The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

these experiments, by curing the
fruit in warm room at about 20 de-
grees F. for or 3 weeks, and then
placing it in cold storage at 80 degrees
F. for a longer storage period.
Raising More Tomatoes BY Use
OF Catch Crops
Professor J. r. Watson, entomolo-
gist of the Florida Experiment Sta
ton, says the most serious insect pest
of tomatoes is greenish, almost hair
less caterpillar which eats small
hole into the interior of the tomato
and then consumes the contents.
This is the same worm that is found
in the green ears of corn. 1t prefers
corn-especially sweet corn-to toma-
toes and, if an occasional double row
OF sweet corn is planted across the
tomato field, the moths will lay a
large percentage of their eggs upon
the corn. Since at times so percent
of the tomato crop is ruined by these
worms, it is important that such pre-
cautions as growing the catch crop be
taken.
The double-rows of corn should be
placed about so feet apart $50 feet
between each pair of corn rows, and
the corn should be planted at such
time that it will be coming into silk
when the first fruits are forming on
the tomatoes.
The corn should be busted with lead
arsenate for bud worm when about
knee high. The bud worm is the first
generation of this tomato pest and
If allowed to reach maturity, Will
geratly increase the aDount OF worms
in the tomatoes.
Cowpeas should be planted between
the double-rows of corn. They will
afford shade for the moths which lay
the eggs from which the troublesome
worms hatch. BY thus affording cool
shades, the cowpeas attract the moth
away from the tomatoes.
Harvest the corn before the worms
have matured; i. e. the corn should be
gathered for roasting-ears.
Fork Producers Shouts Take
Courage
Scores and scores of farmers thru
out Florida, as well as elsewhere, are
getting out of the hog and pork bust
ness; quitting, selling out for any
price and walking off. The feeling
seems to prevail among many hogrc1
that, unless they sell at once. their
stock and property will have gone
even further down the scale of values.
To those livestock men warning is
sounded"
The above quotation is from a pub
LEGATION of the Agricultural Extension
Division in the spring of 1921. This
same article went on to say it was
obvious that with the rapidly increas-
ing demand for meats there would be
by necessity more money in the hog
business. 1t said, AL of our people
and the hordes of Europe are not go.
ing to lose their pork teeth just be.
cause fewer hogs are raised"
1t is contended here that this predic.
ton of year ago was not incorrect.
but rather premature Production is
falling off, while consumption is going
on undaunted. There is coming a time
when more production win be neces.
sary, if consumption is to continue
That time is certain to come.
Production of pork dropped enor.
mously during 1920. 1t continued to
drop, proportionately, in 1921. Hog
men are still getting out of the bust
ness; quitting, selling out for any
price and walking off. That time
when consumption will catch I'D with
and pass production is just one year
nearer than it was last year The
time when the hog grower will be
sitting pretty" is just year nearer
Those who have sold out and walked
OF will find that they ran from be.
meath an avalanche of easy money
Those who stick to the game will find
that, true to all the laws of econom.
les. their aft day has come.
More pork will be eaten next year
than this year, because there will be
more people to eatsit. Pork will cost
more next year than it does this year,
because there viii be proportionately
less of it.
A few rows of early sweet corn
planted in your tomato field will great
ly reduce the damage done by tomato
caterpillars.