-3- 



layed dormant stage of fruit bud development, particularly since the scab 

 carryover is heavy this year. Grov;ers vrho apply an oil spray will very likely 

 need to add a dry Bordeaux, to give 2 lbs. of metallic copper to 100 gallons, 

 or make an 8-8-100 Bordeaux, and add the oil to it, 



— 0. C. Boyd 



SCHEDULE OF SPRAY MES S AGE BROADCASTS 



Following is a schedule for the broadcasting of fruit pest control 

 information to be released by the Extension Service of the State College. 

 The first message will be issued Monday, April 24. The message released 

 each Monday afternoon will be broadcast Tuesday and repeated V/ednesday, while 

 the message released Yfednesday afternoon will be broadcast Thursday and re- 

 peated Friday. Y/henever occasions justify, new messages will be telephoned 

 or wired to the radio stations for V/ednesdays and Fridays to replace the re- 

 peat announcements. In compiling each spray service message, the Extension 

 Service v/ill have access to vreather information directly from the East Boston 

 Airport Station of the United States ViTeather Bureau, 



1. YffiZ, Boston and YQZA, Springfield; 1030K; at 6j25 a.m. following 

 "the" weather report, and again at 6:55 a.m. Also, at 7j25 a.m. the 

 weather report and spray message are repeated. 



2. TOTAC, Boston (and Yankee Network); at 6j25 a.m. 



Y/IJAC, Boston, Massachusetts 1260 K 



VJ'AAB, Vforcester, Massachusetts 1440 



YffiAN, Providence, Rhode Island 790 



V^ICC, Bridgeport, Connecticut 600 



VrcSH, Portland, Maine 970 



YiTLNH, Laconia, New Hampshire 1340 



3. YffiEI , Boston, The "Farmers Almanac of the Air"j 590 K; at 6s35 a.m. 

 immediately following the weather forecast, 



4. YJTAG , YJ'orcester, Massachusetts; 580 K; 6;45 a.m. daily; again fol- 

 1 owing the 1 p.m. news, and will include a new weather forecast 

 received at noon. 



5. WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut; 1080 K; 6:05-6:16 a.m. following 

 weaTher forecast. 



6. Possibly Y/LA17, Lawrence, Massachusetts; 680 K; ? a.m. 



ADVENTURE IN SOIL CONSERVATION 



Anyone who advocat*3S new agricultural practicis runs the risk of 

 being called an upstart, radical, or crackbrain. But come to think of it, 

 many of the now approved farm practices were novel not many years ago. The 

 use of commercial fertilizers made headway slowly in the beginning. Some 



