The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-12

01 ~ - SSShS
are kept sharp with a good sized broad
file. 1t makes all the difference be-
tween drudsery and enjoyable work.
Any one who relentless war
on b common housetiy along any one
Of the many lines which are recon-
mended for their extinction not only
greatly safeguards his own health and
peace Of mind. but may properly be
termed q public benefactor.
The western ranchman is not tempt
ed to use his orchard tract for a calf
pasture because there is no grass In II
only the finely mellowed soil result
ing from frequent CIVILIZATIONS. There
is a scad OF calf pasture orchards that
ought to be handled in this same way.
The thinning of apples on horizontal
limbs shows the best shaped as well
as the largest sized fruit to be on the
underside Of the limb. This is doubt
less due to the fact hat as a result OF
the law OF gravity a major portion Of
the sap flows along the underside. Fol
Tic SaAiC lCASOu al WYNN u
over more quickly on the under than
on the upper side of a limb.
One appreciates more readily the
| possibilities of destruction by forest
fires in parched sections where the
conifers abound when he sees how
like gasoline a small cypress will fare
up and burn. What takes place when
a forest Of these pitchy trees catches
fire and is famed by a high wind Is
simply beyond the power Of words to
describe.
The little slug. half snail and half
worm. which the leaves OF
cherry and year aud sometimes apple
trees. leaving but the skeleton frame
work Of the leaves. a be easily killed
by spraying the infested trees with
commercial ~arsenate Of lead at the rate
of two and a half pounds to fifty gal
Ions of water. II 1t is more conven-
lent to use paris green about i've
ounces should be used to the same
quantity Of water. Il little freshly
slaked lime being stirred In to pre-
vent a possible burning of the foliage.
F
Aside from the fact that water
sprouts which grow up from the lower
part of the trunk and from under
ground give the orchard a most sloven-
ly and unkempt appearance, there IS
q still stronger reason for their remov-
al from the fact that il they are visit.
ed with the pear blight. al easily
transmissible and most dangerous tree
disease, the infection will be more
quickly communicated to the trunk OF
roots where its eradication is not only
difficult, but may result In the serious
Disagreement or destruction OF the
tree. All these sprouts should be re
moved well up into the head of the
tree, as well as fruit spurs, which arr
equally susceptible to infection.
Perhaps the most important Of the
later sprayings for the codling moth Il
that which Is given between July x
and Aug. l. depending somewhat upon
season and locality. For this q stand
ard make Of commercial arsenate Of
lead should be used at the rate OF
from two to three pounds to fifty gal
Ions OF water. The spray should bt
applied with good pressure. and botl
fruit and leaves should be well coated
with the poison. While paris greer
may be used for this. there Is mucl
greater danger Of a burning Of thu
leaves and russeting Of the fruit, Will,
it does not adhere to the fruit ~ wei
as O the other poison.
The southern cotton farmer consoles
himself with the thought that raw
cor1onseed meal returned to the LAND
is a valuable fertilizer and restores
much of the strength removed in tn
harvesting OF the cotton crop. wheI
he should rather take note of the othel
fact that if this same cottonseed mea
were fed to dairy cows there would b.
just as much fertilizer to return to tn,
land in the shape Of rich manures
while the fertilizing elements woult
be in a form to be much more readil,
assimilated by the soil and he himsel
be ahead in the dairy products result
ing. In other words, the dairy bushes
promises him more prosperity thai
does furnishing Oil for the oleo manu-
facturers.
Chickens are about the only kind Q
live stock that q safely be allowe'
the run of the orchard. and there !