The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
Spraying Suggestions.

Written for TIE index.
The time Of year for the orchardists to care
fully consider remedial measures against in
sect pests and fungus diseases in their or
chards is now practically upon us. In most
of the orchards Of the county the blossoms
Of the apple trees are now in typical stage
for spraying and viii probably remain so for
the next wsek or ten days, and orchardists
will profit greatly by carefully inspecting
their trees and protecting them against in
furious insects and fungus diseases that will
undoubtedly appear in tho orchards sooner
OF later, If not already present At the exber-
iment station steps have already been taken
against the prospective tomato blight by
spraying the young plants with Bordeaux
mixture. 1t is intended to continue this pre-
venttve measure 81 intervals of two weeks
from now till the blooming period OF the
plants arrives.
As yet the insect that does the most dam
age to the hortioulturists Of the county the
cOdling moth-has shown its appearance but
little farther up the valley than Flora Vista
and even there it appears in only a few or
chards and in these in very limited numbers.
Y ct such will not always remain the case and
in order to delay it's appearance ia the north
er part of the county as muoh as possible it
is necessary that preventive measures be un-
dertaken at once by the hortioulturists and
careful inspection Of the trees continued
throughout the season,
The appearance Of q single codling moth, OF
its equivalent-s wormy apple in the orchard
may mean the ruinatton OF the entire crop OF
fruit in the near future and in order to guard
against this the orohardfsts must take their
places IN tne line Of battle and prepare them
selves for the war which has been success
fully carried on against the insect pests in
many Of the eastern states for over hfty
years The ravages Of the oodlinR moth, as
well as those of other injurious insects, CAN
be successfully checked BY spraying, but
this must be accomplished ct the right time,
and in proper manner, otherwise beneficial
results cannot be expected. For the orchard
to await until same oUher DUTY Of the farm is
completed very often means not only an un-
successful attempt to combat the moth hut
the waste Of both time and money employed
in the operations ofsprayfaR. as It IA useless
to spray the trees after the larvae have sue
ceeded in penetrating the skin OF the fruit,
which in this county vii be some time now
within the next two or three weeks,
How few Of our orchardists are prepared
for spraying and how few of them'ever reai-
izo that the spring spray is almost as essential
to the welfare Of both the trees and the fruit
of thet orchard as is the sprihg irrigatioulor
cultivation Many Of them look upon tile
operation in the light Of a pretended
experiment only and do not study it enough
10 thoroughly understand what they art
doing, norhow they are intending to kin the
pests for whioh'they are seeking,
Successful experiments conducted in var
ious parts Of the country oonolusively DEM
onstrate that splendid spray can be made
by uniting a funsi6ide with an insecticide
such as the addition Of Paris green to Bof-
dbaux mixture, but the necessity Of using
this spray has hardly reached the people Of
this county at this date, on account Of the
absence Of most Of the fungus diseases for
which tue latter it used The application Of
such aspray, however, wohid not be antics in
any Of our orchards as II Would stimulate
the trees TO q certain extent aa Woll as cause
the small particles Of Paris green tumore
closely adhere 70 the leaves aud fruit 5f the
trees
The formula' Of the spray that should be
applied however, by an orohardista whether
their orchards are infested or not is that
chiefly recommended for insects that sub
sist by chewing and swanowing their food
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