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ill Southwest IMissouri. I do not consider the spra3-ing this season in 

 Southwest Missouri a test on I he seal) with us. 



Mr. Smith. — Now how about the Codling Moth? 

 Mr. Speakman. — A\>11, this little orchard that I mentioned was 

 a half grown one. There were some orchards that were not cultivated, 

 that were not sprayed, that had good fruit, but I think not the pro- 

 portion of perfect fruit that the sprayed ones had. It depends alto- 

 gether on cultivation and treatment. I think the harboring of the 

 insects has a great deal to do with it, and it is necessary to remove 

 them. In connection with this spraying thorough cultivation is em- 

 ployed, and all the grass and weeds of different kinds, everything 

 that appears under the trees is all kept out; that no doubt had its 

 bearing. 



]\Ir. Baxter of Illinois. — I will say for Mr. Smith's benefit, what 

 ii true of one is true of the other. Fungus diseases are similar] and 

 we have been spraying for 12 years. There are a great mau}^ grape 

 growers in Illinois, and a great many of them were against spraying 

 and we made repeated efforts to show them that it was a success 

 and that it was the only means of preventing the rot, and you can't 

 find a man that don't think it is .a good thing today. We tested it by 

 spraying one row and not spraying the other row, and we had a good crop 

 on the row we sprayed while not on the other. We spraved the outside 

 row so as not to spray the other row, and when we came to picking time 

 in the fall that one row didn't have anything left on it. Xow you could 

 not tell people there spraying was no good. 



J. J. Kiser, Stanberry. — I fell that the words used in this discussion 

 ought to be carefully weighed and sincerely spoken. The process of 

 dusting instead of spraying is of almost infinite importance. To save 

 the handling of the immense cjuantities of water as well as the time 

 used and results obtained is certainly of great importance. No one 

 can claim any benefit for the water applied, and if the insecticides or 

 fungicides can be as well or better applied without it, why use it? 



Evidence is accumulating to prove that the dust when properly 

 applied is effective and the ease and rapidity of its apphcation is 

 beyond question. Two hands and a team dust from 1,200 to 1,500 nine- 

 year set trees from daylight until dew is off. 



To be honest with ourselves and to ourselves, we should point 

 out mistakes as well as successes. I dusted a part of my orchard with 

 a dust that I guessed contained arsenate of lime. I had incorporated 

 white arsenic with water and lime and used this in the proportion of 

 four ounces white arsenic to two quarts water to 10 pounds rock lime. 

 Ii made a very fine dust, easily applied. At our last meeting at New 



