Show HORTICULTURAL INSPECTOR TELLS HOW TO SPRAY TREES EFFECTIVELY Tho following paper read b before the Salt Sal LaJ Lake e Horticultural society I at Its Is last meeting by IW J John oh n P. P 80 Soren- Soren n- n i ten gives suggestions of value to fruit growers rowN's Spraying as ns now conducted Is o or of orman man many grades and varieties Most o othe of oC the spraying Is done to clean tho the trees tree of Insect pest an and to preserve Ol C the fruit from worms wOrin scab and ami scale cJe But Rut i is still t I some of the ol olst old stylo st lo of work going on oil which I is simply to spray to comply with wih the Taw raw never minding ln whether it I docs loes any hOO good or not Bu Hut I that J kind ll of work I Is happily I In ing and in another year car or two wll vill wi bo 10 a curiosity to find 1101 There is a great deal of work required to instruct peo- peo pie Jle how to spray pry what shat to spray f for when to spray and what formulas and remedies to use in the different differed and how to sprays 8 for different pests mix up these formulas so the they 01 are not spoiled In 10 the mal making al a always s 's re remembering re- re that the formulas of arsenic ar al'- ar- ar enic though perfect for Cor one class clasE Is useless for fOI others other and for this pur- pur pos poso poo o It Is n a necessity that the Inspector totS tor tOI or Instructor be thoroughly at home Irnine or 01 posted in these matters him him- self It I goes gocs without gainsaying that thata a n man cannot teach another what ho hc does docs not know himself and years ears arc nC required to become an adept and thorough on all al these questions and andin andin in practice as well wel a as In Iii theory So I much for fot preliminaries prel tin TulLe Time for fOl Winter Slun Spray Spiny The Thc spraying that should bo ijo at attended attended attended at- at tended to from flom now February Hi 15 here hereIn In lii Salt Lake an and surrounding valleys until the buds break brcak should be tho so culo called so winter spray pta Thirty pounds of fresh limo lime put In a u barrel and fifteen lIt lIt- fr- fr teen pounds of sulphur on top of said Mid 11 line line- now flOSS add ten tel gallons of boiling boing water stir tl half hale a minute cover covel quickly y wih withhold old blanket et or carpet and Invert a a top o cr over the top tol of the barrel If I need cd put right on top but keep It I from blowing off or Now let stand a about out half an ai hour then thou fill J your barrel with wih water to hold about forty live forty gallons gallons- Ions Strain and spray with wih It I. I Some advocate ud to boll boil bol the spray spry for fOl an nn hour houi hoU afterward But if I mado made properly It I Is not nut needed The Th- h heat hent generated by hy tho the holn boiling water atc slackens the lime and is so 80 much stron stronger cr than ordinary boiling heat that boiling afterwards Is only a u waste o of time except you ou have steam to I li boll boil with wih This mixture sprayed on ona ona a tree so o it I Is wet alt all al 0 over will wi destroy de tlc- stray stroy all al kinds of scale especially the dreaded San Jose scale the elm olin scale the tho cotton coton cushion scale cale the peach curl tho the peach twig twig borer the woolly wooly aphis the eggs e s of the tho green aphis the tiLe red spider eggs It I will wi destroy by hy bythe hythe million It also destroys fun the thi I S 'S fungus us diseases and anc cleans the lie orchard from irom rein nil all al nests that it I can reach The he reason reason rea rca son that old codlin moth noth larvae and old borers arc not destroyed b by this spray is that th they arc are eaten awa away under the thc bark barJ or In holes where nothing can cn reach them thorn before the warm spring weather cau causes cs them to come out We c have no spray so gen gen- orally nl effective for fO all aJ purposes N as ns th the thelme I Ilmo sulphur spray We Ve used in III ol old times Huls to add ald adt fifteen pounds of oC sal sal salt but experience has shown that tho the sal salis salt is iN not needed Lime at 25 5 cents a bushel and sulphur at 3 cents a si potin mal makes C this effective spray spra very cry cheap cheal s say about 1 4 1 cents a gallon Pm Paris for CO Spring The Thc next spray that should be use used when spring comes Is the thc Paris green giec spray as soon oon as us the blossoms fa fall from lom tho the trees tees in spring The Par Puri Paris gle green n SIna spray is one pound Paris green gree to gallons of or water Spray Spry with witha a rather coarse nozzle from top of a wagon with wih a raised sent seat at on anti and ant spray spra It down in the blossom blosom hard an and strong with a heavy pressure on th the pump so o the Paris green Is driven hard lute into Ino the blossom end of tho the ap up- pie That Is the tho thC secret in this spray As I said in m my report of 1900 th the time Is now noss' when the blossom is failing fallIng fall fail In Ing or 01 never It I rains most mostly at that tha time and anI people excuse themselves from flom spraying AS ns the rain rin as a rule counteracts the tho effort of the spraying spray spray- In ing but hut in this spray It doesn't mattee matter mat mat- tee ter much Your YOUL aims alms should be to drive the Paris green reen Into the petals petal or 01 fine hairs In the Ow blossom end so hard that It J will wH stay there and it In four fOU or Oi five da days davs tho the blossom cn end l o or I J so o called cled calyx calo coss closes and now nO your trap Is set and it will wi stay ta set in that tha part of tho the apple for all al the remainder remainder remain remain- der o of that season when we know by experience that 75 7 to 80 per cen cent of all an worms ent enter r through the blossom blossom blos bios Sam som end or ai calyx We Vo can see how ho important it I is that the tho calyx trap Corthe for Cor forthe the he apple worm should bo be lo set et in time Io 10 o this Particular spray spry time is every every- thing hing It I should not bo ho put aside do or 01 CO anything els else ele e. e Other sprays Carthet far far- thor thet along in iii the sea season on can cais bo be postponed postponed post post- for or a week or ten days das without much nuch Injury but this tILls Paris green grcen spray must be attended to when bios blos- llos- llos oms drop and 1101 without fall fall For PO t Third J Application I The next spray spray fourteen Courteen days das after I th he the Paris spray may be bo Paris green STeen again but much preferable an arsenie of lime as the flit fL-flit Crul has ha now floss no advanced to a sta stage e for fOl of lime or ot spray see sec the bul huh letin The Tue next Hext or third summer spray I would use arsenie o of lead Jend if it I could coull afford aford It I If Jf not a home preparation of white arsenic and limo lime and 1111 repeat A that will j person wi SIH spray this way will wi have ha e clean fruit and healthy trees If he dont don't ho he need not expect either cither her Now I will wi sa say s-ay oil li or grease greas-c your hands w well soll J before you OU spray with lime and sulphur mixtures or 01 you yon oU will vilh wl suffer on your 0 hands and discolor your YOU nai nails except you ou use rubber gloves which cost 1 and will wf ihL last lust a aca season ca 10 I J Remember also algo that Paris green gleen arsenic in i its ils different preparations and f enie of lead are deadly l' l pol poisons and dont don't leave heave them ed cd where children or stock tock can lick ld them hem but hut don't dont lont be afraid of or either of oC these poisons as long as you ou keep keel them outside your YOU skin It I Is only when taken internally that death results They rhey arc are bug poison and should be Handled as such |