The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-09-17
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trees and other deciduous host plants
which are no longer attractive.
Because they will remain on the
trees much longer than either of the
other two until late February or
March and because the rainy sea.
son is about over and the fungus
enemies of the whitefly will gradually
become less abundant, it is especially
important to spray the groves thoroIy
in the fall.
Attic the whitefly larvae may be
killed at any time during the fall or
early winter. it is better to spray
as early as possible and save the
drain on the trees resulting from the
feeding of the flies, says ]. r. Watson,
entomologist at the Florida Expert
ment Station.
Furthermore, thoro spraying at
this time will loosen up the sooty
mold and give the rains an oppor.
tunity to. remove it, thus making it
easier to clean the fruit at packing
time.-Agricultural News Service.
A fine Field Of Rice at Crystal
Springs
The Plant City Courier says that A.
A. Chancey has field of rice on tract
As section q, west of the Hillsbor-
ough river, that is pronounced by
those who have seen it to be about
as fine as usually seen. The straw
Is tall and heavy, and the heads OF
grain are large and we'll filled. The
field was ready for harvest last week.
Mr.. Chancey is an advocate of more
rice growing by farmers generally, as
the grain is practically household
necessity, furnishing food of great
value, particularly in it's natural or
unpublished state, and the straw makes
a good stock food. Of course the
whole grain may be fed to stock. but
the present price of rice makes it al
most too valuable for stock food. He
grows the upland or gopher" rice,
and is well satisfied with it as it will
stand large amount of water, and
yet will make a crop on well drained
land with only small amount of rain.
Some other old farmers in this locality
recommended the pearl or commercial
rice, as they say it will make good
crop with only the average summer
rainfall here, and they consider the
grain superior to that of the gopher"
rice. For hay crop, Mr.. Chancey
says that it is not too late to plant
upland rice now.
New Outbreak of Quail Disease
A Federal regulation recently in
voked to prohibit importations of live
quail from Mexico into the United
States, excepting from November Is
to April 10, inclusive, calls attention
to new outbreak of the quail dis
ease This is highly contagious and
rapidly fatal disease which appears
among quail in America from time to
time, and it has recently developed
in a shipment of bob whites received
from Mexico. Several of the birds
are under observation at the Division
of Pathology, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. in the hope that
preventive means may be found to
protect the birds.
The disease was recognized in 1906.
It was found that the quail suffered
from a virulent intestinal disorder
caused by the development of bacillus
coli, an organism always present IN
the birds system. The plague is
closely akin to the grouse disease"
which at irregular intervals ravages
European covies, and it is Of such
abrupt nature that it is difficult for
pathogists to make satisfactory obser-
vations.
1t is believed that it occurs most
frequently where the birds are living
under unusual conditions in confined
spaces or crowded areas. This belief
is based on the knowledge that birds
from Mexico for import into United
States are visited by the plague. The
larger part OF our live quail stock
comes to US from across the border.
These shipments are held in quaran-
tine for period. 1t is during the
quarantine period while the quail are
kept in cages or pens. that the disease
usually manifests itself. A flock
which seems perfectly well at night
will have several dead by morning.
The Department of Agriculture
recommends that shipping crates and
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