Show SPRAY FOR SAN JOSE SCALE lime and sulphur without salt bet and application can be done any time oy KELLET I 1 find that lime and sulphur with out bait Is the best and safest applina alon toe san jose scale it is also beneral fungicide and the one best remedy for peach leaf curl spraying ean be done any time during the win ter it the weather permits if much magnesia Is present in the lime boll longer than for lime until 35 a dirty green predominates try bolk ing one batch a long time and see whether the green color can be ob it a green color can be obtained once it must every time in order to have good results from such lime it Is well to with a pressure ot nearly pounds tor the best ana most rapid work for small trees a calm day and one or two nozzles with a careful man back of them can finish the job with one application medium sized trees will require two applications one with a brecie from one point of the compass other a directly opposite breeze for the large and very large trebe select windy days and a dozen or more nozzles the strong wind win appearance of three year old peach tree badly injured by san jo scale arry the hot spray up and through the trees covering every twig branch and limb from the top of the ground on at least two thirds of their cir f cum terence work with an opposite wind when less will be required to the job use extension whether spraying large or small trees and keep them turned always from the men and team that the spray will not blow upon them rods of different lengths and good supply of nozzles should be at hand have stop cocks in the rode old blankets for the horses especially on the cold days and old over scabs scats for the men will rob the job of of its real unpleasant feature KEEPING APPLES IN WINTER 1 should be carefully sorted over and perfect specimens wrapped in paper like orange if your applee are not headed up in barrels a much better way than to keep them in open bins exposed to sort over carefully and it will pay you to keep the most perfect nes by themselves wrap each in paper as oranges are wrapped and pack away in a box or barrel with a light cover you will be surprised at how greatly this little labor will am prove the keeping qualities not only will the fruit thus packed keep longer without rotting but the fresh texture nd flavor will be more perfectly retained some of the western are bow packing apples for markets in this way with all the care that the range grower exercises and no doubt soon all choice fruit will bif pro lecter while the professional should take pride in wrapping each apple which he sells in a neat wrapper containing bis name and address ordinary newe paper will suffice tor home use FRUIT BETTER THAN GRAIN provide greater amount of work ana require larger number of belpere Hel pere much more food can be grown on in acre devoted to fruit than can be produced with any kind of grain say campbells farmer fruit growing also provide a greater amount of aock and requires a larger number of helpers to the extent that fruit growing Is substituted for grain growing there will naturally be an increase of country farming population this I 1 what is the most needed to make lano valuable the growing of grain make ane land poorer especially where the grain Is sold where fruit Is grown he chief loss to the soil la in the mineral elements and the sale of fruit brings money to purchase selling grain never returns enobia to restore the ertl uty expended u growley I 1 s i |