The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-23

contents Of this box to be perfect and
honestly packed. We hope you will
be so well pleased that when ordering
another box you will make special
effort to obtain the same brand, and
failing in this, that you will insist
on being supplied with some Yakima
Valley brand. E. l.. Stewart, Red
Apple Ranch. Prosser, Washington,
U. s. A."
Each box was plainly stamped with
grade, variety and the actual count
of apples it contained. We in every
way took the utmost pains to put up
a pack that would make good under
the above guarantee. We have sold
our apples for four years through the
same buyer and have no fear for our
future market.
Now Of our work with Goblin moth.
We have been spraying for eight
years. From 1899 to 1902 inclusive
we used liquid spray alone, saving
about rs to 80 per cent of our apples.
From 1903 to 1905 inclusive we used
the liquid spray in connection with
the band traps, and with six spray.
ings, based on a knowledge of the
habits of the Goblin moth, acquired
by careful study of our own place,
we were successful in saving from IS
to 80 per cent Of our apples.
During the season of 1905 we used
the dust spray and the band traps
and saved better than 80 IL per cent
Of our apples free from worms.
For two or three years previous to
1906 I would frequently read short
statements in farm and horticultural
papers in regard to dust spray, and
about eight out of every ten Of these
statements were against the process,
and were usually given as the opinion
of some prominent man, who l could
see by his position was not practi-
cal grower, and in all probability
never had spray pipe. or dust spout
in his hands. This made me sus-
picious of these statements and in
clined me to look with favor on the
statements of the practical man who
! occasionally told through the papers
Of HI mil I
was in the hope of learning some
thing of this that l attended the last
meeting Of this association at North
Yakima last winter.
There we listened to very able
report on a series of spraying ex-
periments that had been conducted
the previous season under the super
vision Of our state college, but all
this was along the line of liquid spray
from the nastiness and righteousness
Of which I was seeking jeliverance.
However, I found two practical and
successful growers in attendance at
that meeting who were making a de.
cided success Of the dust spray. I
refer to Mr.. ]. M. Brown and Mr..
E. Remy.
! had a talk with these gentlemen
and found them so much in earnest
in their belief in the superiority of
the dust spray that they had but lit
tie patience with a man who advo-
Gated anything else. This decided
me to give 1t trial, as I had rather
take the word of one man who sue
ceeds than dozen who fail. So I
bought "a Cyclone dust spray ma
chine with the intention of giving it
trial on small part of our orchard
and continuing the use OF the liquid
Of the main part for another season,
until could test the dust for myself
But when we went out to spray the
first time the machine and dust
worked so perfectly, and it was so
utterly impossible for any machine
to make such fog with water as
carrier. that concluded right there
to drop the liquid and rely on the
dust. We sprayed our orchard seven
times up to July 10th, when, on &C.
count of the difficulty in getting
through the orchard with the team,
and believing that we had the best
of the worms, We quit spraying. AS
previously stated, the worms got less
than one half of one per cent of our
apples, so that we saved at least ten
per cent more apples than We ever
had saved by the liquid spray.
I know that we did thorough work
when we used the liquid. and had we
continued its use last season We
could not have hoped for better than
80 per cent. Knowing that our or
chard paid net profit of 1915 per
acre l figure that the dust saved 10
per cent of that more than the liquid
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