1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
813 
Spraying Vegetables. 
1. What are the best ingredients to mix 
together for spraying early tomatoes, for 
blight and bugs, and the number of 
pounds of each ingredient to 50 gallons 
of water? 2. I wish to spray my water¬ 
melons for blight, bugs and lice. Can 
you inform me what to mix for the pur¬ 
pose without destroying the vine? 3. I 
wish to put arsenate of lead on my sweet 
potato sprouts this year as I wish to 
plant them from the bed and spray by 
putting the arsenate of lead in a bucket 
of water, and dipping the tops of the 
sprouts into it as I pull them. How 
much arsenate of lead should I put to 
a bucket of water, or how much arsenate 
of lead should I use if I spray the sprouts 
before I pull them? F. A. s. 
Clarksboro, N. J. 
1. The best preparation for spraying 
early tomatoes for bugs and blight is 
Bordeaux mixture with arsenate of lead 
added. The Bordeaux is for the blight 
and the arsenate of lead for the bugs. A 
very good formula for making Bordeaux 
is to make up a 4-5-50 mixture; that is, 
four pounds of copper sulphate (blue- 
stone) and five pounds of lime to 50 
gallons of water. Place the copper sul¬ 
phate in a cloth bag and suspend near 
the top of the water in a bucket or bar¬ 
rel, where it should dissolve in a few 
hours. Use good quicklime and slake 
slowly with a small quantity of water, 
dilute to 25 gallons and strain. Dilute 
the copper sulphate solution to 25 gal¬ 
lons and add together the two dilute solu¬ 
tions to make 50 gallons of the mixture. 
To this add three pounds arsenate of 
lead. Dissolve the arsenate of lead in a 
small pail first. It will then mix with 
the large quantity very readily. The 
standard formula for Bordeaux is 4-4-50, 
but it is safer to have more lime so as 
to take up all free copper, thus lessen¬ 
ing danger from burning. We find, how¬ 
ever, that the home mixing of spraying 
materials is quite a nuisance in a busy 
time and we prefer the commercial mix¬ 
tures. There are a number of good 
makes. Whatever the brand it is best 
to follow directions on the containers in 
preparing these ready to mix materials, 
and there will very likely be little injury 
from burning. We use the same strength 
on tomatoes as is recommended for white 
potatoes. 
2. The Bordeaux and arsenate of lead 
mixtures are about as good a spray as 
you can get for watermelons to be used 
for bugs and blight. It will not be ef¬ 
fective for lice. We have never found 
anything for killing lice that would give 
satisfactory results. This year, however, 
we are going to try Black Leaf 40. This 
is a tobacco extract, made in Kentucky. 
I talked with a cantaloupe grower from 
Delaware last Summer and he was very 
successful in using it. I do not know 
just how it will do in our hands but we 
are going to try it on a small scale and 
see. 
3. I believe you will get better results 
and save time by spraying your sweet 
potato sprouts in the bed before pulling. 
Arsenate of lead used at the rate of 
three pounds to 50 gallons of water will 
be about right. In dipping plants you 
are very apt to get some of the mixture 
on the roots, and burning is much more 
likely to occur that way than if plants 
were sprayed. trucker, jr. 
FAIRS IN NEW YORK STATE, 1914. 
New York State Fair, Syracuse, Aug. 
31-Sept. 5. 
Albany, Altamont, Aug. 1S-21 inch 
Allegany, Angelica, Sept. 15-18 inch 
Cuba, Cuba. Sept. 22-25 inch 
Wellsville, Fair Association, Wellsville, 
Sept. 1-4 inch 
Broome, Whitney Point, Aug. 11-14 
incl. 
Binghamton Exposition, Binghamton. 
Sept. 29-Oct. 2. inch 
Cattaraugus, Little Valley, Sept. 7-11 
inch 
Franklinville, Franklinville, Undecided 
Glean, Glean, Sept. 7-11 inch 
Cayuga, Moravia, Aug. 25-28 inch 
Chautauqua, Central Park, Dunkirk, 
Sept. 1-4 inch 
Chemung. Elmira, Sept. 7-11 inch 
Chenango, Norwich, Aug. 25-28 inch 
Afton, Afton. Sept. S-ll inch 
Riverside Society, Greene, Undecided. 
Clinton. Plattsburg, Sept. 7-11 inch 
Columbia, Chatham, Sept. 7-11 inch 
Cortland, Cortland, Aug. 18-21 inch 
Delaware. Delhi, Sept. 8-10. 
Catskill Society, Margaretville, Aug. 
18-21 incl. 
Delaware Valley, Walton, Sept. 1-4 
inch 
Deposit, Deposit. Undecided. 
Dutchess, Poughkeepsie, Sept. 7-11 
inch 
Erie, Hamburg, Sept. 22-25 inch 
Essex, Westport, Aug. 25-28 inch 
Franklin, Malone, Sept. 15-18 inch 
Genesee, Batavia, Sept. 16-19 inch 
Greene, Cairo, Aug. 18-20 inch 
Herkimer, Herkimer, Sept. 7-10 inch 
Jefferson, Watertown, Aug. 25-28 inch 
Cape Vincent, Cape Vincent, Sept. 1- 
4 inch 
Lewis, Lowville, Aug. 25-28 inch 
Livingston, Hemlock, Get. 1-3 inch 
Madison, Brookfield. Sept. 21-24 inch 
Four Co., De Ruyter, Aug. 11-14 inch 
Monroe, Brockport, S?pt. 2-5 inch 
Rochester Exposition, Rochester, Sept. 
