The herald., 1896-06-10

induced to Join the concern by misrepre-
sentations made by the agent. The
agreement which the farmer believed
was one binding him'to pay for his mem-
bership in the association the sum OF
rs cents per year for ten years, now
bobs up serenely as a note for 81. Suit to
enforce payment of this note is threat
ened and the farmer vows he will not
pay.-Santa Ana Blade.
For vinehoppers Mr.. John Bubb rec
ommends the use of a canvas bag with
two sides open. stiffened by lash two
thirds its length. Place 1t under the vine
to shake the green vinehopper into In the
early mornings. The pest Is very prev
alent among the vines In the foothills of
Santa Clara.-Paciiio Rural Press.
Oranges are said to be dropping from
the trees in greater quantity this year
than was ever known before in this
section. The complaint is general all
over the county, and Is attributed to
the recent excessively warm weather
followed by a cool wave, which started
the sap running and then suddenly
checked It, A few weeks ago the crop
gave promise of being the heaviest on
record, but now 1t will fall considerably
short of last seasons crop. This seems
to be the opinion of a majority of or
ange growers, although some colse OBJ
servers still believe the crop will be an
average one. The fruit is we'll advanced
and should no further trouble arise will
maintain that degree Of excellence which
commands the top figure in the market.
-Redlands Citrograph.
All fruit growers know that potash
in large amounts is necessary for bear
ing fruit trees. But they are very apt
to delay its application until late in the
spring or sometimes until midsummer,
when the young fruit Is fast falling from
the trees for the lack of material to form
its seeds. Then 1t Is too late for the
potash to do any good that season, or
there is seldom rain, enough after mid
summer to dissolve the potash and carry
1t within reach of the tree roots. The
proper time to apply any kind of fertil
izer to an orchard Is in the winter. Then
the melted snow and spring rains carry
its soluble portion into the soil. There
is in every direction from the vigorous
tree such a network Of roots that there
is no possibility of the fertilizer being
washed away through the soil without
being at some point taken up and
brought into the tree. 1t Is best not to
use much stable manure on orchards.
1t promotes large wood growth, but it is
also likely to breed fungous diseases,
which grow most vigorously in the ex-
ccos u sap III .tTecS tHdt nave 100 IluCN
heterogeneous and too little mineral fertil-
izer The pear especially needs to be
fertilized mainly with mineral manures
as these last will not cause blight, but
will tend rather to prevent 1t by promot-
ing healthy foliage. journal Of Agricul-
ture.
IRRIGATION
The average rainfall In Yuma county
does not exceed four inches, and there
fore irrigation Is necessary to make the
soil productive. Since the water supply
of the rivers which course through Yu-
ma county is SO abundant, there is no
difficulty in obtaining sufficient water
to irrigate all the land in this part of
Yuma county.
The lower Colorado river lands con-
tain over $1,000 900 acres of the finest,
most fertile soil known upon the Pacific
coast Beginning at Yuma and extend
ing SOUTH on both sides of the Colorado
river down to the California gulf can be
seen countless thousands of acres of
level river bottom lands, with soil vary
Ing from six to twenty feet in depth,
quietly awaiting some properly organ
lied combination of brain and muscle
to call it into smiling, embowered ex-
panse of fruit and perfumes. Well may
the prophetic eyes that look upon us
term our town the Los Angeles of Ari-
zona.-Yuma Sentinel.
There Is at present considerable dis
cussion about Ell Paso on account of the