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BETTER FRUIT 



April, igzo 



per acre 



from Spring 



planting — 



maturing in 



90 days 



"Eclipse" side oats, 



"Climax" tree oats, 



"Senator" side oats, 



HuUess oats and 



select recleaned 



White Seed oats. 



SPRING WHEAT— Fancy recleaned stock of 



Marquis — Blue Stem — Early Baart — Folse 



SPRING RYE— Speltz (Emmer)— BARLEY 



For complete list of Grains, Grasses, Farm and Field Seeds, see our 1920 Catalog. 

 Free on Request— Ask for Catalogue No. 200 



ORTLAN 



each 



type 

 of engine 



More than half the 

 cars on the Coast- 



More than half the motorists of the Pa- 

 cific Coast states use Zerolene. Such 

 approval is given only as a reward to a 

 product of highest quality. Use Zerolene 

 for the Correct Lubrication of your auto- 

 mobile, truck or tractor. 



STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CaUfornia) 



The Comparatively Low Cost 

 of Spraying 



By Chas. L. Robinson, District Horticultural 

 Inspector. Yakima. Washington. 



Xotwilhslanding the constant educa- 

 tional efTorts to teach them, many 

 Iruitgrowers do not seem to realize how 

 low the cost of spraying is in compari- 

 son with other orchard operations and 

 therefore frequently neglect to follow 

 up one of the most important phases of 

 successful fruit growing. Naturally all 

 growers are anxious to produce as large 

 a percentage of extra fancy fruit as 

 possible. In order to do this it is ab- 

 solutely necessary for them to keep 

 their trees free from disease and insect 

 pests. 



The following figures, therefore, com- 

 piled by a Washington apple grower 

 will be of interest to those who balk at 

 spraying on account of the cost. These 

 figures which give the cost per box of 

 applying the lime-sulphur and arsenate 

 of lead sprays are as follows: 



Age nf Trees: 10 J5 W 



, . Years Years Years 



I^inie-sulphiir — 



One spray 045 .045 .047 



Arsenate of Lead — 



One spray 022 .02 .02 



Five sprays 11 -10 .10 



The above figures are computed on 

 a basis of a crop of 250 boxes to the 

 acre on 10-year old trees, 400 boxes 

 per acre from the 15-year old trees and 

 500 boxes per acre on 30-year old trees. 

 Amount of material used is based on the 

 recommendation of the horticultural de- 

 partment regarding amounts of material 

 necessary for orchards of different ages. 

 Labor costs are computed on a basis of 

 $15.00 per day for man, team and spray- 

 er and 40 cents per hour for nozzlemen. 

 Lead is computed on a basis of 30 cents 

 per pound for arsenate of lead and 30 

 cents per gallon for the lime-sulphur 

 solution, 32 degree concentrate. 



There occurred at Wenatchee the past 

 season an instance of which many have 

 probably heard and which could be 

 duplicated without a doubt in a number 

 of districts here if growers would go 

 together on a similar proposition. In 

 brief the Sunnyslope district at Wenat- 

 chee had so many worms during the 

 1918 season that most of the fruit grow- 

 ers were becoming discouraged. Several 

 orchards ran more than 40 per cent to 

 60 per cent worms and for the section 

 as a whole 25 per cent of worms was 

 considered a very low estimate. Last 

 spring they got together, assessed them- 

 selves Sl.nO per acre for the district, 

 which comprised a little over 1000 acres 

 and through the horticultural depart- 

 ment they hired a man to supervise 

 their spraying. This plan was so suc- 

 cessful that for the 1919 .season the en- 

 tire area averaged less than two per 

 cent worms and a number of growers 

 there have estimated that the .$1,000 in- 

 vestment saved them at least $50,000. 



From the above figures and results 

 obtained in the Wenatchee district it 

 will be seen that no fruit grower can 

 afford not to spray. 



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