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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Some had been more thoroughly pruned and thinned out the 

 preceding fall than others, and in consequence could be sprayed 

 a little more effectively, but in general the conditions were rea- 

 sonably uniform. 



Treatment was as follows: 



Row. 



Treatment Sprayed 

 With. 



Manufactured bv. 



Amount used 



in 50 gallons 



water. 



Amount lead 



arsenate 

 (insecticide) 

 added in 50 

 gals, water. 



Checks, not sprayed 



Lime-sulphur 



Lime-sulphur 



Lime-sulphur 



Lime-sulphur 



Lime-sulphur 



Sulfocide" 



Self-boiled lime-sulphur 



Boiled lime-sulphur 



Bordeaux mixture 



Bordeaux mixture 



Checks, not sprayed 



Niagara Sprayer Co . . . 



Bowker Insecticide Co. ' 



Sterling Chemical Co. . I 



I 



Grasselli Chemical Co.j 



James A. Blanchard Co 



B. G. Pratt Co 



Home made. 



Home made 



Home made 



Home made 



1 J gallons . 

 U gallons . 



IJ gallons. 

 U gallons. 

 I gallon... 



10 lbs. lime, 10 lbs. 

 sulphur 



2i lbs. lime, 5 lbs. 

 sulphur 



4 lbs. copper sul- 

 phate. 4 lbs. lime. 



3 lbs. copper sul- 

 phate, 8 lbs. lime. 



3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 



3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 

 3 lbs. 



The Sulfocide used on rows 14 and 15 is a proprietary article 

 advertised as a soluble sulphur spray, not lime-sulphur. The 

 first two applications of this were as stated above, the last one 

 was diluted to three-sixteenths of a gallon to 50 gallons of 

 water. 



Arsenate of lead was used with all solutions at the rate of two 

 pounds to 50 gallons in the first application, and three pounds 

 in the succeeding ones. 



The applications, as careful and thorough as it is possible to 

 make them with a hand pump were applied : — 



1st. \Mien the fruit buds began to show pink at the tips, — 

 May 13 to 16. 



2nd. Just after the petals fell, — June 7 to 9. 



3rd. July 15 to 18. 



