Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-09

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Cost per acre. ...............-....... IL DO
Mr.. Karcher used but eight pounds of
seed per acre, and thus made saving
over the ordinary method of planting.
Like all other farmers we have talked
with, he says he can see where he might
have further reduced his expenses, and
will profit by his experience another
year.
PRUNE TREES AND RED SPIDERS.
Parties growing prune trees had bet
ter keep a close watch on their young
prune orchards, during the latter part
of July and up to the middle of August,
for red spiders. 1t is about this time of
the year that the little, but numerous
and destructive pest shows up, and
once he gets into your prune orchards
he increases so rapidly and spreads so
fast that his very numbers will do you
great deal OF harm. This insect is 20
small that ones eyesigbt must be very
keen in order to see him without the
aid of g magnifying glass. By taking
leaf on which they have located them
selves and holding it over piece of
white paper and tapping the leaf
sharply, they will drop on the paper,
and by that means you can see them
quite easily. They damage your trees
in this way-build fine web encom-
passing the leaves; the web is so fine
you cannot see it-but it collects the
dust that is blown about by the
wind, and it makes the leaves of your
trees look very dirty. 1t is under the
protection web the red spider works,
and their numbers are 30 great that it
does not take long for them to extract
all the sap from the leaves and thus
cause the leaf to fall, denuding your tree
of all its foliage, stopping it's growth and
make it present at once very bad ap-
pearance. The remedy is to spray your
trees with water and while their leaves
are wet dust them with sulphur--this
will annihilate them in two or three
days.-[C. ]. Berry in Santa Ana Blade.
THE FRUIT BUYERS.
Fruit drying will practically come to
a close with this last week. Those who
have dried their own fruit and those
who also bought from their neig hbors,
are an xiously looking for the fruit buy
ers. The sight of one would cause many
to wonder If the millennium had, in re-
ality, come at last. AS far as can be as
certained, not only has no fruit been
sold, but not buyer has made an offer.
This fact is attributable to the glu
| in the eastern market OF las
years product. The dealers there
refuse to buy the crop O.
1891, until they have disposed of what
they have of 1890. They have notified
the middlemen that they will buy at a
small figure. and then only to sell with
1905 to average up. Seven cents is said
to be the highest price even suggested by
buyer; but as it was laughed at by the
would-5e seller, the agent withdrew that.
How those who paid Ia cents per pound
for fresh fruit are going to realize any
thing at the low prices which give every
indication of ruling, is hard to imagine.
Six pounds of fresh make one of dried, OF
~ cents per pound, to which must be
added 2 cents for cutting, drying, sui.
phuring and sacking. That brings the
cost to 915 cents per pound. One firm
has paid as much as $1.35 per hundred.
1t is a well-known fact that the buyers
got caught badly last year and that be-
fore they can load up again this veal
they must get rid of some of the loat
they are carrying. The question is car
the home-driers hold on until an aver
| age good price is secured ?-[ Redlands
Cor. San Bernardino TimesIndex.
ORANGE SHIPMENTS.
Following is review of the orang'
shipments from Riverside for the cur