The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-17

sion here. declared that too much
water is detriment to the land.
More cultivation, thorough cultiva-
ton, to conserve the moisture, he de-
clared to be much more advantage
Gus to the SOIL de recommended
seriously that less water and more
work be tried. He advised also that
fertilizer be tried on the orchards and
the land, whether they appear to
need it or not, from the point of view
of the operator. At least, he sug-
gested that fertilizer be tried on a
portion of the land. He suggested
blood for nitrogen and sulphate of
potash, as the only Kind of fertilizer
it pays to bring into this country, for
the needed potash element
Thornber Prunes Trees.
With an orchard of trees from one
to four years old before him, Prof.
Thornber talked on pruning and dem
onstrated his points Prof. Thorn
Der believes in pruning and, as he
admits, compared with western AM
erican methods of looking for early
fruit, ne is a radical He pointed
out, however, that radical pruning
will result in better and more fruit
and therefore more money in the long
run. Speaking particularly with ref
erence to the cold weather of January
and the peach trees, Prof. Thornber
| declared that while there had been
injury it is probable that the buds
have not been damaged as badly as
has been anticipated. In pruning
peach trees now, after the freeze and
the damage consequent upon it, he
said he would not cut back until he
knew positively how badly the trees
had been injured
Hope for Peach Buds,
Peach trees will probably send
forth buds well up on what now ap-
pears to be dead wood, so that Sc
we're cutting back at this time might
be mistake. He told of a man who
| is replanting 40 acres because of
what he now thinks are the conditions
and in which he is probably wrong.
With reference to pears, sweet chr
ries and such fruits, Prof. Thornber
says that too much growth is being
produced All the pruning possible
on such trees should be before they
are five years old. After that time
conditions should be controlled by
cover crops and similar methods.
High Power in Spraying.
In spraying Prof. Melander stands
for high pressure, a coarse spray and
a nozzle which will give the results
The pressure, the spray and the noz-
zle, he says, if the combination is
right, will save time. money and pa
tience, give the results needed and
satisfy the orchardist. In the pur-
suit of the coddling moth or any of
the tribe of pests, Prof. Melander be-
lieves in going to them, where they
think they are safest. He believes
in leaving nothing to chance, there
fore his belief in high power and a
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what he meant by his talk and pictur-
ed spraying under which the codling
moth is annihilated in one attack as
a sort of recreation. All through he
enforced the idea that the spraying
must be downward. Any other di-
rection is but haphazard work. 1t
is the downward spray, at high pow
er, which catches the various bugs
which he loves Ito study in their
lairs.
! Results and Cheapness.
Those engaged in spraying, Prof.
Melander said, are looking to two
goals, results and cheapness. The
cheapness comes from the results
and both come from effectiveness
spray is five times more effective than
hand spray To spray once for
codling moth in a 20-acre orchard
Prof. Melander says that a power
will cost $3.50 by hand work and S36
| by power.
In the exhibit car were shown a
model library, collections of various
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