The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

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 A. graylsh white tree cricket causes the injury. but this Is not the worst. They deposit their eggs in the bark and the following spring the young larva produces gals on the trees. Any regular spraying campaign reduces e them. Keeping down weeds Is a good preventive The tree gals have to be cut out and painted with coal tar or other paint. i. s s,sN A
 Q. There is some insect that cuts off small new<growth on young peach and apple trees set out this spring l can't find any worms. What causes this and is there a remedy? M. T., R. F. D., Warrior.
 A, This injury Is caused by a gray black spotted beetle little over half an inch long that works at night It Is impractical to pol son, but if you jar the trees very early in the morning you can see | them drop off and they should be | mashed.
 Q. What is a good cantaioupe to | plant now for late crop? F. O., | Woodstock.
 A. The Osage is a good one. l 0. I have small orchard plant ed in clover. The clover seems to | be blighted by some insect and the trees now seem to, be affected with the same trouble. Could anything be done? R. S., Snead
 | A. This must be the clover mite very small insect closely related to red spider. They do lot of dam- age to fruit trees. Spray with one | pound whale oil soap to 10 gallons water or a little stronger If re- quired Any soap suds would do. Q. There is some insect working on the bark of my young apple and ] pear trees. What could I put on | them? W. F., Sheffield. A. In the absence of more .defi- mite information, would say to wash the trunk of the trees with a strong soap studs. This is generally beneficial in controlling many bark insects.
 Q. Do the small peckerwoods in- jure orchards to any great extent! | Mrs. B., Dora.
 | A. If the orchard is kept sprayed and free from tree borers the birds | don't bother the trees. Whenever l you see peckerwoods at work, you may know they are after worms >The birds naturally damage the trees and sometimes badly.
 1 .. 1 am sending you a section ot the bark from one of my fine plum | trees. It seems to be scale O. | some sort. What could 1 do for 1t | P. w, R. F. D.. Vincent. | A. It is not San Jose scale hut | Is most likely what is known as | Putnam's scale. The same treatmen for San Jose scale would destroy The only thing recommended now would be to dampen cloth in kero. | sene oil and rub the trunk of tn; tree until all spaces are lightly l greased with the oil Use barrel, 1 enough to coat the bark and appl, only on bright. sunny days o. Is there a clover you can plan 1 this late for grazing? B. N. R. F. D. Pinson.
 A. White clover is about the onl, | ore that would succeed. Sow five oi | six pounds to the acre. O. Could grow lantana from sec, planted this late? Mrs. M. A Lantana is too slow growini | to expect results from seed plants, now You can buy plants and thes, would begin to bloom right away.
 O. What Is ground rock phos phate that l see advertised for fer | tlllXcIs II. w EiuTiuSc.
 A. This is the raw material iron which the commercial acid phos phate is made. When acid phosphat t, can be bought at a reasonable pric, 1t Is much more profitable to us, | than the base material. c. I have the finest Irish potat. vines I ever saw, now in bloom. bu not a sign of potato under them What could be the trouble? M. W. | Tuscuinbia.
 A. The trouble is most likely due l to unsuitable seed. Deficiency 0, potash in the soil may contribute to wards failure They may make sor.s potatoes yet if kept alive by frequent working.
 c. have noticed few of niy alfalfa plants have yellow flowers otherwise. they look like the others having tiue or purple flowers. Do