Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-21
SPRAYING ORCHARDS
TO SAVE FRUIT
Agricultural Bulletin Gives
Figures to Prove That Scien.
tifc Fruit Culture Pays
Best, Vast Sums Expended

l"'N 'iN''f. y. NJ. Anril - Tho
following bulletin ha- been issued ~,
the New Mexico college of agricul.
tural and mechanic arts aud eRricul.
,urhl experiment station Agricultural
COLLEGE. y NJ
II b. . recognized ftrt that 10 the
trult grower expects Goo get u good
lcrop of apples ho must pruuc culu-
vato, ir.igat". and fortlizr 90, orsh-
ard At tn proper tim, Vet scr,
ircuu, after We have gone Go lhr
trouhlc and expense oi performing
IAN OF these orchard operations n. san
dawn ~ the last moment. and permit
from onc-halt to two-tHirds ot thr
crop 60 u. destroyed right bctor' our
Yer, eyes by insect pests. Spraying
IT, nov considered as necessary iu ur-
chard operation To- produce q crop of
sound apples ~ pruning or lrrigat.
ing There ~ ne longer any doubt as
to the good that spray Ing does Just
lconsdc. the vas, sums of money that
lnrc being expended every year an the
/ spraying of trees throughout the
United states WHY do iruit growers
de- this Il the results at the 'nd ~
thc yeu ala not show up faVorably.
can Ne believe that such large oN-
p,nditurcs for lighting insect ~ SIS
would hc continued stop ana thinN
l"f IT, Aside from this. i has been
lshpNn time aud Time again hy numer-
lous cNpty mrnts conducted at the diff
tertnt experiment stations that spray
ing, properly done. H. about the best
way 10 k..p under control our worst
urchnrd pests II Is true, noWcVcr.
that th, Same number pi spiayingS
viii not give equally satisfactory g..
iSuts in 400 sections of tn country. Ia
tn eastern states two sprlyiugs sp.m
Zee hr necessary. bat 100 inc central
states two H. -Four srruyIup- ar, roc
commended. while farther west moro
Fpru' in-. trs necessary 60 get salts.
factor, RESULTS. Ia NyN McNlco. due
Ito Tho -re1t difference loo altitude and
Climatic conditions. B., Is prohabi, ihat
tn number pt sprallnps fut best roe
suits HiN vary according to tho joe
lcalit ln "a, lower and warmer Nnl-
lcyS Wh"r, the seasons ar, the long
est JTd climatic conditions. as % rule.
imor, favorable, b. Niri b, uocessar, tu
spray d. number cot times. according
4" spraying experiments reported loo
station bulletin $50. 81 IA, more Ia.
sprtyiugs tho larger th. pcrccutuEo
ot sound fruit The result. ot thr
spraying experiments conducted u
AIR : T. StcWarts orchard iu 1910
,u.r most encouraging, considering
thgt the season was not = favorable
on" for this WORK In thrso expert
meuts a. trees averaging IN biz, %
feet hV ., feet were SPRAYED win
lUrsrult. of lrad at the rate ct three
pounds 10 every 30 gallon. Of waite.
The trees were SPRAYED pin times pu
the following dates NpIE list Max
ian. June an. July 6th JuN 30th
land August .6th Tho amount oi
spray ng mixture used iu 10. siN
'sprt'iugs WIS approximately llt0
gnllons. which cost 1880 for thr ir-
senate OF lead. gasoline power
spr1Ncr AVID three mon were used in
tn spraying of th,s" trees The total
time fol the siN spraying inrludina
: thu Milling 81 IA, tank which as 4
rui,. took longer tnan to empty 70
WIS s2.3 hours. or 40 tn, rate ot 3.3N
ihuur- per spraying pu October D.
I 1870 t7NO applies were gathered from
,ight Ark1nsas BLACK and Giant Nam
imnth BLACK TNig trees pui Of tn,
'uumhrr there were 6tua sound apples
T 90 - pef cent. aud 1875 worml. nr
u 90 per cent From UNo Arkansts
slack and Nv" Mammoth BLACK TN y
, trr.s Witch were not SPRAYED. ifN
r applrs Mere gathered 1876 or ~
por cent. wcro sound. ana 2N2. or 6,
ii,r cont wei, wo.my. Compare IN,
results from the sprayed and unspray
ed tronc and see whether or mo-
I tptdNiug dtd any good. ST per cen
oi the crop gathered from tho spray
ed trees MAS good, while on the M
sprayed trees 81 peg cent az the cruI
gathered was wormy. Even u IN,
iWindfllls tho percrniag" of sound an
pics vas IN favor of the sprayed trees
The same uumcr ot sprayed ire ma,
i3i per cent of The windfalls SCUM,
land g. per cont Warmly while tn
trees not sprayed had rs per cen
sound and a. per cent WornN.
!, Is believed that II everybody I'm tn
locality would spray 40 the same time
e even larger percentages of soun
truit than What are here rcportc'
could he secured ArScnIte of lea,
II the rate Of . pounds to 80 gallon
OF water was tho iLsccticide used II
- these experiments In many othe
f, sections . pounds instead OF 3 ar
!. used In these experiments the pla
Il has been 10 spray once every tWcutl
. iiVc days. The first spraying Shout
n be done Just rs the blossoms fal
+ Special pains mus, he tgkon nj IN
q time To get the poison into the caly
q cup of an the little apples \ hig
n pressure 100 10 poo pounds
j. necessary for thr best Wnrl
= though 80 pounds viii do Spraviu
: WI pay. but to get Tho beet result
every apple grower should pe Wiy
= Ia this important question ~ th
a trees mr." not sprayed they make oN
peltnut urouuuutiue ultrt4 for tn