The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
1469 
General  Farm  Topics 
Lime  for  the  Bean  Weevil 
I  notice  the  frequent  advice  to  use  bi¬ 
sulphide  of  carbon  for  killing  the  weevils 
in  beans.  I  can  give  you  something  bet¬ 
ter  ;  not  dangerous,  does  not  smell  bad, 
and  easier  to  handle.  I  have  used  it  for  be¬ 
tween  20  and  30  years,  and  it  has  not 
failed  to  halt  the  weevils.  It  is,  more¬ 
over,  a  very  simple  remedy.  Put  your 
beans  in  a  tight  bag,  an  ordinary  sugar 
bag  will  do,  and  then  dump  some  air- 
slaked  lime  in  with  them,  then  tip  your 
bag  over  in  every  direction  so  that  the 
lime  is  all  through  them,  and  there  will 
he  no  more  weevils.  A  shake  in  a  sieve 
disposes  of  the  lime  when  the  beans  are 
wanted  for  use,  and  after  a  washing  you 
will  never  know  that  they  have  had  any 
doctoring  for  bugs.  If  a  box  is  used  the 
lime  will  sift  through  to  the  bottom, 
though  the  result  may  be  the  same  pos¬ 
sibly  ;  but  the  bag  is  O.  Iv.  I  would  fur¬ 
ther  say  that  I  put  the  lime  in  and  leave 
it  with  the  beans  until  they  are  used.  We 
are  using  beans  now  that  are  three  years 
old.  and  pronounce  them  very  good. 
Rhode  Island.  Frederic  t.  jencks. 
R.  N.-Y. — This  method  has  been  de¬ 
scribed  by  the  entomologists  and  has  been 
mentioned  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  We  do  not 
think  it  as  sure  or  clean  as  the  chemical 
treatment. 
The  Fortieth  Annual' Convention  of  the 
American  Pomological  Society 
The  fortieth  annual  convention  of  the 
American  Pomological  Society  was  held 
at  the  Grand  Central  Palace  in  New 
York  City  Nor.  6  to  9,  in  conjunction 
with  the  Eastern  States  Apple  Exposition. 
The  program  was  varied  and  replete  with 
features,  from  the  address  of  welcome  by 
Charles  S.  Wilson,  president  of  the  New 
York  State  Horticultural  Society,  to  the 
concluding  address  given  by  Aaron  Sapiro 
of  California.  It  is  not  often  that  a  pro¬ 
gram  carries  the  names  of  so  many  noted 
horticulturists  and  fruit  men.  A  few 
picked  at  random  are  Dr.  L.  H.  Bailey, 
Dr.  U.  P.  Hedrick,  Aaron  Sapiro,  Dr.  C. 
B.  Brooks,  Prof.  F.  C.  Sears,  A.  R.  Rule 
and  Prof.  C.  P.  Close,  while  the  topics  of 
discussion  ranged  from  the  breeding  of 
fruits,  through  the  development  of  the 
fruit  industry,  into  by-products  and 
spraying,  and  finally  emerging  with  the 
marketing  problem  carefully  tucked 
away.  The  address  by  Hon.  Henry  C. 
Wallace,  Secreary  of  Agriculture,  on  the 
second  day  of  the  convention,  was  an  ad¬ 
ditional  drawing  card. 
One  of  the  events  of  interest  to  Eastern 
horticulturists  was  the  award  of  a  Wilder 
silver  medal  to  both  the  Cortland  and  the 
Lobo  apples.  The  former  is  a  Ben  Davis- 
Mclntosh  cross  made  by  the  New  York 
State  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 
at  Geneva,  and  the  latter  is  also  of  Mc¬ 
Intosh  parentage,  originated  by  Prof. 
Macoun  of  Canada.  It  is  pleasing  to  note 
that  the  efforts  of  both  Prof.  Macoun  and 
Dr.  U.  P.  Hedrick  to  produce  new  va¬ 
rieties  to  ektend  the  season  of  McIntosh 
have  been  rewarded  simultaneously.  The 
medals  in  these  cases  stamp  these  two  va¬ 
rieties — in  the  opinion  of  the  fruit  com¬ 
mittee  of  the  “Supreme  Court  of  Horti¬ 
culture”- — as  meritoi’ious.  The  Cortland 
is  of  the  McIntosh  type  but  later  in  sea¬ 
son  than  McIntosh  and  hangs  to  the  tree 
better,  wrhile  Lobo,  also  of  McIntosh  type, 
is  earlier  than  McIntosh. 
