Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1913 — County Agent Tells How To Get Rid of the “Blight.” [ARTICLE]

County Agent Tells How To Get Rid of the “Blight.”

There seems to be considerable trouble throughout the county with blight on the apple and pear trees. Several farmers and townspeople of Rensselaer, as well, have asked me regarding their trees and this disease, and I am taking this means of helping all tree owners who may have trouble in this regard. The trouble is ‘Tire Blight.” It is a fungus trouble and the trees should be tended to at once, otherwise it is quite liable to mean a complete loss of the orchard. The dead branches should be cut off about eight inches to a foot below the dead part and all of these trimmings should be burned and not left on the ground to cause further trouble another year. O. G. BARRETT, County Agricultural Agent.