The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-01
N EFORE l give my past years ex-
perience with the cooling moth
L wish to say something about

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the value of experience and how TO
properly use it. Nearly all our Valu'
able lessons which guide us in prac'
tice must come from experience. Inls
may be our own experience or IL may
be some one else's experience, so ar
rangd as to be in suitable form for our
use. Here is where the work or the
experiment stations comes in. In these
stations experience is secured by eX
perimenting. These stations in send
ing out their bulletins are simply sup
plying us with their valuable expert
ence. Those who are in the pursuit OF
life as farmers, horticulturists and
gardeners are constantly giving Valu
able lessons through the press by re-
lating their experience. In conVen
lions like this we learn quite a gooo
deal by listening to the experiences OF
successful men. Just here is Where
am asked to contribute my mite to the
benefit of the fruit growers OF the
northwest. Before going into details
of what has been my experience VIVID
the cooling moth during the past year
7 wish to prepare the way for the
profitable use of what l have to offer
nv making at least two suggestions:
II often happens that some man re,
lates his experience as successful and
that others who try to work in the
same way make at least partial, if not
total failure. Why? Simply be-
cause to duplicate anothers expert
ence we must work under similar con
ditions. The Sultana Seedless grape
is successfully grown in southern Gall
fornia and southwestern Texas, OUT
every effort to raise this grape III
northern sections of our country mas
proved a failure. Many other Illus,
trations could be given, but 1t Will
readily appear to all of us that we
must not attempt to raise oranges,
bananas pomelos and pine apples III
the northwest, Notwithstanding the
fact that they are successfully raised
in the warm countries to the south
Now. the two things to which
want TO call attention as likely 10
modify the experience in fighting the
cooling moth are, first, the codllng
moth is much worse in some sections
than in others, and, secondly, some
varieties of the apple are much more
likely to be injured than others, OF
iury to some varieties OF apples Is
greater than to other Varletles. ~
has been said that the codllng moIn
will go wherever apples can be grown
and in a general way that is true. very
few sections can be said TO pc III
mune. But so high an authority DIS
Prof. Woodwork, of California, says
that at least one section of that state
is immune. In Washington, while we
do not certainly know that any Sec
ton is absolutely immune, we 40 kno"
that some sections are practlcally So
Let me quote from private letter
from one of the best posted fruit men
on Puget Sound:
"Our own experience in growing ap-
nles on Vashon Island for the pase
ten years. in crop amounting 10 ooo
or 400 boxes per year, is that we nave
never seen a Wormy apple on the pldce
and I do not remember having seen
any wormy fruit on the island. Wnlle
7 can not say positively that the Isl
and is entirely immune l belleVe IL Is
practically so. AS a rule tnere is ~
spraying for the cooling moth IN the
entire Puget Sound country, ana YET
7 believe that less than five per cent
of the apple crop here is affected with
worms. The moth has had as good
a chance to become distributed per
hans better, as in some localities now
badly infected, but it does not seem
TO thrive under conditions here exist
ing. The great problem here is to
prevent the scab from spreading"
The writer carried on quite an ex'
tensive correspondence to get the facts
of the prevalence of the codling moth
in different parts of the northwest
Many other letters are in hand cor
roborative of the one above quoted