The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-03-01

men selling nursery stock. No discrim-
nation should be made between what
is produced in Washington and that
which comes from other states. No
man to whom is committed the respon-
sible position of enforcing the law
should show any favor to individuals
or localities.
Mr. Evans, of Kent, Wash, was in
Seattle the other day and interviewed
the writer of these notes with refer
ence to the condition of his apple trees.
He says that they have dead spots on
them and from what he says I judge
that his trees are affected with black |
spot canker. The remedy for that dis
ease is double strength Bordeaux mix
ture sprayed on while the trees are
dormant The best time to do this
spraying is about the first of Novem
Der, but that time is past and Mr..
Evans will have to wait till next fall
or spray now. Make two applications
about two weeks apart. To make dou
bic strength Bordeaux take six pounds
of blue stone and dissolve it in twelve
and half gallons of water, then Stake
four pounds of good lime and put that
into the same amount of water. Have
some one for each of these casks to
pour their contents into 25-gallon
cask, thoroughly stirring at the same
time. Dom t put one in a cask and then
add the other, but have them poured
in simultaneously and thoroughly stir
red as they go together. If you wanted
to make regular strength Bordeaux use
% gallons of water and then mix in the
same manner. The best posted man l
know on black spot canker is Prof.
Lawrence, of Pullman. He has made
thorough study of that disease and
will soon issue bulletin on the sub !
ject. l recommend all who have to con-
tend with this fungus disease to get
that bulletin and follow it's directions.
Don't pay any attention to any who
tells you to scrape off the bark and put
on certain washes. Our scientific men
laugh at such things and justly SO.
The fungus lives one year and then
dies and if there were no further inno
culation the tree would get well itself.
The thing to do is to kill the spores
and prevent further attacks. Spray
ing with Bordeaux at the time indicated
will kill the spores.
A year ago this past winter Presi-
dent Bryan, in addressing the North
west Fruit Growers Association at it's
meeting in Spokane, pointed out the
fact that the experiment stations in
carrying on their Investigations had
sometimes to answer eyes" and some
times emo" That is, questions would
come up whether it was profitable to
raise certain crops. The experiment
stations would make an Investigation
and sometimes say Eyes" and some
times say ono" Many people think
if the answer is "no," then no good
has been done. But President Bryan
pointed out the fact that the "no"
may be just as valuable as the affirm
ative answer. The negative answer
may be the means of preventing many
people from spending their time and
money in trying to raise some crop I'M
suited to the soil or the climate where
they are placed. This is but another
way of saying that we may profit by
the failures of others, as well as their
successes. We may walk in their foot
steps when they succeed but shun their
example when they fail. There is need
of needing this lesson just now in the
state of Washington. A certain bril-
liant writer is sending columns upon