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Show TIME FOR ORCHARD SPRAYING Oi :hardi3t Should Make Purchase! jnd Plan Ahead for Spring and Summer Work Among Trees. M:i- V . I. WASH 111 l:N. KiitomoloidHt. 1 'nlv, i Hily ('arm. .St. I'.'uil. Minn. J Any tlmr: lj;fore the bude bogin tc oiii, fruit tiffs may be thoroughly rovitr.M with a one to ten mixture ol limn sulphur. The commercial mix turn Ih preferable to the usual home nmile eompounil. It will not only k 11" . ftingUH diseaHes, but also destroys tb( itks of ih'iit lice and much of the Benin which may infest the trees. The summer tipiaying campaign fluiiil-l be planned now and materials purchased accordingly. Arsenate ol lead should be purchased for mixture wkh lime sulphur for later spraying 'I his combination, spray will kill bitinf insects st well as fungus diseases, anc should be applied four times. First just as the buds are swelling; second just after the blossoms fall; third, ten ,i-,i.u ft,.r rh.. Lii.f'niwl a nnlication probably about the last of July; and fourth, ten days after the third application. appli-cation. These sprayings are intended for the codling moth, and plum cur culio as well as other similar insect pests. For, these four sprayings, lime sulphur should be mixed in proportior of one part to thirty-live or forty parts of water. tiood spraying material Is as impor taut us the proper spraying. Make careful lnquries of your local dealei mill secure catalogues from as many is possible of the reliable manufactur ers of spri'ving machinery, in ordei that you may hare as great a variety lis possible from which to select. The same practice may be followed in the purchase- of insecticides and fungi cities. |