San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-03-25

The kerosene emulsion Ia 70 prevent the
fsirngef o. hop lire sou. 81 bugs lear hOnpCrs,
aplis bark hcci chihch bugs. etc 70 Is made
By dissolring, BY boiling. one-half pound q
hard sOIp In fOTr pil.ts Of water. To this add
gsllou o. kerosene. and the whole is yitated
briailIy untna stable mixture IS forced. The
ugitItiOl is best accomplished by using q force
pump and pumping tie mixture With force
back into the vessel that contains it This
emulsion is ordinarily diluted for use by adding
Il n to twelve paris OF water. II may he diluted
srd used az once or il may be allowed 20 stand
and be diluted when NEEDED. Now. as to the
cost OF It. Only the best whale-Ou soap should
be used. hut IL ooSis only 10 cents per pound a
pOLnl OF The so Up and two gallons OF Kerosene.
total cost ~ 10 - cents, VIII make thirty gallons
OF the emulsion diluted for use Not taking
into account the light labor required in its PIE
par1tion. the cost Of tic emu sion. ready for
use. is less than cents per gallon
The second OF these t1rCe imrort1nt rene
dies is The Bordeaux mixture made a.
follows: Dissolve six pounds OF sulphate ~
copper (blue yitriOn IN sixteen Eal, rs OF
water In another vessel Stake four rounds
OF limo IN six gallons 81 water. When this
has cooled pour n slowly into the copper solu-
ton. being careful 10 mix the huida thoroughly
~ constant stirring A. 70 tie cost o. this;
The water. q course, cost. nothing. the limo
next 70 nothing and 100 pounds Of tho copper
sUl.hato Will ccst Oaly cents Der pound Tic
Bordeaux mixture is cSco Tor the black rot Of
the Ergpe. for pear aad ounce leaf blight and
for potato blight or rot 70 spray with IL the
ayer4cc vineyard will cost, per spraying, for
Il on. not more than sl.0J per acre.
The third. and most important OF these rene
dies, Is the London purple sOlntion-the REMEDY
for the cOdling moth, cankcr worm and curcullO
Of The plum etc. II is made by mixing London
purple with sufficient water to make a paste
This is stirred thoroughly into pail OF water
and allowed 10 stand over night The contents
OF the pal. arr then strained through q fine sieve
or a coarse cloth into the distributing tank or
barrel containing water. There should be from
i4O 10 80 gallons Of wster FOR each pound Of
London purple. The pound OF London purple
Will cost % cents, ard fifty gallons Of the sOlu-
ton Kill spray an acre OF the average orchard.
Mr.. J.. d. L. Evans Of Houseman Aich..
writes me inst with my barrel spTayer, when
reQuir one man 10 op, ? te It, he sprayed his
ten-acre orchard between O'Clock in the fore
h61 ID and IN the ftfrloOn. using eight barrels
Of soluu q. Il j. eusy 20 see that this spraying
DID not cost 20 cents per acre for material and
labor Mr.. Ersus saysi our orchard is tie
uniy one That has any fruit on u So al e."
n Frank WellhGuse, Paramount. Kan. the
largest apple-gt0Her in The couEiry writes;
I'VE spray ed lE9 acres twice. equal 20 so acres
once. and - acres three Tim 8, equal 10 s3i
acres once or total Of Lbs acres at q single
spraying. To do this We used 0o,01 gallons OF
Eiter and 60 pounds Of London purple, and it
took fOrty-siN days 10 do the spraying; so that
tho expense stands thus; FcrtysiX DAYS with
team a. $50 per day. Sil9' 690 pounds London
plrrl alto cents pound, 500 total, sl75; or q
little over IS cents per acre, and about : mills
per tree for each spraying
As already appears. Il is necessary TO spray
uorc than once Alittle information ahout the
hmcs Of spraying will be necessary 10 deter
nine fully the cost 81 spraying each orchard or
Vineyard. and 'sitis bis il5fgrul9 fi0u NIL
also have nearly all the inf0i nation necessary
IS 10 how to spray. To prevent the black rot
" the grape Ly us-nE the Ro-cea' K
mixture spray in the spring after
The vineyard has pecn pruEed an put in
order but before vegetation has started; again
Jbout ten days before the flowers open; the
bird time when the flowers are opening. and
rOm this time on every three weeks until the
iruit begins 10 color To destroy cOdling moth.
tanker worm or curcJllo OF TIE apple by using
lhe London purple solution, spray soon after
lhe blossoms have iallen-when the apples are
he size Of pea II the hest results are 10 be
obtained, q second application should be made
week or Ten daysafler the first To prevent
eaf blight OF pear and qGinrc. begin ia March
md spray every three wee $ until August I.
Il viii Re seen that not many spray ngs are re-
suired, and that the cost IS Insignificant when
compared Witha heavy yield Of perfect fruit.
