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Show thoroughly. Within 10 days 1 repeated the process. Nothing more was done with the tree until about the last ol July. When I discovered that the codling mot li were shooting the outside out-side of the npples, I sprayed It once more. When harvest time came 1 nad the pleasure of picking (for the first time In H years) beautiful apples, and to my great astonishment on measuring them, found I had ten bushels, for which I obtained $10. "The next year we had no crop, but In lit 10, the tree was laden to the, ground. Having learned more regard Ing the codling moth, was better able to do more efficient and better work with the spray pump. When the time arrived for picking the apples I was greatly astonished to see that I had 15 bushels of beautiful large green apples entirely free from worms, for which I received $1.50 per bushel or $22. "i0, while my neighbors who neglected neg-lected spraying and pruning received practically no profit from their apple crop. Was also very successful with the remainder of my apple and pear crop, my liartlelt pears being 9S per cent free from worms, Jonathan apples ap-ples 90 per cent, Sweet Hough and Yellow Transparent 95 per cent, Wealthy 90 per cent." It Pays To Spray. Discussing the question, whether it pays to spray and prune orchards when others di.-reg'ird the law, J O Suii'J). of tail Mill Crek. deputy hortleii'.nir il inspector f"r Salt I. ike County aid today: "For 11 y.v.rs t w -i'c'i -d ili ai i fall from a lirp.' Hhiuic Isiand Ore i,. ing tree that win planted In 1V, After r-ad'.ng a luVetin f.-oni the I'tah Agricultural Colli ge I decided to adhere ad-here to the Iii-i: ructions carefully, which I did with the following results: In the yeir I'.'OX I pruned the tree anil also ttcraped the rough bark from It. When the spring came the tree gave promUe of an abundant ban est, an. Jut ss the ground was irwide white by the falhi.g ieuls 1 brought out my spray lump, and with a pressure of 153 to 130 pound, sprayed the tree |