March C, 1920 
Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Convenience and 
Economy in Spraying 
Spraying to kill insect pests and to prevent and 
control fungus is absolutely necessary. 
Hexpo makes this necessary task both conven¬ 
ient and economical. Putting Hexpo in water, a 
little stirring, and the spraying mixture is ready! Its 
concentrated form, and its scientifically correct and 
approved formula make it go far, and its results are 
certain and effective. 
HEXPO 
DRY POWDERED 
INSECTICIDE & FUNGICIDE 
Thousands of fruit growers, market gardeners 
and general farmers use Hexpo because it is simple 
and easy to use, and because it does two spraying 
jobs in one. 
Its strong Arsenate of Lead content kills pests. 
Its Bordeaux Mixture prevents and controls blight. 
It is a very finely divided, fluffy powder that can 
be blown on dry or used with water. The minute 
particles of Hexpo readily mix with water and stay in 
suspension without the necessity for constant stirring. 
With Hexpo you pay no freight on water. You 
have no inconvenient muss and fuss with paste. 
Nothing to harden. Nothing to deteriorate. No 
spraying of water in one place and too much thick 
poison on another part of the field. 
Hexpo comes in handy Jl-lb., 5-lb. and 10-Ib. 
red, white and black cartons, or in 25, 50, 100 and 
200-lb. drums. 
Ask your dealer for Hexpo or write us for in¬ 
structive literature with spraying calendar. 
H. J. Smith & Co. Utica, N. Y. 
Manufacturers of : 
Hexpo (Dry Pouider-Bordo-Arsenate) 
Smith’s Arsenate of Lead (Ponder) 
Smith's Arsenate of Calcium (Powder) 
Smith * Paris Green 
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A Fruit Grower’s Notes 
Rabbit and Mice Injury.—T he deep 
snow this Winter will doubtless result 
in considerable damage to fruit trees from 
the work of rabbits and mice. It is some¬ 
times a matter of dispute as to whether 
a particular injury was caused by rabbits 
or mice, but it may be said that rabbits 
work on top of snow, while mice work 
underneath. One of the most effective 
and certainly the cheapest methods of 
preventing such injury is to prune the 
trees during Fall or Winter, and leave 
the brush lying till Spring. Rabbits are 
choice about their food, and are riot liable 
to attack the trunk of a tree as long as 
they can conveniently get something more 
tender to eat. They will first nip off the 
buds from the fallen branches and finally 
peel off the bark from the branches before 
resorting to the trunk. Rabbits much 
prefer apple to peach, but when “hard up” 
will eat almost anything. I once owned 
a peach orchard in which there were 
several large stone piles. During a deep 
snow the peach trees next to the piles 
were stripped clean of bark from the 
ground ’way up into the branches. Under 
ordinary conditions rabbits would not 
have touched the peach trees at all. 
Lime-sulphur Injury. —To those who 
expect to apply the lime-sulphur spray 
this Spring it is well to give a word of 
caution and advice. Lime-sulphur is not 
poisonous in the sense that we speak of 
the arsenical sprays as being poisonous, 
but because of its caustic qualities there 
is danger of both external and internal 
injury to the person who works with it 
if proper caution is not taken. The liquid 
at dormant spray strength will slowly 
but surely eat off the skin from the fin¬ 
gers, hands and face, if not in some way 
protected. Everyone who has ever white¬ 
washed knows what effect the whitewash 
has on bare hands if they come in contact 
with the material any length of time. 
Now lime-sulphur must of necessity be 
many times stronger than whitewash, 
otherwise it would only be necessary to 
spray with lime water in order to kill 
scale and other insects or diseases present 
at time of spraying. Thus it will be seen 
that the liability to injury to human skin 
is correspondingly greater with lime-sul¬ 
phur spray than with whitewash. Besides 
external injury to skin and eyes, there 
is also danger of throat and stomach 
irritation through inhaling or swallowing 
too much of the liquid. The remedy is 
to keep on the windward side of tin 1 flying 
spray as much as possible. Avoid leak¬ 
ing parts of nozzle, rod, shut-off and hose. 
Grease face and hands with vaseline or 
something of that nature. Wear a good 
pair of leather gloves. A nose and mouth 
protector or goggles are sometimes worn. 
Stayman Winesap. —There is no 
question in my mind but what the Stay- 
man Winesap is just a little the best 
suited apple for Pennsylvania that has 
so far been grown in this State. The 
man who has planted largely of the Stay- 
man has not made a mistake as to variety. 
If I were planting a commercial orchard 
at this time I would plant more than half 
of Stayman Winesap. If I wished to 
plant a farm orchard I would plant at 
least one-fourth of that variety. If I 
would have room for only one tree a Stay- 
man would grace that spot. Therb are 
apples and apples, good, bad and indif¬ 
ferent, but most varieties have their de¬ 
fects. The Stayman has less real de¬ 
fects than any Winter apple I know of. 
They are not so red as some red apples, 
and for that reason the tree is especially 
in need of an open top. They are good 
and young bearers, fairly good “stickers” 
and keepers, but best of all, the quality 
is simply superb. 
Catalog Descriptions. —Descriptions 
of varieties in the catalogs of even re¬ 
liable nurseries seldom tell the whole 
truth. It is like writing an obituary. 
We mention only the good points of the 
deceased. If some nursery would depart 
from the usual custom and show up each 
variety in its true light, with good points 
and defects plainly described, such a cata¬ 
log could truthfully be called a “buyer’s 
guide.” Many farmers and back-to-the- 
landers are not familiar with the many 
fruit varieties offered by the various nur¬ 
series, and need accurate descriptions as 
guides to their selections. 
Fruit Tree Agents. —Not all such 
agents are dishonest, but unfortunately 
many of them are. If you buy from an 
agent at all better buy from some one 
you are personally acquainted with, and 
besides, make it your business to see that 
he orders from a reliable nursery. When 
any considerable number of trees are 
wanted it is cheaper to send direct to the 
nursery. It is often advisable for farmers 
to club together and get their trees sent 
to one address. The professional tree 
agent usually canvasses his territory dur¬ 
ing the Summer or Fall for the next 
Spring’s delivery. He wants to be ahead 
of the game. IIis prices are two or three 
times as high ne mail order prices, for 
trees that are often not so good. Unfor¬ 
tunately many people fall for these oily- 
tongued men of the road. 
Substitutes. —In ordering trees from 
a nursery it is well either to mark your 
order “no substitution,” or else name a 
second choice. Last Spring we needed a 
few trees to frill in where the original 
trees had been girdled by mice or borers. 
The nursery substituted, thus rendering 
the trees useless to us, as we did not 
want to mix varieties in the block. Of 
course it is always better to order early, 
as later orders are much more liable to 
be substituted. DAVID PLANK. 
Pennsylvania) 
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This 
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Here’s a nozzle 
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temper. The patent screen 
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There's no bothersome clogging:, no 
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You need only guide the nozzle and 
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— solid stream. A slight pressure 
of the thumb starts and shuts 
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F92 Maple St. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
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