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bud moth, web worm, yellow-neck, blister mite, bark louse, 

 aphids and dozens of other injurious insects are, like the poor, 

 always with us. We can never escape them entirely, but we 

 can keep them under control. Keep right on spraying this 

 year, next year, every year. 



We have still much to learn, but we know enough even now 

 so that we can go ahead. We have today knowledge which if 

 properly applied means success in our orchards and dollars in 

 our pockets. Use bordeaux or lime-sulphur according to your 

 judgment from the results so far known. The Station itself 

 proposes to use lime-sulphur on all its orchards next season. 



If you have varieties especially susceptible to scab, a good 

 plan would be to use bordeaux for the first application, before 

 the blossoms open, and lime-sulphur for the other two. Do 

 not be afraid to experiment yourselves ; all of us will benefit 

 by it, and you cannot lose if you do the w^ork with care and 

 intelligence. Get the bulletins telling you what you have to 

 fight and how to do it. Study them carefully. Know what 

 you are spraying for, and then spray in time and thoroughly 

 and you will win out in the end against both insect and fungus 

 enemies. 



COMBATING INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES. 



By E. Van Alstyne. 

 No man can expect to raise fruit which will compete satis- 

 factorily in the world's markets, unless it is thoroughly 

 sprayed, and freed from the depredations of insects and the 

 marring by disease. Some may say, Why is this necessary 

 today more than formerly? There are several reasons. First, 

 the standard of excellence is higher, and buyers are discrim- 

 inating against fruit which because of injury from one or the 

 other of the above causes, is not only unsightly but unprofitable. 

 Next, because as we increase our planting both insects and 

 disease multiply ; just as we find typhoid and other fevers 

 rampant in the crowded districts of the cities, and rarely of 

 a serious import in the sparsely settled country. The destruc- 

 tion of the wild plants and trees, on which many of our native 

 insects fed, has driven them to the cultivated plants, which 



