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insects and scab fungus. The foliage was in perfect condition un- 

 til about the first of August, when it became slightly affected with 

 leaf miner, but soon recovered and remained in perfect condition 

 until removed by the process of nature. 



Up until the 1st of August estimated that we had 95 per cent, 

 free from codling moth injuries ; at picking time we estimated that 

 the codling moth injuries amounted to about 20 per cent. 



The injury from bitter rot was about the same as on the liquid 

 sprayed, the per cent being about the same under both treatments. 



The total cost of spraying the 50 acres with the dust spray five 

 times was $68.05, or $1.36 per acre for the season, or 27 cents per 

 acre per spraying. 



It requires two horses and two men to operate the machine, 

 and they sprayed on an average of 50 acres per day of 10 hours. 



Inza, Missouri, January 8, 1907. 



L. A. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo. : 



Dear Sir — I will now give you a short statenient of how I culti- 

 vated and sprayed these 125 trees which bore 876 barrels of ap- 

 ples: 



SPRAYING. 



These trees were sprayed once with Disparene and Bordeaux 

 mixture after blossoms had fallen and before the calix closed, using 

 the liquid spray. Then they were dusted every ten days with lime 

 and Paris green until the last of July. 



CULTIVATION. 



We first used disk, cutting middles both ways. In five days 

 we cultivated the orchard both ways with a cultivator. Then it was 

 harrowed ten times with a smoothing harrow. These trees were 

 the prettiest sight I ever saw. The fruit was sold to a St. Joe com- 

 mission firm for $1.50 per barrel. We furnished the barrels. After 

 paying for the barrels we got $1.17 for our apples. 



Respectfully, 



H. A. Squiers. 



