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J ; Notes on Practical Spraying : J 
R eviewing conditions. — The 
time is at hand when we must 
resume our battle with the in¬ 
sect and fungous enemies of the 
orchard and field, and each year I 
find it of advantage to review the work 
of the past season and appraise the use¬ 
fulness of the measures used, with the 
hope of learning how to make the com¬ 
ing campaign more successful, easier, or 
less expensive. This is not easy, nor 
always possible, for each season presents 
its peculiarities of weather and disease 
incidence that make every year present 
us with a set of problems that will be 
met best by the farmer who is most fam¬ 
iliar with the life histories of his various 
enemies, and who keeps best posted on 
the methods worked out by the experi¬ 
ment stations and others who have the 
equipment and time for the elaborate, 
painstaking investigations needed. The 
spraying calendars issued l\v the various 
stations are thoroughly reliable in a gen¬ 
eral way, yet it cannot be too often said 
that every farm and orchard has its own 
problems, and requires for the best suc¬ 
cess that the owner have brains and use 
them. Blind following of even good form¬ 
ulae will only produce mediocre results. 
Winter Spraying. —Having seen no 
scale for a couple of years, I omitted the 
Winter spray last year, making up for the 
omission in part, by using the early 
Spring spray stronger than usual, 1.02 
by the hydrometer. This spraying was 
started when the buds commenced to 
open and was not completed until just 
as the blossoms unfolded. During the 
last few days, the lime-sulphur strength 
was reduced to 1.018 and no spray injury 
was observed. As time goes on, I ’use 
higher spraying pressures, because the 
high pressure puts on more spray in a 
given time, and the nozzles keep cleaner. 
Last season we worked mostly at pres¬ 
sures between 200 and 225 pounds. 
These pressures use a little more spray 
per tree than lower pressures would, and 
call for large strong pumps and engines, 
but they save time, and time is most 
precious with us during the spraying per¬ 
iod. To cover 15,000 trees during two 
weeks is a task that calls for good plan¬ 
ning and rlie use of all our resources to 
the utmost. Every year teaches anew the 
importance of taking the greatest care 
to have all supplies in readiness and the 
apparatus thouglily overhauled and in 
perfect condition, and we only feel safe 
with reserve equipment to provide against 
the unforeseen breakdown. 
Formulas Used. —The well established 
lime-sulpluir. Borbeaux and arsenate of 
lead have maintained their position dur¬ 
ing the year, and will probably continue 
to do so for some time, with tobacco ex¬ 
tract or nicotine, miscible oils, and self- 
boiled or atomic sulphur for special 
cases. As a general fungicide and scale 
killer, lime-sulphur in the different 
strengths fills the largest field with mo. 
As a Winter cleaning-up and scale spray, 
lime-sulpluir of the hydrometer strength 
of 1.025 or 1.020. thoroughly applied, 
does the work well, while as a Summer 
spray when the foliage is out. a strength 
of 1.01 to 1.015 has controlled most fungi 
easily and cheaply, and the question of 
cheapness is quite important now, with 
fruit prices at their present and pros¬ 
pective level. In recommending lime-sul¬ 
phur as a fungicide, let me not fail to 
call attention to the fact that it should 
not he used on potatoes at any time. It 
serves as an efficient fungicide, hut it 
stunts the growth of the vines and dimin¬ 
ishes the crop considerably. On pota¬ 
toes use only Bordeaux as a fungicide, 
and combine it with arsenate of lead in 
preference to Paris green, for the large 
amount of arsenic needed now to kill the 
potato bugs makes any form except a 
really insoluble one unsafe. I find it 
best to add the arsenate to each spraying 
of potatoes, for even though there ap¬ 
pears to be no hugs left from the pre¬ 
vious spraying, I find that with the 
growth of fresh foliage, a crop of bugs 
also appears in a few days, and damage 
occurs, not only from the foliage eaten, 
but from the injury to the tissues, which 
gives ready entrance to the blight spores. 
(Concluded on patjc Stiff) 
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years’ actual use has proven it to be the most economical, 
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CONSIDER THIS COMPARISON 
ICO pounds of Niagara Soluble Sulphur Compound 
is equivalent to COO pounds of commercial lime-sulphur 
solution. Why pay freight on water? 
Niagara Soluble Sulphur Compound is at least 25% cheaper 
to use than any other material, when it is considered that a 
100-pound drum makes 60% more spray than a barrel of lime- 
sulphur solution; less expense in hauling and handling; no loss 
from leakage and crystallization; keeps indefinitely, and no 
empty barrel to return. 
Standard 100-lb. drum 
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INSTANT APHISCIDE, All its name implies. Unreservedly 
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One Barrel o_f"Sca.lecide 
Will Spray as many Trees asThree Barrels of 
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Don’t Stop Spraying 
It i.s easier to keep up than catch up. It 
takes two years for treoH to bear after the 
foliage is destroyed. Remember, too. that 
dormant spraying is important, and n 
Bomo states spraying la compulsory 
Sprayed fruit is good fruit, and good fruit 
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