es of work until I am satisfied that
the new one is absolutely all right. I have seen in our state men
destroy the fruit from a forty or eighty acre orchard by taking up some
new thing that was highly advertised and looked very attractive. It is
not the same proposition, of course, but they tell us the devil comes in
very attractive form. He comes with a swallow-tail coat and a red
necktie and a buttonhole bouquet, and he looks very attractive. So it is
with a lot of these things advertised; they look attractive but for our
own good we ought to stick to the things we know and let the state
experiment station try them and report upon them.

Mr. Huestis: Does Mr. Dunlap attribute the general dropping of apples to
the scab fungus?

Mr. Dunlap: Not entirely.

Mr. Huestis: Do you think that it weakens the stem of the apples?

Mr. Dunlap: Yes, sir, the droppings of the apple is largely due to the
scab fungus. Of course, some of the dropping occurs as the result of too
much rain or too much dry weather, something of that kind, that is not
attributable to scab fungus.

Mr. Kellogg: Does spraying injure the bees?

Mr. Dunlap: I have never had anybody prove to me that the bees were
especially injured by spraying in the bloom. We do not practise spraying
in the bloom, that is, we spray when we have about one-third of the
bloom left on the trees. I have never had any injury, and we have
orchardists who have bees in their orchards, and they go on spraying the
same way. I do not believe bees are poisoned by the spray. Maybe I am
mistaken about it, but I have never seen any conclusive proof of the
bees being poisoned by the spray. It is possible they might collect it
and carry it into the hives and might poison the brood in the hive. I
don't know. I thank you. (Applause.)

The Value of Horticulture to the Farm.

MRS. CLARENCE WEDGE, ALBERT LEA.

It is pleasant to have a good roomy subject. E. S. Martin said in
Harper's Weekly as Christmas time approached, "There are just two places
in the world, and one of these is home." I will paraphrase it by saying,
"There are only two places in the world, and one of these is the farm."
So the value of horticulture to the farm is a large subject.

I passed a farm last summer that I shall never forget. It was quite
unattractive, I believe, so far as variety of contour was
concerned--quite level and commonplace. Right across the road from the
house was a half-grown windbreak of g