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BETTER FRUIT 



August, 1921 



Spraying Methods 



(Continue J jrom fage 6) 

 the upper and under surfaces of the leaves 

 with spray in order to keep them clean as 

 it is to spray the fruit. In fact if we keep 

 the foliage clean the fruit is incidentally 

 protected. The spray required for the best 

 results in scab control is one broken up in 

 very fine particles. The spray can be made 

 fine bv cutting down the openings in the 

 discs of the guns when used on a small out- 

 fit, but in so doing the "push" behind it is 

 lacking and as a result little spray reaches 

 the tops of the trees — none If the wind is 

 blowing. We have found as high as 45 per 

 cent scab infection occurring in the tops 

 of the trees and only 5 or 6 per cent in the 

 lower parts of the trees where growers have 

 attempted control with inadequate equip- 

 ment. Adjoining orchardists with sufficient 

 equipment have completely controlled this 

 disease. 



What is true with the control of codling 

 moth and scab is true also of other orchard 

 troubles. The tops of trees must be sprayed 

 if results are to be expected. A sprayer of 

 generous capacity is the most gratifying im- 

 plement that can be owned by an orchardist 

 and it pays for itself in a very short time if 

 properly handled. 



Users of spray guns are often fooled in 

 the character of the work that they are do- 

 ing. A very great percentage of the or- 

 chardists in the Northwest often use insuf- 

 ficient material per tree. This is particu- 

 larly true of the early spring applications. 

 This failure to use sufficient material is 

 largely due to the fact th.U the operator sees 

 the spray high up in front of him, but does 

 not see exactly to what extent or to what 

 height he has covered his trees. The result 

 is the worker hurries on and the tree does 

 not receive spray sufficient to cover it thor- 

 oughly or give it the protection needed. 

 The actual cost of the spray is usually the 

 least expensive of the entire operation and 

 many growers could materially increase the 

 degree of pest control that they are now 

 obtaining by using more material and dis- 

 tributing it better over the tree when they 

 spray. Spraying can be and is, over done. 

 This, however, is much more the exception 

 than the rule. There are many growers who 

 can use this advice to their advantage. 



The average spray requirements of trees 

 of various ages and for different applica- 

 tions has been determined by the Hood 

 River station. Figures were obtained from 

 growers who have been successful in their 

 handling of various orchard troubles. The 

 following table shows the result of the in- 

 vestigation; for the most part these figures 

 are conservative: 



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 declaring that the honey industry in that 

 section is doomed unless orchardists change 

 their methods of handling arsenate of lead 

 sprav in orchards, where alfalfa is grown. 



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