Show AIRPLANE DUSTING METHOD TO BE TRIED ON LARGE ORCHARDS peach Is latest crop to receive attention prepared Prep tred by the th united state department of aar cut ure the commercial peach orchard I 1 Is g the latest crop to receive treatment by the airplane dusting method for controlling fia insect act pests according to a 0 report received by the lie bureau of entomology tom of the lie united states stales department of agriculture froni from its field station at fort volley valley ga ills proff process fis was tried for the first drat tinie time in march rf of this year airplane dusting for cotton fields has been a demonstrated success and the outcome of till alila type of control for insects affecting peach trees will be awaited with interest it took an hour and fafty five minutes to dust peach trees with a mixture of arsenate arse nale of lend lead and hydrated time lime the time recorded included all brive to the landing field to refill thel he hopper for arveral months the bureau representatives tit nt the he fort volley valley laboratory have been giving attention to the perfection of the he technique for using ills planes in this his way with the he co operation cooperation of those who have had previous experience in tile the work at file lie boll weevil laboratory at tallulah la it has teen been necessary to make adjustments of tile ilie feeding mechanism of tile tie planes so that the heavy dust used for peach insect control work would be evenly distributed A thousand acres of reach peach trees frees in georgia will be treated by airplane during the season under tile super supervision vl of the fort valley laboratory it la 18 expected that this work will yield valt valuable rable data on the results cost of operation and other points |