New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
Swindlers Who Sell Useless
insecticides, So Called, Are
Henceforth To Be Watched
More Closely than Ever.

he only gasolene with little hgh-smelline
oil added In the case OF a certain insect
powder. over one hundred samples were
examined and In nineteen or them sub.
stance poisonous TO human beings az well
as to insects was discovered So deadly 10
If that II causes a quick death II even
breathed into the lnngs. One has only 10
recall the widespread practice Of scatter.
ing insect powder around the house of
kitchen to appreciate the grim possibil.
tiles.
Fru,t growers each year expend about
sl5. coo 900 in trying TO prevent their orchards
from being ruined by various insects.
One Of the worst OF these insects is the
San lose scale, which alone requires an
evnend,ure of about 100000 each year u
cbeck fts ravages Peach. apple pear,
Mum and other fruit trees are all liable 70
be infested by this pest, and can be cleared
only after having been sprayed. The vari.
Gus kinds OF pests which intest al man.
ner OF plants are so numerous that con.
siderable numbersof spraying apparatuses
have been made, which range anywhere
from a knapsack like spray to a larss
wagon equipped with pumping machine
and tower from which the liquid is squr;ed
| on the trees.
Losses from the cooling moth. or apple
| worm. amount to several millions annually
while between three and four millions ars
spent for preventives. Every one WHO
| eats apples has some across wormy fruit.
| and entomologists since the time or Cato
have been writing about the subject II
IS however, only in comparatively recent
years that a fairly complete knowledge OF
this insect has been obtained. Spraying Is
a method by which this insect is kept from
the trees. and as the remedy is only pre-
ventive one It has to be applied before the
pests begin their campaign.
| New England is fighting against the raw
ages OF the gypsy moth and the brown
tailed moth, which insects have done vass
amount OF damage in Massachusetts. New
Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Com
necticut and have threatened to spread to
other portions OF the country. No quaran-
dne line has been established around the
infected districts in this case, but as thu
gypsy moth Is found largely on ROADSIDE
trees. from which II drops on vehicles ana
persons and is carried to other places, an
effort is being made to clean such infected
roadsides.
| Forty tons Of arsenate OF lead have been
used IN one spraying season. while twenty
tons Of sticky substances have been ap-
piled to the trunks OF trees to prevent the
caterpillars from ascending.
FrIngous diseases which attack trees ana
plants cause an equally vast amount OF
damage and loss OF money and crops. inc
hitter rot is n disease which attacks apples.
As the annual apple crop is valued at ABOUT
$50 900 coo. It's prevention is OF great impor-
lance TO fruit growers. Most people VINO
eat apples are familiar with the large and
small brown spots which sometimes almost
cover the fruit and make It unit TO eat
From this disease alone one years loss
amounted to 100000.
The efforts of the insecticide ana runel
eide board will not be directed so muoh
toward the retailer and wholesaler as tow
ard the manufacturer himself. For TINS
reason no retailer or wholesale dealer VIII
be held responsible for goods sold, provided
,e can show guarantee from the nrm
from which he purchases the article stating
that II Is not misbranded or adulterated'
Not only does the law apply TO the states
and territories and the District or Column
IA, but IN Alaska and our insular possess
sions as well.