Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-04
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iPolsoned Sprays for Ample hiaSxot.
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oy no. Iumoloes p,osony tnus 10 pro-
Vec.oG oy nes oostn.
A long as1en years sgo ono 1ork
county orcnsrolst ineisteo Keep my
trees Woh sprayed WIN ratIs ereen Anu
my apples arc Itee itom msggots' Wnne
my ao'gaoos Mno oo nos sprsy lsfvos.
Itus unnt tof tne mstHe.. II NOV
man protest I'm commercial orchards
properly sprayed with arsenicais against
other pests, the apple msggot does not
enter - an element OF importance. On
the otner mana there are Name ofcnarGs
apparently weli sprayed Win afsenicais
wnere tne appearances OF tne apple mag
gos 10 an sunusi cocurIence.
oucn conHict OF tesumony Dy no
means connneo 60 MAINE NOE 70 inc
practicai ofcnaIaisn.
| we nnd Mr. w. Y. OAane ". d. Agr.
EXP. Sss. bai. III, PIP. SZ'sol conciaaing
AFTER several years expefimenting, foi'
son DAFT sprays, ~ 10 iar oeviseo, nave
entireiy faiiea 20 insure protection OF
the iruit OF sne sprayed trees from atsac.
oy tne maggot. In part Q. tne e4PsEf
ments tnere was apparently some I'M
Piosemens ol .ne me-, .rals, esPeola'y y,."s ~ ~
iateo treee. tnn may nsve fesuieeo
lIom .no uessu " n'o, ooosus0 - sLo
sPrsy, VI ~ msy nssU ~, uoen ouo ssI
GUS otner isctors. Ine important point
is tnat no s9co protection was iortnoom'
lng - Wouia 90 essenusi 'ne Nsat.
ment were 90 Do ranked ID An eneot'Ve
means OF control. nm.
Inc conclusions Q, mr. n y. +: O.! inn mI
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s"o spray mi4tuies' one co"Poseu VI "
senate OF lead, giycerine ana moiasses,
sno tne ot1er OF faris green, giycot.ne y
ana moiasses, put neither yieioed sat,s'
factory results, n tne oon'roi VI 'ne
apple Irui! ny 10 oa'AI,o. To- :, ~. ~
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oPerstlve News lsoi. - Pp. 9oa'UoIj ~
iolo .oPytte VOuVSInns ..Ss epns ~. AZ" '
po.s ~ Wv. ooo1s "."a" Sp' ., s,
10 ist sne sweeteneo po,sCn spssy nss
oeeo enect,ve 10 .ne ocn.lol y. 'no spp.o
maggo.' sltnoogn, OF course, soo.nei
seasons WORK must 90 done oeiore pass
ing nnal ]uogment. :.
IN view OF tne iack OF UNIFORMITY S'
init'ai fesuts 10 tnis worry co"p,eA PtoT
lem, and the serious WORK OF the apple
maggot IN Maine, IL seemed advisaDie 20
condition: in this state: The Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station accord
ipgly secured In this connection the ser
vices OF DR.. Henry d. p. SEVERN, man
experienced In tho use OF poisoned oait
sprays for various fiies and IN toucn,
through literature ana correspondence
With other experts interested IN tne
same problem ootn IN America sno
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Doosor oeve,,ns ,n, Wgr, ,n,s ~ orUSo lulu uu,.s
ments were Tor the most part connneo
to soluble poisons because these are
more rapid IN their action tnsn the ID.
soluble arsenates, and it was oeheveo
that II these did not prove eneotive 10
Killing the nies IL was OF httle % use 90 OK
per,ment wltn tno sloMeE po.sons. a
to9 IGho1ing paragraphs "'' aeo'0"
irom buiietin Zol: v
"Formula.-!n lSio' sne Ioilowing lot
mula OF the poisoned DALI WAS useo 10
spraying the elk orchards and tho apple
trees In the residential section:
Potassium arsenate, 4 OF. (dissolv,
% IN oo'"ng "ssef'
Moiasses' dpt;,
.,Ms Wster, 81 ,,.n.r.a y, .,,r.
.ne tn. 'o,u,'oa ua,.. va :, pS ptSrs. s.iion. ~
rug 'no Moinss9' ~ Ie..s. on ~.
ws.el UNI. sn y, .no ,0s S,l..,".S IT,
oottom OF tne pau wss us.soSSI. ~. 9s,.S a
potassium srsenste wss nIst o,ssoive1 9
In ABOUT quart OF oonibg Wsto. sno
Was then added 70 tne diluted molasses'
Tna poisoned oait Mss tno,oueIy ssr
tated by pumping tho hquid oaok upon
itself with spray pump.
"ln 1915, during very rainy seAoon'
the results obtained Wild three appnca'
tions Of the poisoned bait spray contain,
ing soluble poison dissolved IN diluted
molssses, showed tnat the iniestation
varied from o 10 percent IN orcnatos BIZ
uated away from tho margin OF the ex-