1908. 
SENSIBLE SPRAYING NOTES. 
Use of Bordeaux.— In spraying first 
know what you arc spraying for. I have 
many times talked with growers about 
spraying for San Jose scale, and they 
thought they would be able to control 
the scale if they sprayed carefully with 
Bordeaux, whereas Bordeaux Mixture is 
a fungicide and not at all effective 
against insects. In spraying for San 
Jose all practical remedies are best ap¬ 
plied in the dormant season before buds 
burst. Whatever the remedy used, to 
get best results the entire surface of 
the trunk, branches and twigs of trees 
treated must be coated with the mixture. 
The oil sprays penetrate into the crev¬ 
ices more readily than caustic washes 
and should never be applied so heavily 
that the spray material runs down 
trunk of trees and saturates soil at sur¬ 
face of ground; damage has often fol¬ 
lowed from this cause. Best results 
have been attained with sprays used for 
San Jose scale, when the material was 
applied at high pressure (80 to 120 
pounds) and nozzles one to two feet 
from branches being sprayed. But in 
practice it is only possible to get nozzles 
that close when small trees are being 
sprayed, as it takes much longer to spray 
large trees in that manner. 
Lime and Sulphur.— These sprays 
show white or yellowish white after 
drying, and so all parts of tree not 
touched by spray can be readily de¬ 
tected. It is not necessary to spray until 
branches drip, but get all branches cov¬ 
ered with the spray material even if 
some do drip. Don’t try to spray lime- 
sulphur mixture against wind; it is a 
very disagreeable operation, and im¬ 
possible to do a thorough job unless 
trees are very small (one to four years 
set). The practice generally followed is 
to spray with the wind and thoroughly 
wet all branches on that side, then spray 
from the other side when the wind 
changes. This has some disagreeable 
features, as in the Spring we often have 
the wind for days in one direction, but 
I do not think that trees of large size 
can be sprayed thoroughly in any other 
manner. If the tree cannot be entirely 
covered in spraying from two sides I 
would spray from the third and fourth 
side. In controlling scale on badly in¬ 
fested trees of large size, the work 
must be carefully and thoroughly done. 
In spraying with lime-sulphur I have 
worn an ordinary spray outfit consist- 
of broadbrim felt hat, jumper, overalls 
and on hands large unlined firm leather 
mittens or gloves, greased with mutton 
tallow or with a little warm coal tar 
well rubbed in palms of mittens. 
Blankets made of one thickness of bur¬ 
lap or old bran sacks will keep the 
horses and harness clean; if you are 
spraying with the wind, the rubber 
blankets, coats, gloves, goggles, etc., are 
unnecessary. With good pump, all con¬ 
nections, shut-offs, hose, nozzles, etc., of 
the best, and spraying with the wind, it 
is but little more disagreeable to apply 
than Bordeaux. 
Making Bordeaux. —In making Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture much has heretofore 
been said about having each ingredient 
diluted in about one-half the quantity of 
water, to be used in completed mixture, 
and then the two parts poured together 
into the spray tank. It has been found 
in actual practice that just as good a 
Bordeaux can be made by diluting one 
of the ingredients in spray tank with a 
barge proportion of the water to be 
used in the mixture and then add the 
other ingredients in a concentrated solu¬ 
tion. For example, we will take a 100- 
gallon spra) 1, tank, and we have decided 
to use the 3-3-50 formula. This will 
require six pounds of copper sulphate 
and six pounds of stone lime to the 100- 
gallon tank. The six pounds of lime 
could be slaked (if not in stock mix¬ 
ture) and diluted in tank to about 80 
or 90 gallons, then the six pounds of 
THE RURA.L 
copper sulphate dissolved in five or six 
gallons of water could be added, the 
mixture stirred well and enough water 
to make 100 gallons added and then ap¬ 
plied, or the operation could be reversed 
and the copper sulphate first diluted to 
80 gallons and a concentrated lime wash 
made from six pounds of stone lime 
added, with enough water to make 100 
gallons. The 3-3-50 formula is now re¬ 
commended by the New York State Ex¬ 
periment Station, as experiments con¬ 
ducted by that and other stations show 
that every thorough spraying with the 
old 6-4-50 and 5-5-50 formulas if fol¬ 
lowed by rainy, misty weather produced 
the russeting of fruit and dropping 
of foliage known as Bordeaux injury, 
that in many instances has proved al¬ 
most as effective as the 6-4-50 against 
the more dilute 3-3-50 formula was al¬ 
most as effective as the 6-4-50 against 
fungus, and but little Bordeaux injury 
resulted. Spraying with Bordeaux is 
best done with the wind and trees 
should be sprayed from both sides to 
get best results, using nozzles that 
break the mixture into a fine spray and 
allowing the wind to carry it through 
all parts of the trees. In making stock 
solutions for Bordeaux hang 50 pounds 
of copper sulphate in a 50 gallon cask 
nearly full of water, having bag con¬ 
taining copper sulphate only partially 
immersed in water. It should dissolve 
in 24 hours. When all dissolved fill 
cask with water, stir up and you have a 
one pound to gallon stock solution. The 
lime can be slaked and make in a simi¬ 
lar stock solution, but must be well 
stirred every time before dipping out 
for use. These stock solutions should 
be kept covered to prevent evaporation 
of water or they become more concen¬ 
trated. Arsenical poisons are usually 
applied with Bordeaux mixture, Paris- 
green, arsenate of soda or lime and ar¬ 
senate of lead being forms usually used. 
_B. d. v. B. 
“You say the officer arrested you 
while you were quietly minding your 
own business?” “Yes, your worship. 
He caught me suddenly by the coat col¬ 
lar and threatened to strike me with his 
truncheon unless I accompanied him to 
the station.” “You were quietly attend¬ 
ing to your business; making no noise 
or disturbance of any kind?” “None 
whatever.” “It seems very strange. 
What is your business?” “He’s a burg¬ 
lar, your worship,” said the constable.— 
London Globe. 
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