The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-29
THE FARM AND RANGE

notwithstanding the light honey crop.
the reeh!sr ten per cent dividend
could be Iaid to stockholders. The
members who sold their honey through
the association have received in re-
bates nearly all the commission they
paid. Those who sold through the as
sociatior and graded their honey ac-
cording to their rules. received good
price and got rid of their honey early.
From what we car determine from
specimen sent us the wingless locusts
which aFe cutting such Swath through
Routt county this summer are the
| larvae OF The xerophloea viridis. Near
Hayden on the iampa they have eX-
| tended over a strip of territory ten or
twelve miles wide and fifty or sixty
| miles long The streams have little
| or no ahect upon their progress, as
they cross in untold numbers. The
| pests are destructive to all grain, al
| falfa and garden truck. These en-
bryonlc Insects advance from quarter
to hat mile a day in great hordes
and will begin to hop lively by the
| middle Of August when the image be-
come fuII grown or adult as it is call
| ed. 1t Is evident that the species is
two brooded in the mountain regions.
| They can be poisoned by putting out
the criddlc mixture or with arsenical
| bran nasheS or by sprinkling great
areas OF grass with paris green solu-
tion and this ought to be done before
they begin 10 tiy.-F'ield and Farm.
| A Boulder dairyman writes as fol-
| lows: In running lOO-Quart-a- day
| route, We keep from twelve to fourteen
, cows. We calculate to have the cows
! go dry from six weeks to two months,
| so that two or three are out of service
| nearly all the time. 1t is a difficult
matter to keep an even run OF milk
when foods vary so much as in the
common pasture feeding method. and it
| re quires skillful work not to have a
shortage in August and November, or
a big surplus in May and Ju.e. We
plan to have more of the cows come in
from July to December than the cor
responding period. as the shortage will
come in the former period. Cows will
give more milk in year by coming in
from September to December than at
any other time of year Common cows
will not average more than eight quarts
day the year around. When soiling
or cut-alfalfa feeding is practiced. the
easily controlled and then cows can
come in at about equal distances apart
throughout the year
For twenty years the fruit growers
of Colorado living east of the noun
tains have been fighting pear blight in
their orchards and while it is not Sc
prevalent as ten or twelve years ago
it is still a great nuisance which must
| hn tah ha1 Il #
slope people have been troubled with
the disease for four or five years now
and 50 virulent has it become that
they are thoroughly alarmed and are
| anxious to adopt means to prevent
further destruction. The only remedy
is the knife and all affected twie>
should be cut back at least a foot IN
sound wood by blade or saw and the
! instrument should be disinfected with
carbOlc acid solution every time it is
used while all detached limbs, twigs
and terminal buds must be burned at
once At the Madison orchards near
Denver a man is employed to constant
ly patrol the grounds and by this sys-
TEN OF vigilance but very little dis
| ease can be seen to-day. The cutting
is done promptly and in this way the
whole plantation has no doubt been
saved
A good many people are proposing
to save cherry pits this year for plant
| ing purposes to grow seedlings LOT
| hedge and wind-break purposes or for
hardy stock upon which to work some
! thing better. One great caution in this
arid climate is not to let the stones be-
come dry, as their vitality is lessened
and ii takes much longer to germinate.
When clean mix them in box contain
ing about an equal amount OF moist
sand and see that they are all covered,
Set the box behind some building out
OF the way and see that they do not
dry out TOO much still better way is
| to bury them in shallow pits and cover
them with fiat stones The seeds may
be kept over winter by either method.
but in this country it is advisable to
plant them In nursery or hedge rows in
the fall. Our country roads now so
genera devoid OF trees could be well
shaded by putting out cherry pits next
fall before freezing time. They start
| growing with the first warmth OF
spring and aside from locuts we have
no trees in this arid region that will
stand drOuth better.
| The apple aDhis is very active on
many uf our orchards this season, and
! they will have to be fought hammer and
| tongs to prevent heavy damage. The
appearance OF the leaves indicate the
| prescnce of the insect. as they are
curled with the lice on the under side.
These insects belong to the class which
suck and sap and therefore are not
killed by arsenical spray mixtures.
Kerosene emulsion is prescribed as a
remedy. but the latest experiments in
| dicate that the Quassia and whale-oil
| soap solution gives better results. The
greatest care must be exercised. how
ever. in spraying for this insect. and
the work must be very thorough, or the
| lice will get inside the curled leaves
and will not be reached. They must be
killed by the spray mixture coming in
contact with them, and the most thor
| ough work is necessary The Quassia