The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-10


These men are usually stationed at in
tervals and are required to keep the
mowers passage clear over a certain
area.
The size of the shocks should con-
sist of an amount that can be handled
at one fork full. This is to reduce
shattering out of the seeds when later
handled at threshing. The cost of
harvesting per acre would, of course,
depend upon perhaps two main fac
tors: Yield per acre and the personal
efficiency of the growers manage
ment. The average cost per acre
would probably be from $3.50 to $500.
Much stress should be laid upon the
Importance of having the shocks well
settled and shaped so as to withstand
the action of winds If the shocks are
made low and flat and while the straw
is green or damp, it usually settles
and locks itself, so to speak, against
wind-rolling Winds have often caus-
ed the loss of whole fields of cut clio
yer seed within just a few hours time
Threshing.
Under ordinary conditions the wise
policy is to thresh from the shock.
to obtain the services of a clover hull
Ter for several months and in that
event the clover should be stacked
The toll price charged per bushel
for threshing alsike is usually so 10
80 cents, for the red and white $100.
The average cost per acre for thresh-
ing including everything, such as la
Dor, sacks, coal, hauling to market,
ar fc. rod G10 % white
$114S alsike $16.04.
Friends and Enemies OF Glover Seed
Production.
1t is not intended that this report
should cover the whole field in re-
gard to clover seed production. The
object is TO give prospective growers
a general idea as to the methods that
have been successfully practiced in
this section under irrigation. 1t does
seem advisable, however, to give at
least a partial list of the friends and
enemies of clover seed production.
Therefore, the following list is given:
Friends.
Bundle bees, honey bees, and other
insects have been instrumental in the
production of seeds, inasmuch as they
aided in fertilization of the blooms by
tripping. AS matter OF fact, they
are absolutely necessary. Interesting
bulletins upon this subject can be
obtained from the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. Washington, d. c.
Enemies.
Glover root-borer, clover stem borer
grass-hoppers Oocusts), clover leaf
weeyil, alfalfa weeval, clover-mite
pea-louse, clover-seed nudge, clover
seed chalcid, clover-seed caterpillar,
clover-hay worm, and a number OF
others.
NOxiOus Weeds.
The worst weed pests in clover are:
Buchorn, dodder, all species of mus
tards and bull thistle. The following
is list of noxious weeds as contained
in the pure seed law of Idaho:
The seeds of wild mustards( any
species), Quack grass, Canadian this
tie, wild oats, clover and alfalfa dod-
der. field dodder, corn cookie, plain
tain, brackted plaintain and perennial
SOW thistle.
The number of noxious weed seeds
that may be lawfully contained in any
commercial seeds to be used within
this state is l to every 10000 respec-
lively. Thus it will be readily seen
that eternal vigilance and warfare
must be waged against these pests in
order to keep up to the Idaho stand
ard
The experiment station at Moscow
have some good publications upon
weed eradication which may be OBJ
tanned by writing to the director of the
station
Grass hoppers have been very an
noying to clover seed growers during
the past Indeed, this pest has pre-
vented whole fields of red clover from
producing seed, by virtue of having
eaten off the florets from the bios
SONS and thus preventing fertilization
No doubt, this was largely due to the
fact that the second crop of clover
was in bloom just at time when the
main brood of young hoppers came on
Mr.. W. T. Mccall, county agent fol
Canyon county, Idaho, has been ex
perimenting with different poison'
and has found some practical rene
dies that have proven effective. Par
of his circular letter to the public i:
respectfully quoted below:
"Grasshopper POisOns."
To the Public:
We have received many inquiries
from parties outside Canyon county
for information in regard to our me
thod of spraying for the eradication
of grasshoppers, and respectfully sub
NIT the following, which we. have
found to be very effective method
The formula we use is as follows.
ID. to ~ lbs. sodium arsenite a
zoe to Csc per pound.
2 OTIS. cheap molasses or syrup.
so gal. water.
Spray above quantity in fine mis-
evenly over l acre.
We use a power orchard spray rii
with which to apply the spray. II
place of the hose we attach a piece o
three-quarter or one-inch gas pip
crosswise of the rear of the machine
about feet from the ground, and con
meet it to the pressure tank. At eacl
end of this pipe attach a spray noz