The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-19
THE LICE ARE ON ALL VINES.
But They Can Surely he Killed by Ju-
dicious Spraying.

But They Can Surely he Killed by Ju-
dicious Spraying.
PUYALLUP, June 1S.-[Specal. IL. Y.
Meeker and Mr.. Dana SPRAYED once last
week, again this week. going through the
yard crosswise. The roller sprayer makes
short work of it this year, being able TO
cover five or six acres per day. Last year,
even in Z small yard. spraying with
hand pump and doing his very best, the
grower got far behind the lice. Z. l..
Bartlett, one Of the few successful growers
last year. finds lice upon his vines this
year, the vines being two feet above the
poles. Ross Bros, who are cuitiyating
tifty-seven acres this season, have just
finished pruning, which, by the way, is
little later than most growers. and will
next week begin spraying with horse
power sprayer. One sprayer, they think,
will be sufficient for the iiity-seven acres.
On June 10th c. w. Stewart visited
Slaughter and the Green river country,
examining many hop yards, and finding
the hop aphis in all stages of development
peculiar to this season of the year. George
Humei had just finished spraying eight
acres with the roller sprayer, which seems
to leave very few lice. and Mr..
Humel is of the opinion that when
spraying is thoroughly done-that is,
when every part of the vine and
leaf is thoroughly saturated with the
emulsion consisting of whale Oil and soap
it will not only kill al the young upon it
at the time, but will prevent the stem
mother from depositing more. If this
proves to be fact, twill be of great value.
Of course one spraying will not be sutfi-
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particle of leaf and stem were touched by
the emulsion, because the stem mother
works, according to Professor Riley, at
least q month, beginning in the middle of
May, and the vine must be saturated with
the emulsion as fast as it grows, so as to
prevent the working of the steam mother
on the new growth not yet sprayed. Mr..
Stewart found the hops on Green river of
much finer and more uniform growth
than in either the Puyallup or White river
valleys.
Mr. J. Fernandez has sprayed once and
in eight days will spray again, going across
the yard. Mr.. Fernandez is quite sure he
can save all of his crop, as the roller
sprayer, according to his idea. does fine
work. He also says that a great many
growers will lose their crop by their in
This makes them think that there are no
lice in their yards. All these people who
are unable to find them he tells to look
upon the topmost leaves. and in
every instance when they have looked
they have found the dreaded lice.
Last year the lice, for some reason. ap-
peared upon the lower leaves of the vine;
but this year they appear first upon the top
,4.s1 Ia is ITa
to the different degrees of warmth, as last
year at this time there was warmer
weather and the sun shone more. There
fore the heat radiated from the earth, so
that underneath the leaves at the bottom
OF the pole it was warm; but this year
has been cold, and the sun has shone so
little that it was warmer at the top of the
pole. Thus the difference in the place of
appearance. 1t keeps the growers busy
keeping up with the different pranks of
this tiny insect.
L. C. Merrill has gone TO independence,
Or, to visit his farm, situated there, of
eighty acres, thirty-seven of which are in
hops He will superintend the erection of
an additional and larger dwelling house
and three additional hop kilns, and also
oversee the determination of the lice. He
has shipped roller sprayer.
TACOMA, June lS-[Special.l Fired E.
Eldrdge. of Orting, was sn the city today
and repoLts the mop growers in that local
ity are meeting with success in
fighting the hop louise by spraying
tine vines. Secretary Tonneson, of the
state board of horticulture, has inspected
the vines in the vicinity OF Puyalip. and
finds that the iouse is quite numerous, but
not TOO numerous TO be successfully
routed with sprayers. He says the hop
vine is three weeks later in its growth this
wear than last This is attributed TO the
unusually backward and cool spring
weather.