The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03

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Golden, from which | sold the fruit
for $1,000, being an average Of $l5'oO
per tree" One can readily see from
these figures that it pays to take care
OF the orchard; give it proper care,
good culture, for when given this 1t
becomes one of the most remuneratlye
investments that one can make.
Reliable Trees.
Prof. Norris of Oklahoma, discussing
in his paper the source OF trees 1or
orchard planting, said that the unsus'
pecting public were often made 10
suffer from the irresponsible tree deal
er. He gave many instances to show
how men had been unfairly dealt with
in procuring their trees, not getting
what they ordered He cited one in
stance where he knew party had
gone into the woods, dug up willows,
cutting them back and shaping them
and shipping them for peach trees.
They were planted out and grown one
year before the owner was aware OF
the treatment that he had received. 1t
was only more evidence of what has
already been said in these columns
that the ordinary farmer and fruit
grower should only buy his trees and
plants of his home nursery, or OF par
ties that he knows are reliable.
Spraying the Apple Orchard.
Prof. Pollard of Nebraska, on the
subject Of spraying, said that it is
the only way to get a fruit crop one
year with another. He gave as his
opinion that if spraying was properly
done at the right time and with the
proper mixtures we may expect good
crop Of fruit with ordinary conditions
as we would a crop of corn or any
other cereal. For the cooling moth,
which is one of the great enemies OF
the apple, he recommends four pounds
of paris green to so gallons Of water.
For eating insects and for protecting
the foliage from fungous diseases, he
only added Bordeaux mixture, as given
in the regular formulas. Prof. Beech
Of Iowa said that in spraying what was
proper for the apple would be detri-
mental and injurious to the plum foil
age. Mr.. Dunlap of Illinois, who is
one Of the large fruit growers, said
that one of the essentials of spraying
for profit was doing it at the right
time In giving his experience he said
he had found that the early spraying,
before the leaves had opened, had al
ways given the best results. Then
you could get your spray compound
more evenly distributed over the tree
before the foliage was in the way. The
Hon. Parker Earle, who is one Of the
veteran fruit growers of this country,
said that after years of experience and
trying the many formulas for spraying,
he had found that arsenite of lead had
given the best results and that it was
the only thing that he was using in
his orchards, for the codling moth and
for the canker worm. He claims that
you can keep your orchard free from
them with the assurance Of a crop of
apples one year with another. The
formula given of the arsenite was
three pounds Of arsenite of lead to
five gallons of water. Many advocated
the use of desperine, but it was proven
that this compound was the same as
the arsenite, and was used at the rate
of five pounds to 100 gallons. After
hearing much discussion on this Ques-
ton from different learned men we
believe that we would recommend the
using Of the lead compounds for the
codling moth and the canker worm.
Prof. Craig of Cornell university said
that in a series of years where they
had sprayed for fungus that the early
spraying, before the buds opened, was
the only really satisfactory time to do
the work. Prof. Emerson Of Agricul.
tural College of Nebraska gave a very
extensive report of the history of fruit
growing in that state. He spoke at
length on the work of the early horti-
culturists, giving the history of their
first failures, and showing that it was
only intelligence, coupled with proper
cultural ideas put into practice that
produced the finest results. He said
that commercial orcharding was on
the increase in Nebraska and that
western Nebraska was bound to be a
fruit country, as already quite extern
sive orchards were planted where but
a few years ago it was deemed worth.
less land, and in the semi-arid region,
but that now where proper cultivation
was given and where irrigation was
possible, that both small and large
fruits were being planted and that this
year a good crop of fruit is being har-
vested in this section.
Prof. Stinson of Columbia college,
Mo, who was the acting pomologist at
the Worlds Fair, spoke of the great
value of this international exhibit to
the fruit-grower, giving men from diff
ferent sections of the country an op-