Costs are estimated as follows: netting $2,000, wire $100, used 

 1 .l/'4" pipe $200 - plus family labor. Holes for the pipes were punched 

 witli a crowbar and then they were driven in with a sledge hammer. Four 

 ho.lcs were drilled in the top of each pipe and the wires were run throiigji 

 them. Plastic cups wore placed over the ends of the pipes to prevent 

 the net from catching and tearing. Four men put up the net in one week. 



Some growers have felt that the cost of nettings is prohibitive, 

 that it doesn't pay. But v\;lien there is a possibiiity of doubling your 

 eroji , can you afford not to net? 



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RECENT PUBLICATIONS 



You may u^'ish to send for one or more of the following publications: 



.1. Market Your Fresh Apples. USDA Marketing Bulletin NOo ^.t. 

 Available from Office of Information, USDA, Washington, D.C. 

 20250 



2. Influence of Certain Fungicides on Apparent Photosynthesis 



of an Entire Apple Tree. Bulletin 529. Available from Maine 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine. 



^. Diseases and Insect Pests of Raspberries and Other Cane Fruits, 

 Publication 880. Available from Information Division, Canada 

 Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



4. Observations on Winter Injury to Apple and Pear Trees in the 

 Hood River Valley. Station Bulletin 595. Available from the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, 

 Corvallis. 



5., Management and Cost Control in Producing Apples for Fresh Mar- 

 ket. Bulletin 1001. Available from Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Ithaca, New York. 



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