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Dust Spray *for Peaches 
We are bavin" an abundance of rain 
this season, which just now makes it 
hard to save small grain, which crop is 
really very fine. Much cotton is badly 
in the grass and weeds and unless good 
weather comes soon a good part will have 
to be abandoned. Our peach crop prom¬ 
ises to be fine, but those that have ripen¬ 
ed to date are very watery and will not 
carry far. The Carmans are just now 
beginning to swell and turn red. Victor 
and Swan are ripe and gone. There is a 
strange thing about the great drought 
of last year. It practically killed nine- 
tenths of my pear trees, where I only lost 
part of one peach tree in a 10 -acre or¬ 
chard. I have been much interested in 
“dusting” at Hope Farm. I have never 
as yet had any such work to do here. The 
only trouble we have that it might over¬ 
come is scab, or freckles, on peaches. 
I’rof. IT. P. Could, in his book on peaches, 
claims the lime-sulphur to be a specific 
for this trouble. I have been thinking 
as to whether you people in the North 
ever db any spraying or dusting in order 
to prevent the scab on peaches. If so, 
what has been the result? It is only 
some certain varieties that are materially 
damaged by it. and alongside of such may 
be a kind apparently not at all affected. 
The ,7. II. Hale is as bad as aqy I have. 
North Texas. J. w. stubenratjch. 
We used the duet spray on peaches 
this year as a precaution against brown 
rot. We cannot say just how effective 
this dusting has been, but it seems to be 
useful thus far. The Experiment Station 
of New Jersey, at New' Brunswick, has 
conducted some experiments with the use 
of the dust for peach scab. It was shown 
that the dust was nearly or quite as 
effective as the liquid spray, and the re¬ 
sults were certainly encouraging. The 
Cornell Experiment Station has also con¬ 
ducted some experiments along this line. 
It would pay anyone interested in the 
matter to obtain the reports or bulletins 
from these two stations and make a study 
of the results. We have found the poi¬ 
soned dust very effective against the leaf¬ 
eating insects, but thus far we have felt 
that it is not as effective as the liquid 
spray as a protection against diseases, j 
There are some localities, however, w’here 
the great convenience in using the dust 
makes it the most desirable thing to em¬ 
ploy. 
Fertilizer Question 
We have a small place on the lower 
side of the road. The land lies rolling, 
and is a sort of clay loam soil, very wet; 
in a rainy season it is almost impossible 
to get in a crop. It. yields a fair amount 
of Timothy and clover one or two years, 
then spots of moss appear, and not much 
else but weeds. What is the cause and 
the remedy, and what sort of fertilizer 
would be best for such soil? We only 
have a very small amount of barnyard 
manure, which w T e put on the potato 
patch. G. D. L. 
Genesee, Pa. 
The land seems to be too wet and too 
sour. Timothy and Red clover will not 
thrive in sour, wet land. After a year or 
so they fade away. Alsike clover and 
Red-top grass will do better on that kind 
of land. The field needs drainage and 
lime. An open ditch will often take out 
enough of the water to give clover a 
chance to grow. A coat of lime at the 
rate of one ton per acre well worked in 
will help, but you cannot hope to get good 
crops of Timothy and Red clover until 
some drainage is done. 
Controlling Striped Cucumber Beetle 
What can be put on cucumber and 
pumpkin vines to keep away those yellow 
striped beetles that eat the leaves and 
kill the plants? c. M. D. 
Shoknn, N. Y. 
This insect is very destructive, as the 
larvae eat the tender roots of the plants 
on which the adults work, and the feeding 
of the adults spreads a bacterial wilt 
that often suddenly kills the vines. Where 
possible, young plants should be protected 
with cloth or wire screens until they have 
made a start. Little dome-shaped covers, 
like those used to keep flies from food, 
made of cheesecloth or wire netting, and 
used for this purpose. It is also wise 
to plant an excess of seed, thus allowing 
for thinning by the beetles. It is difficult 
to poison the beetles, as they hide on 
parts of the plant, or in the flowers, 
where the poison has not reached, but 
considerable protection is afforded by 
thorough spraying with arsenate of lead, 
four or five pounds to 50 gallons of wa¬ 
ter. Many repellents have been used, but 
their effect is brief, and they seem of little 
use when the beetles are numerous. One 
of the best of these is air-slaked lime 
mixed with flowers of sulphur, while to¬ 
bacco dust or fine road dust will drive the 
insects away temporarily. Removal of 
crop remnants, and general clearing up 
< l ' the garden in Fall, will help to control 
f’.’.s and other insect pests. 
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Smallman Brothers. 
Ft. Covington, N. Y. 
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Friction means shorter life for 
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MICA 
AXLE CREASE 
Stops friction. Makes permanent 
bearing surface. 
Eureka Harness Oil keeps 
old leather good as new. Fills 
the pores of the leather, prevents 
cracking and breaking. 
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