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and would not take so large a patch. They did it in wet and dry 

 weather, and in every instance they injured the foliage to the great 

 damage of the tree, and I say, if this gentleman can spray his trees 

 in foliage with success, God bless him; go on, but I say don't spray 

 any of your trees in foliage with Bordeaux mixture. 



I was glad to hear that our friend gets after the curculio. I have 

 spent thousands of dollars on bumping him off. If you can catch him 

 with arsenic, I would like to see you catch him, and I would like to 

 see the curculio you have caught, but I would say that there has not 

 been anyone in the country, but yourself, to trap the critter, but 

 if you have got on to the job, whether by that double or twisted 

 nozzle that jou have, it is God bless you. If you catch him, catch 

 him; I won't butt into the game, but I want to say right here, gentle- 

 men, don't you — don't you spray your Japanese plums or peaches 

 with Bordeaux mixture. 



HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE— A COMPARISON. 



By D. L. HARTMAN, Etters, Pa. 



In comparing these two great branches of husbandry, there is no 

 intent to detract from the one to set in relief, the advantages of 

 the other. So long as the necessities and comforts of civilized exis- 

 tence require the products of both the garden and the field, so long 

 will they stand as the chief component parts of one great industry. 

 But while this is true in general terms, the adaptibility of one or the 

 inadaptability of the other to the locality, conditions and circum- 

 stances of the individual husbandman may make the question of 

 success or failure largerly a matter of intelligent choice between 

 them, or a well adjusted combination of the two. Moreover con- 

 ditions and circumstances have changed so rapidly through in- 

 creased population, transportation facilities and new phases of com- 

 petition, that throughout the greater portion of our Common- 

 wealth, as well as in many other parts of the country, the relative 

 importance of horticulture to agriculture is not gauged by the rela- 

 tive oportunities and advantages they respectively offer, but largely 

 by the proverbial conservatism of husbandmen which impels them 

 to cling to accustomed lines, though all former environments have 

 changed. Thus agriculture coming first through pioneering neces- 

 sity, followed later, by commercial horticulture, necessarily await- 

 ing the development of home markets or transportation facilities, 

 agriculture gained and now holds a far wider following than their 

 present relative advantages justify. 



This is not an intimation that there is lack of either room or 

 favorable conditions for the future development of agriculture. 



So wide is our domain and so varied local conditions and circum- 

 stances within our borders that viewing th^- eurprisipg results botb 



