THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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A ]\1emi!Kr: i wtnild like to call for question No 22, on the 

 printed list: "What about "Tyrox' (Bowkers) as compared 

 with home-made Bordeaux mixture for spraying?" 



]\Ir. N. S. Pr.ATT : I have, from year to year, received circu- 

 lars descrihing '"Pyrox." 1 have figured it out and found it 

 would cost about twice as nuich as Bordeaux for the same 

 amount. I know, however, of a certain orchard where they 

 have used it for several years, and they have had nice crops 

 there, clean and nice looking. The fruit hung on and the 

 leaves were retained on the trees. So it has been successful 

 on this mature orchard. It has borne better crops for the last 

 three years since they have used the Pyrox. 



Prkstdext Gulley: Do you know whether they ever used 

 Bordeaux or not? 



Answer : They did. 



]\Ir. Staples : I have used Pyrox in my orchard in Maine 

 with good results. 



President Gulley: Do you know^ anything about the 

 expense as compared with Bordeaux? 



Answer : I do not. 



President Gulley: My own idea is that it would be an 

 expensive thing. The advantage is in having the material in 

 shape for the uninitiated to handle, but it is certainly a very 

 expensive thing if the members will figure it out by the barrel. 



]Mr. Gaylord : I have used the Bordeaux mixture on my trees 

 and I find by using the Lenox lime and also the compressed 

 air sprayer, made in Rochester, N. Y., I have good success. 

 But I have a great deal of trouble in slaking the lime. Now 

 I want to know if it is right to let the lime settle to the bottom 

 of the barrel and then, just use the clear water remaining on top 

 and mixing that with the vitriol. That is the only way I could 

 get it through the nozzle wdthout clogging. I want to ask 

 the members how they can slake the lime so as to make it not 

 clog the nozzle ? 



A Member : Do you strain it before you put it in ? 



Answer: Yes, sir. Through two or three kinds of cloth. 



A Member: Well, you don't want to use cloth. You ought 

 to use a wire strainer. Try that and you will have better luck. 



]\Ir. IMoses : I commenced spraying about three years ago ; 

 I knew very little about the Bordeaux mixture. I used Pvrox, 



