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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10, 1010 
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MANUFACTURERS I I CHICAGO 
KEEP THESE FACTS IN MIND 
That Phosphorus is the lacking element in most soils. 
That profitable crops won't grow on Acid soils. 
That the essential nitrifying bacteria cannot live in an Acid soil. 
That vou cannot maintain the land's fertility by depending on plant stimulants. 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
IS AN ALKALINE FERTILIZER 
Analyzing 
16% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
Barium-Phosphate is a mixture of a water soluble alkali, barium sulphide, and phosphate 
of lime. It will never make a soil acid and it will correct acid soil conditions. 
This material supplies phosphorus In a most desirable form at a reasonable cost ana also 
contains 7 per cent of Barium Sulphide, an active alkali which 
SWEETENS THE SOIL 
and Promotes the Growth of Favorable Bacteria 
I'hophorUH and decaying organic matter are the two (substances which constitute the Ke> to 
profitable systems of permanent agriculture. 
nsed in combination witli manure or plowed under with green crops, Barium-1 hosphate alone 
will produce profitable yields and build up the fertility of your farm. 
If will pay you to vurita tor our book describing this material and its uses. 
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THE MAILBAG 
Liquid Application to Destroy Borers 
T have been advised by a nurseryman 
that by sprinkling the ground thoroughly 
•around the trunk of a peach tree infested 
with borers with a solution of soapsuds, 
eight gallons, and about three teacupfuls 
of aqua ammonia (common washing 
ammonia) the fumes will kill the borers, 
especially after the gum has been re¬ 
moved. Will this solution injure the life 
of the trees ? F. 0. M. 
Ohio. 
It, will not injure the tree, nor will it 
do much injury to the borers. We have 
poured boiling hot l.ve water right, on the 
trunks. Even that did not kill all the 
insects. There is one way to make sure 
of the borers. That is, dig them out and 
kill them. Some people dig a little cavity 
around the tree, scrape off the gum and 
pour in boiling water. That will get most 
of them, hut in a large orchard it is not 
always convenient to keep the water hot. 
Anyway, we found the work of applying 
these liquids fully as hard as that of dig¬ 
ging the borers out. Some years ago we 
sent workmen to put nitrate of soda on our 
orchard. They packed it in handfuls up 
close to the trunk. It did not injure the 
trees and did not kill many of the borers. 
Cold Weather and the Scale 
In reply to your query as to extreme 
cold and the San Jose smile, will say that 
here in North Central New I Rim pstn re I 
have introduced the scale in my orchards 
several times, and at the present time 1 
doubt if there is a scale on the place, and 
I have not sprayed 1 , either. It will sur¬ 
vive one or two mild Winters, and then_a 
severe one will clean it out. I am 50 
miles north of the peach limit, and the 
scale seemis to stand just about as far.as 
the peach, and any Winter that kills 
peach trees kills the scale. 
Several years ago T received some trees 
from a Geneva, N. Y.. nursery (Seckel 
pears) and I put wood veneers, 18 inches 
high, around the trunks, to keep away 
mice. One removing these veneers two 
years later, I was surprised to find the 
trees just plastered with scale, as far as 
the veneer reached, while above, hardly 
one was to he found. When a scale does 
survive our Winter, it is on the south 
side of the trunk or limbs. From what I 
have seen of the “critter” I should say 
that anywhere you can raise peaches you 
can raise scale. F. L. COLBY. 
Grafton Co., N. II. 
A year ago last Summer (before our 
cold Winter), our orchard, which is the 
best near, grew very thriftily, though 
not sprayed. Our neighbors and others 
said, “The scale has left us.” and so I 
thought. That was before our severe 
Winter. We see no damage by it since. 
I am certain the scale left here before the 
cold Winter. c. E. 
Coldwater, Mich. 
New Plums in Ohio 
I have just been reading Prof. Hed¬ 
rick's article on plums, and while I agree 
with tiie writer in many of his statements 
yet his remarks on the poor quality of 
the Lombard and Bradshaw I feel should 
not go unnoticed, for surely in North¬ 
eastern Ohio no plum stands so high in 
value as the Bradshaw, not only for pre¬ 
serving but for eating from the hand. 
The Lombard here is prized very much 
for preserving, but rots more. Bond 
always rots before ripe; Field unknown 
here. I have fruited many varieties; sent 
direct to Luther Burbank for several 
varieties (paid him $(> for budsL includ¬ 
ing Climax. Chaleo. Shiro, America and 
others, but none of them proved valuable, 
although America has fruited well and 
has a limited sale on account of its wild 
flavor. 
I have a Bradshaw tree that it takes 
a 20-foot ladder to reach upper branches, 
bears nearly every year, sold on fruit 
stands for 20 cents per quart, last year, 
and for preserving eight cents, one-fourth 
more price than any other plum. Very 
rich, moist soil is needed for plums here. 
I hope our State Experiment Station 
will test and report on the new kinds 
mentioned, as they are not listed by our 
Eastern nurseries now. W. C. u. 
Ashtabula, O. 
Hen Manure on Strawberries 
good to spread on 
Spring, w. K. K. 
Is dry hen manure 
strawberries set last 
Freehold, N. .T. 
Yes, dried and fine hen manure is good 
for any crops, strawberries included, but 
it will always give better results if acid 
phosphate or fine lime can be used with it. 
Water Tank 
What can I use to make a three-barrel 
water tank above my bathroom. Gal¬ 
vanized iron rusts out in three 
time. Copper is too expensive. 
Vermont. 
Why not build a wooden tank of staves? 
We had such a tank in use for years, 
n nd il eave (rood service. 
years’ 
L. u. 0. 
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American Fruit Culturist. Thomas.... 2.60 
Citrus Fruits. Hume..... 2.60 
California Fruits. Wlckson. 3.00 
Plums and Plum Culture. Waugh. 1.60 
Fruit Ranohing in British Columbia. 
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