Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
FARM BUREAU NOTES

ginning of the work of Mr.. George
Hardin of Kansas as the official test,
or for the Weiser-Payette Co-opera-
tive Cow Testing Association. There
were EOS cows in the Association last
month and of that number eleven
made better than As pounds of butter
| fat for the month. How many COWS
have you that will make over 40
pounds of fat in one month? Have
you tested? Do you know whether
some of your COWS are helping to
pay the bills or whether you are max
ing the good ones" pay part of the
poor cows" feed bill? You may be
good at guessing, but the only way
you or any one can know is the use
of the milk scales and the Babcock
test. Are you guessing or do you
know?
That the alfalfa weevil is some
thing to be reckoned with in the flu
ture is now apparent to most of the
growers in the country. 1t is demon
strated fact that the weevil can be
controlled by spraying the tips of the
crop about ten days previous to the
first cutting. However, spraying is
not effective on the stubble as there
is not sufficient foliage present.
Those who did not spray the first
crop and who had considerable in
jury from the weeyil may find it
profitable to drag the stubble with
brush drag made with brush or
with a spike tooth harrow which has
piece of woven wire, stretched on
the under side of it. This knocks the
weevil off the plant and kills them
in the dust. Some experimental work
was done this spring by r. H. Smith,
State Entymologist, in the New Ply
mouth district, using poisonous dust
rather than the wet spray on the tips
of the alfalfa. Present indications are
that, busting will become cheap and
efficient method of control but some
work will have to be done in perfect
ing a suitable machine before fur
Their recommendations can be made.
The introduction of the natural enc
mics of the weevil probably offer the
future means of control of this OBJ
noxious pest.
Most growers have completed the
spray for the first brood of codling
moth. In orchards that had many
worms last year 1t will be advisable
to apply a second spray for this brood
from two to three weeks following
the first spray, provided the crop is
large enough to warrant. The moths
are laying eggs in abundance and
the worms are Matching rapidly. Any
one who has not thoroly sprayed his
orchard is likely to get some worms.
In many orchards sufficient care has
not been taken to thoroly cover the
apples with poison Most of the eggs
are now laid on the apples and the
poison must thoroly cover the sur
face of the apples if you are to be
certain of killing the worm before he
enters. In some orchards the only rea
son why there will not be wormy APP
pies will be because there are very
few moths in that particular orchard.
Growers should be more careful to be
sure to cover each apple with the
spray. Do not be afraid to apply
enough.
Remember the tuberculosis cam
paign that is to take place in August
and cooperate with the Farm Blu
reau in getting rid OF every tubercu-
lar cow in the county. Payette Coun>
ty is small enough to make this thor
ply practical. Phone your name, adj
iress and number of cattle to tho |
Farm Bureau office so that plans can |
De made. 1t costs you nothing to have
your cattle tested and, the State and
Federal departments will pay indem
lities on all animals that react.