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Show Making the orchard pay I It Is Only as the Trees Are Properly H Trimmed, Sprayed and Nurtured. HJ What should be done with an old or- Hj chard? It looks ns though tho an- Hj awer could be easily made. Either HJ cut down or spray, if profit Is desired. Hj In this case thcro would be some use- Hfl tul timber for the rtove or factory, la Hj the other there may bo a neglected op- Hfl portunlty for prollt Hj Here Is the experience of one man:' Hfl He rented nn orchard which had been Hfl neglected for many years. After two mm yoars It gave n prollt, which contln- Hja ued to Increase for eoiiio time. The Hja trees were no better than many others H which are now looked upon as of no Hja value As a result of spraying, prun- H Ing nnd fertilizing '.hero ure now line Hja apples to show for tho labor, yielded Hjb by nn orchard moro than CO yearB old. Hja But it must bo admitted that it Is Hi not ovcry orchard that can be made Hja productive. Half-dead trees, poor va- Hja rloties and unsultod localities are fac- H tors to bo considered. A good top can- Hjb not bo grown on n rotten trunk, old Hi tree') are not profitably grnrted, neither Hja will a barren or a cold, wet soil pro-duce pro-duce a valunblo orchard. Thcro are many considerations which make It ad- Hfl visoble to cut down the trees as the Hfl oesi solution of the orchard problem H In some Instances. Hfl So much has be?n said about the Hfl San Jose scale that mention of the Hfl subject Is likely to cause a feeling of Hfl weariness. Nevertheless, It has come. Hfl to stay, so the sooner that Is rccog-nixed rccog-nixed the better. Currants, gooseber-rles, gooseber-rles, and some other small fruits aro attacked by It as well as tho orchards., But If all these were blotted out the Hfl scale would still temaln, as It has; Hfl taken to some of the forest trees and' Hfl 'shrubs. However, there Is consola- tlon In knowing that it Is comparative- HI ly harmless when It takes to the. HI woods; and there would be little caust Hfl for complnlnt If It would only sta; there. It enn exist on many will Hfl troes, but It is now claimed that h HI does not Increase in numbers unlest Hfl In a favorable placo, which Is, unfor- Hfl tunntely, on somo cultivated fruit Hfl But the scalo is not so dlfllcult to Hj control ns was onco supposed. The Hfl lime and sulphur solution is a panacea HI for the evil, but ns the scale will hide Hfl In crevices where the spray does not Hfl reach It, there are almost certain to Hfl be some of tho Insects left after tha Hfl moat careful application, so that ex- HH termination Is not to be oxpocted at HH present One thorough spraying a HH year will keep tho Insect from being HH injurious, and will also clear the tree Hj from several of the fungi. HH "I did not spray this spring," re- HH marked a man Inst year who had ex HH tensive orchards under his manage- HH mcnt "The trees did not blossom HH much thla spring. There would not HH bo fruit enough anyhow to pay for tha HH ;mnierlal, so we thought It poor econ- HH omy to spend more than It was worth HH In trying to save It." HH Was there economy In not spraying?, Hj What Is the other side or the ques- HH tlon? The fruit destroying Insects HH and fungi do not always depend alone HH upon one kind of fool for a living. In- HH vestlgatlon has shown that many of HH thorn, perhaps all, aro capable of, HH subsisting on something besides fruit HH Tho apple scab does not depond upon,' HH tho apple, can get along quite welll HH without it, In fnct, so long ns there Is' HH green bark. Thero Is reason to think' HH that the codling moth Inys three- HH fourths of her eggs upon leaves, and) H i that the larvae can develop thero lfi HH no npplo Is within reach. How far HH this may npply In regard to other In-' mmt sects nnd diseases Is a matter for con- HH 'jecture, but certain it Is that tho pesta HH do not seem to be stnrved out when HH frul Is lacking. The curcullo Is HH around In full numbers when thero Is .HH a large crop of plums, though there HHj may have been none tho year' before, -HH and the varloim kinds of rot nro on hand, rcgordlesu of last season's do- HHj flclency. HHj All things considered, declares the Prairie Farmer, it would seem llko HHj poor economy to neglect spraying. HHj When thero Is fruit Bpraylng Is need- HHj ed to protect It, and when thero Is HHj nonn spraying is useful to insuro the HHj next year's crop, it is tho stitch In HHj time which may save more than nine HHJ for tho future. HHJ |
