Jht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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“Why,”  said  the  man’s  mother,  “it’s 
the  same  thing,  only  you  scraped  the  luoi 
different  ways.” 
“That’s  it  exactly,”  said  the  “doctor.” 
“When  I  scraped  up  against  the  grain  1 
produced  high-cock-a-loram.  and  when  I 
scraped  down,  it  was  the  opposite  prin¬ 
ciple,  low-eoek-a-hiram.” 
In  my  boyhood  it  was  nearly  as  bad 
as  that.  We  all  dosed  on  sulphur  and 
molasses,  mullein  tea  or  wild  cherry 
brandy.  There  were  many  patent  medi¬ 
cines,  one  favorite  “dope”  being  known  as 
“Stink’s  Bitters,”  and  very  worthy  of  its 
name.  As  for  the  stories  or  arguments 
u  ed  to  advertise  these  wonderful  doses, 
some  of  them  were  even  more  remarkable 
than  the  medicine.  I  have  just  been  read¬ 
ing  a  book  called  “The  Story  of  Drugs," 
in  which  we  are  told  of  Chaulmoogra 
oil.  This  :s  yielded  by  a  tree  “rejoicing 
in  the  name”  of  Taragtogenos  Kurzii. 
The  seeds  yield  an  oil  of  great  value  in 
infing  leprosy.  It  is  said  that  the  cura¬ 
tive  power  of  this  oil  has  been  known  for 
centuries,  but  not  until  a  few  years  ago 
has  any  white  man  seen  the  tree.  Finally, 
Josenh  Rock  penetrated  far  into  the 
jungle  and  collected  the  fruit  and  seeds 
for  planting.  You  can  imagine  to  what 
flights  of  oratory  my  medical  friend  would 
have  gone  could  he  have  known  that 
story. 
*  *  *  *  * 
So  you  may  see  that  I  brought  my  ac¬ 
count  of  tvalnuto  ext  met  o  home  at  a  fa¬ 
vorable  time.  Many  city  families  at  that 
time  consumed  more  medicine  than  they 
d'd  of  milk.  The  thing  which  troubled 
them  was  wrong  diet — a  round  of  pork, 
beans,  potatoes  and  bread,  doughnuts  and 
pie,  with  too  much  starch  and  few  vita- 
mines.  If  some  one  had  come  bravely 
forward  aud  told  them  to  open  their  win 
bows  at  night,  eat  less,  exercise  more  and 
drink  more  milk,  they  would  have  been 
ready  to  stone  him.  When  he  came  with 
a  bottleful  of  stuff  containing  a  mild  lax¬ 
ative,  a  bitter  taste  and  a  good  proportion 
of  brandy  or  whisky,  and  some  absurc 
story  of  a  cure,  they  threw  their  money 
at  him.  It  was  the  golden  age  of  medi¬ 
cines.  Our  folks  caught  the  fever.  There 
were  few  Latin  scholars  in  our  neighbor 
hood,  but  it  seemed  agreed  that  icalniito 
extracto  was  walnut  extract.  Ever  since 
the  Indian  wife  boiled  herbs  in  her  bark 
kettle  and  added  maple  sugar  and  fer¬ 
mented  honey,  the  theory  of  patent  medi 
cine  seems  to  have  been  about  as- follows 
(let  the  medical  principle,  whatever  it  is. 
add  something  to  make  it  taste  fairly 
well,  dilute  it  with  water  and  add  a  little 
something  to  make  the  patient  "feel  good.” 
That  was  the  usual  formula  in  those 
days.  It  would  require  a  large  lake  to 
hold  the  medicines  which  were  poured 
down  the  throats  of  the  people 
shall  always  think  much  of  this 
was  consumed  on  the  principle 
man  who  drank  a  bucket 
order  to  get  the  benefit  of  a 
and  I 
“dope” 
of  the 
of  water  in 
glass  of  rum 
which  was  accidentally  spilled  into  it. 
II.  w.  c. 
(To  Be  Continued) 
King  Brazilian  Blackberry 
Will  you  give  me  what  information  you 
can  about  the  King  Brazilian  blackberry, 
its  cultivation  and  growth?  I  have  three 
acres  of  them,  set  out  last  Spring.  They 
did  very  well;  some  have  runners  from 
1-  fo  15  ft.  long.  I  am  now  getting  my 
posts  ready  to  set  in  the  ground  and 
string  wire  at  the  top  for  them  to  run 
<m.  I  intend  to  cut  the  vines  back  to 
about  6  ft.  long  and  leave  four  to  a  hill, 
so  they  will  produce  side  branches.  My 
hills  are  about  7  ft.  apart  in  the  row 
and  rows  8  ft.  W  ith  good  cultivation 
and  care,  do  you  think  that  there  will  be 
much  of  a  crop  this  coming  Summer? 
High  Point,  N.  ,T.  j.  w.  r. 
Perhaps  some  of  our  readers  can  help 
us  out  with  information  on  the  King 
Brazilian  blackberry.  As  nearly  as  we 
can  ascertain  there  is  confusion  between 
the  Pan-American,  the  Brazilian,  the 
King  Brazilian,  possibly  the  Black  Dia¬ 
mond,  and  other  members  of  the  Hima¬ 
laya  family.  At  all  events,  cultural  di¬ 
rections  for  this  group  are  practically 
the  sf»me.  They  are  reported  as  succeed¬ 
ing  veil  in  .tome  sections,  and  as  total 
failures  in  others;  New  Jersey  reports 
the  greatest  degree  of  success. 
It  sounds  to  us  as  though  your  plan 
of  staking  and  pruning  was  just  about 
right,  though  you  might  even  cut  back  a 
little  more,  say  to  5  ft.,  or  possibly  leave 
only  three  canes  instead  of  four.  Too 
often  the  plants,  which  are  tremendous 
growers,  are  not  cut  back  far  enough  to 
keep  them  in  hand.  Two-year-old  plants 
of  Himalayas  have  been  reported  as 
bearing  some  fruit,  but  not  a  large  crop. 
Your  plants  are  doing  very  well,  and  you 
ought  to  expect  some  fruit  this  year. 
II.  B.  T. 
Mildew  on  Apple  Trees 
What  will  control  mildew  on  apple 
trees?  j.  s. 
Franklin  Furnace,  O. 
Mildew  on  apples  was  reported  as  some¬ 
what  serious  this  past  season,  even  as  far 
north  as  Canada,  but  ordinarily  it  is  of 
little  concern  east  of  the  Rocky  Moun¬ 
tains.  excepting  upon  nursery  stock.  Con¬ 
trol  has  been  effected  in  New  York  State 
with  precipitated  sulphur,  obtained  by 
adding  3  lbs.  of  iron  sulphate  to  1  gal.  of 
concentrated  lime-sulphur,  d'luted  to  50 
gals.  Three  or  four  application  at  two  to 
three-week  intervals,  beginning  with  the 
calyx  spray  for  codling  moth,  should  hold 
the  disease  in  check.  ii.  b.  t. 
February,  1923 
Drawing  of  greatly  magnified  aphid 
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control  is  secured  then,  multiplication  follows 
at  a  rate  that  makes  control  increasingly  difficult 
as  the  season  advances.  Every  aphid  hatched 
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succession  of  progeny.  The  application  of 
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While  the  delayed  dormant  spray  can  kill  only 
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first  brood.  If  ants  carry  in  a  later  brood, 
Scalecide  as  the  delayed  dormant  spray,  will 
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after  year  use  of  Scalecide  invigorates  the  trees. 
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