The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-20

fruit fly are not numerous, but If they
appear, spray with kerosene emulsion.
For San Jose Scale, throw a small tent
over the bush and fill it with hydro
cyanib acid gas.
For leaf spot and mildew, spray with
Bordeaux mixture till fruit attains
some size, and then with potassium
sulphide, 1 pound to 80 gallons water.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Bulletin Al, of Mississippi Station,
treats of the Colorado potato BEETLE in
that State. The home of this insect is
in the eastern base of the Rocky Noun
tains, it's native food being a species OF
the wild potato common in that region,
known as the sand bur. It first be-
came destructive in Nebraska in 1895,
and gradually travelled eastward,
reaching the Atlantic States in 1874, 1t
did not appear south of the northern
boundary of Tennessee till after 1855.
Tt is not known in Europe. There is
another beetle closely resembling this,
but it never attacks potatoes, occur
ring generally on horsenettles. The
remedies are arsenical poisons either
in the form of spray or dry powder.
The insects r easily driven into
masses by whipping with brush or a
bunch of long, stiff weeds, and may
then destroyed by covering them with
hay and firing the hay. This Missis-
sippi bulletin gives pictures Of a good
cart sprayer and a good powder buster.
Bulletin 43, of New Hampshire Sta
ton, warns farmers against purchas-
ing inferior wood ashes, which seem to
be on the market in large quantities
this season. Some of these contain as
much as $50 pounds Of water to the ton,
and are so low in potash content as to
lead to the conclusion that they have
had much of their fertilizing virtues
leached out. These ashes sell at $40 per
ton. which is lower than good ashes,
but still above their value. The station
also found Paris green on the market
so badly adulterated as to be worth but
half as much as pure Paris green, and
the packages were also ounce short
weight in each pound, or about six
pounds short in every 100. These pack
ages bore no trademark nor manufac-
turer's brand.
Bulletin 45, of New Hampshire Sta
ton, treats of fruit and potato diseases.
The station sprayed for apple scab with
Bordeaux mixture, just after the bios
SONS fell, adding 1 pound Paris green
to 200 gallons, to destroy the codling
moth. Trees thus srayed produced 80
per cent. of fruit free of scab or worms;
trees not sprayed produced but 19 per
cent. Of fruit free Of scab and worms.
Trees given a second spraying gave but
little better results than those sprayed
once. The same remedy was equally
effective against the sooty fungus dis
ease of apples and pears. For black
knot on the plum, uccess was had by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture when
the buds we're swelling and egain in
May and June. For blight on early
potatoes, spray when vines are two
thirds grown and again two weeks
later. Ga late potatoes, spray the
middle of July, the first OF August and
middle Of August. Paris green may
be added to the Bordeaux mixture in
all cases, to kill chewing insects. If
rain washes off the mixture soon after
it has been applied, spray again at
once.
Bulletin 81, of Kentucky, treats of
the San Jose Scale in that State. This
pest has existed across the O lio river,
in Indiana and Ohio for some time and
has been discovered in one place in
Kentucky. This bulletin gives descrip
tions, pictures, habits, etc., of this in.
sect, end urges nurserymen and orch.
ardists to make frequent and scrutin
izing examinations for it, and to root
out and burn every tree and plant
found infected. We have digested go
many bulletins on this scale in these
columns, that we omit further points
of this bulletin.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
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