In  general  it  may  be  said  that  the  dis¬ 
cussion  of  dusting  and  spraying  arrived 
at  the  same  familiar  conclusion,  namely, 
that  dusting  has  its  virtues  as  a  supple¬ 
mentary  or  additional  control  measure, 
or  where  labor  or  physical  conditions  im¬ 
pair  the  usefulness  of  spraying,  but  that 
in  the  main  spraying  is  cheaper  and  gives 
better  control.  The  dry-mix  lime-sulphur 
preparation  was  looked  upon  with  decid¬ 
ed  favor,  not  only  by  the  peach  growers 
but  by  some  apple  growers  as  well.  Lu¬ 
bricating  oil  emulsions  were  said  to  have 
given  control  of  scale  in  cases  where  lime- 
sulphur  had  failed,  and  oil  wraps  were 
reported  as  a  successful  means  of  pre¬ 
venting  scalding  on  fruit  in  storage.  The 
speakers  on  co-operation  made  the  point 
that  co-operation  among  farmers  in  a 
given  locality  was  not  enough  ;  co-opera¬ 
tion  must  also  consist  in  the  organization 
of  these  regional  co-operatives  into  na¬ 
tional  units,  which  can  then  direct  distri¬ 
bution  so  that  no  one  market  will  be  over¬ 
supplied. 
The  officers  of  the  society  for  the  next 
year  are  Paul  Stark,  Louisiana,  Mo., 
president ;  J.  C.  Blair,  Urbana,  Ill.,  vice- 
president,  and  H.  C.  C.  Miles,  Milford, 
Conn.,  secretary.  The  East  is  well  rep¬ 
resented  on  the  executive  committee  by 
the  presence  of  both  F.  C.  Sears,  Am¬ 
herst,  Mass.,  and  C.  G.  Wilson,  Hall,  N. 
Y.  The  new  officers  have  plans  for  in¬ 
creasing  the  activity  of  the  society. 
Monthly  news  letters  are  sent  out,  con¬ 
taining  latest  information  and  crop  re¬ 
ports,  an  annual  report  is  published,  and 
a  clearing  house  for  questions  is  main¬ 
tained  through  the  secretary.  Member¬ 
ship  is  open  to  any  interested  in  fruit. 
H.  B.  T. 
New  York  Potato  and  Cabbage 
Growers  Meet 
Potato  and  cabbage  growers  of  New 
York  State  met  in  Syracuse,  Nov.  19  to 
consider  the  organization  of  a  State-wide 
association  for  the  sale  of  their  products 
on  a  pooling  plan.  The  meeting  was 
called  under  the  auspices  of  the  Empire 
State  Potato  Growers’  Association,  which 
has  been  functioning  for  a  few  years  as 
a  sales  agency.  Last  year  the  Empire 
Association  helped  to  stabilize  the  market 
considerably,  and  helped  its  members, 
but  it  did  not  get  business  enough  to 
fully  meet  its  overhead  expenses.  This 
year  it  is  doing  better  but  it  is  not  likely 
that  it  will  be  able  to  pay  up  all  past  in¬ 
debtedness,  although  there  is  reason  for 
the  belief  that  it  will  more  than  meet  ex¬ 
penses  this  year. 
A  considerable  representation  number¬ 
ing  perhaps  200  was  present  from  nearly 
all  parts  of  the  State  where  potatoes  and 
cabbages  are  grown,  particularly  for  late 
and  Winter  markets.  Mr.  Peteet  of  Chi- 
icago,  representing  the  National  Farm 
Bureau  Federation,  was  the  principal 
speaker.  He  brought  word  regarding 
many  associations  in  the  country  which 
have  organized  on  the  so-called  California 
plan.  lie  advised  that  California  ob¬ 
tained  the  plan  from  Denmark  and  that 
a  Danish  commission  came  to  New  York 
State  more  than  50  years  ago  and  made 
a  study  of  some  co-operative  work  done 
here.  From  that  report  grew  up  the 
Danish  co-operative  system.  It  is  then 
a  New  York  plan  after  all,  and  is  just 
coming  back  home. 
The  plan  as  recommended  has  a  com¬ 
modity  as  a  basis  and  pooling  as  a  princi¬ 
ple.  It  means  a  rigid  contract  for  a  con¬ 
siderable  time — not  less  than  three  years 
and  preferably  not  less  than  five  years. 
The  cotton  growers  and  the  tobacco  grow¬ 
ers  are  organized  in  this  way,  and  so  are 
the  associations  in  California.  Mr. 
