The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

the lime-sulphur wash, and 1t is moi
a complicated and difficult thing to do
Another question that worries some
people is the supposed danger OF tax
ing the skin off your hands and losing
YOUR eyes. That is all tommy rot. Oui
men spray right along each spring
or as often as we need it, and no KICKS
come from them. 1t is not clean bust
ness-and that is true of many othei
Jobs on the farm, but there is no dan
ger of bodily harm. Men should wear
old clothes and not try to spray against
the wind and no great inconvenience
will be experienced.
The spraying material having been
properly prepared, the next important
step is to apply it properly A good
spray pump is necessary and there are
many of them We have used the Pc
mona, the Deming, the Bean and the
Myers pump. They are all good and II
we were to express any preference II
would probably be in favor of the Dem
ing. No firm now can afford to put a
really poor pump on the market with
any hope of success. The pump may
be worked by hand or with an engine
We find our gasoline engine does
faster and better work than our hand
pump. With either, good work can be
done. If person has large orchard
it will pay him to get good gasoline
engine. We use the "Jack-of-All
Trades made by Fairbanks, Morse
& Co., and are well pleased with it
We also use hand pump, and ii
had a small orchard that is what
would use. The Niagara gas sprayer
has much to be said in it's favor, but
we have not yet tried it. We may in
time.
One of the very important things
in spraying for scale is to do the
work thoroughly Remember that
the material kills only by contact.
If every scale is covered with the
wash it is reasonable to believe that
every one will be killed. Spray so
thoroughly that you cannot see sim
gle limb that is not covered by the
wash Whether it is best to go over
the orchard more than once will de-
pend on the thoroughneSS with which
the work is done. AS soon as the
wash dries it is very white and every
unsprayed spot can then be seen. In
theory we spray but once. We drive
down each middle and with two lines
of hose spray half of a row on each
side. So in this way we spray each
tree from all sides and in this way
we come very near spraying each tree
twice. We find that spraying in this
thorough manner it is a difficult thing
to find vistage of the scale during
the following summer. If we could
control the codling moth as completely
as we do the scale we would feel re-
lieved of a great burden. Now and then
we hear of some one who says that
it is easier to control the codling moth
than the scale. Josh Billings once said:
ut would be better for some people
not to know so much than to know
SO much that is not So"
Some discussion has obtained as to
the best time to spray for the San
Jose scale. prefer March or the lat
ter part of February. 1t must be done
before the leaves come out or weaker
solution must be used. Some recon-
mend the fall or early winter, but the
spring has done well enough with me.
G. w. Hoover, 1919 South Tenth St.,
Denver, Colorado, wants to know in
what part of the state of Washington
the earliest vegetables and fruits can
be produced. l would say that about
Kennewick, in Benton county, I know
Of no part Of the state where straw
berries mature earlier or where they
yield any better or are finer in ap-
pearance and quality Anywhere along
the Columbia river, from the mouth
of the Yakima south to the Oregon
line, it is low in altitude, is very
warm not to say hot and must he