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Working in this way, the spray is applied rapidly and thoroughly, and what i» 

 more important, without waste of time and fluid. 



The cost of such a machine is approximately as follows : 



1 Nixon barrel pnmp and 50 feet of hose . 

 1 half-barrel 



1 Bled 



2 Vermorel nozzles , at $1 . 50 each 



Total 



$20 CO 



1 oo 



2 50 



3 00 

 26 50" 



COST OF THE TKEATMENTS. 



Careful estimates show that the total cost of treating apple seedlings five timea 

 with the ammoniacal solution, as already discussed, need not exceed eight cents- 

 per thousand. These figures|are not based upon a small experiment ; on the contrary* 

 they were obtained by treating at one time and in one nursery, 400,000 trees. Pear, 

 plum, cherry and quince stocks can be treated six times the first season with the 

 Bordeaux mixture for 55 cents per thousand. If the ammoniacal solution is used 

 the cost of treating the plum, cherry and quince need not exceed 12 cents per 

 thousand trees. What has already been said in regard to the amount of fluid 

 necessary is applicable here : that is, the amount of fluid required and the labor 

 necessary will be directly in proportion to the amount of foliage. 



The foregoing estimates are in all cases based on the fact that the chemicals- 

 and labor cost as follows : 



Copper sulphate, powdered, per pound. 



Lime, per bushel 



Copper carbonate, per pound 



Aqua ammonia 26^, per pound 



I^abor, per hour 



8 centa 

 30 cents. 

 40 centa 



8 centa 

 10 centa 



FINAL SUGGESTIONS. 



Work of this kind to be successsul must, like everything else, be done in a 

 thorough manner. In no case should the first treatment be delayed beyond the 

 period mentioned, namely, when the leaves are half grown. If delayed until the 

 diseases have appeared to a damaging extent, there will be little benefit derived 

 from any applications that may be made. Early treatments, careful application of 

 the fungicides so as to reach every leaf, and vigilance in the matter of repeating^ 

 the treatments at least every 12 days, are the most important points to keep in 

 mind. B. T. Galloway. 



KEPT HIS APPLES. 



King City, June 7. 



L. A . Goodman : 



Dear Sir — Thinking I would be with you till this morning, find I can't on 

 account of sickness. VVill send you box of apples. These apples were kept in 

 open crates in cellar — crates made of common laths tacked in old barrel-hoops, hold- 

 ing about seven bushels. Cost of crate won't exceed five cents. 

 Prospect of apple crop poor; all falling oft'. Berries good. 

 Keep my name on your list and send me a report. 



Yours truly, 



R. W. Grundy, King City, Mo. 

 The apples were in a fine state of preservation. 



