THE VALUE OF POWER SPRAYING DEMONSTRATED 



SUCH fruit growers as still remain skep- 

 tical or indifferent to the benefits that 

 result from proper spraying should have at- 

 tended the " perambulating orchard m.eet- 

 ings " held September 21 near Ingersoll. 

 Evidence of the value of spraying was fur- 

 nished in abundance. The gathering was 

 the result of the power spraying demonstra- 

 tions conducted during the summer in the 

 vicinity of Ingersoll, under the direction of 

 the Fruit Division of the Department of 

 Agriculture at Ottawa. 



It is believed power spraying can be done 

 most effectively and cheaply by farmers, 

 who grow fruit on a small scale, if they will 

 cooperate and engage a competent man to 

 look after the work. This man can afford 

 to buy a power sprayer and can undertake 

 the work by contract just as threshing is 



cons for firmers. Where a large number 

 of growers unite such a m.an can make good 

 wages, while the expense to each grower is 

 light, and he is saved the trouble of under- 

 taking the work himself. 



To demonstrate the advantages of this 

 method the Fruit Division, early in the sea- 

 son, induced a number of farmers in the 

 vicinity of Ingersoll to cooperate and guar- 

 anteed that the cost would not be m.ore than 

 five cents for each spraying. The farmers 

 agreed to pay five cents per tree lor spray- 

 ing. The contracts were made for spray- 

 ing 3.300 trees four times. The work was 

 carried out under the supervision of a local 

 man, Mr. J. C. Harris, to the satisfaction of 

 every person interested. 



The orch'^rd m.eeting September 21 was 

 to give the farmers of the neighborhood, and 



Loading the Trial Car of Fruit at Grimsby for Winnipeg. 



During September two trial shipments of fruit were made from Ontario to Winnipeg to further test the possibilities of shipping 

 fruit to that market. One car Wi<s loaded at St. Catharines and the other at Grimsby. The loading of the car at the latter point is 

 here shown. The consignment comprised pears, apples, grapes, peaches, etc. The shipments were made under the direct supervision 

 of Prof. J. B. Reynolds, of the Agricultural College, Guelph, who may be seen standing in the doorway to the right. Ihe Secretary 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, is standing on the load. The Horticulturist has received word from 

 Prof. Reynolds that both shipments reached Winnipeg in excellent condition, and that the fruit was considered to be the best lot that 

 had reached the city for some time. The first car was eight days in transit. The prices realized were satisfactory; apples. bringing 

 75 cents to $1 a bushel ; pears 75 cents to $1.10 a half bushel; plums $1 to $1.10 per crate of 20 pounds net ; grapes $1.40 to $1.65 per 

 crate of 30 pounds net ; and peaches $1.10 to $1.25 per box (California package). (Photograph taken specially for The Canadian 

 Horticulturist.) 



