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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 NEWTOh-CAPMICHAEL HARDWARE CO.— Hardware Faints.— and Oil^- MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT Save 58 cts. per gal. ITS SIMPLE ... THIS IS HOW 111 Jujt mix 3 Gils. Linseed Oil costing about • $2.7| 4 Gals LAM. Semi-Mixed Real lA J Paint, ft $2.25 per gaL > LM Vlf I You then ftuke 7 Gals. Pure Paint for $11.70 l/Hliffl) In use irs only $1.67 per gaL over Made with right proportions of Lead. Zinc and 40 years Linseed Oil to insure longest wear Use a gal. out ol any L.&M. PAINT you buy and i! not the besl paint made, return the paint and get ALL your money back, 1 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 On<vn tv four ninety Electric Lights and Starter 25 horse Power, Mohair Top, Ventilating Wind Shield, Three Quarter Floating Rear Axle Easy Riding and Value Received for Every Dollar Invested McKibben Buggy Company, Georgia Highest Cash Price PaidfFor Scrap Iron IN JACKSON, GEORGIA Bring me your Iron and Metals, Rags, Bones, Rubber and Bags, as I have opened a place of business in Jackson, Ga., near the square, on Second street. Convert the wa&e about your place into DOLLARS and CENTS. WE BUY ANY QUANTITY. DAVE HORWITZ JACKSON, GEORGIA 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 band was sorely chagrined one day 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. CHEVROLET 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. Civilians Military Training Camp Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Near Chattanooga, Tenn. May, June and July, 1916 Reduced Fares Via Southern Railway For Complete Information Address J. S. Bloodworth, T. P. A. Macon, Georgia WANTED Saleslady with some experience in dry goods store. Apply to Box 104. Jackson, Ga. 4-7 Protect School Children Measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough are prevalent among school chil dren in many cities. A common cold never should be neglected as it weakens the system so that it is not in condition to throw off more serious diseases. Fo ley’s Honey and Tar is pleasant to take* acts quickly, contains no opiates. The Owl Pharmacy, adv