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’ Peanuts and Potatoes
’ In Allendale County
CLEMSON COLLEGE. March—Al-
< lendale county, according to reports
from County Agent . D. Robertson,
I will plant peanuts and swee* pota
toes largely as substitutes for cot
j Son. boll weevil does not like
•either of these foods in his diet, and
the Allendale farmers prefer to help
fed themselves and others with
< these two crops than to plant'cotton
to help feed the bolt weevil.
To help make the growing of pea
nuts and patches successful several
important xteps are being taken in
thQ coun_ts'.
1. At least six sweet potato cur
ing and storage houses of 5,000-ca
v J j'f and Probably two or three of
•* t capacity are assured.
- Tba local cotton oil mills are
{ ■supplying the necessary seed pea
nuts-for that crop to relieve the in
dividual farmers of the trouble of
hunting the country over for seed.
3. A peanut crushing plant is be
ing put in at Allenhale by the South
ern Cotton Oil company and will thus
provide a ready market for not only
Allendale but the adjoining counties.
4. Definite and specific instruc
tional literature on the growing of
these two crops is being printed and
distributed by the county agent for
the benefit of those farmers who
have had little or no experience !r>
growing these crops commercially,
and the county agent will deyote a
large part of his time to personal
work along these lines.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKT.Y JOURNAL.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
HA'NDI.ISrG THE TOBACCO CBOP.
Tobacco is a very particular crop.
It must be transplanted with skill
and care. It is very essential that
this work be done at the right time.
No crop responds better to prompt
cultivation, which must be thor
ough and efficient. The individual
who is not prepared to give the most
careful attention to these matters
should not undertake tobacco cul
tivation, as he is doomed to failure
from the start. Tobacco also re
quires careful protection from cer
tain insect enemies which will dam
age it amazinglj’- in a short time. The
best methods of procedure with ref
erence to the transplanting, cultiva
tion and protection of tobacco
against insect enemies are set forth
in this article, which is based on
data collected by the division of
agronomy, Georgia State College of
Agriculture.
April I*2o is the best time to
transplant %tobacco in south Geor
gia. Usually plenty of rain falls
during this time, and the early
planted tobacco is not troubled so
much with the hornworm as later
plantings. The first crop of worms
is usually small and, if the to
bacco is planted early, it matures
before the worms are present in the
greatest numbers. Early planted to
bacco usually has more body than
late tobacco and brings a higher
price on the market.
Before transplanting the land
should be freshened by running a
harrow or weeder over it to kill
any weeds or grass. There are horse
transplanting machines on the mar
ket that do good work, and when
one of these Is used tobacco may
be set without having to wait for a
rain. The machine carries and dis
tributes water for setting the plants.
Most of the tobacco in the Carolinas
and Georgia is transplanted by hand,
usually after a rain sufficient to
cause the plants to live easily. Some
times it is necessary to water plants
;t the time of transplanting. This
s more expensive, but when proper
y done is better than to allow the
plants to become overgrown in the
seed bed. It is usually best to trans
plant in the afternoon or on a cloudy
day. The usual practice is to pull
the plants from the seed bed dur
ing the morning hours if they are
to be used in the afternoon. The bed
should be moist so that the plants
will not be broken in pulling them
out of the ground. Only strong and
vigorous plants should be pulled,,
using care not to injure the remain
ing plants. . The plants after being
pulled from the bed rhould be placed
as straight as possible in baskets
with all, of the roots towards the
bottom of the basket. A good plan
is to dip the bottom of the basket
in water and set it in the shade
until ready for use.
Any method of planting tjiat will
gently press the earth to the roofs,
leaving the buds of the plants just
above the'surface of the ground, is
all right.
