Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-01
VIII Study Farm Machinery.

Students at the College OF AgrlcuI-
ture will soon be given an opportunity
to make a careful study of farm ma
chinery by working with the actual ma
chimes, il present plans are successful
ly carried out. A machinery hall is
being constructed on the campus and
many Of the leading manufacturers
cr agricultural implements are arrang-
ing to send their very best machines
to be placed at the disposal Of the De-
partment freekof charge. By going over
the different points of these various
machines, the student will be enabled
TO select the type best suited to con-
diNons prevailing upon his particular
farm.
| The upper floor Of this same building
will be used as additional class room
and Office space for the Horticultural
! Department.
/ Cooling Moth Time.
Did you notice many of your apples
and then perhaps falling to the ground
ed one of these fruits you probabl.
1oted> the large 'traw1 worm hole Il
| its surface and remarked to yoursei
that some worm had eaten its wa.
into the apple That's Just where "
make mistake; in reality some worr
had eaten its way out of the apple.
THE effrnt however. was just the
same and the fruit was spoiled
! The newly hatched worm. or Cooling
| Moth larva, enters the open end OF
the fruit and finally works its way out
and emerges from the surface.
From the foregoing it will be seen
that the codling moth sprays must be
given at very special time. namely,
just before the blossom end of the
apple closes up or as is usually recon-
mended, just as the petals are falling
from the blossoms. The time for
spraying should be carefully watched
and spray containing two or three
pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty
gallons of water must be thrown upon
the trees with some force SO as to
enter the blossom end of the young
fruits.
If the work is thoroughly done one
spray may, control the Cooling moth
out usually it will be found necessary
to spray once or even twice again at
a later date.
For further information and com.
plete spraying instructions, write the
Extension Department, College of Ag-
riculture, West Virginia University.
Exhibit at Richmond.
One of the interesting exhibits in
connection with the Southern Educa
tional Conference, held at Richmond
! Va. Arril 1918, was that of the Agri-
cultural Extension Department show,
in Of rNf
| tension work being conducted through
rur up in substantial form and will be
shown at many of the county fairs
during the coming season.
Barn Used AS Lecture Hall. :
"A barn makes an excellent lecture
room" Remarked Prof. Sutton, of the
Horticultural Department, at the Col
lege of Agriculture but wisely added
"if the time is relatively short and the
audience sufficiently interested"
/ On recent Extension trip to one of
the southern counties of the state the
weather proved SO unfavorable that it
was impossible. to carry out the or
chard pruning demonstration which
had been planned. A large number OF
interested farmers and fplit growers
had gathered for the occasion and
rather than disappoint them entirely it
was decided to hold a meeting in a
nearby barn, the only available build
ing. The men crowded the room to
its capacity, the professor found him
self back up in a corner and for the
next two hours and half he answered
questions. explained methods, and dis
cussed agricultural practices to the
satisfaction of all. 1T was one of
the most, successful meetings / ever
attended, regardless of the fact that
it was held in barn" concluded Prof.
Sutton.
Spray Note.
Spraying preparations should not be
delayed until the last moment. Give
yourself plenty of time. There may
be unforeseen delays in securing chem
icals; the work of preparing solutions
requires time and care and should a
few days of rainy weather intervene,
the critical period for successful spray
ing may easily slip by.