
service in a very short time and ready 
to repeat the operation, time and again, 
without additional investment in sash 
or repairs, except once in a great while 
a broken pane of glass. 
We grew about 21,000 early cabbage 
plants for our own planting besides a 
quantity sold. We sold perhaps $40 or 
$50 worth, mostly tomato and pepper 
plants, some celery and sweet potato, 
besides the plants we had for our own 
planting, about 8,000 tomatoes alone, 
and many of these transplanted two and 
three times, so there were blossoms and 
some fruit set when they went to the 
field. Besides there was over an acre 
of melons set with plants started in the 
leather or rubber coupling washers, noz¬ 
zles and nozzle disks, pump packing and 
tools necessary for quick repair should 
be kept on hand. This is especially 
necessary in large spraying operations as 
a power rig with a team, one man to 
drive and two to spray is easily worth 
$10 or $15 per day in spraying, so that 
every hour’s loss from actual work 
means $1 or $1.50 actual money loss in 
addition to the loss that will follow if 
spraying is not finished in proper time. 
We should calculate so as to keep the 
spraying crew actually applying the ma¬ 
terial to the trees as many hours per 
day as possible. If the orchard is a 
long distance from the mixing place the 
material should be drawn in a tank 
wagon to the field, or if mixed in the 
field time can be saved by having a 
man prepare a tank full of spraying 
material all ready for the rig when 
emptied. This tank should be elevated 
so that the material will run by gravity 
into the spray tank. The outlet from 
the supply tank should be three or four 
inches in diameter so that the spray 
THE CROPS GROWING IN THE FRAMES. 
greenhouse, while under some of the 
bench-room we started a lot of potatoes 
in shaLow boxes scarcely more than 
covered with soil, so they had short 
stubby rooted sprouts when set out. We 
sold $45 worth of lettuce from the 
frames besides what we used. Our let¬ 
tuce crop was a little late to get the 
best prices owing to the backward sea¬ 
son and no previous soil and frame 
preparation, so we could not get it out 
as early as desired. Above cut shows 
some of the frames of lettuce after the 
sash was mostly removed to the frames 
of tomato plants for our own setting. 
As the season was so backward we had 
this little greenhouse tremendously 
crowded at times waiting for the re¬ 
moval of plants into frames. With the 
snow and Winter blasts howling out¬ 
side, while we worked in comfort many 
a day in this snug and comfortable lit¬ 
tle house, or gathered around the com¬ 
fortable fire after a hard day’s work, 
there was a measure of satisfaction in 
seeing the plants forcing along in this 
cheerful atmosphere, that was altogether 
out of proportion to the cost and not 
equalled by that I have experienced in 
managing a larger, more modern green¬ 
house of costly construction. 
Wayne Co., O. c. weckesser. 
BRIEF SPRAYING NOTES. 
Successful spraying operations depend 
upon at least some slight knowledge of 
the insect pests or fungus diseases to 
be combatted. One must know their 
life history and the vulnerable point 
where effective work should be most 
concentrated for the best and most eco¬ 
nomical results in their control. Applica¬ 
tions must be thorough, timely and of 
the proper material. Knapsack spray¬ 
ers, barrel pumps, large hand pumps, 
compressed air and power pumps, all 
have their place and the one best adapt¬ 
ed to local conditions should be used. 
Some points should always be kept in 
mind; leads of hose might well be a few 
feet too long than a foot too short, as 
they won’t stretch, and a short hose 
often means either the backing up of a 
heavily-loaded team or the slighting of 
the work where hose is a little short for 
best results. Hose should be of the best 
quality, as the best time to- spray is 
short, and help too expensive to be de¬ 
layed because of hose repairs. A good 
supply of couplings, hose fasteners, 
tank can be refilled in five minutes or 
less. 
In selecting a spray rig study well the 
conditions under which you are to use 
it. If a large area of young trees is 
to be sprayed, do not have the rig too 
large as the hauling of a heavy load 
over soft ground is hard upon the 
horses, especially if the ground is wet, 
as it often is when much of the 
spraying is done. 
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started. It is up to you to carry it 
through to a successful completion. 
How? By making such a careful, rapid 
and thorough application that the work 
will not fail because you have not done 
your part, remembering always that suc¬ 
cess in spraying will follow the thor¬ 
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the right time. b. d. v. b. 
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