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Apple Growers Urged To
Spray Trees Thoroughly
Atlanta, Ga.--A call to arms has
been issued by the State Department
of Entomology to all apple growers of
Georgia. They are urged immediately
to arm themselves with hand sprays,
barrel pumps, and heavy artillery gas
oline pumps where necessary, for a
general slaughter of the enemy.
The orchard pests are alield, as
usual, in full force, led by that battle
scarred old veteran, General Apple
Worm, and the more of th**m you kill
the better off you will be when the
time comes to gather the crops.
The principal enemies against which
apple growers have to tight in Geor
gia are the coddling moth or common
apple worm, apple scab, apple leaf
spot, and bitter rot.
Apple growing is becoming a great
industry in Georgia, but spraying
against these pests is absolutely nec
essary, for the man who wants to
make a success either with one tree
or with thousands of them. Spraying
is as essential to fruit giowing as
plowing is to farming.
The most destructive insect pest
found on apple trees in Georgia is the
coddling moth. It need not be de
scribed, for it is known to every apple
grower simply as tbe “apple worm. ’
This insect is best controlled by
spraying with a solution of aisenate
of lead, in the proportion of two
pounds to fifty gallons of water, to
which is added a milk of lime solu
tion made from three pounds of stone
lime. The first application Is most
important and should he made within
a few days after the shedding of the
bloom in yrder that the calyx cups
may be filled with the poison ihe
second spraying should follow a week
or ten days later than the first. Weak
trees should not be sprayed more than
twice, but when they are strong and
healthy three sprayings may be ap
plied to advantage.
The best results can be obtained
with the apple only by using a nozzle
throwing a heavy, coarse spray under
high pressure of 200 to 200 pounds.
This arsenate of lead treatment has
an additional advantage in that it is
also a protection against the plum
curculio, best known in Georgia as
“the peach worm,” but which attacks
apples as well
Taking up the fungus diseases of the
apple, State Entomologist Lee Wor
sham recommends a lime and sulphur
solution as the best treatment against
BOARD TELLS HOW TO KILL TRUCK CROP PESTS CHEAPLY
Atlanta, C,a. —Truck farming anil
home gardening in Georgia are re
ceiving more attention each year and
steadily growing in importance. Mel
ons, cabbages, peas, onions and succu
lent home-grown vegetables will add
to the prosperity of thousands of Geor
gia families, both in country and town,
this spring and summer. Hut inciden
tally these crops also will be the
means of supporting several million
bugs, spiders, worms, beetles and oth
er pests, in a life of sinful ease at the
expense of the truck farmer, unless
he declares war on them in time and
applies the preventive measures recom
mended by the State Board of Ento
mology.
State Entomologist E. Lee Worsham
has had prepared by his department
a Amlletin in the form of an illustrated
booklet on truck crop pests in Geor
gia, which the board will be glad to
send to any Georgia farmer or gar
dener on request.
lie also offers the following prac
tical directions for use this spring,
which show that while insect pests
are an important factor to contend
with in truck farming, they can be
controlled with few exceptions at com
paratively little expense.
Root knot, which affects melons,
celery, beans, beets, cucumbers, pota
toes and similar crops, may be con
trolled by fumigating the seed beds
with carbon bisulphide, the process be
ing to punch nine or ten holes per
square yard, about a foot deep, and
pour into each about a tablespoonful
of carbon bisulphide, tilling the open
ing quickly and tramping under foot.
Another method is to sterilize the
earth with formalin, saturating the
soil thoroughly with one part of for
malin to 100 gallons of watei, as deep
as the roots will penetrate.
The harlequin cabbage bug, so call
ed because of his black, orange and
yellow markings, can be controlled
only by contact poisons. Thoroughly
cleaning and burning up all trash dur
ing the winter will destroy many hi
bernating adults. Early planted mus
tard makes a good trap plant. Pure
kerosene should be used when the
trap plants become thoroughly infect
ed, and a fifteen per cent kerosene
emulsion can be applied with success
on growing crops, especially in the
immature stages of the insect.
The squash bug, which is a little
over half an inch long, dark brown
above and yellowish beneath, passes
the winter under rubbish and comes
forth in the spring to deposit con
spicuous brown colored eggs. All rub-
apple scab and apple leaf spot. These
destructive diseases seriously affect
both trees and fruit, hut can be effect
ively controlled if directions are fol
lowed. The first spraying should be
made with a carefully prepared lime
and sulphur solution (not the home
kind) at a strength of two gallons to
fifty gallons of water, just before the
cluster buds open. The second spray
ing should take place two or three
weeks later, with the same solution
at a strength of one and one-half gal
ions to fifty of water, and the third
spraying with this same weaker solu
tion three weeks later still. The best
results can be obtained only by mak
ing sure to apply the first spraying
just before the cluster buds open.
