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buds start. In Michigan we spray with lime and sulphur to 

 fight the San Jose scale. After the petals fall the second spray- 

 ing is against the codling moth. Here arsenic is used. Other 

 sprays follow until the orchard in Michigan may be gone over 

 seven times. Spraying pays, neglect is expensive. Get your 

 station bulletins for full directions in regard to spraying. 



Finally, a recent examination of Boston markets has shown 

 me how much depends on the packing of the fruit. One barrel 

 of apples from which a^l seconds had been rigorously excluded 

 was selling for $4.00, another for $5.00, and a third, of very 

 choice fruit, for $7.00. Other samples containing some fruit 

 as good as in the other barrels just mentioned but mixed with a 

 small per cent of inferior stock, were selling for $2.50 to $3.50 

 per barrel. It pays, therefore, to select carefully, to pack nicely 

 and to find your market. 



In conclusion let a Michigan observer assure you that he 

 believes that as the people of the country are awakened from 

 their sleep and come again to their common sense, there will 

 be a reverse current from the city countryward. These Maine 

 farms are to go up in values per acre as they come more and 

 more into demand. Apple orchards are going to cover your 

 hillsides and the best fruit in the Boston markets is going to 

 come from the north, not from the west. 



