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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
January 2 :;. 
NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROWERS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
Part I. 
T HE Exhibit. —An advance move¬ 
ment of the New York State Fruit 
Growers’ Association held its annaal 
meeting at Exposition Park, which af¬ 
fords ample room for the largest conven¬ 
tion and expositions, having outgrown 
the large accommodations of Convention 
Hall. The Association nearly filled a hall 
this year, seating 15,000 and covering an 
< stimated half an acre with exhibits. The 
fruit exhibit did not cover as much space 
this year as last. The New York Expe¬ 
riment Station made its usual large ex¬ 
hibit nearly covering one end of the 
building, and was partly a duplicate of 
its exhibit the last year. The exhibit of 
machinery, orchard and cultivating im¬ 
plements, spraying materials and nursery 
stock, was varied and comprehensive. 
Every need of the fruit growers and far¬ 
mers seems to have been met by the in¬ 
ventions exhibited. Riding on a tractor 
that draws suitable implements the 
grower can quickly put his soil in the 
most perfect condition for planting, also 
cultivate his orchards, spray them, and 
deliver his produce. Graders assort the 
fruit at the rate of hundreds of bushels 
a day better than the human hand. 
Business of the Meeting. —About 
the only change made in officers was the 
election of Frank Bradley for president. 
Pits of Chinese Peacii. Fig. 29. 
E. C. Gillett was re-elected secretary and 
treasurer, but was absent because of sick¬ 
ness. The fourth annual prize speaking 
contest by students of the Department of 
Pomology, Cornell University, was an in¬ 
structive feature of the program. The 
speakers were It. P. Sanford, Ithaca, N. 
Y.; E. D. Rogers, Brooklyn, N. Y.; N. C. 
Rogers, Canandaigua, N. Y.; Miss H. S. 
Clark, Kingston, Pa.; D. S. Hatch, 
Greenwich, N. Y. The subjects discussed 
in the addresses were: "Apple Day,” “Co¬ 
operative Packing,” “New York Apple 
Packing and Grading Law,” “Canning as 
a By-Product,” “Industry.” and “Adver¬ 
tising the Apple.” First prize of $35 was 
awarded to D. S. Hatch, and the second 
prize to N. C. Rogers. For the Summer 
meeting, an excursion through some of 
the Southern States via Washington, D. 
was arranged for by vote of the mem¬ 
bers. 
Spraying. —Prof. Donald Reddick, of 
Ithaca, read a paper on “Experiments in 
the Dusting and Spraying of Apple 
Trees.” There is no indication that the 
spray machine can be thrown on the scrap 
heap. In fact, w T ith our present knowl¬ 
edge, it is quite certain that the trees 
must be sprayed in the dormant stage 
just as in the past. The man who can 
cover his entire orchard in three to four 
days will doubtless continue spraying as 
in the past. Wh .re the relation of orch- 
ard to farm is such as to throw an un¬ 
usual load of labor on men and teams 
during May and June, and where the 
orchard is of such extent that it is prac¬ 
tically impossible to equip enough outfits 
to do the spraying at critical times, the 
duster will afford necessary relief. For 
the present, at least, it seems desirable in 
case both duster and sprayer are used, to 
apply the liquid to varieties most sus¬ 
ceptible to scab. On a good day one can 
expect to cover 600 to 900 trees in 10 
hours. If the trees are small and the 
horses walk briskly, more trees can be 
covered. This experimental work has 
been done almost entirely from the point 
of view of the commercial orehardist. Its 
applications, however, extend to prac¬ 
tically all owners of apple trees, and par¬ 
ticularly to the general farmer with a few 
trees in the home orchard. It is very ex¬ 
ceptional to find small orchards that are 
sprayed. On the general farm the dates 
of application are too inopportune, and 
it usually happens that the only spray¬ 
ing outfit available is traction driven. 
Such outfits usually do not give satis¬ 
faction in the orchard. With the dust 
method one man, the hack horse hitched 
to the democrat wagon, and a small hand 
machine that is always in readiness for 
operation are the only equipment neces¬ 
sary. 
