60 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



of faith, were stimulated to spray by reason of notices of dis- 

 infection sent them by myself, with the result that their 

 orchards were freed from the scale, and their confidence 

 established in the virtue of the remedies suggested by the 

 State Board. Preparation is now under way, and there are 

 but few orchards in this district but what will be sprayed this 

 year during the winter. As confidence and faith are rapidly 

 increasing, it is only a question of a short time when 

 spraying will become universal. There are many growers 

 who have made a success in spraying for the San Jose scale, 

 codling moth, fungous diseases, while there are a few who 

 have sprayed without success. The success and nonsuccess 

 in spraying depends to a great extent on the personality of 

 the grower. It is observed that two persons placed in the 

 same physical and environmental conditions, and given an 

 equal chance, will arrive at various results. One will succeed 

 while the other will fail. The real directive forces that lead 

 to success are matters of character and personality, of which 

 the most important requisites are, love of the occupation, 

 energy, good judgment, and careful, painstaking methods in 

 looking after all the details of the business or work in hand. 



I have made careful investigations in my district to learn 

 the causes of success and nonsuccess in spraying, where 

 orchards are adjacent and sprayed the same number of times 

 during the season, with the same remedy, for the scale and 

 codling moth. I have found these conditions to exist : The 

 successful sprayer has prepared his spraying remedies with 

 great care, with full knowledge of what he is to spray for, 

 whether insect pests or fungous diseases, and when to spray. 

 He has a good agitator on his tank that works and keeps his 

 sprajang compound in solution. If he is spraying for the San 

 .Jose scale he uses quite a course nozzle, and if for the apple 

 worm a very fine one, so that the spray looks like a fog. He 

 uses ample lime where he sprays with the poisons to prevent 

 the foliage of his trees from being burnt. He applies the 

 spray with great care and sees that the tree is sprayed from 

 every point of the compass, so that every twig is treated with 

 the compound, or every apple gets its proportion of poison so 

 as to kill the young worm when it hatches. His methods are 

 such that every scale in his orchard is killed, and his apples 

 at gathering time are free of worms. 



The unsuccessful sprayer's methods are the reverse of this. 

 He carelessly prepares his spraying material. Has not and 



