The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14

meet with certain difficulties in
business during the coming year,
which should be successful
Children born on this day may be
hasty and positive, prone to argu-
inent and careless about small
things They probably will have ex.
traordnary gifts and will be cap.
able OF great success.
alfalfa growing where straw was ap-
plied and that which had manure
applied before seeding Is distinct. A
difference can be detected at great
dlstaDce. Alfalfa Is a wonderful crop
when growing at it's best and 1t will
undoubtedly pay before applying the
seed to be sure the soil is sweet and
of a high state of fertility.
Truck Farmers at Work.
Last week, in company with Prof.
d. C. Mooring, extension horticultur-
list for the A. & NJ. college. | visited
several truck farm within a radius OF
20 miles of Tulsa. Truck crops in
this section are getting started in
good shape. Onions, lettuce,
radishes, spinach and some turnips
are being marketed by n number OF
truck growers. Potato bugs are be-
ginning to make their appearance
as usual, but practically all the truck
growers we visited are prepared to
combat these insects by feeding them
arsenate of lead. In at least three
fields of 'Triumphs" we counted
better than one-third OF the plants
which are affected by Mosaic, a
fungous disease which has been
shipped in with the potato seed.
Two fields of Irish Cobblers seemed
to be free from this disease. one
17-acre field was planted nearly
month too late, which fact, accord
Ing TO Mooring, nearly insures de-
creased yield as compared with
earlier planting. Sweet potatoes are
being planted by at least three truck
growers visited. A large per cent OF
tomato plants have already been set.
Fruit Prospects Good.
Wherever there is an orchard, a
vineyard or a berry patch in this Sec
tion of the state there is every prom
ise of an abundance of fruit this
year The periodical frost that has
nipped the fruit in the bud the last
two years failed to do its usual dam
age this spring. Unless hail comes
to batter off the fruit 1t would seem
that there will be plenty of fruit ma
ture, hut let us analyze the pros
poets;
Apples do we'll in this climate. In
fact samples OF apples from this
section have been shown against
the best orchard products of the
United States and held their own.
These samples have invariably come
from orchards that were well cared
for. Most of our orchards have
been neglected for the last two ycars.
Because they were not producing
they have not been pruned nor
sprayed nor cultivated.
There is plenty of moisture In the
soil now. but 1t will not last unless
the weeds and grass are killed aud
the top soil Is cultivated. Numerous
insects have accumulated to prey
upon the fruit and the trees aud
vines. These must be combatted.
Use the Spray.
A few days ago the owner or
Good 1O-acre apple orchard came
to see me about the advlsibility OF
spraying mis- trees. This is healthy
young orchard that has been bear
ing about five years. The orchard
was pruned and cultivated last year.
There is plenty of fruit set on now'
All danger of frost is past. Han
OF course, could eliminate the crop
| duNlhtu HlUl III lIlt SlIbllEtot ~
to both spray and cultivate. Culu-
walton will mean lot In the de,
velopment of high-class fruit ana
the best quality of fruit cannot pos
sibly be produced without spraying.
The market demands the best iruIt
as well as everything else, ana
though the number of apples VIII
be nearly as large on the unspraye.
trees. the number of bushels OIL
marketable apples will pos9OlN u'
three or four times as great II ne
| sprays. This has been tred
a number of times and always WIN
the same result-that the per cent
OF good, high-c class, marketable ap-
| Piles Is much larger In orchards ma
are sprayed and as | have advised
| him strongly to invest in enouk"
arsenate OF lead. which when prop
erly applied. will prevent the raFateS
| of insect pests.
| Considerable anxiety is being eN'
pressed by orchardists regarding 'ne
disease known as peach leat cur,
This disease causes the leas 10 cur
up on peach trees. 1t Is tunEou,
disease that can he easily era ld'cd.|' ~ ~
by spraying in the winter tlhlo lI
scale. San Jose and other s'n.'
insects. as we'll as fungous disease,
| including peach leaf curl, can
controlled by spraying In the VIII.
time with heavy solution OF hl
sulphur. 1t IL too late In the sedson
now to do much in the way OF P'
venting this disease. HowcNe' 30
SPRAYING with arsenate or leai
control insects, IL 1t should be doht
now, one could add a small anna
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