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The  best  10  of  our  birds  laid  314  eggs  ! 
and  the  best  five  177  eggs  in  56  days.  At 
Storrs,  Conn.,  and  at  Lansing.  Mich., 
there  are  10  birds  in  each  pen.  At  Mil¬ 
ford,  Del.,  the  pens  contain  five  each. 
From  the  figures  I  have  when  this  is 
written  I  think  my  best  10  and  five  beat 
any  pens  of  Reds  in  these  contests.  At 
Farmingdale,  L.  I..  I  think  there  are  two 
pens  of  20  birds  each  which  have  beaten 
our  pullets.  At  Vineland  the  best  pen 
of  20  Reds  laid  374  eggs.  H.  w.  c. 
(Continued  Next  Week) 
Stocks  for  Plums 
Will  trees  grown  from  the  blue  Dam¬ 
son  make  good  stocks  on  which  to  bud 
plums?  E.  T.  D. 
The  Damsons  mentioned  by  E.  T.  D. 
have  descended  to  us  through  centuries 
with  but  little  change.  The  chief  use  for 
this  variety  is  making  preserves,  as  the 
fruit  is  rather  too  astringent  to  be  eaten 
out  of  hand.  The  seedlings  are  often  used 
as  stocks,  and  asr  they  are  adapted  to 
various  soils  and  climates,  and  bud  or 
graft  readily,  it  is  a  debatable  question 
whether  they  are  not  as  good  stocks  as 
can  be  obtained.  The  Domestica  plums 
especially  are  often  worked  onto  the 
more  hardy  and  thrifty  Damsons. 
Horseradish  Culture 
I  can  obtain  10  acres  of  the  best  land 
suitable  for  horseradish.  This  land  is 
moist,  deep  and  well  drained.  What  is 
•  he  cost  of  putting  in  an  acre?  How 
many  pounds  is  possible  on  an  acre? 
What  is  the  present  price  of  roots  in  New 
York  City?  Is  the  marker  for  horse- 
ridish  glutted,  the  same  as  other  pro¬ 
ducts?  Can  this  be  grown  without  ma¬ 
nure,  or  can  other  means  of  fertilization 
be  resorted  to?  What  is  proposed  to  do 
is  to  put  the  product  up  in  fi  or  8-oz.  bot¬ 
tles  and  market  them  wholesale.  An  8-oz. 
bottle  here  retails  for  20  cents,  and  an¬ 
other  brand  5-oz.  bottle  for  20  cents. 
What  price  would  you  say  they  whole¬ 
sale  for?  What  is  your  general  opinion 
of  this  business  for  a  living,  if  strict 
business  principles  are  adhered  to?  What 
is  the  profit  that  has  been  made  on  one 
acre?  c.  J.  p. 
Horseradish  roots  are  offered  for  sale 
in  one  of  the  leading  trade  papers  at  $5 
and  $6  per  1,000  roots.  From  12.000  to 
14.000  roots  are  required  per  acre  when 
set  a  foot  a  dart  in  rows  3  ft.  apart,  or 
there  would  be  a  cost  of  about  $75  an 
acre  for  roots.  The  labor  of  setting  the 
roots  would,  of  course,  be  figured  sepa¬ 
rately.  Setting  is  usually  done  by  punch¬ 
ing  a  hole  with  a  stick  and  forcing  in  a 
root  so  that  the  top  is  just  below  the  sur¬ 
face.  When  harvested,  good  roots  weigh 
about  %  lb.  apiece  and  the  average  yield 
is  between  three  and  five  tons  per  acre. 
Heavy  crops,  that  is,  five-ton  crops,  are 
only  secured  on  well-enriched  garden 
This  is  the  fifth  of  a  series  of 
advertisements  on  the  making 
of  better  orchards.  Reprints 
of  the  first  four  will  be  sent 
to  you  upon  request.  The 
sixth,  discussing  Aphis  Con¬ 
trol,  will  appear  next  month. 
Invigorate  Your  Trees  by  Spraying 
Tree  invigoration  has  become  one  of  the  most 
important  reasons  for  persistent  year-after-year 
use  of  Scalecide  as  the  dormant  spray.  This 
invigoration  results  in  larger  foliage,  longer 
terminal  growth  and  later  falling  of  the  leaves. 
And  as  a  consequence  of  the  larger  leaves  and 
the  longer  time  in  which  they  have  to  make 
starches  and  sugars,  the  sap  is  made  richer. 
This  in  turn  insures  plumper  fruit  spurs  the 
second  year  and  a  larger  crop  the  third  year. 
As  is  obvious,  the  stimulating  effect  of  Scalecide 
accumulates  over  a  period  of  years.  In  no  cir¬ 
cumstance  should  the  spray  be  omitted  a  single 
year,  even  though  your  orchards  may  be  tempo¬ 
rarily  free  from  the  diseases  and  insects  which 
Scalecide  controls.  The  Elsenburg  Experiment 
Station,  South  Africa,  reported  58%  increase  in 
yield  of  pear  trees  the  third  year,  from  the  use 
of  Scalecide,  and  continued  the  experiment  to 
prove  whether  this  stimulation  affected  the 
vitality  of  the  trees !  Tree  invigoration  is  a 
“plus”  value  which  you  receive  from  the  regular 
application  of  “The  Complete  Dormant  Spray.” 