If the transplanting Is done by
hand, a blunt peg, like the one
shown in the illustration, which
makes a hole just deep enough for
the plants, helps to secure a good
stand. If a long is usej the
holes are usually made too deep,
and when the plants are set the soil
is pressed around them at the sur
face of the ground and the roots
will be left swinging. If the roots
are left swinging most of the plants
will die. The soil should be-firmed,
around the roots of the plant as we'l
as at, the surface of the ground.
This can be done after the plant is
placed in the liole made for it, by
sticking the peg in the soil about
six inches from the plant and pull
ing the top of the peg toward the
plant. This operation Will firm the
soil around the plant from the bot
tom of the roots to the surface of
the ground.
The width of the rows should be
four feet in order to allow the sled
to pass between the rows without
breaking leaver when harvesting.
The distance between the plants .n
the row should be governed by the
amount of fertilizer used, the fer
tility oflthe soil and the type of the
tobacco to be produced. Plants are
set 20 to 30 inches apart. For aver
age conditions 24 inches is about
the right distance. If the soil is
rich the plants should be set closer
together to kdcp the tobacco from
growing large and coarse. As soon
as practical, within a week or ten
days after transplanting, the field
should be gone over and transplanted
with good strong plants. Cut
worms and wireworms sometimes
cause a great deal of trouble in get
ting a stand. When there is doubt
about a plant living, a new one
should be set about three inches
from the old plant. Later the in
ferior of the two plants should be
removed. Every possible effort
should be made to secure a perfect
stand with the first planting. When
the stand is regular the tobacco rip
ens nicely and evenly. If the stand
is poor t.he tobacco will be irregular
in ripening. Some plants will have
too much space and will be over
grown, coarse, and will not ripen or
cure properly. A hand transplanter
is VQry convenient in replanting as
well as for planting the first time.
Early; rapid and thorough culti
vations are necessary to produce a
good crop of tobacco. In order to
start the tobacco growing quickly a
good cultivation and careful hand
hoeing should be given as soon as
the plants become established, gen
erally in about a week or ten days
after transplanting. A little fresh
soil should be- drawn about each
plant, but care should be used not
to loosen the new roots. Usually
only one more hand hoeing is neces
sary. The tobacco should be culti
vated every ten days until it is
time for it to be topped. Cultiva
tion should be discontinued after
topping, as the tobacco will ripen
better if pot cultivated too late.
Four to six cultivations may be
given to good advantage. The first
two cultivations should be fairly
deep to loosen the soil and make it
mellow. Later, as the roots begin
to spread through the row, only
shallow cultivation should be prac
ticed. Short singletree should ;e
used after the plants are half
grown to prevent tearing and break
ing the leaves. Every precautun
should be used to avoid injury ‘o
the plants. Any bruising of the
leaves will injure both the yield and
quality of tobacco. In cultivation
the field should not be left in a con
dition that would allow water ti
stand, around the tobacco* plants
«ape of heavy rains. i
A great many growers make a
practice of sowing peas in the to
bacco the last cultivation. Others
wait until the tobaccp is harvested
to Sow the peas. When peps are
sown in tobacco fields, the Iron or
Brabham should be used. These
varieties are not attacked by the
nematodp or eelworms. Nematodes
cause root , knot, which may do a
great deal of damage to tobacco.
Grasshoppers sometimes appear
on the young plants as soon as they
are set in the field, although they
seldom do much damage. The
guinea does more damage in catch
ing them than the insect itself. Poi
soned bait that is used for cut
worms is very satisfactory in con
trolling grasshoppers. With good
weather and rapid cultivation grass
hoppers usually abandon the tobacco
in a short time.
Cutworms sometimes make it hard
to get a stand, especially where a
great deal of vegetable ’ matter has
been turned under. One remedy is
to poison them with Paris green. Use
one pound of Paris green to twenty
five pounds of wheat bran mixed in
a soft batter with molasses. Lay
.this around the field so that when
the worms crawd on it they will eat
it. A few chopped lemons or oranges
added to the poisoned bait will some
times help to attract the worms. An
other of the best ways to control
cutworms is to hunt\for them and
kill each marauder founds It is easy
to detect signs of. the cutworm and
with g little experience they can be
located and destroyed very rapidly.
