The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-02-16
OF IMPORTANCE
T0LAND OWNERS
Fruit Growers Called 10 Attend Most
Important Meeting That Has
Ever Been Held IN District.

One Of the most important meetings
Of the fruit growers under the West
Okauogan Valley Irrigation district
that has ever been held in Oroville is
billed to take place in the Civic
League building next Thursday even
ing, February %, at 1880 o'clock, and
it is urged that every grower who can
possibly do so be on hand, as speak
ers will be present who are In po-
sition to give the growers most valu-
able information.
r. j. Newcomer United States en-
tomoligist, who makes his headquar-
ters at Yakima will be the principal
speaker, and his subject will be cod
ling moth CONTROL" something that ev-
cry grower is vitality interested in, as
it should be the aim of every indiyid-
ual land owner to grasp any and ev-
cry means to eliminate this dangerous
and destructive pest. Mr. Newcomer
has made a special study of the cod
ling moth and by experiments has
about solved the problem of its Grad
ication. or at least reducing its de-
strdctiveness to minimum. 1t has
been the practice in the past to spray
for codling moth at haphazard per-
iods. of course at certain times in the
spring of the year while the blossom
is in different stages of development.
Mr.. Newcomer nas observed that the
moths lay eggs only when the tempe
rature is at 60 degrees or warmer.
After the egg is laid the worms Will
hatch out within seven to ten days.
according to temperature. Without
this knowledge grower might spray
at times when the spraying would be
innocuous. just so much time, effort
and dope thrown away. By keeping
thermometer in the orchard tne grow
er will then know just when the
weather is the right temperature for
moth to commence business nd then
he can time his spraying to massacre
the young worms. BY carefully fol-
lowing this plan of campaign the dan
ger from the codling moth can be
eliminated.
The growers are exceedingly fortu-
nate that they can have Mr.. New
| conner with them as his time is so oc-
cupied that he is able to give but one
| day to Okanogan county, and very
full day it will be, as he meets the
growers of the south end OF the coun-
ty at Pateros i'll the morning, the
growers under the government project
at Omak in the afternoon, and the
| growers under the West Okanogan
! Valley irrigation system at Oroville
| in the evening.
| But Mr.. Newcomers message is not
| the only good thing in store for the
| growers at this meeting. There Will
Lbe another important speaker present
! in the person of F. C. Nelson, district
| horticultural inspector, who Will ad-
dress the meeting on the very import
ant subject of pruning, and growers
have much to learn in the matter or
| Druning in order to obtain the best
| results. There is no one better capa-
Bile of giving valuable information on
this subject than Mr. Nelson. More
over. Mr.. Nelson can and Will spare
more time among the growers, as he
will remain here over Friday and give
! demonstrations In pruning.
And there is more of Importance. AT
the meeting of growers held a fort
night ago a special committee was ap-
pointed to take up, consider and re-
port at a later meeting upon the ad-
visibility of permanent organization.
EThat committee will be ready and
submit its report at the forthcoming
lmeeting.