Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1913 — ORCHARD DEMONSTRATION PROVED SUCCESS [ARTICLE]

ORCHARD DEMONSTRATION PROVED SUCCESS

Goodly Number in the Afternoon Followed Closely the Work of the Purdue Expert There was* some disappointment Saturday in not securing Prof. Palmer, of Purdue, for the orchard demonstration, but his place was very well filled .by Mr. Odell, who is fresh from his work in Oregon orchards. I It is felt that especially in the afternoon much was accomplished in the instruction and demonstration of the care of orchards. A very appreciative crew'd was present, full of questions to ask. The larger crowd in the late afternoon found Mr. Odell at his west while then under a rapid fire of questions. He answered to their entire satisfaction such questions in the care of orchards as spraying for codling moth, curcullio beetle, while wooly louse, San Jose scale, scab and fire blight, and he showed the cause and effect of these from specimens found at hand or brought with him from Purdue. Pruning and the mixing and application of spray mixtures was done and explained to the crowd, and information on such questions as cultivation, mulching and sodding of orchards was given in the orchard, and the effect of each demonstrated. It was of interest to many to know the result of the spraying and pruning done by the high school agriculture department in the orchard last spring. An experiment was begun at that time to try out the effectiveness of spraying. Two trees of as near equal size and crop as possible were selected and One tree given both the second summer sprays and the other tree left unsprayed. The result was well seen this fall in the greater freedom from scab and worminess in the fruit of the sprayed tree than on the unsprayed tree. The effectiveness of the pruning and spraying carried on has proven very satisfactory., The spray especially emphasized at the demonstration was the lime-sulphur solution for the control of fruit diseases, mixed with arsenate of lead for the control of insects. The Bordeaux soultion and its preparation and application was also taken ub briefly. In the lime-sulphur solution, which was made at the orchard, 80 pounds of sulphur with 40 pounds of lime were boiled in water to make 50 gallons of the spray solution. Two'” pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gallons of lime-sulphur is usually used when the spraying is done. Limesulphur solution may be purchased by the barrel for less than twenty cents per gallon and an ordinary tree may be sprayed with the three most essential sprays for the season for about 15 to 20 cents. Mr. Odell emphasized the point upon several occasions that it paid Indiana people to grow apples and that California, Oregon and Washington people were really alarmed at the growth of the apple industry in Indiana. Reasons for this are principally that Indiana has the market right at hand and can grow them more cheaply, and as a result can plaee them on the market for about 45 per cent less than western growers. The agriculture department of the high school will be glad at any time to take up questions relative to the oare of orchards and when possible will have the orchard in question given personal attention. IRA COE, - Instructor Agriculture. Fred McOolly, Will Coen, Will Clouse and Nlm Hopkins composing one Ashing party, and Ralph Donnelly, Louie Ramp, Fred Mecklenberg and Carl Wood, composing another, went to the Kankakee river this morning. ( We should have some fine fish (stories) the last of the week. Alexander T. Steward, of Chicago' whose auto driven by himself ran down and killed Charles Chick, a prominent Indiana man near Hessville, was Thursday held at Hammond under a $2,000 bond on a charge of manslaughter. Stewart testified that he didn’t know the man was dead, and fled because he feared mob violehce. ' Ore has been discovered in Douglic county, Wisconsin, within easy shipping distance of the docks at Superior. While the ore has not been thoroughly tested, it is said to be of Bessemer grade. The belt is at the village of Blueberry and five miles long and a mile wide. The depth is 800 feet or more. The ore is near the surface and can be mined by the open pit method. Offers of SI,OOO an acre for the land are being refused.

Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Holmes and family have arrived here from Jamestown, N. Dak., to which place they moved about four years ago. and until they get located they will be at the home of John Scott, in Barkley township. Mr. Holmes is looking for a farm and being a firstclass farmer he will doubtless get one. He did not do any good at Jamestown and states that there is nothing there for a tenant farmer. His brother, Sidney B. Holmes, formerly of Newton township, drew a claim in the Montana land drawing and expects to go there to prove it up. Try our Classlflei Oolmn.