The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-06
POWER SPRAYERS
 WORK PERFECTLY
Ridge Association Tries Out Tree Protectors Under Supervision of MT. WaldrOn
Bedding Complains of Inactivity of State Highway Commis- siOner in Matter of Building Highway

OA 0e~sS AAA6hVOy NOAAAAAS
 siOner in Matter of Building
 Highway
 Bedding April 6-Practical tests have been made with the two power
 sprayers which were delivered last week to the Ridge association. The machines work perfectly. On Tues day afternoon a demonstration to which the shareholders had been in vited took place at the orchard of Miss Belle Sanford under the super vision of MT. Waldron of the State Experiment Station. Such informa- tion as the association did not; already possess in regard to spraying, mix lures, the proper time for applying them and the best methods of hand ling the apparatus was supplied by Mir. Waldron. The destruction of the scale is the principal purpose of the spraying done at this time of the year. the process being more effective now than if delayed until the leaves come out. Some have been doubtful as to whether their trees needed treatment for scale, but examination of num- Der of orchards pretty well establishes the fact that practically none in this locality has escaped the scale pest. Tn
 
 can hardly be distinguished except with a magnifying glass. For the scale the ime-sulphur mixture is used. About the time the blossoms begin to fall the trees should have an appli- cation of arsenate of lead to destroy worms. The latter pest can also be combatted now by scraping the tree trunks and circling them with bands of prepared oakum or other material which will arrest and kill the jwent worms or their journey from the ground into the tree to lay their eggs. MT. Waldron says that for the May spraying the State station has ex- perimented with Hme-sulphur in conn with arsenate of lead, but will not recommend this combination until further tests have determined its efficacy. About July 1 there should be third spraying. The man. agers of the local association will soon be in a position to know the cost of the spraying and will probably hold a meeting before long to decide on a schedule of charges. Most of the orchards on the east side of the town have been sub- jected to a thorough pruning as the first essential step in the revival and protective processes towards their re- storation to bearing conditions.
 Having been turned down by the Board of Relief in his effort to se- cure from that body a reduction of the valuation placed by the Board of Assessors on his Sunset Hill real estate Representative l.. O. Peck has expressed the intention of seeking re- lief from the courts. He believes that he has good grounds for such action and if he resorts to it will doubtless have the sympathy of the 200 or so property owners who also made ap- -1s ka@~1 44 AI,- rI of >1f fna o1ft of them without avail. MT. Peck's particular grievance is the appraise- | ment of his Iand the 220 acres hav- ing been listed at $22,200 Or an aver l age sum of $100 per acre. This would not be an excessive figure for part | of the tract but when applied to land that cost him only from s15 to $25 an acre within the last three or four years he considers it an imposition. l He also lays stress on the fact that | the farm of a neighbor in the same locality is listed at an average of only | s3O per acre. While admitting that his own acreage should be higher than such disproportion in values as these figures represent.
 Last week Representative E. M | Bradley waited upon Highway Con- missioner Macdonald and respectfully | requested that the layout of the Ridge
  contractor might be able to begin con- struction. MT. Macdonald promised | to attend to the matter in a few days. On Tuesday of this week First Select nan Sanford interviewed the commis- sioner to further urge prompt action IS the road is in extremely bad shape and the contractor impatient to get ,o work. The intervew was not very to the visitor. In the past MT. Macdonald was disposed to oe most ready and obliging in the way of promises and to show indiffer- 'nce regarding. their fulfillment. This ime he said his men were pretty ,usy and that they might be able to tttend to the job in a week and per laps not until next month. He fur her said that not much telford or tone foundation would be included n the job, giving as a reason the lack if funds. This surprised MT. Sam ord who supposed there was available 10 GOO or s12.000 as none of the last appropriation has been used He ask d how much there was to the towns redit and received no definite an- wer. The contract price for the sec ion to be built is only about s5. GOO. t is part of a main line over which ] here is much auto travel and every s oot of it should have a stone base, i his being especially needful because 7 f the lack of gravel. With a half S Tay efficient administration of the commissioners office the road would l ave been built last year as the pre- ( steps to that end were taken | n the fall of 1909 I
 The proposed sale of four of the I owns unusued school houses remains l abeyance and nothing further will e done in the matter until the se- sctmen obtain legal opinion as to | vhether their formal conveyance to 2 he town should not first be effected r he plan to sell the buildings did not e riginate with the selectmen but with ( 1e town school committee upon the l onclusion by the latter body that c 1e property would not again be re- | uired for school purposes. The | oard's subcommittee on the provid- C addiffnna1 schnnl onnnr,nrn nda I o