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to make a perfect solution. Better dissolve the lye in a small tub 

 of water, then add the arsenic and stir it for a few minutes and it 

 will dissolve perfectly. This is reliable and will not burn the foliage. Be 

 very careful ; have no trash in the water, as it will clog the value of the 

 pump. Spray during a calm, for if there is much wind it will be impos- 

 sible to reach all parts of the tree, and it would be better to do it during 

 clear weather, for should it rain immediately after spraying it would 

 wash all the poison off. Be sure and put the poison label (skull and cross 

 bones) on you barrel, and put your arsenic where there will be no danger 

 to the family. Remember, while you are handling it, that you are hand- 

 ling a deadly poison, and with this before your eyes there should be no 

 danger of mistakes." 



L. A. Goodman stated, that spraying was the only means they had 

 in California, where he had been, to save their crops. They sprayed 

 there every few weeks for three months in the year. 



Mr. diaries Patterson, of Adair County, read a very interesting re- 

 port of the condition of orchards in his section of the state. The season 

 thus far had been favorable and the orchards were making favorable pro- 

 gress, although their soil was different to that of this section of the state. 

 He knew of but few old orchards that were being cultivated, and regretted 

 this mistake on the part of his fellow fruit growers. He found many 

 were loth to accept the cultivation theory. He thought in time the spe- 

 cialist in orchard or fruit growing would ultimately supply the markets 

 and have the field. He believed the greatest fault of the orchardist and 

 fruit grower rested in their not reading and thinking enough; it required 

 study and thought. He would plant no more orchards to lean to the 

 southwest. He recommended upright planting with repacking and stamp- 

 ing following the first rain after planting. He would trim high and paint 

 with harness paint after pruning. 