Tobacco horn worms are some
times a serious pest. When labor was
cheap and plentiful, hand-worming
was, a fairly satisfactory means of
control, but with the scarcity, cost
and inefficiency of hand labor this
method is unreliable and the grower
will get much beter results by using
insecticides. Until recently Paris
greerj has been the principal poison
used, although there has always been
objection to its use, as it frequently
seriously burns the tobacco.
Arsenate jot lead has been found
to be the inost satisfactory poison
for the horn worm.. It can he used
effectively and safely during rainy
weather and does not burn the to
bacco A° r wash off as easily as
Paris green. Arsenate of lead should
be put on in the form of powder or
dust at the rate of four to five
pounds per acre. Mix the arsenate
of lead with equal bulk of finely
sifted wood ashes or air-slaked lime
This ,will insure an even distribu
tion df the poison. The mixture
should be applied with a powerful
dust gun and a thorough and even
application made. Dust applications
should be made early in the morning
or late In the afternoon when the
air is still. An uneven application
made in a strong breeze will leave
enough live worms to damage the
tobacco seriously. If no dust gun is
available, the poison may be dusted
through a thin muslin bag, but this
is usually unsatisfactory.
Arsenate of lead may also be used
as a spray. If applied as a spray,
use three to four pounds of pow
dered arsenate of lead in 100 gallons
of water. If the paste form Os arsen
ate of lead is used, mix seven pounds
of the paste in 100 gallons of Water.
The first, application should be
made when the worms become too
numerous to be kept off easily by
the hand-picking which is usually
done while hoeing, suckering or top
ping. The time for repeating tne ap
plication can b'e determined by the
number of eggs and young worms
appearing upon the tobacco. Worms
should be killed during the first week
after hatching, for during the second
and third weeks they are much
harder to kill, and they will eat many
times as,much tobacco as during the
first week. Only arsenate of lead
that is guaranteed to contain at
least 30 per cent of arsenate oxide
should be used. /
If arsenate of lead cannot be ob
tained it is more satisfactory to use
Paris green than to depend on hand
picking. One to ,two pounds per,- acre
is used. Mix the Paris green .with
twice its weight of air-slaked lime
and apply with a dust gun. If Paris
green is used in the form of g liquid
spray, use one pound of Paris' green
to 160 gallons of water.
Paris green is likely to injure to
bacco by causing dead burned,Spots
on tlje leaves where the powder is
collected by the dews or washed
down by the rains. The leaf fg also
apt to be weakened/at the'stalk if
Paris green is applied immediately
after the suckers have been broken
out. * ' ■ Y ( H.
A Bunch Variety of Velvet Beans
W. W. C., Cantonment, Fla., writes:
I have been told that there is a hew
varietty of velvet bean, that it grgwg
like a bush instead of running all oyer
thg place which makes it more suita
ble for planting in orchards. I do riot
know the name of it, but thought -prob
ably you were acquainted with the va
riety and would know where I cohid get
the seed.
There is a variety of velvet bean
known as the “bunch” variety, on
account of its habits of growth. It is
presumably a sport from some of
the older sorts of velvet beans. It
takes about 120 to 130 days to ma
ture. '
Our experience with the newer and
earlier varieltes of velvet beattb has
not led us to believ® or feel that
this variety is as valuable for cul
tivation in this state as the' one
which generally goes by the name
of the Georgia velvet beari.l. Some
of its advocates claim that it will
mature in ninety days; but our ex
perience is that it takes nearer 120.
It is probably the best variety
adapted for growth in this state. 'lt
is especially valuable for cultivation
in north Georgia because of com
paratively short time it takes to
mature. It runs to some extent, but
hag not developed this habit to the
same degree which, characterized the
old velvet beans originally intro
dubed into our state and later into
the. Southern part of Georgia and
Alabama. This variety is certainly
worth experimenting with. Seed is
not very plentiful. It would be dif
ficult to say just what you might
have to pay for them as their rela
tive scarcity has helped to keep the
price high.
