Arizona republican., 1899-10-22

profits of the dairy it should be dis
pensed with and the dairynan should
buy his feed. As to cows, a general
purpose animal. that is. one tending
toward the beef type, should never be
selected The greatest care should be
exercised in the selection of feed. for
all is not milk that seems milk.
A very exhaustive paper on THE
Improvement of Desert Soils was
read by Professor r. H. Forbes of the
university.
The afternoon session was opened
with a vocal solo by Mrs. P. A. Thar
Ialdson in place of Mrs. Paul Hull. who
was unable to be present. Mrs. B. V.
Cushman presented a paper on wo-
mems clubs.
Mr.. T D. A. Cockerell. entomologist
of the New Mexico agricultural expert
ment station, spoke on insect pests. He
had been invited to come to the valley
by the director of the Arizona station
in order to ascertain what insect pests
We're found there. He had already ex-
amined a considerable part of the
valley, but had found very few pests
The pear leaf blister mite, the Bryolia
mite, the date palm scale, the corn
worm, the grape vine leaf hopper. and
a few others were found; but on the
whole the valley was wonderfully
free from pests. 1t was surprising to
see oleanders, olives. palms. etc, etc.
free from scale. these trees being so
very scaly elsewhere. The important
question was. how to preserve this for
tunate condition. 1t was very gem
orally believed that scale insects and
the pests introduced here would not
survive. owing to the hot and dry eli
Tr f.
of the speaker. to rely on this belief
Two insects We're especially to be
feared: The codling moth in the APP
pies and pears, and the Mexican orange
worm in the oranges. These pests
lived inside the fruit, and it could not
be claimed that the climate inside an
Arizona pear or orange was either arid !
or hot. The codling moth in particu- /
lar was to be guarded against. 1t might |
come in at any time through the ship !
ping of wormy apples; they had it al /
ready in the Mesilla valley of New |
Mexico, where the summers are quite /
hot and dry, and it increased enor-
mousIy and could not be controlled by !
any known means. The Mexican or
ange worm could come in oranges from
the region about Mexico City; such or
anges ought to be excluded from our
Win regard 10 scale insects,
it did not seem probable that the San
Jose scale would be very troublesome.
In the Mesilla valley it spread very
slowly, and was easily controlled by /
the use of kerosene during the winter.
Other scales. however, might prove
very troublesome. The date palm scale
was introduced from Egypt and now
cannot be eradicated from the palms.
Other scales which live in the arid
parts of Africa might attack our shade
and fruit trees. Certain species of
scales had spread wonderfully in re-
cent years: for instance, the white
peach scale, a very destructive insect.
This scale was discovered in Italy
about 1896, and now was known from
every continent. and hOurished not
only in the tropics, but in temperate
regions. The way in which scales
we're introduced was on young trees.
For instance, the speaker noticed in a
-ruit store in Phoenix the other day a
Young palm tree phoenix canarien-
lis)On which We're two kinds of in =
furious scales. Today the palm has
disappeared from the store, and pre-
has been sold and set out in
somebody's garden. 1t is true, of
course. that scaly orange trees have
Tia and Florida, and the scales have
lot survived: but on the little trees
IS set out they were much exposed to
he sun and wind, and had a poor :
nance. Let them get into one of our -
anger trees. with it's central shaded -
art, and the result might be different.
borrower, in one of our orange or
hards the mealy wing had survived, ,
hough it was not numerous enough to x
o any harm.
The speaker concluded by urging
hat the inspection and quarantine
lw be revived, and that a competent
erson be appointed to examine all
rees and fruit brought into the valley, "
nd to keep an eye on the orchards, -
o as to nip in the bud any pest thar
light appear in them.
Mr.. Sims Ely, secretary of the Hud-
On Reservoir company, had been as
gned the subject of water storage in
lie valley. His paper was of so great
lterest at this time that it will be
ublished in a subsequent issue of 81
ne Republican. -
The Water Question in the Salt 1c
liver Valley by Major j. w. Evans
Osed the programme. In beginning P'
ajor Evans said: "A few weeks ago u
lie president of this associate in -Ii
rmed me that he would be pleased I
have delivered at this convention an
ldress on the water question by a
of the Arizona Water
,mpany. / conferred with my asso-
ate director. Mr.. Hall, concerning the +.
after and suggested that he deliver
e address. He replied that he had "
ever made a speech in his life and 3D.
at rather than do so in this instance
would leave the territory and as he
s since done so and will remain
way until after the adjournment of
e convention, l infer he was appre-
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