The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-08
HORTICULTURAL BOARD -
REPORTS ON SPRAYING.


REPORTS ON SPRAYING.
Roswell, N. M. Dec. 4th, 'o6.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners OF Chaves County,
New Mexico.
Gentlemen:
We beg to report that during the
County have been sprayed and nearly
all of them properly. Of course, last
year being our first practical exper-
fence and the first year that the or
chards of this county have been
sprayed with the exception of that
of Mr.. J. j. Hagerman) the results
have been very satisfactory. Many
things came up which we learned
from experience, how to better do
next year, but taking it as a wnole
we are well pleased. Undoubtedly
the fruit crop of this county the past
year, would nave been destroyed, if
no spraying had been done. And we
believe that the people as a whole.
fully realize that TO SPRAY and to
SPRAY PROPERLY, is of the ut
most Importance and we recommend
that all orchards in Chaves County
be sprayed the coming al as fol-
lows: The first spraying to be Just
AS THE FIRST BLOSSOMS BEGIN
TO FALL: the second to be .1ot later
than ten days to two weeks after the
FIRST SPRAYING. The Third time
to be about the middle of June, and
the Fourth spraying to be in the lat
ter part of August. While 4 spray
ings we believe will be enough to
save 95 per cent of the fruit (if done
properly 5 or even 6 sprayf1gs will
not be amiss.
The use of Arsenate of Lead during
the past year as spraying fluid, when
properly put on, has proven tnat it
will save nearly all the fruit. 1t does
not burn the foliage and will o
wear Or rub off from rains and still
will kill the codling moths. One or
chard which we can melton was cut
up n sold to two different parties,
one of them sprayed 4 times and lad
nearly all OF his apples number one
fruit, the other sprayed only 3 times
and did not do it as well as he snould
have and his fruit was more than so
per cent wormy, this was caused in
a great part by the first spraying be-
ing too late, as he had no machine
and lad to a it lone by a public
sprayer These two orchards lay ad-
| o;n5r~ ha;o- 3ixy;3o3 only IN, a vr;ra
fence. The trees were all of the
same kind, had the same attention,
and owned by the same party up to
this year, The party who had the Or
chard on which nearly all the fruit
was perfect this year, did not nave
this orchard last year but was owned
by others, last year the trees were
not sprayed and properly taken care
of and not a dollars worth of fruit
was sold, out tlis year by proper
care and spraying 2,670 boxes of X
ira fine fruit was pulled from $50
trees. This properly emphasizes
what proper care n spraying will
do.
Some persons may go about spray
ing in a half hearted way and of
course do not get the results that
those do h spray right. We can
not too strongly urge Upon the Or
chard owners to take great pains in
the spraying of their orchards, for if
he does lot he just as we'll cut down
his trees and save tle expense and
trouble of looking after them, where
as if he gives them proper attention
he will get very large returns from
mis- investment. An apple or pear or
chard in the Pecos Valley will pay
better than il any other place on this
continent, and with much less trou-
BILE and expense that those who grow
them in the Eastern, Middle OF West
ern Coast states. There they nave
to spray oftener aad have other in
sects and the blight to fight against,
we of the Pecos Valley have only the
codking moth, which is easily got
ten rid of.
We further recommend nat the
County do not again run a public
spraying machine n this Board
will notify all farmers that they will
have t. purchase a spraying machine
and do their own spraying in the fu-
ture, they in tais way can do it for
about one-fourth as much as it costs
the County to do it for them, ald
to do it at EXACTLY THE RIGHT