The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-13
HORTICULTURALIST BULLOCK
MADE 1000 INSPECTIONS
In Wayne and Adjoining Counties
Last Year-Farmers Are Begin
ming to Learn Value of Spray
ing-ResuIt in Better Crops.

w. ii. BULLOCK, HORTICULTURAL IN
spector of this district, made over
| 900 inspections, gave 120 public
demonstrations, besides delivering
number of addresses in Bradford,
Sullivan, Wyoming, Carbon, Schuyl-
kill and Wayne counties during the
past year.
In these demonstrations Mr.. Bull
lock took IN the lines of nrvning
spraying and what spray material La
necessary to do the WORK properly.
The San Jose scale is more noticeable
than ever and unless something is
done by several orchardists and 9TH
er owners of fruit trees the orchards
will be dead. In fact, Mr. Bullock
says, the wood on some of the trees,
is dead now. The farmers are real
izing that in order to save their trees
they must spray and are taking Hnre
active interest in spraying.
There are l 9 supervision and DEM
onstration orchards in Wayne coun-
ty. In this number are included the
model orchards located on the farms
of Hull Brothers, Waymart; w. ].
Warwick, Narrowsburg, R. D. 1;
Hon. A. 7. Searle, Siko, and w. w.
Baker, Gravity. Mr.. Baker raised
larger crop last year than ever har-
! vested on his farm. He gathered
| 400 bushels from his orchard. All
trees were first pruned and were then
! sprayed three different times. The
| Baldwin bore best with the King ap-
pie a close second An oyster scale
upon the trees last year has been
killed consequently Mr.. Baker will
| spray only twice this season. His or
! chard is way ahead of the average
| vi IN hU
| ing it has demonstrated to the aver
age farmer that this is the only
method to preserve apple trees in
/ this climate.
Spray the latter part of May or the
! first of June and it will kill the
kodling moth spray when the tree is
dormant for the scale, says Horticul-
turalist W. H. Bullock.
Wild Cats Galore.
In Blooming Grove park within
the last thirty days, the men have
of which was the largest of any.
This occurred on Monday and the an
imal weighed 2S pounds. This is the
largest cat that was ever shot in the
park. The number exceeds all other
wild cats that have been killed in
Pike county this season.
The animals have become very
plentiful in the park, having evil
IDENTIFY been attracted by the pres
!, ence of all kinds of birds and the
men are kept busy trying to destroy
them. Their screeching at nights
keeps everybody awake, and hum
dreds of the game birds have been
destroyed by them. The hunters are
usually accompanied by their dogs,
which easily locate the cats, and
sometimes fierce fights ensue. This
made rather exciting sport.
A few years ago the park people
had the rattlesnake situation to deal
with and a number of dens of rattle
snakes were destroyed but the wild
cat visitation Is the worst of the two.
Interesting Reading at High School.
Mrs. Salo Friedewald again de-
lightfully entertained select audi
ence at the High school building on
Saturday afternoon with an inter-
pretation of Herman Sudermann's 8
successful play John the Baptist" "
1t is a story of the time when Christ
was upon the earth, of the teachings
of John the Baptist, his torture OF
mind to comprehend the vast and
revolutionary teachings of Jesus
Christ. Revolutionary in that
they were so different from pre-
cident and so wide of SCOPE. The
hoVef Of Iohn the Baptist that
Christ would come in pomp and
glory and with a beating of drums
and military splendor is shattered
by his entrance into Jerusalem on an
- ass and afterwards teaching Love
Thy Enemy" IL tells of his trials
4 and Imprisonment by Herod, the
s king and the temntations set before
S him by his beautiful daughter, Sa'
J. lone. who finally dances before heI
s stenfather and demands the head ol
John the Pantist served to her on a
! golden platter. The story is a beau
S tiful one and shorld be read by
= everyone, hut to hear Mrs. Frede-
e wald recite II Is really treat, These
e meetings will prove help to all who
= attend whether you are a lover o'
e good books or not. The next read
; ING will be Mt 2:3O o'clock SATURDAY
4 afternoon, March 23