The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-23
spraying to Protees Fruits and Veg
 etabies.


 Oklahoma Experiment Station Press
 Bulletin.
 Spraying Is as necessary a practice as cultivation and pruning. Get tne spraying apparatus in shape before sprirg farm work begins. If neces- sary to purchase. send for circulars of those companies advertised In your farm papers. There is no best pump or poxzle. Some devices are better 10. particular kinds of work. Know what You want the machine for. and buy wifh that in view. The kind of ma- chine will depend upon the kind or plants to be sprayed and the kina Of spray to be used. It does not pay 70 get other than @ good pump, one that works easily and has power enouEh to throw the spray in fine mist, ai the same time, keeping the solution tno,- ,. oughly agitated in the barrel or rank Be ready to spray this year. It Is gcod insurance and will pay good re- turns on short time,
 Bezir to spray the orchard and vine- yard before the buds swell in the sprlnS and repeat the operation every two weeks for at least four times, ana | inc result will be a saving of from | S5 to 95 per cent of the crop If srraying solutions are correctly | roade and applied there need never De | any danger of poisoning the fruit TOT | food. Fruit to be placed upon the | market should be sprayed me iasl time with solutfon that VIII not 'a'S- | color it
 | Bordeaux mixture will destroy fun gus diseases and Paris green will Kill Insects. These two sprays may De cas- | fly combined. making solution calle1 Paris green Bordeaux, which, when | sprayed upon the trees vii have the | same result as Paris green and Bor- | aaauw roixfnra when sDrayed on sep | The following treatments are gener- l al for the named classes of fruits. but if carried out each year by the or- | chardlsts and aFs It ts in the same way that they would carry out cultivation, rotation or fertilization. il | will mean the saving of thousands o' l dollars to their Income each year, In oklahoma alone. The diseases and tn- sects, although they have not been here long, have come to stay ard will be even more troublesome from wear to ear
 Look over the following groups oi niants to see what to do and when tc do 1t for that particular group.
 HIackberrIes. RaapberrieH, Dewberries
 | Tn fall or winter remove all canes infested with cane-borers, or ange- rust and crown gall. and burn
 2. Tn spring. before the buds swel emf off and burn all canes badly spot ted with disease and spray the rest with Bordeaux mixture. repeating thu | spraying when the young shoots ar' ohout six Inches high. and again iT fen to fourteen days. AIm to covel inc young shoots with spray. Thi'
 treatment is for anthracEose, cane blight and leaf-spot diseases
 Strawberries.
 spray with Bordeaux mixture before blossoming and twice after the fruit
 Tn fan run over badly infested beds add a little straw and burn.
 Frequently renew beds.
 These treatments VIII keep th' crown-borer and the leat-spot disease
 in check.
 1. Spray before buds break in th
 spring with copper sulphate:
 Spray just before blossominl with Paris green Bordeaux. 3. Spray after fruit has set, witt Paris green Bordeaux.
 Continue spraying every ten day mn to July 1, with Bordeaux mixture E. Spray three times from the frs [ of July to the middle of August witt ammonicaI solution of copper carbon , ate This last solution will not dis , color the fruit for market. These Eprayings. If carried out, vii . 1 he sufficient to hold in cheek the flea beetles. leaf-rollers. caterpillars. bird f eve rot black rot, downy mildew, pow 2 dery mildew. and ripe rot . Garden Vegetable. spray the following with Pari 1 green, when the insects appear; { Cabbage for eabbage-worm.