Basic Slag vs. Acid Phosphate
C. M., ilaeon, Ga., writes: I would
like your opinion as to the 'comparative
value as a fertilizer of basic phosphate
and aeid phosphate. I aui undecided;
which to purchase. , , ,i 7
In our experience basic slag has
shown an availability equal to about
8 per cent of phosphoric acid. On
the other hand, aeid phosphate car
ries about 16 per cent of available
phosphoric acid. We have published
a number of special bulletins on this
particular subject and both our field
tests and observations lead us t 6 be
lieve that when quick results hre
desired that preference should still
be given to acid phosphate. In, on
the hand, you were establish
ing a pasture, probably basic slag
or finely ground phosphate rock
could be used to advantage. This ma
terial, in that event, should be ap
plied at the rate of 1,000 pounds
per acre and well harrowed into the
soil. The phosphoric acid it contains
becomes available rather slowly. Its
availability to growing crops is in
creased if combined with yard ma
nure or green crops plowed under. It
can be used to better advantage on
rich soils than on thin soils. This
year we are particularly concerned
.about hastening The maturity of
our cotton crop on account of the
presence of the boll weevil in our
state. On this account and because
of the important part played by
phosphoric acid in hastening the ma
turity of crops, we are disposed to
recommend the use of acid phosphate
in preference to other materials.
SOY BEANS FCR G-KAZING DOWN
BY HOGS
E. L. V., Homerville, Ga., writes: I
am thinking of planting some soy beans
/ 110 ® feed . b 1 PWee of velvet beans.
What varieties would you recommend,
and what is your opinion of them as a
hog feed? 1
The soy bean grows with a con-:
siderable degree of success in va
rious parts of Georgia. It is par
ticularly well adapted for cultiva
tion to the northern part of the state.
We have raised large and profitable
crops of beans here on the college
farm. It should be planted about
the same time as cowpeas. We pre
fer to seed them in rows, fifteen
inches to three feet apart. It takes
about a gallon of seed to plant an
acre. In hogging them down, we
prefer to let them reach the dough
stage before the animals are turned
into the field where they are grow
ing. We regard them with greater
favor as a food crop for hogs than
velvet beans. Various varieties may
be grown in this section of Georgia.
The Japanese, the Ito San Yellow,
the Black and the Mammoth Yellow
are among the best strains to select
for planting. These mature so as to
furnish a desirable succession of
soy beans for grazing for two or
three months of the year.
DESTROYING WOZVES IN
CATTLE
W. Y., Buckhe:i<!t, Ga., writes: I have
a cow with a calf a month old. She has
several knots in her back about the size •
of peach kernels. She dobs not seem to
be sick and they do not affect her ap
petite. What Causes these knots and is
there anything I can do to scatter
them ?
The swellings on the back pf your
cow are caused by wolves, or war
bles. They develop rapidly at this
season of the year. If you examine
the back of your cow carefully you
will find. little openings appearing.
Silo, Advice on How to Construct
Same, for Benefit to the Farmer
> Probably no one farm structure
has had so much written about It
as the silo, and probably no other
farm structure is simpler. The
principle is simply that of cutting
the corn or sorghum into fine pieces
so that it can be packed air tight,
the voids between the larger pieces
being filled with finely cut vegeta
ble matter and juice. Oftentimes
when the corn or sorghum is dry,
water is added so that the maps
will settle tighter. Since a round
silo can be packed tighter and since
this has no corners to hold the air
it has become the only one in com
mon use.
The Essentials of a Good Silo
The essentials of a good silo are
not many, yet many a silo is erected
with a seeming disregard of these
fundamentals. In the first place a
silo should have a good foundation.
