No. 7. DErARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 037 



Delaicare County. — I hav? a letter from a very prominent citizen, 

 at the demonstration in wliose orchard I was present. He gays "We 

 have learned more about the Yellows than we have ever known, and T 

 hope to profit by it so that I will never again h: ve to take out half 

 of my bearing trees, due to failure to take out a tree that looked 

 healthy. The San Jos^ scale is now so scarce that it requires a search 

 to find any, except on one tree. The apples are finer this year than last, 

 and in the two years, besides having all the apples we could use and 

 some to give away, we have sold enough to pay for our spraying ap- 

 paratus and labor. We have good, healthy trees, all due to your ad- 

 vice. Your advice to spray, spray, spray is producing very good 

 fruits, with very good prospects for the future, and for the life of our 

 trees. We thank you. It is good to see the interest in the work 

 that is starting in our neighborhood. The best of it is that every 

 one who sees the results is getting a spray pump and using it." 



In fact, we will undertake no demonstration work, or supervision 

 work, until the owner will agree to get spray pump and use it. 



Every once in a while I receive a letter concerning our inspectorg, 

 and their thorough knowledge. From Delaware county comes a re- 

 port like this: "'Your inspector spent the afternoon in my orchard. 

 He is faithful and earnest in his work, and I want to congratulate 

 you on the character of the men you employ." 



From Lawrence county I have a newspaper clipping headed 

 "Johnson gets |8,000 for his apple crop, and his brother gets f6,000 

 for his apple crop." Kev. Mr. Johnson, of Newcastle, writes me 

 that he is getting the best results from spraying, and saT» "I am de- 

 livering 42 bushels of apples per day at |l.lO" — making $42.20 a 

 day. 



My time is getting short and I can not take time to mention de- 

 tails of results in all the counties, as I had intended, but I wish to 

 say that the report from Lycoming county is to me of special in- 

 terest and value. The writer, Mr. Wilson, says: "I wish to tell 

 you of the results of spraying and demonstration. I have about 1,000 

 trees. In 1903 I had about 2,000 bushels of good apples; in 1904, 

 about 1,000. In 1905, a buyer, a gentleman from your city came 

 and looked over my cellar and said, 'I will take your Paradise,' but 

 refused all the others because of the condition they Avere in. [His 

 crop was running down.] In 1906 and 1907 it was hardly worth the 

 trouble of gathering. [He got down to the discouraged point.] In 

 1908 it was but little better." In 1909 he purchased a spray pump 

 and commenced to spray under our supervision. The trees were 

 sprayed twice, with Bordeaux and with lime- sulphur, and he writes, 

 "We had 1.500 bushels. Our mistake was in not spraying with 

 arsenate of lead." This year he sprayed with it, and had 1,400 

 bushels of nice large apples, the finest his orchard has ever produced. 

 "It is not that I want to take any honor in writing this," he writes, 

 "but to express my appreciation to those of you who have been 

 hammering away at us fellows, telling us what to do. A number of 

 people are starting orchards in this and adjoining townships, and 

 we are going to organize a Horticultural Society." 



I have not taken the time to prepare a paper; the stress under 

 which T have been working for the past few days is my excuse for 

 this, and 1 trust ypu will pardon it. 



