The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-07-18
Michigan Hortieuit urists.

Farmers' Review Special Report)
The summer meeting OF the Michi-
gan Horticultural society was held at
st. Joseph, June 1912. The prelimi.
nary session. held Wednesday evening,
was poorly attended. a good many
members having not yet arrived.
The first question discussed was:
Can the curcuiio be controlled by
spraying" Prof. Taft answered Il by
saying that II could be controlled in
that way II one had enough plums, so
that he could spare few. II the plums
or peaches were few both spraying and
tarring should be employed II the
plnms or peaches arc so numerous that
one can AFFORD to lose some. the spray
ing alone will do, for the curcu!'os
will take some OF them before they are
poisoned and some eggs will be depos-
tied. We can gave from three-fourths
to nine-tenths Of crop by spraying.
This year the plums and peaches are
very numerous, and IL would be a good
thing to lose some. For the spray
ing mentioned. use Bordeaux mixture
and Paris green. Besides checking the
curculio. the spraying will prevent the
leaf curl and some other fungous dis.
eases. The use OF the copper sulphate
at this time will do much to make a
healthy tree.
Q.-Can you kill the curculio after IL
has been deposited in the form OF an
egg In the fruit?
prnfoaanr Ta the ,uv, ba a
not yet exuded sufficiently to stop up
the puncture and prevent the entrance
OF the spraying liquid.
A Member.--I have used the arseni-
cal compounds for good many years,
and II Is long time since have used
Paris green. / mix the lime and
arsenic together when ! slake the lime
and find no trouble In having 1t mix
perfectly In that way. l have used that
spray on the plums, and on the Lom-
bards ! find that two sprayings will
do II you can afford TO lose a small por-
tion OF the fruit.
The question, do experiment sta
tions repay In results the money spent
on them" was answered in the afiim-
alive.
Mr.. J. A. Donaldson OF ST. Joseph
read paper on the advantages OF liv-
Ing on fruit farm. The first great
advantage was that the children have
a better training. both physically and
morally. than those raised In large
cities. The fruit farmers have little
chance n losing their farms. for even
IL they lose crop now and then, there
will be enough good years to even up
matters.
Mr.. Comings said we should live
near nature II we would be true noble
men. The people that have TO work
year after year. away from nature. In
our great factories. become really fac
tory slaves. Some OF them are wise
enough TO get their little homes In the
suburbs where they can have their
gardens and poultry and where they
can keep near TO nature.
Mr.. Chas. s. Wheeler OF the agri-
cultural college spoke on the value OF
botany to a horticulturist. II IL OF
great Importance TO the man engaged
In horticulture that man should
know how plants feed and breathe. 1t
had given him pain TO go past some
orchards and see manure piled up
around the tree. tho farmer having an
idea that he was manuring his trees
Now trees feed by their extended roots
and through the medium Of root hairs.
These root hairs live only few days
each and are formed during the grow
Ing season. When they die on "a root
they never grow again. These are the