Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-14
USE MORE BORDEAUX
By Dan A. Shatfer
County Agricultural Agent

County Agricultural Agent
Use more bordeaux-lt has beer
used with success for many years IN
the control Of blight. early and la.e
and of the flee beetle. leaf homer
and hopperburn. Arsenate of LEAD
or other pOisons Of equal efficiency
added to bordeaux makes spray
that viii assure a crop in spite OF
nearly all insects and diseases which
attack the foliage of the potato
plant. 1t Is universal and vital
treatment and should be applied Of
ten, properly and thoroughly.
How to make bordeaux mixture
To make so gallons of spray we need
. pounds Of blue vitrol. five pounds
Of fresh stone lime and so gallons of
water. Dissolve the blue vitrol in
% gallons of water. Put the vitrol
IN sack and hang it in the water. il
will not dissolve in the bottom of the
vessel. Next slack the lime in n half
pail of water and stir into 25 gallons
of water Pour the two together
(hme and blue vitroD in equal vol
ume, stir vigorously and use at once
Pour the two solutions at a time into
a third vessel and not one into the OF
her. For bugs add 3 pounds of ar
senate of lead to each so gallons
Of the bordeaux
Potato Fields Should Be Sprayed.
The chances for bumper crop Of
potatoes are ruined many times by
the lack Of a thorough spraying Of
the fields. This spraying program.
# carried out, viii often mean the
difference between success and fail
IRE and will mean the difference be-
tween profit and loss to the farmer.
In one locality where spraying pro
grams We're followed for eight years
the average profit was $500 per
acre in favor Of the sprayed area.
by thorough spraying we are able to
control early and late blight and in
sect injury, both of which tend to
keep down the yield and the profits
from the potato patch.
There are numerous insects that
attack potatoes and if the destuc-
tive injury to the vines is to be pre-
vented, we must spray and do it thor
oughly and wisely. The most COM
mon insects injurious TO potatoes are
the Colorado Beetle or common pota-
TO bug; the Flee Beetle; the Blister
Beetle Gold fashioned potato bug)
and the Leaf Hopper.
The common potato bug is perhaps
the most destructive in this locality
and is the easiest controlled As a
rule the hard shelled adults eat very
little (tho we find exceptions to this
rule in the early spring. it is the
young or the slugs that destroy the
vines, A little poison applied at the
right time will kill every young slug
and Printing, to whom was referred
the above schedule Of claims, report
that we have examined each of said
claims and recommend the allowance
in full or in part, the rejection or
further reference as is noted by your
committee on said claims.
RESPECTFULLY yours,
r. A. Angst,
Kimball Clark,
j. J. Defer,
Committee.
On motion duly made, supported
and carried the report of the com
mittce ON Finance and Printing was
accepted and the county chairman
and county clerk authorized and in
structed TO draw orders on the coun-
ty treasury in payment Of same
On motion duly made, supported
and carried, the county board adj
journed to 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
Saturday, July 18th, 1923.
Chas A. Noren, County Clerk.