Recent Tests. —The tests of recent 
years have been made with a very fine 
sulphur flour combined with dry arsen¬ 
ate of lead, and any other combination 
other than this should be used only in an 
experimental way. Whether an inert car¬ 
rier. such as powdered gypsum, should be 
added, or whether a smaller quantity of 
the undiluted mixture should be applied 
per tree, is an open question. For the 
present it would be advisable to use a 
mixture of 90 parts of pure sulphur spe¬ 
cially finely ground, and 10 parts of pow¬ 
dered arsenate of lead, applying, on an 
average, 1*4 to three pounds of the mix¬ 
ture per tree at each application. If the 
grower desires to compound his materials 
he should procure a suitable mixing out¬ 
fit. The time of application of dust does 
not differ from that of applying spray, 
with possibly one exception. If before a 
given application is finished a heavy rain 
should come early in the morning (as 
early as 3 o’clock) and be followed by a 
day of fog, it would be profitable to run 
the duster at full capacity for most of 
the day. Spraying, of course, could not 
be done because of wet ground and the 
drip from the foliage. Aside from the 
mounted dusting machine and engine, no 
special equipment is needed except a pair 
of goggles for the operator and one for 
the driver. A very small quantity of 
sulphur dust in the eyes causes an irri¬ 
tation which becomes noticeable only 
after an hour or more, and which is ag¬ 
gravated by rubbing. A pair of goggles 
that fit tightly about the eyes and cover 
the least possible extent of surface is de¬ 
sirable. The larger kinds are likely to 
become fogged from perspiration, w. it. j. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
New York State School of Agriculture, 
Morrisville, Farmers’ Week, Jan. 25-29. 
South Dakota Improved Live Stock 
and Poultry Breeders’ Association an¬ 
nual meeting, Mitchell. 8. I)., Jan. 26-27. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association, 
annual convention. Unity Hall, Hartford, 
Conn., Jan. 26-27-2-9. 
Pennsylvania Dairy Union, Pennsyl¬ 
vania Breeders’ Association and State 
Board of Agriculture, joint session, 
Board of Trade Building, Harrisburg. 
Jan. 26-29. 
New Jersey State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture. 42d annual meeting, State House, 
Trenton, Jan. 27-29. 
New York State Vegetable Growers’ 
Association, fifth annual meeting, Feb. 
9-10-11. Ithaca, N. Y. 
Second annual meeting of the New 
Hampshire State Department of Agricul¬ 
ture and the thirtieth annual meeting of 
the Granite State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion. Manchester, N. II., Feb. 10 and 11, 
1915. Fred Rasmussen, secretary. 
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show, 
New York, 26th annual exhibition, Feb. 
12-19; secretary and superintendent, 
Chas. D. Cleveland, Eatontown, N. J. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
The gardener who gets the high prices is the one 
crops early to market. You can beat Nature by forcin 
under glass. 
Plants and flowers in ordinary hotbeds may 
safe if you use the DUO-GLAZED SASH, 
quired. You get all the light and no 
chance of frost. A good living can he 
made from three acres under DUO- 
GLAZED SASH. 
DOUBLE GLASS FORMS AIR CHAMBER 
Two layers of glass instead of one. Non 
conductive air chamber between protects 
your plants and flowers just as the space be 
tween wall and xilaster keeps your house warm. 
The Duo-Glazed 
Sash will advance 
your season a month 
to six weeks. It’s 
_. i.,e same, climatically, as 
TRADE MARK RF*- APPLIED FOR though you moved your farm 
Patented Hotbed Sash 300 miles farther south. 
Made of genuine Louisiana Red Cypress, 1% inches thick, with extra 
heavy tenons. Will last a lifetime. A boy can put in the glass. Broken 
panes can be cut to use in bottom layer. 
Every farmer, gardener or home owner needs DUO-GLAZED SASH. 
They pay for themselves by producing early crops for the table or for I 
sale. Write for free catalog and prices. 
CALLAHAN DUO-GLAZED SASH CO., 
82 Wyandot Street, ------ Dayton, Olifo 
PLANT THE PEACH THAT PAY QUICKEST 
Hottes Elbcrta Peach Pays $195 Only 28 Months “ ~ 
After Planting Almost $4.00 per tree—this is the marvelous record of 
° just uO of our celebrated Moncrief Hottes Elberta 
Trees in the W. C. Price orchard, Cowley County. Kansas. Plenty of records to 
show that tiiis great, early-bearing wonder always lives up to' its name aiul 
fame in any peach climate—always saves 2 to 4 years of time by producing 
early, big crops of beautifully tinted, linn and golden-flesiied luscious fruit 
that is almost twice as large asold Elberta and brings 25 to 60 per cent more on 
the market. Ripens early, bears heavy regularly, is long keeper, a splendid 
shipper, un-excelled for canning. Hardy in bud and wood. A sure, safe, quick 
money-maker lor every orchard. 
