Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-14

scale by legislation. w. H. Lewis. Win
terset.
Pears for the farm orchard. M. j.
Graham, Abel.
The Wealthy, Eugene Secor, Forest
City.
Report on covering peaches, o. NJ.
Culver, Upton.
Growing peaches in Iowa, N. X
F'luke. Davenport.
Care of native trees on lawn and
street, ID. B. Patterson, Des Moines.
The town lot, what 1t is and what it
might be, j. A. Callison, Dies Moines.
The sum of $3.50 was appropriated for
the use of Secretary Greene in pushing
the work of the ensuing year. He has in
view series of maps showing fruit
facts in Iowa, which will be produced.
He is doing remarkably valuable work
for the society and the fruit growers OF
Iowa.
The following is the resolution on San
Jose scale adopted by the society:
Whereas, Great damage threatens
our orchards by the introduction of the
San Jose scale insect; therefore be it
Resolved, That we respectfully ask
our senators and representatives In con-
gress to use their best efforts to secure
a judicious federal law to prevent the
shipment of infected fruits and plants
from foreign countries and between the
states.
Resolved. That our secretary be in
lsstructed to forward copy OF these res
lolutions to each of our senators and rep
resentatives in congress.
\ w. c. Haviland, in a paper on ORCH
ards, summed up his conclusions as fol-
| lows:
| First-We find for best results we
should have a sandy soil with deep
| yellow clay subsoil to retain the moist
ure.
Second-WTe found that the northwest
slopes We're best, thereby avoiding the
direct rays of the sun making sudden
changes to retain even temperature as
possible.
Third-We We're taught that wind
breaks were detrimental, stopping cir
culation of air. making trees more sub
/ ject to blight. as Well as to sudden
changes in the winter seasons.
Fourth-We found trees pruned too
severe did not retain foliage sufficient
to give life to the feeding roots in our
4 dry summers.
|
Bile. Insects-their name is legion;
will not go into details, but will mem
ton two or three most common. will
give first the borer, or, as some of my
friends call him, Haviland's Borer
Scold: we'll. he is bad fellow and he
lhas given the sun lots of trouble in the
minds of many-but we find Still that
we should not blame the sun for his
/ cussedness. Old Sol is all right, but old
borer is all wrong and not one of the
best companions for our trees. but
1 easily handled. Trees washed either
with soft soap or quick lime, and add to
4 each one tablespoonful of crude car
bolic acid and one pint sulphate cop
4 peras in solution to a common wooder
pailful of lime or soap. Applied 10th OF
A May, 18th of June and 10th of July
a With this application you will not be
troubled with the so-called sun scale
Il so much talked of. Second, the TEN
caterpillar should be closely watched
Many trees die by their work We
gather them by hand and burn them.
4 SiXth-We find the cooling mott
gaining ground. This we have kept il
check by spraying thoroughly witt
London purple. one pound to 300 gallon.
of water with about one gallon mill
lime and six quarts in solution sulphat'
copperas, the last to retard fungus dis
eases.
seventh-we find that trees roo
grated on roots two and a half to thre,
linches and scions eight to nine inche!
best, giving the tree a chance to spring
the roots from the scion, making thu
tree more hardy to withstand our hare
and trying winters. High cultivation
followed with buckwheat after July 10
leaves trees in the best shape to go int
winter. Where on side hills they car
7 not be cultivated. mulch well each sea
son and follow thereafter every year.