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drove the spray away from the horses and the operators, 

 and fell directly and forcibly upon the trees. 



We continued working in this direction until a favorable 

 wind sprang up, when we would reverse our operation and 

 finish the trees. In spraying our orchard in this manner we 

 of course drove up hill and down, lengthwise and crosswise, 

 but there seemed to be no lack of willingness on the part of 

 the wind to change as often as we desired as the work 

 progressed. We had no difficulty in conducting our opera- 

 tions after this manner. The advantage in this is, that a 

 great saving in material is made over an attempt to spray in 

 the teeth of the wind, and also saving the workmen from 

 being covered with the caustic material. We did not cover 

 our horses, and none of us used rubber or oilcloth suits, 

 simply our oldest clothes, and some of us wearing cloth 

 gloves on our hands. None of us suffered by getting an 

 occasional squirt in the ear, or by having our hands wet with 

 the mixture. The only inconvenience I suffered was in stir- 

 ring the mixture while cooking, caused by the escaping 

 steam into my face. This was not serious, however. 



I have endeavored to give as briefly as possible a correct 

 outline of the work as actually done in our orchard. We 

 tried different ways of cooking and handling, but without 

 being able to give any reason for it other than that the quan- 

 tities vv'e settled upon seemed to work rightly together with 

 but a little loss in sediment, and that the amount of cooking, 

 though occupying much less time than many others used, 

 seemed to develop a proper color and consistency, in our 

 ignorance we adopted them. 



I believe, without being able to give any reason for it, 

 that the mixture can be boiled too hard and too long; still 

 it would seem to me, from what I have seen of the work of 

 others, that the lack of proper and sufficient boiling, and I 

 might add stirring, was the leading factor in unsuccessful 

 preparation. Whatever may have been our success and our 

 failures, I had the satisfaction of being told by one or two 

 Experiment Station workers that my methods in mixing, 

 boiling, and application were the most practical, the most 

 thorough, and the most economical they had seen, and as to 

 the success of the work I have the added satisfaction of being 