Two birds can be killed with one
stone by adding two pounds of arse
nate of lead for the last
two sprayings for scab and
leaf spot, as the spray will
then also control the coddling moth.
Fertilization and clean cultivation
will always render trees more resist
ant to fungus diseases.
Bitter rot is another serious dis
ease of the apple, and is more difficult
to control than leaf spot and scab. It
is also of a fungus nature, and causes
the apples to rot before maturity,
usually beginning in July. It can be
remedied by the same lime and sul
phur solution applied as before do
scribed, hut for the most effective
control of it Bordeaux mixture should
be used late in the season, from filly
1 on. The Bordeaux mixture is made
as follows:
Dissolve three or tour pounds of
copper sulphate (bluestone) in a wood
en vessel containing twenty-five gal
lons of water. The bluestone should
be placed in a bag and suspended In
the water so it is just submerged. In
another vessel, slack four pounds of
lime by adding a little water at a
time. Then strain the lime and dilute
with twenty-five gallons of water.
Then pour the two mixtures together,
letting them mix as they fall into the
receiving vessel. A small hand spray
may he used if there are only a few
trees, but where there is much spray
ing a barrel pump holding fifty gal
lons is better.
The State Department of Entomol
ogy will be glad to furnish further
full detailed information about the
care and protection of apple orchards
ou request.
bish should be burned in the winter.
Young newly hatched bugs may be
killed with a spray of ten per cent
kerosene emulsion or “Black Leaf
40.”
Plant lice, or aphids, a group of in.
sects which attack a great variety of
crops, including melons and cabbages,
may be generally controlled effectively
by spraying with "Black Leaf 40,” a
nicotine tobacco product, using one
part to from 300 to 500 gallons of
water. Soap solution at the rate of
one pound to three or four gallons of
water is also a reliable remedy. The
spray should be applied as a mist and
with considerable force.
The mole cricket, one of the most
serious truck farm pests, is best han
dled in a given area by plowing up
the breeding areas two or three times
during the months of April, May and
June. Banding individual plants with
paper or tin cylinder affords absolute
protection. Poisoned baits made of
cotton seed meal with arsenate of lead
or Paris green have proven beneficial.
The cut worm is a nocturnal marau
der which few gardens have escaped.
Preventive measures are best, and as
grass is their natural food, garden and
sod land to be planted in truck
should be plowed and thoroughly pul
verized during the winter before plant
ing. Trapping them may be accom
plished by boards under which they
crawl, or by punching holes in the
soil near each plant with a stick. Poi
soned baits may also be used with
success. Full directions will be giv
en by the Stale Board of Entomology
on request.
The web worm, a comparatively
new pest In Georgia, feeds on the
crown or at the base of the leaves
of turnips, cabbages and beets. Spray
ing with arsenate of lead is effective,
with two pounds to fifty gallons of
water.
Cabbage worms and loopers should
he fought by dusting cabbage plants
with arsenate of lead or Paris green
mixed with air slaked lime. The arse
nate of lead should be used at the rate
of one pound to five pounds of air
slaked lime and Paris green at the
rate of one ounce to one pound of
lime. It is best applied by shaking
a thin cloth sack directly over the
plants, coating the leaves uniformly
with poison dust.
Arsenical sprays are also effective
against cucumber beetles and flea bee
ties which affect a great variety of
plants. The State Board ef Entomol
ogy will furnish full free additional
formulas and instructions to any one
who will write for them.
The Winder New*, Thuredey Mey 4. 1914.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT
STATE UNIVERSITY
A Great Factor In Elementary School
Improvemment in Georgia.
The Summer School for Teachers
has come to be one of the greatest
of institutions in nearly every state
of the United States. With educa
tion changing, new subjects coming
in, old methods being recast, even
the best prepared teachers feel the
need every two or three years of the
broadening contacts and new points
of view obtained in our best summer
schools. In Georgia many teachers
have second and third grade license,
evidencing that the original prepara
tion has not been the best. The
University Summer School plans for
all such teachers or prospective
teachers, to extend and broaden the
scholarship of some, to bring others
up to standard, and to present to all
the best there is in modern methods
in education.
A Greater School.
This School for the 3 910 sessioi;
will probably be the best of its kind
in the LTnited States. Not live per
cent of Georgia teachers who will go
to a summer school this year need
to go to Harvard, Columbia, Chicago,
or any school outside of Georgia for
better offerings than will be found
in the Georgia Summer School. Here
will combine three institutions, the
State University, the State College of
Agriculture, and the State Normal
School in one Summer School. The
talent of these faculities will be at
the service of the teachers. Other
teachers in Georgia have been called
in, and still others from many parts
of the United States.
