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we lost the clierries out of the tops of the trees, and then as soon as the 

 mulberries got ripe they left them. 



Mr. Gi-ay: We use a Russian mulberry for that purpose somewhat. 

 They begin ripening with the Black Knights. 



Mr. Morrill: 1 would like to ask the value of the powdered lime sul- 

 phur in comparison with the liquid lime sulphur. 



A Member: I cannot add anything to what Mr. Case said: I have 

 not seen hardly any of it used. Cannot get any better results with it; 

 there is practically no difference. 



A Member: I Avould like to ask a question about the prepared 

 Bordeaux mixture. One of my neighbors thought that Avas a little bet- 

 ter than he could mix it himself. I think I can make a Bordeaux that 

 can stand up in any shape. The Bordeaux we get in the dry packages 

 seems to separate; in a little while the particles will float by them- 

 selves, and it doesn't look as though they would stick on the leaves. I 

 would like to a^^k someone with exi)erience in that line. 



Mr. Bassett: T have only part of the account. I was asking Mr. Case 

 his experience with it; I asked him the effect in killing scale, but he says 

 "we don't have any scale." Our practical use for limesuljdiur is for 

 killing scale. Now as far as this Bordeaux ]»aste or any of these pre- 

 pared mixtures is concerned, the home mixed is a great deal better in 

 my opinion ; keep away from the Avhole outfit. Why should any man 

 who has any ingenuity want to buy this prepared stuff when he can 

 make it just as well and know what he has when he gets through. 



A Member: The ]»re|)ared I^ordeaux is chcajter. 



Mr. Bassett: I would like to ask how anyone can get this mixture to 

 you cheaper than you can make it yourself. The only man who should 

 use this is a man who has a single tree in his back yard and doesn't 

 want to use but a little. You all know Mv. J. C. Woodman of Paw 

 Paw; you may have heard him speak at some farmers' institute. He 

 tried using Bordeaux paste on his ]»otatoes and ]jaid dearly for the 

 experience. He said "you can't get any more of that paste on me or 

 on my potatoes." There have been disastrous experiences. A man can 

 make a cheaper Bordeaux mixture than any company. It is rather a 

 disagreeable job, and if you Avant someone to take that job away from 

 you, all right, but as a iiile you had better buy your material and mjake 

 it yourself, and know just exactly what you have. I would just like to 

 ask you to look into this thing. Take the manufacturers of this soluble 

 sulphur — it has no analysis. 



If that material can be purchased cheaper and will do the work just 

 as well, go after it, and I Avill buy it too, as we want to get something 

 that will do the work cheaper and easier. But until we are sure, it is 

 wrong to put this stuff out. Look over the testimonials and you will 

 find they are all from hardware stores, etc. "I sold so nuiny tons of 

 your stuff last year." Not a single testimonial that said "I used your 

 material and got good results.'' When T found Mr. Case didn't have 

 any scale on his farm I found his experience was not valuable as far 

 as killing scale was concerned. 



Mr. Case: I think the ground was Avell taken, and if I had some 

 scale I would give it a thorough test. I have no scale, so know nothing 

 about it. 



Mr. Farnsworth : I bought ten barrels of prepared Bordeaux and had 

 three spray rigs, and they went through my orchard and put on about 



