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W*  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  3  1923 
It’s  New  —  And  It’s  Better 
A  new  and  longer-wearing 
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flat  tread — 
A  new  and  heavier  side- 
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The  Dust  Sprays 
( Continued  from  Faye  341) 
such  evidence  as  it  at  hand  seems  to  in¬ 
dicate  that  it  is  .somewhat  less  effective 
and  more  dangerous  to  the  foliage  and 
fruit.  Growers  who  use  copper-lime  this 
coming  season  on  apples  should  remem¬ 
ber  that  if  applied  at  the  calyx  applica¬ 
tion  it  is  apt  to  russet  the  fruit.  It  will 
be  wiser  to  substitute  the  90-10  sulphur 
arsenate  dust  for  this  application  at 
least.  The  copper-lime  dust  cannot  be 
used  with  safety  on  peaches,  plums  or 
sweet  cherries.  It  will  be  safe  and  should 
be  effective  on  sour  cherries.  For  pota¬ 
toes.  celery  and  similar  truck  crops,  as 
well  as  grapes,  copper-lime  dusts  are  the 
only  ones  that  can  be  used,  as  sulphur  is 
either  ineffective  or  unsafe  on  these  crops. 
The  new  copper-arsenate  dusts  which  are 
going  onto  the  market  for  the  first  time 
this  coming  season  have  certain  promis¬ 
ing  features,  but  should  be  first  tested  by 
the  growers  in  a  limited  way.  They 
should  be  safe  so  far  as  foliage  injury  is 
concerned,  but  there  is  as  yet  little  evi¬ 
dence  as  to  their  fungicidal  efficiency. 
For  sucking  insects,  aphids,  red-bugs  and 
the  like,  a  nicotine  dust  carrying  at  least 
two  per  cent  nicotine  should  be  used,  and 
should  be  applied  separately  at  the  criti¬ 
cal  times  for  these  inserts. 
Types  of  Dusters. — Those  who  al¬ 
ready  have  dusters  have  settled  this  ques¬ 
tion,  at  least  for  the  present.  Those  who 
contemplate  the  purchase  of  a  machine 
should  study  carefully  the  few  types  now 
on  the  market,  and  seek  the  advice  of 
disinterested  duster  users  who  have  had 
considerable  experience.  I  am  well  aware 
that  this  is  like  seeking  advice  on  buying 
a  car.  The  car  a  man  owns  is  usually 
the  best  and  only.  The  difference  be¬ 
tween  the  various  makes  of  power  dusters 
now  on  the  market  are,  however,  so 
slight  as  to  make  danger  of  going  far 
astray  slight.  The  salesman  will  insist 
I  am  mistaken,  but  look,  listen  and  theu 
use  your  own  good  judgment.  For  or¬ 
chard  dusting  the  largest  power  dusters 
are  none  too  good.  Small  or  low-power 
dusters  have  no  place  in  large  commercial 
orchards  at  least.  For  small  crops,  such 
as  potatoes,  celery,  etc.,  several  types  of 
power  dusters  now  on  the  market  and 
for  large  areas  are  indispensable.  For  a 
small  acreage,  however,  excellent  results 
can  be  obtained  with  a  good  hand  duster, 
but  of  the  many  now  on  the  market  few 
are  worth  buying.  Here  again  one  must 
know  what  he  is  buying.  It  is,  however, 
less  expensive  to  experiment  with  hand 
dusters,  and  probably  the  best  way  to 
find  out  about  them  is  to  buy  and  try. 
When  to  Dust  and  IIow  Much  to 
Apply'. — In  general  the  times  to  dust  are 
not  particularly  different  from  the  times 
to  spray,  and  if  the  work  is  thoroughly 
done  no  more  applications  of  dust  should 
be  required  than  of  sprays.  Frequent 
and  numerous  applications  of  dust  are 
now  being  urged  by  many,  but  there 
seems  to  be  little  actual  reason  for  be¬ 
lieving  this  either  necessary  or  more 
effective.  The  development  of  the  trees 
or  the  crop  and  the  weather  conditions 
determine  the  time  of  application  whether 
it  be  spray  or  dust.  The  man  who  dusts 
every  week  throughout  the  season  may 
succeed  in  landing  a  clean  crop,  but  he 
will  have  wasted  much  dust  and  labor. 
Dusting  from  one  side  of  the  trees  (with 
the  wind)  one  week  and  from  the  other 
side  the  next  day  may  be  convenient  and 
comfortable,  but  it  is  a  poor  practice. 
