No. 7. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 189 



Potter County. 



Orchard at Potter County Home, Coudersport, Pa. 



Demonstrator: M. L. Benn. 



Number of trees in selected plot; apples, 39; pears 2. 



Condition of trees prior to demonstration: Oyster Shell Scale and 

 borers present. Heads medium low, open, healthy. In sod. Trees 

 well formed. 



Pruning demonstration given April 1, 1908, with supplementary 

 pruning April 2, 3, 4 and 6. 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 5 days; laborer, 1 day. 



Attendance: 16. 



Spraying for Codling Moth and plant diseases given June 1 and 2. 



Material used: 5 bbls. Arsenate-Bordeaux, 6-4, 6, 50. 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 12 hours; laborer, 9 hours; team, 

 9 hours. 



General results: More and better quality of apples and pears than 

 any year previous. Fully 90 per cent, free from worms. Superin- 

 tendent Crowell said that the three or four hundred visitors during 

 the year were surprised at this, and that so many apples remained 

 on the trees to mature. Continued in 1909. 



Tioga County. 



Orchard of Geo. Hatherill, Wellsboro, Pa. 



Demonstrator: M. L. Benn. 



Number of trees in selected plot: 01. 



Condition of trees prior to demonstration: Borers and Oyster-Sheli 

 Scale present. Blight especially bad. Tops medium high, mostly 

 close; long stumps left. In sod. Of the 88 trees, many were dying, 

 some dead. Trees taken are in two plots, one of thrifty the other 

 of the dying trees. 



Pruning demonstration: given March 13 and 14, with supplement- 

 ary pruning on March 18, 24, 2.5, 26, 27, 28, April 14 and 16. 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 71 hours; laborer, 120 hours; team, 

 5 hours. 



Attendance: 47. 



Spraying for Oyster Shell Scale given April 17 with supplementary 

 spraying April 18, 22, and 23. 



Length of time: Demonstrator: 33 hours; laborer, 43 hours; team, 

 33 hours. 



Material used: Lime-sulfur wash, 6 bbls. (22-17-50.) 



Cost of material: |3.87. Results: Destroyed the Oyster Shell 

 Scale. 



Sprayings for the Codling Moth and plant diseases made May 25, 

 June 6, August 11, 12 and 13, with supplementarv spravings Mav 

 27 and 28, and June 8. 



Material used: Arsenate-Bordeaux, 1st 8 bbls. (6-4, 6, 50); 2nd, 7 

 bbls. (6-4, 6, 50); 3d, 8 bbls. (.3-3, 6, 50). 



Length of time: Demonstrator, 63 hours; laborer, 71^ hours; team, 

 291 hours. 



Cost of material, |23.08. Results: fair. 



Orchard meeting: September 17, 1908. Good attendance. 



General results: Leaves large, good color, free from the prevail- 

 ing leaf mite gall. Apples, larger, more uniform, 95 per cent, free 



