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CAMFORNI/Y FARMER SECTION
•PRAYING IN LO8 ANGELES.
Spraying Information
Cantrol ol Dscidueus Fruit-Tras Pests
and ths Citrus Mealy Bug.
SPRAYING
APPLE
TREES
IN
HUMBOLDT.
By William Wood. Uommiosiuliat*.
HE aaaaon for spraying deciduous fly Geo. It. Weatherly, Eureka, Cal.
trees la at hand, and th« inui who
~' N HUMBOLDT
COUNTY
tho
duM th« work thoroughly and at
spriiyitig condii Iona are confined
the proper time never regrets It. and
largely to th« production of ap
la the man who la prospering In th«
ples. During the lntt«r part of Feb
fruit bualneaa. There are three prin
ruary or early In Murch spmy Ing with
cipal peats for which thia treatment
winter etrongth of 11m* sulphur la
ah> >ul<l Im dofio during th« dormant
practiced. Thia la followed by the
Neuon. I’<»r th«» fimt of th«'*«-, tho j»«*a< h
beat growers with bordeaux mixture
blight, th« uraaon 1« already well nd-
at ulxiut tho rato of 5-5-50, or com»
voiu ml. Th« work ahould have boeft
mereiai Ilme eulphur 1 to .15, for the
don« In November or I >«•« ’riiibfr, but
control of fungoid troubles am-h os
probably It in better don«* now than not »'ab, and at the Mino time a nlco-
at all. Dordaaux mixture I m th« rwiri- tlnu solution of blstkleaf 40 la a<|d«d
«dy, and If uavd in November, an< an for tho control of purple or leaf,
other apraylng with llm« sulphur ba «urllng aphis. Home of the growers
*lvt»n In the spring, It will h«lp tha delay tho first spraylug until the buds
begin to form and show a alight pink
peach tala borrr as well um the blight, ish color, und add the nicotine solu
and Ban
stair, if pruaviit, wlU also tion to the lime sulphur «pray at that
bo bench! rd If th«* curl i«w*f 1» bother- time
Walnut Planting Increasing—Walnut
Ing th« |>ea< hes, the bordcuux mlituru
and lime sulphur as above should put growing baa Vecelvod considerable at
it In giMMl shape, but if curl loaf alone tention during tl>« pus I year, and In
terval Is stimulated from th« fact that
is to I m » treutwl. probably the tiordeaiix several largo-slsed groves ure
being
mixture in January would be better
plant'd In the southern section of
As already Indicated, a lain winter county. The varieties selected arc tho
al
■pray with lime sulphur Is th« proper
moat wholly cither l'Tanquettc or
thing for th« |»ea> h twig borer, and
Mayetta.
then as spring advaftcea. ami th» apple
and pear blossoms begin to drop, th»
CONDITIONS IN SHASTA.
arsenical sprays will be indi' sled to
chock th« <-<>tl 11 ng motti,
During the past year Izs Angeles • nspoctions of Trees—Prospects Good
for 1914.
county has dono much mors than th«
usual amount of spraying
Tho red
By <1 A luinnlmnn. Commissioner
spider was much mor»- prevalent than
common ■luring the summer, and for T1IE following list of trees has
a time, shout July, practically every
been received Into the county to
■praying rig in the county was shoot-
the present date;
Apricpt, 31;
Ing liuio aulyhur liquid unto th« orange
“
ppi*.
145»;
cherry.
129;
currant, 31;
trees, but It stopped th« dropping of
fruit and leaves, and th« present indl- grnpevinca, 49; pen* h. 920. p»*ar, •'■> ;
cations ar« for a crop nearly or qult« plum. 20. prune, 2117, raspberry, 390;
up to th« average of unusually fine ntrawtierry, 4000. blackberry, 355. ol-
fruit. Nines th« deciduous fruit crops Ive, 10.000; ornamental, Ik; miscella -
have been pi< ked. th« sprayers have neous, 200.
No shipments allowed from any of
again b««n started, and lime sulphur
nnd lawilcaux mixture are safeguard tne “peach yellows" states
Twenty-three lars of potatoes
|
in
ing our deciduous trees from |M*a«h
blight, curl leaf, etc. A little later mime »peeled, with 4877 sacks.
well set
Fruit trees In general are
i
Ilin« sulphur will bu used for th« twig
iu*a-
<
borer, lierhaps, though very little of willt fruit buds for the coming
that p«st la In evidence In our county, son.
