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f1»  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
March  3,  1023 
You  Can  Grow 
if  you  want  to. 
! But  you  don't 
have  to.  Just  use 
InocSul 
Inoculated  Sulphur 
phi 
It  will  positively  overcome  the  scab  organism 
and  keep  the  crop  clean ,  bright  and  marketable 
Inoc-Sul  is  a  necessity  and  a  big 
profit-pjoducer  for  every  grower  of 
potatoes,  either  table  stock  or  seed. 
The  potato  market,  for  seed  and  table 
stock  alike,  will  nor  tolerate  scabby  or 
rough  potatoes. 
The  seed  grower  very  often  has  his 
whole  crop  condemned  because  of  a 
small  percentage  of  scab.  He  can  no 
longer  afford  to  take  a  chance — he 
must  keep  his  crop  clean. 
The  grower  of  potatoes  for  table 
stock  who  has  scab  must  go  to  the 
heavy  expense  of  inspecting  and  sort¬ 
ing  his  whole  crop  or  be  willing  to  ac¬ 
cept  a  reduced  price  or  even  entire 
refusal  of  his  shipment.  Even  the 
table  stock  market  now  refuses  scabby 
potatoes  and  insists  upon  clean,  sound 
stock. 
Inoc-Sul  is  dependable  insurance 
against  potato  scab.  It  cleans  up  in¬ 
fected  fields — it  keeps  uninfected  fields 
clean.  It  is  inexpensive  and  easily  ap¬ 
plied,  requiring  no  special  machinery. 
Broadcast  by  hand,  fertilizer  or  lime 
broadcaster,  or  seed  drill. 
Inoc-Sul  strikes  at  the  very  root  of 
the  potato  scab  evil — it  overcomes  the 
scab  organism  IN  THE  SOIL,  not 
merely  the  scab  on  the  seed ,  as  does  seed 
treatment. 
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Inoc-Sul — what  it  is — where  to  get  it 
— how  to  use  it — how  it  will  save  your 
marketlosses.  Tell  us  how  many  acres 
of  potatoes  you  will  plant  and  the 
name  of  your  dealer.  Our  reply  will  be 
worth  dollars  to  you. 
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Desk  C  41  East  42nd  Street 
New  York  City 
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Spraying  Notes 
Dust  for  Apple  Scab 
On  page  14,  R.  F.,  New  Hampshire, 
asked  for  experiences  on  the  control  of 
apple  scab  with  dust.  I  have  an  orchard 
duster,  live  horsepower  engine.  I  used  the 
90-10  mixture,  90  lbs.  sulphur,  10  lbs. 
arsenate  of  lead.  I  also  used  the  San¬ 
der's  dust.  ^Seventeen  trees,  seven  years 
old,  McIntosh,  left  untreated,  bore  but 
three  scabby  apples.  Trees  dusted  with 
90-10  gave  very  good  results,  as  good  as 
liquid-sprayed  trees  of  the  same  age  in 
the  same  block,  but  not  as  good  as  I  could 
have  had  them  had  I  applied  another  ap¬ 
plication.  Trees  dusted  with  Sander’s 
dust  (a  copper-lime-lead  dust)  were  much 
more  scabby  than  those  treated  with  the 
90-10,  and  in  addition  were  very  badly 
rusted,  on  both  fruit  and  foliage. 
I  shall  dust  more  trees  in  1923  than  I 
did  in  1922,  using  both  a  90-10  and  an 
85-15.  I  shall  not  use  any  Sander’s  dust. 
I  did  in  four  hours  and  20  minutes  with 
a  duster  what  it  took  two  days  and  a 
quarter  to  do  with  a  100-gallon,  one- 
spray  gun,  liquid  outfit.  I  have  had  five 
years’  experience  dusting  for  apple  in¬ 
sects,  but  last  season  was  my  first  on  the 
control  of  diseases  by  means  of  dust. 
Massachusetts.  k.  j.  fiske. 
Combined  Duster  and  Sprayer 
On  page  187  I  read  the  letter  of  F.  W. 
Wardle,  who  asks  for  information  about 
combined  liquid  sprayer  and  duster  which 
may  be  of  such  construction  that  they 
can  be  actuated  by  the  same  power  which 
he  uses  to  operate  his  electric  plant. 
This  is  an  economic  question  which  faces 
many  farmers  at  this  time,  and  there 
seems  as  yet  no  adequate  solution  for  va¬ 
rious  reasons.  First,  a  liquid  sprayer 
which  is  operated  by  a  gas  engine  works 
under  such  a  pressure  that  in  order  to 
stand  up  any  time  at  all  without  trouble 
it  must  be  driven  by  a  train  of  gears  direct 
from  the  engine.  Second,  a  duster  oper¬ 
ates  at  a  very  high  rate  of  speed,  and, 
therefore,  the  gears  used  on  the  pump  are 
replaced  by  a  belt  or  series  of  belts  in  or¬ 
der  to  obtain  the  proper  speed  for  the  fan. 
