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8. ThG problem of removal of uneconomical apple orchards and varieties should 

 be given additional attention in relation to the Agricultural Conservation 

 Program and, if necessary, a separate program for this purpose should be 

 considered. 



a. Further consideration should be directed at securing the most advan- 

 tageous use of funds expended by the A. A. A. and other agencies from the 

 standpoint of the long-time welfare of the apple industry. 



Paper From Prunings 



A method for making fine grades of paper from fruit tree prunings 

 has been developed by three Toronto scientists. Tejts have shovm the paper 

 to be of very superior quality and plans include tho production of book, 

 coated, magazine, bible, a:id air mail papers. Surveys in four intensive fruit 

 sections of Canada and the United States indicate 2,000,000 tons of pruning 

 wood available each year, v;hich will make 600,000 tons of pulp. Prunings Vi^ill 

 be baled and shipped to the nearest mill. Sounds like bunk but v;e may hear 

 from it again. - R. A. Van Meter 



Radio Prog:r:.m3 for Farmers and Homemakers 



Tiirely information of interest to farmers and homeraakers may be 

 heard on the follo?idng radio sto^tions: 



Monday through Friday at 6:15 a.m. over VfflZ and Vi/BZA. 

 Monday through Saturday at 12:15 p.m. over V/AAB, Boston; W3PR, Spring- 

 field; WHAI, Greenfield; VffiAN, Providence, Rhode Island; 

 V/ICC, Bridgeport, Connecticut; WLIW, Laconia, Nev/ Hampshire. 

 Monday, Wedne-sday, and Friday at various times over \"/HDH, WMEX, WOPL, 

 and ?i/OOP, Boston; VVLAW, Lawrence; WSAR, Fall River, VMAS and 

 V/SPR, Springfield. 

 Other radio programs are conducted by county extension workers in ilssex, 

 Bristol, ij»oroestei-, Franklin, Hampden, and Berkshire counties. Con^^ilt your 

 local papers for these programs. q, q. Oleson 



Late Season Pes t Control 



Alt.aough the 1938 spraying season is practically over, there are 

 still a few things which should be considered in connection with orchard pest 

 contr£)l. Five apple pests, tv/o diseases and three insects are likely to re- 

 mini us of their p'-csence here and there in Massachusetts. The two diseases, 

 apple scab and sooty fungus, will of course be much less in evidence where 

 the early season program was properly appliod. But the task is not completed 

 by mid-summer. 0. C Boyd in a recent issue of Crop Disease llotos says, 

 "Dospite repeated statements to the contrary, apple scab control, even where 

 primary infectior. v;as successfully prevented through tho calyx spray, should 

 not be considerod a task finished in or during the early cover sprays. If 

 there is any scab at all on leaves or fruit, particularly in the uppermost 

 branches, at the end of June, then the usual sulfur fungicide in tho third 

 and fourth cover sprays is bound to be needed to protect the rapidly enlarg- 

 ing fruits against secondary infection. Furthermore, even though scab appears 

 to be practically absent, the late July or early August spray or dust (timed 

 for the apple maggot) on scab-susceptible varieties should contain sulfur. 

 This is the last chance to covor the apples, and this coating of sulfur must 

 be relied upon to protect the fruit until harvest." 



