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7ht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
July  14,  1023 
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Catalog  free. 
HARRY  L.  SQUIRES  -  Hampton  Bays,  N.  Y. 
sold  under  the  direction  of  the  court.  It 
would  be  better  for  the  administrator  to 
sell  the  property  to  you  for  the  payment, 
of  debts,  under  direction  of  the  surrogate, 
and  then  you  can  pay  the  money  all  to 
the  administrator,  whose  duty  it  is  to 
pay  all  the  creditors.  N.  T. 
Possibly  Phylloxera 
Many  of  my  grapevine  leaves  and 
stems  are  attacked  by  a  peculiar 
growth  like  hard  blisters  or  fleshy 
growths.  (.Sample  enclosed.)  Are  these 
caused  by  insects?  Can  you  suggest  a 
remedy?  I  have  been  nipping  off  the 
affected  parts  and  burning  same. 
New  Jersey.  c.  it. 
The  specimen,  though  considerably 
dried  on  arrival,  indicates  that  the  in¬ 
jury  may  he  due  to  grape  insect, 
phylloxera  that  is  commonly  destruc¬ 
tive  on  the  old  world  varieties  in 
Europe  and  in  California.  This  insect 
sometimes  become  quite  abundant  on 
and  what  else  to  use  for  spraying. 
There  are  some  small  white  insects  on 
the  vineyard.  Let  me  know  what  to 
kill  them  with  and  if  I  have  to  mix  it 
with  other  mixture  or  if  I  have  to  put 
it  on  separate.  j.  p. 
New  York. 
The  usually  recommended  Bordeaux 
Mixture  for  grapes  is  known  as  the 
4-4-50  mixture.  This  means  that  four 
lbs.  of  copper  sulphate  or  blue  vitrol 
and  four  lbs.  of  lime  are  combined 
with  50  gallons  of  water.  For  making 
Bordeaux  for  a  large  acreage  it  is  cus¬ 
tomary  to  use  two  50-gallon  barrels. 
Into  each  place  40  gallons  of  water.  In 
one  barrel  suspend  in  a  sack  40  lbs. 
of  the  copper  sulphate  just  below  the 
water  level.  In  the  other  put  40  lbs. 
of  freshly  hydrated  lime  and  keep  well 
stirred  when  dipping  from  this  bar¬ 
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TOMATO  AND  B.  SPROUTS 
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1.50 
6  25 
SWEET  POTATO . 
60 
1.75 
3  00 
12  50 
CELERY . 
.50 
1.50 
2.50 
10.00 
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certain  American  varieties,  as  Clinton 
and  its  near  relatives,  and  on  Dela¬ 
ware.  It  however  does  not  cause  the 
same  amount  of  injury  on  American 
grapes  as  on  the  old  world  sorts  for 
with  tlie  former  the  greater  part  of  the 
injury  is  above  ground  while  with  the 
old  world  varieties  root  injury  is  the 
most  severe.  The  writer  has  yet  to  see 
Killing  Insects  With  Small  Duster 
an  American  vine  that  has  been  killed 
by  phylloxera.  In  short  the  roots  of 
the  latter  are  more  or  less  resistant 
to  the  louse.  No  satisfactory  remedy 
is  known  to  combat  this  pest  on  a 
large  scale,  but  in  a  small  way  nip¬ 
ping  off  the  affected  leaves  may  prove 
desirable.  f.  e.  gladwin. 
Spraying  Commercial  Vineyard 
I  have  a  big  vineyard  and  write  to 
know  how  much  lime  aDd  Milestone 
ture  till  the  container  about  three- 
fourths  full  of  water  and  then  take 
four  gallons  of  the  liquid  from  the  bar¬ 
rel  containing  the  copper  sulphate,  put 
more  water  in  the  container  and  then 
dip  four  gallons  from  the  lime  barrel. 
Tf  chewing  insects  he  present,  add  to 
this  one  and  a  half  lbs.  of  powdered 
arsenate  of  lead. 
If  as  is  intimated  from  the  ques¬ 
tioner  grape  leaf  hopper  is  present  add 
one-fourth  pint  of  nicotine  sulphate  to 
the  50-gallon  mixture  and  direct  the 
nozzles  to  the  undersides  of  the  leaves. 
F.  E.  GLADWIN. 
Insects  on  Grapes 
I  am  troubled  with  bugs  and  insects 
on  my  grapevines.  They  do  not  seem 
to  bother  the  vines  but  get  into  the 
fruit  and  some  instances  ruin  whole 
bunches.  Is  there  anything  that  comes 
which  could  be  used  as  a  spray? 
Pennsylvania.  l.  o.  s. 
While  it  is  impossible  without  see¬ 
ing  the  injury  in  question  to  tell  just 
what  is  doing  the  damage,  it  is  sug¬ 
gested  that  the  trouble  may  possibly 
be  due  to  the  grape  berry  moth.  This 
insect  in  the  larval  stage  burrows  into 
the  berry.  It  can  be  controlled  through 
adding  arsenate  of  lead  at  the  rate  of 
iy2  lbs.  to  50  gallons  of  a  4-4-50  Bor¬ 
deaux  mixture.  To  this  add  one  lb. 
of  resin  fish  oil  soap  as  a  spreader. 
The  first  application  for  this  insect 
should  be  made  when  the  grapes  are 
the  size  of  small  peas,  while  the  second 
should  be  given  just  before  the  berries 
in  the  cluster  begin  to  touch  one  an¬ 
other.  In  both  cases  the  spray  should 
be  directed  at  the  clusters  rather  than 
the  foliage.  f.  e.  gladwin. 
