Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-25

ltiE "a wei itiut ! uttt,lti tb test " bn
n still more rSIcnsiv. scale. Accord
ingly OH August 18th AMI 10Th we help
I'd senator Swink spray about one
eighth of mn ncr.s 81 his melons. Aug
u-t 2lsi. We h,lp.i Mr.. John D.ws.sc
spray abou! Gnc acre. August 2..nd We
helped 4. ". Fcnlnsnn spray about
ON. and thr,c-Iuart.r acres. rh. vines
ai Mr.. Fcnlnson's wcr. very large.
completely covering the ground. Hut
on. application was mnd. NJ the differ.
,nt places last mentioned. II Will ie
Noticed this work WIS done late In the
season NJ time the blight was sircnd.
ins rapidly.
These melons were surrounded by
.ih,rs that w.nr biishtins badly. some
oI which had died. I'll. work here
confirmed the results of the other
trials mentioned. Mr. f-nin-on hnv.
Ing sold .Ir crates of good melons
from his sprayed field. III. results
arr inor- or less viiint.,i Icy having ="
many unspiny.-i vines cios. by. hut
on tire o'iier hand tii- results under
such environments show what may
IL. -.-rtr,i under nior- favorable rir.
,umsiancc-. Let the -tnIiiasisr the
fnri ii,nt III" virtue of the, spray lies IN
The ability uf il- melon I" rii-n prop
-fiy. I. e. tp I,Tf-''t the iuaiify: the
is-rriit L. na, alone Z" the vine. u t"nk
twenty-five pound. 81 blti--i"n- u"
spray tile Wines at Mr. f-nin-.n'-, The
estimated -bs' .f the work 'nni..r In.
vur.,Li- conditions, wa. xsI;5 i,-r acr-.
u must l.. I,.Ti-air'f,-J the vines
w-:- very large an.i had the work
i.-n .ianc af th. pr.i-'r time the r,-;
v"iiiI have i--.n muci, j-... Tile rnn'
iniari- biirhi 1. sau..-f Icy ,ri- isaru.
-ili- fungus. To the casual .''.srr"-
'i,- rrst arlr'arnn-- of u i- inr.''
rrmi-r af .maii br.wn .i-,'. uI-,r
ii,., i,-is-s in the s-ut~r of tile hill. "
the yornsvr l.avt- arr -snminr.i u
ii.ny l. --vn ah-r' the fungus i- NJ
work s.,ns,tim.-. i-f.r- the brown
SPOT. mnk- il.rir spi-'urnn.,.. u -an
l.. .s-n wiirl- the i.-if si..tir hn- i-yi,
eaten away nnd when the Injured 'i.,
.tir dies. tt- tgpwn ai,i-'aranrv or-ur..
These brown si.i. GROW larger until
they t--om- - numcrsu. n. ." .nyci"i'
the wis.i. lrsf: " api--ars q. Though
.,rt,rt is a FIRST u ss .uvIsisins
h.w gtih.Liy the .psuy viii resist the
enlargement Of 't,~.- spots uIpn the
iraf. ~ ilir tinic .isayinr !. pruig'
~ the url-n vim. !. making l'ii'''
Tauli zguwii which n-,---.i'a'c- -i'rsys
irr q, interval. Ia "pi.'r I" ..t-r thu
ucw growth. u san H. readily -.-i'
that II .,m- material IL put ui-,n the
i.av-. that will Xiii the parasitic plant
,withsul injury 4. the ii"., plant, that
the .i-.ip-i action Ia performed. In
,tnkiur th, tssr,icauN miSturr the liuis'
unite. viii, the .uiphuric acid of the
tir..tnn- forming the -uiphn'c cf
iiu,-. AZ the water -vsporat.- the
srIplia'- IT lime Cry.isiis,'. .ut au,i
s,.iuru'. the particles "f girt-'r !. ihF'
l-st. Through the agency uf tile eat.
iSanic aCii nf the air ani the nu,iictiii
yf the rains and i-w.. .iirh, amounts
.f ,oitsr arr dissolved which act III u
yuul-rr ~ ways to ,ir.;p,y the FUN
rur.. The work .f the Jsl-t year la.
shown that the ttsr,i.s,uS niiSiur" will
not Iniup' the foliage in the least. in
fact. IL ,1au t--omc very strung with.
uut injury our work has ale. shown
~. f,-r n,r,i H. felt that l-,-~ viii b.
f. jsau.yi. \ number or hives -'---i
near IN uilr Of the fields ,rr'at-,i. hu'
,ss ,l.rd i-,'< wcr,s found "r rruij y
l., s-vu that any injur, resulted :"
them. While the r,--uit. uf the past
y-ar arp quite positive. much rrmains
iu I-s 'iouc before the work i- i-nIu.
stTa;r,i. FROM the work 81 this sra.
s1u W. Csn HdNfs" tHat tNv "r 'hts'
stTayiuss H. given should the weather
conditions prove favorable for 'h"
-i,irai II tho disease. tf n dry season
s-vrrs jSrrhaIss the disease will n"i lie.
y-lup to an injurious extent. From
MIR pr,<.nt knowI.-ic,r W. should say
the first spraying should IT, done nl-ru'
the middle VI July. followed every ten
days ruiil two cr NOR, are given. de.
,.s,,,iinsr tiI-,t, tb. weather II would
j., we'll H. follow the firsi rains "f July
with y <ISray. pirsyrti"n- fer making
I,gr,I,auN mittur. for u>c "n rauia.
inui-s. dissolve four pounds NJ hlus-
Stone. SiaEr siS pounds Sf lime. When
the lime has i-yonc rv-'l strain on
the u.iIE and add II d. the biuc>tun'.
t,,-Iu,r with water until forty gallons
is SCyurrl
Always TrCIarc the hluCst"nc i'll
uy-ui-I, ~ Carthrn v,-~s.'ls.