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briefly described in such a way as to enable the fruit grower to 
identify it and then the best methods of control are outlined. With 
a few exceptions, these bulletins contain only matter which has been 
previously published in one form or another. Yet they are some- 
thing more than mere compilations. In several instances the short 
articles found in them contain the condensed results of many years 
of observation and experiment at the Station. This is true, particu- 
larly, of the chapters on apple and pear troubles in Bulletin 170. 
FUNGICIDES, INSECTICIDES AND SPRAYING MA- 
GHINERY: 
With the widespread interest in the methods of treating fungus 
diseases and insect pests there has come, also, a constant demand for 
information concerning the preparation of fungicides and insecti- 
cides and spraying machinery for applying them. With the excep- 
tion of making chemical analyses of spraying materials and of 
sprayed celery and grapes, the Station has done but little investigation 
in this field. However, three informational bulletins on the sub- 
ject have been published, viz.: 
Bulletin 74,!°° Observations on the Application of Fungicides and 
Insecticides, published in 1894. 
Bulletin 121,19 Spray Pumps and Spraying, published in 1897, 
with an appendix published in 1899. 
Bulletin 243,17 Spray Mixtures and Spray Machinery, published 
in 1903. 
These bulletins, like Nos. 35, 86 and 170, contain little that is 
really new, but they reflect the long experience of the Station with 
these matters. 
It has ever been the policy of the Station to avoid recommending 
the goods of any particular manufacturer of spraying machinery. 
WEEDS. 
The Station has given but little attention to weeds. Doubtless 
there are some weed problems which would make appropriate sub- 
jects for Station investigation, but this line of work is relatively 
unimportant. The progressive farmer has little to fear from weeds. 
He knows that they are mastered by thorough cultivation and 
eternal vigilance and that there are few short cuts and few special 
methods. 
* Reprinted in Rpt. 13:687-706. 
** Reprinted in Rpt. 16:215-230. 
7 Reprinted in Rpt. 22:321-386. 
