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Tractors for Orchard Work 
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six-foot disk behind that this makes 
a flexible mitfit that can weave in and 
out as .«mall or large trees are encoun¬ 
tered, is easil.v turned at the ends of 
the rows and will readily culth'ate any 
small vacant places where extra work 
is needed. 
Our .apple trees are mostly planted 
.‘!0 f«>et .apart .and two times through a 
space will cover all the ground tli.at it 
is desirable to cultivate after the trees 
are fif good hearing siz.a Cultivation is 
ordinarily done in both directions and .at 
right angles, luit oee.asionall.v we run 
diagonally, thus eutting ground not 
touched otherwi.sY'. This would not be 
possible with tlie large fraetors. 
There is no actual need of an.v horses 
in our orehard cultivation, where no an¬ 
nual crops arc gia.wn, although we use 
them in connection with and supplemen¬ 
tal to the tractor. P'or plowing the 
ground in the younger orchards wo find 
the ti-actor is often preferalde to horses, 
as we can run closer to the trees and 
regulate the depth better We think we 
would prefer a tractor with say a third 
more pull, giving a little reserve power. 
We use our tractor for .sawing wood and 
other poAver purposes and often for pull¬ 
ing heavy loads or articles short dis¬ 
tances. 
Onr experience, as well as our ob.ser- 
vatiou in other orchards, is that traotor.s 
are practical for oi'chard cultivation 
where conditions are favorable, orchards 
j of sufficient size mud land fairly level, 
the size of the tractor depending some¬ 
what on the amount in orchard. Sfuiie 
of the larger tractors ])ull sufficient 
disks to double disk the wiiole space be¬ 
tween two rows of trees at one time 
over. Ro large an outfit is. of course, 
only desirable in ver.v l.-irge orchards and 
it does not have the flexihility of the 
smaller ones. An imjioT-tant point with 
an.v tractor is the matter of efficient 
help to run it, or it ina.v not be avail¬ 
able when wanted. The “fool-proof” 
gasoline engine is not made yet, so far 
as I have knowledge. I believe the 
adiiptation and use of tractors in. spray¬ 
ing large orchards will eventually he 
w'orked ouft 
Illinois. L. n. ukyant. 
Two Potato Crops in Succession 
I have one .acre of ground which T had 
in hlaekberries for six year.s. It got 
so wild with blackberry Ciines and weeds 
that T plowed it and put sweet corn in 
it, then I sowed it in <dover. T.ast 
Spring I manured it on the sod. plowed 
it under and planted potatoes. I rai.sed 
an extra good crop of iiotatoes on it. 
After the jLotatoes I sowed r.ve and Win¬ 
ter A'ctch. Next Sjiring I intend to turn 
the rye aud vetch under and put pota¬ 
toes in a grain, in order to get rid of the 
hlaekberr.v plants. What do .vou think? 
Is it all right to p\it potatoes in for the 
second time. F. w. r. 
Fisher's Ferry, l‘a. 
We have a piece of ground in imich 
the .same condition, where we had pota¬ 
toes last year. The crop was quite clean, 
with very Ititle .scab, and we intend to 
jlIow the ground again this Spring and 
plant potatoes once more. As a gLuieral 
rule this is not advisable, hut where the 
crop is clean, the soil is naturall.v adapt- 
i‘d to potatoes, and there is a cover croj) 
to plow under, we think it is a safe plan 
to repeat the potato crop, ^^'e .shall fer¬ 
tilize well, particularly with acid jihos- 
phate. and soak tlte .se*'d in the formalin 
solution. 
Onions Following Club-rooted Cabbage 
Is there any ob,iections to using field 
for onion jiateh that was previously 
jilanti'd to cabbage and was a great deal 
elubrooted? Field is clean and free from 
weeds. H. x. M. 
AVest Chc.shire. Conn. 
There is no reason why you cannot 
plant onions tliis year where cabbage 
grew last year and was infected with 
clubroot. Some jieople liesitate lo fol¬ 
low cabbage with onions or vice versa 
if the previous crop was infested witli 
maggots. However, even this idea is not 
well founded, because onion maggots 
confine themselves to the onion family, 
and cabbage maggots are just as jiar- 
ticular and feed only on cahliage. cauli¬ 
flower. turnips, radishes, etc. 
Here is something very important and 
should by all means be carefully noted. 
Club root of cabbage is a trouble which 
can develop only on a sour soil Himo 
will sweeten the soil and destroy this 
disea.se which would otherwise remain 
in the soil and for years infect any 
member of the cabbage family or cer¬ 
tain weeds such as wild mustard or 
shepherd’s purse Another thing, onions 
can never do their best on a .sour soil. 
