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JARRING FOR THE CURCULIO OF about 6 Inches wide by 8 inches loi>g. THE PEACH AND PLUM. Nearly every one knows that peach es and plums, in common with certain other fruits, are apt to be "wormy/* and though fair externally, worthless within; but not nearly so many know five hands. One end of this is thoroughly padded with rubber or sacking, and in the oenter of the other end a hole is bored into which the end of a light and strong poie, about 8 or'10 feet long is fitted. Each jarring .gang consists of Pour of them which' car- how these worms gained entrance in to the fruit or realize to what a serious extent the growers and marketers of fruit are injured by them. These Worms are the young of a small, gray ish beetle called the plum curculio, be longing to the greet group of weevils or snout beetles, in which the head is prolonged into a snout. This par ry the shoot may be women or chil dren, the fifth, who handles the bump er, must be a man and able to act with some judgment The frames are then lifted by the carriers and brought to gether around the trunk of a tree. The man gives it one quick and decisive, but not too hard, jar with the padded end of his pole, and the carrying gang ticular specieB is about one-eighth of immediately walk to the next tree, an inch long and has all parts of Its body protected by a very hard, rough ened shell. It has in some sections of Georgia become as much of a necessity to protect the fruit crop from the cur- ■ culio as from the San Jose scale or brown rot, and the problem which thus confronts the fruit growers is as per- 1 plexing as any other. Small home or- 1 chards of from one to one hundred trees often suffer a much greater pro portionate loiss than those of commer cial size, and oftentimes it is, on a sin gle tree, impossible to find a peach that has not been injured or rendered en tirely worthlbss by this pest. The beetles pass the winter in shel tered situations amongst the grass and weeds around the orchard and in the fallen leaves, etc., in Borne neighbor ing woodland. They appear on the trees with the first blossoms, and dur ing the first few weeks, before the young .peaches have formed, the bee tles obtain their food by nibbling the opening buds. Later they transfer- their atetntion to the tender fruit, and as soon as this has fairly begun its growth the process of egg laying be gins. The female deposits her small white egg in an inciBlon through the Bkln made by her snout, in front of which she aisq cuts a crescent shaped slit The minute white grub hatching from this egg works its way to the center of the fruit and there feeds and grows, the scar sometimes growing over so as to be almost unrecognizable, at oth- er times remaining open, and conspicu ously marked by the growing extenu ation which forraB there. When the fruit is stung during the younger stAges of growth it Is very apt to drop ■from the trees before half grown, but the worms ‘continue to feed within it until full fed, when they work their way out, burrow into the ground, re main in the resting Btage for a week or two and then emerge as adult bee tles exactly like their parents, and ready perhaps to lay eggs for a sec ond goneratfon in the later varieties of peaches. That there are at least two genera tions of the insects annually seems a practically assured fact, as the adult beetles have been reared from the in fested fruit as early as May, and tho worms found in late peacheB as late as September. The earliest "stung” peaches, as has already been stated, nearly always drop; those attacked a little later after the Btone has begun to show signs of hardening, cling ta the tree and are the first to ripen, while those stung later still ripen with the bulk of the crop and often show no tigns of the injury received until they »re out open and the true state of af fairs discovered. The bulk of dam- , age, however, is done by those which Itlng the fruit from the time it is no larger than an-acorn until two or three weeks before ripening, and it is during this period that remedial measures must be applied. Spraying the trees with some poison ous mixture has been recommended, but is not generally recognized as of any very great value. To be effective the insect must actually eat a portion of the poison, and as it is not a very voracious feeder, the chances are good for it to do considerable damage be fore taking a poisonous dose. There is another method, however, which has long been in use, and though tedious and expensive, appears to be quite effective. This consists in Jarring the trees gently with a padded mallet or bumper and catching the insects as they drop in sheets spread below the trees for this purpose. Sev eral growers have carried on this op eration with seemingly very profitable results during the past few years, and as this appears the most promising method of treating this pest some ac count of operations as carried on may be of value. Apparatus Necessary. Many forms of frame upon which the sheet for catching the curculio as they fall have been devised, but those now in use among some of the large growers at Fort Valley, and apparently first introduced there by Major G. T. Jones, appear to be the best for the purpose, especially in a commercial or chard. Two frames are constructed 6 by 12 feet, with a notch midway in the side of one to receive the body of the tree. These are then covered .with chees cloth, cheap sheeting o,r where the operation is repeated. One jar of the tree is sufficient, and it should be as Just stated, not necessari ly so very hard, not by any means hard enough to bruise' the baric of the tree, but quick and-without any pre liminary shaking. Under these cir cumstances the curculio will be taken unawares and is practically certain to curl up its