Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-21

N0@oee OF GAYS kA03mt.. -. -. =. y.
the blue stone Or enap, changes this;
seems 90 make an afinity between
them. G
In regard to poisons. II we could Ect
good paris green OF regular grade
would use that. but the reports arc 70
good from the arsenic. ] quote q few.
some 0f the leading growers In this
vicinity used the arsenate OF limo last
seaeon with excellent results.
N0te-Arncnate OF lime In made by
boiling one pound arsenIc In two
pounds OF lime forty minutes or .-.i
dissolved.
Bllngcrland says. have reports from
some OF our best fruit growers that
they found arsenate OF lime even more
e6ectual than paris green and . great
deal cheaper.
This has been used most extensively
In Michigan.
Professor Taft says: began nve
years ago to recommend arsenic on
account OF IN cheapncaa began Its
uae on the college grounds. fifty acres,
In 1876. and have uacd II ever since.
BFsincr Of NcbFaskA says from. what
] can learn there ihAs lccsa, better sisc-
ccaa with this tiian paris grccn or ihe.
arscnate Of lead.
Professor Cortiley OF Oregon saws
many of our Hood river orchasdlats
have used arsenate Of lime the past
two SEASONS, and In every case from
which have heard, found II ~ good
or better than Erren and cheaper.
Ell. Smith used II and asys. have
saved nlljety. Ave per cent. Of my crop,
and my noighbor did even better than
that. II ~
Professor Hcsiriclc Of Utah writes:
Have used arscpair of. lime two ssA-
sons with marked succeeds.
will quote no further. and close this
ALREADY long paper by giving my con.
cluAona. At this aeaaon tnkc banda
o6 and ncaled, pcrape Oh all rough
bark. dig all works out'of forks with
y wtrc hook or SLENDER kpife. rake and
burn all weeds OF brush under trees.
and II weather II mild harrow around
trees. f1HH IS -
3 Notc.-Woodworthi OF California re-
ports findin9 the worm six inches bc-
low tho surface Of the Eround ON treea
With nsnooah bark. Our lir. Grimm pat,
bands On trees last year In Marchs In
April, he found apple worms under
them: this was in our orchard. Nov !
ground on root Of .trctik and if they
should .pupatc In the EruVnd the moth
could not Ket osit. no 1 feel sure tho
worm comes out and spins q new Co
coon and then changes to moth.
i But to proceed. screen. all storage
rooms and make them tight To hold the
moth when they hatch: Keep closed all
through May. June and. July: either
,stnrve Of XIII the moth. Watch thc
blossom. and just ms SOON ns fruit is
fcrtilixed aud bees quit work. begin to
spray. and spray thoroughly. using the
combined spray as I have shown. II
I,oxsible go over, NIL trees, twice before
cnylix closes.
. I, shall spray again, ;'beKinnlng a.
nenr July 4th ns possible. using the dne
noxxles. From June 10th to 10th put
ON bands. ! have used burlnp alto
gcther. hut Card Of Nebraska recon-
mends building paper. ] am . little
inclined to believe the paper Is the
best. ns It IL smooth ana less trouble
to find worms. 3,, y.
Card tried one fold, two folds and
single; in all cases the work went be-
tween the paper and the bark. ...s,.
What we MI lack ID. tie chronological
education; II we had that 1t would be
much easler to find out all these
things. ge.s
We OF the West have hard proposa.
don; birds are scarce, and the climate
suited to the rapid increase OF the or
charti pests, and NO many will not keep
in the fight, but on the other hand,
raise fine broods Of moth to turn into
their neighbour orchard.
Now one word in regard to fallen ap-
pies. I do not believe 1t will pay to
pick them up to destroy the worm. AZ
ter picking up and cutting open hun
dres OF them have found the worms
had left before they fell. Less than
six per cent will he found in them.
But there Is another method shall
practice this season: l shall begin In
June to pull of every apple that shows
to be wormy and thcSe will be picked
up Mt once and either fed or run
through the cider mill, or some other
mill, to kill the worms.
Since 1 wrote this paper have read
Professor Steadmnn's article In the
Western Fruit Grower. 1t Is fine pa
per, but 1t does not seem to credit as
Of any Use the first spraying. He says
you mast sprny four times, ten days
apart, and IL rnin follows, spray agnin.
MS though had not sprayed. As you
have seen by pictures the advantage
Of early spraying. wrote this, max
ing n few new assertions, expecting
Professor Gillette to be present to criti-
else, and II I nm wrong to tell YOU in
what particular The truth and the
best way is what we all want. l think
you. ]. II. CRoWL-E1.