Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-02-01
SPRAY SOLUTION NOW
MADE in GRANTS PASS
At The Sampson Factory-Arsen.
ate of Lead and Gas Also
to be Made.

AS IL is certainty that the frdit
pests have come to stay and that fruit,
berry and vegetable growers must be
prepared to fight them to save their
crops. As spraying has been found
the most effectual and cheapest
method of subduing the pests the se-
curing of the solution properly made
and of the required strength is the
problem with the farmer. Repeated
experiments by the Department of
Agriculture, the Agricultural College
and leading orchardists have demon
strsted that solution made of equal
parts of sulphur and lime, boiled
under heat high enough to
thoroughly melt these ingredients that
perfect chemical union is formed,
is sure death to San Jose scale and
anthracnose and other fungus diseases.
Both vitriol and salt have been found
to add nothing to the killing effect of
the spray solution.
As II is impossible to make a lime
and solution Ia An open vat that will
not settle and clog the nozzle, and
which has to be kept hot and constantly
stirred while being applied the best
orchardists no longer make ISOLATION
but buy it of factories. As the
nearest factories for making spray by
steam in retort are in Portland
the freight charges makes the price
too high to enable farmers to use this
solution. To get solution factory
located In Rogue River Valley was
taken up by Charles Meserve, fruit
inspector for Josephine county, and
on his encouragement Herbert and
Arthur Sampson, sons Of H. c. Samp-
son, the we'll known s. P. engineer.
put in plant in connection with
their vinegar and cider factory In
Grants Pass. Having boiler, engine.
pump, ETC.. they only had.. TO add q
retort to have their equipment COM
plete. The .yonDg men got their
factory in operation 10 days ago it
proved a success from the start.
They started with 216 II. p. boiler,
but orders for solution came in so fast
that they had to enlarge their plant
and this week have put in IL II.
P. boiler. Almost all the fruit growers
in Josephine count have placed
orders with the Sampson Bros. for
spray solution, among them being
Eisman Bros, who have the largest
orchard in the county and have or.
dered 90 barrels of solution. Orders
have come from both Jackson and
Douglass counties and go we'll pleased
are the fruit growers with this spray
material that all will use it instead OF
making it at their farms.
1t is the purpose of Sampson Bros.
to make solution that shall be OF
uniform aud full strength and guar.
aDteed to test degrees by the by.
drometer. All solution will be
guaranteed full strength and that in
stock will be tested from time to time
by the county fruit inspector, who
will also test solution he finds in use
from other factories and that may be
made by farmers. Sampson Bros. use
200 pounds of sulphur aud 200 pounds
Of lime to each 80 gallons Of solution
and thus make it as strong as it II
possible for water to carry the chemi-
cal product of the union Of the two
ingredients. The solution is sold al
20 cents a gallon by the barrel and 3(
cents in small quantities. Each
gallon of solution will make 10 gal
Ions of spray liquid thus bringing the
cost to two cents gallon, cheaper
price than it can be made for ON q
farm. The Sampson solution is not a
mixture of lime, sulphur and water
that has to be kept hot and constantly
stirred to keep it from settling and
forming a solid mass in the spray ma.
, chine. II is chemical oombins-
tion of the three ingredients and il
will not settle nor clog the nozzle,
nor does it have tc be kept hot when
applied as does the open vat solu
tion. Nor is salt or other cheap ma
terials added to give the solution the
required specific gravity as shown by
, the hydrometer so as TO swindle the
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farmers and deceive the fruit in
spector There is nothing secret ID
the process or about the factory ant
I Sampson Bros. will be pleased Il
show fruit growers and other
through their establishment and thel
, will send SAMPLES Of their solution Z
, those wishing to test it.
= The Sampson boys. are both natura
seniuses and well Ieducated, Arthu
having lately returned from Stanford