196 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



Drt Lime-Sulphuk : 

 Dormant Spray: 



8 to 10 level tablespoons to one gallon water. 

 Summer Spray — Seed Fruits: 



1 to 2 tablespoons Dry Lime-Sulphur. 

 Summer Spray — Stone Fruits: 



% to 1 tablespoon Dry Lime-Sulphur, 



Tuber-Tonic : 



8 to 9 level tablespoons to one gallon water. 



FUNGI-BORDO : 



7 to 8 tablespoons to one gallon water. 

 Courtesy of SheruHit-WilUams. 



Spraying machinery. — An individual may understand thor- 

 oughly all about insecticides and fungicides and their applica- 

 tion ; and yet, unless he is the right kind of man, or has the right 

 kind of machinery to put the material on the plant in proper 

 form, his knowledge avails him nothing. A spray-pump may be 

 capable of applying the spray correctly and economically for a 

 person in one orchard, and not be the right kind for another 

 orchard. Again, one kind of pump may suit one orchardist, and 

 good, clean fruit be the result, though perhaps the pump is not 

 as good as that of his neighbor, who sees no good in spraying 

 because his fruit is spotted or worm-eaten. With the present- 

 day advance in all kinds of machinery, it often pays a man to 

 practically give away an old machine for a new one of more 

 efficient pattern, which may be better suited for the work in 

 hand. Spraying, therefore, is a question of individuality and 

 spraying machinery. 



For orchard work it is never advisable to purchase anything 

 smaller than a barrel-pump. A good barrel-pump will last a life- 

 time, and can be used for purposes other than spraying, such as 

 white-washing, disinfecting, etc. When an orchardist has a suf- 

 ficient number of trees to require five or six barrels of liquid 

 for one spraying, it is advisable to purchase a large tank, holding 

 two hundred to three hundred gallons, and a double-acting 

 sprayer ; or better, if he can afford it, a gasoline sprayer. 



Always wash the spraying apparatus out with water after 

 spraying or white-washing, and oil and clean up all parts before 

 putting away for A\dnter. 



Some essentials of a good spraying apparatus are : 



1. The pump should be brass lined, to, prevent corroding or 

 rusting of the parts. 



2. The pump must have a sufficiently large air-chamber to 



