The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-17

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Younger and better roots viii thrive
80 Much better that 1t is always worth
the while 70 pay the prices asked By
natseryinen tor The young plants
I n o Booth, Dept Of Hortlculture
Strawberries,
Can you tell me whether II IS better
to put but strawberry patch before
they have leayed out or afterf- Robt
aodle, rsxas county
Strawberries should be planted IN
the sIring as early as the ground can
be handled Many strawberry plant
efs DO not plant thehl until after the
leaves have started. aud II handled
NTH care they viii 30 ynry we'll un
der these conditions. but yon will
lind that they viii DO better. and IN
4 particular make much better growth
The first year II they are planted
earlier
II is more difficult 10 select the
plants II YOU are digging them out 81
the old bed when taken before the
leaves start than II taken afterwArd
This Is probably the reason why Il
has become common practice Y
plant strawberries In the latter par;
0f April after the leaves are outN
. Booth. Dept Of Horticulture
Spring canker Worms.
! anu sending yon, In separate
package, sample OF worms which
are intesting my apple trees. Also
noticed few on a plum tree On
few trees they are eating the foliage
about as fast as Il comes out. while
on others only few small branches
or rome at all are infested Only a
slight jar On a branch will make them
drop and hang on a thread, sometimes
I half dozen on one thread Had q
fev last year Please toll me all yon
can about them. Are they likely to
/ become very serious pest II 80 tel
how 10 fight them?
/ These specimens are commonly
known as spring canker worms; they
are quite generally present this year
aud are doing serious damage prac
4 tieally throughout all OF the horticnl
tural part OF this state There Is no
reason, however. why they should be
allowed to proceed with their damage,
ence they can be very easily con
| trolled
A solution can be applied for con
/ trolling these worms that will also be
efficient In controlling all the com
mon leaf-eating insects, as we'll as
the codling moth For the latter, how
ever. II Is necessary to repeat the ap
plication within two or three weeks
Following is the formula:
Lead arsenate, two or three pounds;
water, fifty gallons Mix the lead
arsenate into thin solution by using
part OF the water then add the solu
ton to the remainder OF the water
Apply this to the trees with good
spray pump fitted with an up-to-date
nozzle such as the Mistry or Yer
morel-C. g. Sanborn, EntomologIst
Sublrrigation.
am desirons OF subirrigating
75xl25-toot garden plot | have
good we'll and a i0foot windmill. and
lO0-barrel elevated tank, which sets
on stone tower l6 feet high tried
last year to ilrigate this plat by sur
face irrigation, but practically failed
| can buy l-2.inch galvanized pipe for
l-2 cents per foot, and am thinking
that to bore very small holes every
two feet IN this pipe and bury them
10 feet apart and then attach TO this
tank will sufficiently water this gar
den
VIII yon please advise whether "
not this Is practical proposition
Also, will you give me information OF
value ID this connection would also
be pleased 10 have the Bulletins OF the
college rs am now actively engaged
in tho farming business.
Hoping 10 hear from you al your
earliest convenience regarding the II,
rlgation matter. and Will you state
how deep Ia the soil these pipes
should be laid q b Townsend,
Greer county
Sub Irrigation should be- very salts
factory on small areas such as a gar
den A good deal OF care should be
used to see that The soil does not be
come too wet near the tiles II win
be necessary 10 place the rows or tiles
not more than 20 feet apart II should
be SO arranged so that the water could
he cut Off whenever desired At the
present time snh,irrigation ls too ex
penalye 10 install on large areas II
VIII not be necessary 10 secure exact
levels n the water ~ supplied under
pressure The depth to lay the tile
will depend somewhat upon the type
~ soil MIt III a general way about
2l.2 or feet VIII be found BEST
O o Churchill Dept, or Agronomy
Sand Lime Brick.
am writing you for Information
about the modern brick. This brick
IN made | am informed, OF cement.
lime aud sand would like to know
what the proportion or the different
materials Is, and anything that yoa
can tell ma about the process and the
machinery There Is some talk OF
putting IN plant here. and would
DO glad TO have any Information that
sou can give me H. ] storm, Custer
county,
Sand lime brick are made by mixing
pure silica sand With from "a 10 per
cent OF high calcium lime and a GER
tain percentage OF water. and then
nodded into the forms OF bricks by be.
Ing subjected to an enormous pres
sure said TO be nearly 100 tons per
brick.
The brick are then piled loosely on
cars which hold about d thousand
bricks, and placed 10 steel cylinder.
ten or more ears AZ time The cyl