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W^^ There's Money 

 in Honey 



Most of us know something about this 

 honey-money and most of us appreciate the 

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BETTER FRUIT 



Relation of Height of Fruit, Etc. 



Continued from page 8 

 specialize liis spraying equipment along 

 with the demands of his orchard. The 

 small-capacity outfit, which did splen- 

 did work during the earlier years of 

 orchard growth, should be replaced by 

 a machine of high power and larger 

 capacity in order to cope with the ex- 

 pansion of foliage surface which is 

 yearly increasing and which demands 

 just as speedy attention as did the 

 trees when they were smaller. The 

 machine for the older orchard should 

 possess sulTicient power to permit the 

 operation of three leads of hose — two 

 to be operated from the ground and the 

 third from a tower constructed on the 

 outfit. The rodman in this latter posi- 

 tion can not only easily cover the tops 

 of the trees but he can direct and over- 

 see the work of the other men and in- 

 form them of parts of the trees that 

 have been missed. Spraying from the 

 tower insures the covering of the 

 upper leaf surfaces, an accomplishment 

 which is otherwise practically impos- 

 sible in the case of large trees. 



Pruning 



Pruning should also prove of much 

 benefit in reducing this tree-top infec- 

 tion. The cutting away of five or six 

 feet, in the case of long straggling 

 branches from which it is impossible 

 properly to pick fruit, would not only 

 reduce the time and cost of spraying 

 but would also remove that part of the 

 tree which is most easily neglected, and 

 which, when neglected, scatters more 

 scab spores advantageously than any 

 other part of the tree. 



Losses resulting from failure to spray 

 the tops of trees thoroughly are not 

 confined to apple-scab infection, but 

 include all insect pests and plant dis- 

 eases. In the case of most insects, their 

 depredations cannot be tabulated in the 

 same way as those for scab, owing to 

 their movements over the tree. Re- 

 infestation from the fruit-tree leaf 

 roller, the woolly and green aphis, have 

 been observed by the writer to result 

 from a failure to hit the tops of the 

 trees while spraying for these pests. 



Suggestions on Beautifying 

 the Farmstead 



By V. V. Westgate. Assistant Professor of Floriculture 



and Gardening, Washington State College, 



Pullman. Washington 



WHEN we think of a farmstead we 

 picture in our minds, usually first 

 of all, the farm buildings. As this pic- 

 ture develops, trees and shrubs should 

 come before the mind's eye. In other 

 words, then the appearance of a farm- 

 stead will depend very largely upon 

 the buildings and plant materials. If 

 such buildings are well constructed 

 and properly located and the planta- 

 tions of ornamental material are well 

 worked out, the elTect should be 

 artistic. 



The farmhouse should occupy a posi- 

 tion in the foreground, as regards the 

 other farm buildings, since it is not 

 only the most important structure on 

 the farm, but usually the most attractive 

 as well. Other farm buildings ought 



April 



What Does 

 Silage Cost? 



The acres used and culti= 

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 the area to be gone over to 

 get the fodder are the big 

 items in Silage cost. 



Nitrate of Soda, as a Top 

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