The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-29
SAVE FRUIT and VEGETABLES
BY KILLING NOxIOUS INSECTS

No. s-Winter resin wash: Resin, 50
pounds; caustic soda (75 per cent?
pounds; fish oil, AZ pints: water to
make 100 gollons.
Boil the resin, soda and oil until
thoroughly dissolved. Then boil for
thre hours. during which time hot
water should be added slowly, SO as not
to stop the boiling. until the whole is
diluted to fifty gallons. The other fifty
gallons may then be added cold. The
resin wash is valuable in destroying
scale insects in dry season.
No. 10-Lime, salt and sulphur, win-
ter wash California formula: Lump
lime, 80 pounds; sulphur, 20 pounds;
salt, Is pounds; water. 60 gallons.
Boil all together for two hours and
then apply warm. A good way is to
steamboat In barrels. Strain out Jumps
and apply with rather coarse nozzle.
Used to destroy insects and eggs OF
brown mite and red spider. The salt
may be left out.
No. 11-Bordeaux mixture is used for
many fungous diseases: Sulphate OF
copper, 6 pounds; quicklime, pounds:
water, % gallons.
Dissolve the copper sulphate in \
gallon of hot water, slake the lime in
another gallon of water, and then add
tht iliiih VI luc lllAc SlOWly " lAe COp-
per sulphate solution, while the latter
is being constantly stirred. Then add
twenty gallons of water. Apply as a
spray.
No. 12-Disinfectant: Concentrated
lye, l pound; water, 10 gallons.
This disinfectant, boiling hot, can be
used for boxes, barrels, etc. Boiling
water would do as well for insects.
Apple Tree Enemies.
For Cooling Moth (Apple Worm
Use No. l, No. or No. 3. First appl-
cation as soon as blossoms fall; sec
ond, one week later; also trap larvae
by applying bands to the tree.
For Leaf Roller-Use Remedy No. l.,
No. or No. 3, applying the spray as
soon as first leaves appear, and repeat
once week while the worms last.
The Apple Flea Beetle-A small me-
tallic-green beetle, about one-eighth of
an inch in length, that eats holes in
the leaves and jumps or takes wing
when disturbed. Use remedy No. J.,
No. 2 or No. 8.
Tent Caterpillar-The tent caterpil-
lar Is a native of Colorado. The eggs
appear in dark brown rings around the
twigs and limbs of the trees. They
hatch out about the time the leaves
appear in the spring, and form little
webs in forms of the limbs. Cut out
egg masses on twigs in winter. Also
cut out tents and burn them during
spring and early summer.
The Fall Web Worm-A yellowish or
brownish caterpillar, with black
head, that forms loose web or tent
in a great variety of trees, appearing
from the 1st of July and continuing
through the summer. The larvae are
rather sparsely covered with long hairs
that are whitish or yellowish in color,
with occasional black ones. When the
webs are small, cut out and burn. II
the web has become large, enclosing
many branches of the tree, burn the
worms with torch, or use Remedy
No. /, No. or No. 3.
The Apple Plant Louse-During the
winter and early spring there are
small shining black specks in rough
places on the bark and about the
buds, or distributed promiscuously
over the surface of the small limbs,
usually abundant where there are
numerous fine plant hairs, making
felty covering, to which the eggs are
easily attached. The best time for
treatment is while the trees are dor
mant-any time after the leaves fall
and before the buds open. Use whale
oil soap in the proportion Of one pound
to two gallons of water. After the
leaves are out, use No. 6 or No. Z.
For Flat-Headed Borer-First pro-
tect the trees from sun scald and other
| injuries. In winter or spring the bor-
ers can be grubbed out with sharp
knife and destroyed. The fiat-headed
borer can be kept in check by washing
the tree with No. or No. 10, about the
time that the insect eggs are laid
| about the list of May-and repeat in
ten days, and again in twenty days.
The Scurvy Bark Louse-The pres
ence of this insect is indicated by
very small white scales upon the
| trunks or limbs of the trees, some
time entirely covering the bark, and
appearing like a scruf or dandruff-
hence the common name. The use of
No. 9 or No. 10, while the trees are
dormant, will probably kill the scaleg,
After the leaves are out, if the lice ap-
pear, use No. 6 or No. the last of
May, and again about the 10th of June.
The same remedies may be applied to
eradicate the oyster-shell bark louise
and the Putnam scale.
| The Apple-Twig Borer-A cylindri-
cal, mahogany-colored beetle, about
one-third of an inch in length, boring
holes in twigs of apple, pear, cherry,
Usage orange and other trees, also
grape vines, the burrow starting just
above bud and extending downwards.
Remedy: Cut out the infested stems
and burn them.
For Woolly Aphis--As soon as the
lice appear on the trunks of the trees
in the spring, before they get into the
branches. apply kerosene oil with
brush or swab. By repeating the oper-
alton few times they may be kept
/ largely from the tops of the trees. One