The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-15


lack of funds. 1t is our duty to correct
such false ideas, for they do incalcula-
BILE harm. Once in a great while some
one may clear $500 on an acre of apple
orchard. I have done that, but not
often. We should learn to look on
things OF this kind in the long run,
and not the short run. How the thing
pans out after a series of years, and
not for one year, is the question to be
asked
In the last issue of The Ranch 1
referred to Prof. Woodworths bulle-
tin of the cooling moth. Since then |
have received several copies and am
delighted with the instruction to be
found in this bulletin. Profs. Wood
worth and Clark, as mentioned in these
notes before, take nothing for granted
but go into the field and carry on their
investigations. We have had the
same thing done here in Washington
by Prof. Piper Prof. Lawrence and Eli
dred Jenne. In this bulletin the fact
is brought out that in certain cOndi-
tons of climate Paris green will in
jure the foliage. These California
men are carrying on their investigations
with reference to the cooling moth
in the Pajaro valley, which is the FAM
Gus section for the growing OF the
Yellow Newton Pippin. Hundreds OF
carloads of this apple are shipped from
that valley annually. They mostly go
to England. Where fogs and cloudy
weather prevail, as is the case in some
portions of this valley, Paris green
hurts the foliage, and so he recon-
mends the use of lime arsenite or lead
arsenite. The latter is much safer for
the foliage, but less effective in killing
the larvae of the codling moth.
In the bulletin mentioned above Prof.
Woodwork mentions a new formula
consisting of Paris green, oil and lime.
This is what he says about this new
compound: ga new spraying mix
ture was developed last season too
late for a test in the orchards suf-
ficient to be positively recommended,
but it promises to be the best solution
of the problem of preventing injury
to the foliage by Paris green. This
consists of coating the particles OF
Paris green with an inflnlteslmal
quantity of oil, which will prevent
it's being wetted by fog or dew, thus
rendering it almost absolutely harm
less to the plant. The spray mixture
may be made as follows: Stir one
pound of Paris green into pint OF
crude oil (petroleum); Stake four or
five pounds of lime; add the Paris
green and oil; then dilute to one hun
dred and fifty gallons, and it is ready
to apply. This mixture will be tested
very thoroughly the coming season"
AS we are promised the additional bull
letins to be issued by these painstak-
ing men, the results will be given to
the readers of The Ranch from time to
time. 1t behooves every fruit grower
in the warm valleys of Washington,
Oregon and Idaho to learn all he posi-
bly, can as to the best methods Of
combating this worst of all insect
pests. So we expect to keep up|
with the procession and give the read
ers of this paper the results of our in
vestigations and that of others as well.
A certain firm in California is adver-
Using in the Pacific Fruit World some
orchard remedies and some things are
decidedly funny in their advertise
ments. Evidently these remedies are
not much in favor with the college