DAYLIGHT FUMIGATION, COST OF APPLICATION QI 
If perceptibly damp the gas is more liable to burn the 
foliage. After irrigation, where it is practical, the 
ground should be allowed to become quite dry before 
the fumigation operations begin. When trees are wet 
with dew or a slight rain, care should be taken to see 
that they are fairly dry before being tented. In some 
FIG. 46—WAGON FOR CARRYING CHEMICALS IN ORCHARD 
instances fumigation in Eastern orchards can not be 
commenced before nine or ten o’clock in the morning 
or until the trees are dry. 
Care of tents.—When a large fumigating outfit is in 
operation each tent should be thoroughly inspected 
daily. Inmost cases this can be done to best advantage 
when the tent isoverthetree. The inspector should go 
under the tent and carefully examine it. If there are 
