| Show METHODS OF SPRAYING TREES maine experimental station bindi combination which may be used with perfect safety in response to numerous request for information on the subject of pre paring and use of lime sulphur in op chard spraying the maine agrical tural experiment station has issued a bulletin which goes lato the mattai quite fully it says in part during the past few years there bai been a marked change in the methodi of spraying Epra ying apple trees the most am being a quite general aution of lime sulphur for bordeaux bor deaul mixture as a fungicide there is ably no better material than bordeaux bor deaul mixture in use today for the control of apple scab but unfortunately it I 1 frequently the cause of serious dam age to both foliage and fruit it the weather conditions are right the circular gives a list of a large number of varieties of apples with the relative resistance of each to this spray it it not recommended that who have been using bordeaux mix turo successfully on resistant varieties change to lime sulphur on the other hand those who have experienced any difficulty with it or who are growing varieties known to be susceptible to sifting lime wash to prevent clog ging nozzle this spray or who are uncertain whether or not bordeaux mixture may be safely used on the varieties they have are strongly advised to use lime sulphur this station has found that this latter in combination with arsen ate of lead may be used with perfect safety on the den davis and baldwin apple trees while bordeaux mixture applied at the same time and in the manner resulted in injury to foil age or fruit or both for the small grower or the man with but few trees it Is doubt leoe more satisfactory to purchase one of the standard brands of commercial lime sulphur concentrates but for one with an orchard of any size it is en larely another matter he should pur chase the raw materials and prepare the concentrate at home the circa lar in question gives detailed bons how to prepare home cooked lime sulphur how to test this with the hydrometer to determine its density and ches tables for dilution of dit terent densities tor dormant sprays find for summer spraying this latter information Is also valuable to the man who purchases one of the corn hercial ner cial brands of lime sulphur the density of this also should bo determined in the same manner and diluted according to the tables strawberries the growing of the la important on the farm because it Is one of the earliest fruits and it is one of the best fruits that can be grown coming in at a time of th year when it will supply the place that nothing else wah supply on the table and we aa farmers ought to have the best we can grow upon the farm and a liberal cupply of strawberries every year a good liberal planting every year will do much toward making farm life more pleasant plea Lant more congenial and give us something that is valuable on the table for three or tour weeks yield depends on care the strawberry is a plant that can be made to produce anything from one hundred to one thousand dollars worth of fruit per acre according to the kind of work you put on it if you choose a good rich soil say plowing under a crop of clover then heavily fertilizing with well comported composted com posted manore and giving it careful cultivation through the entire you win bare your ground in a condition U any amount of it |
