The state herald., 1892-03-18
SPRAYING FRUITS.
why, How and Whom to Do H.

| shipping fruits a. well ~ raising them. That
ooslitis. from Which Usually shipped sSs @ fisis
In fact, about the only marketable grapes that
found that year were on the strip Of iandy ground
point that for forty years has been the centcr Of
noted grape'growiny neishborhood That year
hroashsp on s hsh 'P Il sha S.
Paul and Minneapolis markets. They were 80
profitable to The growers as we'll As to me that
was set 70 experimenting to prevent rot. Among
Der OF mixtures-soms had heard Of and some
remedy. until the season oi 1855; that season
sprayed in small, experimental way with the
bordeaux Mixture. Tho results were such that
moro extensive. That year II was clearly demons
strated to me. and TO somo Of the neishborine
winners, that had found the remedy had SO
number Of US sprayed. and . yet greater number
did the work better. as tho result OF Increased
the results. Says Tho Nauvoo hustler:
"All are satisfied ms to tho virtues Of spraying,
ss E those as, @ have no. sprayed this season have
rot. while those that sprayed did not lose more
| than from to per cent The efficiency OF spray.
Ing apps psISsa psa1 cherry and plum trees have
and hereafter the spraying Of their trees will no
doubt be general as all concede that the secret OF
demonstrated before their very eyes"
Last September tho editor Of the Farmers Call
visited my fruit fields, aud result of his visit
"wo do not think we have ever before seen
grape vines 30 heavily laden and not one grape In
% hundred was affected with tho rot; while only
short distance away, vineyard on the same soil
and under like conditions. except that they hnd
not been sprayed, were SO badly affected with tho
rot that their crop. will not be worth gathering.
IN some vineyards row. or part Of row,
| through tho middle had not been sprayed, as q
test and In every case the vines not sprayed were
badly affected with the rot and tho fruit will not
DC worth the gathering: while on either side the
foliage OF thore sprayed was little affected and
they were heavily loaded with weli.nigh perfect
muit, @ Undoubtedly the fullcstplum tree We have
ever seen was one that had never mntured crop
before on account Of the curculio, etc. 1t was
thoroughly sprayed this year and the result was
sa. hn eaormoss Yield and OF Mr. stahl
mo,h. canker worm, apple and plum curculio,
pear and quince leaf blight, grape rot and mldew,
f, can an DO prevented or destroyed by spraying
what has been my experience has been the OK.
prrience OF many. Doubtless you nre familiar
Mn.n . t tne Experimental work In spraying that LA:
The state experiment stations. SO far as have
Deeh able 70 learn the results Of this experimental
TStH a nave been altogether favorable to spraying
| would NOT under-crtimate the importance and
value o. this experimental work consider IL es-
.ent,hl 70 the steady advancement Of our agricui.
| confess, attach n higher value 10 the mas Of
evidence that have collected In the shape OF per.
sohni letters 10 me from more than one thous and
s hass ,s,. sssasd isp'.ss the
tests OF acres by practical men In the actual bus.
mess oi iruitgrowing. II Is impossible for mo
| 70 quote from any considerable number Of these
letters Your time will not permit. nor viii IL be
necessary. But can not refrain from giving an
81 efiFae, from The letter Of Nj, Frank Wellhousc
IN ihc cnn thls STATE the largestapple grower
| we sprayed about inrec acres on the 18th Of
narim.p %, Jus. before the buds opened; ms nm ex
kef worm, tent cater illar and iarnish plant bug
hli OF which were nt work at that time, and we
,ueeecded. bnt We accomplished the ramc thing
| " spraying after the bloom had dropped Spray.
ing commenced In earnest on the 18th of Xpril
WIN three machines and was finished on the Nth
& or Nay, We sprayed 100 acres twice. equal to 80
acres once, or a total Of Lib acres al a single
| spraying, To do this we used CO. 900 gallons of
wafer w ~ and 90 pounds OF London purple, and II
took ~ days to do the spraying: 90 that the cx.
pensc stands thus: Forty.six days with team. nt
s.ho per day, s;lb; 600 pounds london purple al
cents per pound SO; total ti75. OF li,tis over
ranh spraying. We think we can reduce this cx.
psnsc another year at least one.fourth. md posi-
oiy one,thi,d. by fixing our ponds Of water more
conveniently. aud a few other changes The can.
kef worms were getting too thick In one block Of
iress and We entirely destroyed them The tent
en-. esn.efPi,iars were numerous in places. aud but
| ,ew OF Them were left alive The tarnish plant
puss We're thick. aud did US serious damage lnst
year but this year, after we had sprayed tie sec-
on on, time. We could not nnd any Of them alive.
| fGily o. per cent OF the codlng moth wore de-
stroycd-.oinc observers cay 20 per cent"
Others bear stronger testimony. Pardon mo II
ssg civ aps S.ass s. .se cssS;; sSi; M
with the spr.y,r got of you sprayed Jona.
