COST OF SPBAYING 



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

 its results ' 



In Arkansas 400 gallons of mixture were requir€t,d 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 11.25 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 little less 

 than Z\ cents a tree for the one appUcation, making a total 



' 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. 

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