The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
TIMELY ADVICE
 ON SPRAYING
Spray Now for San Jose and
 Fungus Troubles.

Now is the time to spray your ap-A 1 pies, pears, quinees, peaches, prunes, cherries, entrants and gooseberrles with Lime Sulphur solution. This is the i'sDormant'' spray and is used be-. kfore the. buds open, to control San fJ ose scale On peaches it will olso kcontro1 peach leaf curl This spray. ling acts as a general cleaning agent It tends to keep in check many of the tfunEus troubles and leaves the en- tfire surface of the plant protected with an armouh consisting of a, very Bfhin layer of the dried Iime-Sulphur solution. This coat on the surface of ltfie bark affords a very caustic seat Eperish unless they are able to estab- I fish themselves upon unprotected bark; hence the necessity of thor ough spraying. Scores of fungous diseases are killed if they germinate on this layer of dried spray material. When we refer/to the dormant spray of Li1ne-SuIphur we have in mind the commercial material, test ing about 32 degrees fBaume," this should be diluted about one to ten. kThfs means that in making up bar lreI of spray we use five gallons of the commercial Lime Sulphur solu- ktion and forry-five gallons of water. This gives us spray solution which Twill not injure the trees or plants iwhen they are dormant. Nothing else
  ling. If the Linne-Sulphur tests less kthan 32 degrees "Baume'' more of Ethe material should be used and less water
 Degrees ''Baume'sgrefers to the den- tsity or strength of the solution The Especific gravity of water is 1000, that of Sulphur of 32 degrees B. is 1.2S5. The density or strength of the Ane-SaIphur solution is found by kusing a Hydrometer. This is an in v ate@w ov,f air lar To he T,a1 used in creameries. These Hydro Eraeters can be obtained from Bausch &I Lornb Optical Co, Rochester, N. kY.,l for about one dollar.
 IHotE and Where to Get Lime Sulphur
 Solution
 There are three types or kinds of Lime and Sulphur spray:-
 1st-The commercial solution which may be purchased in quarts. Il gallons or by the barrel. This fs the easiest form for the small grower to obtain.
 2nd-The home made 1ine-sulphur Eso1ution which is similar to the com Emercial except that it does not tesV as high. This can be made by boil ling sulphur and s1aked lime togethe and is cheaper than the commercial for the large grower who must have special equipment for the cooking. Il Srd-soIuble Sulphur compound or Powdered Lfme-Sulp:lur which dis ! Tner. spray this cannot De used with arsenate cf lead.
 For the smaller grower the writer would advise purchasing the commer- cia1 Lime-Sulphur solution from your local druggist or hardware IdeaIer. The Connecticut Agricultural College will be glad to furnish a list of firms which handle Lime-Sulphur solution
 The next spraying for apples and pears is just as the flower buds sep arate or show pink The spraying at this time is for Apple Scab, Cooling
 Moth, Bud Moth and 1t will also con- itro1 the Tent Caterpillar and any other eating insect. Use one and one half gallons Of lirne-5ulphur solution about two and one-haIf pounds of tEeG arsenate of lead paste or half this amount of the powdered arsenate to the barrel. Be very particular te cover all fhs opening buds and leaves with 4 the spray material