The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-07-22

Copperas, one pound to ten a.,gns OF
water. Later the Bofdeaux miA.lre must
he applied to prevent fungus spores from
lodging on the vines. This i applied
before the blossoms appear, and taice
thereafter at intervals OF ton az twelve
days.
The apple and pear trees are liable -
he attacked 10y anthrax or the s-ah. AMI
the same celebrated mixture is used on
them too. Where the scat appears on
the bark in large blotches. the bark is
scrsped with dull knife and washed
with kerosene emulsion aud Bordeaux
mixture.
The sphis and hop louise abound in
great numbers on many trees and vines.
| They kill all the new grogths of the
cherry and plum trees and later they
swarm on the rose bushes. Their growth
must he checked early in their career.
This can he done generally by spraying
them thoroughly with strong kerosene
emulsion.
Next come the potato beetles, and, il
the potatoes have not been soaked in cor.
rosive sublimate before planting, the
scab will ruin the crop. Paris green is
| the celebrated remedy for the potato
beetle. Firerot appears on the blackberry
snd raspberry canes in June, and there il
no remedy for this except to cut ont the
affected parts and stimulate the growth
OF the plants. The plum knot and peach
yelIows are the great summer foes that
try the patience OF farmers and battle the
ingenuity ot scientists, The former is a
fungus growth which appears early in
June, but the spores of which are soWn
in September of the preceding year. The
plum knot must be cut out with a knife
in the spring and fall. In New York
there is law compelling all farmers to
cut out the plum knot, under severe pen
atty. The knot must I've burned immedi.
ately. When trees are covered with the
knot, the hest way is to cut them down
and burn every part OF them.
The peach yeIlows is also fnnpuous
growth; and, like the plum knot, the
most effective way s to cut it ont and de-
stroy it by fire. Liberal applications OF
the Bordeaux mixture sometimes prove a
remedy for the yellows. The yeIows
causes enormous losses to the peach
| growers Of the Delaware peninsula
! BY the middle of summer insect foes
are swarming all over the garden and on
every plant. Plant lice or aphides attack
all weak plants, and they multiply at the
rate OF five to twenty millions in seas
on from one progentor. The red spiders
appear in dry seasons, and the scale in
sects attack the bark and fruits of many
trees. Srraping the trees and applying a
wash Of Kerosene emulsion Is the best
remedy. The slugs of pear and apple
trees must be treated to an application OF
helIebore. The rose bug and flea beetle
must be attacked with arsenites. The
tomato rot seems to be invincipe and
the squash bugs can only be destroyed
by picking them off The grub Of the
corn and cabbage fields is likewise a bad
foe To deal with. The birds are its most
formidable foes
These are only some of the most com
mon and formidable foes the farmers have
to contend with in the summer season.
OTHERS appear at special times and in
nj a
ume to write of all of them. The ppis-
oua used for remedies have been tried
and recommended by the Agricultural
department. and every owner Of piece
IT garden land ought to be ahle TO mix
them At home.
The Bordeaux mixture is made Of six
pounds Of copper sulphate tour pounds
If line and twenty i've gallons # water.
THIS is strong solution, AMI a weaker
one can be made 10y reducing the quantity
Of copper snlphate and lime
\ Kerosene emulsion is made by mix ing
Thoroughly one gallon OF kerosene, one
half pound Of good soap, and half a
gallon of water.
London purple mixture is composed of
one eighth of pound of London pr-pe
to twenty five gallons OF water. The
same formula applies to Paris green M x.
lures
\ wash Tor scale insects = male oi -
pounds Of resin. two and half pounds
Of cau4tir soda to = gallons Of "a'4-