White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-11-22
Maximum Crops,
w or1n Control
Farmers Aims
Cover Crops and Banding,
Spray, Topics At Fruit
Meetings

That fruit growers must secure the
maximum production IN the most ecoh-
omical manner and adopt program OF
worm control that is more e1nclenC
than spraying alone was the OPINION
of the speakers at the growers meet
ings held in Hanford and White BluHs
Monday Both the morning and ALTER
noon meetings, which were in charge
of N. P. Anglin deputy horticultural
inspector in this valley, were well al
tended.
serhe fruit growers have been fol-
lowing a single track road during the
past wears. but this year they Will ma
that the road branches, and that the
direction they choose will determine
whether or not they stay in BUSINESS
Anglin said
"F,rom 1923 to $780, he explained,
growers here placed first emphasis Oh
commercial fertilizers and second ell
phasis on cover crops During those
wears, production of fruit here was al
most doubled. Since 1890, however,
such a program has been too expensive
and production has fallen off. In order
ia bring back this production as econ
omically as possible, it must be under
stood that cover crops and manure are
of the first Importance in the 1ertlllza-
ton program with commercial lerCH-
! zers next. Increased production per
acre will lower the cost of production,
and a higher percentage OF worm con-
troll will save the growers many dol
lars"
Waldo w. Skuse, Benton county
agent discussed the relative merits OF
y the various cover crops ana fertlilzefs
in liberalization program, and told
: the growers that they must study their
e own individual problems, as no TWO
|, ard alike AS a general rule, he said,
D commercial fertilizers used in this sec
!. tion should run fairly heavy to phos-
Il phorus.
It 1t is also important Mr.. Skuse SAID
y that proper irrigation methods be used
o Growers should use as little water as
e possible in obtaining maximum re-
d suits. otherwise much valuable plant
a food will be washed way Growers III
This district have q fairly simple prob
lem Of fertilization Skuse said, az
,. ., there is practically no alkali IN inc
" soil and very little teaching OF the
~ soil.
= @. r. Wooten, Hanford fruit grower
- told of his success in controlling the
a., cooling moth through the scraplng ane
~ banding of trees. For some years,
~. explained Wooten, Il was satlsfled Una
~, an auxiliary method of control wa
~ necessary, since the practice OF spray
= ing. which is well developed, does no
OK secure thorough control. After lookln
~. into various practices which were ad
vi vocated by growers, / noticed that al
q though they each gave credit for worn
IN control to some certain method the
~ all scraped their trees, and some use
ut bands.
"About three years ago l banded m
OF trees for the first time. After the banc
I'M had been on for about ten days, "
IS removed a number and found an az
OF erage of ten worms under each ban'
Is This indicated high state OF nfes
IKE tation and no spray program coulo (
expected to thoroughly control 1t.
1.-THE value of spray depends entire
upon its proper application he COZ
tinued, and in this district, Whe