Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-04-22
SPRAYING TIME
IS NOW HERE
Spraying of Trees Is Explained in De-
tail BY The Agricultural Elk
tension College.

Morgantown, w. Va, April IT,
state have Witnessed orchard demon
stration work in pruning and spraying
this season, and the following has
been prepared by the College OF Ag-
riculture Extension Work to answer
some of the more important ques-
tions usually asked at these dem
constructions:
Making Lime-suIphur.
For making up small quantities
Of stock solution, put 10 gallons Of
water into an iron kettle, add s
pounds OF quick lime, and when the
water is boiling with the shaking
lime, add 16 pound OF flower OF
sulphur. Boil from As to 65 min
utes, on until the sulphur all goes
into the solution. You now have
stock solution of li7ne-sulphur.
Spraying Trees Dormant.
For spraying San Jose scale when
trees are dormant, dilute l gallon
of the stock solution to 10 gallons
with water. This application also
destroys many of the fungous dis
eases and cleans up the trees gener-
ally.
Spraying fer chewing insects and
fungous diseases:
Dilute 1-3 gollons Of the stock
solution of lime-sulphur TO 30 gal
Ions with water. Add three pounds or
aresenate of lead, dissolved in water.
The spray is now ready to apply - the
trees when the blossom have fallen.
Apply the spray material again three
or four weeks later. Tres should be
sprayed thoroughly, and the spraying
after the blossoms fall should be ap-
piled so as to fill the calyx cups. for
here is where the larva of the ccdling
moth enters the apple. A large apple
tree will need five gallons or more at
each application. For apple scab, APP
ply the same spray after the leaves
are out. but before the blossoms open.
Good Barrel Pumps.
A good barrel spray pump will
cost from SIS to $50, depending
upon the size Of the pump and the
equipment with it; but it will more
than pay for itself, the first season.
1t is not the purpose or this circular
to advertise the wares OF any firm,
but merely to furnish interested
parties with the addresses OF manu-
facturers and dealers whom We con-
slider reliable White them for cat
alogue and prices. The following
barrel pumps are recommended as
satisfactory:
Hardie No. {. manufactured by
the Hardie Manufacturing Com
pany, Hudson, Mich. Horticultural
Chemical Company, Martinsburg.
agent.
Gould Pomona, manufactured by
the Gould Manufacturing Company.
Seneca Fall, n. Y. Griffith & Tur-
her. Baltimore, Md. agents.
Eclipse, manufactured by Morrill,
and Morley, Benton Harbor. Mich.
The Century. manufactured by the
Deming Company, Salem. o.
The Spramotor, Jr.. No. 2, manu-
featured by the Spramotor Company
Buffalo, ~ Y.
lncesticides and Fungicides.
Most of the following firms have
state or local agents. Prices de-
pend upon the quantity purchased;
you should not expect to get the
same price on a small quantity from
a local dealer as you would by buy
ing in large lots.
Lime-sulphur is quoted by the fol-
lowing firms at from % to "a cents
per gallon in % gallon lots and at
IS to 20 cents per gallon in 80 gal
Ion barrels.
Arsenate of lead paste is quoted by
the following firms at from Z IL to-
II cents per pound in 100 pounds
kegs, I. o. b. shipping point, and
at correspondingly higher prices in
smaller lots. 1t viii pay to club to-
gether and buy in quantity.
Bowker Insecticide Company Bal
timore, Md, and Cincinnati, o.
Grasselli Chemical Company,
Pittsburg, Pa, and Cleveland, o,
Horticultural Chemical Company,
Martinsburg, w Va.
Merrimac Chemical Company, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Niagara Sprayer Company. Berke-
ley Storage Company, agents Mar
t!nsburg. w. Va.
Thomson Chemical Company, Bal
timore, Md. Several local agents.
Vreeland Chemical Company,
Hudson Term. Bldg, New YORK
City
Note:-Write a postcard to the
secretary of agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c., or to your congressman for
THE Farmers Bulletin Nos. 127, 234.
PAT and 40
Riu Tinnhar Tract Onttoned.