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Among the Fruit Growers 
Western New York Fruit and Crop Notes By M. C. Burritt 
\ NOTHER week of remarkably fine 
October weather has passed, and 
during the six days a large amount of 
fruit has been taken off the trees. But 
there is still a lot left and another week or 
ten days is needed to finish the picking. 
It looks as if we were going to get it, too. 
A few growers have already finished, 
but on the other hand some growers 
haven’t finished Greenings yet. Kieffer 
pears were pretty well harvested during 
the past week. * 
Prices are holding strong on most 
varieties, but buyers are not as active 
in buying as usual and a considerable 
number of growers are storing, not be¬ 
cause they want or intended to, but be¬ 
cause they cannot make a sale at what 
they consider a fair price. “A” grades 
are being sold at from $4 a barrel for 
Hubbardson to $5 for King and “B” 
grades from $2.50 to 3.50. Good hand¬ 
picked cull Baldwins and Greenings 
have been sold as high as 90 cents a 
hundredweight, while drops for dryers 
bring 70 cents. Ciders advanced to sixty 
cents a hundred last week. 
Wheat Still Being Sown 
I have several times remarked about 
the lateness of wheat sowing this year. 
Last week I thought certainly it was all 
sown but three fields were sown in this 
neighborhood during the week of October 
20, one on the twenty-fourth. In my 
opinion the chances of these sowers 
reaping even a fair crop are not more 
than one or two in ten. I have secured a 
twenty-four-bushel yield sowing between 
October 4 and October 14 and plowed up 
a field sown October 14. I never remem¬ 
ber of wheat being sown before after 
October 20. Nothing but the most 
favorable conditions from now on can 
pull these crops through. 
The last fields of beans and corn were 
cut this last week. No potatoes have 
been dug yet and little if any cabbage 
harvested.—M. C. Burritt. 
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Look Out for Mice in the 
Orchard: How to Make 
Poisoned Bait 
A LONG about this time of the year is 
when the far-sighted orchardist 
makes preparations to guard against 
possible injury to his trees by hungry 
field mice which gnaw the trunks and 
roots. Such injury is liable to occur at 
any time after November 1, although 
most of it usually is inflicted in mid¬ 
winter or very early in spring under 
cover of heavy snow and when the more 
favored food supply is running low. 
That serious injury to orchard trees 
by mice occurs only at irregular intervals 
makes the menace the greater, for it 
usually catches the orchardist unpre¬ 
pared and wholly unaware of the damage 
being done until the melting snow in 
spring uncovers girdled trunks, or the 
wilting trees in mid-summer betray the 
hidden work of the mice on the roots. 
“Ounce of Prevention Worth Pound 
of Cure” 
Preventive measures cost little in 
comparison with the protection afforded, 
and although frequently a girdled tree 
may be saved by timely bridge grafting, 
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound 
of cure. Many progressive fruit growers 
realize this truth and each fall and several 
times during the winter, examine their 
orchards carefully for mouse signs. 
Methods of preventing mouse injury 
vary according to the species of mouse 
and the cultural practices followed. In 
much of the eastern United States pine 
mice are present and their injury is 
usually inflicted below the surface of the 
ground. It is necessary to destroy such 
mice unless they are driven out by deep 
and clean cultivation of the whole or¬ 
chard. Where meadow mice only are 
concerned, such methods as mechanical 
protectors and repellent washes are 
practicable, although the destruction of 
the mice, is preferable. 
Clearing grass and rubbish away from 
the tree trunks and mounding the trunks 
with earth will protect the trees to a 
certain extent. Mechanical devices such 
as wire netting and tarred paper may be 
used, but in most cases, poisoning will 
prove an effectual and inexpensive method 
of controlling destructive rodents. 
How to Make Poisoned Bait 
The United States Department of 
Agriculture recommends the following 
formula: Mix together, dry, X ounce of 
powdered strychnine and X ounce of 
baking soda. Sift the stryclmine-soda 
mixture over 1 quart of rolled oats, 
stirring constantly to insure an even 
distribution of the poison through, the 
gram. Heat the poisoned rolled oats 
in an oven until thoroughly warm. Mix 
3 parts of melted beef fat with 1 part of 
melted paraffin, and sprinkle G table¬ 
spoonfuls of this mixture over the warm, 
poisoned rolled oats, mixing until the 
oats are evenly coated. Allow the grain 
to cool and it is ready for use. 
