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tator going. Then fill the tank to two hundred gallons. We 

 used this preparation quite extensively last year on every- 

 thing except peaches and had excellent results, not only in 

 killing the scale, but in the thrifty appearance of the tree. 

 You can apply it quite freely without danger of injury. We 

 made a test of it, taking out three samples : one,after the 

 tank was filled, one after it was about half sprayed, and the 

 last when it was just about gone, and found that the three 

 samples contained practically the same amount of oil when 

 properly prepared. I see no reason why this remedy isn't 

 as good as any of the patent soluble oil remedies that are 

 springing up all over the country, and a great deal cheaper. 



There has always been great fear among small fruit 

 growers that soon there would be an over-production and no 

 remunerative market, as, in 1896, when fine apples sold from 

 fifty to seventy-five cents a barrel and other fruits in propor- 

 tion. This San Jose scale should allay your fears on that 

 score. While there are exceptions in all scale infested dis- 

 tricts of orchards seemingly immune, the general rule is that 

 these untreated scaly orchards are fit for the brush pile in 

 from three to five years. One might as well hope to grow 

 potatoes without spraying to eradicate blight and potato 

 beetle, as to think of growing high-class fruit without 

 the use of spray, in a scale-infested district. Such 

 persons had better quit the business or, what is better, never 

 get into it. The general distribution of the scale throughout 

 the Continent has been brought about by planting nursery 

 stock, especially affected trees. Professor L. O. Howard 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture tells us that in 

 spite of the wide dissemination of scaly fruit in this country, 

 and to some extent abroad, there is not a single authenticated 

 instance of scale having been established on the tree from 

 such source. 



After all, the great question in scale-infested districts is, 

 Does fruit growing pay? After all its uncertainties, w4ien 

 three, four or five years ago it seemed as though the scale 

 would ruin all our orchards, it now seems like getting back 



