Show 0 0 SPRAYING IS NOT DIFFICULT too many farmers neglect their orchards because of other pressing work on farm the middle west produced a good rop of apples last ear car but not nearly enough to meet home demand and yet the farm orchards alone could be made to easily satisfy market demands if they were nere sprayed and properly cared tor for spraying Is no longer a difficult operation the spray material now comes already prepared r ind and all one lias has to do Is to weigh out the right amount of arsenate of lead measure out the ilme sulphur mix mis with water and go to work of course the work must be done at the right time A thorough job must be done as well the task ni will III be no harder to perform nor require any more energy than it will to grow most of the cultivated crops of the farm too many farmers think that they do not have time to spray their orchards for the reason that the work must be done at a time of the year when they are busy with the planting as well as the cultivation of corn and other crops but this Is not a valid reason periods of wet weather prevail more or less frequently during this busy time which make it impossible to jet get out cut on the land either to plant or to cultivate and it Is at such times that spraying can usually be done to best advantage it does not matter how wet the soil may be so long as the foliage on the trees Is dry it Is during the cool moist time following periods ci of wet weather that scab on apples gets a good start those who have provided themselves with a spray machine will have little difficulty in getting over the farm orchard of average size in about halt half a day one can fill a 50 barrel outfit with spray material and apply it in one hours time this will be enough liquid to thoroughly spray from ten to fifteen bearing trees thus making it quite possible to get over an acre of orchard in about half a day an outfit suitable for farm work will cost coff anywhere from 30 to 50 it should consist of a good pump about t i A y t att an V spray outfit suitable for farm work 25 feet of hose and a 10 foot spray rod with the best nozzles that can be had barring the few repairs that one will have to provide time to time the outfit will last for several years |