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sprayed with soluble oil during any temperature when it is 

 possible to handle the material. 



In conclusion, do not be afraid of attempting to spray 

 your trees. Even though you do not do perfect work, you 

 will gain such astounding results that you will find it more 

 than repays you. I have been greatly surprised at the large 

 number of orchardists who are afraid to spray their own 

 trees, but are very willing to hire some one to come in and do 

 the work for them. 



You cannot get the same results by hiring outside help 

 as you can by doing the work yourself. In most cases it 

 will not be done as thoroughly, and it is also impossible for 

 any one man to spray very many trees at just the right time. 

 With a little advice each one of you can do his own work 

 as well as so-called professionals. The only thing which you 

 require is a good outfit, which is not very expensive, and a 

 little of the common sense which you use every day in car- 

 rying on your farm. All kinds of insecticides are so pre- 

 pared that all you have to do is to mix them with water. 

 Most of them are so prepared that no injury can be caused. 



If your dealer tries to sell you a cheap pump or cheap 

 insecticides when he has better brands in stock, feel assured 

 that he is making a greater profit on the cheaper grade. 



Spray your trees every year, both for the scale insects 

 when the trees are dormant, and also for the codling moth, 

 leaf-eating insects and fungous groAvth, when they are in 

 foliage. If you will do this our fancy trade will not be stol- 

 en by the Western fruit grower. 



Mr. Frost then exhibited apparatus: 



BARREL PUMP 



Spray anything under 5,000 trees with the barrel pump. 

 A great deal of money is saved by putting in a barrel pump 

 wherever the mist spray is used. 



HAND PUMP 



If you have a half dozen or a dozen trees do the spraying 

 with a hand pump ; use it also for fruit bushes. If you have 

 cotton hose and long tailed coupling, no pressure will ever 

 break the coupling. 



Wash your hose out thoroughly every night, no matter 

 what kind you use. If it is all washed out thoroughly, you 

 will not have much trouble with it. 



