The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-09

OF fifty times a. many worms each wear
Last August went into a number OF
orchards and made careful estimates
found on orchards fifteen years old
that had never been sprayed three
iourths Of the fruit had core worm or
codling moth in II. In those sections
OF the country where the entire crop is
occasionally killed by the frost. such
failures make famine for the insects
and keep them in check, but in a first
class fruit country where there are no
failures, II is up to the industry Of man
to combat the insects, or they will soon
destroy the entire crop.
To Kill Core Worms
To fight the eodling moth inteIlisently
we must know its habit OF life We
have all noticed the worms in the apples
IN the summer time. This worm after
leaving the apple attaches itself by
means OF q cocoon to the loose bark
on the body OF the trees where Il is
transformed to a moth. In the early
spring each female will deposit sixty
to seventy-hve eggs on the young fol
iage and bloom, which hatches in Eve
TO ten days. The worms feed on the
tender leaves and shortly crawl 10 the
nearest apple Most of the forms enter
the apples at the blossom end. There
are three broods OF these moths each
season in Oklahoma The life cycle of
the second and third generations are
essentially the same as that OF the first
except that larger per cent of eggs
are laid on the fruit.
Now as 10 means of killing the
worms: Ist, If hogs and chickens are
allowed to run in the orchard they will
pick up wormy fruit, The value Of this
method Is best understood when we con
slider the natural increase. Let us saw
they breed one-third their capacity
which would be 10 for the first genera
ton, 400 for the second and 5000 for
the third.
and Keeping the bark OF trees
smooth thus knocking of the cocoons
and giving the birds chance to get at
them.
ard. Spraying. Poison In LIQUID
form which kills the insects as soon as
they commence to feed The most i'm
portant spraying Is at the blooming
time, -Four pounds of lead arsenate
TO 100 gallons OF water will make a
good spray to kill eodling moth and all
insects that eat either fruit or foliage.
Scale and Fungous Diseases
There IS some scale in Oklahoma and
the Lime-Sulphur spray for this must
he used before the growing season. II
there is scale in your orchard get busy
now One gallon OF the regular com
mercial LimeSulphur solution to ten
gallons OF water Is the right proper
tion. This spray will be profitable
whether you have any scale or not. The
Lime Sulphur will kill the fungus dis
eases that cause rot and scab. These
so-called diseases are not In reality dis
eases but are small moss or plant life
that lives on the trees through winter
and spreads onto the fruit during the
summer. thus obstructing natural growth
and causing Seabby. knotty and de-
formed fruit
II was not the purpose OF this article
TO give directions on spraying but 10
impress the thought that in every worth
while fruit country intelligent means
must be employed to combat the insects
that feed upon the fruit. When we can
understand Just how a thing is in ac
cordance with the fundamental laws OF
nature we can do the necessary work
with more patience and greater inteIli-
Rence
The best available information on
spraying is Bulletin No. o2 Of the Okla
homa Experiment Station, Saltwater.
Okla Write for Il today-Jim Parker,
| Tecnmsrh Okla.