The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-04-01

tho very grave importance OF uollis oil
that ia possible to care for its snare
of this burden.
Sincerely yours,
Henry Morgenthau.
Somo Insect Enemies and Diseases OF
tomatoes. Prepared by County Home
Demonstration Agent. Insects IN
furious to Tomatoes.
Flea Beetles-Tomatoes are SUD-
ject to attack by the Flea Beetle as
soon as they first come up. They nd
die the leaves with small holes. AS a
result the leaves die, and the plants
are weakened. they are dark In color
and take leaps. like fleas. A gooa
remedy is to spray the plants with
bordeaux mixture. They can also De
controlled by sprinkling the SOIL
around the plants With little dry
sulphur.
Cutworms - Cutworms often at
tack plants when they are flrst SET
out. They hide themselves in the SOIL
during the day. Towards night they
crawl out and cut the plants off near
the surface of the ground. 1t is well
to use the following formula:
White Arsenic, IA pound, Slrup or
molasses, / pint; water, 4 to quarts
dry bran, l peck, Thoroughly mix ar
senic and bran. Stir molasses in wat
er and make mash of the two mix
lures. Let stand several hours. flace
near plants late in the afternoon.
This mixture is poisonous so children,
live stock and chickens should be kept
away from it.
Hornworms - The tomato horn
worm is a large, green caterpillar
with rows of yellow spots On the
body. They gnaw the leaves and some
times destroy the green fruit. They
can be picked off by hand, but 1t is
not so easy to detect them with the
eye. A good spray to use is IA pound
of arsenate of lead to 3, gallons OF
water.
Disease of Tomatoes - Some COM
mon tomato diseases are damp1ng OH,
wilt, suothern blight, and blossom
end rot. -,
Selection OF Ground One should
be careful in selecting the right spot
for tomatoes. Be sure the land is free
from the various tomato diseases. 1t
is a wise plan not to- plant tomates
in the same soil oftener than once
in three years.
The hotbed The seedlings should
be grown in as healthy condition as
possible. Diseases that appear on the
tomatoes in the field very otter orig
inate in the hotbed. The following
precautions should be taken.
/. Make seed bed on new soil.
@. Do not use fresh manure.
8. Do not crowd plants in seed
bed. ~..-...--,-
4. Spray just before transplant
ing to field with weak solution OF
bordeaux mixture.
S. Burn all diseased plants.
s. Avoid use of plants whose leaves
are spotted or whose roots are knot
ted and swollen.
Damping Qff-Damping off is rec
ognized by the plants in the seed bed
shriveling, falling over. and dying. 1t
is caused by molds in the soil and is
often made worse by too much mois-
ture and lack of ventilation. Boiling
water poured over the hot bed a
few days before planting will help to
prevent this. Give plants in seed bed
a plenty Of air and sunlight, stir
surface of soil slightly, and do not
over water or let them dry out.
Tomato Wilt. - The wilt is caus-
ed by a mold like fungus that lives
in the soil. To combat wilt use land
that is free from wilt or wilt resistant
varieties. The norton and marvel are
examples.
Southern Blight Southern tomato
blight is similar to the wilt, but il
kills the plants more quickly. In both
these diseases there is a darkening
of the skin just under the bark, but
in case of the tomato wilt this area
is dark brown to black while in
southern tomato blight it is yellow.
All infected plants should be burned
and the others sprayed with bor-
deaux mixture containing 12 per
cent of lead arsenate.
Blossom End Rot - Blossom-end
rot is a diseased condition Of the
blossom end of the fruit. 1t usually
VOothOh. AAS ooA'
should be we'll watered.
Spraying With Bordeaux Mixture
Begin spraying while plants are
young. Five sprayings should be given
during season, one being given five
days before transplanting.
Bordeaux mixture; blue stone. ]
pound; quick lime (stone lime), ]
pound; water, 10 gallons.
Let blue stone dissolve in five gal
Ions of water in wooden tub. Place
blue stone in a coarse sack. If met
al vessel is used a chemical reaction
takes place and the vessel and mix
ture are both ruined.
Slack lime with water and place
one fifth of the slaked lime in 5 gal
Ions Of water. Mix thoroughly. Equa
nil 10 II