Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

posed edges closed in 80 ~ to leave no
crack or crevice for the air or moisture
to work in. The edges should be kept
painted until we'll healed over. II would
require from three TO five years to So
cure the best results by the above meth
ods. The following outline 10 sugges-
tive as a plan to be followed:
1st year-(a) Remove all dead wood.
Paint bare wounds. (b) Scrape bark
lightly. II canker is present treat az
above. (c) Dehorn tallest limbs. (d)
Spray while dormant lin March or April)
with lime sulphur. (e) Spray again in
early June (three to six days after bios
SONS fall with a poison for the codiing
moth.
I'd year-(a) In March or April head
back rank growth of previous season,
and cut out water sprouts where not
needed. (b) Plow and apply barn ma
aure If needed. (c) Spray as before.
(D Cultivate until July Is, then SOW
cover crop.
Sd year-(a) Prune where needed.
(b) Plow as before. (c) Spray as be-
fore. CO Fertilize with ashes, basic
Stag, or chemicals containing potash aud
phosphoric acid. (e) Cultivate as be-
fore and SOW cover crop.
SPRAYING.
These facts are known in regard to
spraying: that certain materials may be
applied, generally in liquid form, to
trees and fruit which will protect them
from insect and fungus pests. Knowing
the disease or insect trouble makes 1t
possible to prescribe the kind of spray
to be used as q remedy. The sprays
generally used to destroy fungus growths
are known as fungicides, and the two
most commonly used are lime sulphur
and Bordeaux mixtures. Lime sulphur
is an insecticide to a certain extent, as
it is used to control San Jose scale,
oyster shell bark lice, eggs of green
aphis, etc. It il one of the most valu-
able sprays. Lead arsenate is used as
an insecticide to control leaf-eating in
sects, Larvae Of the codling moth, etc.
For directions in regard to the making
and use of the above sprays send for the
leaflet on spraying issued by this de-
partment.
Iu small amounts lime sulphur will
cost about 80 cents per gallon; in barrel
amounts it may be bought for 20 cents
per gallon. The spraying program then
will be: in April spray with lime sui
phur for scab and bark lice, using about
4 IL to 5 gallons of concentrated lime
sulphur to a barrel OF water. Use an
angled disc nozzle or have a one-eighth
angle turn on the end of the spray pole
70 better direct the spray. The person
spraying should use oil or vaseline on
face and hands, and burlap blankets on
the horses. A second spray should be
applied soon after the petals fall; this is
to control the codling moth. Use 3
pounds of lead arsenate to so gallons OF
water, and add gallon of concentrated
lime sulphur solution as fungicide.
Dissolve the lead arsenate in one-half OF
the water, the lime sulphur solution in
the other half, and then combine the
two. A barrel of this solution will
spray from IS to 20 trees, not so many
as the dormant spray on account OF
leaves.
The crook on end of spray pole is
especially asefa! fer spraying downward
into the calyx (blossom end) Of tha
small apples. This spraying to be ef-
fective must not be delayed longer than
about week after the blossoms fall to
best control the codliug moth Larvae.