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spraying. Let me sound another word of warning to that man who hon- 

 estly says, "I do not have to spray my orchard to get fine fruit." I^et him 

 not be so narrow as to thinli that his orchard will continue to be the ex- 

 ception. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Hoffman: Coming from a section of the State where the apple 

 crop was almost a failure, I account for the fact that I had a good crop 

 to spraying thoroughly. I had three men working continuously for three 

 weeks. I succeeded in raising several thousand bushels of apples in a 

 locality where no one else succeeded in raising any. 



Mr. Johnson: I want to know if you use Paris-green in your spray 

 before the buds were open? 



Mr. Simpson: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Johnson: Is not the object of the Paris-green to kill insects that 

 are not found at that time? 



Mr. Simpson: Yes, but we take no chances and always use it here. 



President Stevens: Mr. Kingsbury will now read a paper on 



SPRAYING AS A PROFESSION. 



BY J. G. KINGSBURY, INDIANAPOLIS. 



I am doubting somewhat the propriety of sending out this paper I 

 am about to read to you, in our proceedings to be read by the general 

 public. The effect will be, if it has any, to encourage the growing of fruit 

 by all who can spare the ground for the purpose, and by so much 

 damaging the business of fruit growers. If all amateur horticulturists 

 produce the fruit they and their friends consume, it will very considerably 

 diminish the demand for the products of professional growers. When all 

 farmers believe that they can with certainty produce perfect plums, apples, 

 pears, etc., they will devote more space to the purpose and will soon get 

 into the way of supplying the immediate neighborhoods with the fruits 

 in their seasons, and thus by degrees the market towns and the nearby 

 villages, and later on the larger and more distant markets. And so the 

 business of the large fruit growers will become demoralized, unprofitable, 

 and at length destroyed. 



