The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-07-22
small auger hole near end Of handle
and securely wrapped around rods to
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Relieving Calves from Flies.

Ael1cv1n2 caves from Hne0s
During the summer months flies are
constant torment to young calves.
The chronological department Of the
Kansas State Agricultural College has
been experimenting and compromising
various substances in order to produce
an effective and economical mixture,
which, when applied to the surface OF
an animal would ward off the flies. As
result Of these experiments, 1t has
succeeded in producing the following
purpose reasonably well: Resin, ~
pounds; laundry soap, 2 cakes; f1sh-oil,
u pint; enough water to make three
gallons. Dissolve the resin In a So
luton Of soap and water by heating;
add the fsh-oil and the rest Of the
water. Apply with brush. 1t to be
used as a spray, add u pint of kero-
sene. This mixture will cost from to
8 cents per gallon. and may be used on
either calves or cows. One-half pint
Of this mixture is considered enough
for one application for a COW; a calf,
Of course, would require considerably
less. It will be more economical to
apply this only to the parts Of the ami
NAL not reached by the tail. At first
it will perhaps be necessary to give
two or three applications per week.
until the outer ends Of the hair be-
come coated with resin; after that, re-
touch those parts where the resin is
rubbed of.
Spraying Potatoes.
To get the best of the blight on po-
tatoes the work Of spraying must be
started when the plants are few
inches high and continued throughout
the season, doing the work thoroughly
every ten days or two weeks at most,
oftener If the rain washes of the
spray. While opinions differ, expert
ence has shown that the following for
mula is the most effective one for use
in spraying potatoes: Dissolve six
pounds Of blue vitriol and four pounds
of best stone lime in fifty gollons Of
water and when the plants are small
apply at the rate of fifty gallons per
acre, increasing the quantity as the
plants grow until In midsummer 100
gallons to the acre are used.
When it is necessary to use some
thing for the destruction of potato
bugs, dissolve Paris green in the Bor-
deaux mixture as indicated, at the
rate Of one pound to each seventy-fve
gallons of the mixture, spraying the
combined mixture together. While sew
eral other mediums are used, we feel
that the Bordeaux mixture compound
ed as indicated, will do the business
better than anything else. If the best
methods are followed in conjunction
with this spraying. there ought to be
comparatively little trouble in obtain
ing a good crop Of potatoes in a nor
NAL season.
Stripped Beetles.
For fighting the stripped cucumber
beetles Prof. G. N. Weed finds It nee
essary to keep the beetles away from
the young plants by wire screens in or
der that their eggs may not b laid
about the roots. The young that hatch
from these eggs bore through the stalk
and base Of tho roots and do damage.
The hberal application Of tobacco pow
DIR Il considered the best remedy.
The Dry Esd 0yutom.
Ths dry feed system = becoming
more ana more popular Tor raiain3