DOES IT PAY TO SPRAY 1 



with them, and have been making en- 

 quiries for more." 



During the season the writer has for- 

 warded several lots of Orange Quinces, 

 and the results have been very satisfac- 

 tory. Two cases in the last shipment, 

 containing about 128 quinces each, sold 

 for $1.25 each, but this is the lowest 

 sale. Mr. Russell writes that the reason 

 of the low price was that they landed in 

 bad condition. No doubt it was past 

 the season for shipping quinces, when 

 these went forward. 



We have just received a letter from 

 Messrs. Wood, Omerod & Co., who say 

 they were the largest purchasers of our 

 last shipment. They say, " The Kieffer 

 pear will not do here when known, but 

 the Anjou will do well, especially if they 

 could be grown with a softer or smaller 

 core. We see no reason why this variety 

 should not be shipped in quantity 

 another season. 



All this information we are giving our 



readers as quickly as possible, after it is 

 received ; because we want all our fellow 

 fruit growers to have equal advantage 

 with us from the experiments. Every- 

 where we find our growers eager to 

 know the results, because our export 

 trade is the hope of the future. 



Regarding the Export Shipments from 

 Grimsby, the writer wishes to acknow- 

 ledge, on behalf of the shippers, the 

 extreme kindness and courtesy shown 

 them throughout the season by the 

 Commissioner, Mr. J. W. Robertson. 

 Not only has this gentleman acceded to 

 all reasonable requests made, but has 

 from first to last, both by personal visits 

 and the fullest communications, kept 

 the shippers posted concerning the Eng- 

 lish markets and the prices their fruit 

 was bringing. The whole business has 

 been closed to the satisfaction of all 

 concerned, and with high hopes of suc- 

 cess in i8q8. 



DOES IT PAY TO SPRAY? 



HGRICULTURE was the first 

 subject of legislative action at 

 this Session. The bill intro- 

 duced the other day by Hon. 

 John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture, 

 authorizing the Department of which he 

 is head to deal promptly in fighting the 

 San Jose Scale, the terrible insect pest 

 now threatening the destruction, not 

 only of the fruit industry of the Pro- 

 vince, but of all wood growth as well, 

 was the first measure of Government or 

 private origin to be laid before the 

 House. 



It will be well indeed for the country 

 if as great success attends this spirited 

 attempt to check one of the most insidi- 

 ous enemies of vegetation that has ever 

 come under the knowledge of science, 



as is attending the spraying experiments 

 conducted by the Ontario Department 

 of Agriculture during the past two sea- 

 sons. 



A publication of absorbing interest is 

 the special bulletin that may be had by 

 simply sending the address to the On- 

 tario Department of Agriculture, To- 

 ronto, whence it has just issued with the 

 title, " Does it Pay to Spray ? " 



To find out the answer to this ques- 

 tion the department gave practical in- 

 struction in spraying in twenty-nine 

 orchards in various parts of the Province 

 that were suitable for the work and con 

 venient for the surrounding community 

 of farmers and fruit-growers to visit 

 while the spraying was being done. 

 Mr. Wm. Orr, of Fruitland, Ont., a 



