Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16

| spraying CWO VI IuTo0 CImc3 over SCOu0
fruit we can destroy large proportion
of the curculio. If we can destroy
ninety per cent. of codling moth, we
| culio. It has been the opinion, until a
year ago, that London purple was the
best thing to apply. Prof Cooks eX-
periments have shown the past year
that London purple is liable to inure
the foliage of stone fruit trees. There
| Is good deal of danger in using it on
peach trees, and Prof Cook advises not
| to use it.
Mr.. Smith recommended the spread
| ing of salt under the trees early in the
| spring, as soon as frost was out, and
they would have no trouble. Mr.. Cha
pin said in 1879 The had an orchard of
fifteen acres, and a neighbor had one of
two acres Immediately adjoining. The
trees had been planted at the same
time, and everything was alike in each
| case. That year he sprayed his orchard
thoroughly, and had good crop.
| There was not one apple in 100 wormy,
whilst in the other case there was not
| one in 100 but was wormy. Mr.. Hook
| er said experiments had demonstrated
that careful spraying did good. They
had used London purple and paris
green on their plum orchards, one
pound to 200 gallons of water, and it
had been partially effectual against the
curculio. He had seen sad results
from the use of London purple. It
must be used with care. B. J. Case, of
Sodus, said that in buving apples to
evaporate, in Ontario County, a man
| who had sprayed his fruit would only
sell him the culls; but when he came
upon man who had not sprayed he
had no difficulty in buying the whole
orchard.
Protection of Fruit Trees.
The Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege, located at Amherst, issues bulletins
occasionally, giving results of their ex-
periments, which are useful to the far
mer and all persons interested in horti-
culture. In the last issue of the bulle-
tin we find the following directions for
Kidding fruit orchards of pests which
are sometimes very destructive:
In addition to the simple mixture Of
lime, cement and paris green wash, we
skim milk it adheres better than
If mixed with water, in some cases
ad herring firmly for six months or more.
Portland cement adheres more firmly
than the Rosendale. and is more salts
factory when not mixed with milk than
the latter.
Several reports have come to us of
trees having been injured by wood
chucks during the summer, and in one
case we can report that out of more
than 1000 trees treated with cement,
milk and paris green not one was injured
during the past summer, while many
not painted were seriously injured.
The amount of paris green used was
one tablespoonful to each two-gallon
pail full of paint, mixed so as to easily
apply with paint brush.
Preparation of the Soil.
The Importance of care in the prepa-
ration of the soil is sadly under rated.
This care is usually given in proportion
to the cost of the seed; that is, novel
ty of high price receives due attention,
and for this reason, rather than for any
real superiority, it may excel older
sorts. The market gardeners Of Long
Island, as rule, buy their cabbage
seed OF their neighbor who has repu-
tation for choice variety; something
far superior, he thinks, than he can get
at a seed store. Market gardeners pay
SIP to SIS per pound for this seed, when
equally good seed could be bought at
reliable house for So. But the SIS seed
is the cheapest for the gardener in the
end, because he shows thinly in soil
prepared with the greatest care. The
result is that most Of the seed germi-
mates; the plants have sufficient room
Tor development; they do not get ''leg-
gy," but are strong and stocky, and In
the finely pulveriZed but well compact
ed soil they are we'll furnished with
roots. When these plants are set in the
field they do not suffer from the change.
Their vigor pushes them ahead, they
are quickly established and yield large
proportion Of well-developed heads.
Low-prized seed. purchased by the
same gardener, would have been sown
more thickly in loose and coarse soil,
where the plants would have been long
drawn, poorly rooted and without vigor
when transplanted. The product from
such beginning will be late, small and
of inferior quality. This is not an i'm
aginary case. [ have seen seed. from
the same stock give the best satisfac-
ton, and in other cases none at all.
The sole reason for these opposite re-
suits was that in one instance the seed
was sown properly, and Improperly. in
others.-GGrden and Forest.
The Farmer Must Work.
If an eight-hour law is enacted, its
malefcence, not it's advantage, falls on
him. The milking hour and the harvest
will not be postponed in obedience to
any legislature. So far as it makes the
days labor brief, SO certainly il extends
his own labor from twelve hours to four
teen.
Notice. too, how every tax system
now uppermost puts the heavy end Of
its incidence ON the farmer. In the
state, county, and township allotment
OF fiscal burdens the tax is direct.