Agriculture for beginners . et ORCHARD. GARDEN. AND FIELD 1^3 SO rapidly does it multiply that it is very dangerous to thetree. Never allow new trees to be brought into your orcharduntil you feel certain that they are free from the San Josescale. If, however, it should in any way gain access to yourorchard, you can prevent its spreading by thorough spravingwith what is known as the lime-sulphur mixture. This mix-ture has long been used on the Pacific coast as a remedy forvarious scale insects. W^henit was first tried in other. parts of the United States the results were not satisfacto
Agriculture for beginners . et ORCHARD. GARDEN. AND FIELD 1^3 SO rapidly does it multiply that it is very dangerous to thetree. Never allow new trees to be brought into your orcharduntil you feel certain that they are free from the San Josescale. If, however, it should in any way gain access to yourorchard, you can prevent its spreading by thorough spravingwith what is known as the lime-sulphur mixture. This mix-ture has long been used on the Pacific coast as a remedy forvarious scale insects. W^henit was first tried in other. parts of the United States the results were not satisfacton^and its use was abandoned. However, later experiments withit have proved that the mixture is thoroughly effective in kill-ing this scale and that it is perfectly harmless to the the lime-sulphur mixture proved to be successful theSan Jose scale was a most dreaded nurser}- and orchard was even thought necessar)- to destroy infected trees. Thelime-sulphur mixture and some other sulphur washes notonlv kill the San Jose scale but are also useful in reducing-fungous injur}-. 154 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS There are several ways of making the lime-sulphur is generally best to buy a prepared mixture from sometrustworthy dealer. If you find the scale on your trees, write toyour state experiment station for directions for combating Codling Moth. The codling moth attacks the appleand often causes a loss of from t^venty-five to seventy-five per cent of thecrop. In the stateof Xew York thisinsect is ca
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