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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
5
United States Department of Agriculture reports that apple scald is caused by gases emitted by fruit. Wrapping with fats and oils absorbs the gas, greatly reducing scald in nearby apples. Ventilation, fruit maturity, color, and storage conditions also influence scald incidence.
The Winchester High School again presents a season of concerts at City Hall Auditorium to benefit the community. Aborn Operatic Sextette opens October 14, followed by Melvena Passmore and associates on November 3, and Theo Karle the tenor on January 23. A dramatic reading of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is planned for February 2, with Crawford Adams and Miss Marion Wilkins on March 9. Season tickets $4 with reserved seating. tickets available at Seal's Music Store.
Advice favors pruning raspberries in spring to avoid winter die back and extra labor. Delaying pruning until buds begin ensures proper live wood length. The practice also aids Early Harvest and King blackberries, whose blossom buds are hard to discern before opening.
An overflow crowd at Christ Church heard Frederick E Clerk of Handley Schools discuss using the Bible as a text book in public schooling. He outlined moral codes in pedagogy, stressed non sectarian teaching, and urged public schools to integrate moral and religious instruction with analysis of civics and history to counteract secular drift.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued Farmers' Bulletin 1056 to help orchardists distinguish pear scab from insect-caused blemishes and outline proper control measures. It notes scab’s heavy losses despite spraying and stresses timely, insecticide-inclusive treatments for humid Pacific Northwest conditions.
The article ranks fats by saponifying capacity and digestibility. Fresh cream tops the list, followed by peanut and olive oils, then cottonseed oil, with beef fat and lard lowest. It argues mastication aids all foods and that olive oil becomes cream-like in the mouth with aeration before swallowing.
The San Jose Scale and its Control, Farmers Bulletin 650, revised by the U S Department of Agriculture, describes the insect its habitat native enemies and control methods. It emphasizes dormant season treatments and provides detailed washing formulas equipment and spray advice. Copies are available free from the Division of Publications Washington.
Cutting out blight cankers on pear trees is slow work and leaves large wounds that take years to heal. Removing the outer bark allows the tissues to dry and bacteria to be killed. Do this shortly before growth starts in spring.
Plum trees often suffer scale. Apply lime-sulphur dormant spray. As buds swell use a combination spray of arsenate of lead and Bordeaux mixture. When petals fall, spray again with the same combination mix.
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