The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01

luCu0S III uldnSJST, are apparently
healing over But grating by scions
may be better and is at any rate
quicker by year" This is valuable
testimony. We like to get the ex-
perience of practical men like Prof.
Higgins, for in this way we learn our
best lessons. Which is the better way,
to top work by grating scions in the
spring or by putting in buds In Aug
ust, in the manner shown by Prof.
Higgins, l don't know. l have practi-
cally no experience in top working
by budding, but 1 know it is practi-
CAL We have grated in the spring
with success. One man offers to do
my grating and guarantee 95 per
cent of the scions to grow. He evil
IDENTIFY has confidence in the success
of his work One decided point in
favor of the spring grating is that
it is easier to get the work done in
the spring. In August we have our
peaches on our hands and much other
work is crowding upon us, so that it
is difficult to do the work just at the
right time Then there is another
advantage, and that is, if the scions
fail to grow we can do the budding
in the fall anyhow. The fact as indi-
Gated by Prof. Higgins that we gain
a year is quite important.
Prof. Higgins further inquiries: do
you think it necessary in spraying for
scale to have the liquid hot? Of
course part of it must be hot, but
is it necessary to heat all that fills
the tank? What kind of sulphur do
you buy for the purpose and what
does it cost you and when do you ap-
ply the same?" 1 do not think it
necessary to have the liquid hot when
spraying. 1t is not the heat that kills
the scale, but the sulphur and lime
combined. In fact, you can not get
a fine spray on to the limbs hot. II
anyone thinks so, let him hold his
hand in the spray as 1T reaches the
limbs and he will see his mistake. AS
soon as the liquid leaves the nozzles
in the form of fine spray it cools in
stantly. One advantage in having the
material hot is that it works better
through the pump and the nozzles. 1t
must not be supposed that the scale
insects are all killed instantly when
we spray with sulphur and lime. Some
of the experiment stations, notably the
Connecticut station, have shown that
more scale insects are dead in month
than in day or week after the spray
ing is done. 1t is claimed that when
the combined lime and sulphur is ex-
posed to the atmosphere a chemical
change takes place by which sulphur
ated hydrogen gas is generated and
that being deadly poison, kills many
of the insects covered with the spray
material l know this material proper
ly prepared effectually kills the scale;
that we have done again and again.
We buy the common sulphur used
in our section in drying hops. 1t
comes in sacks and is not in hard
rolls or sticks. 1t costs us about two
and a half to three cents per pound.
1t is claimed by our scientific men
that this cheap sulphur will do quite
as we'll as the high grade Sicillian
article. March is probably the best
time to apply the mixture, although
it can be applied any time while the
trees are dormant The work must
be thoroughly done and every place
where the scale is must be covered.
Mr.. M. e. Dieffenbach, of Colfax,
Wash, asks some questions about
cranberry culture that | am unable