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New  England  Motes 
Experts  for  Investigation. — Ideal¬ 
ism  held  the  stage  in  several*  of  the  an¬ 
nual  union  meetings  which  were  held  this 
year  in  connection  with  an  agricultural 
conference  in  Horticultural  Hall  in  Bos¬ 
ton.  Representatives  from  several  New 
England  States  passed  resolutions  and 
made  reports  on  a  long  list  of  subjects 
pertaining  to  agriculture.  The  delegates 
believed  that  more  trained  experts  were 
needed  for  a  10-year  investigation  of 
rural  conditions.  It  was  thought  that 
the  Legislature  should  appropriate  one 
cent  for  each  inhabitant  of  the  State,  and 
that  the  Federal  government  should  do 
the  same,  to  pay  these  experts  their  sal¬ 
aries.  Uniform  State  laws  to  facilitate 
the  work  of  co-operative  societies  were 
recommended. 
Co-operative  Organizations. — It  was 
suggested  that  an  organization  of  all  the 
bee  raisers  iu  New  England  be  formed 
to  develop  a  larger  market  for  honey,  and 
a  clearing  house  for  the  marketing  of 
New  England  honey  was  suggested.  The 
Aroostook  County  potato  growers’  organ¬ 
ization  was  highly  commended.  The  cran¬ 
berry  growers’  organization  in  Massa¬ 
chusetts  was  also  pointed  out;  as  particu¬ 
larly  successful.  The  need  was  men¬ 
tioned,  however,  of  a  cranberry  picking 
machine.  While  the  theoretical  aspects 
of  farm  life  were  being  considered  in  this 
way,  the  dirt  farmers  present  were  hold¬ 
ing  meetings  in  other  rooms  and  consid¬ 
ering  practical  ways  and  means  by  which 
a  larger  part  of  the  consumer’s  dollar  can 
be  made  to  reach  the  grower’s  pocket. 
San  Jose  Scale  Increases. — At  the 
meeting  of  the  fruit  growers  the  fact  was 
'brought  up  that  San  Jose  scale  is  again 
increasing  rapidly  in  many  parts  of  the 
country.  It  has  been  found  to  greater 
extent  in  Pennsylvania  and  some  other 
•States  than  in  New  England,  yet  much 
more  scale  is  to  be  found  here  than  was 
the  case  a  few  years  ago.  It  was  also 
stated  that  lime-sulphur  was  not  proving 
a  thoroughly  satisfactory  spray  for  eradi¬ 
cating  them.  One  speaker  warned  or¬ 
chard  growers  who  are  using  miscible  oils 
for  scale  not  to  spray  when  the  tempera¬ 
ture  is  below  40  degrees,  claiming  that 
considerable  damage  has  been  done  as  a 
result  of  spraying  at  a  low  temperature. 
There  was  a  long  discussion  about  the 
relative  merits  of  liquid  sprays  and  dust 
sprays.  The  general  opinion  seemed  to 
be  that  while  dust  sprays  were  very  de¬ 
pendable  in  caring  for  peaches,  they 
should  be  used  in  a  supplementary  way 
in  the  apple  orchard.  One  expert  be¬ 
lieved  in  the  use  of  liquids  until  the  calyx 
spray  had  been  given,  dusting  being  re¬ 
lied  upon  for  the  rest  of  the  season. 
Orchard  Fertilizers.- — Prof.  R.  J. 
Anthony  of  State  College,  Pa.,  told  the 
fruit  growers  how  to  use  fertilizers  to  the 
best  advantage.  lie  said  that  the  use  of 
potash  had  not  been  found  profitable. 
Phosphate  had  not  given  very  much  di¬ 
rect  benefit,  but  had  been  of  value  indi¬ 
rectly.  Trees  kept  in  sod  without  being 
mulched  or  fed  soon  die  out.  Acid  phos¬ 
phate  on  an  orchard  in  grass  brought  in 
a  much  better  sod,  including  a  good 
growth  of  clover  from  which  the  trees 
benefited.  When  trees  are  in  annual  cul¬ 
tivation  no  profitable  return  was  found 
from  the  use  of  fertilizer.  There  was 
danger  of  exhausing  the  humus  in  culti¬ 
vated  orchards,  and  unless  a  cover  crop 
was  used  the  trees  would  eventually 
starve  to  death.  Cover  crops  were  of 
much  greater  importance  than  fertilizers. 
It  had  not  been  found  that  a  sod  orchard 
fed  with  manure  gave  any  better  crop 
than  one  in  which  chemical  fertilizers 
were  used.  Sod  orchards  and  cultivated 
orchards  properly  cared  for  gave  about 
the  same  returns. 
Fruit  in  the  East. — Paul  C.  Stark 
of  Louisiana,  Mo.,  said  that  last  year  he 
arranged  for  exhibits  of  apples  from 
many  sections  at  certain  shows,  and  of 
all  the  fruit  exhibited  the  apples  from 
New’  England  and  the  Hudson  River  sec¬ 
tion  excited  the  most  interest  and  made 
the  best  impression.  Mr.  Stark  recom¬ 
mended  Vermont  as  ideally  situated  for 
the  growing  of  high-class  fruit.  In  the 
course  of  his  talk  Mr.  Stark  spoke  of  an 
interesting  fruit  development  in  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin,  where  cherries  are  frozen 
in  barrels  and  kept  for  a  year  if  neces¬ 
sary,  being  sold  to  bakers  for  making 
cherry  pies.  In  the  course  of  his  re¬ 
marks  Mr.  Stark  advised  against  over¬ 
pruning.  He  had  found  that  the  best 
growers  were  not  cutting  their  trees  near 
Iv  so  hard  as  was  the  case  10  years  ago, 
and  believed  trees  were  brought  into  bear¬ 
ing  much  earlier  as  a  result.  It  was 
stated  at  one  of  the  fruit  growers’  meet¬ 
ings  that  apple  production  had  not  kept 
pace  with  the  demand,  and  that  for  the 
past  10  years  fewer  apple  trees  had  been 
planted  than  had  gone  out  of  bearing. 
Selling  Products  for  Farm  Women. 
—At  the  meeting  on  the  last  day,  Mrs. 
Heorge  U.  Crocker  brought  out  some  in¬ 
teresting  facts  about  the  methods  by 
which  the  Woman’s  Farm  and  Garden 
Association  was  bringing  the  women  of 
the  country  and  the  city  into  closer  con¬ 
tact.  This  organization  maintains  a  sales¬ 
room  in  Boston  to  which  the  products  of 
the  farm  women  are  consigned.  A  large 
business  is  being  built  up,  and  in  many 
instances  farmers’  wives  are  receiving 
several  hundredd  ollars  a  year  for  their 
products.  Mrs.  Crocker  spoke  of  one  town 
in  Vermont,  the  women  of  which  could 
find  nothing  to  sell  until  they  began  to 
put  up  wild  strawberries.  Now’  all  of  the 
strawberry  products  from  this  town  are 
sold  even  before  they  are  shipped. 
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