Show SECURE FAVORABLE RESULTS IN PLANT SPRAYING TESTS reduction in losses from leaf spot disease prepared by the united states department of agriculture spraying strawberries for tile the control of leaf spot dl diseases eases hns frequently been recommended and a few grow rowers cra in widely separated localities havo sprayed regularly for fruit rots and have reported tin 1111 apparent reduction la in losses tho the first systematic e experiments perl however for the control of fruit rots by spraying were ninde made by the united states department of agriculture last year und and although the results of this one seasons work must bo be regarded as inconclusive souie soine favorable results seem to be indicated various sprays were used and no one seemed to show a marked superiority over another indicating that no really satisfactory spray schedule has haa yet been worked out the hinves 1 tl ti t 1 9 gators 1 a t r feel f e however that hint the results justify j 1 1 t fy the t i conclusion that spraying with 1 t 1 bordenuk bordo bor t r denux d mixture and in some soine cases lusting dusting reduced tile the losses from rot which developed after the fruit was picked to more than justify aliu tit expense of the fhe treatment strawberries tire lire grown in tills country under a great gr eat variety of conditions and an spray schedules must necessarily be varied accordingly the result of tile lie first seasons bensons work seems however to indicate that lu ill the region of boebe beebe ark where eliere tills this work was done strawberry rots muy may be reduced by spraying it Is accordingly planned to extend these ze spraying ang tests |