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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour ttra raproduit en un soul clichA, II est fllm4 * psrtir de I'angia supMaur gauche, de gauche * droKa, at da haut an baa, an prenant la nombre d'imagae nAcessaira. Lee diagrammas suhrants muatrant ia m4tho ia. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY nSOWTION TBT CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 Itt Vi, III IK 12^ 112 |4J 23 2.2 2.0 1.8 J, /APPLIED IM/OE Inc lOU East Main StrMt Roch«t«r, Nm Yoi* U609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phon. (71S) 280 - 5989 - Fax ^^i 1 r-Q f h tliom \H BULLETIN No. 11. DEPAETMENT OF AGBICULTUEE -OF — BRITISH COLUMBIA. WILD MUSTARD. following Bulletin be publiledr r ?^ ^^'■''"•'"'•''' ^''•''^^« that the Farmers' Institute. ' "" ^'■^t"^"*-" --"ongst the members of J- R. ANDERSON, department oj Agricrdture of JiHtish Columbicv, Victoria, H. C, 30th January, \ftOJ. r \ n WILD MUSTARD. t ance of this weed ' ^»<^on8in, give a very accurate idea of the appea.-- of wLSi'fll:"^'" ^«- '' ^' *he Agricultural Experinient Station «e;IYapT«"^^^^^^^^^^ — bling i„ irregular and branching rTt Tl ! \ ^ exception that it has a more clothed with leaves teLT„;« T^'^'^T *"^ branches, which are sparsely lower one a4 fiS t o^n th T"^""- °^^'"^^ «"^^'^' «^ ^^^'^^ the lengthen, foJ^nu a lo^/^^fl * "^"^ '" *^ ™«*n^hile continuing to puiuon oi a plant, drawn to a larger scale, is shown in Fie 2" of fu'c";? ::edTa fo:dTlhrctf\Tr^"'^^ ^ '^^ ^^^^^^ however, the seed haf^ch vii-.T. ^'^^ ^"'**'"'^- Unfortunately, thatitmay rer^^ttheti' wi- T T^"''*' °" it contains and germinate wEen condTt^nl 2 f "^ IT^^^'' ^T ^" '""^'^"^^ P^^^ eventually succun b to the tr ° t are favourable, so that, although it will successfulVmctled for ann,^ i!. ?u '''°'*^"' cultivation which is so slower and^ E t^ut^^^soj inT^^^ ^' P'^T "^ ^^termination is much been recomiSi Sm^vW J^ 1 l""'^' "*^^'" '""*'^°^' *«•« '^"'^ have been founTto be „S TSil f * '"^"'?" "^ ''"'P^^*^ «^ ^"PP^'- h'^ account of the resuUs obS L ^'^^"''^ ^PP'J"'^' ^'^^ ^^e following by Mr. G. F Stmwson of ? * n ^ expenment and the method followed^ date of 2nd April 1902 anH ^t"'"" ^'«^"« Street, London. E. C, unde; general information 1' "^ '^^""'''•^' ^^^•'' '« therefore published for i •^-'1 ■«y '"^ '■ -^1^ir::?;r — ^-^ — s;?^-^- Ll^SloweVlM.. FIG. 2.-Flower and seed pods, slightly enlarged. "l>KNTKir|„.>. „y CllAKLtXK IN *t'oi(N Ckoi-m, 1!*uI. pi ^.r .90.. uC ;' ;::tr j:^!:lz??^ '-^^'^^ 7' ^'"' ^''-'<'«'' -p^yinK "one u,, ^.,, ^^^^.^. .