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Page 62 - Did you ever think what an inspiration lies in the poet's declaration that "the greatest benefactor of mankind is he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before ? " If not, look at the census returns showing the enormous value of the hay-crop of these Northern States. Knowledge of Nature — coming by research and observation in the laboratory and the field — these are to give us finally our
Page 45 - Dilute the ammonia in seven or eight quarts of water. Make a paste of the copper carbonate with a little water. Add the paste to the diluted ammonia, and stir until dissolved. Add enough water to make fifty gallons.
Page 45 - Beaume) 3 pints. Water 45 gals. Make a paste of the copper carbonate with a little water. Dilute the ammonia with 7 or 8 volumes of water. Add the paste to the diluted ammonia and stir until dissolved. Add enough water to make 45 gallons. Allow it to settle and use only the clear blue liquid. This mixture loses strength on standing. For fungous diseases.
Page 37 - March 24th, 1909, when the regulations given below were adopted for the purpose of preventing the introduction into the state or the spread within the state of...
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Page 59 - This often causes the fruit to turn brown, soft and rotten in a verv few hours. The reason for this is that a fungus exists in the orchard and the weather conditions were such as to cause the spores to germinate and the growth of this fungus in the fruit caused it to rot. If this condition should occur, the trees should be sprayed with the ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate. This solution is recommended because it does not discolor the leaves or fruit, and as the disease generally occurs just...
Page 55 - Those fungi which pentrate to the internal tissues of plants must be treated in a different manner. The host plant so protects them that no solution can be applied which will destroy the organism causing the disease. Therefore, some means of prevention must be employed. Knowing that they secure their foot-hold upon plants by the germination of very minute spores which are produced in great abundance and may be easily carried by the wind, we must aim to check their ravages by destroying the spores...
Page 47 - A dark slimy green larva with a big head which feeds on the leaves, turning them brown in spots. There are two broods in a year, one appearing in June or early in July, the other in August. The second brood usually does the most damage and, where numerous enough, will strip an entire tree and kill it. The larvae grow to be about a half inch long and then go into the ground and pupate, coming out as black fly-like insects.
Page 57 - There is nothing that we can recommend as a treatment for this disease with any certainty of its being successful. It being a germ disease as heretofore explained, it lives inside the tissues of the host plant, making it impossible to use any germicide as a cure. If, when the disease is noticed, those parts affected are cut away, cutting well...