The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12


CAPTHY, y. c. Experiment Station.
Advanced Monthly Summary of Meteor
illogical Reports for North Car
DINA. February. 1894.
The North Carolina state weather
service issues the following advanced
summary Of the weather for February,
1891, as compared with the correspond
ing month Of previous years
IEMPERATURE.-The mean tempera-
ture for the month was 43.S degrees,
which is O.5 degrees below the normal.
The highest monthly mean was 500, at
Sloan: lowest, $50, at blowing Rock.
The highest temperature was 10 on the
10TH at Wilmington: lowest, below
zero, on the 9th, at Bakersville. The
warmest February during the past
twenty-One years was In le9O, mean,
SIG: the coolest in 1875, mean, 3s.4.
PRECIPITATION Average for the
month, 80 inch, which is O.57 above
the normal. The greatest amount was
9.64 inches. at highlands, least amount,
go at Rockingham. The Wettest Feb
ruary occurred in 1S13-average. 9.03;
the driest in 1890; average, 1.41. snow
occurred on the 4th, 5th. 18th, 18th,
10th. 18th. 10Th. at some western sta
tions, but on the 18th it was general,
and the heaviest snow Of the winter
occurred. The largest monthly snow
fall was 10 inches, at i}akersvllle.
WIND. -Prcvailing direction south
west. This is the normal direction for
February. Average hourly velocity,
1O.9 miles Highest velocity, As miles
per hour on the 1st at Kitty Hawk.
MIsCELLANEOUs.-Sl or hail Oc-
CURED at various places on the, 2nd,
18th. 18th. i4th, 10Th. 18th, all light.
Solar halOs occurred on the 10th. Eth,
18th. 18th. 10Th, 22d. 23d, 18th. Lunar
halOs on the 9Th, 10th. 1ith, 18th, 18th,
18TH 18th. Meteor observed at Rock
ingham on the 18th.
QUESTIONS AND REPLIES.
The Station will be glad to receive
questions on agricultural topics from
any one in North Carolina who may de-
sire to ask for information. Address
all questions to the N. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station. Raleigh, y. c.
Replies will be written as early as pos
sibte by the member of the Station
staff most competent to do SO, and,
when of general interest, they will also
appear in these columns The Station
expects. in this way, to enlarge its
sphere of usefulness and render imme-
diate assistance to practical farmers.
Cotton Seed Hull Ashes.
VIII you kindly inform whether not
cotton seed hull ashes have ever been analysed
as IA fertilizer by the Experiment Station. and
what such analys shows them 10 contain: b.
| A. D.. Southern Pines, Nc
Answered by II. d. Battle, Director n. Z.
Experiment Station.
/ send herewith pamphlet on the sub
| iect of ''composts," which gives analv-
| sis of cotton seed hull ashes. | would
| say, however, that analyses of these
ashes vary very materially, because i'll
| many cases they arc more or less burnt
and more or less mixed with dirt or out
| side matters. Exposure to the air may
| also cause absorption Of moisture and
| decrease OF percentage. 1t is a very
high grade potash material, containing
large amount of phosphoric acid as
! well. | have had an analyses OF
these ashes, when carefully burned, to
| run as high as % to 80 per cent. potash.
| The average is probably about 20 per
| cent
How to Deal Witt, the Potato Beetle and
| Cabbage Worms.
l. What shall l use to kill potato beetles:
! ,. If you advise Paris green with what shall
l dilute it: VIII ashes do: How put it on:
| How much Paris green shall | use per acre:
| Where is the bestplace to get it:
3. WHAT is the best remedy for cabbage
| worms:
4. If kerosene emulsion where can | get it,
and what cost: How is the emulsion ap
| plied:-W. G., Raleigh. \. c.
| ANSWERED by Gerald Mccarthy, EntOmolo
| gist \. c. Experiment Station
i. Ihc best remedy for potato beetles
is Paris green or London purple. both
being arsenites. They are about equally
valua ble. Mix pound of either with
) pounds of flour and &c pounds of dry
| road dust, air slaked lime or fine ashes.
If You have no spraver apply with a
sitter or perforated pan If you have
] -,
Ions of water and spray it on. In either
case repeat the treatment after ten
days to kill the insects Matched after
| the first treatment. Usually these two
| treatments will suffice but repeat if
| necessary.
For cabbage caterpillars. the arse
mites are best before the plants have
headed. After that hand pick or use q
well prepared kerosene emulsion. A
| badly prepared emulsion will burn the
| leaves. 1t is best to buy the concen.
| trated emulsion ready made. 1t can
| be bought in five, ten and forty gallon
| packages of W. :. Powell & Co., Balti.
more, about as cheap as you can make
it. Always dilute the concentrated
emulsion before using with nine times
its bulk of cold soft water. Apply with
| sprayer, and be sure to wet the bodies
of the caterpillars, as this substance
kills by contact only. Paris green car
be bought of almost any druggist a
about % cents per pound.
Fire Blight Of Apple Tree.
send YOU specimens of apple twigs from m,
| orchard which were attacked last spring. Tit
| disease attacks both branches and twiss IL
| some cases only the twigs are killed but il
| other cases large branches or the whole tree il
! dead What is the cause and remedy? l ast
| send diseased or blighted pear twigS We hat
| a hundred dwarf pear trees, but they are dyinl
| off one by one. J. ). H.,
Bowman Bluff, n. G.
Answered by Gerald Mccarthy Botanist N
| c. Experiment Station
The disease on both apple and peal
trees is the same-the so-called fire
blight. This is caused by a species O.
| bacteria micrococcus amylovorous
| There is no remedy except destruction
of affected parts. The disease is very
contagious, and the cutting out mus
be promptly attended 90 or It will in
feel the whole orchard. Destroy By
fire all dead branches.