Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-28
Spray Your Apple Trees.
o. 9. Virgins. Missouri College 81
Agriculture. i

u summer spraying Is essentil
an IN the production Of first. elias
an apples. Unsprayed fruit is us
ID ually scabby and very ofte
70 shows injury from codling mot
IN or curculio. Wormy or disease,
. IF fruit has poor keeping qualities
u mus In order to have fresh an,
" pies during winter moths II 4
o necessary to practice summer
spraying.
b Spraying consists Of applying
: 70 the growing fruit and leaves
some substance which will either
. XIII or prevent the growth of the
. insects and disease spores. Some
Q form OF arsenic is used to kill the
. insects, lead arsenate being the
! most common fern. It may bs
Purchased at local drug stores
| and costs from ten to twenty five
} cents a pound. Sulphur is very
effective in preventing the devel-
opment OF apple soab and other
Fungus diseases since disease
spores cannot develop in it's pre-.
senee. This substance in the
form of concentrated lime sui. /
phur may be purchased from
companies handling spray SUP.
plies and in small lots will cos.
aoout tfteen cents per gallon.
The spraying schedule recon.
mendsd on the basis of the tests
and experience Of the Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station
calls Tor three, sprays during the
season. The first to be most ef.
leot've against the apple scab
should have bsen applied just be.
lore the blossoms opened. This !
spray OF lime sulphur at the rate ,
u three gallons OF commercial
mixture to 100 gallons of water !,
8 not very necessary in dry sea.
ons because eoab can leyelop |,
MY during damp weather. - .,
The second spray applied lust NJ
tier the blossoms fall is most b
nportant and should be applied IN n
ven tho the first was not. It il tn
'ade oy mixing three gallons of ,,l or
'mmercial lime sulphur and five Or Dr.
ounds lead arsenats paste with ye
no hundred gallons Of water. a. an
lnce the tead arsenate and the i'm in
ne sulphur are placed in the
'me n sulution, one spraying is CT
'mcient to apply both substan.
's' This spray serves as a fur. :"
or protection against the soab
't Its greatest value comes thru
effect upon the codling moth acr
q ourculio. Enough poison pla
ngs to the surface Of the apple exc exc
that these insects are killed 70 =
lore they have done much IN. be
~ Serious injury comes only mel
m the fullsdevelopment of the ,,os uos
ling moth or "apple worm" rom
Q sting Of the ourculio causes item
'les to grow in deformed u man :
pes and altho this may not R,
'erially lower the keeping face
'lisy. yet very often a .'stine" ara orai
y serve as a place of entrance ilne
some rot and thus be the in In
!. 'os means Of causing decay. .ss acre
ne third spray follows the hos s
'nd after an interval of ten mad'
: or two weeks but this appli. ana ana
on is not SO important as the dairy
.eeding one. The solution ia the
'e oy using 8 gallons of lime -,,,
'hur and 5 pounds CT lead ar. fWl
''e paste to 100 gallons Of rs,h,
r. IL is affective against 90
insects and diseases.
apple blotoh or bitter rot ara Tw
emit. some later applications one on q 4
Dc necessary but these are ,a.s. Il. :
q only in special cases. serma
for
CompaHy's Position goods.
,Ae nsao OF an Insurance com The
as eeclaed to visit one of the his wi
oss which showed falling on IN month
ess. and quietly investigate stolen
thus engaged. he was asked stepso
his companv sn,.,,x k..-,~ ...4~~