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Spraying at Avon, Va., during the Season of 1905, and 

 its results ' 



In Arkansas 400 gallons of mixture were required for 

 one spraying of 200 trees, and the work was accomplished 

 with four men and one team in one half day. The 40 

 pounds of bluestone at 8 cents a pound cost $3.20 and the 

 same amount of lime at one half cent a pound cost 20 

 cents. The four men, at $1.25 a day each, cost for the 

 half day $2.50, and the team cost $1 for the half day. 

 This aggregates $6.90 for spraying 200 trees, or a Httle less 

 than 3^ cents a tree for the one application, making a total 



1 Scott, W. M., U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 93, p. 23. 

 ^ Of the check trees, A had 1 sound apple, B 6, and D 2, but the per- 

 centages were too small to show in the table. 



