Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-05-21
Mississippi State News

brought from somO nursery outside o
the State-thus the necessity of Law
requiring nursery stock to be inspect
ed before 1t Is shipped from the nur
sery. Since Mississippi has no Law
of this kind, every buyer of fruit trees
should demand that their trees be ac
companied by a certificate OF inspec
tion from competent entomologis
to the effect that they are free from
the scale.
The second thing wish to discuss i:
a method OF combating this insect
in the summer Some fruit grower!
are losing their trees this spring from
the effects of the work OF this scale
and unless they do something righi
away, more trees will die before lall
Summer, however, is not the best time
to fight the scale, because it Is diff
cult to get substance that will xii
the insects and not hurt the foliage
of the trees Winter is the best tint
to combat the scale. On the Other
hand, there are some things that can
be done in summer to hold the scale
in check. Perhaps the best substance
for this purpose is an emulsion made
of kerosene oil and soap. 1t may be
made according to the following for
mula:
2 pounds of hard soap.
gallons of soft water.
| 8 gallons of kerosene oil.
Place the soap in the water over a
| fire and heat until II is thoroughly dis
solved. Pour the oil into a barrel in
which the pump is set, and when the
water and soap are boiling hot, pour
them both into the oil. Pump the
mixture with vigor back into itself for
ten or fifteen minutes. or until the
soap and oil form creamy mixture
This should then be diluted to 80 gal.
Ions and applied with good barrel
spray pump with two leads of hose
each hose fitted with "Vermorel" or
"Mistry" nozzle. The Century" bar.
rel sprayer. manufactured by the De-
ming Company, Salem, o., the "Po-
mona" pump manufactured by the
Goulds Manufacturing Company.
Seneca Falls. N. Y and the Empire
King" pump manufactured by the FL
mira Force Pump Company, Elmira,
N Y, are all good pumps for this
work. II the trees are small, the
emulsion may be applied with a KNAPP
sack sprayer. Knapsack sprayers are
also manufactured and sold by all of
the above named companies. One
should use great care and coat all the
branches and trunks with the mixture.
1t would be well to give the trees two
sprayings about thirty days apart.
The scale can also be very effective
ly checned during the summer by the
use of the lime salt-sulphur wash. This
Is pre-eminently winter wash. but
can be used with efficiency during the
GUNNER. 1t kills ,.-e foliage, however,
and cannot be applied to the leaves
with spray pump. 1t is made accord
ing to the following formula:
Is pounds of sulphur.
Is pounds of quick lime.
pounds Of salt,
45 gallons of water.
The lime snould be slaked In three
or four gallons of hot water in a ket-
.i~ i,.iai-o at least 20 gallons, When
the lime is nearly slaked, but Delore
it quits boiling, add the fifteen pounds
OF sulphur and enough hot water to
make a thin paste of the lime and sui
phur. Stir the lime and sulphur Wig
orously until they are thoroue =
mixed. Then add the five pounds OF
salt, and boil vigorously for 45 min
utes. BE sure the mixture boils for As
minutes When through boiling apply
to the trunks and branches with a
brush or mop, being careful not to
touch the foliage. The more thor
oughly and carefully the branches are
coated the more efficiently the scale
will be checked.
shall be glad to answer any ques-
tions relative to the scale and spray
ing mixtures and apparatus. Later in
the year We shall discuss the best
known winter remedies for the scale
and give our own results with the use
Of the lime -salt-sulphur wash.
GLENN w. HERRICK,
Entomologist,
Agricultural College, May IL.