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a iR,i, I-.' U ? J PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, rEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY A 3911, y Lime-Sulphur Its Use as a Fungicide and an Insecticide -By-Prbf. P. J..O'Claru, Pulhologibt. Written usjiocially for the Med ford Mail Tribune. (Copyright, 1011, by Hertford Printing Company.) Melba, the Queen of Song, To Make Last Tour. INSTALLMENT I. Introduction. This bulletin Is written to moot the demands of two classes of fruit glow ers; first, those "who arc more or loss acquainted with tho uso of llmc sulphur; second, those who liavo had no ordhard practice and may bo class ed as beginners. Among thoso be longing to tho first class I may say much will be found In tho bul letin which will seem to them as elementary, but, on tho whole, enough of tho history, chemistry and the new uses of llmc-suliihur will be given to make tho matter not only Interesting, but Instructive. Enough of technical matter will ho Introduc ed so as to glvo thoso who have had collcgo work opportunity to easily find food for thought as well as study. Kor the growers who havo had no tochnlcnl training, I may say that the bulletin will contain enough of tho elements and will lead up gradually to tho technical ho that they may bo ablo to comprehend tho text without any great difficulty. It will ho so arranged that such matter as they may not desire to use for practical purposes mny bo left out so far as they aro concerned. Tho writer hns realized for a long tlmo .that tlo fruit growers of tho vulley havo no up-to-date bulletins giving Instruction as to tho uso of Umo-sulphur, or, for that matter, fungicides In general. In tho numer ous locturcs which have been given In tho past, tho wrltor has alBo real ized that on tho whole tho growers of the Hoguo HIvor valley aro capa blo of comprehending technical mat ter, either from tho lecture platform or from texts and bulletins, in no other district with which tho writer Is acquainted docs such a condition obtain. Of course, tho reason is self ovldent, sluco a large percentage of tho growers aro men who havo had technical training and havo left other walks of llfo whore education seemed far more necessary to them than Is usual with tho man who tills the soil. Tho growers of tho Itoguo HIvor valley ns a whole aro thoroforo fully equipped to carry on tholr now occu pation of fruit growing with much greater Intelligence than those who havo not had tho training necessary to tho understanding of tho technical methods now employed on all suc ressful farms. Tho novlco In fruit growing In tho Itoguo Itlvor vnlley usually becomes a well trained hor ticulturist within a vory short time. History or (lie Ltm or Sulphur us nu Insecticide. Tho chomlcal olemont sulphur has been known for a great many years, oven from vory nurlont times, hav ing boon used as a modlrlno by the Greeks and Romans. The alchemists considered It an essential portion or all combustible substances and dur ing this period, while credit was giv en to tho phlogiston theory, it was looked upon as a compound of sul phuric acid with phlogiston. Sulphur, or courBo, Is found uncomblucd and thorofoio any method Tor preparing tho olement from Its compounds is of no oHsontlonul value In tho labora tory. Sulphur, while occurring In tho free stuto in nature, Is also round In many of tho rocks, and pyrites of Iron Ih often uirod to secuio sulphur. This Is doito by heating tho rock. Hooks containing sulphur, as well as trm sulphur, exist In tho neighbor hood of volcano and hiiiiih of the gruatost dopoHlU are touud In koHIi- drn Italy and Clclly. l'reo sulphur Ih nluo round in Louisiana, California and other parts or tho United Statu. Tho sulphur which we rind upon tho mnrkut is found In three forms, namely: tho flowers of sulphur, flour of sulphur and tho stick sulphur or brimstone. The riowers or sulphur couslitts or sulphur which hns been sublimed and is made dhectly from tho crude sulphur or brltuutouo b) boating, cunning the sulphur to pnw Into a cooling chamber where It de posit upon tho walls In a vory finely divided state. It In tills grade or sul phur that Is commonly used to con trol grupo nilldow. Tho flour of sul phur 1b nothing more or loss than tho ground or powdered brimstone. Either tho riowors or sulphur or flour of sulphur may bo used In tho prep aration or lime-sulphur. The uso or sulphur as an Insectl oldo datM from tho year 1851 rind appears to haVe boon first proposed l)y John Hulborford In Now South Waloa, Australia. The sulphur was romblnod with tobacco and was Known as tho tobacoo-and-Hulphur dip, tho formula coiuIsIIuk or one pound of tobacuo leaven, one pound of flowers of sulphur, and five linpt rial gallons or water. This formula was used as a dip for tbo control or Hhecp seal), which for u Ion lima had ljuon one of the great manure to Hhuop ruling thiouKhout Him world. I'atur liiuo and sulphur were combin ed In various ways and they wro termed tbo llmo nnd sulphur dips. Tho various llmo and sulphur dips woro known as tho Vlctoiluu lime nud-nulphur dip, first proposed by Mr. Howe and ndoptcd by the Austra lian sanitary authorities ns official; this contained 20 C-C pounds flowers of sulphur, 10 G-12 pounds fresh slaked lime, nnd 100 gallons of wa ter; tho South African ofricial llme- and-sulphur dip which contained lfi pounds or flowers of sulphur, 15 pounds unslaked lime, and 