OCR Text |
Show IN FAVOR OF SPRAYING. The September exhibition meeting of the Alton, 111 , Horticultural society wan held September 13th. ut JerHevllle and lhe exhll It of apples there was a good demonstration of the value of sprn)lng Among the exhibitors weie W. U I'arlin, l)i A K an Home, I p snedeker of Jersejvllle and Ml Pitt of (Ireeno tnunl The fiull inhibited by theie pirtles wus uhsolutelj trfett. with not a blemish blem-ish In be found cither from Insect or fungi. How did thev do II? the) spinved Hut thai does not tell It nil Often hive I heard parlies say that the have spraved and their neighbors did not jet hud Just as goo I fruit ns the 'lhe men who pioduced lhe line samples were thoiough, used lhe best pump, to which was atliuhed the best nozzle lhe mist like vpruv wis sent to ever part of tht tree covering both sides of ever leif 1 his wan done with the most eaiefully niintireil mlxluie and repeated often Now foi the man who reguuls sprn-lug sprn-lug as an uitticicsaar expenditure, which Indeed II Is for him Ihe wa he does It He biiK Iho cheapest outnt he tan tlnd perhaps one of those little lit-tle tin ml concerns, with which he sural b , till his trees some of them fort) )care , old b) standing on the giound Having Hav-ing considerable of an oichanl he ma) Invest in n luge spru)er. one that Is attached lo a banel Willi this he dilvss between two ions anil without with-out slopping the teiini spru)s two ions at tune The agent iels him that the outnt. although ver) cheap Is Just at, good and In some tespei ts superior to the hlgh-prlted ones nnd having no good leusoii to doubt the mun word he bites, and of tourse gits a nose bile himself Then there are others who never nre thorough In ail) thing the) attempt to do Hive them the best sprnjer to be had unci they would fall In lhe result. Ill the tlrst d ite lhe) would nut pre-prfir pre-prfir the mixture accurate!) Finding the Job rather dUigieeable the) would decide lo get thiough uaqultkly as po. slide, guessing that It will do un wu), xi lung as most of the tree Is covered W hen the next time for spnolng tomes, torn planting or cultivating will be regarded re-garded us more Important and the nasi) Job will I io Isfened until too late, or altogether I have even seen men gel out of palknte because lhe noazle clicked up ociaslonnll) take off the noMle spread the stream with thilr (111-ger (111-ger nnd go ahead It is this kind of men who tell how ihe) sprn)cU until the tiees falrl) dripped and )ei their neighbors had Just as good upples Ths time has torn when lo glow good apples we must sirn) and do It thorough!) thor-ough!) Those vvhii do not intend to do this should let npple-giowlng alone |