The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-05-27
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
In Cooperation With The Extension Division Of
the College Of Agriculture. McreantOwn.
VIVA.
Agricultural Clubs, Attention.

DO not fail to include in your
list of prizes for the corn, toma-
to and potato contests, the one
prize which will be most highlv
desired and most thoroughly APP
preciated by all contestants
namely, a scholarship to the
One-week Prize Winners Course
IN agriculture to be held at the
College of Agriculture next win
ter in connection with Farmers
Week.
The boys who attended last
year found a new world opened
before their eyes and received
inspiration which will be a source
OF constant support in their
struggle for higher education
and better farming. This year
the girls will be in attendance
also and a special course is being
arranged for them.
The total cost for the week at
the College, including board and
room, need not exceed five dol
lars. Thus the cost of this prize
TO the club committee is about
five dollars plus railroad fares
For the amount expended this
prize offers the greatest actual
benefit to the winner and finally
10 the community itself, that
could ordinarily be obtained and
1t is expected that every county
will have at least one representa-
tive here next winter.
Apple Growers Cut Cedar Trees
West Virginians declare war
on red cedar in order 20 protect
orchards.
Last year the apple growers
OF the great Shenandoah Valley
region of Old Virginia and West
Virginia lost fully 300 thousand
dollars through damage done by
the fungous disease known as
cedar rust. This disease de.
stroys the color and surface an.
pearance of the apples and ma.
terlaliy reduces the size of the
fruit. A popularity of this fun.
gous growth is the fact that il
requires two hosts or mediums
upon which to complete it's life
cycle. 1t must develop first up.
on the red cedar. Here it is a
common sight and is ordinarily
known as the cedar apple. From
these the spores are carried tc
nearby apple trees and there de.
velop the rust.
The growers of this great
Shenandoah section, which by
the way is destined TO rival in
the very near future the famed
western Hood River" region,
tried the usual fungicide sprays
such as bordeaux, lime-sulphul
ETC., but without any great de.
gree Of success. After seeing
several crops more or less com.
pIetely destroyed they finally
sent out the edict, "Since the
red cedar harbors the rust
spores, obviously the red cedar
must be destroyed" This was
fayorably received by the large
growers but opposition was en-.
countered among the non-grow.
ers and ultra conservatives OF
the country side. Since nothing
less than complete annihilatior
of all red cedar trees within
three fourths of mile of all or.
chards would suffice, the case
seemed hopeless.
Then the Agricultural Expert.
ment Station of West Virginia
came to the rescue and by the
aid of friendly Legislature had
a Crop Pest Commission" ere.
ated. This commission has pow
er to compel the cutting of all
red cedars within one mile of a
commercial orchard. Now. un.
der the direction of experts from
the Experiment Station many
thousands Of red cedar trees are
falling before the axe. When
this work is completed, as it will
be without delay, one of the
finest apple regions of the worlc
will be permanently freed of one
of the most serious menaces Il
the production Of perfect fruit.
r. H. Hays and Attorne,