Cornell XJniveksity, 

 Ithaca, TS'. Y., Jan. 1, 1900. 



Honorable Comm-issioner of Agriculture, Albany : 



Sir. — The following account is a summary of the experiments 



of 1899 on the spraying of plants. These exiDeriments were made 



under the direction of Professor Bailey. The work was begun by 



IT. P. Gould, but after his withdrawal to the Maryland Agricultural 



College it was continued by S. "W. Fletcher. The chemical work 



was done by G. W. Cavanaugh, assistant chemist to the Experiment 



Station. Other materials than those reported have been tried, but 



it seems unwise to make any discussion of them, since the results 



were not satisfactory. 



Respectfully submitted, 



I. P. ROBERTS, 



Director. 

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