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alfalfa or other succulent vegetation with this same mix- 

 ture, or with two pounds of lead arsenate to fifty gallons 

 of water, has often been used with marked success. 



A poison bran mash has been used by many gardeners. 

 A pound of paris green to forty pounds of bran should 

 be sweetened either by use of cheap sugar or molasses 

 and sufficient water added to make a stiff mash. Place in 

 small bunches near the plants likely to be attacked. 



Spray orchard trees late in the summer, after the fruit 

 has been gathered, while the days are still warm. They 

 also need spraying just after the blossoms have fallen in 

 the spring. In bad seasons a third spraying is necessary. 

 Use both an insect poison and a fungus poison, applying 

 both at once. Use lead arsenate or paris green for the 

 insects and bordeaux mixture or lime sulphur wash for 

 the diseases. Better buy the lead arsenate and lime sul- 

 phur already prepared unless you have had experience 

 in making these mixtures. 



The codling moth, principal cause of wormy apples, 

 is responsible for an annual loss in the United States of 

 $12,000,000 in fruit and an expenditure of $3,000,000 to 

 $4,000,000 for sprays and labor for spraying. However, 

 spraying with arsenical sprays saves 90 to 95 per cent of 

 the crop. 



Spraying machines are as much a part of modern 

 orchard and garden tools as pruning shears and culti- 

 vators. There is not an orchard, garden or farm that 

 would not be better for their use. Indeed, in some cases, 

 it is almost a question of abandoning the cultivation of 

 certain crops or the use of spraying machines for their 

 protection. It is quite feasible for neighbors to co-oper- 

 ate in the purchase of an outfit. 



He who does not spray from this time on will be left 

 behind in the race for success in the market and his sup- 

 ply of fruits will be deficient in both quantity and quality. 



