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How to Gas Peach Borers 
Now Is the Time to Apply Para-dichloro Benzene 
T HE peach borer is without a doubt 
the most destructive and most serious 
pest that attacks that fruit. Further¬ 
more, it seems to be about the most 
difficult to fight. We have been getting a 
number of inquiries of late asking if there 
is not a method of control that is more 
simple than wiring. This method consists 
of removing the soil around the base of 
the tree and probing with a copper wire 
to extricate the larva or w r orm that is 
boring beneath the bark. 
The use of chemicals has developed to 
a large extent during recent years and 
now it is an accepted fact by large grow¬ 
ers, as well as experiment stations and 
colleges of agriculture, that para-dichloro 
benzene is by far the most satisfactory. 
This chemical, although it is crystalline, 
rapidly turns to a gas when it is placed in 
the soil and being poisonous quickly 
destroys insect life. 
It is particularly effective against 
young borers. One of the difficulties 
heretofore in controlling borers has been 
due to the fact that there are two broods 
and spring eradication was of little or no 
avail due to the fact that fall infestation 
would make useless all previous efforts. 
Now is Time to Apply It 
Para-dichloro benzene is applied im¬ 
mediately after all eggs have hatched, 
which in our territory is about the middle 
of September. For southern Jersey this 
period is nearer the first of October. In 
making the application the soil about the 
base of the tree is cleared of all grass, 
weeds and all other debris. Furthermore, 
all excess gum is removed from the bark. 
The cleared area around the base of the 
tree is about two inches in diameter. 
The crystals are distributed in a con¬ 
tinuous narrow band or ring about the 
trunk of the tree. The ring must be one 
and a half or two inches from the tree. 
In other words, after the chemical is 
distributed it forms a white collar around 
the trunk with about one and a half 
inches of soil between it and the bark of 
the tree. It is then covered with several 
shovelsful of finely divided soil, which is 
packed down fairly firmly. No rubbish 
should be in this covering soil. 
On trees that are six years of age or 
older, one ounce of chemical per tree is 
sufficient for either a short or prolonged 
treatment. On trees that are from three 
to five years of age it is necessary to use 
only half an ounce and the crystals should 
be permitted to remain around the tree 
only long enough to kill the borers. Three 
weeks should be sufficients in this case 
when the soil temperature averages 
between 55 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. 
For orchard trees only one year of age 
a quarter of an ounce is sufficient while 
two-year-old trees can stand three-eighths 
of an ounce. In these cases also three 
weeks is sufficient for the gas to destroy 
the insects, especially the young ones. 
It is rather delicate with trees as young 
as this and some injury may occur. I n 
experiments conducted by the New 
Jersey station, a few cases of serious 
injury were reported. The cause of this 
has not been discovered. This was also 
true where trees are treated in the 
nursery row. However, where there was 
some injury it was outgrown in most 
cases. 
Desirable Oat Varieties 
Narrow Down to Six 
T here are six varieties of oats that 
are gradually establishing themselves 
in growers’ favor in New York State and 
surrounding territory. The plant breed¬ 
ers at the State college at Ithaca and 
growers have been working with oats for 
so long, testing all sorts to find those best 
suited for Empire State conditions, that 
they do not hesitate to recommend 
Cornellian, Empire, Standwell, Comewell, 
Victory and Selection 343. Many varie¬ 
ties have been found that are not worth 
growing. One of the facts demonstrated 
is the poor yield obtained from the so- 
called “horse mane” or side oats and 
farmers are particularly warned against 
them. 
“These oats have very beautiful 
heads,” says Dr. H. H. Love of the 
college staff, “but examine them and see 
how poorly filled they are. O 11 close 
examination, many of the kernels that 
seem to be large are found to be not filled 
with meats at all but are large, coarse, 
empty hulls. Another point about these 
side oats is that they do not stool out 
much and therefore do not fill up the 
space where the seeding is thin. The 
heads are also easily broken off and many 
of them are lost at cutting time. Selection 
343 is the one that has the stiffest straw 
and stands up very well.” 
Has Allen’s Mower that is Still 
Workable 
I N your issue of August 9th I was very 
much interested in your article en¬ 
titled “Farm Machinery Our Fathers 
Used.” I was especially so in the Allen 
mowing machine. I have one all in 
running order when it is put together. 
I think it was bought in 1856. A few 
years ago we had it out and mowed with 
it. It cut fine and every one around 
here rode on it so they could say that 
they had mowed with the oldest mower 
in the w r orld. The guards are fastened 
on a wooden bar with screws. I think 
I am safe in saying that this is the oldest 
mowing machine in running order in the 
world. Every one was surprised that 
it cut so well and ran so easy. I bad it 
at the Fulton County fair and it attracted 
more attention than any other machine 
on the ground.—C. L. Codding, Sr., 
Perth, N. Y. 
HD HIS picture shows the teachers of agriculture from New York, New Jersey and Con- 
necticut assembled in one of the fields of the farm of the New York State School of 
Agriculture at Farmingdale, Long Island, where the agricultural educators held their recent 
conference. There were approximately 250 attending the conference. In this picture, 
H. C. Odell, manager of the Nassau County Farm Bureau, is addressing the meeting. 