Third,  most  liquid  spray  rigs  have  the 
pump  attached  to  the  engine  so  securely 
that  it  requires  some  time  to  separate 
them,  and  it  is  sometimes  a  little  unhandy 
to  line  up  every  time  the  electric  plant 
needs  recharging.  Fortunately,  the  liquid 
sprayer  of  average  capacity,  the  duster 
and  the  lighting  plant  all  require  an  en¬ 
gine  of  four  or  five  H.  P.  An  engine 
of  smaller  size  will  not  run  these  ma¬ 
chines  as  steadily  nor  efficiently  as  this 
size  does.  Nor  will  it  last  as  long  and 
give  as  good  service  without  repairs. 
Dusting  will  control  almost  all  the  dis¬ 
eases  incident  to  grow  fruit  trees  in  this 
section  with  practically  the  same  results 
as  liquid,  but  some  of  the  materials  are 
so  costly  that  the  grower  cannot  afford  to 
buy  them,  and  the  manufacturer  cannot 
make  them  at  a  price  at  which  they  will 
sell.  Today  the  dusters  are  more  im¬ 
proved  than  the  dusts.  However,  dusts 
will  be  produced  in  the  future  which  will 
enable  the  fruit  grower  to  dispense  with 
the  spray  rig. 
Much  as  I  appreciate  the  mechanical 
trouble  which  might  be  incurred,  I  be¬ 
lieve  that  the  most  economical  way  out 
of  Mr.  Wardle’s  situation  is  to  purchase 
a  second-hand  spray  rig  and  have  it  over¬ 
hauled  and  put  in  working  shape.  In 
this  way  the  old  rig  might  tide  him  over 
until  dusting  materials  are  marketed 
which  will  effectively  control  scale  and 
the  various  diseases. 
On  the  other  hand,  there  is  one  spray 
rig  made  which  is  so  designed  that  the 
liquid  pump  may  be  removed  from  the 
engine  by  taking  out  eight  bolts,  and  tvith 
these  same  bolts  a  duster,  made  by  the 
same  firm,  can  be  attached  to  the  engine, 
and  is  run  by  a  special  set  of  gears  sent 
with  the  duster.  To  put  these  gears  on 
the  engine,  the  .fly-wheel  must  be  re¬ 
moved  and  the  reducing  pump  gear  is 
replaced  by  these  special  gears,  aud  the 
fly-wheel  is  replaced.  This  sprayer  is 
one  of  the  most  efficient  rigs  on  the  mar¬ 
ket,  but  I  have  always  questioned  the  use 
of  open,  unoiled  gearing  where  speeds  of 
2.000  revolutions  a  minute  ax-e  attained 
for  a  prolonged  time.  Wear,  noise  aud 
trouble  are  sure  to  follow'  the  practice. 
The  engine  used  on  this  rig  is  throttle- 
governed  and  about  4-h.p.  A.  w,  w. 
HAYES 
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Guaranteeing 
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Hayes  “Fruit  Fog”  guarantees  best 
prices  for  your  fruit— more  fruit  in 
bad  years,  better  fruit  in  good  years.  Tremen¬ 
dous  pressure  (300  lbs.  guaranteed)  breaks 
the  spray  into  a  fog  which  completely  pene¬ 
trates  every  crevice  of  twig,  leaf,  bark  and  bud. 
Prices  Slashed  to  Bottom 
Haye9  Power  Sprayem  vary  in  capacity 
only.  The  smallest  maintains  same  pres¬ 
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HAYES  PUMP  AMD  PLANTER  CO. 
Dept.  43,  Galva.  III. 
FREES 
fertilizers' 
Croxton  Brand 
Commercial  Fertilizers 
Also  Raw  Materials 
Carload  or  lets  Carload  lota 
NITRATE  OF  SODA  TANKAGE 
SULPHATE  OF  AMMONIA  BONE  MEAL 
ACID  PHOSPHATE  MURIATE  OF  POTASH 
BLOOD  SULPHATE  OF  POTASH 
Inquiries  should  state  whether  carload  or  less  car- 
load  and  in  commercial  mixtures ,  analysis  desired. 
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Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 
|  Adds  Humus-IncreasesYield 
Small  grain  yields 
greatly  increased  by 
the  use  of  Sheep’s 
Head  Pulverized 
Sheep  Manure.  One 
farmer  writes:  “30% 
increased  yield  over 
barn  manure  on  worn 
out  land.”  Dropped  with 
fertilizer  attachment. 
Rich  in  nitrogen,  phos¬ 
phoric  acid  and  potash—  ..... 
also  adds  humus.  For  all  field  crops  and  meadows. 
Wonderful  results  on  garden,  truck  patches,  lawns, 
small  fruits,  etc.  Sheep's  Head  Brand  is  guaranteed 
free  from  germs  and  weed  seeds.  Pulverized  and  put 
into  sacks  for  easy  handling.  Write  for  prices. 
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Grangers 
TRIPLE  PURPOSE 
Chicken  Grit 
AND 
Agricultural  Limestone 
Write  for  prices  and  freight  rates. 
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WORKS:  WEST  STOCKBRIDGE,  MASS. 
Box  1002  HARTFORD.  CONN. 
SULPHUR 
" Bergenport  Brand** 
FOR  SPRAYING,  INSECTICIDE 
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lOO  William  St.  New  York 
GRAIN  DRILLS 
With  Finger  Fertilizer  Feed 
Prices  f.  o.  b.  Phelps,  N.  Y. 
9 -Hoe  Drill . $103.00 
11  -Hoe  Drill .  120.00 
Other  size*  same  proportion. 
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