The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-05
THE CARE OF THE ORCHARD.
BY +. ID. Ball, Director Utah Expert.
ment Station.

ing with any expectation OF maklng
money out OF it unless you are willing
to put time and money into it after 1t
reaches the bearing stage, and there is
probably nothing in western agricul-
ture that will pay you better ter the
time and money you spend than this
same orchard, provided you spend
enough. And at the same time there
is nothing in western agriculture in
which person can make as great a
failure as they can in orchard work
The people of the east with the great
markets of our country right at their
doors often make a fair amount of
money on orchards that receive little
or no care. They raise a cheap, in
ferior product, but, being close to the
markets with little or no freight
charge to pay, they may be able to still
dispose of it at profit. With us of
the intermountain region, the problem
is quite different. The freight On
box of apples from here to Ohio is on
the average as much as the Ohio man
| gets for his apples. In order, there
fore, that we may get anything for our
product, we must put on to the east
ern markets product that is in every
way superior TO the homegrown pro-
duct and will command a superior
price. An apple grower anywhere IN
the state of Ohio has approximately
100000 people who want his apples
within a radius of 100 miles. The in
termountain fruit grower has on the
other hand less than ! 900 900 people
to eat his apples within radius of 500
miles, and practically all of the world
/ markets open to his products are from
1000 to 1000 miles from his door and
worse than all this, those miles are in
every case over the worst of mountain
roads, with heavy grades and high
freight charges. A box of apples SELL
ing at $1O0 may be sold at loss. An
other box of apples selling at $1.50 or
$500, or in the case of our fancy fruit,
sometimes much more, may yield
handsome returns. If it costs $1.1O to
produce box of apples that sell for
$l.OO and consequent loss, $120 may
produce box of apples that will sell
| for $500 and handsome profit
| Where, then, shall we spend the extra
| 10 cents per bushel?
The first requirement of a market
able apple is that it be free from
worms. Two and half to three cents
| therefore, must go to spraying that
| box of apples and when we say spray
| In the western country, we mean spray
thorough, persistent, intelligent
work. We have as the result of
| good many years Of effort developed a
| method OF spraying, which can be de-
pended upon to give results.
The important features of this me-
| thod are, first that you have an outfit
| capable of handling considerable
| amount OF liquid at constant pres
sure OF $50 to 200 pounds. The largest
| size of barrel pumps-double acting
| pumps, and power outfits will all do
| this, and it makes no difference which
one of these outfits you have. With
| reference to the efficiency of the
spraying, the best spraying that has
ever been done in this state and as
| good as has ever been done in any
state has been done with a Pomona
Barrel outfit, costing $1,000, but that
outfit must have one accessory that is
| hard to purchase in the open market,
and that is man with head on him
to run it. There are certain accessor-
les besides the man that are also nee
| essary in order to do good WORKS.
feet of 7-ply hose, a bamboo pole, 10 to
| IL feet in length, croop on the end
OF this pole, and on this nozzle that
will throw coarse spray five or six
| iSSt pCLoiC II plCdhS lHJo llllSl. WIFI
this outfit and platform or tower so
that the man handling the nozzle can
get above the trees and spray down in
to the calyx cups, spray sidewise into
! those that stand out on the side, spray
| up into those that turn down below,
| taking care to see that every single
| blossom on the tree receives it's share
of the poison, truly efficient spraying
| can be done.
The number Of times to spray and
the poison to use are questions that
must be settled by local conditions.
| Lead arsenate at present prices, five
| pounds to 100 gallons, is probably as
good poison as can be used. Paris
Green, one-third of pound to a bar
rel, has, however, given just as good
results, where there was not too much
| rain or dampness at spraying time.
| The number of sprayings depends on
the number of worms the previous
year. If uncertain in regard to this
i factor, spray twice, once just as soon
as the blossoms fall from the trees,
| and again in ten days, or two weeks.
Band every tree with good heavy bur-
lap bands and if there appears more
than two to three per cent of worms
in the first brood, then spray again
| two or three times for the second
brood. If the orchard closes the sea-
son with only two or three per cent
wOrmy or even five per cent, it will be
fairly safe to cut the early sprayings
down to one and then watch for the
movement of the worms as before to
see if later sprays should be given.
| Don't leave this car with the idea
that have said that one spraying will
| control the codling moth. | know
| dozens of orchards that have not been
| sprayed more than once year for four
| or five years, but before that time
everyone of those orchards was spray
| ed from three to five times and was
banded, in order to get the worms
down to a number where it would be
| safe to stop with one spraying. Any
method of spraying which reduces the
| number of worms in the orchard each
year below that which occurred there