JAPAN DREAM—The Tomato Peach 
Matured 44 perfect peaches four months after planting in orchard of William 
Koyce, Cement, Oklahoma. 160 peacliea from one tree 15 months 
alter planting reported by J. R. Smith, Sweet Springs, Mo. 
Youngest-bearing, heaviest fruiting peach ever discovered, Guaranteed to bloom first 
year and bear second year unless season is unfavorable. Bxtra bardv variety. IJoars early 
when good peaches arc scarce. Fruit a beautiful red, fine finality, freestone. Pays 
quicker profits than any other peach. Otic year after planting you can count on Japan 
Dream liearing just like your Tomato vines—equally heavy—equally earlv. Be sure to 
“set” Japan Dream tills year. 
SEND FOR THE BOOK THAT TELLS HOW IT WAS DONE 
Get the Moncrief Orchard book—right away—now—before you set another tree. It's a 
book every fruit-grower should have. Tells all about these wonderful, quick-bearing 
1 >eaches, how they are propagated, grown and developed into trees that pay a profit in less 
than two years from planting—not only that but you will find the Moncrief Orchard Book pav¬ 
ing the way to surer, more certain and quicker orchard profits with all kinds of fruit. For this 
great book tells all about the Moncrief way of producing trees that bear eurlier (younger) bear 
heavier, bear better fruit ami more regularly a new, simple yet effective method which Government experts sav will revolu¬ 
tionize fruit growing. Tells you why Moncrief Pedigreed trees are the safest, surest and most profitable to set—the kind 
you want in your orchard. Describes all Moncrief strains of standard ami manv new letter-paying fruits lt’« a most valu¬ 
able book for any farmer, orehardist, or market-grower. Get it before you plant this year. No charge, just send your name. 
WINFIELD NURSERIES, J. Moncrief, Pres., 803-4 Park Street, Winfield, Kansas 
Fruit Book 
Write at once. Secure valuable information 
early. Gives all best varieties : Apple, Peach, 
F p CT ET l >ear > Plum, Cherry, (Juiuce, even Berries, 
■ ^ t Ei Roses, Ornamentals; Sold direct from .Nurs¬ 
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Secure your choice now—pay in Spring. Special prices on >onr 
list, freight paid. 1IKXTOX, WILLIAMS A HKXTON 
Wholesale Nurseries, 1?*S Elm ft., ItanNville, X. Y, 
FOR THE ADDRESS OF 
10 Berry Growers 
w<> will return 10 Pickers' Tally Cards and special 
prices on Standard quart baskets for.fan. and l-’eb. 
1910. II. H. Al)LTFATUEK, Minerva, Ohio 
Ten Apple Trees for One Dollar 
‘Will ship now or bold till Spring. Special prices on 
Peat s and Cherries. Send for Catalog. 
SAMUEL I'KASKK, lsiti Main St., Geneseo, N. Y. 
St. Regis Raspberry Plants^™? T money 8 *-®: 
funded. Arthur K. Heggan, Waterford Works. N. J. 
COR SALE —Pure, northern grown, white blossom, sweet clover 
I seed. Address, SAMUEL WILLIS, Owoseo, Mich. 
BOOKS WORTH 
t .BUYING . 
B 
B Animal Breeding, Shaw. 1.50 
I Breeding Farm Animals, Marshall.. 1.50 
Principles of Breeding, Davenport.. 2.50 
Cheeese Making Decker. 1.75 
Business of Dairying, Lane. 1.25 
Clean Milk, Winslow.3.25 
Dairy Chemistry, Snyder. 1.00 
Dairy Farming, Michels. 1.00 
Handbook for Dairymen, Woll. 1.50 
Milk and Its Products, Wing. 1.50 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
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LET US SEND YOU ANY OF THESE SPRAYERS—to try for xo days, 
then if you buy, you can pay us cash or we’ll wait till next fall for our 
more than pay for it. We pay freight. 
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Send me your Catalog, Spraying Guide and "special 
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