248 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



Pupa, chrysalis and millers, 

 Fungi mixed with caterpillars, 



Let us spray. 

 Be they plump, or thin, or flaccid, 

 Bring to bear on them the acid, 

 That's the way to make 'em placid, 



Let us £pray." 



The spraying of plants and trees has come 

 to be recognized as not only one of the most 

 important operations that the orchardists are 

 called upon to perform, but an absolute neces- 

 sity if we expect the business to yield either 

 pleasure or profit. In many instances it has 

 been found that without the use of sprays of 

 some kind or other, it is impossible to preserve 

 the beauty, or even the life of many of our 

 shade trees, on our lawns and along the streets 

 of our towns and cities. 



It shall not be our purpose to say just when 

 and what material we should use in spraying- 

 This may all be gotten from the many splendid 

 Bulletins which are being issued by the various 

 Experiment Stations, as well as by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington. Every 

 fruit grower should keep in touch with these 

 source! of i„fo™a.io„, rL»bering *a, *ese 

 Bulletins are the results of the research work 

 of many of the best men in the country. I^en 

 who are devoting their lives to the particular 



