Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-07
As TO SPRAYING.
Expert Advice as to Che Matter and
Manner OF The Operation.


Law aud Hug questions out here one
uextcrminhtot" has been delivering
lectures OH through, but 1 voice the
peoples view iu taying There wac
nothing learned from bin Of any Inter.
Get to the fruit grower
but " you eau hni space 200 your
valuable paper 1 will relate my eApet',
Uncu loo regard 90 sprnylh-i "hich D
hone the reader will get some II.i.
from. I commenced spfnyiHB WIN
Paris green iu 1886 uu tuu potato Dug
with slcress AMI have 'uIl0we % muru
OF ipsa ever since. When coming ln
Man Greek talked the matter uH, lui
met with u1 puC1ura gumuu. until tur
rpflng Of 1893 when / prevailed on IT,
q. B0nm 10 spray. A pump aui Paris
green were purchased and spraying
started in good faith. HV'Ayc iur
nine parties with satia'aClIry Iufllta. 10
VS. not be- necessary 90 go amy iufihor
on this subject, but Z viii fay That my
remedy is Paris green. Purple may
be- cheaper bat 10 requires a little clfe
iu mixing 10 get the uguoht sought foe
One thing futthot-you should not Hul-
pose that all your trees ato affected
with every insect; that n not sD. 10 Do
my opinion that some Insects are pro-
vldcd by nature Tor the benefit Ui that
tree, % your tree 10 VA a healthy CON.
dition. Bot am not an oniym1l3fsl
aud have only studied tho potato uusi
codling moth nud woody sphis.
AZ 10 the moth, which BE- our enemy
now, 10 isa moth in Aufil aud MaJ,
ttings the fruit amt hntuuos worm,
wulch ~ the cui oI hv8 90 ok weeks
alter Matching returns OH mI.l again
about the last o. June aud nist of july.
La about two weeks ht0r this m0.n
lays an egg on the ftIit ur 10 cruvicuH
and growing vegetables which hatchrF
worm Aud stays Ia tnu lAryr state ul
next spring, when 10 lea moth again
ready for your fuii-AnI you should
Do prepared o. spray.
Prucnuiiou Ina spraying Tho mhu
that usCs spray pump assumes u re-
Hponsibiliiy no should not neglect
Label all poisonous Preparations never
leave poisonous compounds in the
reach " children or animals never
spray trees OF any klnd while in bios.
sOm-thcru is nothing at that time Co
spray for aud you waste timn ami
matnfinii u you have tue least doubt
that your mixture u too strong, nuI
you are not using Bordeaux mixture,
use little milk OF lime, cay Onc gal.Uu
20 i0rtyi spray In time; DOM walt tilI
the worm ~ inside, dun'g spray iudls-
crlminatoly anything anu everything;
study the uncmtua you spray Tor; fH-
member that spraying requires % little
judgment and knowledge % got tho
bcst results; dsn't use Your mixture too
strong; u posaiblo spray morn.
inga aud evenings, not when
the sun Ia fcotching hot; never spray
ffuit on vegetables whom thoy begin 10
rlpun, but before that al poison will
ovhporatc; my opinion % that our
greatest trouble D. the O. ding moth,
and after We have Hub1uud that enemy
We will conquer all tho rosl; cldlins
moth never destroyed tree, but IL lG
the means Of running our apples iOr uID
hnd for sale, ~ that We have 40 pr1ht
Preparing for observation-disclosures
should not be- allowed % rot "a l0uln1ll;
tptaying the trees with blue vitrllaud
lime whou the Loaf shows iu tha
spring Il good thing % destroy many
inserts by preventing them from
hatching; nn arsenic solution 10 now
praoticed by good ofchnrllsts in The
Eash and why not IN the Wesl2 Il
viii destroy the apple worm with other
leacoating insects, but never spray "a
trsU In bioasom-it eudang0rs tho beet
assistant OF tho fruit grower, that 10 tho
bee. There h onu thing that ought tD
have consideration: 1 will give aJmp
facts beiow-it being fungiciJu ald %
fertilizer; 10 dostr0yos the fungus
disease aud We are enabled 10 grow %
healthy tree when properly applied,
because u checks the lice aud auhlf,
also the road apiaer, knocking them OH
thr tree and covering thoir oggs 30 they
cannot hatch.
bordeaux Mixluru-Bullotln No. o
Experiment Station, Horticultural
DupartmonL Agricultural College,
Michigan Blue yitri0l, dissolve Z
pounds In 10 gnliuus OF water; Ina au.
other tub slack OF Z pounds OF fresh
lime In D gallons OF water; when cold,
strain your lime carefully though y
buflap sack aud add 30 the vitfiUi; but
enough lime should bo added 90 as t0
noutralizs the freo acid, usif thisis
not done IL may inluTo the fOliage, 10
much Of this mixture De- % be- uscl ID
IL good plan 10 mako a stack up, ns 10
Will keep good ~ considerable timu; tho
strength can be varied considerably,
but The above is ab strong NJ we oaro 10
uss the hrst spraying, aud 70 our
custom 10 REFUGE u 10 90 gallons when
made Mt Intervals u tho ingredients
hte fresh anu proper amounts are used
Il 10 one Of tho least exIcBiyo of the
iungicile aud u IL generally conceded
% be the most CurCtunl OF all ln &C.
efficiency which is owing iu part no
doubt 70 the TACT that the lime stluEB 10
quito securely 20 the foliage 30 10 i8 hut
readily wished on, Another desirable
feature about this ilugicida o. that
Paris green Boo used with DO whom
spraying for the C1dling moth, this
saving separate application. This sta.
tlou says use bordeaux mixture Tor all
fungus diseases u the plaut and tree,
SUCH 40 milduWs, rufti rot and bughL
IN which either the spores Or the BODY
Of the lunEua itself 10 exposed ~ he
hCtiOug.
Now rs 10 the law; ~ understand
~ II only requires two spuyiugs. That
u poor policy. ~ you intend 90 hit tho
moth anu gain any harvest, spray four
times ami do 70 well, His not "a good
IDEA 10 uao TOO many miKiuTtB one
time un tree nor 90 mix too many &C..
gether D0u'tkil your tree hll iu one