I‘resent Indications arc that there
and considerable arsenate of l«ud will
be used for codling moth on the apples will I m - u heavy planting of trees, Ji.tr -
and pears Even In our new a|i| 1« and ticularly In th« Happy Valley district.
pear district north of th« Hlerrn .Madro wh«r< much new land will be planted
range, this < odllng moth 1» tiocomlng A fanners' club has been organlxed in
quite plentiful lately, and th« forest that district, and th« commissioner
tent ■ aterplllar nnd almond nijt« nre han been Invited tn give talks on vari
beginning to get n foothold, making ous subjects in th« horticultural work,
th« wnrfnr« «if th« sprays constantly such ns planting and care of trees, in-
necessary
sort pent s and spraying, noli culture
During the cool weather of Inst sum work und fertilizers
mer, w« found th« liquid lime sulphur
spray more efficacious than th« dry ap
SPRAYING IN SACRAMENTO
plication In controlling the r»*d spider,
COUNTY.
though th»* hitter has proved lienell-
cial, an<l should I*« used if the mites
are plentiful ami adequate spraying fa No Citrus Pasts—Remedies for Scala.
Thrips and Scab.
cilities arc not obtainable
However,
If possible to delay the spraying until
full, when th« h«at of summer Is Uy F It. M. Bloomer, Commissioner
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 10, 1914.
pnaaed, burning of trees will be avoid-
TO Hl'RAYH to be laved this
rd. while that danger always accompa
nies summer work, our sprayers the
season,
lime-sulphur will be
past year have made use of the com
used almost universally on itc
mercial Um« sulphur sprays In prefer
ence to the "home-made" kind, hs it ciduoua fruit trees, about February 1
is mure even in strength, free from to 15.
Bordeaux mixture will I h - used by
•«dlment. and generally satisfactory,
aotne growers of Bartlett pears und
though th»- cost la somewhat higher
We have encountered something of a apples to prevent scab.
Distillate
emulsion and t«hueco
problem in control of the mealy bug on
citrus trees, though we have not be (government formula* will be uued for
come hysterical and destroyed infested pear thrips.
Distillate oil mechanical mixture
groves yet tn our efforts to eradicate
IL The life history and habits of this will be uued by a few growers to
Insect should i»e more fully worked out, chock scale on olives, apricots and
that the lieat time for control treat French prunes.
ment may ba more certainly known, as
in the commercial citrus groves It
the fact is very- apparent that some will not be necessary to spraç, as there
seasons of the year are much more fa are no harmful pests
vorable to its control than others. Th«
best results. In our experience, both
There isn't a prettier picture, rer-
with sprays nnd fumigation, have been haps, than a fine orchard of thrifty
obtained when the work was done frutt trees in which range Hocks of
atiout February or March
The state lieautlful, the roughbred fowls, with
horticultural commissioner has called here and there a hive of busy bees In
for a convention for discussion of this tho shade. Httch a combination not
tnsacL and ail th« men who have taken only in sins money, but an employment
active part In fighting it In southern In which there is much delight.
California are to be on hand In an ef
fort to determine how It can best lie
It la a hard matter to spray an apple
controlled or eradicated. The meeting
tree 30 or «0 feet high. Beside, whnt's
will tie at Ontario, Han Bernardino
tiia use when It la not a difficult matter
county. January 30, and Dr. A. J. Cook,
F. O. Esslg, C. C. Teague, G. Harold to reduce them to half the height hy
Powell, R. R. Wogtum and several proper pruning.
other experts will take part
Definite
Wood ashes that come from the
and valuable results are confidently ex-
cook stove, fireplace or furnnee lire
pei t«d
the best kind of fertiliser for the or-
chard, luwn or garden.
He Just "Tied Him."
To make sure the youngster was not
We will all find many new varieties
disobeying tho buss fishing law, the
game warden took his string of finii of strawberries In the cntnlog that look
out of the water and found only cat attractive, but It is safer, as a rule, to
fish, perch nnd suckers on tho line. stick to the known standard varieties
A few feet further down the stream he and let tho other fellow do the experl-
found a large black Imes wriggling on m anting.
n string weighed down with a stone
"Confound it, sir; I've just
been
and asked tho boy what he was doing
stung by on« of your beastly bees! I
with the fish.
"Well, you see," answered the boy, demand reparation!"
"< •crtalnl*.
sir
You just
show
“ha's been Inking my bait nil morning,
and so I just tied him up there till I me which bee It was nnd I'll punish
It severely."—Pittsburg leader.
got through fishing."
I
AH
OIL SPRAYS FIVE YEARS SUC
CESSIVE USE.
By Paul it. Jones.
Three main types of oil sprays have
been used: Mechanic»! mixtures, me
chanical emulsions, and «mulshing of
the miscible oil type
A mechanical
mixture Is essentially a mixture of oil
and waler at high pressure, and for
the most part distillate« running from
2H »b-gr»*«s 34
degree»
and
crude
kerosenes have lieen used. While many
experiment stations still recommend
this easy process of using oil sprays,
the speaker has never and cannot
consch-ntlously, r»eomrnen»l this type
of an oil preparation, since eventually,
th« oil aefianUes out on the tree. an»l
If there Is any trouble at all with the
spraying outfits In th« way of agitation,
considerable Injury Is liable to result.