There is one item IN the cost Of spraying vet
% be cousiderGd-the pump. A good pump
does not costa large sum. but / must warn
which l mean ont costing SL00 or 500 iol
cannot reasonably expect 10 get 4 service able
pump for that amount. And you can rest As
sured that you VIII not get srca pump
unless you pay j reasonable price for il.
or all the veNatiOus things in the world q
SPRAYING pump that will not spray dCsergcdly.
stands near the head. Iufer.or pumps that
would not wOrk,or that would not do good work.
have done more than all thl1gs else 20 rrtard
the spread Of spraying and the constant freeing
Of our orchards and vineyards from insects and
fungi For spraying vines, shrubs, etc.
Knapsack Sprayer IS best. and q good one can
be goI for from Sl2 10 SIS. For spraying trees
. Barrel Pump Is required, and good one can
BE- got for from sl2 10 sl3 up some complete
Tank Sprayers sell as high t71 and are worth
Il good pump used with reasonable care
aud stored properly when not in use Will last
for years. 90 that the pump adds scarcely any
thing 10 the cost Of spraying.
Finally. what do we accom- lish by spraying
Doubtless You are familiar with the reports OF
experimental stations and especially with the
reports Of the Department o. Agriculture, and
without doubt this intelligent body reads horti-
cultural papers; hence there can hardly be any
question among you that By spraying we can
prevent tho ravages among our fruits Of those
Insect pests and fungous diseases that have
proved so destructive. But. while have the
Rrea test confidence in the experimental work
OF the Department Of Agriculture and Of our
state experimental stations, much prefer 10
have the experience Of sctual, practical fruit
trowcFs whose experience covers not few
feet but acres. and who must pay for their ez-
perienee out OF their own pockets, hence are
ant 10 be conservative and safe in their con
illusions Iarprehend thatyou are OF the same
disposition Hence I will quote from a Very
few OF the letters l have received from fruit
growers in this state l have letters from
arove 900 fruitgrowers thst tried spraying
the past season, and their universal testimony
Is that it accomplishes all claimed for IL. But
time forbids that I should quote from more
than half dozen Of these letters
Saws Isaac Sualley. lila, Mercer Co. Mo;
II was too wet to give it fair trial We
never got 10 spray but once OF cur trees We
sprayed about 600 trees and the apples look
fr1e Apples left unsprryed in the orchard are
fuIl Of worms. I can't recommend it too
highly" 800. -..-,.., -
wagon loads from an orchard yesterday that
vas SPRAYED and there was not peck Of
vroIuny or specEed fruit IN the two loads. !
purchased the fruit from the same orchard last
E..R u o fhrr
sat over three bushels OF sCund fruit 10 the
= rsornas Jobson, Macon, Macon Co; II
sprayed about so apple trees. The fruits fine
and almost entirely free from worms have
few trees thot on account OF loeatlonI neglected
TO spray and the apples on thoBe trees are badly
injured on account OF worms"
A. J. Park. Virginia, Bates Co: u sprayed
ever 600 Wild Goose plum trees All parties
using my plums were led to remark tlat they
did not find any worms in the plums- as they
did in other plumS Of the sara0 kind. l found
but few under my trees that had fallen of from
W A Huntsmsn, Lawson, Ray Co: "On
trees ! sprayed this spring the apples are very
much nicer than those not SPRAYED only about
one-fourth as many UOrmy apples on them as
on those l did not spray"
Lindon Marts, Groyedsle, Maries Co; Gave
my orchards three sprayings. The fruit is hno
and large; no worms; while those not sprayed
sre small, wormy and knoity. Ny trees have
made fine growth. I consider that the outnt
has wei paid for itself onmy potatoes and cab
page alone For the cabbage worm used Paris
green-one pound to 400 d, Is OF water-enect-
ually getting away with $alAbage worm. NV.
John r. Schultz, Cant1H.NIew!s Co; The
first sprayed we're grape vines, and also young
pear trees. OF grapes I win say, had 1t moi
been for the spraying would lave had no frnlt
as tried IL thoroughly by leaTing. OF all me
varieties had, some unsprayed, which lost AZ
least 70 per cent OF their fruit BY black rot
Where ! did spray I saved. from Coneords' !
fil half crop; Martha the same; ElVlra a.
least 20 per cent, and NortOn's virginia SEED,
Ing no rot at all ! will say here, that I eolld
have saved more Concord had Il not been I9r
the very unfayorable weather for grapes-rNln
nearly every day-and having Sc much Wor. 70
do it was impossible for me 10 get around IN
time Furthermore, did not commence cure
soon enough, as consider spraying pFeEentlsS,
and not cure 1 also sprayed Few young pear
trees and they held their foliage nicely walls
me season before this they lost nearly al thelr
foliage This fall irted the Bordeaux Inl1lurs
on an old strawberry bed. where the leaves had