No. 7. I5EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 183 



Indiana County. 



Orchard of Frank Daugherty, Indiana, Pa. 



Demonstrator: G. A\'. Sloop. 



Number of trees in selected ])Iot: (?) 



Condition of trees prior to demonstration: Badly neglected, rather 

 close and tops too close. Some blight present. In sod. Trees 

 almost ruined by borers. 



Pruning demonstration given March 27th and 28th, with supple- 

 mentary spraying March oOth. 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 24 days; laborer, 1 day at |1.50. 



Attendance: March 27tli, 110; Ma^rch 28th, 40. 



Spraying for Codling Moth and plant diseases. May 15, 16, 18, 

 June 6,"^ 8, 11. 



Materials used : Arsenate of Lead-Bordeaux mixture, 15 bbls. 3-4, 

 6, 50.) 



Attendance: 12. 



Length of time : Demonstrator, 8 days ; laborer, 4 days at |1.50. 



Cost of material: $10.71. 



Kesults: Some foliage fell, but Avas followed by new, healthy 

 growth. 



General results: good; 85 per cent, of fruit free from Codling Moth, 

 but whole orchard was not treated. 



It is recommended that more catch-up work be rendered and that 

 all should be sprayed with Lime-sulfur wash. (Not continued.) 



Lackawana County. 



Orchard at Randolph Crippen Estate, Dalton, Pa. 



Demonstrator: A. O. Finn. 



Number of trees in selected plot: 140 apple, 12 pear and 2 plum 

 trees. 



Condition of trees prior to demonstration: Some San Josd Scale, 

 some Scurfy and more Oyster-shell Scale. Some borers and some 

 blight present. Tops low, close, unhealthy. Stubs of broken limbs 

 neglected. In sod. 



Pruning demonstrations given on March 9 and 10, with supple- 

 mentary pruning on March 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17. 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 7 days; laborer, 7 days. 



Cost of pruning at |1.75 per day, $24.50. 



Attendance at demonstration: March 9th, 30 present; March 10th, 

 6 present. 



Spraying for San Jos6 Scale given on April 1st. 



Attendance: 20. 



Material used: Lime-sulfur wash, (22-17-50). 170 lbs. sulfur, 1^ 

 bbl. lime. 



Cost of material: $7.10. (Cost of spraying is estimated at $21.) 



Spraying for Codling Moth and plant diseases given May 19th and 

 20th, June 5th, 6th and 8th, July 16th, 17th, and 18th (|). 



Cost of materials: 1st spraying, $11.00; 2nd, $10.00; 3d, $5.50. 



The total cost, including $22.00 for fertilizers and cost of apply- 

 ing, was about $120.00. 



Continued in 1909. 



