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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 ann 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 afield, as
usual, in full force, led by that battle
scarred old veteran, General Apple
Worm, and the more of them you kill
♦he better off you will be when the
time conies to gather the crops.
The principal enemies against which
apple growers have to fight 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 growing 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 the “apple worm. ’
This insect Is best controlled by
spraying with a solution of arsenate
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 be made within
a few days after the shedding of the
bloom in order that the calyx cups
may be filled with the poison. The
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 300 pounds.
This arsenate of lead treatment has
an additional advantage in that it is
also a protection against the plum
curcullo, best known in Georgia as
“tlie 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
•elution as the best treatment against
Club Women Work to
Clean Dp and Paint Dp
Five Thousand Cities
CIVIC LEADERS PUT BAN ON
PINK TEAS.
“Clean Yards, a Few Shrubs and
Flowers, and a Little Paint,
for a Better Hometown” —
Mrs. Clarence Baxter.
THAT the club women of America
are not waiting for full suffrage
before taking an active part in
civic betterment work is proven by
the earnest efforts of thousands of
women in local "Clean Up and Paint
Up" campaigns in practically every
state in the Union. "The men are too
busy, or too chesty,” said one of these
women, "to see the need of or to do
simple beautification and sanitation
work. And yet that work is vital to
the health of thousands and to the
progress of the community in better
living conditions to keep pace with
increasing population."
"There was a time,” sho continued,
"when pink teas and gossip character
ised our local club meetings. But that
time is past. There are a million
things for the betterment of the town
that we are able to do, and we are
trying to do them as fast as we oan
get to them. The ’Clean Up and
Paint Up’ campaign, in which we are
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apple scab and apple leaf spot. These
destructive diseases seriously affect
both trees and fruit, but 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
lons 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 de
scribed, but for the most effective
control of it Bordeaux mixture should
be used late in the season, from July
1 on. The Bordeaux mixture is made
as follows:
Dissolve three or four 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 be 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
on request.
wonting snouider to shoulder with the
men, embodies a big batch of im
provements we have had in mind.
This campaign seems to be a for
tunate combination of ideals, ‘Clean
Up’ and ‘Paint Up.’ It gives us work
to do now, with a definite program to
start things off, and with absolutely
no end of possibilities in permanent
constructive effort. And the best of
it is that this campaign simply forces
the men to work with us. A success
ful campaign means an increased de
mand for many kinds of merchandise,
means conservation of property, means
increased realty values —it means a
better business town and a better
home town. Why shouldn’t the men
lend a hand?”
And this woman is not alone in her
enthusiasm. Mrs. Clarence Baxter,
chairman of the Women’s Committee
of the National “Clean Up and Paint
Up’’ Campaign Bureau, St. Louis, has
seen her home town, Kirksvllle, Mo.,
refurbished from the city hall to cor
poration limits entirely through the
earnest work of a group of women. As
chairman of the civic and health de
partment of the Missouri Federation
of Women’s Clubs, and as vice chair
man of the civics department of the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Mrs. Baxter Is inspiring and advising
thousands of club women in similar
work. She will be glad to write to
and advise others.
Mrs. George Zimmerman, of Fre
mont. 0., chairman of the civics de
partment of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs, heartily endorses
the national “Clean Up and Paint Up”
movement, and is a member of the
advisory committee of the National
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The civics departments of several
state federations of women’s clubs
have already arranged for state-wide
“Clean Up and Paint Up” campaigns
this year, with a definite week’s pro
gram to start the ball rolling.
One man who always was harping
on the old saw, "Woman’s place is in
the home,” has not been heard from
since a year ago when his wife led
in a “Clean Up and Paint Up” cam
paign which practically regenerated
the town. The good woman repaired
and painted a piece of vacant prop
erty belonging to her husband, prop
erty that had been a drain on his purse
for ten years. She had to fix the
place up, she said, because she was
preaching “Clean Up, Paint Up, Re
pair,” to others, and she believed in
practicing what she preached. After
criticising his wife for her public ac
tivity, and especially for spending real
money on “that old shack," the hus
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to receive an offer of S6OO more for
the property than his former valua
tion. He made the sale, and shut up.
This year he is the heaviest contrib
utor to that local "Clean Uo and Paint
Up” campaign fund.
SUGGESTIONS FOR CLEAN
UP CAMPAIGN
Clean out every corner of your
house and yard.
Burn everything possible, give
the rest to the trash man.
Clean your vacant lots and al
leyways.
Make your street and parking
look as well-kept and trim as pos
sible.
Refrain from throwing old pa
per, banana and orange skins in
to the streets.
If your home needs them plant
trees, shrubbery, vines, grass and
flower seeds.
If your store or office front is
dingy paint it, if you have to do
it yourself.
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If you have unsightly old bug
gies or other trash in your back
yard, or unnecessary, tumble
down sheds, remove them. Open
spaces and fresh air are better.
If you have no garbage can,
buy one.
If your walk, gate or fence is
an eyesore, repair it.
Make your town clean, neat,
healthful and beautiful.
Let every one get to work
men women and children.
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