The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

! clover needs TO protect 1t from the sun.
and the crops are both generally sue
ccssful.
Spraying Cucumbcrs and CnntcIoupcs.
You advise spraying melons with
lead arsenate one pound in thirty gal
Ions Of water How soon should the
spraying be done, and how often?''
The advice was given TO guard against
the pickle worm that bores into the
melons and cucumbcrs. Where the
. blight is troublesome and the leaves
mildew. !: Is better 10 epray with 'Bor-
deauN mixture. and tho poison can be
mixed with this for the pickle worms.
Where the mildew Is not prevalent
and that Is in rare plRces-the mix
ture in water OF the lead arscnate will
answer. The spraying should begin
AS soon as the vines start to run. and
should be repeated every ten days, or
sooner If the rains wash II off. till
the fruit Is fully half grown. little
glucose in the solution will make it
stick better This same solution Is
tho best thing - use to destroy the
rose bugs that are sometimes very
troublesome.
Blnck Rot In Grapes.
My grapes rot and shrivel up and |
get very few good punches. especially
the Concords. Can YOU tell mo how
to prevent it?" 1t Is now to late to
take any effective remedy for the black
rot IN crares. Spraying at once with
BcrdeauN mixture may to some extent
prevent i, in part The first appear
ancr is on the leaves in little brown
spots. and from these the spores get
on the fruit. The way TO prevent the
rot is to begin the spraying before
the vines swell their buds AT that
time spray the whole vine and the
trellis and over tho ground around.
and clean up and burn all the pruninss
and leaves from the ground
Then repeat the spraying every ten
days ,ill the grapes are fully half
grown. and you will usually have little
rot. The spraying is done with Bor-
dcauK. mixture
How TO Make the Bordeaux Mixture,
Bordeaux mixture Is made in vart-
Gus proportions of lime and copper
sulphatc. For grapes and fruit trees,
and tn fact in general use, l make what
IS called the $3.50 mixture That Is
slake FIVE pounds OF fresh lime in a
cnsk and then add water enough to
mako twenty five gallons In another
cask have five pounds OF copper sui
phate In -four sack In hot water to
dissolve Make this to twenty-five gall
Ions, Then pour the two together into
a third cask. stirring 1t all the time
to make the mixture complete. Then
strain It into the spraying machine
and st is ready for use and should be
used n, once Posons for insects can
be mixed in this.
Irish potatoes. should be sprayed
with tho Bordeaux as soon rs they are
well above GROUND. and every week till
bloom;ns. When the larvae Of the po-
tato beetle appear. mix pound of
leao arsenate in thirty gallons OF Bor-
deauX mixture. and spray with that
Keeping IL we'll stirred The Bor-
,.auX will keep the foliage good against
the early blight, and the poison Will
destroy the potato bugs An early use
OF the poison may destroy some OF
the. mature beetles. and stop their egg
laying, for though they eat little. they
do eat some. and many will be killed
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Spraying in the Garden.
1t IS nCw we'll understood that sue
cess In fruit growing depends on the
regular spraying OF the trees for the
destruction Of fungus diseases and
insects, but few realize that spraying
is fully a important during the sum-
mer Tor vegetable crops OF many sorts
After mild winter like the last one
insects 81 all sorts seem unusually
plentiful, while after winter like
the one OF l9ll-l2. the cold seemed 10
have che ;ked many OF tho insects that
depred on our plants.
Srhides or Plant Lice.
These have been unusually preva,
lent this spring. and IN different forms
have sHarmcd over the roses, peas and
other plants There are several kinds
OF these Ice. some OF a gray color
infect tho roots OF corn. cotton and
-,
cnes attack the rose bushes and meas
and often arc found infcsting the
held OF oats Black ones. too. swarm
over the reach trees and in ,he flower
garden attack the chrysanthemums
These insects Increase IN Ct wonder
ful manner The ants take care or
their eggs in winter In their under
ground quarters. for the ants are very
; fond OF the sweet emulation that comes
from the bodies of the aphIdes. ana
they will take tho eggs 10 the most
favorable place for them to hatch ana
prey on the plants
The hIst swarm OF these insects Is
all imperfect females and they in
crease by what is called a maiden gen
Grafton. That is the young bud out OF
their bodies Just as buds grow out
from plants, and they increase very
| rapidly till late in the season when
B - ''''" ''iiitS GUY (udt are mar" ana
female, and these CopUlate and lny
eggs for the ncNt season
Remedies or PrcventIvcs
As the eggs Of the aphis are always
IN the ground the best preventive is
10 use tobacco stems or tobacco dust
heavily in the fertilizer. II this is
done there will he little trouble from
them In crops like peas and oats. and
TINS rs sovereign remedy for those
that attack the roots OF corn. cotton
and young nursery trees In many
trucking sections the green pea aphis
! has become SO plentiful that the grow
ing OF the English pea has almost been
! abandoned in many places.
Some years ago was sent for hur
ricdly To come 10 Newbern, y C. ana
ten them what To do. ] found a large
h"ld Of green peas with every plant