int UUSl 3PKAV.
It's Advantages and Disadvantages--Machineand
Formula.
In response to general Interest In th(
subject the Country Gentleman hai
collected Information from various
frolt growers and also presents a cut
which gives some idea of the construc
tion of one type of apparatus or dust
cp raying. The cylinder Is the dust box
snd the -wheel works the air blast. D
W. Maxwell says:
lime being your conveyor, you have
basis upon which yon can make a
compound with perfect safety to yfeui
foliage that will exterminate Insect
life. You will never see any discoloring
f fruit It gives you a perfect foliage.
In the liquid process you cannot have
thorough work, but in the dust every
particle of the tree is covered; not only
that, but everything around it As a
fungicide there is no comparison of the
two methods nor in destroying the can
kerworm and codling moth. Tou can
spray from forty to fifty acres in a day
of trees from fifteen to twenty years
old at one-half the expense of liquid
spraying; cost of materia! per tree, 3 j
cents. By our experience we have per
fected a formula.
Hon- to Slake the Spray.
One barrel of fresh lime, 25 pounds
bluestone, 5 pounds concentrated lye,
25 pounds powdered sulphur, 5 pounds i
pans green (pure). Increase the paris(
green to 10 pounds f or -fankerworms. '
Break the lime into small pieces and
put It into a box 3 by C feet. Dissolv
the bluestone in boiling water. C gal
Ions. Dissolve the lye in 5 gi.ons hot I
water. Keep the two solutions sepa-'
rate. Take a sprinkler and sprinkle the 1
solutions on the lime. If not enough tc
slack into dust use water. Cover over I
the dust when through slacking. Make i
a sieve of fine wire and attach a longj
handle. Sieve out the dutt. Rub thei
sulphur through sieve into the dust and ,
put the parts green in. Stir thorough-1
ly. Be careful not to get the dust too '
damp. Tour compound is now ready:
for use. Spray Just before the bloom
opens, then as it drops, then once a ,
week until you have sprayed six times,
then once every two weeks until the;
1st of August !
1 A Conaervntlve Vlerr. J
J. M. Stedman of the Missouri expert- i
ment station writes: I can briefly say
that the dust process cannot take the
place of the liquid process for applying i
insecticides in all cases, but that in
many instances it is Just as effectual,
while In a few it seems to be more ef
fectual. "Where one has a number of
small plants, such as cabbages, straw
berries and the like, it frequently hap-
pens that the dust process is more ef
fectual than the liquid and also has an
advantage over the liquid process. In
that It is much more readily managed.
On the other hand, in spraying large
orchard trees It Is not as effectual, es
pecially for the codling moth, as Is the
liquid. Many orchards are located on
steep hillsides, where it Is practically
Impossible for a team to draw a heavy :
load of water. The ground in other;
orchards is so soft during the spring
that It Is practically Impossible to
draw a heavily loaded water tank'
through the orchard. In still other or-!
chards the location Is such that it is
impor lc to obtain sufficient water!
for the spraying. In such instances '
it becomes a matter of using the dust ,
jrocess-qr none at all. I
Bsndr In the Garden. t
For the garden the dust process Is so j
much lighter that a person can readily
carry the machine and do the dusting ,
that would require a barrel of water in i
case of the liquid process. The dust
process also has an advantage in that
In many instances It is much more
readily made up, and many people will
Bsc a small hand dust machine where
they will not go to the trouble of using
linnid one. The Darts green or other
arsenical poison used In the dust ma-;
chine readily floats in the air ana is
blown a considerable distance by the
Trind, so that in dusting the trees one
should be careful to see that the dust
does not blow In the face, otherwise
one Is apt to inhale too much arsenical
poison. The horses should also be kept
away from the dust It Is advisable
In the use of the dust to apply It early
in the morning while the dew is upon
the plants or soon after a rain, and it
Is also well to apply the dust when
there is- a slight breeze.
For Qood Riads.
The convention of American road
makers -which met In Detroit was re
markable In this respect, that Mr.
George Burns, the great labor leader
end president of the Michigan Labor
union, advocated the use of prlsoD
labor cither in building roads or in
preparing material to be used for hard
ening their surfaces. He is the first
great labor leader to advocate this
course, although it has been suggested
by many speakers and -writers on this
question during the past ten years. Mr.
Burns sees that it "would be clearly In
the interest of such prison labor and
also in the Interest of free labor to
have the great army of prisoners now
la the Jails in the various states who
are doing no good for themselves and
adding nothing to the commonjwealtli
applied to the road proposition In sonu
form or other.