^^ dSii ; dL'j;:fr^T "'^•""" "' '^^ -^' 5 . " DuniiK th« IttNt Hprinir I took «vpr„ f mK into the operations Ix^nlr Vh „ •'^TP"''*""'^>'»' oWrvin^ and en.mir confirm the main conduHio^ airivtl^^t i 'V "'"?''• '"'*' «*""''« ffl y «t* repeated below. "^*^* *^ '" '"y "^t^oncl annual report, which "The suKgesM u« „f „i,.., ,!*'"' "" P'""« "■«• luxuriant. prove,, ,„„^Ul\re«S7l,r'"<^^„tT °f T"'^:: ""'P""'^ l"» ""• •lt..(!e.her be»t, .„d i, „, „„„„( T nSf"' "° P"""" '"« Pn»ed to bo (•ddod a fifth param-aDh to thr.? We only material «,„« , usinir I h»^ ? »t«.d a. moZ :-f^'^ '° ""' ~"«l°"o». previously arrived at, wl,ic5, no^ I ^ of pure aulphati „? J^^,"™^^ «»"™» »' «»"« Per cent. ,„luti„^ ' " '■ '^^^C:t:ZyT,Z;Ky7 ■"""■ '"■-"''«' »"" «nve . better ■ 11 ,'S3.^""^' "■•" «•« »»» i» young and in «rft «bre i. which occur, aftSr hTShaXk , fa ',t J" r'!"!'"" *» "-^ '''■% being dentroyed. '" *' ""»' suitable condition for ^^'^r::''^TJ:i::^:::^"l;^^^'''^< proc..c.„„„t be „ade "G. F. Strawson." • Corn e/opg or jfrain crofm. Rkhort on IIIK r>KMTMl'.-riON Of CllAI,L.W.K IN C.»HN CkoKm iyu2. By wide and ex ^i " I.?^,^iTr TV'"""^"''^ """ '^ """ «^-«^"'"P'iJ'«i tr/ Ik. uned, and X ,Zf ZJ„1^ r '^^ the nolution thoroughly e«tahli.h^. ""' '""" '" '^'"'^''-J' '^'^ ^--l- ha.s I.H.n tl.irlug'hrcttwatlcfi'if m-l" "'i "'""•^' "P^f ^'''- '^«' ''-« '-" with th; resuhtha tt 3 hTbee;!:; iTl 'T ."''*' the nprayin.^. ine^a^ed yield of corn. f.nTl'he'lt:: ^nLfll^Stwr-^^''' '^"" ^"^ appIt^^KSvZlSet r;^:Sf!;f^£ X - - ti-. did not ChariX. wZT- '."°*»?"'«' '" "«' "»» • U-X"! «">»«<. «p™y the ex^ni of ,p„;:ri1 i'i* «!i«i„rii *k-ji if "^™' ^ >»^ -" *- i» '^SiJ!:itr?C';il!!':"S.t''^fTr »''™,--'.older, „,„„ copper likelihood of any mate'riS il^« • 1 ""'^^ P'*"' "'""'■ P'«»™'» the 1 1: ».i^ that often render ^t^.n^di^^^^Z^^^^ ^"^^ ^'^^ difficulties d.«M]var.ta,.es is that a dat? must ,1 «vl ^'''^T ^"' '^^ *he principl weed a„. U. .eathe. see. .ZZ ^^S i^oJ^r^ S^;^:'^! ,^ " The farmer lias no such ^,0; daily from beginning ^ end and 'hav' "' ''"*f"'^ "'*''• He sees the crop may start any citable day kndirtL7.:;'^'.'"'"''f "^^'^ '^^ ™-n^ ^o one ,s m so good a position as th, trmf !^"'*'^" °^ *'^^ P^«t ^^^^tain the benefit of his fell«rfarmers and n oT u ^'"'^ f demonstration for -•"provmg the annual value o? 'he knd Th ^' '" .''•'•^^* '^" '"^'"-^t "• easy that an average farm labourer can he trus'f.T?**'"" '" ''' ^^™PJ« «"d an hour's instruction from the master ^" '''"'''^' '' ""* ^ith half hund'redTS .thTthat'n^d; kn"/r' '^''' ^'''^'^^ ^-"-- (and there are could do much oood o their nethr' 'T"T' ^^' ^"^^^ of this work crops that have^,een sprayed u^wro^' S'""'^. '^'"^ '^' '•-"l""on exhibU. the striking effec't o sprite. I bZdth r.