Peteet  told  how  the  potato  growers  of 
Maine  have  formed  an  association  and 
all  the  States  which  produce  for  Winter 
consumption  are  organizing  or  preparing 
for  it.  He  thinks  that  the  potato  and 
the  cabbage  crop  should  each  have  its 
separate  pool.  Pools  may  be  weekly  or 
for  the  season.  Storage  may  be  in  ware¬ 
houses  or  on  the  farm.  The  point  is 
that  markets  must  not  be  glutted,  and 
this  means  some  storage. 
The  meeting  wTas  practically  a  unit  for 
the  formation  of  the  new  association,  my 
understanding  being  that  it  is  with  the 
thought  that  the  various  State  associa¬ 
tions  will  act  in  harmony.  At  one  point 
some  special  interest  was  aroused  when 
a  dealer  who  also  grows  potatoes  and 
claiming  to  also  represent  the  Farm  Bu¬ 
reau  spoke  against  co-operation.  Mr. 
Peteet  very  courteously  but  very  firmly 
answered  the  dealers’  arguments  and  re¬ 
futed  the  claim  that  the  Maine  people  are 
already  dissatisfied  with  their  organiza¬ 
tion  and  that  buyers  discriminate  against 
the  co-operatives.  He  said  that  buyers 
usually  prefer  to  buy  of  co-operatives  be¬ 
cause  they  get  a  better  graded  px-oduct 
put  up  in  better  shape. 
A  tentative  committee  was  appointed 
covering  the  entire  State  to  take  steps  to 
complete  the  oi’ganization.  There  were 
also  ari'angements  made  to  underwrite 
the  expenses  of  a  campaign  for  organiza¬ 
tion.  Sevei’al  county  delegates  pledged 
their  quota  of  expense  money  right  on  the 
spot.  No  rapid  campaign  is  planned  to 
put  the  organization  over.  It  is  the  de¬ 
sire  of  the  managers  at  present  to  have 
the  plans  explained  fully  before  any 
contracts  are  offered  to  prospective  mem¬ 
bers.  While  there  is  a  certa'nty  that  it 
will  take  considerable  time  and  much 
hard  work  to  get  the  association  in  work¬ 
ing  order  it  looks  today  as  though  it  will 
surely  go  through.  The  men  in  this 
meeting  are  influential  and  are  willing 
to  go  into  the  pi*oject  wThole-heartedly. 
H. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— The  super¬ 
visors  of  Schenectady  County,  N.  Y. 
have  unanimously  approved  the  purchase 
of  five  caterpillar  tractor  type  motor 
trucks,  equipped  with  plows  for  the  re¬ 
moval  of  snow  from  the  main  highways 
of  the  county  during  the  coming  Winter. 
Gradual  reduction  in  the  wheat  acreage 
of  the  United  States  from  62.000.000  at 
present  to  50,000.000  should  be  brought 
about  as  a  major  step  in  the  solution  of 
the  wheat  production  problem,  the  pro¬ 
duction  committee  of  the  Wheat  Council 
of  the  United  States  has  decided,  accord¬ 
ing  to  Sidney  Anderson,  president.'  The 
lower  acreage  is  sufficient  to  meet  domes¬ 
tic  requirements,  he  said,  and  shoxild  be 
bi’ought  about  as  soon  as  alternative 
crops  can  be  introduced. 
The  first  four  days  of  the  deer  hunt¬ 
ing  season  in  Wisconsin  wei’e  marked 
with  four  fatalities.  This  number  equals 
the  total  reported  fatalities  for  the  en- 
tire  season  of  1922. 
Three  specially  constructed  vessels 
cleared  port  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  15, 
bound  for  New  York  City  from  Quebec, 
with  100.000  lbs.  of  live  eels  aboard.  The 
total  value  is  more  than  $7,000.  Devices 
aboard  the  vessels  permit  the  repeated  in¬ 
take  and  discharge  of  fresh  water  to  keep 
alive  and  fresh  the  eels,  which  range  in 
length  from  less  than  three  to  nearly  six 
feet. 
