Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-05-27
TREATING POTATOES FOR scAB.

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TREATING POTATOES FOR scAB.
Scsb is serious potato disease which
attacks the outside of the tubers, caus-
ing rough blotches and great deal OF
damage In all parts Of the country.
This disease may be carried over In the
soil or on the tubers. It can be easily
controlled by treating the seed before 1t
is planted because II works on the out
side of the seed. Before planting your
potatoes they should be treated for this
disease, and be sure to treat them be-
fore they are cut. In other words treat
them and then cut them rather than cut
them and then treat them. Mix one
pound of 40 per cent formaldehyde In
about thirty gallons OF water and soak
the seed potatoes in this solution for two
hours.
SELECTING THE LOCATION FOB AN APPLE
ORCHARD
In level country 1t Is desirable to
locate the apple orchard on the north
side of the farm buildings. II II is pos
sible the orchard should slope to the
north. On south slope the fruit trees
start to bud too early In the spring, and
may suffer from the late frosts. The
greater cold OF the north exposure may
retard blossoming until the danger Of
the spring frosts is past.
Elevated sites are also desirable. In
order to secure cold air drainage. Cold
air is heavier than warm air, and 80
drains down into the valleys, forcing the
warm air up the slopes. There Is often
sufficient difference In temperature be-
tween air In valley and that on neigh.
boring hill to account for the entire loss
of fruit crop. In the valley the bios.
SONS may be ruined by late frost that
does not reach those on hill.
RHODE ISLAND WHITES RAPIDLY COMING
TO THE FRONT.
In the poultry contest which closed
at Leavenworth, Kansas, October 81,
1918, q Rhode Island White hen won
first place in the breeders contest with
a record of 15S eggs for the year. In
the yearling hen contest the two leading
pens were Rhode Island Whites with
1902 and 954 eggs to their credit. Their
nearest competitor was pen OF White
Legborns which laid 905 eggs. In this
same yearling hen contest Rhode Island
White hens held second, third and
fourth places.
In the All-Nortbwest contest held
in Pullman, WASH, which closed on
October 81, 1918, the Rhode Island
Whites were far In the lead. They made
an average of 225.17 eggs per hen for
the year. The three pens entered In the
contest closed the year holding third,
fourth and thirteenth places. The best
pen of Rhode Island Whites laid 1,190
eggs, an average of 23s eggs per ben.
One hen in the last mentioned pen laid
291 eggs during the year. As individ.
uals the hens held third, sixth and
twelfth places, having laid 2S0, 270 and
258 eggs respectively.
In the National contest held at Noun
tain Grove, Mo-, closed on October 81,
1918, pen of Rhode Island Whites held
second place at the end of the year, hav-
ing laid ,125 eggs or an average of 225
eggs per hen. Tbio pen was only 46
eggs behind the best pen.
In the International Contest, Victoria,
Canada, closed September "A, 1918. and
run for eleven months, the Rhode Island
White pen won third place with 1,043
eggs, or an average of 20S3 eggs per
hen for the eleven months.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND EGGS.
This experiment performed by Mr..
W. E. Church at the New York State
School of Agriculture at Morrisville, N.
Y, may not be very practical one but
be has proved to us that 1t was Q profit.
able one at that institution.