Show METHODS OF SPRAYING TREES maine experimental station fandi combination which may be used with perfect safety in onEO to numerous requests tt for information on the subject of pre paring and use of lime sulphur in or chard spraying the maine lural experiment station has issued bulletin which goes into the mattei quite fully it says in part during the past few years there ha been a marked change in the methodi of apra ing apple trees the most am being a quite general aution of lime sulphur fo bordea ui mixture as a fungicide there Is ably no better material than bordeaux ui mixture in use today for the control of apple scab but unfortunately it it frequently the cause of serious dam age to bogli foliage and fruit it th loather conditions are right the dp calaf gives a list of a large gumbei of varieties of apples with the relative resistance of each to this spray it la not recommended that who have been using bordeaux mix turo successfully on resistant varieties change to lime sulphur on the hand those ft bo have experienced any difficulty with it or who are growing arleele ar letle cnown to be susceptible to sifting almo wash to prevent clog fling bozle this spray or who are uncertain whether or not bordeaux mixture may 1 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 arson ate of lead may be used with perfect safety on the ben dails and baldwin acyle trees while bordeaux mixture applied at the same time and in the game manner resulted in injury to foil age or fruit or both for the adall grower or the man wah but jew trees it Is doubt leoa more satisfactory to purchase one of pie standard brands of commercial lime sulphur concentrates but tor one with an orchard ot any size it Is en another matter lie should purchase the raw materials and prepare the concentrate at home the lar in question gives detailed instructions liow to prepare home cooked time sulphur bow to test this with the hydrometer to determine its density and gives tables for dilution of alt ferent densities tor dormant sprays and for summer spraying this latter information Is also valuable to the man who purchases one of the corn brands of lime sulphur the density of this also should be determined in the same manner and diluted to the tables strawberries thal growing of the strawberry Is important on the farm because it is one of the earliest fruits and it Is ono of the best fruits that can bo grown coming in at a time of the year when it will supply the place that nothing else will supply on the table and we s farmers ought to have ehg best we an grow upon the farm and a liberal supply of strawberries every year a good liberal planting every year w do much toward making farm lifee more pleasant more congenial and alvo us something that Is valuable on tho table for three erfour or four weeks yield depends on care thal strawberry Is a plant that can be made to produce anything from if one hundred to one thousand dollars worth of fruit per acre according to the kind of work you put on it it you deboos a good rich soil say plowing under a crop of clover then heavily with well comported composted com posted man aire and giving it careful cultivation through the entire season you will tew jeur ground la a condition U satole my amount of U |