The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-18

Bureau Of Biological Survey, United
States Department Of Agriculture, is
| largely responsible for this increase.
! In conducting demonstrations in
cooperation with the public schools,
States extension services, and other
organizations, the bureau has en-
couraged the eradication of the mole
| from territories where the little ami
NAL has become pest. Boys and
girls clubs have been given an Oppor-
| tunity to study the trapping methods
most effective and also the best way
| to care for the tiny pelts. The years's
catch Of moles yielded a peltry value
| in the state of Washington of $780,
| 900. and due to the efforts of the
specialists, costly nuisance has been
reduced.
New Seeds Fors Siam
Seeds of number of unusual plants
have been recently received at the
quarantine station of the u. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
d. c.. from j. F. Rock, one of the de-
partment explorers in Siam. Among
these are a black-kerneled rice which
is said to be extensively eatetn by the
natives of Siam, and another is a
brown-tinted cotton, not hitherto
| konwn in this country The seeds will
be propagated in the plant detention
station to guard against spreading
any lurking plant disease which may
have chung to them, and the second
generation seed will be tested out in
various parts of the United States.
i Killing Thrips on Roses
lBy j. r. Watson. entomologist Flor
ida Experiment Station)
Why is it that rose buds frequently
fail to develop properly? Often buds
are noticed to turn brown, in spots
or wholly, and to fall off prematurely.
/ What is the trouble? If such buds
are examined carefully, there will be
found swarming over them minute
| yellowish-brow insects about one
twenty-fifth inch in length. They are
SO small it is necessary to use hand
| lens in order to see their wings.
This insect is known as the Florida
| flower thrip. 1t attacks large num-
Der of flowers, and is especially severe
on roses, citrus and tomatoes. They
are commonly killed by spraying with
i tobacco extract, which method of deal
i ing with them may prove most eco
nomical in a rose garden of consider
able size.
i The e--.-sract may be either of COM
mercial or of home made. The com.
mercial is usually Black leaf 40 and
should be mixed with water, to 1000
1 The home made extracts, made by
boiling tobacco stems, stubs, etc. in
water, are not as strong as Black Leaf
20 and / part of it with 10 of water
makes spray of sufficient strength.
4 Whether one uses his own extract
or the commercial. add something te
. make it spread more evenly. For this
purpose soap is all right. Use about
, 6 pounds soap to 80 gallons of the
solution, the water is hard; less, i
not hard
If one has only a few roses, the
following would probably be fount
more handy and perhaps moro eff
cient:
Use the tobacco extract as men
toned and make strong solution o
soap suds, or pour little keTosen
into a bucket half full of water. G.
over the rose garden carefully an,
cut off all the roses with a pair o
! scissors, allowing them to drop quick
ly into the bucket. Disturb the bios
SONS and bushes as little as pOSslbl
: while doing this so as not to scar
: 1 the insects away. Pick off all tn
o / =
: blossoms and buds that have op sned
! Then go over the patch and pick, al
the buds that are about to opeu
|: These need not be destroyed, but the,
should be carried out of the rose gal
; DEL,
3 The Care of Stable Manure
On every farm with livestock w
8 notice considerable loss occurs dali.
from improper methods of takini
care Of stable manure. All manure
.. made should be taken care of unde
cover, says C. X. McQuarrie. STATE
agent. A pit or large box should b.
provided on every farm for STORING
manura II Shnuld hp kent covered