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arsenate of lead to 50 gallons of water, omitting the Bor- 

 deaux. For the third spraying we used a 3-3-50 formula of 

 Bordeaux and 2 pounds of lead arsenate. This was in cloudy, 

 wet weather, and the boys Avho tried this almost died with 

 fright a week later because the orchard looked like a field of 

 yellow roses and it knocked off half of the leaves, but it came 

 out all right and the balance of the leaves stayed on the rest 

 of the season and the trees seemed to ripen up splendidly. 

 As an experiment one of the best rows in the orchard was 

 sprayed but once. We got between 400 and 500 barrels from 

 that row and it was sprayed just once Avith arsenate of lead 

 2 pounds, to 50 gallons immediately after the blossoms fell. 

 That row looked about the best of any in the orchard until 

 rather late in the fall when it weakened down a bit and some 

 of the trees were almost destitute of foliage. When we came 

 to gather the apples we found the apples on those trees were 

 pretty badly hurt by the early freeze up in that country, but 

 we got results there that have been Avorth something. We do 

 not think Ave Avill try leaving any of the trees in the future 

 Avithout at least one spraying of Bordeaux. 



In selling the apples Ave sold No. 1 and No. 2 to a firm in 

 Chicago, agreeing to pick and hauled the apples to toAvn. 

 The culls AA'ere thrown in baskets by the graders and we 

 loaded them in bulk and sold them to a Kansas firm. Our 

 picking force consisted of 7 or 8 nursery boys that stay Avitli 

 us the year through and a bunch of pickers that were hired 

 by the bushel. We picked up mostly prospectiA'e corn buskers 

 and Avould haA^e had no trouble in getting 25 or more just as 

 easily. A good corn husker makes a good apple picker. He 

 can make about as much picking apples as husking and is 

 therefore slow to leave. They averaged between 65 and 70 

 bushels ^er man, some averaging 80 and 90 bushels. 



A Member: How much did you pay a bushel? 



Mr. Marshall : We paid 4 cents a bushel, or 3 cents and 

 board. We had a boarding house there and most of them 

 picked for 3 cents a bushel and board. 



