The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-05-15


profitable. He went away di5appoint
ed and 1 am not sure but he was of
| Tended. If you want to please man
real well give him advice that con
| firms him in his previous conceptions
of the matter under consideration. Nc
honest man can always do that.
AS peach growing can be made q
success only under these favorable
conditions the area of country is limit
ed in the North Pacific states where
peach growing will pay. He who has
such a location need never fear but
he will make money at the business
A peach orchard in such location is
worth at least 81 900 per acre. When
my new peach orchard gets into bear
acre.
Speaking of peach growing reminds
me that l passed young peach orch.
ard recently that is standing lllustra-
ton of how not to prune peach trees
The. trees have been set three years
and have attained good size and will
bear quite a crop this coming summer
But l venture the assertion that not
more than one-tenth of the peaches
can be picked from the ground. The
leaders have never been cut back, but
the small limbs both on the outside
and through the center have been
carefully trimmed out. The result Is
that the bearing wood is away up in
the air and out of reach. Just the
reverse should have been the course
pursued. The leaders should have
been headed back and the small limbs
left on. Then all the peaches could
have been picked from the ground.
l have been asked to answer the
following question: what is Dispar'
ene?" 1t is the arsenate of lead. This
has been settled by our experiment
stations all over the country. Arsenate
of lead is a compound composed OF
arsenate of soda and the acetate OF
lead. The poison in this compound is
simply arsenic in combination with So
da and acetate of lead. Arsenic is the
poison in London purple, Paris green
arsenate of soda and arsenate of lime
as we'll as in arsenate of lead. The
arsenic in these several combinations
is what does the killing for all biting
insects. The difference is in the things
with which the arsenic is combined
combined in no way add to it's killing
power but simply help it to stick OF
prevent it's burning the foliage. The
statement that "Disparene" is the
most effective poisonous insecticide
that has ever been discovered has but
one defect-and that is, it is not true
The combination is a good one for the
simple reason that it is an arsenate
of lead. The things that commend the
arsenate of lead above other prepare
lions of arsenic are that it sticks bet
ter and will not burn the foliage.
But there is not one whit of proof
that the arsenate of lead that mas.
querades under the name of "Dispar'
enc" is any better than other prepare
lions of lead arsenate. Disparene has
good testimonials in it's favor but some
of the experiment stations that have
| tried it pronounce it an arsenate o.
| lead and in no way superior to Swift
Arsenate of Lead. Some declare thai
they prefer Swift's lead .arsenate tC
any other on the market. | have nc
interest in the selling of any Of these
compounds and write what l do in the
interest of truth and right. Any one
can make his own arsenate of lead by
getting or making the arsenate of soda
and combining it with the acetate Of
lead. But the difficulty of making II
properly on a small scale has caused
the experiment stations to recommend
some of the we'll established prepare