7-19 inch 
Montgomery, Fonda, Sept. 29-Oct. 3 
inch 
New York, American Institute, New 
York, Nov. 4-6 inch 
Niagara. Loekport, Aug. 25-29 inch 
Gneida, Rome, Sept. 22-24 inch 
Vernon Agricultural Soc., Vernon, 
Sept. 29-Oet. 1 inch 
Boonville Fair, Boonville, Sept. 8-11 
inch 
Onondaga, West Phoenix, Aug. 1S-21 
inch 
Ontario, Canandaigua, Sept. 17-19 
inch 
Gorham Agri. Soc., Reeds Corners, 
Oct. 1-3 inch 
Naples Agri. Soc., Naples, Sept. 10-12 
inch 
Grange. Middletown. Aug. 25-28 inch 
Orleans, Albion. Sept. 9-12 inch 
Oswego, Fulton. Aug. 11-14 inch 
Sandy Creek Society, Sandy Creek. 
Aug. 18-21 inch 
Otsego, Cooperstown, Sept. 22-24 
inch 
Morris Fair Assn., Morris, Sept. 29- 
Oct. 1 inch 
Oneonta Union, Oneonta, Sept. 14-17 
inch 
Richfield Springs Society. Richfield 
Springs, Undecided. 
Schenevus Valley Soc. Sehenevus, 
Aug. 11-13 inch 
Putnam, Carmel, Sept. 1-4 inch 
Queens, Mineola, Sept. 22-26 inch 
Rensselaer, Troy, Aug. 18-21 inch 
Agri. & liberal Arts Soc., Nassau, 
Sept. 15-18 inch 
Richmond, Dongan Hills, Sept. 2-7 
incl. 
Rockland, Orangeburg. Sept. 7-11 inch 
Rockland Co. Assn., New City, Aug. 
31-Sept. 4 inch 
St. Lawrence, Canton, Sept. 15-18 
inch 
Oswegatchie Soc., Ogdensburg. Aug. 
31-Sept. 4 inch 
Gouverneur Agri.. Gouverneur, Aug. 
18-21 inch 
Racquette Valley, Potsdam, Sept. S-ll 
inch 
Saratoga, Ballston Spa, Aug. 24-28 
inch 
Schoharie, Schoharie. Aug. 24-27 inch 
Cobleskill Soc., Cobleskill, Sept. 21-25 
inch 
Schuyler, Watkins. Sept. 8-11 inch 
Seneca, Waterloo, Sept. 10-12 inch 
Steuben. Bath, Sept. 22-25 inch 
Hornellsville Fair, Ilornell, Aug. 25- 
2S inch 
Southern Steuben Soc., Troupsburg, 
Sept. 1-5 inch 
Suffolk. Riverhead. Sept. 15-18 inch 
Sullivan, Monticello, Aug. 18-21 inch 
Tioga, Owego, Sept. 1-4 inch 
Northern Tioga Soc., Newark Valley, 
Aug. 4-6 inch 
Tompkins. Ithaca, Sept. 15-18 inch 
Dryden Agri. Soc., Dryden, Sept. 8- 
11 incl. 
Union, Trumansburg. Aug. 25-28 inch 
Ulster, Ellenville, Aug. 11-14 inch 
Warren, Warrensburg, Sept. 1-4 inch 
Washington, Hudson Falls, Sept. 8-11 
inch 
Cambridge Valley, Cambridge, Aug. 31- 
Sept. 4 inch 
Wayne, Lyons, Undecided. 
Newark Fair Assn., Newark, Sept. 10- 
12 inch 
Palmyra Union Soc., Palmyra, Sept. 
24-26 inch 
Westchester, Mt. Kiseo. Oct. 1-3 inch 
White Plains Fair, White Plains, 
Sept. 16-19 inch 
Wyoming, Warsaw, Aug. 18-21 inch 
Silver Lake Agri. Soc., Perry, Aug. 
11-13 inch 
Yates, Penn Yan, Sept. 15-18 inch 
Dundee Fair Assn., Dundee, Sept. 29- 
Oct. 1 inch 
May 21. Apples just getting in blos¬ 
som ; grass crop looks good. The big¬ 
gest and best crop of maple sweets for 
years. Hay $20; potatoes 75; no ap¬ 
ples. Milk down to $1.30 per hundred, 
goes to Boston. Butter 30; eggs 20; 
pigs $4; cows $30 to $90; veal eight 
cents. Roads good, city people coming 
as usual. Help high and scarce at $2 
per day, both men and women, a. l. b. 
So. Dorset, Vt. 
May 21. Good milch cows from $75 
to $100 each; horses from $150 up to 
$250. Beef cattle, live, 6% cents a 
pound; beef, dressed. 11 to 12. Hay 
about $12 per ton. Butter 20; eggs 17. 
Beavertown, Pa. c. w. B. 
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