100 gal- Ions of wntcr. Following these two formulao came a largo number of others which were used throughout Australia, Africa and tho United States. Tho states of California nnd Oregon were proba bly among tho first to make use of tho lline-sulphur ns n sheep dip, fol lowing tho examplo of tho Austra lian shcop raisers. Limc-sUlphur uu an Inscctlcido was first used for treating sheep scab and no thought was given as to Its posslblo use for keeping insects in juring plants under control, Its uso In tho orchards or this country camo about as an accidental discovery. It may be stated that somo or tho first formulae or lline-Hiilphur also con tained salt, and wo find that It was this typo of mixture that was used first In California as early as lfi80. Tho discovery was made by 1 Du sey of Fresno, Cal. Ho tested the sheep dip obtained from a neighbor who had boon treating a herd of sheep for scab, thinking that If It killed the lico or scab on sheep, It ought to kill Insects nfrccting trocs. This happy discovery soon beenmo known quite generally, but tho uso of Ilmc-sulphur did not becomo general for several yoarB aftorwards, por haps for at Idast ten yenrs or nioro. Tho first attempts at using lime-sulphur In tho custom states woro far from successful, largely because lit tle was known as to tho host strength to Uho and tho best tlmo to apply It. In fact, some or tho flrat tests made by prominent entomologists woro reported as failures and the recommendations were mndo that mlsclblo oils, kerosene emulsions and itlior sprays woro moro offectlvo as a scallclde. The first uso to which lime-sulphur was put In the orchards or this coun- ry was that of destroying scale In sects, principally of tho Snn .loso scale. It has only been within com paratively recent yenrs that Its value is a fungicide has become such as to compare favorably with what has al ways been thought to bo tbo most Im portant fungicide, namely, tho Hor Icuux mixture. As a matter of fact, within certain limits It may be said hat lime-sulphur has largely taken the place of Bordeaux, both as a dor tinitt spray and a summer spray. While tho present llnio-sulphur wash Is recognized as ono of tho most lin lortant spray materials, both as a contact lusoctlclde and fungicide, It Is also recognized ih ono of tho iiiobI Inconvenient and disagreeable, In ract, IU disagreeable nature Is tho 'inly thing that tho orchardlsts or tho irosent day havo against it. Seme me has Hit Id that It Is tho dirtiest, 'iioasIoHt and nastiest spray mixture iver invented and perhaps for that roasoii It Ih oao or the most effec tive. The commercial lline-sulphur compounds havo now bo largely tak en the place of the homo made lime- tulphur that the trouble and lucon-1 venience of making it has been re j moved, but the Inconvenience of up ihlnjj It still remains. It Is possi ble that In the ruturo we wilt llnd a ulxtuio or compound which will hoi Just as offoolho as a fungicide nnd Insecticide, and not ba tho dlHiigtee Ide nature of llino-uulphur, but. until inch a spray Is round, we shall hno to content ourwohen with what wo al ready have, namely, one or tho beet. If not tho best all round fungicide uid Insecticide yet (Uncovered. With the urlous combinations uf lime sulphur and other compounds, which a h et liuve not been fully developed, we may expect lu the future inatix things of great Importance to the fruit Hiower and farmer In xcueral. Mtue. Nellie Melba, once the peer of all songsters, after tin absence off the concert stage of two years Is going to make her farewell tour of the United States. Mine. Melba has enough money to retire now, but answering the re quest of her many friends has promised one more tour. There have. been many reports that ago has marred the wonderful Melba voice. Pattl's fare well tour, It will bo recnllcd, was one of sorrow, for her musical powers had bowed before age. SMITH MERGER GETS $1,000,000 RAILWAY SAN FHANCISCO, Fob. IS. Tho POPE REPRESENTED AT RYAN OBSEQUIES PIIILADULPIII'A, 1'A., Feb. 111.- Kast Shore and Subur.mn Hallway witlt Monaiguor FuWonio, papal del company, an electric line that cost .. .. , ,. u ,u UUll' ill llll V,'(I1UU kjlflllf PV.Ilb 1 special representative of the pope, the funeral of the late Archbishop Patrick John Itynn, will be held here on Tluu'Mlny. Cardinal Gibbons, Arlicbisliops Olennon and Farley and u ilo.on bishops wilt attend. Tlie poiitil'ieiul high mass will lie celebrated by Mislip 1'ioiidorgiist oi Philadelphia. Cardiuul GihhnuH will conduct the services for the denl Archbishop Glennon will preach. 51,000,000 and furnishes tho local passenger connection betweon HIcli motid In Contra Costa county nnd Oakland and other cities in Alameda county, was acquired yesterday by the United Properties company, re cently formed, with F. M. Smith ns one of tho leading fnctois. The transfer of tho property has not actually been mndo, but an agree ment was reached whereby tho Unit ed Propel ties company can tako over the Richmond Hue at any tlmo. This, It is expected, will bo within a few days. The change In ownership of the Kast Shore and Suburban means tho extension of tho Key Houto Into Rich nHiiid nt an early dato. It was reported whon the $200, 000,000 mergor was announced that the Key Houto would bo extended to that city. The Fast Shore and Suburban bo- FRISC0 HOLIDAYS IN . HONOR OF EMANCIPATOR SAN PK'ANTISCO, Cal., Feb. 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