The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-05-30

II 10 Neither ossfsuls Nse Expsa
The hot
Prepared hy tho Unssme Ssatms depart.
nent 81 Agrtealtare3
Summer spraying ut arpiss I'm the
home orchard Ia particularly Impair
tant this year with all food products
on rising market. Under the prrsrnt
unusual conditions, vhea II tn desirable
IL save staple fcosis and reduce the
tabor erreafed in rrsvfuesne fcesfs.
special attention should b. Siven to the
fruit already planted 90 practically
every farm and on many city lets say
the experts VI the United States de-
paTtment Of agriculture.
There arc few farms that do not
have few fruit trees. aud in many
cases the usahl~ fruit does mot pay
rent on the ground the trees occupy |:
not because the trees are harren ner
because they are OF worthless varieties.
hut through negier, Of the owner 10
spray.
Spraying has been so often coz.
Sidered BY the uninltiated complex
and expensive operation that many
farmers have decided % trust In proyi.
,aengv sslE. sh4lR,.:<usy esaN- assA lsass,
The growing al woruIrss and disease
free fruit Ia the commercial fruit
grower This not only deprtyrs The
family Of the nn,s'4~ary diet elsmeslis
found IN fruit, but means paying high
prils.~ Ter ,f9al y tgks tne pllaer. q
the fruit thar might easily b. grosa
Spray materials and meth0ls have
been 80 stinrllnp,i In the last few years
That II Is neither e3it'ieu,, nor esp"n
avc Ia spray the few trees cn the
heme place, Spray mixtures may b.
sn combined that several diseases ani
lnsrcs pests ARE reached With the ore
application,
The simmer applications are par
ticularly important where clean, sound
apples that VIII keep In storage for
winter use are ,iesisrd.
Summer Spray Schedules
The first summer spray should be
put on inst before IN. blossoms open,
THIS IL for the plum rnrcuiio, the had
moth. case bearers. the tent caserp'i-
lar, cankerworrns and Rpple srNb. Use
~ gallons ~ lime-sulrhur solution Ia
each 81 gallons ~ water Add Ia this
= pounds NJ arSena'a NJ lead paste, lt
apple sphids or aprle red bugs are
mitch In evidence ntd \ rsnt If "
per cent nicotine sulphaie
The se~ond spray must he applied ne
suon ~ the blossoms fall. II eontro's
the same diseases and Insects "a the
frst summer sr,Hy. and In addition,
the codling moth and Ieaf.s,rt. Use
the same mixture,
This Is the most important spplica'
ton for both the apple scab ahd the
co,liins moth. ~ that careful and
thorough ~crk must be done II scah.
tree aud worthless apples arc desired.
Failure 10 do thorough sprsying At
this time for the codllnS moth cannot
he rwrnctiied by fu,nr- applications.
Apply the spray with su!f,ci~nt for~~ to
drive Il into the calyx end Of each
little apple
For the third application use the
same MIXTURE three 10 four wweks after
'fr his~~rrns fall. unless hrple haotrh
Vas been prevalent tn fsrner years. In
he latter case. ,uae Bordeaux mixture
$40 formula, not less than three
weeks after n. blossoms have fallen.
This IL the ses>oni treatment 70. cvd'
tag tra,sth and ieafsysct. and gives fur.
her protection against apple scsh aai
lesla insects
Fer the fourth spray use Rari~anx
fixture (s+-sDl with arssna'e Of lead
tt3aHt eight n nine weeks after the
as'als taN THIS controls the hitter
~. and tire arsnsieal added gets the !
seSNsy5d hro*,d - the cssflinc moth. II |
he hitter rot has been serious In fGr- !
Her yeN-s this application should he !
advanced about orte week
Ia ordinary ss's secs, sSs>ecfatly I'm the |
nnrs northerp apple GROWING ser'icns.
'pnr appliestt eSls will he Sufficient to |
r7s7;e.ss the trait fssSm ssas vsrtens tn |
ce,s ARD ,;ls-saSsss nr.nt,ous.s II the
vut0fi states where hvtca snA hftfe-
-; are >pr.svaAf,t tive MORE srrliea
tsps vtfH nv aaS>rSSary fer fsll sad /
'iN'er svf,A,> Ia the ease - summer
,pfEcs ccstv the frsf ,aYv~ svplirst taus
re rscv~Sary
Two Mes- Sprays
II conditions aasss E-sstve spraying
ieSSvS~ary to insure s,N.si fruit spgsy
sftA apgagcatsos tao >ta three ~cess
tftev the fearyh, Thls Il the s~censi
sy5scatisu fcr bstter ~ot. Use Ear.
tvaax mixture. Sace astle .xfra 81
@asc cvrses frvg sd'!saS arsFSste ~
SOD. this may he grassa6ty SsShss =,
or,hcr Insurance. sxstnst tsfs-&npssr-
Nc larvae ~ the csssiiaS Fs@~ta q
Ire SsxtA Tgsy To further trsa..