^^^'^^^J ^^ -d^'" *<> unsprayed in each field, or, perhlps^'b^tter t '^'^ ^^"^ •''''«"'d b« left covenng them at the time with a Xeror 0^/^^ '^'^f P^"*« unsprayed by vsiting these fields a v.eek aLwar^s In U t'"^'' ..^^^^hbouring farmeij seeing, ,n well-defined contrast the d^? T *''^" '*» opportunity of unsprayed crops. ' ^^^ difference between the stayed and ;; For successful ..rking, the ^hief points to i.meml.r a. - trained, t:h:;7t"oiii^:::,trto^S lr'-f' -^ ^^^ '^^ou^r weather is fine. The materiarmust L l?r }" "'■^"'" ^ '^'^ ^hen the spray fine so as to cover evely ^ant. ^ '"''"^'"y '"^*«"'-«d and the smootlleav^'thSockTvV^^^^ ««^ '^^^J was heard of a Hpray. The quantity of this kind of w«2 K '" "''i '"^ «"««eptible to the estimated. During 1902 nrlct Slv nJt^ V 'u'^'^^'^' **««" '""^h over the amount of spraying is Lw SSd ^ ^'^^ '^^ ^" heard of it, although ^,i-^^^^^^^^^^ i-ease in yield of corn Charlock, but when the weed i? in Inl ^'^^''•"«*^°° ^i 95 per cent, of tmtVer."- ~ - '^Be'-kiiiTbuTtt rivsi^K- «o:J^iSt;Se^tUS^;jS;:r^^^^ ^-^^^y P-ised in for It In such districts farmers should n^, 1.''°'"' I""" "» """h need W .b„„t this vsluable pror^lKtfew toTtsXton*""'"'"* '-"''™- '.1. tt r. 9 pure .sulphate ot copper Krl^Ile '""'"" "' ^ f^"""'- »"lution „f clever in the corn re„,ai„ un;?;i;L^li "'' """ >'"""« »■■»» «■-'''< an.l «S- '"^ ''"'^' ""■'" '"» "-^ '' y-ni and in ,„ft fi,,,., i, „,o„ '■ *a".'hti;x,ix:j'''' ^""'"' """•?» - ■»»- »-»*! '■ »WcE'^™^a?terX'ct"r,ilftin1h"' '" P™r«>r.io„ to the delav being destroyed. "-""'"--k ■» ■» the n,o.t .aitaWe condition for " '■ ''Xtft-iT^hr^^^'nro^ '^''-'7*"^ «>■-•"«- '»- that the annual value of dl Chari^K."? ';r'>'" *''-''J-«l. •™l the extermination of the JLS "Xlete ''°°'^°'* """' uon. and by wide practice «, i"us«^Th'e '^/^^ rhaTeTpS ■"'«'*' tHe;C'^'7A^:lt'«<5'EX,t, t:^^^^^^^ ^- -e„ fron, le» completely an J smothe'r, other pTantal th .r^ V'"""" "^^ ^ also rob, crop, of a part of their nntriZn, i ^'^ " " •"'"eiated. It ^Hflltli.'^' i'- SThe"tn'url'r°'!..'':.*.t"n"« f"" .)^ ways, though more indirectly; this'we^dmrvV '"^ ''*'^- ^"^' '" "tJ'^'- mstance.Vo'jw"£tx^oe;i:ri;%t,7^^ '°^-^- \h"« '"-v fly"r crops on which it preys are for th« mn f*"^'^^ /»'?"'«'•. «hen the cultivated not find weeds ^L'cS^^ '^\^;X^^J\^t^^-' l^^^^^^ microscopic fungus that causes finder a,5d^fn«fi^^^ ^^^"' "S"^'"' ^''^ roots of this plant, which ZyZldf'Zl't ^ "^"^t"'*! '"^'"^^^ '" ^^e years that separate two turnip crops *'"''^ '^^ ^'■'*»«« o^*''' the in :on,;c'ro'p?Jrn.t^^^^^^^^ t^ ^X'^ ^J^" Y "^ '^l""^ ^^^ «^ ^"-'^'^ contended, could destroy the wZ wUhout ^.^J^^ ".'"'"''^"'^ ^'''^'h' ^^ was Pa^t two years this .efhod o^targ^ttLTh?