The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

The question has been asked, "DOes
it pay to spray garden vegetables?"
The intelligent gardener alone can
judge. We use the spray for the fol.
lowing reasons: Poisons; (London
Purple and Paris Green) to destroy
foliage eating insects. Kerosene
emulsion to kill insects that suck the
juice of plants. Bordeaux mixture
"copper" solution) to counterfeit the
fungus growths, scab and rots.
If our gardens are not troubled with
insect pests and are doing reasonably
well, time and money would be vast
ed by spraying. AS sometimes hap
pens, prospects look fine when all at
once countless numbers of enemies
are found among the plants and then
spraying and destroying is the only
method to save our gardens.
A very convenient, and L think the
best plan is to use London Purple, l
part to 20 parts wheat flour, use a
large mouth bottle with cheese cloth
tied over the mouth and dust the
plants when wet with dew. This is
particularly good to destroy the cab
bage worm and all other worms or
beetles that live by eating leaves or
stems. Don't forget that to do much
good the plants must be wet with
dew. The most effectual method L
have found to destroy the insects that
suck the sap is to so gallons water, /
box concentrated I've, to this add l
gallon kerosene emulsion, this dis
troys, by contact, plant lice. strip
ed cucumber bugs, etc. Use spray
pump with fine spray. 1 have used
this mixture on pear trees to destroy
the apple curculia and find 1 am we'll
paid in the clean, clear, bright foliage
and fruit more perfect than ever had
before.
On the whole 1 think no one raising
fruit and gardens in Southern Kansas
can afford to live without the proper
applian ces for spraying. In many
cases the crop depends entirely upon
human energy and intelligence direct
ed against the hordes of pests that
abound in this climate.
In Orange Judd Farmer of March
% Is the most complete calendar for
spraying we have fund. Three
KNOWS are emphasized. Know the
enemy to be destroyed. Know the
remedies that are most effective and
Know the proper time to apply them.
AS so many gardens are made I'M
profitable because of the multitudes
of insects that prey upon them, some
spraying formula that will not alarm
the beginner by an array of unknown
drugs, very simple and easily I'M
derstood one composed of articles that
are found in every family is here pro-
duced; Kerosene ! gallon, soap 2 OF.
boiling water gallon. Dissolve the
soap in the water, agitate for ten
m inutes and add 10 gallons of cold
water when it is ready for use. For
insects which suck as plant lice,
mealy bugs, red spider, or bark lice
use it stronger. Worms and insects
which have soft bodies can be killed
successfully. Two P's are to be kept in
mind, Promptness and Persistence
ANTS.
1.-THE ants are eating up my sweet
corn" said gardener. Our Secretary
says this is mistake for 'the ant is
not known to eat any living plant.n
but that they are probably there to
devour a very small plant louise that
is doing the damage to the corn.
ASHES ON POTATOES.
Apply wood ashes to your potato
crop-in the drill when planting or
spread upon the land after planting
and work into the soil during the Gull
tivation. They contain small guam
tity of very important element of
plant food-potash, and will also aid