Spray  Damage  to  Grapes 
I  planted  grapevines  five  years  ago. 
I  have  not  had  a  ciop  yet  but  this  year 
vines  are  loaded  and  looked  fine  with 
lots  of  fruit  bunches.  This  week  there 
appeared  on  end  of  each  grape  a  small 
growth  and  when  they  drop  off  it 
leaves  stem  bare.  I  am  enclosing  sam¬ 
ples  and  would  appreciate  your  ad¬ 
vice  as  lo  what  should  be  done.  As 
it  looks  uow  as  if  I  would  not  get  a 
single  grape.  The  vines  were  sprayed 
twice,  once  early  and  then  later  with 
a  dry  lime-sulphur  mixture  at  rate  of 
20  yards  to  12  gallons  of  water.  Vines 
looked  perfectly  healthy.  I  have  ex¬ 
amined  under  leaves  and  stems  and 
can  find  no  insect  or  disease.  I  have 
Moore's  Early,  Diamond.  Concord  and 
Agawam.  j.  w.  w. 
Usually  American  varieties  of  grapes 
as  Concord,  Moore.  Diamond  and 
Agawam  will  not  stand  a  spray  of 
lime-sulphur.  Much  injury  has  re¬ 
sulted  therefrom  in  the  past.  Whether 
the  dropping  of  the  blossoms  is  due  to 
this  cause  in  the  current  year  cannot 
he  determined  from  the  specimens  sub¬ 
mitted.  The  effect  jof  l'ime-Bulphur 
after  the  berries  are  well  set  is  soon 
apparent  as  'burned  areas  on  the  shoots 
and  berries.  If  the  spray  in  this  in¬ 
stance  was  applied  at  about  the  time 
the  blossoms  were  opening  it  is  quite 
probable  that  the  sloughing  is  due  to 
the  material.  Of  course  sloughing  may 
he  due  to  other  causes,  such  as  un¬ 
favorable  weather,  lack  of  soil  fer¬ 
tility,  insect  injury,  imperfect  varie¬ 
ties  as  Agawam  and  weakened  vines 
resulting  from  over  production  of  the 
previous  season.  f.  e.  gladwin. 
Borers  on  Tomato  Plants 
T  am  enclosing  under  separate  cover 
a  portion  of  tomato  stalk  which  con¬ 
tains  some  kind  of  borer  that  has  de¬ 
stroyed  about  a  dozen  plants  for  me 
this  year.  Yesterday  we  found  one 
about  an  inch  long  in  a  hollyhock 
stalk.  They  were  first  noticed  last 
Summer  in  potato  tops.  What  if  any¬ 
thing  will  prevent  their  work?  w.  a. 
The  tomato  plants  showed  tlie  work 
of  the  common  stalk-borer.  This  in¬ 
sect  passes  the  Winter  on  the  stalks  of 
burdock,  ragweed,  pigweed,  and  so  on, 
in  the  egg  stage.  The  first  part  of 
June  they  hatch  out  and  begin  their 
work  upon  almost  anything  in  tlieir 
vicinity,  eventually  migrating  to  the 
cultivated  crops  when  food  supply  is 
low,  Obviously,  then  the  destruction  of 
all  weeds  in  which  the  caterpillars  live 
and  the  cleaning  up  of  growths  along 
tlie  edges  of  the  fields  will  do  much  to 
hold  the  insect  in  check.  It  is  suggested 
further,  that  at  the  first  sign  of  wilt¬ 
ing  of  infested  plants,  that  the  plant 
be  cut  off  below  the  point  of  wilting 
and  the  stalk  destroyed.  H.  b.  t. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  JULY  14,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Balanced  Production  Needed . 
Use  of  Hay  Slings . 
Bean  Crop  in  New  York . 
Wheat  on  a  Brick  Yard  ... . i.... 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
541 
942 
942 
943 
960 
Ration  with  Pasture . 
Trouble  with  Cow . 
Contagrious  Mammitis  . 
Feeding  Guernsey  Herd  . . . 
Feeding  and  Care  of  Puppy . 
THE  HENYARD 
956 
956 
956 
956 
968 
Pheasants  Killing  Chickens . 
Egg-laying  Contest  . . 
Roup . 
Poor  Start  with  Poultry . . . 
Milk  for  Poultry;  Hawks  and  Strychnine... 
Scaly  Leg  . 
948 
960 
960 
960 
960 
960 
HORTICULTURE 
New  England  Notes  . 
Lifting  Bulbs  . 
Planting  Home  Orchard  . 
Story  of  Ben  Davis  Apple . 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day . 
Canning  in  the  Oven . 
Tennessee  Notes  . 
The  Girl  and  Her  Books . 
Salting  Sweet  Corn  . 
Canning  Meats  . . . 
The  Rural  Patterns . 
Canning  Sweet  Potatoes  . 
945 
949 
951 
951 
954 
964 
954 
954 
965 
955 
955 
955 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Light  Punishment  for  Auto  Hogs .  943 
Buying  Real  Estate  from  Administrator....  943 
The  Southern  Cracker .  948 
Investing  the  Million  Dollars...., .  948 
The  Immigration  Laws  .  948 
Women  at  Farm  Work .  948 
Liability  for  Taxes .  948 
Fereral  Tax  on  Bus .  948 
Parents’  Liability  .  948 
Seizure  of  Mortgaged  Cows .  948 
Joint  Deed  and  Dower  Right .  948 
Baskets  from  Corn  Husks .  949 
Wayside  Jelly  .  961 
Editorials  .  952 
The  School  Bill .  953 
Publisher’s  Desk  962 
