The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-17
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for Week Ending July "a


some cases are damaging beans, This is
hard bug TO control satisfactorily but tn
following spray mixture will reduce thei
number on field beans or other crop
where spraying Is feasible.
pounds paste arsenate of lead {
pounds dry.
gallon molasses.
80 gallons water.
For the rosebug on towering plant
around the house, picking the bugs int
can with kerosene is the most salts
factory.
On several bean fields during the weel
| have noticed signs Of the anthracnos,
on beans. This is fungous disease
which usually affects the pods eating
out spots which il deep enough will col
or the beans. When it comes early il
the season il often affects the stem;
gradually eating them off and killing the
plant. When once started it is incurable
so when noticed the only thing TO do is
TO secure clean seed another year. Be
fore it starts, spraying with bordeaux
as for potato blight will help control
The cost, however, is usually too great
to make this paying proposition. Any
one interested in producing anthracnose
clean seed can secure the assistance of
the county agent in inspecting the field
to see if the disease is present.
Spraying for blight with bordeaux is
not usually practiced on small potato
plots because OF the work involved. This
year with so many garden potato plots,
many would like to spray and for their
benefit the following proportions are
given for making bordeaux More COM
plete directions can be secured from the
papers or the county agent.
y tablespoon quicklime.
tablespoon blue vitriol.
| tablespoon paste arsenate of lead or
teaspoon of dry arsenate.
quarts water.
Dissolve each separately and then re-
duce with water and spray with small
spray pump. A sprinkling pot is not
satisfactory for this use.
Grasshoppers are another pest doing
damage in some sections. After cut
ting the grass the use of the poison bait
should prove satisfactory and would pre-
vent their recurrence another season on
that field. The formula used is %
pounds wheat bran, pound Paris green,
quarts cheap molssses and 8 oranges
or lemons. This amount sprayed in
strips should cover SO acres. Dilute with
lust enough water to make crumbly |
mass which will spread evenly without |
jumps Best results are secured by APP |
plying very early in the morning before |
IT just after sunrise as this is when the I
loppers are after their morning meal.
FULL directions can be secured from the
ounty agent and ii much trouble is met,
work will be undertaken
o control them.
The membership list is increasing,
eaching ITO this week, ii renewals and
4 new ones being reported to this of
zee. Remember that we are not ex-
Getting the old members TO wait until
sked before sending in their renewal.
t requires little time on your part to
end it to F H. Wilcox, secretary, Ran
olph, Center
The following very good bulletins on
aiming and drying have come to the
flee this past week Farmers bulletin
80 on home canning by the one-period
,ld-pack method and farmers bulletin
Il on drying fruits and vegetables in
lie home can be secured free by writing
he Z. S. department of agriculture,
"a shington, d. G.. and home canning
annual for vegetables and fruit and
,me drying manual for vegetables and
uits can be secured for two-cent
amp each from the national emergency
cd garden commission, 2l0220 Mary
nd building, Washington, d. c.
Summary for week ending July IA,
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