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Spraying plu.m trees for leaf spot 

 appears to pay well judging by results 

 given last year by Mr. S. A. Beach, of 

 Geneva, N. Y. The total yield of mar- 

 ketable fruit, in pounds, was 45 per cent, 

 greater where the trees were sprayed, 

 than where they were not sprayed. The 

 trees were sprayed twice with Bordeaux 

 mixture, once about May 25th and once 

 about three weeks later. 



The Nova Scotia F. G. A. met at 

 Wolfville, on the 20th of January, and 

 passed a resolution inviting the Ontario 

 Association to co operate with them in 

 engaging the Federal Government to 

 grant more liberal aid in establishing 

 and conducting fruit experiment stations 

 in the various ])rovinces. If the Nova 

 Scotian Department of Agriculture would 

 establish fruit experiment stations, such 

 as the Minister of .Agriculture for On- 



tario has done in this Province, perhaps 

 the Federal Government would co-oper- 

 ate. The Dominion is utilizing these 

 stations in Ontario, and spending some 

 money in making them more effective. 



Spraying a large orchard like the one 

 at " Maplehurst," of nearly one hundred 

 acres of all varieties of fruit, is no small 

 undertaking. It requires about one hun- 

 dred pounds of copper sulphate, twelve 

 pounds of Paris green and one hundred 

 pounds of lime for each application. It 

 greens everything, men, horses, clothing, 

 all come in from the field a sight to be- 

 hold. Clothing used for this must be 

 ke])t for the purpose, for it is never fit 

 to be seen at other work. But it im- 

 proves the vigor of the trees and lessens 

 the attacks of both fungi and in.sects — 

 so it pays. The only question is, how 

 ol'len ? W'c do not tiiink many can lie 



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