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A FARM AND HOME WEEKLY FOR THE CAROL1NAS, VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, AND GEORGIA.
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SPRAYING AS A GUIDE POST TO $500 MORE A YEAR FARMING
LONG with the garden of which we talked
last week come the orchard, the vineyard
and the small fruit patches. All of these:
every farm should and could have, but, like ev
ery thing else worth having, they, too, require
care and attention. This the really progressive"
farmer must be prepared to give.
Insects and fungus diseases play havoc often .
with the fairest ' prospects for fruit or.vegetables
when' allowed to go unchecked ; and it is the
part of wisdom to be prepared to control them.;
All question as to whether spraying is profitable
has long since been settled. When properly
done no line of farm work pays better iThe -figures
quoted by Dr. Stevens on the next page.
, are tvnical of. hundreds of. cases. 'The? New
VVL V.,.- ...1 YIELD OF UNSPRAYED APPLE TREE 42 PER CENT ARE SOUND, 58 PER CENT WORMY.
have found spraying profitable, for. in the principal fruit growing districts it is now recognized as one of the necessities in the production
f aPP. eo1" grapes or peaches or oranges of the finest quality. Indeed, in many instances, the cost of spraying represents the price paid
fr a crop, of. fruit instead of a, very poor one or'none at all. It may seem ;like a great deal of trouble to spray grape vines or pota
toes two or, three times; but it lt'were twice as
; much, it 'would be more profitable than to allow
the grapes to rot or the potatoes to be taken by
the blight and the buss. . :
r l Spraying is one of the little ''extras" of, which
we ; have several ;tinit8; spoken,' Which, jwhen
done in the right way and ?at the "rignf time,
constitute the most profitable work done on the
farm, if the essentials of good farming have
been first complied with. :
These illustrations (reproduced by courtesy
of Maxwell's Talisman) show the difference in
the yields from a sprayed and an unsprayed
apple tree growing side by side. From the spray
ed tree the apples in the basket 6 percent
are wormy From the unsprayed those in the
larger pile 58 per cent are wormy. The plac
ing of 5 1 j4 per cent of the apples on a tree in
the salable instead of the unsalable class is one of
those achievements which speaks, for itself, and
is, a fair example' of what spraying would do
with fruits and vegetables on thousands of farms
where; it is now neglected.
Get a good spraying outfit, and don't let insects
and plant diseases have so much of that "$500
More which you are entitled to this year. There
YIELD OF SPRAYED APPLE TREE IN SAME ORCHARD ARE SOUND, AND ONLY-6K VORMY. IS not a day tO lose, SO Order yOUl OUtfit at OnCC
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Index to This Week's Issue.
A Farmer's Spraying Experience, H. M. Cates,
. Are We Fertilizer Crazy? W. F. Massey,
California Prices for Southern Fruits, W. F.
Massey, ...... v. . .... . ......
$500 More a Year: How to Mawe It VIII. .
Georgia Stock Breeders Meet. ... ........ . .
Hw Lincoln Educated Himself . . .... . .... .
How to .Cook Meats, Mrs. W. N. Hutt
How to Make Bordeaux Mixture, F. L. Stevens
South Carolina Live Stock Men, J. M. B. . . . .
"Study the Needs of Your Soil, W. F. Massey. .
: $10 Gained Per Acre, G. C. Lewis
The Abuse of Fertilizers in the South, W. L.
. Kivett, . . . .
' The Forces That are Uplifting Rural Life,
J. M. Bell
The Highest Market Price, Uncle Jo . . .'. ... .
The News Worth Knowing. ;
The Only Basis of Successful Farming . .
Two Things You Should Know About Fertili
zers, C. B. Williams, . . : ....... 1 ....... .
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This Week and Next.
VERY man wih an orchard, a vineyard or
a truck patch should read our "$500 More
a Year" article this week and then go out
to put it into practice. If he needs more de
tailed instruction as to the making of Bordeaux
mixture he can find it in Dr. Stevens' paper on
page 19; and if he needs any further proof that
spraying will, help make good fruit and. that good
fruit can.be s?ld at profitable prices, he should
read Mr, Cates letter reprinted from a 1908 is
sue of The Progressive Farmer and Professor
Massey's telling comparison of the difference in
the ; methods employed by Pacific and Southern
fruit growers.
We have reports this week from the South Car
olina and Georgia Live Stock Associations, which
should prove interesting and encouraging to every
stockman in our territory.
A number of good articles left over from our
recent "specials" are also given because of their
especial timeliness; and Mr. Shuford's convincing
statement of. the value of the soy bean should
not be overlooked by any man who wishes to im
prove his soil.-
Our "Home Circle pages will appeal, not only
to the housekeepers, but with even more force to
the young peopleto every one, in fact, who has
a desire to make the most of himself or herself.
And next week, you know, Is our "Poultry
Special." It Is going, to be one of the very best
papers jwe have issued, too, full of Inspiring ex
periences and practical instruction. Some of the j
papers already on hand tell about "Feeding Hens
to Make Them Lay," "Poultry Fences," "Why
Hens Do or Do Not Pay on the Farm," "How My
Flock Paid," "A Good Poultry House," "A Cheap
Turkey j Shed," "Feeding Young Chicks' etc., etc.
Answers to inquiries will appear, too, and pic
tures of the kind birds that make you want to go
into poultry raising right now.