Teaching Talent.
In primary reading and spelling,
Mrs. Alexander of the State Normal
School will he the principal teacher.
For general primary methods and
with special applications in arithme
tic, language and history, Miss Esta
line Wilson comes from the State
Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo.
Miss Wilson received the B. S. In
Education degree from the Univer
sity of Missouri, and the A. M. de
gree from Columbia University with
special Diploma from Teachers’ Col
lege. She is a gifted teacher and
supervisor.
Miss Wilson will also give a course
in Principles of Teaching applied to
the common branches in grades oth,
6th and 7th.
For Penmanship, Miss Mary E.
Banks conies from the A. N. Palmer
Cos., N. Y. City, the home of the cele
brated Palmer system.
For Geography, the instructor will
be Dr. F. A. Millidge of the State
Normal College, Farmville, Ya. Dr.
Millidge has his Ph. D. degree from
the University of Chicago, and he has
a reputation unsurpassed as a teach
er of Geography. He will give a
course in Primary Geography, and
another course for Higher Geography.
For Nature Study, Dr. Clifton F.
Hodge comes from far away Univer
sity of Oregon. He is the author of
Nature Study and Life, the first im
portant book on Nature Study pub
lished, and the one still most widely
used.
These are mentioned to indicate
the quality of instruction given in
the Georgia Summer School for 1916.
Not a phase of modern school work
for primary and general elementary
subjects will be omitted, but every
thing covered in a thoro manner by
teachers of great reputation, many of
them authors of note.
Reviews and Other Courses.
There will be common school re
views covering ail the branches.
Courses in school management, or
ganization of play as well a.s work,
boys’ and girls’ clubs, home econom
ics for rural schools, drawing and
blackboard sketching are among the
many helpful courses to improve the
teachers. Special courses will apply
to the problems of rural life and edu
cation, considering the one-teacher
school and the consolidated school.
Other special courses will be devoted
similarly to teachers and problems of
town and city schools.
School Improvement.
llow to improve our teachers and
our schools is a great problem in
Georgia and the South. The Univer
sity Summer School is one of the
greatest agencies in helping towards
the solution. Get the teachers to this
school, and the improvement in the
schools w ill be marked. The expenses
of the session are the lowest, and
teachers should be encouraged in
every possible way to attend. Boards
and superintendents are urged to con
sider this. It is not an uncommon
practice for superintendents to map
out courses for teachers to complete
on basis of promotion. A few teach
ers may study specialties and be a
great help to the Superintendents in
training other .teachers in tbe in-
Now See Here!
I have already told you about those
Screens,
Sash,
and Doors
and the importance of using them. So
now let me talk to you about
PA 11V T
I can sell you Standard Paint, guaranteed for
5 years, any color, for $1.90 per gallon. Now don’t
get flimflammed, just come on and get what you
need and if it is not what I say, just pour it back,
and, believe me, people are using it.
THE SHINGLE MAN
THE ..
Woodruff North Georgia Fair
October 3rd,4th, sth,6th and 7th, 1916
SAME FAIR, SAME TIME AND SAME PLACE.
For details write to G. W. Woodruff, Manager.
TO THE VOTERS
OF BARROW COUNTY
On account of having to prepare
and plant my crop, I have been unable
to canvass over the county to see the
people. But if I fail to see you, I take
this method of asking for your support
and influence for tax receiver. Any
thing you can do for me will be great
ly appreciated. This is my final and last
call. If elected I will endeavor to serve
the people of Barrow County in the
best way possible. I am,
Yours very truly,
W. C. BAGGETT.
troducfion of the special branches.
The recreation feature of the
School will help to make the time
an enjoyable vacation outing needed
by all teachers. Every teacher
should aspire to start every school
year better equipped than in the pre
ceding year. Every superintendent
and school board should be ambitious
to operate schools improved every
year. The State offers great assis
tance to all through the Summer
School for Teachers with its Confer
ence for Superintendents
Doock Thompson Calls.
Mr. Will Dock Thompson, candi
date for coroner, called on The News
Tuesday, and stated that things
along the “dead” wawy looked good
to him. He wants th eoffice and
is sure the office is seeking him.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness in our recent sickness and
death of our darling little boy, Lester
Elliott. We are especially grateful to
Dr. Bridges who was so faithful in
his attendance. It is not in our pow
er to reward them but they will be
rewarded by a higher and more sub
stantial power.—A. N. Elliott and
family.
Junior Endeavor Entertainment.
The members of the Junior Chris
tian Endeavor Society will give an
entertainment at the Christian cburcJ
on Sunday evening at 8:30. Every
body cordially invited.