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Basket Willow as Snow Hedge 
Fig. 151, reproduced from Rulletin No. 
110. issued by the Office of Foreign Seed 
■ind I’laut Istroduction. .shows the basket 
willow of Madeira growing as a snow 
hedge along a railroad track on Long 
Island. The willow here shown, Salix 
viminalis, is the osier or basket willow of 
Europe, hut the variety referred to was 
secured in Funchal. Madeira. Tt is grown 
extensively in the island of Madeira, 
where it is used in the manufacture of 
furniture, which is shipped all over the 
world. This willow grows just the right 
height for a snow sci-een. forming a dense 
mat of branches, and it has proved so ef¬ 
ficient that the T-ong Island Railroad is 
now planting considerable stretches of it, 
to prevent snow from drifting into the 
cuts. 
lie institutions. Thei’e is no reserve in 
the cities. Families are being supplied 
with one-half ton lots. I..et those who 
have it, or can get it, as patriots, burn 
wood. It is their duty, that others who 
can not get the wood may have some 
coal to prevent suffering. It is time to 
make sacrifices.” 
James R. ^Iormon, of "Washington. D. 
r.. gave some facts aPout the Federal 
farm loan. Full information can be ob¬ 
tained from the Farmers’ Federal Iman 
Dept. U. S. Treasury, Washington, I). C. 
f)n the farm loan ruling on orchards, he 
said there is misunderstanding. lie said 
“orchards have not been regarded by in- 
.surance companies as insurable as other 
improvements. J.oans are issued on 20 
per cent of p'^rmanent insurable improve-! 
ments. and on 50 per cent of basis value 
of real estate. The value of the orchard 
lands for general purposes, is the basis 
of federal loan security. The orchard 
could be removed. There is nothing in 
the way of increa.sing the loan on good 
orchard lands, but only in the way of 
loaning on the value orchardists place on 
their orchards.” 
Prof. Whetzel. of C’ornell I’^niversity. 
spoke on some of the latest information 
on some fruit diseases. “One disease of 
the apple that still is making much trou¬ 
ble is the scab. In wet seasons it is 
likely to get the better of us unless we 
are vei-y thorough. It should be clear in 
your ininds that you should spray for' 
sc.ab just before the bh^ssoms open, when! 
the buds begin to show green. The men 
that sprayed at this time have got the 
(;lean ai)ples. It is of the most import-j 
f'nce to have the leavt's fr<'e from scab. 
This is the way to prevent them from 
getting OH the apples. If the leaves are 
kept clean at the beginning of the season. 
^.■^.at little scab there is left is easily con- 
tro’led with later spraying. Ret your 
spraying in ahead of coming rains. When 
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The Basket Willow of Madeira as a Snow Fence, 
of lime, and how to u.se it. lie said .some 
think they have less injury by apple 
dropping after spraying with .arsenate of 
lime. lie had not found nuudi differeuee 
at the Station. Tliere is danger of so 
drenching trees tlmt the leave.s are in- 
inred in a mechanictil way, and especially 
with the new spray guns. In using the 
gun the spray should break before it 
i-cache.s the trees. 
“Fruit Growers’ Re.sponse to War Con¬ 
ditions” was the subject of a paper by 
Prof. U. R. Hedrick, New York Fxperi- 
ment Station.” ’I'he fruit grower’s slogan, 
is economy and curtailing in labor and 
spraying costs. The old hearing triu's ean 
be left, in pruning, after the dead wood 
is cut out. It is a good time to see how 
much healtliy wood can be left in the 
trees. Do not use commereial fertilizer 
in the orchard until you have made the 
iitmo.st use of covcu* crops and liome fer¬ 
tilizers that cost nothing. Tillage liber¬ 
ates soil fertility—so till the orehard well 
early in Summer, then .sow cover crops. 
■Vfter experiments at tlie New York Ex¬ 
periment Station, we dmibt whether e.x- 
nensive clover and v<‘t<-li seed should be 
sown, nnle.ss one is satisfied the soil is 
in <-ondition to get a large growth. A 
small growth will not jiay for seed. How¬ 
ever, if the trees lack wood growth, nitro¬ 
gen cover crops are the cheapest source 
of nitrogen that makes wood, if soil can 
be put in right conditiou for them by the 
use of lime and special fertiliziu-s. Inter¬ 
crops with vegetables and farm crops in 
the orchard will reduce the cost of main¬ 
taining the orchard.” 
On planting fruit at the present time, 
he said that cereal fomls on the farm 
must take precedence in war time. Do 
not plant fruits this year in large areas, 
hut take better care of what you have. 
Fruits, here and abroad, will receive less 
attention during and after the war so 
there will probably be a shortage during 
the years after the war. 
Roland R. Woodward, Rochester 
Chamber of Commerce, addressed the 
meeting on “Fuel Oou.servation.” He said : 
“The time is coming when we will know 
we are at war, because we are heatless. 
We are 50,000,000 tons of coal short for 
home uses. For the present our relief is 
to encourage the u.se of wood, and stim¬ 
ulate its future _ production. T do not 
say as an alarmist, cut wood or freeze, 
but if this couditiou goes on it will mean 
weather is fair get the sjiray on quick. 
In a word, coi’(>r the new growth of leaves 
as they expand and get it in ahead of 
the rain.” 
‘ ’I’lie way to conserve in spraying is 
to get the scab fungus the first spraying, 
this will save material later on. On 
du.sting and spraying, he said that last 
year there was little difference in results. 
About “Baldwin spot” Prof. Whetzel 
said: “It is caused by nnefjnal supply 
of water for the tree. You cannot pre¬ 
vent it by spraying. IVhen a dry season 
couH's you will probably have Baldwin 
spot. A dust mulch, tha.. makes the sup¬ 
ply of water more uniform, is about all 
you can do. A new disease is a root 
rot, is caused by fungus, called Xylaria. 
It develops more in a wet season. One 
point we know, it is not safe to plant 
where old trees have died out. Cherry 
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