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off the platform, and allows them to spraj more securely and with 

 less fear of being thrown off by the moving of the team. Each man 

 has about twenty two feet of hose, the upper part of which is tied to- 

 a light pole twelve feet long to elevate the nozzle. The driver 

 pumps, and the two men on the jDlatform direct the spray, the three 

 men alternating work. A small boy on the tank agitates the water 

 with a hoe through the open trap in the top of tank, when the team 

 is standing still, closing the trap when the team is in motion, to pre- 

 vent slopping. We shall endeavor, however, to devise some auto- 

 matic agitator, for the purpose of saving expense ; and we shall 

 oxpect, of course, to modify our outfit from year to year, as experi- 

 ence and the progress of invention seem to warrant. We used a 

 Gould's double-spray pump, No. 905, and a Mxon nozzle, No. 3 

 cylinder with a No. 2 bottom, for all large apple trees, which gives 

 the nearest approach to a perfect mist which we have been able to 

 throw into the tops of our apple trees. We use thirty-two pounds 

 of sulphate of copper to a tank, using the yellow prussiate of potash 

 test for the quantity of lime, and always using two pounds of London 

 purple per tank. The sulphate of copper we dissolve in suspension, 

 in quantity, so that each gallon contains two pounds of the copper. 

 We would advise that experiments be made to ascertain if enough 

 more lime should not be added, after the potash test, to neutralize 

 the acid in the London purple, the same as is done when it is used 

 without the Bordeaux. 



' Plot A. — Sprayed twice before and twice after blossoming, viz. : 

 April 26th and May 3d, (blossomed May 6th to 8th) ; May 22d, and 

 June 4. This plot had a full crop of nice apples, several large limbs 

 breaking from the weight of the apples. All Baldwins. 



Plot B. — Sprayed twice before and once after blossoming, April 

 27th, May 5th, and 30th. One outside row not sprayed and had 

 but few apples ; the balance had a full crop of choice apples. All 

 Baldwins. 



Plot C. — Sprayed once before and twice after blossoming, viz. : 

 April 30th, May 22d, and (because of rain) May 30th to June 4th : 

 This plot had about a half crop of very nice apples — Baldwins and 

 Greenings. An outside row of this plot, which was not sprayed, 

 did not have a peck of fruit per tree. 



Plot D. — Sprayed once before and once after blossoming, viz. : 

 April 27th and May 30th. Result, half to two-thirds of a crop of 

 Baldwins. 



