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Research on Sprays 



ANNOUNCEMENT that will interest most of 

 our reiilers hns just been made by the Cal- 

 ifornia Central Creameries Company, to the effect 

 that Ralph H. Smith, for four years in charge 

 of the division of entomology of the Idiho Ex- 

 periment Station, has been made head of the ento- 

 mological research laboratories of the Creameries 

 Company, manufacturers and distributors of Kayso, 

 the combined casein spreader and adhesive for 

 orchard sprays. 



After graduating from the University of Kan- 

 sas, Professor Smith served as instructor and also 

 specialised in entomology and plant pathology at 

 Oregon Agricultural College and the University of 

 California. While at the head of the division 

 of entomology at Idaho Experiment Station from 

 May 1918 to March 1922, he carried on extended 

 experiments in commercial orchards at Twin Falls, 

 Idaho, to determine the practical value of spray 

 spreaders in the control of insect pests. He also 

 conducted investigations on the control of various 

 pests including experiments on spraying methods 

 for controlling the codling moth, the twig borer 

 of peach and plum, orchard plant lice and spider 

 mites. 



The work on spre-iders consisted of trying out 

 different spreader substances under orchard condi- 

 tions and ascertaining the influence each had in 

 reducing loss caused by pests. He reported and 

 conducted investigations on two new pests, includ- 

 ing the red clover eelworm and the leaf-curl plum 

 aphis. The leaf-curl plum aphis is the most Im- 

 portant plant louse that affects plum trees in 

 Idnho and other parts of the Northwest. It may 

 be effectively controlled, he found, by adding nlco- 

 tlne-sulfate to the dormant lime-sulfur spray and 

 applying the spray just before the fruit-buds open. 

 Smith also reported the occurrence of the 

 European Red mite in the western part of the 

 United States in 1919. Previous to this it was 

 not know to exist excepting east of the Allegheny 

 Mountains. He is author of a number of scien- 

 tific papers and experiment station publications. 



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'T'HE FIRST carlpad of broccoli to be sent 



from ■[ the Umpqua Valley, Roseburg, was 



shipped f^arch 23. The crop is estimated at 12'! 

 carloads. 



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/^RCHARDISTS of Bond River Valley will 

 ^-^ spend $25,000 for new high-powered spray 

 rigs this spring. 



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At A MEETING of the Oregon Co-Operativc 

 ■^^ Growers' Association as Sheridan, Ore., H. E. 

 Allen, H. G. Funk and G. W. Aaron were elected 

 as the local advisory committee. 

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 "Deports from New York show that there are 

 but moderate receipts of boxed apples. Ship- 

 ments from Washington, Oregon and Idaho are 

 decreasing. These states, however, are credited 

 with nine-tenths of the current boxed shipments. 



In the week ending March 18, extra fancy De- 

 licious ruled firmer at $3.25 to $5.25; fancy 

 brought $3.80 to $4.25; the best Romes $2.75 tn 

 $3.50; extra fancy large Winesaps and Spitzen- 

 burgs $2.50 to $4.25; fancy, $2.50 to $3.50; the 

 most desirable Newtown Pippins, $2.25 to $3.35; 

 ihoice, $2 to $2.90; the most attractive British Co- 

 lumbia Jonathans, $2.25 ' to $2.40 and the best 

 ^clntosh, $2.75 to $3 per box. 

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fPHE PRUNE crop of Oregon and Washingtnn 

 ': Is fast being cleaned up, as indicated in re- 

 j)orts from the various packing and selling agen- 

 cies. Earlier predictions th-it the crop would all 

 be sold by summer were too conservative. Some 



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weeks ago the Oregon Growers' Co-Operativc 

 Association reported that all prunes In its southern 

 Oregon plants had been shipped. 



On March 8, M. J. Newhouse, manager of the 

 Washington Growers' Packing Corporation re- 

 ported that every prune of the 1921 crop In Clarke 

 county, Wash., had been sold. The third dividend, 

 amounting to about $45,000 was paid, the growers 

 having previously received $172,000. There Is 

 still one payment to be made, but at present the 

 growers have received i\'/i cents on 20-30s and 

 8 "'2 cents on 30-40s. 



Prunes of the California Prune and Apricot 

 Growers' Association arc off the market and 

 ,is a result price advances have been made by the 

 Oregon Growers, ranging from 1 to 4 cents a 

 pound. Demand Is not heavy, but retains a fairly 

 hriithy tone and dwindling stocks do much toward 

 ■tiffening quotations. 



T\/l"ORE CARLOADS of boxed apples were 

 shipped out of the state nf Washington than 

 from all other boxed apple states combined, ac- 

 cording to federal statistics received by the state 

 department of agriculture. Supervisor Charles L. 

 Robinson of the horticultural division has com- 

 piled a statement on commercial fruit raised in 

 Washington which shows that there were 32,410 

 cirloads of commercial apples raised last season 

 in this state, representing a minimum value of 

 $39,259,319. Less than 3,000 carloads probably 

 were shipped within the state for domestic use. 



The entire output of commercial fruit was 

 40,742 cars, valued at $48,192,038, showing that 

 apples represent about 80 per cent of the fruit 

 industry In Washington. 



The various fruits outside of apples and their 

 lespectivc values, as estimated by Supervisor Robin- 

 son's report, are: Pears, $2,525,500; peaches, 

 $I,583,930i grapes, $112,000; apricots, $97,000; 

 cherries, $567,000. 



The prune crop was low last season, due to 



failures in Clarke county, the crop of fresh prunes 

 being worth about $680,000 and the dried prunes 



$366,000. 



The total berry crop Is valued at $2,973,000, 



divided as follows: Strawberries, $1,243,000; 



loganberries, $198,000; raspberries, $723,000; 



blackberries, $681,000; cranberries, $68,000, and 



mixed berries, $60,000. 



The berry acreage last season, including only 



that land actually producing, was: Strawberries, 



6013 acres; raspberries, 3158 acres; loganberries, 



1375 acres; blackberries, 1728 acres; currants, 453 



acres; gooseberries, 467 acres and cranberries, 600 



acres. 



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A RECENT estimate by Manager H. G. Coy- 

 kendall, California Prune and Apricot Grow- 

 ers, Inc., placed the unsold portion of the 1921 

 prune crop of the organization's members at 

 10,000 tons. The total crop was estimated by 

 the government as 90,000 tons. At the time 

 of the report the association had paid to mem- 

 bers $7,297,000. The total paid for the 1920 

 crop was $10,612,125. 



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■pVUCKW.ALL BROS., report having purchased 

 "^ 120 cars of apples from Hood River growers 

 list season and have sold all but one carload. 

 The average net price to the grower is given 



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COLUMBIA NURSERY 

 COMPANY 



1490 Union Ave., No. 



Portland, Ore. 



as $1,664 on the packed apples and as $1,513 on 

 all apples shipped, this including those jumble 

 packed and unclassified. 



'T'HE Sebastopol Apple Growers' Union of Cal- 

 Ifornia last season sold 434,761 boxes for 

 $803,434. About 20 per cent more apples were 

 marketed by the growers outside of the union. 

 The season's output was slightly larger than in 

 1920 and the returns about $65,000 less. 



