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Show PRUNE AND SPRAY FOR GOOD FRUIT A $400 rcturToTTs-W -"vestment was H. J.. Miller's experience Id i tl e proper handling of his home or hard Lt season, on a Howard county (Mo.) I farm. Spraying and pruning turned lVc Mr. Miller S10.70 for -lime-sulphur and arsenate of lead and $- for spraying a-nd pruning, ihe resun. wis bushels of marketable apples at $2 a bushel. There were also some other apples of a lower grade. Mr. Miller had become disgusted with his mature orchard when it failed iu previous year, to produce a bushel of marketable fru so la-year la-year he was perfectly willing to cooperate co-operate with the county agent. Dan b. Miller, in a demonstration to show the value of pruning and spraying, writes K R. Tbomasson of Missouri. In the Farm Life. Three trees were left as a check and received no treat-ntent treat-ntent Those three failed to provide enough fruit to justify their existence. An unfavorable season reduced the yield on all the trees. Even so the demonstration was a success la the eves of both the owner and bis neighbors. neigh-bors. "There would have been no apples at all if I had not sprayed, Mr Miller said. A peck of apples to the tree was sufficient to pay for the treatment The neglected home orchard, such as Mr. Miller's, is not only unprofitable, unprofit-able, but It takes up valuable space that might be utilized by other crops. Unless the trees are to be taken care of an ax and a grubbing hoe is the best remedv. But Mr. Miller's solution solu-tion Is still better. He will have a fair-sized deposit at the bank this fall, when it Is most needed, and will have plenty of apples for his own ue. I |