Annual report . REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQIO 21 nection with the bordeaux mixture. This latter consisted approxi-mately of eight pounds of copper sulfate with enough lime tosatisfy the copper, to 150 gallons. The day was lowery with an occasional sprinkling of rain, butat no time did enough water fall to materially affect the pressure was uniformly maintained at 85 to 100 pounds, a onehorse gasolene engine supplying the power. Friend nozzles wereemployed, set at an angle and on the end of long extension nozzles,one man standing in a wagon, thus being able to throw the spraydo
Annual report . REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQIO 21 nection with the bordeaux mixture. This latter consisted approxi-mately of eight pounds of copper sulfate with enough lime tosatisfy the copper, to 150 gallons. The day was lowery with an occasional sprinkling of rain, butat no time did enough water fall to materially affect the pressure was uniformly maintained at 85 to 100 pounds, a onehorse gasolene engine supplying the power. Friend nozzles wereemployed, set at an angle and on the end of long extension nozzles,one man standing in a wagon, thus being able to throw the spraydown upon even the highest blossoms. The actual experimentaltrees and the barriers separating them were Baldwins, while thetwo rows of barrier trees on the northwest were Wagners, and thesame was true of the first barrier row on the southeast, the secondbeing Baldwins. The blossoms had just dropped from the treesand the time of application was therefore nearly ideal. Plot 2 was sprayed a second time June 1st and p
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