legs, drop ana "play ’pos sum," feigning death, and lying mo- tionlespS ’on the sheet’ until the end of the row is reached, when the insects wnich have been collected can be swept off into a tub of water’to which a little kerosene has been added or otherwise destroyed. It may be found a help to carry a small stone or weight in the center of the frame in order that thiB portion may be kept depressed and to preveht a sudden gust of wind or other agency from lifting it and scattering the contents. Time of Jarring. Considerable depends on the time of day in which these Jarring operations are carried on, as during the warmer hours the curculio are much more ex cited and harder to catch than either early in the morning or late in tho afternoon. It is always advisable to begin as soon as it becomes light enough to see and work until 8. Then in the afternoon from 6 o’clock until dark, though not so good a time as in the morning, is better than during the middle of the day. To obtain the best results the jarring operation should begin soon after the bloom is shed and repeated every day or two as long as any number of the beetles are caught Results of Work. The results of this jarring process, when carried out systematically throughout tho season have in every case which has come to our attention been satisfactory to the fruit grower. Mr. J. H. Hale, who spent very consid erable sums last year in this work, jarring some blocks or sections of blocks in his orchard nearly every day from before the middle of April until nearly June, has stated most em phatically that he felt much more than repaid for the expenditure of labor and money, and an examination of his fruit in the packing shed and pn the trees as compared with that in nearby orchards not jarred showed a very de cided cTifference in his favor. This year somewhat extensive ex periments have been planned whereby the spraying and jarring treatment will be carried on side by Bide, and at the close of the season further re suits may be expected. Board of Entomology. A Raging, Roariug Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. 0. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair. ‘^Standing waist deep in icy water,” he writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors in Oak land, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had Consumption and could not live. Then I began using Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles.” Positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles. Price 50c and SI.00, at Holtzolaw’s Drugstore. ■' Cotton. In arranging lands for cotton, break it with a large riding plow, cutting from twelve to fourteen inches; ,then bed with riding cultivators and use the harrow freely. Remember that cotton is a great money crop to him who raises his own food supplies, but will keep the farm er’s nose to the grindstone if he makes it his only crop and buys his corn and meat abroad. Excursion Rates to Charleston,S. 0. via Central of Georgia Railway. The Central of Georgia Railway will sell low rate excursion tickets to the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition at Charleston, S G., and return from all coupon tick et stations on its lines from Decem ber 1st, 1901, to May 31st, 1902 Superior schedules, sleeping and parlor car service are offered via Sa vannah and Plant System. For full particulars apply to your anything of that sort. The bumpers'! neare st agent or representative of ' J ' f.hlfl AAiYmomr are mads of a niece of thick plank, ^js company. Small crops, unsalable veg etables, result from want of Potash. Vegetables are especially fond of Potash. Write for our- free pamphlets. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York, Garden Products. We have now, in all probability, had our heaviest spring freeze, and the farmer can with safety make his garden for home use or for supplying the demands of the neighboring towns or cities. Corn has in some places been planted, as also have radishes, English peas, squashes, cucumbers and lettuce. Those who have waited until after the customary March freeze had better plant now. A good vegetable dinner furnishes not only palatable, but very whole some diet for the spring and summer, and all the above mentioned products of the garden will for the next few months be in great demand. A man who owns even a small garden near some large town can add greatly to his amount of ready cash by careful culti vation of the same. Either the farmer or his wife should have a personal supervision of his garden. The daugh ters, as well as the sons, can help in the planting and care of the garden. Early cabbages can be sown any time from March to May. A light, loamy soil suits them best, as It does also white beans. A rich sandy loam is well adapted to the tomato. From March 1 to May 10 watermel ons can be planted, and for them a rich, light loam is the best Sweet potatoes should now be bed ded. The onion is a favorite vegetable with many , and may be planted any time between February 1 and AprU 10. It needs a loamy soil, well fertil ized with muck. Other plants for the garden that may be planted now are asparagus, beets, pepper, spinach, okra, parsley and vegetable oyBter (salsify). Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Eczema, Ulcers, Etc. TreatmeNt.Free. If you have offensive pimples or erup tions, ulcers on any part of the body, aching bones or joints, falling hair, mu cous patches, swollen g’xnds, sore lips, eating, festering sores, sharp, gnawing, pains, then you suffer from serious blood poison or the beginning of deadly can cer. It is a dangerous condition, but you may be permanently cured by taking Bo tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.), made espe cially to cure the worst bloda diseases. 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