The Newtown bee., 1896-02-21

guests. Fifty covers were laid upon the
 table and nearly that number of persons
 tested the toothsomeness of the eatables l provided. At the afternoon session 8 ! half hour was given to discussing topics l from the question DoX, after which Dr
 w. c. Sturges of the Station read 8 pa- l per upon fruit culture and gave the re-
 suits of the effects of spraying on an or
 chard of 200 apple trees. The first work preparatory to the spraying was done in
 the month of November, when the whole
 orchard was gone over carefully and all
 the leaves and rubbish it was possible to
 clear away was gathered and burned.
 Burned in preference to putting in the
 hog pen for bedding, in order to kill all
 insect life and destroy all eggs that might
 have been deposited therein. The appar-
 atus cost about $25. Ten trees were left
 unsprayed through the entire season, in
 order to note the result of the work. The
 first spraying was in the month of March.
 The trees were l5 years old. With two
 men to help it took 10 hours and 25 min
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 $5 90 for material and labor. The first
 mixture was sulphate Of copper with wa ter. In May two other sprayings were given, using the Bordeaux mixture, at a cost of the two sprayings of $2l,41. As the foliage increased, it took more time and material, consequently the expense was somewhat increased. June 8 it was repeated, but heavy rain immediately following necessitated doing the work over the three days later. Expense in June $50 30. Al this time it took four gallons to the tree. The last spraying was on August 1, when 1 then put in with the Bordeaux mixture Paris green to kill the coddllng moth that had made it's appearance. All through the season there was marked difference in the col or and vigor of the foliage, on the spray ed and unsprayed trees and the bark also was much smoother on the sprayed, as Ail mOsses were killed wherever touched by the mixture. At harvesting time the money value of fruit from the 10 un- sprayed trees wss $G4 and from the I9O prayed trees $l852. The total cost of 1 apparatus, mixtures and labor was less than $l0O and the apparatus is still avail able for several future seasons. My | nrighOors & ho looked on incredulously | during tn" season began to fall in line | when they saw the matured and harvest i ed crop and are beginning to talk about . trJ ilg the same method another year. AL the close of the season it is very nec- i s.,~ary that the whole orchard should be i cleaned of all rubbish which . should be burned to destroy all life. Sev- "ra of the progressive farmers were busy | with their thinking caps oD, and we shall i rNP'c ct as one of the results of the paper to see many spraying carts in the or cuaTds the coming season. We would | remind the farmers that the month of ! March. which Is now close at hand, is the 1. tlne to begin.
 Sume discussion was had az to the ef- 1 feet of pjoWiug orchards, Mir Gold would :. 1T recommend iC, after the trees had i reached the bearing age, to any great ex- tent. He said there was an apple tree on ! his farm his great grandmother put out. H. did not thuk it's roots had been touch. cl hy blow in the last 100 years, and it v:,s still producing fruit. Blight on pear trees and black knot on the plum were @ut j~cts of di~cussion, the remedy for which was severe pruning and burning of the affected parts.
 Two DeLaVal cream separators were exhibt,d by E. L. GOodsell of Flat Swamp district.