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Show soou aS trees can be raised for the I purpose. ' Alkali ruinous. On the other hand, the . branches I placed in alkalies have been killed, or the leaves spotted in a wonderful variety va-riety of bcrns Whllo these , experiments experi-ments and the ones n trees In the orchard have not been carried as far as i necessary to arrive at positive deductions, yet the results so far In- I diealo that the Utah people are nearer j the truth when they assert that the i injures to trees in Grand Junet.on ' are due to alkaline soils rather than to arsenical spraying. As this question of spraying is one that Is uppermost In the mluis of orcharding, or-charding, the final results or the Utah ' experiments will be awaited with in- terest throughout the country. j j COLORADO FALLACY - . . PUT TO FLIGHT Alleged Injury of Arsenic Spraying it - Disproved by Pro-. ' fesnor Titu. j Logan, Aug. 17. Pro(es6r Titua is condacUng experiment al tho AgrI- j cultural colloge which are designed 1 lo prove or disprove the statements of tho Colorado Agricultural college experts that spraying with arsenic is ruinous to fruit trees. This claim has been made In bulletins bulle-tins published by tho Colorado experiment experi-ment BUtlon, with tho result that the Crand -Junction orchardleta havo f topped arseulc spraying, much to the detriment of their orchards Tho Utah people assort their belief- that the troublo is with, the alkatme soils and rot the arsenical compounds used la spraying. " A Drastic Test. ' ''' ,J dtermine the true bialua of tbla controToryey. Professor Titus has ., Placed branches of trees In chlorides. ; i. carbonates, nulphatcs. nitrates and - arsenical compound which make up the alkalies to determlno the effects. H baa also run arsenical compounds into branches, into the veins of trees, end has surrounded the bark with poisonous liquids. Into some trees ho J,a8 nn arsenical compounds uufflclont to spray the- treo twice a vcar for a Hundred years, yet uo appreciable ef-ect ef-ect has come of it. In fact, evory W11 .Ifcation, except through the root directly, has beu made, and the root method will be applied as |