This should extend a couple of feet
below the surface of the ground.
The ground should be well drained
so that no settling will occur with
the heavy structure, for the weight
of the silo and silage is very great.
The walls should be strong, smooth,
straight, and solid. The lateral pres
sure on silo walls is something
enormous and the walls must be
sufficiently sized to resist this pres
sure. There should be no pockets in
the walls of the silo to or
which will prevent the even settling
of the silage. Although some own
ers claim that a roof is not neces
sary, this claim is not substantia
ted. Some owners claim that oats and
rye on the top of the silage protects
it.
The Size of the Silo
Os course the size is determined
by the number of cattle to be fed
and by the length of the feeding
season. The rate of feeding is usual
ly from thirty to forty pounds per
day and the diameter of the silo
must be such that two inches are
removed from the top every day, to
prevent the silage from spoiling.
The following table gives the ca
pacity of silos required to feed herds
of different size, fed JBO to 240
days. If a larger number of cattle
are to be fed it is preferable to have
more than one silo.
No. Feed Feed Diameter
Cows. 180 days 240 days of silo
8 20 tons 40 tons 8 ft.
10 36 “ 48 “ 10 “
15 54 “ 72 “ 10 “
20 72 “ 96 “ 12 “
Too Many Brood Sows Being Sold, t
They Should Be Kept on the Farm
We hear over the state much talk
of hogs being cheap. On first thought
liogs probably seem qheap, but when
we compare prices of this year with
prices of corresponding dates of
lq,st year we find certain figures that
are surprising to a great many of
us. Why? Because we have not fol
lowed the run of prices. The last
week in January a certain county
in the’ state had- three cooperative
hog sales. On comparing returns
from these sales with > those of a
year past on corresponding dates,
it was found that only 40 per cent
as inany hogs were sold, and that
the price received was 2 cents per
pound more than for the same week
fn January, 1919.
We hear people talking of there
being not money in raising hogs,
and of their getting out of the busl
hes, etc. I have returns from six
cooperative hog sales in southeast
Alabama for the month of January,
1920. These six counties sold co
operatively over ? 127,000,00 worth
of-, hogs. Ca.n it be possible that this
amount of money left absolutely in
the hands of the farmers was earn
ed at a loss? Did you ever dream
of this amount of money being turn
ed loose in six counties in south
east Alabama at this period of the
year, under the one-crop system?
I leave it to the reader to answer
these questions for himself.
Judging from the large number of
brood sows Coming to the sales day,
it seems that the number of hogs
in Alabama, —especially southeast
Alabama will be considerably
smaller another season than they
are for this season. The percentage
of sows on the market has been
greater than ever before since the
sales were begun and when the
farmers are asked why they are
selling good roomy brood sows,
they answer you with the complaints
given above.
Many times on making inquiry as
to the sale of sows, the answer
follows: “Peanuts are too high to
feed and hogs are so low that I am
going to get out of the hog busi
ness.” None of us are prophets, but
peanuts, will probably not always
be as high as at present. To make
sure of a safe and sound system
of farming every man should keep
at least one or two good produc
tive sows on his farm. If he keeps
books on them they will be found
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Grain Violations Punished
The presence of teeth in the grain
standards act which governs inter
state traffic in grains for which offi
cial standards have been fixed was
proved recently in Kansas City when
the first conviction for violation of
the statute were recorded. The crim
inal informations were filed under
section 4 of the act, which provides
that grain which is sold by grade
shall not be shipped from one state
to another, except between non-in
spection points, unless it has been
inspected by a licensed inspector in
accordance with the law to determine
the grade of the grain. The defend
ant pleaded guilty.
The bureau of markets, United
States department of agriculture,
which administers the grain stand
ards act, has been conducting educa
tional work to acquaint all producers
and handlers of grain with the fed
eral requirements, and hopes that
what has been accomplished in this
field will have the result of keeping
violations at a minimum.
