Show SPRAY FOR COOLING MOTH now is the opportune time by experience of successful men now Is the time to spray apples catch t the he coddling moth the blossom end of the new formed apple partly open and the spraying mixture can be forced in where it will do some good A little latter on this will be closed up and afford an impenetrable covering for the moth A very successful apple grower on the west side ot of the river gave his opinion in a recent institute meeting that in order to effectually spray for this pest the fluid must be precipitated from above and projected squarely into the blossom end of the fruit you can not obtain the desired result by merely sprinkling ahe the trees and letting the fluid fall on them liko like rain in that way you simply cover the outside and the first rain that falls will undo the work this man 0 built an elevated platform on his wagon and drove through his bis orchard from tree to tree spraying directly into the blossom from his elevated position his apples last year were 90 per cent free from worms A good pump and nozzle should be used for this work A pump of at least eighty pounds pressure and a bordeaux nozzle make the proper combination for effective work fog spraying Is not effective in reaching the coddling moth the spray should be of very fine drops that will penetrate the gauzy protection around the end odthe apple one thing sp should bear in mind is that the fluid chich they use should be constantly stirred so that the ingredients may ie be ot of equal strength all the time the proportions given by professor ball are one pound of paris green to gallons of water A good way to properly mix this is to take 13 1 3 of a pound of paris green at a time and add put into a two quart fruit jar half full of water and shake for five minutes pour the mixture into a larger quantity of W water ater and stir well and then pour into the barrel that you intend to bump pump from this insures a thorough I 1 mixing of the ingredients and it if kept well stirred after that the poison rd remains equally distributed one spraying with this formula now will be fully as effective as five sprayings spray sprayings ings ings later in the season professor ball has been been over from the agricultural college during the past week investigating the pest that has destroyed so many of the straw rry beds in the south part of town re he finds three i insects each of which is very destructive for one of these pests known as the leaf roller he advocates spraying at once with a mixture of 2 A pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water the arsenate of lead stays in solution better than paris green and adheres more firmly to the plant there are two other in insects seats for which the professor has as yet found no remedy they a are e the june beetle and the crown dorer borer the north part of town does not seem to be affected yet and it would be a very good good thing to prevent the trouble from spreading when our strawberry beds are destroyed we have lost an important source of revenue |