The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-09-15
any one who finds his soil lacking in

There is one disadvantage in grow
ing any of these crops in an orchard,
and that is, it will be somewhat more
difficult to successfully fight the cod
ling moth where there is rubbish in
the orchard. Many of the larvae fail
to hide under the bands and pupate
under rubbish or anywhere that they
can hide. If the ground is free from
rubbish and is stirred frequently, the
birds will catch many of them. For
this reason l have been an advocate
of clean culture and have practiced it
in my own orchards. But l am fully
convinced that this practice should
not be continued. We are sowing
crimson clover (trifolium incarnatum)
in some of our orchards this summer
1t should be sown in August and we'll
irrigated so as to give it start. 1t
winters over and makes strong
growth the following spring and then
dies. 1t is called a winter annual. We
hope by working the wintered-over
clover into the soil next spring-in
June, perhaps-we may be able to get
the good effects of this legume and
have our orchards practically free
from rubbish when the codling moth
larvae are most abundant. | hope to
be able to report a complete success
in the use of crimson clover.
H. M. Gilbert, of North Yakima, who
does such an extensive businss at
Toppenish told me a few days ago
that he was sowing peas in some of
his orchards. This will furnish nitro
gen in the right form for plant nu-
triton. 1t behooves all the fruit grow
ers to feel their way in such matters.
1t is true that these things have been
tried elsewhere with success, but we
do not yet know what will prove to
be the best for our locality We are
up against this proposition Of reno
waiting our soils and we must by ex-
pertinent settle which of the legumes
we can most successfully use in the
Pacific northwest.
I am in receipt of Bulletin No. II
from the Washington experiment sta
ton at Pullman. The title of this
valuable bulletin is "The Cooling
Moth in the Yakima Valley" 1t is
prepared by Professors A. L. Melander
and E. l.. Jenne and is the result of
their joint work. The readers of The
Ranch know how these worthy young
men were sent into that valley to
make thorough study of the cooling
moth in the orchards. Prof G. V.
Piper, in consultation with President
Bryan planned this work and sent
Eldred Jenne into the Yakima valley
in 1903 We learned to love him as a
quiet but most thorough student and
careful observer. A more careful and
painstaking observer it would be diff
cult to find His work resulted in a
preliminary bulletin, which was issued
early in 1905. I have spoken of that
in former issues of this paper For
lack of funds the work was not taken
up again in 1904 In the spring of 1905
the work was resumed and Professor
Melander took the oversight of the
work Professor Piper being called to
Washington, d. c., to fill an important
position in the Department of Agri-
culture, resigned and Professor Me-
lander was chosen as his successor.
Professor Melander is a very well in
formed man. 1t has always been a
delight to me to converse with him
with reference to insects and the best
very diffident man-too much so,
perhaps. for his own good-but he is
safe and reliable.
| have read much with reference to
the cooling moth. | have felt that |
had to in order to meet this most de-
structive of all insects that beset our
fruit l am free to say that this bull
letin is the best thing l have seen on
the cooling moth. 1t is a regular
thesaurus of information. While the
work that laid the foundation of this