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body of the machine may be used, or a 
lead of hose may be run from the tank 
and the spray directed by the operator. 
If a rod is used, the Y-shaped nozzle will 
be found advantageous, the nozzles being 
directed downwards and the spray strik¬ 
ing the plant from both sides at once, in 
spraying hush fruits, a lead of hose from 
the spray tank will he necessary, using 
the same type of nozzle ns suggested for 
strawberries. Start, at. the top of the 
plant and work toward the base, having 
the nozzle pointing down ; then reverse 
the nozzle and work from the base to the 
top of the plant. It is preferable to spray 
each side of the plant. This practice will 
insure a thorough application of the ma¬ 
terial. In spraying tree fruits, the spray- 
gun is rapidly replacing the use of the 
spray-rod, especially in large trees, It 
is advisable to spray both sides of the 
trees, which may he accomplished by driv¬ 
ing between the rows. If a tower is used, 
and it is advisable for very large trees, 
the man on the tower using a gun should 
spray from the top down. It is a good 
practice when using a tower to have a 
man on the ground applying the spray 
to the lower portions of the tree. A lead 
of hose run from the tank will permit of 
the ground man using a rod or a gun. 
He should spray from the base of the tree 
towards the top. The particular ypquire- 
ments of any given planting may make 
it advisable to vary these general prin¬ 
ciples as to method of application or sug¬ 
gestions as to the particular equipment 
to use. 
Spraying vs. Dusting. The applica¬ 
tion of spray materials in dust form is a 
comparatively recent development. Dust¬ 
ing materials are rapidly being perfected, 
as is the machinery with which tne.v may 
he applied. This method has advantage. 
It prevents the making of solutions, the 
cartage of water, permits more vapid ap¬ 
plication of material at critical periods. 
A dusting outfit being lighter than a spray 
rig. permits its use in an orchard when 
the ground is in such condition as to be 
prohibitive to a spray rig. Dust should 
he applied early or late in the day. when 
air currents are at a minimum. The 
presence of dew is not necessary for ef¬ 
fective dusting. This method requires 
skill to secure even distribution, cannot 
be used on windy days, and will not re¬ 
place spraying for the dormant applica¬ 
tion. \ ery favorable control has been 
secured by this method. The grower 
should acquaint himself with the details 
of the practice before discarding the use 
of liquid sprays for dust. 
G. L. IIOERNER. 
more profits from apples, grapes and stone frnit 
Dusting with Dosch Dusts is profit insurance 
Professor H. H. Whetzel, plant 
pathologist of Cornell University, 
says: A.n apple orchard dusted but 
three times, showed 91 c /c absolutely 
scab-free fruits as against 97.5% 
scabby on undusted trees of the 
same variety in the same orchard. " 
Dusting with Dosch Dusts has be¬ 
come recognized by growers and 
scientific men as being the easiest, 
most inexDensive and most effective 
method of protecting crops from fun¬ 
gous diseases and insect pests. 
Dusting is Easier 
—because Dosch Dusting Machinery 
is light and simple in construction. A 
light rig can go where a heavy rig 
would be mired. There is no intricate 
machinery. There is no water to 
haul. 
Dusting is Most Inexpensive 
because, aside from the actual sav¬ 
ing in cost of equipment, more acreage 
can be covered in a shorter time— 
with one-fifth the usual labor. 
Dusting is More Effective 
— because the minute particles of 
Dosch Dust can penetrate out-of-the- 
way places on the crop and foliage— 
that would remain untouched by 
other means. This extra fineness of 
Dosch Dusts and the special ‘‘sticker” 
which they contain mean that Dosch 
Dusts will go everywhere- - and stick. 
Dosch Dusts will conquer Scab, 
Codling Moth on Apples, Brown 
Rot on Stone Fruit, Plum Curculio, 
Black Rot on Grapes—as well as 
other Diseases and Insects. 
The Dosch Research Department, 
composed of prominent plant-experts 
will send you Bulletins (results of 
actual experience) explaining the pro¬ 
tection cf any crop. Write this De¬ 
partment about your trouble. 
Ask particularly about Prof. Sanders' 
new bulletin on “Dusting and Spray¬ 
ing the Apple”. 
See the nearest dealer who sells 
Dosch Dusts and Dusting Machinery, 
or write us for his name and address. 
Dosch Orchard Duster with 
Delco Engine 
Special OffenDOSCH Garden 
Duster and one pound DUST 
for waitable and flower dusting 
V OCX*CM 
GARDEN 
DUSTER. 
VyfW\y Dosch 
Cf Traction 
Power 
Vegetable and Cotton Duster 
Dosch Chemical 
Company, Inc. 
Louisville, Ky. 
Pacific Coas Distributor 
F. A. FRAZIER 
283 Rim Si., San Francisco, Cal. 
Fruit-eating Bees and Birds 
I was glad l<> see Mr. Massey come to 
the defense of the bees in the matter of 
eating or otherwise destroying fruit. Any 
observer knows well that before bees 
could attack fruit it would need to be 
injured or override. They cannot pierce 
the skin, and that is no doubt one of the 
uses of fruit skins. 
I would like, in another way. to lake 
up the case of cherries, so mauy of which 
are eaten by birds, mostly robins. My 
observation is that birds will not eat 
fruit to any extent till it is ripe, so that 
if the cherry owner will go to gathering 
his crops the day the birds begin he will 
get them. The robin will generally wait 
till the day wlieu he considers the crop 
to he ripe, and then he will often descend 
on the trees in such numbers that the 
fruit is gone in a very short time. Of 
course one would like to be allowed to 
let the fruit remain on the trees a con¬ 
siderable time, as with other fruit, but 
nothing short of a gauze covering will 
protect it. so why not make a virtue of 
necessity and take the crop as soon as 
good judges—the birds—are pronouncing 
it fit? 
Of course this advice applies mostly to 
farmers who do not raise a large crop of 
cherries. It is true that it is just these 
who would like to allow the cherries to 
hang as long ns they will, but present 
conditions will not permit. So the way 
is'to raise cherries, as many as you want, 
but he as prompt as the birds are. and 
you will get them. I have no patience 
with people who complain that their cher¬ 
ries were all taken by birds when I know 
that they made no effort to pick them 
when the birds began on them. j. w. c. 
New York. 
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