The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., April 23, 1910, Page 311, Image 11

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Nitrate of Soda
On an Acre to
INCREASE YOUR
CROP OF COTTON
200 POUNDS
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★ FRUIT, TRUCK ii VEGETABLES T]
The I'luni Curculio nrnl Brown Hot
of Peach.
Messrs. Editors: I have just read
Prof. Massey’s recent answer to a
query on spraying the orchard, and I
must say that this is very misleading
and in fact, is not safe. It does not
answer the question, for there is not
a word in regard to treatment for in
sects except San Jose scale, and in
this section the plum curculio does
more damage to peaches and plums
than any other insect. These can not
be controlled by the sprays he recom
mends. and, not only that, the brown
rot, which is the worst disease of the
peach latitude, ran not be controlled
without destroying the curculio as it
Is an important factor in spreading
the disease. The puncture of the
curculio gives a place for the en
trance of the spores of brown rot,
and it has been shown quite conclu
sively that without controlling the
curculio the rot cannot be checked.
The use of lime-sulphur wash for
San Jose scale Is all right, but he
says that the lime and sulphur may
be mixed together and 5 pounds of
bluestone to 50 gallons of water.
and nil applied to peaches in foliage.
Now it is known that 8 pounds of
sulphur In the form of the self-boil
ed wash is sufficient for the brown
rot and peach scab, and even if
the 15 pounds did not injure the
trees, it would be throwing away the
extra 7 pounds of sulphur and about
12 pounds of lime. Bluestone or
copper sulphate should never be ap
plied at the rate of five pounds to 60
gallons of water on peaches, for It
will kill the foliage and spot the
fruit.
Two to 2| pounds Is all that Is
safe, and even that amount does
some Injury. I would not think of
using the mixture he recommends
for spraying trees in active condition
and I would not recommend it to any
one. Extensive experiments hnve been
carried on for the past three years
testing the efficiency of self-boiled
lime-sulphur wash for peach diseases
and it has been found very efficient
as a fungicide and does no injury to
the foliage, as does Bordeaux mix
ture
In recommending spray materials
'or treatment of peach or any other
ruit tree, one should always recom
nend an arsenical, preferably arsen
ite of lead, for there are a number
>f foliage-eating insects, and, on the
ipple the codling moth does great in
jury, on the peach and plum the
Mirculio is very destructive. Just
Yesterday I examined some unspray
’d plum trees and found a great deal
if curculio injury to the young fruit
ind these insects cannot be controll
ed with lime-sulphur or bluestone.
H. C. THOMPSON,
Miss. A. & M. College.
Lime for Sweet Potato Rot.
Messrs. Editors: Some one inquir
ed some time since, “What will pre
vent black rot in sweet potatoes?”
My experience with black rot is as
follows: The first two years that I
cultivated sweet potatoes on the place
I now own they were so badly af
fected with black rot at digging time
that they were not at all fit for mar
ket and were all rotten within two
months. The third year I planted
only half an acre, thinking that
would make more than I could use
before they rotted.
A IlUb J VU ft A UOVU UOUVO VUW V »» VI V
saved from the fireplaces and the
stove as a part of my manure. You
can imagine my surprised delight to
find them perfectly free from the
black rot when I went to dig them.
I began to study the cause for this.
I argued that the only element in the
ashes that I had not used the pre
vious years was the lime, so the next
year I used lime along with my fer
tilizers and have not been bothered
since with black rot where I used
lime. Last year I neglected to use
any lime and my potatoes were al
most worthless.
From this I conclude that an ap
plication of 200 to 500 pounds of
lime per acre (the quantity depend
ing on how badly they were affected),
will to all practical purposes prevent
the black rot. I used It in the drill,
but do not object to some of it being
scattered outside. I do not mix it
with other fertilizers on account of
its bad effect, but prefer to put It
out and run a plow in the drill to stir
the lime into the soil before applying
fopHltvKnra
The lime can be bought loose In
car load lots, unslaked, at about $6
a ton delivered, so that It is not cost
ly to use and its use has given such
good results to me, and to some of
my neighbors, that I would not set
another Rprout on this land without
lime In some form to go under It.
OSCAR SUTTON.
Goldsboro, N. C.
Comment by Prof. Massey.—One
or two experiments like Mr. Sutton
has made, cannot prove anything, and
personally, I have little faith In lime
as a preventive of the rot In sweel
potatoes. Still I have not tried It and
the matter Is worth testing thorough
ly. It Is easy, however, to avoid the
rot if the grower will avoid planting
the same land In sweet potatoes yeai
after year, and will bed only clean
sound potatoes. Sprinkling with am
monlacal copper carbonate solution
after storing, Is said to check the
spread of rot in the bins. But if only
sound potatoes are bedded In clean
Hand under glass, there will be little
If any rot.
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Says : For the put five year* he hu devoted
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Sags » per 15: $3.75 per 30; $5 per 45
Ego* from Choice*t Shorn Specimen* $5 per 15
Single Comb Rhode Island Red Eggs
93.00.11.50 sad 91.00 per 15.100 90.00.
No stock for sale but plenty of the beat eggs for
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Pure bred. White Faced Black Spanish Eggs for
setting at $1.50 per 15, or $2.50 per 30 eggs. Also
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Kosciusko, - - - - Mississippi
S. O. BROWN LEGHORNS
Good layer*. Only one bread. Enga, SUM par 1C;
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flaaawm*..Mississippi.
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Descendants of "Grandson’s Brother’’ lino, ’’The
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