SECOND DAY 



Morning' Session, 10.30 o'clock 

 Thursday, January 14, 1914. 



^Meeting called to order at 10. MO a. ni. by the President), 



THE PRESIDP]XT: We have this morning a most im- 

 portant session. th(^ most important on our program, one in 

 vv^hich moi'e jjeople are interested, probably, than in any 

 other one phase of the 1)usiness, and we are fortunate in 

 having better weather so tliat more people can get out. We 

 have had some s]ilendid subjects already, and I have been 

 delighted Avith the Avay people have taken hold of the work 

 and fired in the rpiestions. AVe are going this morning to 

 have a discussion on spraying, which ahvays brings out in- 

 teresting ([uestions. We are all new at the business, no 

 matter how long we have l)een at it. W^e are fortunate this 

 morning in having with us one of the younger men who has 

 gone into the business in a practical way, and I have great 

 pleasure in introducing Professor A. J. Farley of Rutgers 

 College, New Brunswick, New Jersey .who is going to talk 

 tons on "Practical Pointers on Spraying." (Applause). 



PRACTICAL POINTERS ON SPRAYING 



Prof. Arthur J. Farley, Rutgers Colleg-e, 



New Brunswick, N. J. 



The remarkable increase in the number of fruit trees 

 planted annually during the last twenty years has been ac- 

 companied by a corresponding increase in the number and 

 variety of injurious insect and fungus ])ests. This fact has 

 caused the practice, or perhaps it would be more correct to 