You should put a few drops of tur
pentine into each one, and thus de
stroy the grub inside. If you do
this, you will prevent the develop
ment of warble flies next summer and
prevent the occurrence of the trouble
you are now experiencing.
Warble flies' do not make animals
sick nor do they injure the milk.
There is no reason why the appe
tite of the cow affected with them
should not be first class. There is
no reason why the milk should not
be used with impunity. This trouble
is caused by the eggs lajd in the
heels of cattle In the summertime by
a fly looking something like a honey
bee. Cows swallow these eggs, qnd
they hatch in the animal and work
their way through the tissues of the
body to the back. There they de
velop, work out into the ground,
where the fly develops. Destroying
warbles is, therefore, a most im
portant matter in the interest of
protecting the animals from useless
irritation and making the hides more
valuable' for leather productions
Warbled hftdes of course, are nat
urally docked because the skin is
full of Httle holes.
25 90 “ 120 " 14 “
30 108 “ 144 “ 16 “
35 126 “ 168 “ 16 “
40 144 “ 192 *4 18 “
45 162 “ 216 “ 18 “
50 180 “ 240 “ 20 “
The height of a sjlo should be as
great as can be obtained with the
most economical construction; how
ever, a silo 8 or 10 feet in diameter
should not be more than 40 feet, a
12 to 15-foot silo not more than
45 feet, and a larger silo not more
than 60 feet high, because of diffi
culty in filling and feeding from
them.
Types of Silos
All materials of construction have
been built into satisfactory silos.
General usage seems to tend to
wards wood, hollow tile and con
crete. The most popular wooden
silos are of two kinds, the stave
silo and the wooden hoop silo. The
home-made wooden hoop silo has
been quite popular and has the ad
vantage of not causing trouble as
one is obliged to tighten or loosen
the hoop of the stave silo. The stave
silo is, however, easier to con
struct and can be purchased already
to assemble. very high grade of
timber is necessary for a good silo,
and hence these commercial silos
are rather high in price at pres
ent. The cement silo can be made
either in the solid wall (monolithic)
form or laid -up in concrete blocks.
The home-made block has not been
very satisfactory because few farm
ers will take the trouble to cure the
blocks sufficiently. One advantage
of the tile, cement block or mono
lithic silo is that they are both fire
and tornado proof. This is really
a point of considerable consequence
as when one of these structures
has once been erected a permanent
improvement has been added to the
farm which will last for generations
and at the same time insure a sup
ply of very valuable feed against
fire.
In some dairy sections farmers
are clubbing together and buying
forms for making monolithic silos.
These can be purchased for 'a few
hundred dollars and many valuable
buildings constructed with the same
form. The farmer who builds in this
fashion erects a monument of pro
duction to himself which will yield
returns to him, and to his children
and to his children's * children.
on the right side of the ledger and
always bringing in a few dollars
just at the time they are most
needed.
Peanuts Make Good Food
For Fattening the Hog
It will soon be time to plant
watermelon in the southern part of
the state. This crop always shows
a goodly per cent of culls which
the hogs relish, and it is quite the
custom to “tote” them out to the
herd. Some have found this useless
labor, however, and have contrived
to lighten their burden by a judi
cious planting of other crops in the
melon field, so that the hogs can be
turned in on not only a varied tyfit
a fattening ration, as soon as the
last car of melons is shipped, -which
will be about July Ist.
One farmer whom I have visited
lately has a 15-acre field, in which
ho plants 10 acres of melons spaced
10 by 10 feet. In the centers he
plants a row of Virginia bunch pea
nuts. The remaining 5 acres he di
vides into two parts, planting 4
acres to Tennessee red cob corn, or
any variety, and the remain
ing acre to sorghum. In spite of
the fact that sorghum is not gen
erally recommended as' a hog feed
it is quite likely that in a small
acreage it is warranted and that
the hogs relish it as a change
whethei* it is fattening dr not. Fur
ther it would appear that the ra
tion could be improved by planting
soybeans along with the corn. This
would not injure the stand, of corn,
in fact would helpi it, as it is gen
erally conceded that a leguminous
crop growing along with a non-leg
urrie furnishes its excess nitrogen
to i the growing non-legume cron
and in so doing not only strength
ens the tissues of the corn Itself
but actually renders it higher in
protein than corn of the same va
riety grown alone.