Mnny people object to a suggestion
of this kind because they say that tic
use of such labor for such a purpose
would have a contaminating Influence
in the community where the work is
done. But to avoid such a result Mr
Burns showed that this labor could bo
applied In ttie preparation of material,
either brick or broken stone, where tlw
prisoners could be worked In lnclo
surcs as they now are. The product
so produced would not come In coutue.
with free labor as the articles general
ly produced by such labor do. Conse
quently by this course you avoid com
petition with the manufacturer who
offers for sale the manufactured art!
cle or competition with the free labor
er who works to produce these articles,
and at the same time the prisoner Is
receiving more useful Instruction, hnv
lng more healthful exercise nnd adding
greatly in the course of years to tl
common wealth. If Mr. Bums' Idea,
which Is undoubtedly a sound a:.-,
wholesome one, should be adopted I n
the labor unions of this country pencr
ally, it would bring to the road caus
great aid.
The great meeting of the nutoinoblk
manufacturers of America held In Cul
cago soon after this Detroit conventios
developed the fact that all of the auto
mobile manufacturers of America ari
heartily In favor of some general plui
of road building that shall be appllca
ble to all the states In the Union, liv
ing unanimous In this view, tluj
adopted a resolution Indorsing the pas
sage of the Brownlow bill, which rro
vides for a system of national, stati
and local co-operation in the perm-i-nent
Improvement of the public hlgb
ways. It Is very evident from the Io;:t
of events that the time Is rapidly an
preaching when the friends of the good
roads cause will be able to unite many
forces In favor of the general plan ot
road Improvement that have hitherto
been either Indifferent or hostile.
The labor leaders generally havv
been hostile to the idea of applying th
prison labor to this work, but now oni
of the most progressive leaders of or
ganized labor has come forward an-.1
Indorsed In the most hearty and Intclli
gent way the idea of applying this la
bor to the general welfare of the con;
munlty by building up the public roads.
In order, however, that this shall t
made possible the road building a
thoritles in the various states an'
countiss must be provided with neces
sary funds In order to obtain prop
machinery, engineering skill and es
pert labor so as to make use of tlu
army of prisoners who would be put a
their disposal under the new plan.
In order to secure this necessary tunc
It is more and more evident that tbf
aid of the national government should
be called In to supply a portion of tl
money. This Is all provided for by tr
Brownlow bill, which was not only In
dorsed by the Chicago convention, btit
also by the Detroit convention of
American roadmakers. Every conven
tion met to consider this question sin
the Brownlow bill was introduced ir
congress has Inu-.sed the bill nn.i
urged Its passage. Hon. Martin Dodge
Germany has two kinds of roads,
state and county. The former cost
$10,000 a mile to construct and have an
average .width of twenty-three feet
They vary from eighteen to sixty feet
Each mile and a half Is looked after
by one man, who, with a wagon nnO
horse, earns from $123 to $200 n
year, devoting sir hours n day to th
work. An overseer has charge of 11 fry
miles and is paid $400 to $000 a year.
Each county has an Inspector, who re
ceives $700 to $1,000 per annum. About
$240 a mile Is allowed for yearly ex
penses for repairs. County roads eot
?5,000 a mile and repairs about $:r a
year. As much regard Is given to
maintenance of roads as to the build
ing of them.
While the wool crop Is an element to
be considered when estimating the
value of the sheep It must not be
thought the whole thing, and when the
price of the fleece Is low do not turn
away from -the flock or turn them off
the farm simply because that product
is not up to what It formerly was, says
TVool Markets and Sheep. Think of th
many other advantages to be derived
In o ticking to our white fleeced friends.
Hard boiled eggs mixed with bread
crumbs, one half of each. Is very good
for one feed a day, say every other day
for the first week. But too much boiled
egg is not good for them, and an enUre
diet of hard boiled eggs would soon
kill a great many of the little chicks. .
When once filled In a Moslem grave
is never reopened on any account. To
remove the faintest chance of It thus
being defiled a cypress tree Is planted
after every interment, so that the cem
eteries resemble forests more than nny
thine else.
Wheat contains a larger per cent ot
albumen than any other grain and for
! this reason is one of the best grains to
I feed for egg production. It should
! not be made an exclusive ration, how
ever. Commercial Poultry.
Coral was made use of by tho Ro
mans as a protection against the evil
eye, and popular superstition has cred
ited the topaz with the power of de
priving boiling water of its heat
Frames
of - -
to be used is very much a
matter of taste. It is imjort
ant, though, that the frames
Eet properly on the nose, and
at the right distance from
the eyes. That the lenses
be perfectly centered, and
how are you to know when
" some one is guessing.
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