April 1922 



1921 Apple Costs 



INFORMATIVE figures on the 1921 

 apple crop have been compiled by the 

 Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association, 

 showing an average yield for that district 

 of 348 boxes per acre and an average pro- 

 duction cost per box of $1.52. It was said 

 that costs compiled by bankers and others 

 were slightly lower. The association figures 

 can be taken as nearly correct, however, as 

 they were carefully worked out, with every 

 factor included. 



Part of the association's report is here 

 quoted; 



"Production costs which do not vary 

 appreciably according to the yield per acre 

 amounted to $336.75 per acre during 

 1921. Production costs which vary directly 

 according to the yield per acre amounted 

 to .5 505c per box. Based upon a crop of 

 1 5,000 carloads, the average yield on the 

 32,250 acres of apples in the Wenatchee 

 North Central District was 348 boxes per 

 acre. Computed on this yield the average 

 cost for the district was $1.5182 per box. 



"The estimated cost per box at different 

 rates of vield for 1921 would be as follows: 

 Yield Cost 



per acre per box 



200 $2.2342 



300 - , 1.6740 



400 1.3923 



500 - :.- 1.2240 



600 1.1117 



700 - 1.(1315 



800 9714 



900 .'. 9247 



1000 .8872 



"These costs have been very effectively 

 substantiated in the wh^le bv actual cost 

 records turned in by growers for producing 

 the 1921 crop. In nearly every instance 

 costs thus turned in have been a few cents 

 per box higher than the figures herewith 

 presented." 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Twenty-seven 



To Kill Currant Worms 



Injury b}- currant and gooseberry mag- 

 gots, small white worms that tunnel inside 

 the fruit, can be largely prevented by im- 

 proved cultural practices. The insect spends 

 practically 1 I months of the year in the 

 first two inches of surface soil immediately 

 under the bushes or in the area covered bv 

 dropping fruit. If this surface soil is 

 stirred frequently in the earh- spring 

 months many of them are brought to the 

 surface, where they are destroyed by the 

 weather or birds. In commercial plantings, 

 where better cultural practices have been 

 followed, damage by maggots has been 

 reduced to a minimum. 



AAA 



In California there is being tried out 

 a new method of fumigation of nurserv 

 stock. This is accomplished bv vacuum 

 fumigators, which have the appioval of thj 

 St.ite Department of Agriculture. 



Will they be dead 

 when you get hack ? 



THEY WILL if you spray with Hall's 

 Nicotine Sulphate. Plant-lice, thrips 

 and similar soft-bodied sucking insects can 

 be wiped out by a systematic sp' aying with 

 this powrerful insecticide. 



Authorities agree that Nicotine is the 

 most effective contact poison known. 



Hall's Nicotine Sulphate is guaranteed to 

 contain 40'^° pure nicotine. 



Being a vegetable extract it will not injure 

 fruit or foliage. 



And— made up as a spray its cost is only 

 tviro cents a gallon. 



Ten-pound tins— $13.50 Two-pound tins 

 — $3.50 Half-pound tins— $L25. 



Buy from your dealer. If ha cannot sup- 

 ply you, order direct from us. 





Hairs Tobacco Dust 



For use where dust- 

 ing is preferable to 

 spraying. 



Finely ground and 

 guaranteed to contain 

 a full I % nicotine. 

 100-pound sack, $4.50 

 2-pound drums .. .25 



NICOTINE 

 INS ECTICIDES^ 



Hall Tobacco Chemical Co. 

 3949 Park Aw., Si. Louis, Mo. 



Crown Gall, Its Causes 

 and Cure 



{Cofit'niiied from page 8) 



of the ground, very good results can be 

 obtained by burying the injured parts in 

 a mound of earth after the bridge grafting 

 has been completed. This treatment 

 partially excludes the air and aids in pre- 

 venting undue drying out of the injured 

 parts. 



The other method of bridging a badly 

 wounded area is by planting one or more 

 young trees around the base of the tree, and 

 grafting the tops into the trunk above the 

 wound; small nails may be driven through 

 the trees into the trunk to hold the parts 

 firmly together. 



The wounds incident to joining the tops 

 of small trees to the trunk of the large one 

 should be well covered with wax to prevent 

 drying out. 



This method has been employed with 

 success for several years in pear and apple 



growing districts of the east and northwest. 

 To be effective, bridge grafting should 

 be done in spring before growth starts, 

 though sometimes it can be done after 

 growth starts if dormant scions for that 

 purpose can be secured. 



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PRACTICAL IN MAINE | 



I Agricultural Exferimeut Station | 



I Onio, Maine, Teh., 1%, X'ill | 



I Better Fruit, | 



I Portland, Oregon. | 



I Gentlemen: Permit ?ne to con' | 



I gratulate you on the February number i 



I in farticular. It is filled with frac- | 



I tical things of interest to the -practical | 



I orchardist, wherever he may be | 



j located. I 



I Yours truly, | 



I W. J. Morse, | 



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