Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-04-28
EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES.

pour the liquid over them, covering
them completely. Do not wash the
eggs before packing them as this may
injure the keeping qualities by remov-
ing a natural protective coating ON
the outside of the shells. Water glass
is somewhat alkaline liquid, but the
diluted solution is not injurious to the
hands if they are dipped into it in
packing successive gatherings of eggs,
or in removing the eggs in solution.
To kill the small wigglers which
some times appear in spring water
during the warm seasons of the year,
try pouring kerosene over the surface
of the water, allowing 1t to spread
over the surface. This will effectively
kill all the wigglers, after which the
oil could be allowed to run off. This,
however, would not be permanent, as
the wigglers would be very apt to be
found in plentiful numbers in short
time. A good plan is to clean out
the spring, placing in it vessel of
some kind. The wigglers will not
injure the water in any way, how
ever, even if present.
To. destroy the aphis which attacks
garden and ornamental plants, spray
as soon as the insects appear with
either kerosene emulsion or tobacco
To, make the latter spray, use one
pound of tobacco leaves to four gal
Ions of water. Simmer one hour and
then strain. Two pounds of tobaccn
dust or ground tobacco may be sub,
stituted for the leaves TO maks'
kerosene emulsion, Use two gallons Of
kerosene to half pound of whale oil
soap TO one gallon of water. Dissolve
the soap in water by boiling, and add
the suds boiling hot to the kerosene
away from the fire. The mixture is
then ;agitated violently, preferably by
pumping it violently back on itself
with a force pump. After four or five
minutes the mixture suddenly be
comes creamy in substance. Use one
gallon of the emulsion to twelve gal
Ions of water in spraying.
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Cauliflower, like cabbage and other
plants of this group, should be trans
planted just little deeper than they
grow in the frame or seed bed. Usu-
ally we plant them from half inch
to an inch and half deeper. This
depends somewhat upon the condition
of the soil. Cauliflower requires q
moist atmosphere, and naturally a
moist soil. If grown upon very dry
soil in dry atmosphere, the head is
tough and rather strong. But when
grown in the proper conditions, it is
a very fine and much priced vege
table. Do not attempt to grow them
in shady places. Gives them all the
sunshine they want, and keep the
ground well titled and moist. The
leaves should be tied over the head as
soon as the head begins to be ex
posed. Usually this is when the head
is from three to four inches in diam
eter This is simply for the purpose
of making the head tender and keep.
ing it wet. The only thing that can
be done to keep the aphis out of the
cauliflower head is to spray thorough
ly with kerosene emulsion, tobacco, or
pyretheum decoction before the plants
head. If the aphis get in theer once,
they cannot be gotten out.
i Wire worms are one of the most
difficult insects to combat Many
experiments have been undertaken to
find something that will poison these
worms, and all such tests have thus
far been unsuccessful. Treating the
seed and planting mustard in the
fields have proven of little benefit
1t has been found, however, that fail
plowing of the infested fields will
mash a great number of the soft
pupa, which is the resting stage of
this insect. If all the wire worms
would go in the pupa condition each
fall they would be quickly .killed out
of the soil by fall plowing, but where
the species exists for several years in
the worm condition, fall plowing will
destroy only portion of the insects,
that is, only those that have entered
upon the pupa stage. Where fall
plowing is persisted in year after
year. the wire worms are, however
gradually worked out of the soil. AS
a usual thing, wire worms are the
more destructive in new or sod land
than in cultivated land. The natural
food plant of the larvae consists large
ly of the roots of native grasses.
When small number of domestic
plants are substituted, the worms
naturally work on the roots of these
for their sustenance. They are known
to be destructive to almost every
kind of plant.
The little black insect often found
eating the strawberry plants is
known as the flea bettle. There
would seem to be no effective remedy
for this insect when it appears on
the plapts during the fruiting season.
Bordeaux might be applied were 1t not
for the fact that it would cause the
berries to taste bad, making them un-
marketable. The common practice of
cutting off the Strawberries just after
harvest and burning them is one that
Is very beneficial in getting rid Of
this pest.
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