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General  Farm  Topics 
The  Experiment  Station  and  Free 
Analysis 
Many  of  our  readers  write  us  that  they 
have  samples  of  minerals,  lime,  or  fertil¬ 
izing  substances,  or  even  spring  water, 
that  they  want  to  have  analyzed.  They 
appear  to  think  that  there  is  some  gov¬ 
ernment  institution  where  they  can  have 
such  an  analysis  made  for  nothing.  Some 
of  these  people  are  quite  disappointed 
when  we  tell  them  that  there  is  no  place 
in  New  York  State  where  this  work  is 
done  free.  In  order  to  get  what  they  de¬ 
sire,  it  will  be  necessary  to  employ  some 
commercial  chemist.  There  are  a  num¬ 
ber  of  such  people  who  make  a  business 
of  doing  this  work,  and,  of  course,  they 
make  a  charge  for  if.  The  experiment  sta¬ 
tions  are  not  equipped  to  do  this  work 
free.  It  requires  some  little  expense  and 
considerable  tinw1  (o  make  an  accurate 
analysis.  If  the  stations  were  to  accom¬ 
modate  one  person  in  that  way,  they 
would,  of  course,  establish  a  precedent, 
and  would  be  under  obligations  to  handle 
anything  of  the  sort  which  was  sent 
them.  If  they  did  that,  the  expense  dur¬ 
ing  the  year  would  run  up  into  the  thou¬ 
sands.  In  fact,  they  would  have  little 
else  to  do.  since  there  would  be  so  many 
to  take  advantage  of  the  offer.  Then, 
again,  it  is  not  a  fair  proposition  for  the 
government  to  go  into  competition  with 
the  commercial  chemists  who  are  equipped 
for  doing  this  work,  and  depend  on  it 
for  their  income.  Sometimes  a  farmer 
cannot  appreciate  these  reasons,  and 
thinks  he  is  being  unfairly  treated  when 
he  is  not  permitted  to  have  this  work 
done  for  nothing.  The  situation,  how¬ 
ever,  is  as  we  have  stated,  and  it  would 
not  be  possible  for  the  experiment  sta¬ 
tions  to  do  all  this  work  free.  We  un¬ 
derstand  that  some  of  the  Southern  sta¬ 
tions  at  one  time  undertook  to  analyze 
any  substance  that  was  sent  them.  This 
proved  more  .of  an  annoyance  than  a 
help.  The  fairest  way  is  to  send  such 
substances  to  a  commercial  chemist  if  an 
analysis  is  wanted.  We  are  often  asked 
to  make  analyses  of  this  sort,  but  we  have 
no  laboratory  and,  of  course,  are  not  fit¬ 
ted  to  handle  such  work,  however  much 
we  should  like  to  do  it.  for  our  friends. 
Selling  Spring  Water 
Every  now  and  then  someone  writes  us 
about  starting  a  business  in  the  sale  of 
drinking  water.  Such  people  usually 
have  a  good  spring  which  they  believe  to 
be  absolutely  pure  and  the  water  of  high 
quality.  They  read  lively  stories  of  the 
money  which  is  paid  for  pure  water,  and 
see  no  reason  why  they  should  not  make 
a  fortune  out  of  their  spring.  It  is  a 
common  thing  to  hear  the  story  of  the 
traveler  in  Vermont  who  saw  two  wagons 
drive  up  to  the  railroad  station  and 
unload.  One  of  them  carried  milk  m 
cans.  The  other  carried  bottled  water 
from  a  mountain  spring.  Both  loads  to 
be  shipped  to  Boston.  Upon  inquiry  it 
was  learned  that  the  water  in  the  bottles 
would  bring  as  much  per  quart  as  the 
milk  iii  the  cans.  That  is  the  kind  of 
argument  which  makes  the  average  man 
feel  that  he  has  a  fortune  running  away 
and  wasting  from  his  spring.  Most  peo¬ 
ple  think  it  very  easy  to  develop  a  trade 
in  bottled  water,  but  they  come  to  grief 
when  they  try  to  put  that  theory  into 
practice.  The  sale  of  bottled  water  is  a 
business  of  itself,  and  usually  requires 
more  care  aud  causes  more  worry  than  the 
production  of  certified  milk.  Mr.  J.  E.  Pat¬ 
terson  of  near  iWilkesbarre,  Pa.,  has  prob¬ 
ably  one  of  the  finest  springs  in  the  coun¬ 
try.  He  has  developed  a  trade  in  spring 
water  only  after  long  service  and  most 
careful  attention  to  details.  It  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  keep  the  bottles  and  other  packages 
absolutely  clean.  Many  of  the  empty  bot¬ 
tles  have  to  be  cleaned  by  pouring  in  steel 
shot  with  sharp  corners,  and  shaking  it 
thoroughly  up  so  as  to  scour  off  every¬ 
thing  on  the  inside.  The  bottles  are 
scoured  in  this  way.  then  steamed,  soaked 
in  caustic  soda,  and  then  cleaned  again 
before  being  filled.  All  this  is  absolutely 
necessary  in  order  to  insure  a  thoroughly 
pure  product  for  drinking  purposes.  Mr. 