^:^^^^^^ P If* ■J tested in Teat Rrif ■ j fastini' ahonf •i^ c i ""uf, in tne latter vakp r.n h i. • •' '" mechanical iniurv oJ J ""-"^ water, and the cron.l.fr . ^^^ is best to attend to the following ^:;To ob,,„ ,he best results, it " '• '^^^ w<^«^'i should not exceed fh,.„ • u • Wing, though fair duels' hts '"'"•"' ^"^'''^ "^ *^« «™e of alnv.t up to the time of flovverinr ""'""''•' '^^^^"ded treatment 11 "'• '-aTt^tf'Vrr^^^^^^^^^^^ be bought under « ^, not in crptals. This fuciUut^s solution ^^^ ^ "'^''^'"^^ ^"^^^'^^ tion will dress three o? four acres iiTl.'^l'-f "^ «='*'^ •=""«'••"<-- W.1 cover nearly ten time " muh fe T'"'^ \»''-? '"-'-- solution more thoroughly and equally ' ^'^^"''utes the H.»trib»ted. Moderate dimpj', " ^thrl*'/'.?'^ '" ""= ""I""™ Ontario Agricultural College ^ ' ^- Harrison, B.S.A., "Eradication-. — Owin' ' -?-' a«t thing m the fall. Put in a hoed croo eithi '"''!''^ '^^''^^ plough^he , •ng spring, and cultivate it thoro^hlv H,r K TV' ""'•"' *»'« follow- ' Cultivate and harrow well two or ?h ee times ^.r' '^' S''"^"'^' ««-«on- hrst run the plough along each row „f corn roo/. '^V' ''' ^«'-"' having them up and rib up before the frost /Tf ?.l .' ^" '"^ ^^^ '"««'« and turn -ots, It IS likely to'bring more seed to tie su £^"^5 " "^^^ ^''^^ ^O'"" or following spring and seed with clover Pu IwiTli bvl" T^ 1 ^'™" '^' ti-op; take a crop or two of hivv r.- .. f . ^ ">^ "*^"f^ "ut of the "rain -tmore than fLur inches eiriy aftrw^st"'""^ August, and harrow at once Leti^ «f i ' 'y *^^ ^^^^ *« the 1.5th of the same way as it was ^ ough^d two or ^h^ "•^'^ f "7^'^' ^^'^^ -"^^i^^^ tooth cultivator. After a wK;.. ^r three inches deep, with a sDrinir cultivate a third or ev^^n a fl' j r^l'Tn^.l'^^ '^^'- « pSf.' ■f you can manage to do so. rib it up ^th f dr ^''^Ti^r'^ *'"^« ^ 'hen. up with d double mould board plough, as \2 (clove "Ltrete!)'S*pl^rviMn^^^^ ^l"'" '^^T^' t»'e available plant foo«f early i„ the spring, aSd The liuVo:nTTev1,ltd^ ''^^ t'^ "'^^' -"-«• harrow either for Hprin« grain or hid cmpi ""''^ '^' ^^^^^^^^^ »"rf ^r^-^Lt' ST^e^tlttnrbl'eTi^ ^^ "^^^ -"«<^ »>v particularly warned that only ^ScJ^rZ'T/ ^"""T? ^"'^ ^^^^''^ ^''^ and consequent disappointmentCiJf St S ' f "'"'*. ^. "^"'^ «•• ^'^""re obtained from reliable chemists and no fr«^'' ^}''""'^^ ^^'""'d always be may possil,ly be ignorant of the difference tt^ "*''^' ''^''^-keepers/who Be particular as to time of spiting L ttCIT^^J '"l^ '''^^ -^"'Phate. work ; a few days' delay may Sin fTilum ^^"'^^ '^" '^^^'^^^ ^^ '^e JR. ANDERSON, Departmeiitof Agrimlture, ' -^^P^'y '^^ninler of Affriculture. V' ■:■■ 'xa, B C, January 40th, 1903. „, , ^ , VICTORIA, B. C: fH... ,v R.c„«„ Wo..«.„„. PHnj^eo ,he Kin,. Met KxC.ne Maie«,.