treatment, the crop was, in spite of the fact the trees were 
small and the blossoms very light, worth two and a half dol- 
lars per tree, Previous to this time the owners had not real- 
ized anvthing from the orchard. 
"The vield of apples obtained from the sprayed trees in 
the orchard cf the station, is at least double that from the 
unspraved trees, and when, as in the case here, tne yieid per 
tree ts in the neighberhocd of ten bushels on the sprayed tr 
trees, the profits from spraying are easily above two dollars 
per tree. In several «cf the Gemonstratvion orchards, the prof 
its were even more marked than these given abeve,. 
In an oreherd where thare aré forty trees. per acré, with 
an ocutlay of less than twenty cents per tree or eight dollars 
per acre, the orchard can be made to pay from eighty toa 
hundred dollars more than it weuld otherwise neve peaia, No ve 
one can doubt the wisdom of the investment. The average farn- 
er would not hesitate to invest a like amount in fertilizers 
for His crops, if he were sure of a preporticnate increase 
in the vield. The orchardist cannet negiect spraying any 
more then he can allow his fields to go unfertilizea," 
It is well said thet half of the profits of fruit grow- 
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