Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-10

and apply to the trees. The arsenate
OF lead should always be thoroughly
mixed with water before being added
to the Bordeaux or self boiled lime
sulphur solution. The majority of
York county farmers will say that this
Is too much trouble. 1 admit that it
Is some trouble to do all this work,
but you positively will have to do it
II you want much fruit Of any value
You can't afford not to do this work.
II you decide to spray your fruit
trees. the next thing will be to decide
what Kind of a spray pump to buy
Don't buy four or five dollar bucket
spray pump and think you can do
good spraying Of your fruit trees.
What you need is barrel spray pump
costing from $40 to $50. Buy the
pump with hose. nozzles and extension
rods. You can get the barrel at
home. An ordinary fifty-gallon vine
gar or molasses barrel Is what Is
needed, and any man handy with
tools can place the pump in the bar
rel. The Deming Co.. of Salem, O.,
and Goulds Manufacturing Co., of
Seneca Falls. N. Y, make excellent
barrel spray pumps Order direct
from them or through the local hard
ware men.
AIloliieI ulSedSe WnlCn damages
pear trees very much Is the pear
blight. but spraying does not do any
good. This disease is caused by bac-
terra eating the sap from between the
bark and wood. The young tender
twigs are always the first ones to be
attacked. AS rapidly as the twigs
blight. cut them out six to twelve
inches below the point where the
branch Is dead and burn 1t. Don't cut
out and leave them under the tree
as the bacteria will be there to at
tack another branch. Don't plant
pear trees in very rich ground. as this
will cause them to grow rapidly and
they will be very tender, and this Is
the very tree that will blight first.
Watch your pear trees and see If the
ones in the rich ground are not the
first to be attacked by the blight.
Another plant disease that fire.
quently disturbs the Irish potato is the
potato blight. The whole plant dies
and of course very few, If any, pota-
toes are made. This disease may be
prevented by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. Spray four or five times at
intervals Of two weeks beginning as
soon as the potatoes are four or five
inches high. If the potato bugs trou-
BILE you, just add two pounds of ar
senate Of lead to each barrel of the
Bordeaux and they will be killed. If
you have just a few rows Of potatoes
and are not troubled with the blight,
but the bugs are present, you should
mix two level teaspoOnfuls Of arsen-
ate Of lead with one gallon Of water
and spray 1t on the potatoes and you
will kill the bugs. A small bucket
spray pump will do good work on
Just few rows Of potatoes. For the
bugs spray every ten or twelve days.
Another disease that frequently
damages the Irish potato crop Is the
scab. 1t Is a fungous disease, and
attacks the potato and not the stalk.
No doubt all of you have seen scabby
potatoes. This disease may be pre-
vented by soaking the seed potatoes
in a solution of formalin made by
mixing one-half pint formalin with
fifteen gallons water. Soak for two
hours, dry. cut and plant in soil where
scabby potatoes have not been
grown for at least three years. This
will insure potatoes free from scab.
This disease frequently causes only
tremely easy to control. Thousands
of dollars might be saved by our far
mers If they would study the harm
full insects and diseases and fight
them. Will you not get busy and
fight these intruders?
Any one in York county who is in
terested along this line and desires
further information, may obtain 1t by
addressing L. A. Niven, Winthrop
college, Rock Hill, S. c.