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That an airplane has been used succossfully in spraying an orchard 

 with one of the plant homones to prevent proiiature apple crop? Tvro hours 

 v/ere required to spraya 40-acre block. Using a high concentration in oil 

 enulsion, only a pint per tree was said to give conplete coverago because 

 of high atonization and high air turbulence fron the plane's propeller. 



That the prices of all coni-.ioditios bought by farraers in Hay of this 

 year were, on the average, 44 percent higher thsui in 1935-39 while fanu wage 

 rates in May Virero about three tines as high as they v;ere in 1935-39. U.S.D.A. 

 figures on fam wages are shown in the following tfiblo. 



Per month, with board 

 Per month, without board 

 Per day, with board 

 Per day, without board 



That iess than lO^o of the nation's retail stores are equipped to 

 handle frozen fruits and vegetables? In viev/ of the tremendous expansion 

 in this field (more than 500,000,000 pounds were packed last year), the 

 prospects for post v;ar development are tremendous. 



That a 4-H Club project in Grainger County, Tennessee added 235,000 

 pounds of viild blackberries to the national supply of fruit last year? 

 More than 500 4-H Club mombors took part in this project. The pickers re- 

 ceived 7 cents per pound for the berries, 1 cent going to the club v/hich 

 received, crated, and paid for the berries. 7,500 checks, amounting to 

 $16,000 v;ere issued, some families receiving as much as $200. 



That the irritation due to poison ivy may be relieved by painting the 

 skin with a ferric chloride solution made as follov;s: Tincture of ferric 

 chloride, 205.0; Glycerine, 50^; V/ater, 30^? It is said that this material 

 will reduce the inflammation and irritation luid control their spread to other 

 parts of the body. 



That the Office of Price Administration has recently set up a tentative 

 schedule to govern the lifting of price controls in throe important catagories 

 affecting the farmer? V/hile no specific dates have been set, controls are to 

 be lifted in the following order: (1) Basic materials whose output has been 

 greatly expanded during the war, including al'aminu^n, copper, and zinc are in 

 this first class. Also to be among the first products to be freed fron the 

 ceiling are fresh fruits and vegetables, and cereal products. (2) Steel, 

 machinery, castings, most paper products, rubber goods, soap, household goods, 

 home furnishings, clothos, shoes, moats, processed foods, and later sugar. 

 (3) Building matp;rials, household appliances, automobiles and furniture. 



That yields of apples in 131 Yakima and V/enatchee orchards in central 

 ■Washington reached a new high of 500 boxes por acre in 1944 as compared with 

 374 in 1943? Those grov-rers produced 1,608,401 boxes of apples at an average 

 cost of $1.41 per box. 



That a single application of nitrogen applied in an apple orchard in 

 early spring has been found as effective as splitting the amount and applying 

 half of it later? A single early application is found to be more effective 

 thtui the same application roade in late spring. 



