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partially tlie apparent dilTereuce beUvt on sprayed ami nusp.ayod 

 portions of tlie field. The mixture adhered to the plants well and 

 was not easily removed by rains. The main dillimilty eni'oumered 

 was to get the workmen to keep the nozzles constantly under 

 motion and at the same time reach all sides of the plants. The 

 least hesitancy meant drenchinj^ the foliage until the liquid ran 

 off in drops. Xo trace of injury to the foliage by resin-Bordeaux 

 mixture was found. The outfit used for the spraying consisted 

 of an '• Ellipse " pump mounted in a barrel and carried in a two- 

 horse cart. Two leads of hose were attached and each workman 

 sprayed one side of a row at a time. 



RESULTS. 



In 1800, records in pounds and ounces of the cuttings from the 

 center, row, one-fifteenth acre, of the sprayed belt, and of an 

 adjoining unsprayed row, were kept. The first cutting was made 

 May C), and the last one on July 1. In all forty-five cuttings were 

 taken from each row, the amount of each cutting weighed sepa- 

 rately. The asparagus was bunched and sold to the ITudson 

 Canning Company at Mattituck, N. Y- Primes sold at 14 cents 

 and culls at 6 cents per bunch. 



On three dates the cuttings from each row were bunched sepa- 

 rately. The weights of these cuttings, together with the num- 

 ber and value of prime and cull bunches, were as shown in the 

 following table: 



Table I. — Chauacter and Yata^e of Yield of Unsprayed and Sprayed 



Asparagus. 



Yield 

 date. ill 



1899. poiinils. 



May 24 9.1 



.Tuuo 9 9.8 



Jimel9 10.8 



Total 29.7 5.5 3.5 9.0 0.77 0.21 0.98 



Avei-age 9.9 1.8 1.2 3.0 0.2G 0.07 0.33 