Let  Scalecide  be  your  dormant  spray.  Then 
you  will  know  that  you  have  done  all  that  can 
be  done  at  that  particular  time  by  any  dormant 
spray  or  combination  of  sprays.  Fall  spraying 
with  Scalecide  controls  pear  psylla  and  peach 
leaf  curl.  Spring  application  controls  aphis,  pear 
thrips,  leaf  minor,  case  bearer  and  leaf  roller. 
Either  fall  or  spring  spraying  with  Scalecide 
controls  scale,  bud  moth,  European  red  mite, 
fungus  or  blight  cankers  from  which  are  spread 
fire  blight,  collar  rot  and  root  rot.  And  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  controlling  these  insects  and  diseases,  year 
after  year  use  of  Scalecide  invigorates  the  trees. 
WE  GUARANTEE  that,  if  you  will  divide  an  orchard,  your  worst  or  best,  in 
two  parts  equal  in  general  condition,  and  for  three  years  spray  one  part  'with 
SCALECIDE  according  to  our  directions  and  the  other  part  with  lime-sulphur,  giving 
the  same  summer  treatment  to  both  parts,  the  part  sprayed  'with  SCALECIDE  will 
be  better  than  the  part  sprayed  with  lime-sulphur— in  the  judgment  of  three  disinterest¬ 
ed  fruit  gronjoers — or  we  until  refund  the  money  you  have  paid  for  the  SCALECIDE. 
If  your  dealer  doesn’t  carry  SCALECIDE,  show  him  this  advertisement  —  or  order  direct  from  us. 
In  any  event,  write  today  for  the  new  booklet,  “Why  SCALECIDE”.  We  will  send  you  also  “Spray¬ 
ing  the  Home  Garden  ”,  which  is  considered  one  of  the  most  helpful  treatises  extant  on  the  control 
of  insects  and  diseases  that  attack  trees,  shrubs,  vines,  flowers  and  vegetables.  Address  Dep’t  16. 
B.  G.  PRATT  CO. 
50  Church  Street 
NEW  YORK  CITY 
Copyright 
1922 
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land.  According  to  the  producers  price- 
current,  issued  daily,  horseradish  is  quot¬ 
ed  on  the  New  York  market  at  $0  to  $10 
per  barrel.  This  market  is  fairly  active. 
Manure  is  recommended  as  a  fertilizer, 
and  as  horseradish  is  generally  grown  as 
a  second  crop  the  fertilizer  is  also  avail¬ 
able  for  the  early  crop.  Early  cabbage 
or  early  beets  are  exceptionally  good 
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the  rows  of  horseradish  and  removed  in 
time  so  that  the  late  crop  is  not  crowded. 
Commercial  fertilizer  composed  of  100 
lbs.  nitrate  of  soda.  300  lbs.  bonemeal, 
and  1,000  lbs.  wood  ashes  is  recommended. 
This  equals  a  4-6-0  fertilizer. 
A  grocer  generally  figures  20  per  cent 
advance  over  cost  in  the  smaller  towns, 
and  many  farmers  place  products  with 
dealers  on  that  basis.  In  the  larger 
cities,  where  overhead  expenses  are  great¬ 
er  and  more  service  is  required,  the  re¬ 
tailer  asks  for  returns  up  to  50  per  cent. 
Horseradish  growing,  replanting  annual¬ 
ly,  and  growing  an  early  truck  crop,  is 
giving  very  satisfactory  returns. 
T.  H.  TOWNSEND. 
Growing  Walnut  and  Butternut  Trees 
Would  you  tell  me  how  to  get  trees 
started  from  walnuts  and  butternuts? 
Paris,  N.  Y.  s.  w.  p. 
In  commercial  orchards  in  California 
these  nut  trees  are  started  by  scattering 
the  nuts  a  foot  apart  in  rows  4  ft.  apart 
late  in  the  Fall.  In  the  Spring,  as  soon 
as  the  shoots  appear  above  the  surface, 
the  rows  are  cultivated  to  keep  down  the 
weeds.  The  young  trees  are  cultivated 
frequently,  and  in  dry  sections  irrigation 
is  practiced.  The  trees  are  transplanted 
to  permanent  locations  at  the  age  of  one 
or  two  years.  'When  planting  on  the 
farm  the  seed  could  be  planted  in  the 
Fall  where  the  tree  is  desired,  so  that  no 
transplanting  will  be  necessary.  Trees 
can  be  root-grafted  or  ring-budded  if  de¬ 
sired,  but  this  is  a  very  particular  job. 
and  requires  the  services  of  an  exper¬ 
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