If large quantities of the bait are 
needed, use 1 ounce of strychnine, 
1 ounce of soda, 8 quarts of rolled oats, 
and 1X pints of the beef-fat-paraffin 
mixture. It is very important to have 
the beef-fat-paraffin mixture hot and the 
poisoned rolled oats thoroughly warm, 
otherwise it will not be possible to 
obtain an even coating. 
Tablespoonful quantities of the poi¬ 
soned oats should be put in containers 
placed in the orchard. If mice are very 
abundant, a container should be used 
under every tree. 
All poisoned baits and poison con¬ 
tainers and utensils used in the prepara¬ 
tion of poisoned baits should be kept 
plainly labeled and out of the reach of 
children, irresponsible persons, and live¬ 
stock. 
Points to Watch When Apples 
are Put in Common Storage 
Tj 1 VERY year some fruit growers put 
^ away part of their apples in common 
storage with the expectation of higher 
prices later in the season. Last year 
this common storage practice almost 
ruined the market. But year in and year 
out it seems to be a pretty good idea for 
the man who is in a position to make this 
more or less speculative move. One of 
the troubles with common storage, how¬ 
ever, is the fact that we do not always 
find ideal conditions under which the 
apples are stored. A. P. Mason of the 
extension staff at the New Jersey State 
College of Agriculture states: 
“With proper farm storage facilities and 
careful handling, Stayman, Rome, Baldwin, 
Paragon, Stark, York, Imperial, Winesap, and 
other varieties of apples may be marketed 
through the winter, thus lengthening the 
apple season, removing the usual glut on the 
market, increasing consumption and generally 
returning a greater profit for the grower. 
“The essential features of a storage room 
are: protection from heat, frost, and rodents; 
ample ventilation to carry off gases developed 
by the ripening processes; and the maintenance 
of humidity to prevent shriveling. 
“A cool, damp cellar with several windows, 
doorways, or ventilators which can be opened 
at any time the outside temperature is lower 
than that of the inside, makes a desirable 
storage. A building above ground, having 
double walls and ceiling insulated either with 
dead air space or with sawdust, is also good. 
It is very necessary to keep sufficient moisture 
in the air. This will be possible if the floor is a 
damp earthen one, but if concrete or wood, it 
must be sprinkled daily, or as often as it 
becomes dry. 
Slat Crates Make Good Storage 
Package 
“Slat crates make the best storage package, 
because they are economical of space and are 
well-ventilated. The X’basket is also desir¬ 
able. Round bushel baskets, hampers, and 
barrels do not offer as good a ventilation as 
crates, but they may be used. Barrels should 
never be headed when put in common storage. 
“Wrapped apples keep bestY Newspaper 
or tissue wraps may be used. Oiled wraps, 
coated with an absorbent oil which takes up 
the injurious gases given off by the ripening 
fruit and thus preventing scald, are on the 
market and are highly recommended.” 
City No Place for Bees 
T HE city council of Petaluma, Cali¬ 
fornia, widely advertised as the world 
egg capital, lias decided that bees and 
hens do not mix and has passed an or¬ 
dinance forbidding the keeping of bees 
within the city limits. 
Residents of the city had found bee 
keeping a profitable industry that could 
be carried on in back yards because of the 
profusion of blossoms and flowers here¬ 
abouts. Hundreds of hives were dis¬ 
tributed about the city. The bees led 
to the filing of many complaints with city 
authorities. Children, women and men 
were severely stung. In several instances 
the bees swarmed in automobiles parked 
on down-town streets and caused trouble 
before they could be hived. 
City authorities said they could not 
determine ownership of bees which stung 
the citizenry nor could the bees be or¬ 
dered muzzled as in the case of dogs. 
The anti-bee ordinance resulted. 
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