The m xt type »if oil sprays ar« me
chanical »-mulsions or those in which
th« oil Is «mtilslfl»-»j by high pressure
with a certain quantity of whale oil or
fish »ill s»tap in hot water, making a
stock solution
Most of these st»K-k
emulsions run from 50 to
¡>«r cent In
oil content, and ar« diluted according
tn th« work In prospect, whether they
ar»* for summer or winter use
The
oils which have Is-en use«I for this pur-
| h , s «' ar«* mainly k«*ros«nes, zv d**gr»*«-s
to 34 degrees distillates of various
kinds, and some crude oil, although the
latter usually forms too thick a stock
emulsion by this proceas.
Classed
ulong with these would come the distil
late and crude oil emulsions, which
are made by the fruitgrower at home
for Immediate use in the spray tank
by whale oil soups, but which are not
stock emulsions This Is Usually done
by dissolving a certain amount
of
whale oil soap or Ibtuld soap or oleic
acid, which Is a fatty acid in conjunc
tion with some alkali, to form a strong
soapy solution, and then while the agi
tator is running, to slowly pour In the
distillate or crude oil. whichever is to
Continued on page Hix
POWER
BCÄN pown» SPRAYrkS ars stKer.
duraUs, efficient, an! differ c ’sf y I-
airs and capacity. All deliver the c-ray at
high preaaure and do the work al a tm al
mut« at cost and attention.
St ND rog CATALOG 2B-A, which
describes the entire risen I. ns of Harwi
and Power Sprayers and tolls aboU
tho twenty-one distinctive Bean
(eagres. A p- etoa rd will bring It.
BtAN SPMAY PUMP CO.
230 Weal Julian,
Sas June.
A REALLY WONDERFUL WALNUT.
The Wilson's Wonder walnut, a cut
ami ad. of which appears In another
column, is n»i longer an experiment or
novelty.
It has proven itself to tie
wonderful In p»is»«s»ing so many of the
good qualities desired in a walnut,
»ombined In one variety, among which
are large six»*, early and continued
heavy bearing, blight resistance, thin
ami perfectly sealed shell, large meat
content, sturdy growth and hardln«»».
The former editor of this paper in
vestigated this nut, and confirm»-»! all
of the points mentioned above, and
found whole rows of these tr«es in
nursery where every one-year graft
fr»irn one to ten feet high, presented
walnuts, and in orchard form small
trees planted th»- year before showed
a heavy crop of nuts.
While we are used to the smaller
walnuts, and it may be said that for
som»» purposes, appl»*s and oranges, for
Instance, may be too large, still any
fruit or nut to which a person would
h«lp himself to mor»- than one, cannot
be too large, if It has the quality,
which this nut certainly has. The larg>-
and handsome appearance of this nut
will comman»l the attention of the
trade, the quality will hold it. There
is n»t doubt of the success of this wal
nut with the fancy trade.
CJŒ8C0 SPRAY PUMP
HERE'S WHAT
VAH z-r--r
YOU GET
complete, economical
«»»'cient spray outfit ever
offered on the Pacific Coast
The
A 7.-S Engine~the Engine of Power snd Simplicity: »11 Standard Z-S Engine
Fitting«. A Pump -good for 200 pounds working prrMurv; a C-iversd Tank—which
will hold 100 gallons of solution: (H-inch Suction Ho-e with fittings and strainer*.
4« feet W-4nch hooe. tn two l isce», with Attinga tor dischsrgv linso; 2 10-ft. Hairboo
Spmr I'oUs-with eumplclc fitting». Z Twin Spray Noubo—with complots titUiwB
and sxtra nusaies.
Th« entire outfit mounted on channel Iron frame, eo that it ran be out on
running gear or on ordinary farm wagon. Mounting exceptionally light, but very
atrong. There ia no oncluaed machinery and there in ready acceaa to pump and
engine—merely remove two bolta and take off top
A complete act of ranwaa curtains, which corer all machinery and parts, are
famiabed with the outfit.
The engine la complete tn itaelf for pumping or other farm work, and can be
taken off the channel iron foundation by merely removing four bolta. In replacing
K ia uttariy unpueaible to place it back out of alignment, aa there are no pipe
connectiona to take care of.
Chest«
Spray
Outfit
Comelots,
Further information on request
California Hydraulic
Engineering and Supply Co.
HIGH EVEN PRESSURE
—to hard to get in a small sprayer—but here
you have it. For spraying and whitewashing
whore a pump of small capacity will meet the
requirements, get a
BEAN JUNIOR SPRAYER
You can operate It at high
enough pressure for best results.
:ind the air chamber enable» you
to keep the pressure even. (Has
Bean (roubleless ball valves with
reveralble seats.) L’ump on plat
form with suction hose and
strainer — INCLUDING DELIV
ERY.
With pressure gauge, suction hose, strainer,
3-ft. bamboo-iron rod, 25 ft. fitted hose for
»28.75.
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