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President Gold: I agree with Mr. Wheeler's sugges- 

 tions, and think the ideas good, although I have never kept 



bees. 



Question No. 5: Have the prepared lime-sulphur 

 washes now on the market proved satisfactory and economi- 

 cal? 



Mr. Farnsworth, of Ohio: We have perhaps the best 

 appliance for preparing the wash in our State and have been 

 using it for a good many years. For the last two or three 

 years we have been spraying in a smaller way and have been 

 using the prepared mixtures. This last year, owing to the 

 fact that one of the factories was located near us, we did not 

 fire up our own plant at all, the cost being about the same, 

 and we considered we were saving our labor and time, and 

 then the prepared mixture is more easily managed and more 

 uniform. I have been in the factory during the preparation 

 of the mixture and I know that every tankfull is tested before 

 being sent out, and if it varies from the standard they will 

 either reinforce it or reduce it. We have always been suc- 

 cessful in the use of lime and sulphur and shall use it again 

 this year. 



Question No. 10: How can we cheapen the cost of 

 harvesting apples? 



Mr. Winsor: I don't know of any way better than 

 that I mentioned in my paper. In some parts of the coun- 

 try they pay men so much a barrel, but I prefer to pay my 

 men by the day and have the fruit handled more carefully. 



Question No. 13 : The best blackberry for general 

 market ? ' 



Mr. Wheeler: The Snyder is the best shipping berry 

 we have. The only trouble with it is that it turns red if you 

 don't pick it just right. 



The special committee appointed to examine the exhibi- 

 tion of implements and fruit growers' supplies presented its 

 report. (Complete report will be found on page 174). 



