The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-09

few trees that on account OF location negiccteo
10 spray and The apples on those trees IRE oadiy
injured on account OF worms"
A j. Park, Virginia, Bates Co.: ~ sprayed
over 1000 Wild Goose plum trees. All parties
using my plums were led 70 rematf that they
did not find any worms In the plums' as tney
did In other plums OF the same KIND 1 s.an,
w A. Huntsman Lawson, Ray Co.: 'On
trees sprayed this spring the apples are very
much nicer than those not SPRAYED; only ABOUT
one-fourth as many wormy apples on them no
on those did not spray"
Lindon Marts Groyedale, MARES 20; a,so
my orchards three sprayings. The fruit Is me
and large; no worms; while those not sprayed
are small, wormy and knotty MY trees nase
made fine growth; 1 consider tnat sno Vc cah'
bage alone. For the cabbage worm used Paris
green--one pound to 400 gallons OF water-enect
ually getting away with the cabbage y worm .rbe
first sprayed were grape vines, and also young
pear trees. or grapes will say had Il not
been for the spraying would have mao no iruis
rs tried II thoroughly by leaving, OF oil the
varieties had, some unsprayed, which lost ~
least 90 per cent OF their fruit by black rot
Where I did spray I saved, from Concords' =
full half crop; Martha the Same; Elvirn AZ
least 90 per cent, and Norton's Virginia Seed.
ing no rot ut all ! will say here, that COULD
have saved more Concord had IL not been for
the very unfavorable weather for grapes-rain
nearly every day-and having 80 much work to
do IL was impossible for me to get around In
time. Furthermore. did not commence quite
soon enough, as / consider spraying q preventive,
and not q cure. also sprayed a few young pear
trees, and they held their foliage nicely, while
the season before this they lost nearly oil their
foliage. This fall tried the Bordeaux mixture
on an old strawberry bed, where the leaves had
the rnst, and notice the good result already
l might multiply these but 1t is not neces-
sary. 1 have already taken so much OF your
time that OF my own experience will only say
that have been experimenting In spraying Tor
eight years and have sprayed extensively the
past two years, and have 200 acres In fruits
and have proven TO my own satisfaction that IL
pays to spray every vine and tree that one mas
that IL will pay 10 spray on account or the
greater health and thrift OF the tree or vine
alone, not to speak OF securing large crops OF
perfect fruit.
TENDER, after visit to my fruit fields: Ger
tainly IL we could take the farmers and fruit
growers OF this country to Mr.. Stahls fruit
farms and show them the effects OF spraying
that we saw, every intelligent man among them
would have % spraying outfit before another
season, and would no more think OF failing TO
spray his fruit trees and plants than he would
iof failing TO cultivate his corn or potatoes"
y Missouri Is one OF the greatest and grandest
States OF the Union. 1t may well be asked IL its
wonderful combination OF agricultural and N In
eral wealth, its central location, and It's Situa-
tion as regards the natural means OF internal
commerce. will not in time make her the great
est among the ssterhood OF States She has
marvellous possibilities in Embarrassing and her
first. l am sure the horticulturists OF this
great state cannot do anything that will more
advance their individual interests and the hor-
ucultural development OF this empire State
than by putting this new art OF spraying into
use in all their orchards and vineyards.