The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-11
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Extension Department, College Of Agriculture
Morgantown, West Virginia
APPLE PROSPECTS GOOD

indicate a banner year for apple
production in West Virginia.
All varieties have been in full
bloom and to date there is prac-
tically no frost injury.
Peaches give prospects of a
good crop il the higher attitudes
of the Eastern Panhandle. The
lower orchards will produce
something like a half crop. The
Elbertas have suffered most.
Since most of the orchards in the
Eastern Panhandle are located
on high ground, total loss is not
extensive. The peaches of the
central and western parts of the
state were nearly all killed by
the heavy freezing weather earl
Ter in the year Cherries seem
to have suffered but little and
prospects for heavy crop are
good. Pears will not produce
more than one half or one third
of a normal crop and and plums
will range from one-half to three
fourths of crop.
FOUR MILLIONS FOR GOOD ROADS
Including the funds raised by
taxation and the special bond is
sues of several counties, approx
imately four million dollars are
available this year for road
building in West Virginia. Other
counties are considering the SUBJ
sject and it is probable that this
sum will be greatly increased be-
fore the end of the year. Far
mers and city jewellers every
where are getting together and
formulating plans for the i'm
proyment of their highways.
SPRAY FOR TOMATO BLIGHT
Wherever tomatoes have been
grown for series of years, it is
now quite common to experience
severe losses each year from the
''blighting of the vines and the
decaying of the fruit. The los
ses resulting from these diseases
plants have diseases as surely
do animals probably reach a
greater total sum in the thous-
ands of home gardens than in
the larger acreage grown by the
canneries, so the subject of con-
troll methods is of interest to a
wide range of people.
There are really three or four
distinct diseases of the fruit and
vines of the tomato, but to the
casual observer they are usually
noticeable as dark depressed
spots upon the fruit or as a dy-
ing and drying UP of the foliage.
The treatment is the same in
all cases and is as follows: Spray
the plants for the first time
when they are about IL to Is IN
ches high and have become well
established in the field, using the
strong Bordeaux Mixture; that is
5 pounds unslaAed lime, pounds
of copper sulphate (bluestone) =,
and 80 gallons of water. The
copper sulphate and lime must
each be dissolved separately and
then diluted and mixed. One of
the most important points to note
in applying the spray is the fact
that the material must be put on
as a mist or very fine spray.
pouring on wirh a sprinkler will
do but little good in many cases.
The spraying should be repeated
every two weeks until at least
three and preferably four or five
applications have been made.
STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
MEETING
The coming meeting of the
West Virginia Education Associ-
alton at Morgantown, June 1919
1914. promises to be by far the
most interesting and important
ever held by the Association
The general topic will be will be
Present Day Movements in Ed.
cation and Their Meaning for
West Virginia. Speakers of
national reputation have been
engaged, aid the various section
al meetings will be in charge of
recognized experts.
A special feature will be the
exhibits which are to be display
ed in the Armorv on Weof VIZ.