The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-29
WESTMINSTER, ND
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1917
Right SHOWS ON POTATOES.


controlled by spraying from ~ day
to two weeks with ALSO BOrdeau
mixture. This means 4 pounds OF COP
per sulfate (blue stone) and 4 pound
calcium oxide (stone lime) to 80 gal
1oas of water. If only IS gallons ar
needed. 2 pounds copper sulfate,
pounds lime and IS gallons waite
should be used and for shall quaint
ties IA pound blue-stone (costinj
about 1OcJ, Ia pound OF lime and
gallons of water should be used. M
matter what the quantity the blu
stone must be dissolved in WhateVe
water is necessary to dissolve 1t ant
then about Is the total quantity o
water to be used added The lime mus
be Stacked with whatever water i
necessary flor small amounts 1T viii
be necessary to use hot Water) anc
then enough water added to make {
thin milk of lime. Pour this into the
blue-stone solution, stirring vigorous
Iy while doing so and add enough wat
er TO make the required total amount
It 10 absolutely necessary to add
enough water to the blue-stone and
lime solutions to make them thin or
dilute before putting them together
lie they are poured together without di-
luting and thoroughly stirring, a
chemical 2ction will take place which
will cause flakynesS that makes the
Bordeaux practically useless, after the
two solutions have been poured to-
gether the mixture should be used as
soon as possible and not set longer
than over night at best The best way
TO do is TO dissolve the blue stone at
the rate OF l pound to one gallon OF
water Stake the lime and dilute at the
rate of one pound to one gallon and
keep in covered vessels and when
needed mix together the proper a
mount OF each and add water to make
the total amount desired for use at
that time. Blue-StOne solution should
be kept in a wooden or earthen vessel
as it will eat metal.
Arsenate of lead, arSenate Of lime,
or arsenate of zinc are stomach poi
SONS and will kill most any form of
eating insect. They come in both pow
der and paste forms. The powder is
twice as strong as the paste because
the paste is half water. The powder
is the easiest to use and it can be kept
without any trouble even from one sea-
SON to another A pound and half of
the powder or three pounds of the
paste to 50 gallons of water should be
used 1t can be put in the Bordeaux
solution and the same spray will be
effective against both blight and po-
tAtO bugs. The blue-stOne and the poi
son can be bought at most any drug
store, also, the lime if necessary.
Four 40 Bordeaux will control
blight on tomatoes and if the poison
il added, tie tomato worms and flea
beetles 1t will also control blight and
other vine diseases on melons and Gu
cRmbers, also celery blight, and 3-5-
so Bordeaux is used to control black
rot and downy mildew on grapes.
Cabbage worms can be controlled
by busting with one pound arsenate
lead powder mixed with p pounds air
Stacked lime. The striped bugs on
melons and squash can be kept away
pretty well by busting with three or
tour tablespOOnsful of crude carbolic
aid or turpentine mixed with a gal
ION or two of air Stacked lime or dust.
poultryman Roy r. Waite, of the
State Experiment Station, has recent
ly issued the following advance in the
price Of eggs and feeds: Average in
crease in feeds so per cent. average
in eggs 80 per cent, in June
1914.
Mr.. Waite concludes by say
ing, "If | we're buying feeds to-
morrow | would select the following:
For mash. Bran, 300 pounds, Middl-
ings, 300 pounds. Meat scrap, 100
mounds, Salt, 3 II pounds. For Scratch
feed. Corn, one bushel, Oats, one bush
Ell.
E Keen the mash before the fowls at
all time in dry form, and once daily
give light feeding of the mash mix
,nd I'm with water or milk if available
The idea is to get the fowls to eat as
much of the lash as possible because
il is cheaper. Feed the scratch feeds
sDaringly twice daily. Give the fowls
all the green feeds they will eat es-
pecially clover and blue grass as these
contain nutrients as we'll as bulk and
succulence.
Mr.. Waite has $500 egg incubator
and a corresponding flock at the EX-
neriment Station and is considered oS
other Experiment Stations and large
poultrymen, as one of the most prac
tical poultrymen in the country. NJ
one need hesitate in following hi
advice. His recommendations appea
regularly in the county papers.
This is the time Of year VINE
ground must be cultivated almos
constantly to keep a. loose mulch
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