New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 141 
TABLE II.—ToTAL YIELD AND VALUE OF SPRAYED AND UNSPRAYED 
ASPARAGUS, 1899. . 

Totals 1%: BUNCHES. VALUE. 
SOOM iy) Se ME ep Os nsf ow EL eg 
pounds. Primes. Culls Total. Primes. Culls. Total. 
Sprayed TOW...%.. 438.2 118.6 27.4 146.0 $16.61 $1.64 $18.25 
Unsprayed row... 258.4 53.0 33.0 86.0 7.42 1.98 ~ 9.40 
ee ematical 
MITEEeCNCeS .. s,s: 179.8 65.6, —5.6 60.0 9.19 —0.34 8.85 


ed 
Percentage of gain 69.5 123.75 —17.0 70.0 123.75 —17.0 94.00 
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Table II shows: First, that the total yield by weight, and by 
bunches, of the sprayed row was nearly three-fourths more than 
that of the unsprayed row; second, that the prime bunches from 
the sprayed row were more than double the prime bunches 
. obtained from the unsprayed row, while the culls from the un- 
Sprayed exceed the number of culls obtained from the sprayed 
row. The same conditions hold in values. These results are 
more marked when expressed in percentages. It should be 
remembered that each row represents one-fifteenth of an acre; 
from this it can be estimated that the total gain in value from 
Spraying an entire acre would have amounted to $132.75. 
The results brought out in the foregoing tables show distinctly 
that spraying asparagus to prevent the rust ;was not only a 
decided benefit to the sprayed rows but also to the grower, the 
value received for the increased yield being more than double 
the cost of spraying. 
At the time of selecting the above field the growth was too 
young to show any appreciable difference in the rows. The 
three side rows were chosen as they could be reached with long 
leads of hose from the side of the field and in this way avoid 
driving over them. Later in the fall the indications were that 
the three sprayed rows had been in better condition previous to 
spraying than any of the unsprayed portion of the field. This 
difference may all have resulted from the spraying. I order to 
eliminate the advantage which outside rows usually show, the 
middle row of the sprayed belt was selected for keeping record 