At  the  State  Farm  Products  Show  to 
be  held  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  .Tan.  22  io 
26  there  will  be  a  large  egg  exhibit.  Last 
year  this  exhibit  was  remarkable,  but 
plans  have  been  made  for  a  larger  show 
at  this  coming  meeting.  This  egg  show 
is  conducted  with  a  view  to  encourage 
more  farmers  and  poulti'ymen  to  send  a 
real  egg  product  to  the  max'ket.  Pennsyl¬ 
vania  hen  men  will  find  many  valuable 
suggestions  in  this  show.  As  is  well 
known,  the  California  people  have  long 
been  able  to  ship  their  eggs  across  the 
continent  and  still  command  high  pi’ices 
in  our  eastern  market.  There  is  no  rea¬ 
son  to  suppose  that  the  California  hens 
naturally  lay  a  finer  product  than  the 
hens  of  Pennsylvania  or  New  Jersey.  The 
secret  comes  in  the  way  those  California 
eggs  are  gathered  and  handled,  and  this 
egg  show  will  go  far  to  tell  our  eastern 
people  just  the  kind  of  handling  their 
eggs  require  in  order  to  put  them  in  the 
market  in  first-class  condition.  It  will 
be  a  great  exhibit  ffor  Pennsylvania 
chicken  men. 
Damage  to  growing  crops  and  young 
fruit  trees  by  the  continually  increasing 
number  of  deer  in  Central  and  Southern 
New  Jersey  warrants  earnest,  considera¬ 
tion  of  the  game  laws  of  that  State, 
said  L.  A.  Cooley,  seci-etary  of  the  New 
Jersey  Federation  of  County  Boards  of 
Agriculture  Nov.  20.  Representatives  of 
the  federation  met  with  executives  of  the 
New  Jersey  Fish  and  Game  Protective 
Association  League  at  Newark.  Nov.  21 
to  present  fai’mers’  views  on  hunting  and 
game  legislation  to  the  organized  sports¬ 
men  of  New  Jersey  and  urge  such  game 
law  revision  as  would  preserve  an  abun- 
dant  wild  life  in  New  Jersey  and  at  the 
same  time  give  farmers  the  legal  right 
to  protect  their  growing  crops  and  oi1- 
chards. 
The  American  business  colony  in  Lon¬ 
don,  England  is  much  exercised  over  the 
proposed  imposition  of  a  heavy  tax  on 
imported  canned  salmon,  raw  apples, 
honey  and  fruit  juices  from  other  coun¬ 
tries  .  thaix  the  British  Dominions.  If 
sanctioned  by  Parliament  this  will  hit 
the  American  salmon  and  apple  indus¬ 
tries  very  hard.  Some  action  of  this  sort 
was  suggested  when  the  Federal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Board  at  Washington  refused  to 
consider  ai-guments  offered  by  Mr.  Lob- 
joit,  British  Commissioner  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  against  Quarantine  37,  which  af¬ 
fects  British  florists  and  nurserymen 
very  severely. 
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FARM  TOPICS 
The  Farm  Bulletin  Board .  1470 
Hope  Farm  Notes . 1474,  1475 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Making  Over  a  Horse  Barn .  1466 
Comparative  Prices  for  Milk .  1477 
Duties  of  Herdsman .  1482 
Use  for  Rye .  1482 
Carrots  for  Live  Stock .  1482 
THE  HENYARD 
90  Days  for  Chicken  Thieves .  1477 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  1483 
Size  of  Brooder  House .  1483 
Construction  of  Brooder  House .  1484 
Convenient  Henhouse  .  1484 
Worms  in  Fowls .  1485 
Controlling  Roup  . . .  1485 
Thin  Pullets  .  U85 
HORTICULTURAL 
The  Fall  Lettuce  Industry  in  New  Jersey..  1467 
New  England  Notes .  1468 
Frost-proof  Gardens  . 1468 
Seedless  Persimmons  . 1475 
Destroying  Poplar  Suckers .  1475 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day .  1478 
Splendid  Mincemeat  .  1478 
Purifying  Sausage  Fat . 1478 
The  Rural  Patterns .  1478 
Cornbread  Fit  for  a  King .  1478 
Some  Christmas  Ideas . 1479 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Peat  for  Fuel  in  New  England . 1465,  1466 
Another  Woman  School  Trustee  Talks .  1466 
Vermont  Has  the  Rocks .  1467 
Building  an  Icehouse .  1467 
Clearing  Well  Water . 1467,  1468 
The  Child  Welfare  Law .  1470 
Knife  Grinding  Business . 1470 
How  the  Other  Half  Lives . .  1470 
Those  Neglected  Rural  Cemeteries .  1470 
Moles  Eat  Potatoes .  1473 
Moles  Do  Eat  Corn .  1473 
Is  the  Pocket  Gopher  Back  East?..., .  1473 
Getting  Rid  of  Flying  Squirrels .  1473 
Why  and  How  is  a  Business  Incorporated.  1477 
A  Campaign  Against  Daylight  Saving .  1477 
Do  Not  Rush  the  School  Bill .  1477 
The  Date  is  Tuesday,  Dec.  4... .  1477 
Events  of  the  Week .  1484 
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