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cost of procuring materials and making would be more 

 than the crop to be sprayed would be worth, but nu- 

 merous experiments have proved beyond doubt that the 

 freshly prepared mixture is much more effective and 

 cheaper than any thus far found in the markets. 



Solutions of Copper Sulphate — Where the fruit 

 would be disfigured by the bordeaux, the two solutions 

 of this substance without the lime are used, the 

 ammoniacal solution and the simple solution. These 

 solutions are equally effectual with the bordeaux for the 

 time being, but are so soon washed off, in case of rain 

 storms, that they must be renewed after every rain, and 

 wherever the bordeaux can be used it will be much more 

 satisfactory because more lasting. 



Insecticides and fungicides have become almost as 

 much of a necessity as fertilizers in the growth of farm 

 and garden crops, and to ensure success in the business, 

 the fruit grower must be equipped with the best imple- 

 ments for their application. 



The cost of this equipment is so great that many 

 small growers cannot afford to purchase it and the only 

 way that the work of the small grower can be profitably 

 done is by co-operation. One powerful, well-built pump 

 with proper nozzles and an abundance of hose would 

 be sufficient to do all the spraying in most of our small 

 townships, and one man who has become skilled in the 

 work would do the same amount much more quickly 

 and better than if it were divided among a dozen or 

 twenty. The cost of material would be much less when 

 bought in large quantities and there would be much less 

 waste of material when all was mixed in one set of 

 vessels. 



There are often seasons and sections where our 

 fruit crops escape injury from insect or fungous pests, 

 but there are few localities where they always escape, 

 and the cost of spraying is so small when done in a 



