Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-26
leetIvs 81 eotneattIns the mel0n lou.e

effective In combating the melon louise
Is the following.
Sal Soda tcrystnline) .-......t pounds
| Water TO mako. gallons
Place the resin and sal soda In a
comparatively large kettle with one
| quart OF water; boil. meanwhile nur-
ring briskiy till the reslr and sal SODA
are thoroughly melted together ana
| form q frothy mixture without Jumps.
| Now add four gallons OF cold water,
| pouring II In rather nlowly with short
| intervals between TO avoid chilling the
mixture too suddenly. When all the
water IL added bring TO a boil, then
pour the hot solution. straining through
coarse cloth adding sufficient water
70 make I'VE gallons of the soluiion
This. IL correctly made. forms thick
syrup solution OF a dark brown, trans
lucent color. which may he kept az
stock preparation For use dilute the
whole mixture TO hfty gallons or N
the proportion OF one part OF the stock
solution 10 nine parts OF wntcr. Al
Why's thoroughly stir the stock solution.
before measuring out to dilute. The
| cost Of this wash. based on prices
quoted by jacksonville and New York
firms Is only 1-6 OF a cent per Sallon
for diluted solution The mixing OF the
formula for Ave gallons of the stock
solution as above usually requires about
twenty-five minutes. Much time may
be saved by mixing large quantity at
once. The materials for preparing this
wash may be obtained In small guam
titles in any town, but re tail prices are
too A,iyh n II is to be used extenAlvely.
The resin compound. when diluted
ready for application. forms a dirty
brownish white mixture, II should be
applied TO plants aa fine spray The
handiest apparatus for making the APP
plicatlnn is knapsack spray pump
with a vermorel nozzle. The spray
should not be thrown down onto the
plrnts, as this will not hit the posts.
Tho nozzle must he turned on ore side,
giving the spray horizontal direction.
turns the leaves and snturates the lower
surfaces where the little pests are To-
Gated. The plant louise. TO be killed.
must be thoroughly votted.
All truck gardeners should have
lSnapsacls spray pump. and II would be
well TO keep the material on hand for
preparing this spray. as Il is also
good remedy for tho red spider and GER
tain scale insects
1Df bushels OF Corn Per Acre.
MIR. J. A. Baxter OF Waveland. Shaw
nee county. Kan. who raised as high
as i04 bushels OF shelled corn per acre
In 1895 furnishes the state board or
agriculture with the following account
or IT,, together with some OF his corn
raising methods IN general;
The portion Of my crop giving n
Yield of 10i bushels OF husked. well
dried Q56 pounds, shelled) corn per acre
was Ave acres OF 81 planted last year.
My land IS slightly rolling prairie and
rNout q fair average of kansas soil,
va" n hard, impervious sub-soll. The
Ave acres mentioned were at one end
OF 25-acre field part Of which had
been In potatoes Tor two years and the
last crop dug with listing pillow
.tal. 81. ttt
equivalent to deep fall blowing
In spring the ground was much like
a bed of ashes. II was then deeply
piowed. made fine and smooth with u
plank drag and drilled the first week
In May with Farmers Friend plan
ter Of medium width, with a deep
grained yellow Dent corn; about the
same quality of seed was used as
would have been II from three TO some-
what less than four grains had been
placed in hills the ordinary distance
apart. This was cultivated four times
with common gang cultivators md
hoad three times-the last hoeing after
1t had been finished with the cultivat-
ors.
/ am strong believer In deep and
thorough cultivation. and long since
learned that good crop of corn and
rank growth OF cockie-hurs, crab
grass and similar weeds cannot oc-
time. have not subHoiled for pre-
ylous crops, but last fall invested In n
Perine subsoiler and used II on Is
acres. / intend planting 100 acres In
corn this season and aim TO have II all
subsoil0d. Am subsolllng my fields the
narrow way first Cthey are from 40
TO 80 rods wide and 100 rods long az
deep as four horses can do the work.
at distances OF l-2 feet. VIII then
throw up the ridges croBs-wse OF this
with n listing blow. following Il in
each furrow with the subsoiler as deep
as three horses can pun II. and drll
the seed Immediately In the track OF
the suhsoiler. This win leave the land
Eubsoiied IN both directions.
MY whole crop OF 1895 averaged
only 81 bushels per acre. yet would
have made T5 bushels but for an un-
fortunate invasion just Mt the critical
time by an army OF chinch bugs from
an adjacent 30-acrc Held OF oats With
proper treatment or our soils and
thorough cultivation am Of the opln-
ion In all favorable seasons such as
last we should raise from rs to 100
bushels of corn per acre, instead OF
the more common 25 TO so bushels.
/ gm always careful to avoid Guilt
waiting when the land Is very wet. and
think many farmers make serious
mistake by working their corn when
the soil cienves from the shoveis In
chunks. The sun Is likely then to bake
the ground and the growth loses its
bright, healthy green and turns q
sickiy yellow"