Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-30

practical utility OF spraying tiis reason
and advantage become an importnn, one.
They can see In II that 5tiurl ltlan IN
manner equivalent TO fertilising IL ro-
duced and this he considera practical,
This fungicide has been under experi-
ment for some time uH rival OF the Bor-
deaux mixture, and II has only been
comparatively short period that lts real
and best use was satisfactorily proven as
u general purpose fungicide. For nearly
all kinds OF fruit trees and vines the
Bordeaux Is most satisfactory from the
time the leaf hudA begin TO swell UP 10 u
time when the fruit approaches maturity.
As the stage OF maturity advances the
bordeaux seems TO disflgurc tho fruit
some, Here Is where the ammoniaeni
oarbonate solution OF copper comes into
action, The last one or two sprayinns
OF fruit trees should be treated with this
latter solution, since II has been demon.
strated that 1t has no dcleterious eject
upon the fruit. u develops, therefore,
acal solutions each have their place ulon
the spraying calendar OF every fruit
grower, and IL Is hoped that the nbove
brief outline Will Indicate In n general
way their proper use and advantage,
CARBON BisULPhtpE,
The fertilizer quality OF fungleides or in
sectioidcs more directly Illustrated, now
ever In the use Of carbon blsu,phnio. The
best rcroarches upon the effect Of carbon
hisulphide on the yield OF crops are prob.
ably those OF A. Girard, published the
Society of National Agriculture or France,
Soc, Nat. Ayr OF France. ana
abstract OF which is found In Jour. init,
III. Ayr, ASH. Ne, l, pp. 1910.
The author states that In view OF the
increasing use OF bisulphidc OF carbon FOR
the destruction Of eubterranean insects. a.
root lice, root maggots, white gruha. ants
In their ncsts, etc, = knowledge OF the
effects OF this substance on soils and vcgc.
tation becomes important, That II Will
destroy plant lie when ueed excessively IL
nbundantly proved with the phylloNora OF
the grape In Europe. In tho hrat tNpcri-
mcnt with this substance. WINS were IRE.
quen,ly killed by ovcrdoslug, and the
traitemcnt doxtncuon. ~ employed IN
Switzerland and some other European
countries outside OF France, consists IA
using It IN such quantities that the IN.
tested vines aud lice are destroyed at the
same time, Mt, l., O, Howard cutomoi-
ogst United States department OF aRri-
culture, states that m an experience OF
his Ia destroying an ant nest. the grass
Immediately surrounding was Killed. with
these facts In mind II IL interesting to note
that this substance seems to have IA
Htrikngly beneficial effect an the SOIL ~
Increasing its fcrtnlty rhls eczema TO br
concluslNely shown In u series OF cXporl-
ments conducted by Mr.. grRrd and tx.
tending over a number OF years. Atten'
ton was first called TO this action 10y
the results following an attempt To de-
str0y u mpmatodn Oictcrodorn schl'hun
upon the roots Of the sugar beet 10 XIII
the parasite. protected ns It WAS In the
substance Of tho beet, It was necessary
to use the hisulphide at tho rato % w
ounces TO the square yard. or saQt bounds
to the acre, This rcHultcd nlvo IN thc
complete sacrifice OF the beet c~np. Wheat
| grown on the same Held the gilluwlnn
year however exhibited u remarkable ~,
periority throughout tho tract treated
with the inscctido, and this led In ,ne fol-
! lowing years TO n series OF trials at the
same rate per square yard, with the fol-
lowing rcHultA
Comparing the sulphuraied plntH with
the check plnts. It appears that on the
| former areas there was an Increased
per cent In the grain and from a 10 %
| per cent In the straw. Potatoes ON the
/ HulphurNted plnA gave an Increased
| yield OF from TO IS per cent. and tho
production OF beet root was from IN TO -
| per cent greater than the yield obtained
\ on the check platH, clover gave an In
| creased Yield on the treated areas, rang
! ing from ca TO ilg per cent, and IN the
/ case OF oats the treatment produced. IN
| 1891, an increase OF o per cent In the
| grain and 30 per cent In the straw, while
In Joinvillc. In iA2. tho oats on the sui,
| phurnted platH are stated to have shown
an Increase OF 100 per cent In grain and
90 per cent In straw
Tho results the second year after Tic
| original treatment, without further ad
dluona of the biHulphide or use OF fertil
lsorr, were IA marked as In the irs
years orop, The explanation OF thu
increased yigor OF plant growth Ia no
/ ali UugiUFuafuYN la
that tho bisulpldds acts NJ "a ntimulan
to vegetation. and also posons Hubtcr
ranoan insects or other organlHnls, crypt
gumic, perhaps which would injuroul,
erIoct the roots OF plants. II may ulH'
exert some chemical action on the sol
elements resulting IN their easier nsHlm
ilation by plants
This latter opinion IS held by G. ohCrllh
an Alsatinn Viticulturlst. who independ
entity conducted series " experiments
ana reports results similar 10 those Oh
tnined by Glrard IN the Increased pro
duction Of vegetables, cereals aud foroE'
crops on land which had been EubJeoto,
to the traitemcnt d'extlnc,ion referred II
above. NJ whitney OF the United State
department OF agriculture. suggests TIM
there may also result an alteration u
the physical character OF the soil whicl
will explain tho Sssulta obtained.
These results with accompanying OK
necessarily contradictory TO- the com
monty held iIca that the use OF hitll
/ phide OF carbon IL liable 10 stop the nitrl
iichtlon or conversion into plant food 9
tine vegetable matters In the soil by DC
Htrtying the microscopic germs whlc
bring this about That there ~ a check
ing OF nitr1fcAtion by the destruction Il
the germs or bacteria by the use OF n
sulrhde has been fully established b
the experiments Of Warrington, and NOR
recently by !. Porrau1, but there can MOI
be no doubt that the beneficial effect I
some one or more OF tho directions mef
toned more than offeetF any retnrdatio
in the action Of ferinents on nitroRonou
fertilizers. a treatment Az strong M thn
! rlyCn By Glrard ia Impractical. costing,
fact. SOC por acre at the very lowest prio
. q aud 81 cents per pound Of the cher
) icai In France and at our rate 90 cent
per pound. three timen ms much.
But this experiment Indicates at ieai
that benefit rather than injury 10 the ~
In It's productive capacity 10 20 DO ant
, olpated where tho substance IL crnployc
IN The ordinary application In vineyard
, or al about onc-tenth Of the rata nivo
above, viz. a little less than one Dune
, 20 tho square yard or 90 pounds to u
I acre. with d minimum rate Of i'5 pound
to the aero.
, The use OF blHulphido IN this country
, garden or vineyard operations san nc
become very general az long az the pre-
: ont prices are maintained. aid u IL
. BIO hoped that the Increasing demand "a
II ne an ipsecticldo VIII lead to ooDipeu
a