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on the tender parts of the blossom and the essential organs are sen- 

 sitive to the spray poison, so the flower will be injured, and we get 

 an imperfect pollination, and consequently imperfect fruit. The spray 

 also poisons the bees. 



W. D. Maxwell — Spraying is one of the most important questions 

 that confronts the orchardist and is not fully solved. Spraying is the 

 only check for insect and fungous pests. I have been spraying for fifteen 

 years, for eight years I used the liquid spray three or four times a year 

 according to the best authority and with some success. I heard of the 

 Hillis dust spraying. I began experimenting with the dust. I plotted 

 off the orchard and sprayed with the dust and liquid on difiterent plots 

 and had apples even the bad years where I used the dust. In fact for three 

 years I had fine success with the dust but the last two years I have lost 

 out although I sprayed eight times. I don't think any man ought to 

 spray when the blooms are out as it hurts the blossoms and the bees. 

 This spring I had fine prospects but the last of May the rain and fog 

 came and the fruit was gone in four days. I believQ that we can get 

 a perfect Bordeaux in the dry form. We have it good now. The lime 

 is an advantage alone, slack it with caustic soda. I never expect to spray 

 with the liquid again. 



D. Lowmiller. — I used the liquid but did not use the dust on account 

 of the rain. My neighbors sprayed with the dust but had no crop. I 

 had a good crop of apples and my trees held their foilage well, the leaves 

 began to be shed on the loth of August and there were none left by Sep- 

 tember, but the foliage was fine, dark and smooth. I used Paris Green as 

 an insecticide. The Ben Davis I sprayed twice but they did not come out 

 in good condition. Disparene gave me best success. 



G. T. Tippin — It is best for the tree that the foliage should be 

 conserved. 



President Whitten announced the appointment of committees as 

 follows : 



On Fruits — J. C. Evans Jr., Olden, Mo. ; G. T. Lincoln, Bentonville, 

 Ark. ; W. T. Burkam, St. Louis, Mo. 



On Finance — N. F. Murray, Oregon, Mo., B. Logan, Logan, Mo. ; 

 Dan Lowmiller, Parkville, Mo. 



On Obituary — G. T. Tippin, Nichols, Mo. ; W. G. Gano, Parkville, 

 Mo. ; W. H. Barnes, Topeka, Kas. 



On Final Resolutions — J. ]\I. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo.; J. F. Christian. 

 Neosho', Mo. ; H. S. Wayman, Princeton, Mo. 



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