No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 133 



Mercer County. Jackson Centre, Pa. 



* * 4j -^Yp j^y.p iiuuli ])!eased Avith the extra expense added to 

 our orchard during the spring and snnimer. The nmlching-, pruning 

 and spraying has given us the finest lot of Baldwin ai»ples, and the 

 nearest perfection that we ever had on the farm." 



U. G. STER1IP]TT. 



McKean County. Sniethport, Pa. 



* * * "My orchard shows the work of your representatives last 

 spring. The trees which were sprayed are hanging full of fine 

 apjjles, while those trees which were not sprayed have ver^- few 

 apples of a very inferior quality. 



"The inspector who superintended the trimming of the trees and 

 the first spraying with lime and sulphur, and who has been examining 

 the orchards in this vicinity for the past few weeks, appears to 

 be a very competent and trust-worthy young man. I cannot speak 

 in too high terms of his gentlemanly behavior and painstaking man- 

 ner in giving instructions in trimming and caring for trees. He 

 never loses his temper, and is very deliberate and careful, and 

 still very convincing in his manner of giving instructions, etc.'' 



D. C. YOUNG. 



Franklin Countv. Milnor, Pa. 



* * * "I want to thank you for all of the good, clean and 

 kind instruction 1 received in the past year, and hope a'ou will con- 

 tinue to keep right at ii through the 1011 season. I am glad that 

 1 have been of some help to your course of good work, which is 

 so much needed in these parts." 



J. R. WHITMORE. 



Bucks Count}'. Taylorsville, Pa. 



* * * "I wish to take this opportunity of informing you that 

 the results from spraying, and other up-to-date methods of tree 

 culture learned from your Department, have been highly satisfac- 

 tory. In former years I have had very small and inferior crops, 

 which w<mld not stay on trees to maturity. This year had over 

 three hundred bushels from three acres; apples were fair size, shape 

 and color, very few windfalls, and trees were in much better shape 

 to go through the winter than ever before." 



EDWIN A. CARPENTER. 



Centre County. State College, Pa. 



* * * "Your inspector knows his brsiness, and is a nice man. 

 lie got here Monday noon. We had (piite a crowd, and they all 

 seemed greatly interested in the Avork. Three jsai'ties came from 



