The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15

a man should conceive the IDEA that q
boy needs whipping once in a while and
should form the habit of giving him
his allotted punishment regardless of
his conduct, what would we think Of
him? We would decide that such a man
is a fool. Then be sure that you know
why you cut and slash your trees, and
if you do not, then let them alone.
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A gentleman from Fender Island, B.
c., asks me to define in detail the
Baldwin Speck." I would gladly do
this if I could, but I cannot. It is
conceded by our best horticulturists
that neither the cause nor the cure Of
this speck is known The Baldwin ap-
pie and a few other varieties are SUBJ
ject to this damage. The only remedy
is not to plant the Baldwin or any other
variety so affected in that locality. If
you have such varieties already planted
then tor graft your trees to such varie-
ties as do not suffer from this disease
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The same man asks: I'm making the
Bordeaux mixture is it so very neces-
sary to pour the bluestone and the lime
water into the spraying tank and stir
at the same time? It would take three
men to prepare it," All know about
this matter is what the best chemists
in the country unite in saying should
be DONE The reason they give for this
practice is that if not united in this
way different chemical combinations are
formed and the result is the efficiency
of the mixture is impaired.
Y.
Mrs S. M. Harter, 1888 North Fifty
sixth street, Seattle, WASH writes:
will Mr. Walden give recipe for
destroying slugs?" Sprinkle these slugs
with common road dust, fine wood ashes
or air-slacked lime. Any one of these
will close up the pores and that will
result in the destruction of the slugs.
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The writer has frequently been inter-
viewed by persons about to go into the
fruit raising business as to the best
location for such enterprise. 1t is not
easy to give an answer that will apply
universally The older readers Of The
Ranch will call to mind that I have
recommended elevated situations as
Preferable but have said that there are
some exceptions. Any one likes to find
confirmation Of his positions, especially
when such combinations come from
those who are so high in their profess
sion as to entitle their statements to
great weight Such a man is Prof. L.
H. Bailey of Cornell University, New
York He is, perhaps, all things con-
sidered, the leading horticulturist in
the United States. Just now I am read
ing his book entitled: 1.-THE Principles
of Fruit Growing" The following is
what he has to say as to the best loca-
ton for fruit growing: "As rule, es-
pecially in northern countries, the ideal
site for fruit plantation is one which
is somewhat elevated above adjoining
lands Such a site presents the two
advantages of atmospheric and soil
drainage. Of these advantages, the at
mospheric drainage is the greater, in
asmuch as soil drainage can be secured
by artificial means. Cold air, being
heavier than warm air, in still weather
settles into the lowest areas as we
have already seen, often causing, upon
such lands, serious late spring and
early fall frosts, as well as reducing
the temperature in winter. In speaking
Of elevated lands, it is not necessarily
meant that they be rolling. Some en-
tire farms which are almost fiat may
be sufficiently elevated above the local
streams or the general contour of a
fiat country to answer all purposes of
an ideal fruit site.
"a comparatively slight elevation is
often sufficient to accomplish perfect
atmospheric drainage, particularly II
the adjacent lower lands slope suf-
ficiently to allow the cold air to gradu-
ally drain away. Sometimes a sharp
decline of ten or fifteen feet along one
side of a plantation is sufficient; or,