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11)17 experiments—six aeres Baldwins! 
and Greenings. It was dusted 10 times, 
five from each way, with the same mix¬ 
tures used on the second block. • )ver 
1.000 barrels of fruit were picked from 
this orchard, and this fruit packed about 
70 per cent A grade, two per cent culls 
and the rest unclassified. 
I would like to call attention to the 
method of getting this 1019 data. We 
did not get it by counting the apples or 
observing them on the trees, loir waited 
until they were being packed. In the 
packing house we took 25 and 50-barrel 
lots from time t<> time from the different 
orchards, and as they were being barreled 
we counted the number of barrels in the 
different grades. This is a most practical 
test, it seems to us. This year also we 
mixed most of the dust ourselves with a 
power mixer. We used several mixtures, 
finding the 85-10-5 the most satisfactory. 
The cost of this mixture would be on the 
basis of 1920 prices; that is. 85 lbs. sul¬ 
phur. 10 lbs. hydrated lime and 5 lbs. 
arsenate <»f lead, using 2.5 lbs. per tree in 
two applications, 9.5c per tree for ma¬ 
terial. Cost of spray, same basis, com¬ 
mercial lime-sulphur. 1-10, with 5 lbs. 
arsenate of lead to 200 gals., using 7 gals, 
per tree in two applications, one from 
each way, would be 9c per tree for ma¬ 
terial. 
Other dusting mixtures; 85 lbs. sul¬ 
phur, 5 lbs. hydrated "inie, 10 lbs. arse¬ 
nate of lead, using 2.5 lbs. per tree, eost 
13c; 85 lbs. sulphur. 7.5 lbs. hydrated 
lime. 7.5 lbs. arsenate, using 2.5 lbs. per 
tree, cost lie per tree. We used niul 
found that 75 lbs. sulphur, 25 lbs. hy-J 
drated lime, costing $2.20 per 100 lbs.,| 
controls brown rot on peaches and leafi‘ 
spot on cherries just as well as did 90-10 
the year before, costing $8.50 per 100 lbs,' 
dusting is a matter which requires 
more investigation and is of vital interest 
to fruit growers, I have offered a part of 
a six-acre apple orchard to Cornell for 
dusting and the rest l<> Geneva for spray¬ 
ing, the work to be carried on through 
the Farm Bureau during the coming sea-, 
son. I am to furnish the material, labor 
and machinery. If the results can he 
published jointly, tbi> experiment will be 
of great value t<> fruit growers 
The 
spray men are sure their methods are the' 
best. The dusters are equally sure they 
are right. “When doctors disagree, who! 
shall decide?’’ r. w. CORNWALL. 
Wayne County, X. V. 
Treatment of Run-down Meadow 
1. i have about lit.- acres of meadow 
that is rundown, aud wish to get it in 
shape for pasture. T have no manure to 
spare for it. Will you tell me just what 
is best to do to get it in good shape for 
pasture? Ii is on a side hill and is a 
well-drained piece of land. 
2. What kind of cabbage seed is con¬ 
sidered the best? s. J. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. There are two methods for improving 
old meadows. If the proper grasses are 
present, as Timothy and clover, commer¬ 
cial fertilizer can he used This should 
be ton-'V'ossed on the land after growth 
sta?tc in the Spring, as the fertilizers sug- 
ge ted are all readily available, and if up- 
I .ied too early they will leach away. Forj 
a heavy soil 2(10 lbs. sodium nitrate, 100 
lbs. acid phosphate and 50 lbs. muriate of 
potash should ho used. For a light. «andy 
soil half of this amount is enough. Where 
Timothy grows and clover thus not the 
soil probably needs lime. There are many 
soils on which clover grew at one time 
that have ceased to grow the crop. “Clover 
sickness’’ is a term applied to these fields, 
and lime and organic matter usually sup¬ 
ply the deficiency and restore them to 
productiveness. Where the meadow is 
growing weeds and daisies the land should 
ho plowed and reseeded after a grain crop. 
From (5 to 8 qts. of Timothy and 1 to 0 
qfs. of clover per acre are used in tliix 
section. Where Red clover is failing to 
give good results. Alsikc clover is added 
at the rate of 3 lbs. Alsike to 5 lbs. Red. 
Manure is very useful top-dressed on 
meadows, and gives better results than the 
best commercial fertilizer mixture. 
2. Danish cabbage is most grown in 
your section of the State. According to 
the tests at the Pennsylvania State Col¬ 
lege. the late variety Buncombe, which 
has been tested two years, had a yield of 
20 tons per acre. Holland Export, a va¬ 
riety of the Danish Ball Head group, 
tested for three years, produced 17 tons 
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