The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-02-21
BENEFIT OF LIME-SULPHUR.


During the month of February you
can tell an honest fruit grower by
the smell-if he hasn't the odor of
the lime-sulphur spray about him, he
isn't giving the fruit industry a
square deal. This is a test that will
never fail. When you meet a fruit
! grower this month, stand for mo-
ment on the lee side of him, and if
you don't get a Whit of sulphur per-
fume, ask him, why is a San Jose
scsle?" And don't be offended if
the suggestion of birthstone be very
strong. Don't tell you friend that
} he smells like Hades. The fact of
the matter is that the true charac-
| ter of the sulphurous odors depends
chiefly upon the frame of mind of
the smeller. If you can enjoy good
! fruit-if you are friend of the
| fruit industry, the fumes of sulphu'
during the month of February will
f! be a sweet incense to your olfactory
nerves. Only an uncultured, rude
and ignorant person would assert
/ that lime-sulphur spray stinks. The
! unframed sense of smell is no more
capable ,of passing judgment upon
the oder of sulphur than is the I'M
! trained ear fitted to form an opinion
of the merits of grand opera, or the
inexperienced taste qualified to de-
clare the virtues of different brands
of whiskey. says. the Oregonian.
To appreciate the fragrance of
the lime-sulphur spray, one must no.
only possess a cultivated sense of
smell, for indeed, the use of spray
! has its religious aspects. To the
mind filled with the true spirit of
repentance, the dissemination OF
! sulphurous odors in February of
each year is religious duty only
! little less sacred than the scattering
of incense in the temple of Zerub-
babel on the day. of atonement.
j Through ignorance or willful neg
lect the farmers of Willamette valley
have been SHINING against the laws
of righteous fruit growing. The use
of lime sulphur spray is manifesto
ton of conversion with consequent
regeneration.
Moreover, the smell of sulphur is
not only a pleasant one to the cui-
tured nose, but, we have no doubt, 1t
is also a healthful smell. DR.. Woods
Hutchinson has not yet written an
Particle on the medicinal value of
fumes from winter spray, but when
he shall do so, there can be no ques-
ton that his opinion will be unquali-
fiedly in favor of the spray. We all
remember what an indispensable re-
medy sulphur and molasse was in
| oh; thprA
has been great progress in medical
science in half a century, it is a safe
prediction that modern authorities
on the practice of medicine will
vouch for the potency of sulphur IN
every form. 1t need occasion no
lsurprise whatever if DR.. Hutchinson
proclaims that consumptives who en-
gage in spraying fruit trees expert
ence immediate recovery. Certainty
the germs of typhoid, malaria, diph-
liberia and meningitis Will not live
if subjected to the fumes that per-
wade all well managed apple orchards
at this season of the year. If little
effort were made it is probable thai
several hundred testimonials could
be secured certifying that going bare
headed while engaging in spraying
means sure death to the dandurif mi
crobe. and therefore effective cure OF
: badness. Why not? When we were
boys sulphur was the recognized rem
edy for the itch. 1t is a reasonable
deduction that use of lime-sulphu'
7 spray will prove to be a good cure
= for itch for Office.