Patterson,  as  a  part  of  his  campaign  for 
pure  water,  had  analyses  made  from  50 
different  cisterns  found  in  different  cities 
where  cistern  water  was  used  for  family 
use.  More  than  half  of  the  water  thus 
analyzed  was  found  to  be  unfit  for  use, 
and  only  22  out  of  50  cisterns  could  be 
called  safe.  It  is  possible  to  develop  a 
trade  in  a  high-class  spring  water,  but 
only  after  the  most  thorough  work  and 
considerable  expense.  If  one  has  a  good 
spring,  the  first  thing  to  do  would  be  to 
have  the  water  thoroughly  analyzed  by 
some  good  chemist.  If  he  finds  it  abso¬ 
lutely  pure,  steps  must  be  taken  to  build 
a  sanitary  tank  to  hold  the  water,  and  a 
cover  for  if.  It  is  a  difficult  matter  to 
put  a  new  brand  of  spring  water  on  the 
market,  and  it  is  a  job  which  requires 
great  diplomacy,  salesmanship  and  con¬ 
siderable  capital,  and  the  danger  of  con¬ 
taminating  the  spring  and  putting  out 
water  that  will  not  give  a  fair  analysis 
is  great. 
Weed-killer  and  Poison 
Every  week  we  have  calls  for  some  so¬ 
lution  which  will  kill  weeds  or  grass  on 
walks,  roads  or  tennis  courts.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  formula  is  given  by  the  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  Department  of  Agriculture.  We 
must  remind  all  our  people  that  this  is  a 
deadly  poison  and  must  not  l>e  used  where 
live  stock  feed  or  can  get  to  the  sprayed 
plants.  Many  animals  seem  to  have  an 
abnormal  taste  and  will  hunt  for  such 
plants  when  they  have  access  to  them: 
A  solution  that  has  been  used  to  gooO 
advantage  in  killing  weeds  in  walks,  as 
well  as  poison  ivy  and  even  objectionable 
trees,  can  be  made  from  the  following 
materials:  1  lb.  of  arsenic,  1  lb.  of  wash¬ 
ing  soda,  %  lb.  of  whiting,  and  four  gal¬ 
lons  of  water. 
The  soda  is  dissolved  in  water  which 
must  be  hot.  Water  is  then  added  to 
the  arsenic  until  a  smooth  paste  results. 
This  paste  is  added  to  the  hot  soda  solu¬ 
tion  and  the  entire  mixture  boiled  for  a 
half  hour  or  more  until  the  arsenic  is  all 
dissolved.  Stirring  from  time  to  time 
will  speed  the  boiling  process. 
Caution:  Do  not  stand  where  the 
fumes  may  be  inhaled.  * 
When  the  arsenic  has  been  completely 
dissolved,  enough  water  should  be  added 
to  make  four  gallons.  The  whiting,  which 
is  useful  only  as  a  marker,  is  the  last 
ingredient  to  be  put  in. 
Tax  on  Amusements 
Our  Grange  has  purchased  an  old 
church  and  remodeled  it  for  a  hall,  and  is 
now  trying  to  pay  for  same  by  having 
dancing  parties,  home-talent  plays,  sup¬ 
pers.  etc.  Our  Master  claims  we  should 
pay  a  revenue  tax  of  10  per  cent,  which 
we  have  always  done.  Now  we  tire  told 
by  a  lawyer  that  the  law  does  not  apply 
to  an  organization  such  as  ours,  but  only 
to  those  places  that  made  a  business  of 
running  a  hall  for  profit,  or  where  there 
were  stockholders  and  profits  divided. 
No  person  of  our  Grange  makes  any  profit 
from  these  entertainments.  T.  J.  M. 
New  York. 
A  tax  is  imposed  on  all  places  of  amuse¬ 
ment,  with  the  following  exceptions :  No 
tax  shall  be  levied  in  respect  to  any  ad¬ 
mission  where  the  proceeds  of  which  go 
exclusively  to  the  benefit  of  religious, 
educational  or  charitable  institutions,  so- 
cities  or  organizations,  societies  for  the 
prevention  of  cruelty  to  children  or  ani¬ 
mals.  for  the  benefit  of  organizations  con¬ 
ducted  for  the  sole  purpose  of  maintaining 
symphony  orchestras,  and  receiving  sub¬ 
stantial  support  from  voluntary  contri¬ 
butions,  or  exclusively  to  the  benefit  of 
persons  in  the  military  or  naval  service, 
or  admission  to  agricultural  fairs  where 
the  proceeds  of  which  are  not  disposed 
of  to  stockholders  or  members  of  the  as¬ 
sociation. 
We  see  no  reason  why  the  revenue  col¬ 
lector  in  your  district  should  not  answer 
your  inquiry.  N.  T. 
Destroying  Garlic 
I  have  quite  a  large  patch  of  garlic  of 
two  kinds  (broad  and  narrow  leaved), 
which  I  would  be  glad  to  destroy.  It 
has  been  turned  under  by  the  plow,  but 
that  seems  not  to  affect  it.  B.  S.  w. 
Plymouth,  Mass. 
The  only  sure  cure  we  know  of  is  pull¬ 
ing  by  hand.  Heavy  doses  of  salt  will 
help,  but  this  will  injure  the  soil  for  most 
garden  crops.  This  pest  usually  c-omes 
in  patches.  The  surest  remedy  is  to  begin 
at  one  side  with  a  spade  and  dig  the  natch 
over.  Pick  out  the  bulbs  as  they  are 
thrown  out  and  burn  them.  You  must 
do  it  yourself,  and  we  do  not  know  of  any 
easier  way. 
