May 29, 1947 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Coinmittee of the Extension Service 

 Yi". K» Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Dollars and Sense 



Announcing the New "Red Apple Club" 



Splashing Raindrops and Soil Erosion 



Effect of Fungicide on Yield 



Timing of Early Spray Applications Compared 



Eradicating Apple Scab 



Killing ITitch Grass by Spraying 



■^Yider Spacing May Increase Per Acre Yield 



Some Factors in Fruit Marketing 



DOLLARS AND SEIISE 



Farm and home safety has become a year 'round business. The 

 only trouble is that too fev; people maI<:o it their business. Last year 

 more than four thousand farmers lost their lives in farm accidents, and 

 thousands more viere badly injured. 



Issued by the Extension S&r-'/ice in furtheri^ice of Acts of May 8 and June 

 30, 1914, Vj'illard A, Munson, Director, University of iiassachusetts. United 

 States Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services cooperatingi 



