Show etow w on n f at a recent farm tanners ers invention convention prot prof durrill ot of the waivers Ua ivers ot of nil gave to his hearers a piece ot of information that ho he said eald had not yet got into the books it was relative to the first spraying ot of fruit and trees to or r fungous diseases it has been believed that in the case care of most ot of these pests pest tho the spores lived over on the twigs ot of the trees it was advised to spray baray before the blossoms were open tor for the purpose of killing these colonies ot of spores fruit raisers have been religiously carrying out instructions instruct lona in this regard and the experiment stations have been sending out spraying calendars year by year in which the fruit ralser raiser Is advised to spray before the opening ot of the blossoms but now it has been found that the theory ot of the spores living over on the twigs Is erroneous the spores live over on the leaves that tall fall to the ground and lie there till spring with the first breath of spring these spores ripen sufficiently to hoat in the air and as soon as the young leat begins to expand they find a lodgment there and begin their lle life work it Is therefore useless to spray at the earliest time indicated in most ot of our books on spraying this discovery will add much to the comfort of the tor for it will decrease his times of 0 spraying it also adds greatly to hla his hopes tor for it the spores live over on the dead leaves the proper way to get rid ot of them Is to destroy the leaves this may be done by clean cultivation plowing under the leaves that escape the burning |