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Y OU have been looking for a better summer spray 
— one that does not cause russeting or undue 
^ ^ dropping of the fruit. We have it. For eight years 
we have conducted in our orchards, on a commercial 
^ basis, tests of all of the best-known summer sprays. 
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Better Summer Spray 
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Cal-Arsenate 
And not only has SULFOCIDE with Cal-Arsenate proven a 
better summer spray for us, but it has earned the commendation 
of many other authorities who have tried this combination. 
Mr. Herbert Myrick, Editor-in-Chief of a prominent group 
of farm papers, says: “This spring I sprayed for fungous pests 
and leaf-eating insects with Sulfocide and Cal-Arsenate. 
The large crop of winter fruit we now have is the smoothest, 
fairest and freest from worms, scab, stings or other defects of 
any that we have ever had.” 
Mr. George T. Powell, noted horticulturist and lecturer, 
wrote in the Feb. 22nd, 1919, issue of American Agriculturist: 
“I have used Sulfocide and Cal-Arsenate combined for two 
years.Never produced acrop of applesof so fine a quality.” 
Sulfocide is not a bordeaux or lime-sulfur mixture, but it 
has to a large extent the effectiveness of both without the 
drawbacks of either. It does not combine with arsenate of 
lead or paris green, but does combine with Cal-Arsenate 
without forming a sludge like lime-sulfur and arsenate of lead. 
Sulfocide does not dwarf fruit or potatoes, and is almost 
insoluble when once dry. Therefore, it docs not wash off: 
neither does it show much on the fniit. 
Cal-Arsenate is an arsenate of lime, and }/$ stronger and about 
y$ cheaper than the best arsenate of lead powder. Prof. G. 
E. Sanders of Nova Scotia says: “Used alone it sometimes 
burns foliage; but with Sulfocide it is the safest of all arsen- 
icals.” It can be used with nicotine sulphate and soap when 
desired. 
One gal. Sulfocide and 2 /bs. Cal-Arsenate make 200 gal. 
of spray for fruits and most vegetables. One gal. and 3 lbs. Cal- 
Arsenate make 150 gal. of spray for potatoes. The prices arc: 
1 gal. SULFOCIDE and £ lbs. Cal-Arsenate, express prepaid east of the Mississippi River. . . $ 6.00 
10 gal. SULFOCIDE and 2S lbs. Cal-Arsenate, freight prepaid anywhere in the United States. .. 25.00 
50 gal. SULFOCIDE and 100 lbs. Cal-Arsenate, freight prepaid anywhere in the United States... 90.00 
Go to the local Scalecide agent for your Sulfocide, or if there isn't one near, order 
direct from this advertisement. Write today for our booklet^ “ Just 16 ", 'which contains 
complete spray calendar for 'whiter and summer spraying. It's fret. Address Dept. 16 
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March G, 1920 
Great Future for Pasteurized Cider 
Apple juice, to some, sounds much bet¬ 
ter than eider, but both the latest Webster 
and International dictionaries agree that 
cider is the juice of the apple, and some¬ 
times pear, either sweet or fermented, so 
one can do as his feelings prompt, and 
say apple juice or cider. There never has 
been a meaner drink' than fermented or 
hard cider, or a meaner drunk than a 
hard cider drunk. In many places some 
hard cider “gang” has loft its curse on a 
community that time alone can remove. 
At the time when our teachers, preachers 
and lecturers were urging everyone to 
sign a pledge to abstain from all intoxi¬ 
cating drink and cider, the mistake was 
made of including all cider, which was 
not so much of a mistake as the makers 
of pasteurized cider believe at this time, 
for “sweet cider” was as changeable as 
the wind, and when made from partly 
decayed fruit, and grinder, cloths, press 
and all utensils covered or filled with 
active ferment germs, all cider contained 
alcohol, and in a very short time if in a 
warm place was decidedly an alcoholic 
drink. With the present method of using 
sound apples only, and keeping everything 
sweet and clean, and a continuous process 
from press to pasteurizer, with no tanks 
for cider to stand in, cider has been taken 
from the outlaw class and is today a re¬ 
spected citizen, every way as good as ap¬ 
ple juice, apple sauce, apple dumpling, 
etc., and will be the salvation of the fruit 
grower. 
Cider is so sensitive to heat, especially 
if made from ripe apples (and ripe ap¬ 
ples are a necessity if really good cider 
is desired) that temperature must be 
watched very closely, as 1G0 degrees or 
over is sure to cause a taste like boiled 
eider. Where the juice conies in contact 
with steam pipes with live steam in 
them the pipes are 212 degrees. To 
secure a uniform delicious cider re¬ 
quires 140 to 150 degrees, never over 
150 degrees, and a holding period of 
one hour 20 to .“.0 minutes, after all the 
juice has been brought to that degree. 
Pasteurized cider is here to stay, and 
many who have stomach trouble and are 
distressed from eating raw apples or using 
sweet cider find no trouble at all when 
they drink the pasteurized cider. The 
best thing of all is that there is no waste, 
and the juice can be secured without 
trouble every day in the year. The co¬ 
operative packing associations should be 
the first to develop this end of the apple 
industry, pool their output, and oranges 
would have a real live rival in “liquid 
apple” or some similar name. Will the 
business be overdone? .Tust look at the 
number of breweries and distilleries that 
have quit. Look -it ai' America—a drink¬ 
ing nation, and i nation that is looking 
for a drink that ‘s noi poisoned or pro¬ 
cessed so it is either tasteless or will cat 
up a cast-iron stomach. 
Pasteurized cider saves barrels and 
packages, makes it easier to pack and 
comply with packing laws, keeps all un¬ 
desirable grades off the market, and makes 
the handling of apples a pleasure. Ben- 
zoated and poisoned cider is prohibited in 
some States now, and should be in all, as 
there are several ways to pasteurize cider, 
and no poisons are needed or used. The 
best firms bottle their cider, cap and pas¬ 
teurize immediately, and delicious cider 
can be produced with the common wash 
boiler on the kitchen stove with fruit cans 
and a thermometer if care is used. Not 
an apple should he wasted, as there is as 
much or more money in cider and cider 
vinegar as for No. 1 apples. Cold stor- 
age makes it possible to make cider for 
a long time. C. A. 
Coal Ashes on Manure 
I wish to break up my heavy clay soil 
in the garden by using coal ashes, but I 
have a heavy dressing of manure on the 
land. Will the ashes spoil the good the 
manure will do to the land? p. D. ri. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
The coal ashes will not “spoil the ma¬ 
nure.” Perhaps you got this idea from 
the statements that wood ashes contain 
lime—which sets fire ammonia in manure. 
Coal ashes contain practically no lime, 
and will not do any damage. On tlio 
other hand, if well sifted and fine they 
will spread through the soil and help by 
binding it togethei*. 
