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sweep of the pump handle, and the rod (A) fixed to the handle so 

 as to give a full sweep to the elbow (B) that the dashers may be 

 carried forward and backward to their fullest extent. This agitator 

 has been fully tested, and we feel that, if properly adjusted, it will 

 be entirely satisfactory. No patent has been applied for on this 

 appliance, though it originated with us, as we wish the fruit growers 

 of the country to have the benefit of it. 



SPRAYING CALENDAR FOR 1896. 



1st* Spraying. Bordeaux mixture (A) thoroughly just before leaves 



unfold. 

 2d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) and Paris green. 1 lb. to 100 



gallons just before the l)lossoms open. 

 3d spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) and Paris green, 1 lb. to 100 



gallons as soon as the petals have all fallen. 

 4th spraying. Bordeaux mixture (B) in from ten days to two weeks 



from last spraying. 

 5th spraying. Bordeaux mixture (?>) in from two to four weeks 



according to the weather. If dry and cool, the longer 



pei'iod, but if moist and warm, the shorter time. 

 6th spraying. Annnoniacal Carbonate of Copper as the fruit 



approaciies maturity if the weather should be warm and 



moist. 

 This treatment is foi- the destruction of the codling moth, tentcaler- 

 pillar, canker luorm, apple and jybun curculio, the apple sca,b or fusicla- 

 diiim and the leaf blight, or cedar apple fungus. 



Under ordinary conditions the first four applications will be suffi- 

 cient and where the canker worms and tent caterpillars are not 

 abundant the second spraying may possibly be omitted. 



*In the first application before the leaves unfold it is found tliat the Bordeaux 

 mixture will give better results than the si^nple solution of copper sulphate often 

 recommended because it adheres better to the twigs and buds. 



