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i ' _ BULLETIN NO. 147
COMMON INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES,
j WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THE TREAT- _ ’ ·‘
i MENT OF FARM PESTS.
. BY H. GARMAN, ENTOMOLOGIST ANDBoTAN1sT or THE STATION.
' The frequent demands for information concerning spray- I
I ing, part of a general revival of interest in fruit growing in
Kentucky, render desirable the publication of the following
suggestions and directions.
Spraying cannot be expected to remedy all the difliculties
in raising fruit at a profit. When an orchard is old and has
. · been long neglected the first step in its renovation is likely I
~ to be pruning, stirring of the soil and fertilizing the land.
Treatment such as th>is often does wonders by itself. It may
be true that hilly land cannot be left uncovered during win-
ters, owing to the danger of washing away the soil, but it is
possible none the less in all situations to do something in this ·
line, still keeping the surface bound by a cover crop in win-
‘ ter, and at least the ground immediately under the trees can
· be dug up and afterward protected from washing by mulching.
i Spraying should be a part of this treatment of an or-
_ chard, and it should begin at once and be continued every
- year, as a precaution against pests rather than as a remedy.
_ ' ‘ For experience has shown that spraying is cheaper as a
` preventive than as a cure. In regions in which everybody
, sprays, codling moth and scab and even San Jose scale give
but little trouble, yet no one would think of omitting the
` precaution, and although a single individual in a community
, cannot hope to accomplish as much while his neighbors