524 TwBNTY-FiEST Biennial Bepoet 



work. As Professor Beatty, of "Washington State College, says, 

 "You only kill what you hit." I might add, "And then only 

 when you hit it hard enough." We never expect the best results 

 with less than 200 pounds pressure. 



None of the fruit or foliage was scorched, neither were the 

 pump valves ground out by the mixture as some would have you 

 think home-made lime sulphur will do. Also at harvesting time I 

 think we found not over a dozen scabby apples and these were Mc- 

 intosh Reds, a variety very susceptible to scab, and none were con- 

 demned for scale. If anyone did better with high priced commer- 

 cial spray I would like to hear from him. 



I believe, when properly diluted, the low testing home-made 

 sprays are as good as the more concentrated commercial ones. At 

 least they gave as good results. Of course they are not worth so 

 much per barrel, but at the price I paid in Montana and especially 

 at the price the growers were furnished at Clarkston, there was 

 a considerable saving. 



Take, for instance, what it cost me in Missoula. The commer- 

 cial spray testing 32 degrees cost $12 per barrel. This would 

 make 8% barrels of diluted spray testing four degrees, at a cost 

 of $1.41 per barrel. The home-made spray, testing 25 degrees, cost 

 $6.25 per barrel and would make six barrels diluted to the same 

 strength, at a cost of $1.04, or a saving of 37 cents ou every barrel 

 diluted for use. Practically $1.50 saved on each 200 gallon tank 

 of spray used. This in a season would make quite a neat little 

 sum. And I for one would rather keep that money than give it 

 to the manufacturer of spray. 



OBSERVATIONS ON COMMERCIAL PEACH GROWING IN 



KENTUCKY. 



J. H. Carmody, Lexington, Ky. 



The peach industry in our state has been attracting consider- 

 able attention recently because of the facts, first: That there have 

 been no serious frost injuries in the past two seasons; because of 

 the liberal profits made by some of the peach growers, and because, 

 also, of the quick returns derived from young orchards of this 

 fruit. 



The conditions necessary for successful peach growing in Ken- 

 tucky resemble, of course, the conditions required in other fruit 

 districts. Many of the great peach growing sections are located 



