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Show Around H PREVENT WOIIMY APPLES BY SPRAY j i Uso Aracnata of Ler.d After j Petals Uoin to Fall. ! To a codling ni'.Ui u l.i. h Is a soft j y; y liltl-f bullcrlly Ilk U.Ihs an i'I- j tn-i- has Jn-t urn. H-.1-. Am tli.it 1.4 ns a cniivi riii-iK-i. for railing S'imk; I inn n; (lulling moths. Your right In tlit; mailer in owner of the. tree count for nothing wllh UiU narrow-minded narrow-minded pest. It Is given 1 1 f j wholly to th.; lil. -a that the world should In; tlllci with coclllu inotln. Am un-Ii-sh you get out your Kprji y-rl- nt the right time thU inanlii will likely In; rurrli-J far enough to ruin your chances of nice sound i . ! t--t. For every -rxl 1 1 1 1 : luolli that conies along uliout the time the; blossoms fall will lay eggs on tin; tiny lime apples that me Just forming. An 1 from these tin- well known apple worms mo h;i t .lnl -they 111 turn to become other mollis to lay more. eggs lo inula; more ninths nml so on until, If a iicr.son didn't step In nml gum tin; Kami; iii, be wouldn't have an apple lit to eat. You do this ii rul save your apples 'by spraying with useiinle of lead, 'Just iifler the pclnls be-In to fall-before fall-before that, you'll poison the bees whl.-li (ire unions your best friends, without doing liny more Rood. The arsenate of lead should be used lit t tin rat: oi a pound nnd a cunrtor to llfly gallons of water, Cot It all over (he tree In a fine mist. . And don't wait any later than the fall of the petals, for then the tiny apple ends close up ivll.li the worm Inside safe from I be poison. Thure are oilier fruit troubles of .'a fungous nature Mights and rols which also begin to develop nt this season. To halt these you add lime Hulphiir to the arsenate of lead. You can buy the prepared form, ar.d this Is handiest and Just as cheap as nmk-, nmk-, lug It, especially for a small orchard. It comes either In liquid or powder of the former add a gallon anil a half to each fifty gallons of the spray mix-tare, mix-tare, and of the latter add four pounds to the same amount. |