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ing these different plans is to adapt the culture to the conditions 

 of the farm. It is in one respect an experiment, for I am trying 

 to learn if there is any form of culture that will enable one 

 man with a good boy to plant and develop a fair-sized orchard 

 with their own labor. Thus far the trees that have been cul- 

 tivated have made a larger growth. Yet this growth is not 

 so much larger than that on the mulched trees as I had been 

 led to expect. My judgment is that the mulched trees are 

 going to make lower heads, closer to the ground, and with a 

 better top for spraying and handling. The trees in the brush 

 have not made as large a growth as the others, which was 

 to be expected. I am confident, however, that they will make 

 a slow and steady growth, and prove in the end profitable trees 

 at a much less expense for the finished orchard than would be 

 the case had they been plowed and cultivated. I have learned 

 that it is a mistake to sow rye in a young orchard. If it is cut 

 early, as soon as the head appears, and thrown around the trees, 

 it will not do much damage, but if it is allowed to mature, or 

 allowed to come anywhere near it, the trees are bound to suf- 

 fer, for rye is the greatest robber of moisture of any grain 

 we have. 



After a brief recess, President Gulley announced that Mr. 

 E. R. Bennett, Assistant Horticulturist at the Storrs Experi- 

 ment Station, would give a demonstration of how to make a 

 perfect Bordeaux mixture. 



Mr. Bennett then took the platform, and in plain view of 

 the audience, proceded to mix the lime and copper solutions used 

 in the Bordeaux. 



Mr. Bennett said in explanation : 



The proper making of Bordeaux mixture has much to do 

 with its ease of application as well as its efficiency as a fungi- 

 cide. The cut on page 47 shows two jars of Bordeaux mixture, 

 both made by the same formula (4, 4, 40) and at the same 

 time. The mixture in the jar on tlfe right was made b}- 

 mixing the dissolved copper sulphate and slaked lime when 

 in a concentrated solution, then adding water to make up the 

 required amount. This is the wrong way to make the mixture. 

 The photograph was taken five hours after the mixture was made. 

 As the cut shows, the precipitate of copper sulphate and lime 