But I have digressed from my
story, for I was talking of this
man’t crops as planted as a summer
feed for hogs, and the year that I
made my visit he was particularly
pleased to tell me that he had run
47 hogs on the j. 5 acres so planted
from early July to September, at
which time they were ready for
market, having made very satisfac
tory gains, and thus going Into
the market early during a period
when prices are always high.
A little study will ligh’ten labor
on the farm, as well as spell suc
cess.
More Swine Immunized
At Stock Yards
An outstanding feature of federal
activities for the control of hog
cholera during the last year was the
great increase in the number of
swine immunized so that they nfight
be distributed from public stock
yards for purposes other than
slaughter. The last report of the
bureau of animal industry, United
States department of agriculture,
gives the number of feed hogs im
munized as 614,673. This is a large
increase over the preceding year. The
chief purpose of the inspection and
inoculation is to permit reshipment
to farms and feed yards for further
growth or fattening without danger
to herds in which they are intro
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SPRAYING THE ORCHARD, TAKING
CARE OF THE FRUIT AND PLANTING
(Prepared by Extension Service, Au
burn, Ala.)
1. It is almost too late to talk of
applying the dormant spray to fruit
trees. However, if this has been
neglected and it can possibly be given
attention before the trees put oMt, it
is advisable. The next spray follow
ing the dormant for apples and
peaches is to prevent the fruit from
becoming full of worms, the foliage
and fruit from being spoiled, cracked,
deformed and destroyed by diseases
and leaf-eating insects.
2. Apples: The spray following the
dormant for apples is applied to con
trol scab, leaf eating insects and
aphis. It is called the “cluster bud
Ispray.” It should be applied when
the blossom buds show pink—not be
fore this time nor after the blossoms
open. .
The materials for this spray are
1% gallons commercial lime-sulphur,
32 degrees Beaume, to fifty gallons
of water and 1 1-2 pounds of pow
dered arsenat/a of lead. If aphis is
present, add three-eights pint nico
tine sulphate (Black Leaf 40).
3. Peaches: The spray following
the dormant for peaches is given to
control Curculio, the Insect causing
wormy peaches, peach scab and
brown rot. It should be applied as
soon as the blossoms fall. The ma- 1
terials for this spray are self-boiled,
or hydrated, lime-sulphur and 1 1-2
pounds powdered arsenate of lead. It
paste arsenate is used, three pounds.
These materials can be made by
any farmer by the following direc
tions:
Self-Boiled Eime-Sulphur Stone
X*rulta
Eight pounds sulphur, eight pounds
rock lime and fifty gallons water.
Slake lime with hot water; when
slaking begins add sulphur and stir
vigorously adding water as needed
to prevent burning till slaking
ceases, or for five to ten minutes;
then add cold water to stop cooking
and when ready to use, strain and
dilute to make fifty gallons.
Hydrated Lime-Sulphur
Eight pounds hydrated lime, eight
pounds sulphur, eight gallons boiling
water. « • ■ .
This is a mixture for use under
identically the same conditions as
self-boiled lime-sulphur. The only
differences are (1) that hydrated lime
is used in place of rock lime; (2)
the substitution of the heat of boil
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lime. It is a simpler method of ob
taining the same results, and has the
advantages of being freer from ob
jectionable sediment and more con
stant in its composition. Hydrated
Time is a fine dry 'pbwder, and does
not change fn composition If kept
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The hydrated lime and sulphur are
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The arsenate of lead should be
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