-2- 



Attr.ch guy v/iroLi ac high in tho tree a-j iu prac"ic.-il. 



Fill in ;\round the trunk v^ith ljoII. 



Upri/;ht treoij th.-'t -M-e looiio in the f-jround should be r',nchorcd. 



Delay all pruning until oprlng. 



Delay fertilizing until spring. 



The mulching of t:alv;\ged tree^j thit; f rll in deL;irrble. 



protect the tree from rn-jUije injury. 



LIoULie Control Heeting^; Np'^/ Unde r Way 



In coopertiti-/n ^vith the I.I;;.G!:fichUL;ettu Strte Department of 

 Agriculture- and the MacaachutjettL; Fru.lt G-roveru' AfiLioclation, the 

 U. S. Biologic;il Survey io rgr.in conducting a cerlei: of raectingc 

 on -jrchrrd raou^ic control. Tree r-r-;tLi, loor^ened during the recent 

 hurricane, will be especially subject to drmage this vrinter, and 

 orchardlsts are urged t") intensify r.i;-)Use contr'-l morsures. Abun- 

 drnt grass cover during the summer months h;- s resulted in heavy 

 inf est.'-.tions, even in orch;".rds v.-hero g'jod c;';ntrol ivnc obt.-iincd 

 during the past v-inter. Plans shTuld nov; be; made to begin control 

 oper;itlons about November first. 



Dotes f^'^r meetings in the v;:ri"Ais counties ;vre lirjted below. 

 Time rxid place of meetings may be cecured fr-;m the respective 

 county agricultural agents. Dateo of meetings in Essex and Ply- 

 mouth c'junties hrve not ;is yet been determined. 



Oct. 3 - 15 I.Iiddleacx County 



Oct. 13 Franklin County 



Oct. 17 - 22 V/orceoter County 



Oct. 20 and 21 Hampden County 



Oct. 25, 26 and 27 --.Hampchiro County 

 Nov. 3 Bristol County 



Lead Tol:: ranee Raised to .025 G-r^'"'-i^"^^ P^i" Pound 



F"jlloT/ing receipt from, the Treasury Department of a state- 

 ment that investigations by the Public He' 1th Service indicate 

 that the health -.f consumers will not be endpngered by trie chr'.nge, 

 the Secrctrry of Agriculture has issued notice that the quantity 

 of lead residue permitted '.n fruits shipped interstate v:ill be 

 raised t--j 0.02[3 grain per pound of fruit. The lead tolerance pre- 

 viously enforced under the F'jod and Drugs Act ^-'as 0.012 grain per 

 pound. The toler.ances for ai^senic and fluorine residue remain un- 

 changed at 0.01 grain per pound. 



Quoting from a letter o.. Sept. I9 by Secretary W^lloce to 

 G-ro^-'ers and Shippers of Apples and pears, "The findings of t]ie 

 Public Health Service, so far, hjtVe failed to reveal evidence of 

 untoward effects rn human beings fr.-jm the ingestion of lend arse- 

 nate in excess of present tolerr'nces. Since it is their under- 

 stojiding th-' t the urgency for chnnging the tolerance to v/hich you 

 refer rel; tes to the toleror^ce for lead and thrt the present tol- 

 eraricc for arsi-;nic can be met more easily in practice, sh'.uld the 

 Depf.rtment of Agriculture ploce the tolerance for lead at O.025 

 grnin per pound, there is nothing in their findings to d;i.te to 

 suggest that this increase above the present toler^'ncc v;--;u.ld be 

 sufficient to endrnger the he;.lth of the C'onsumer. " 



Tilted T^'ees Nped At t ent ion, Srys O^kamp 



Joseph Oshamp, Extension Ko-'ticultiirist in Nev/ Y--,^'^- St'tc, 