Than, Wine Sap Cluster. Janet, Stark. lien Davis.
Timber Twig and Snow. My apples were clean
Of worms; have tho nnest crop of apples that /
| rf,, BAD. had TO Irop tho trees. but stiil tho
~, broke on lots o. them. Ny whole crop will
, ~ me ;! Ter cent of hnr apples clean OF worms
er'aparcd my lien Davi. apple. with my neigh.
l.ts. mine being liitle above 50 per cent clean,
r,am wn,,s nv, ms w.,g - Ger cen, worpy. J had one
had TO build scaffold to hold up the fruit. II
bad At isa., Ave bushels Of npe plum. on IL while
,s my h,sisnpoL so, plum. all roiied aud f.ll on,
year" ''''
n And writes Mr. John =. Williams, OF Lawrence.
Il sprayed all ny apple tree.-abou, 90. They
a.. siEh, yesr. old. Lastyear and the year before
mostly large and smooth, hut nearly every nnnle
had worm In II. Thi. year the trres are very
full thr sppies are lnrsc. smooth. and nicely COZ
| ored. and think moi morr than N. In twenty
i've hns = worm In t.. ] notlc.i ono tree Of lou.
ht,an. u have about thirty Of them) which stood
n.sr The fence 80 that could spray but on- ,ids
n"nrly all worny. Those icould reach were All
rirht i,,ptayed but once. ja.t ns the bloom was
fsiilng, g also sIr.yed NY plum ,ree.. about ATTY
large crop Of plans. the nices, IN our market.
and none wormy. ] am so well pleased with INV
sapsrisnes In spraying ,ha, am clad To have an
opportunity OF telling u. pays"
| Now. the Point IL. how wrrs these results ob
Ein.i and nj what cost, You will note that Mr.,
wsihouse found the cost u spraying his orchard
to be. ,p.r spraying. a little over IS cents per
acr.. This viii b. about tho ayerug. cost, tor
whils Mr., ". got his London Purple cheap on ac.
count Of buying so much, he mai. the solution
| very strong. too strong think, The remedy Tor
| the cankcf worm. codllng moth aud rurcullo Of
the apple and the eurcallo OF the plum-and II IL
an effective r-medy-ls the London Purple solu.
| tion. made W mixing one pound Of London pur.
| pie with sufficient water 10 make paste; this 4.
then strained thoroughly Into pail Of water and
allowed 70 stand over nisht This {. next
| strained through eoarse cloth or In. Sieve into
10 gallons of water for use, fifty gallons OF
ibis viii spray an aero Of the a,rragr orchard,
and the pound % London Purple wili cost IS
| cents Trees should be sprayed With tho London
rSIpls ,e9n k,.a ne se',om' ial1shsn II.
or ten days. To destroy the plum. eufcaiio.
| Tn days, beginning as soon 10 tho blossoms fall
For the black rot and mlldew OF the grnT.,
prnf and 9ninss leaf nllsh, potato blight or rot.
| loves Dissolve 'ix pounds of suiphAe OF copper
| tbine vitrioil In sixteen gallon. of water. la
sso'ssf son. '.s ,ss, ''Ss pound. q lime y
being careful % mi, @,s The he SSl2E. ,AepoasSi;; SH;
eriintcd bri.kly until q stable miitnr- 10 formed
This agitation !. hr.t accomplished BY using
force pump and pumping the mixture with force
hack fnio IN. ycsrri that contain. H. The rmui.
| sion j. diluted with ten part. ~ wr'-r for u-".
u will br seen that pound of the soap and two
railons Of keros-n. total cost " to ~ cents will
| msks ~ gallons of tho emulsion diluted Tor use,
| Iwiii bs roiic~i that the cost ~ The mlHiur-s
| nssi Ia SPRAYING IA ineensid-rnh~. that they are
made ~ we'll known aud simple ingredients. that
there 10 not n.r~.sarll, the least danger IN their
| rferarstion. and Tint preparing ih.m 10 not b.
ynni the ihisilleehrs ~ capacity Of the nrlinaf,
| Individual. one other Item IN the rn.i nnd rras.
| tie" OF spraying y Vet tA 10 considered. ref.f
| 10 IN. pump good pump does rot -nst q ls'Fe
| sum but must warn you nn, 10 buy low
| ftirs1 puini'-Hne rnailns less than the hsurrs
| thhll rf",enti, maine, Won rsnnn' reasonably
sbpe-i 10 set tsfyiesabls pnmps for i@ss amounts,
snh you can fest a.suf~i that YOU ean not set
| such pump. nn'nss yon pay reasonable pfiars fot
| them. The manufacturer OF srtayirv pumps
are neither fool, nor rhiia,ihfopl,t. si,inr thslf
| rnods away. ~ even selling for Ices thsn rc.t
| Know ~ nothing mof~ trsatnus ~ posrssylnr
greater capabilities n inniri lnss compared Nth
| lts seeming mari nnr. than sbf.sips tu mt