Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
Kidding Orchards
OF Insect Pests
County Fruit Inspector Writes Time
ly Article On the Value Of
Spraying.

Editor News Record: A we'll writ
ten and instructive article came un-
der my notice In the Pacific Farmer
Entitled Insect Pests. and from a
horticultural standpoint, think 1t
would be of value to fruit-growers II
they would read It.
The writer of the article sets out
a few convincing facts; among many
good things he states, that few rea-
lie the enormous losses sustaine ed
by the insects attacking our fruit
trees and other crops and that there
is an annual loss OF large percent
through these parasites.
To me, these are important facts
that all fruit growers should take
notice of, and there Is no reason why
each grower should not try and help
protect his neighbor and fellow fruit
grower, and at the same time pro-
tect himself thereby. In this way
we get rid of these pests.
Go through yoIr orchard carefully,
examine your trees, vines and berry
bushes. See that when you spray
you reach every corner OF your lot,
and in this way you can surely tell
whether 1t has been properly done,
when 1t Is done.
The Pacific Farmer states farther,
that, first, we must make a careful
examination of the manner In which
the injury Is being done, whether by
insect or other animal, or fungus
diseases. fully agree with this, but
there are a great many growers les
pecially new growers) that can not
make right diagnosis; therefore
on the whole, a good spraying will
reach either of these difficulties and
surely will do no harm. 1t is an
Important matter to growers. to see
that their trees and plants are In a
good healthy condition when plant
Ing and be sure that they are from
a reliable nursery.
| agree with the writer In the mat
ter Of pruning. To prune for wood
do SO I'm the dormant season, and for
fruit In the growing season when
che sap is In its prime, July and
August. The wounds will heal up
better. This sometimes makes an
avenue, through which the entrance
OF germs may attack your trees, and
by painting the end of the exposed
Limb you are sure to protect the tree.
The writer In the Pacific Farmer
states also, that you will hear the
same old opinion. THAT 1t does not
pay to spray. have tried it. There
Is nothing in It," This always comes
from the lazy grower, who wants all
his trees can do, but will not help
them, then gives the tree a shake
boxes his fruit and thinks he has
something to sell, and wonders why
he can not get price for his prod
ucts.
This should not be. for the grower
who Is looking for good results
adopts the we'll tried methods and
therefore makes a success. While
the fruit grower Is not all that build
up a country. the right side of the
ledger always shows the fruitgrow
er more profit than any other kind
Of husbandry with the least amount
of capital invested. 1t also has more
people on less acreage. therefore
builds up community with largei
citizenship.
The fruit interest, is Just in its
infancy in Wallowa county. Let us
make the fruit markets know we car
grow the right kind Of stuff, there
by advertise our county, and build
up our several communities.
FORD G. POTTER,
Wallowa County Fruit Inspecte