How to Spray With “Scalecide” 
The late lamented Prof. M. V. Slingerland of the New York Experi¬ 
ment Station, Ithaca, N. Y., in an address shortly before his death, stated 
that one-half of the spraying done was imperfectly done. This being a 
fact, the results from the use of “SCALECIDE” are truly wonderful, 
one enthusiastic user saying that “SCALECIDE” killed 100 per cent of 
all the scale hit and 90 per cent that it did not hit. This is due to its 
wonderful spreading and penetrating properties. 
Success Depends on Application 
The first thing is to get a good pump. If you have a large orchard, get a power spinycr 
from any reliable manufacturer. If only a small orchard, a barrel fitted with a good 'J‘ in( " 
power pump will do. In any event, have a pressure gauge fitted to the air cylinder, llavc 
plenty of hose, 20 to 40 feet, according to the 
size of your trees and an 8 or 10 foot extension 
rod with the finest spray nozzle you can get. 
There is no danger of clogging where “SCALE¬ 
CIDE” is used unless there was trash in the 
water mixed with it. By using a fine nozzle, any 
good man can maintain a pressure of 100 to 125 
pounds even with a hand-pump. 
Commence spraying on the outer limbs of the 
tree, moving the nozzle around in a circle gradu¬ 
ally working to the center of the tree. Always 
spray from two sides, and if the trees are large 
three or four sides is better. 
Don’t neglect the highest solitary branch, but 
best of all trim out all scraggly limbs; in fact, 
do all your trimming, if possible, before you 
start spraying. Spray until every particle is 
thoroughly drenched from the top-most twig 
down to the ground. Don’t be afraid of wetting 
the roots (it is the best remedy for the Woolly 
Aphis) for every scale you do not hit may live 
to "hit” you some other day. 
Don’t use a Bordeaux or coarse nozzle and 
low pressure, or a nozzle eaten out with Lime- 
Sulphur. It will not do satisfactory work, al¬ 
though better possibly than with Lime-Sulphur. 
If your trees are large and high, get up in 
the center of the tree (“SCALECIDE” will not 4 %,, 
hurt you even if you are soaked with .it) and with the extension-rod, spray from 
the inside of the tree out and then spray from the outside. If your nozzle is put 
on with a 45-degree elbow like this you can reach around the large limbs from one 
side. 
Spraying Large Trees with * SCALECIDE 1 ’ Man with extension rod 
in crotch of the tree spraying from the inside. 
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