Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-16
MAKING THE ORCHARD PAY
It Is Only as the Trees Are Properly
Trimmed, Sprayed and -
Nurtured.

charde tt looks rs though the an,
swer could be easily made. Either
/ cut down OF spray. 81 profit Is desired
] In this case there would Re some use
I full timber FOR the stove q factory, a
/ the other there may be S neglected op-
+ Porunity for pna6t
+ Here is the experience q one uSu;
+ He rented az orchard which HAD been
T neglected for many yeSrS At1e- ,vo
/ years it gave IS pood- which couan-
ned 70 increase for some time The
| trees were no better han many others
which are nov looked upon IS ~ no
value. As q result q Spraying 7--a-
F ing and teril.z.lS here are DOW tas
apples 70 show for ne lsNo- welded
+ by II orchard Dorc iAa1 g. wears ola
f But j; must h. slu.Ue6 tsat it IS
T not every orchard that can h Ests
. productive. Eat-5aa5 trees ply Vac
rieusS and u-suEe5 localities a-s tsc-
. ta7s 20 be o1zSl 557a5. a soo5 t5F sa2-
not Re c0ova en- q rotten i-l1k. %
t-aes are 20, p-o5cse.y grated neither
v-iU 8 barren az cola. We, 81 pro-
5use S valuable orchard. There are
many considerations which make i. az
y.Ss1.e 30 clt down the trees - he
pes solution q Tie orchard problem
in some instances
- much HISS been said shout ne
san Jose scale that mention II tie
sue.ec, Is likely 70 caGSs q feeling q
WEAKNESS. Nsve-L. e,sSs. !: has cone
20 STAY. $, he soene- that 5 rsccE-
a!-e1 the better. Cu-rsl.s. gooSs as--
r3es. a15 some other snal, fruits are
sttalke5 by s.. as DsH. as the orchards.
But If all these were plotted out the
scale would Sul remain. as il has
taken TO some Of the forest trees and
shrubs. However. there is Consola-
lion in knowing that II Is comparative
ly harmless when it takes TO the
woods and there would be little cause
for complaint II Il would only stay
there. Il can exist on many Wild
trees, but IL is now claimed that it
does not increase IN numbers unless
in a favorable place which is, untor'
tunately, on some cultivated fruit
But the scale is not so difficult 10
control as was once supposed The
lime and sulphur solution is a panacea
for the evil, bur as he scale will hide
in creyices where he spray does not.
reach IL. there are almost certain t0|
Be some of the insects left after the
mosr careful application, so that eX.
termination is not 70 be expected at
present One thorough spraying a
year viii keep the insect from being
injurious, and Will also clear The trees
from several Of the fungi
- did not spray this spring. re.
marked a man last year who had ey.
tensiye orchards under his manage /
ntHt The trees aid not blossom
much this spring There would no,
be fruit enough anyhow TO pay for the
material, So We thought il poor econ.
omy to spend more than il was worth
il trying to save H."
Was there economy in not spraying7
Whs. is the other side Of the ques-
ton? The frui, destroying insects .
and fungi do not always depend alone
upon one kind Of fooi for a living In.
yestigation has shown that many Of |
them, perhaps all. are capable Of
subsisting on something besides fruit !
The apple scab does not depend upon
the apple, can get along quite well
without IT, in fact 50 long as there is /
green bark There is reason to think
tina. the codling moth lays three.
fourths Of her eggs upon leaves, and
that the larvae can develop there if
no apple is within reach. How far
this may apply in regard 10 other in.
sects and diseases is a matter for con.
lecture, but certain # is that the pests
do not seem to be starved out when
frul- is lacking The curculio isl
around in full numbers when there is !
large crop Of plums, though there
may have been none the year before.
and the various kinds Of rot are on
hand, regardless Of last seasons de.
ficiency
All things considered, declares the
Prairie Farmer, it would seem like
poor economy to neglect spraying.
When there is fruit spraying is need
ed to protect It, and when there is
none spraying is useful to insure the
next years crop. 1t is the stitch in
time which may save more than nine
for the future.