Observations  in  Western  New  York  dur¬ 
ing  1922  showed  that  growers  who  dusted 
at  the  proper  times  and  from  both  sides 
at  each  application  got  uniformly  good 
results.  Many  of  those  who  played  the 
alternating  game  had  scabby  fruit.  Re¬ 
member  it  is  the  application  just  before 
the  rain  that  gives  protection,  and  both 
sides  of  the  trees  must  be  protected  when 
the  rain  comes.  Use  your  bead.  Watch 
the  weather  map  and  do  a  thorough  job. 
Dusting  has  one  great  advantage  over 
spraying — it  can  be  timely  applied  in  a 
short  time  just  before  the  rain.  Get  it 
on  then.  Apply  the  dust  when  the  air  is 
quiet,  early  in  the  morning  or  late  in 
the  evening.  Night  is  a  fine  time  to  dust 
as  well  as  to  sleep.  When  using  sulphur 
dust  best  distribution  will  be  got  on  dry 
foliage.  Copper-lime  dust,  on  the  other 
hand  will  give  best  results  when  applied 
to  foliage  wet  with  dew  or  a  light  rain, 
but  don't  wait  for  it  to  rain.  Remember 
applications  made  after  the  rains  are  of 
relatively  little  value.  The  amount  of 
dust  to  apply  per  application  depends  on 
the  size  of  the  trees  or  the  amount  of 
foliage  in  the  potato  or  celery  row.  Put 
on  enough  to  cover  thoroughly,  but  don’t 
waste  it.  Two  pounds  of  90-10  should 
cover  the  largest  trees  effectively.  Thirty 
to  50  lbs.  of  copper-lime  dust  to  the  acre 
should  protect  the  potato  or  celery  crop. 
The  amount  of  metallic  copper  in  the 
dust  should  be  your  guide  as  well  as  the 
size  of  the  tops.  An  acre  of  potatoes  at 
maximum  top  growth  should  receive 
about  3  lbs.  of  metallic  copper  per  acre. 
Adjust  your  applications  accordingly. 
Some  New  Ideas  in  Dusting. — Some 
preliminary  experiments  in  dusting  for 
peach  leaf-curl  in  Western  New  York  in 
1922  gave  very  promising  results.  A  cop¬ 
per  carbonate*  dust  carrying  IS  per  cent 
of  metallic  copper  reduced  curl  to  4  per 
cent,  and  a  soda-sulphur  (soluble  sul¬ 
phur)  dust  60  parts  soluble  sulphur  and 
40  hydrated  lime  reduced  it  to  1.42  per 
cent  where  untreated  trees  showed  23.4 
per  cent  of  curled  leaves.  The  dusts 
were  applied  in  early  Spring  before  the 
buds  swelled,  and  when  the  trees  were 
wet.  More  extensive  tests  are  under  way 
SpryWheeE 
The  Practical  Garden  Tractor 
Reduced  to  $125 
Cultivates,  weeds,  hoes,  mulches,  trills 
and  mows  lawns  when  equipped  with 
lawn-mowing  attachment.  Air  cooled 
engine  operates  all  day  on  one  gallon 
of  gasoline.  Anyone  can  operate  it  suc¬ 
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with  wheel  hoes.  Weighs  135  pounds. 
Increased  production  has  decreased 
the  price — now  $125  instead  of  $150. 
Pays  for  itself  first  season.  Order  now 
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WHY  DREAD 
CALVING  ? 
Take  no  chances  with  your  valu¬ 
able  cows  at  this  serious  period. 
There’s  no  need  of  it.  If  the  cow’s 
health  is  fully  up  to  par,  nature  will 
do  the  rest.  Two  weeks  before  calv¬ 
ing  and  about  three  weeks  after, 
feed  the  cow  a  tablespoonful  of  Kow- 
Kare  morning  and  evening.  Her 
health  will  be  assured  and  a  stron® 
calf  result.  i 
Kow-Kare  acts  directly  on  tha 
genital  and  digestive  organs,  making 
them  strong  and  active.  Disease  has 
no  chance  to  get  a  foothold. 
Kow-Kare  is  a  sure,  safe  remedy 
for  the  ailments  of  milking  cows. 
Barrenness,  Abortion,  Retained 
Afterbirth.  Scours,  Milk  Fever,  etc. 
Sold  by  feed  deal¬ 
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V: 
Rural  New  York 
By 
ELMER  O.  PIPPIN 
Edited  by 
L.  H.  BAILEY 
*T*HIS  book  is 
a  study  of 
the  Soils,  Agri¬ 
culture,  Animal 
Husbandry  and 
other  resources 
of  New  York 
State  and  its 
manufactures  as 
they  pertain  to 
agriculture;  380  pages,  many  illus¬ 
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