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Show SPRAYING ACTIVITY NOW UNDER WAY By JOHN E. BLAZZARD, District Inspector. Fruit tree spraying Ls taking cn new life in the county, at least in a few communities. Already the fumes of lime sulphur spray are noticeable In the air, showing that some oi our fruit growers are alive to the advantages Gf a thorou-dormant thorou-dormant spray on trees from w' Vney expect a good return. Many orchardists are relu to spray for fear the frost again rcb them of a crop. A ter attitude would be to sprav gardless of the frost menace., surance men say "Better to be : sured and never need it than -j need insurance and not be j e sured." Such a statement cou' -well be applied to our conditions ; as to spraying. Should we have a bumper crop this year and our spraying is not taken care of in a business like way, it would mean many dollars loss in wormy and unmarketable fruit. All fruit trees worth owning are worth the expense of a lime sulphur sul-phur spray. Now, before the trees are in bloom is the ideal time to apply this spray. (To spray blooming bloom-ing trees with poisonous substances is illegal.) This spray should be mixed at the rate of 25 pounds of lime sulphur to each 100 gallons of water. For peaches, three pounds of lead arsenate should be added to each 100 gallons of solution. For peaches this spray should be applied ap-plied while the trees are in the pink bud stage. Thoroughness in the application is necessary to success suc-cess in spraying. Purchase the materials ma-terials and spray before it is too late. |