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SaiE D0RI-.IA1-IT SEASON JOBS OLi A FRUIT FAIg.1 



Starting now a fruit pjrov/er may still have time to periona as many of the 

 folloi-zing vrinter jobs as his conditions require?* 



(1) Order sprayer and duster repair parts cjnC. do a couplete job of over- 

 hauling, 



(2) Likewise the tractor and its inipleinents, and the trJck, 



(3) Arrange for systematic check-up and servicing of electric motors, 



(4) Improve the output of v/orio^ien by supplying shar}^)ened pi-nning tools, 



(5) Remove old, unprofitable trees aiid filler trees v/hich crov/d the 

 permanents , 



(6) Set up a siniple record of yields and market returns by varieties. 



The orchard business today oaimot support nonprofit or lov; profit trees 

 or blocks of trees. Such trees, unless required for cross pollination, 

 should be removed, 



(7) Study your fertilizer j.!rogram to see if a revised soil management setup 

 v;ill improve yield, sice ;jid color of fruit, Thon mdce rure of a 

 fertilizer supply by placing your order soon, 



(8) ¥.ev! spray materials suggest a car'^ful a:id conservative reviev: of your 

 spray program. Seek the best information ai'ailablo if you are con- 

 sidering a change, 



(9) Field and storage crates needing repair, also boxes in shook, provide 

 v/orlcr^ien v;ith jobs on stonuy daj''s, 



(10) If your harvesting, grading, or other equipment hius caused delays and 

 only temporary repairs b.ave been made, vihy not act now and order repair 

 parts? Ordered parts may talce longer than you think. 



To protect the sprayer against rust and corrosion, Indiana growers have for 

 many years used a mixture of three parts of crcaik case oil and one part of kerosene, 

 'In preparing the sprayer for v;inter, the suction hose is first removed from the 

 supply tank and placed in a container filled v/ith the oil-kerosene mixture. The 

 motor is then started and the mixture alla'/ed to flow through the pump and out the 

 overflovY pipe back into the container. After the motor is shut off, the pump 

 drain plugs are removed and the surplus mixture allo-',;ed to drain out. Even though 

 the outfit needs a complete overhaul later, it should first be given the above 

 trcatracnt. It involves little time and expense, and v/ill give good returns in 

 sprayer perfor..ianco the follovvdng season, 



— 0, G, Jkiderson 



Hoy/ Dry is Your Storage ? Th.c easiest v/ay to find out is to use a sling 

 psychrotiotor, sometimes Innotm as a vrot ojid dry bulb thermometer. 

 Seventeen of thcso inexpensive gadgets \roro recently bought by apple 

 storage o\'niers in Ilampden County, The relative humidity should bo 

 85 to 80^3, In othr;r words, the storage air should be at leo.st 85/i 

 saturated. If it is less than that, the fruit tends to shrivel. It 

 is v/oll to remonber that in many cases, boxus went into storage bone 

 dry and that they have actually pulled vrater out of tho apples. 

 Visible shrivelling has already occurred in a fev/ storagos* IIoi,7 

 about yours? 



