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fine uew growth — it is hard for the mixture to stick to it — it is so 

 smooth aiKl sliiny — yon think yon have it when yon haven't. 



Sometimes when there is a failnie it is claimed that onr spraying ma- 

 terial is not good, but I think that the fault can often be laid at the 

 door of incomj)lete spraying rather than poor material. You must 

 be very ])articular in getting the spray material up into the tops of 

 these trees. This year with the damp cloudy season that we had, the 

 weather conditions have not been favorable for the development of the 

 scale, but next year it may be hot and dry and then the scale will breed 

 very rajtidly and spoil your fruit for market purposes. 



T have changed our method of spraying from what I used to prac- 

 tise. I do not have any towers any more. Instead of that I have had 

 the spray manufacturers make up a four foot rod for my own special 

 benefit but I could not use it because the men carried it away and 

 would stand on the tank and shoot the heavy spray up through the 

 trees reaching the top, doing the work just as well and with much less 

 labor than the old way. 



Sometimes there is a failure to get satisfactory results because of the 

 proper mixture of sjtraying material. I am in the southern part of the 

 State and the scale is not as general as along the lake shore. Some 

 men declare tliat 1 gallon solution to 7 of water, or 1-8-9 is sufficient 

 to kill the scale. I do not belive it is. I use it 1 gallon solution to 6 

 of Avater. I think a lot of our troubles have come by using too weak a 

 mixture. I would recommend this for the scale spray, and if you can 

 cook it, have all the sludge on it possible — the thicker it is the better 

 it will be. When we use the old formula of 15-20-50 we have had the 

 best results. You could not use it onl}^ when hot and that is the reason 

 why we dropped it. You can make your own mixture and we get very 

 good results when we are in a position to cook it ourselves. I would 

 prefer to do it rather than to buy the lime and sulphur already pre- 

 pared. You can cook a hundred of these mixtures but you will never 

 get two of them just alike — they will test all the way from 24-30 or 

 higher. I am not very particular — 1-5 or 1-6, and we get very good 

 results along that line. We put in everything. There will be some 

 sediment in the bottom — 4 or 5 inches — let it all go through and be 

 pumped onto the trees. They look better — the sediment clears it up and 

 makes it look thicker on the trees. It has given us the best results so 

 that 1 prefer it and recommend it for spraying. Of course if you prefer 

 to buy the commercial mixture it will be all right. 



In the spraying of other lines of fruit — I am not a peach grower, be- 

 ing out of the peach belt, but I would spray Avith lime and suli»hur early 

 in the spring for scab and curl-leaf. The Avhole secret is to get there 

 first. In an experience I had, I would have been Avise if I had applied 

 it in June Avhen the peaches Avere small. Sometimes we do not know^ 

 just when and where to do the spraying. I have some Northern Spies 

 and a great many other varieties of apples — among them being Steele's 

 Tied, Macintosh and SnoAV — ^tliese are most susceptible to scab and 

 fungus of any of the varieties. The spraying of those trees Avas .done 

 by the same man, on the same day, with the same material. All the 

 varieties were very clean except the Spy trees— and from these I would 