K. W. DK UAU.X. 
Tomatoes on Limed Soil 
I have a two-aere piece of laud wliich 
I believe has had too much lime for two 
yoar.s. I have tried to grow corn on it 
for two yeai-s. but with little succe.ss. 
The corn after the second or thii’d work¬ 
ing. takes a heavy rust and falls to the 
ground. Can I grow tomatoes on this 
jiieee of land successfully? What kind 
of fertilizer should I use, and how much 
per acre? w. l. 
I'Tankford, Del. 
I think that yon can grow good toma¬ 
toes on that land by using a mixture of 
equal parts fish scrap and acid phos- 
pliate liberally broadcast, and during the 
growth of the crop use sulphate of am¬ 
monia as a side-dressing, at rate of 7.1 
pounds an acre. This acts bettor on an 
over-limed soil than nitrate of soda, while 
it .sometimes has a had effect on land in 
an acid condition by its tendency to in¬ 
crease acidity. But if the land is really 
.suffering from an excess of lime I believe 
that the Ix'st wa.v to resture it would he 
to sow it to Sweet clover and turn under 
the fir.st season’s growtli in Avigu.st and 
sow to Crimson clover for a AVintcr cov¬ 
er. Then if this is turned under fi»r 
ci'i-n I believe yon can make the <'orn 
with perfect success. .Tust what ails the 
land seems to he rather uncertain and it 
would he Well to consult .vour State Fx- 
periment Station at Newark. Del. 
W. F. MAS.SKY. 
The Spraying Problem 
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is filled on a low trnek. and h.is a 
“jack” pump with ii large suction .and 
discharge iiose, which will fill or emjity 
the tank in six minutes. We load the 
two sprayers and .send them out in tlie 
morning, and they are kejit going witli 
the siijiply tank. 
The Ho.se. —Another tiling of inueli 
iniiiortance in the wa.v of equipment is 
to have hose of sufficient length. Wi‘ 
use too leads of hose, each (Ml feet long, 
and have light bamboo nxls of 10, 12 
or 14 feet lengtlis, a.s the orchard in.ay 
requii’e. As a rule two angle nozzles are 
used on each rod, and we do all our 
spraying from the ground witliout using 
a tower. With tlu‘ long hose and long 
rods we are emihled entirel.v to emarcle 
a tree, and do not have to stand in the 
drifting spray. We can do the best kind 
of work, directing with the angle noz¬ 
zles the mist an.vwhere that we wish. 
We thus find much relief from the dis¬ 
agreeable features of s[)raying. Also. T 
am fortunate in having men who have 
learned to do the work excecilingly well. 
Towakd.s the Wi.vd. —We do nearly 
all our spraying towards the wind, and 
like this Avay better than the other, be¬ 
cause we finish a treo as we go, and 
do not have to return to it. T think that 
it takes a little longer, hut there are ad¬ 
vantages. We do not have to wait for 
the opposite wind, and always know just 
where we arc. The important tiling is 
to finish in time. A little delay and the 
Codling moth and redbug may do had 
work. Nicotine will kill L'very surviving 
redbug that it touches in a few min¬ 
utes. If one jirefers to spray “witii the 
wind,” there are no objections; it is 
a good way, provided he does not dcpcml 
on the wind to do most of the work. 
Working I’eaxs.—W e have two men 
to each outfit, and generally carr.\ two 
rows of trees, unle.ss they are too large. 
We drive facing the wind and stoji the 
team just ahead of the two trees we 
spray, and the horses are never in the 
flying mi.st unless the wind becomes very 
uncertain. Until we learned how we 
used to have men. hor.ses and harness 
stained and covered with the irremovable 
lime-sulphur mixture. The men start on 
the farther side of the tree opiiosite each 
otlier. and make it a jioint to reach and 
sjiray into the interior as far as po.ssible, 
as well as on the outside, and alwa.v.s 
direct rods and nozzles towards the 
wind. They get the job quickly done 
and go across to the other row and fol¬ 
low out the same procedure before driv¬ 
ing on. Important points in good spray¬ 
ing : Keep machinery clean. T^se strong 
luv-ssiire and a fine disk in the nozzle. 
With all these liquids more or less 
cau.stic, keej) the nozzle moving: don't 
hold it steady in one place an instant 
when spraying fruit, and don't cover a 
place more than once; follow out a limh 
until it is comiileted. Don't think that 
if the outside of the tree is siira.ved that 
is sufficient; inside limbs must be 
reached, and good attention given to the 
topmost branches. It is a job that re¬ 
quires mental ns well as mu.seular ac¬ 
tivity. W. S. TEATOR. 
