The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-01-16
ALL SHOULD
BOOST GROWERS
ORGANIZATION
BY f, A. DAVIS.

The matter of spraying fruit trees
with a miscible oil for the purpose Ct
destroying the leaf roller eggs is such
an important one that IT is to be
regretted that a controversy should
have arisen between the manufactur-
ers and agents Of the two misci5le
oils that have been tried out here this
season. This controversy can DO 20
one any good. 1t serves only to be-
wilder the fruit grower make him
skeptical. and 20 make enemies for the
participants.
II there ever was a time when the
growers needed clear heads and
hopeful hearts 1t is while fighting
this most destructive pest
Since II became known that | PIT
on the Target Brand Scale Destroy
er" for Professor Weldon and that the
"Scalicide" was used by Mr. Gill on
my place q great many seem to think
II incumbent upon me to settle this
question. Consequently l would like
to have it made known Just how
stand.
Shortly after came here last year.
Nr. Gill and Mr.. Taylor found the
Jeaf-roller eggs nearly as abundant
on my ranch as any place on the Park.
The Horticultural Society had pur-
chased two i've gallon cans OF Seal
icide as suggested by Mr.. Gill and
! was asked II would take five gal
Ions Of the oil and use 1t as directed
by Mr.. Gill. agreed to do this and
] subsequently followed out his writ
ten directions to the best OF my abi,i-
~.
DR.. Bell took the other can OF Scali-
eide and used that according to Mr..
Cill's directions. understand that
he was successful.
When Prof. Weldon came here to
do his first field experimenting did
the spraying for him and put on the
Target brand oil. Having learned the
Importance of thoroughness from Prof.
Weldon when | put on that FIVE gal
Ions OF Scalicide in seyenty-flve gall
Ions OF water / did just as thorough
q job as | knew how.
Ten fourteen-year-old Ben Davis
trees we're treated with this solution.
Very few eggs on those ten trees
hatched. probably less than two per
cent But Mr.. Glls bulletin win 90
out In a few days and he Will tell you
all about this experiment.
am not a chemist nor a scientist
but put about hall teaspoonful
OF the Scalicide in a pint OF wafer
drawn from the well and 1t did not
mix well. I then put the same amount
in pint OF ditch water and got just
as good a solution as did Prof. Well
don with the Target Brand OIL
have never seen the trees sprayed
with the Target Brand oil since the
day they were sprayed at the Barn
hart ranch. / will not advise any
grower to use either one OF these pre-
parations In preference TO the other.
But II is certainly the duty Of every
grower whose orchard is In the 10
tested district to use either one or
the other of these oils. Certainly
Scalicide did good work on my place
and Prof. Weldon said he got good re-
suits with Target Brand.
Let us fruit growers stop our per-
sonal experimenting for the present
and try out the advice given uy
these two men who have been tarined
to experiment and TO draw conclu-
sions better than we individually
have.
cannot see how any fruit grower
in this county can afford not to be a
member OF the Fremont County Hor-
tlcultural society. dare say this =
the most important civic body in this
county. Neither Mr.. Gill nor Mr. We'll