The Spraying of Plants: A Succinct Account of the History, Principles and Practice of the Application of Liquids and Powders to Plants for the Purpose of Destroying Insects and Fungi (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Spraying of Plants: A Succinct Account of the History, Principles and Practice of the Application of Liquids and Powders to Plants for the Purpose of Destroying Insects and Fungi In looking back over the past ten or twelve years, it is difficult to realize the rapid advance made in combating the insects and fungi which attack our cultivated plants. It is not going too far to say that the discoveries made within this period have worked almost a revolution in certain lines of agriculture. So phenomenal has been the progress in this direction that we are sometimes led to think that we have gone forward too fast, for in our intense desire to make the work thoroughly practical we have in many cases merely skimmed the surface, overlooking some of the most important fundamental questions involved. However this may be, the fact remains that America to-day stands well to the front in the discovery and application of practical methods of dealing with the numerous insect and fungous enemies of cultivated plants. The advance in this department has been so rapid that it has hardly been possible for investigators to keep track of all that has been written on the subject, nor has it, under the circumstances, been an easy matter to pause and consider what is to be the final outcome of work of this kind. This seems to be a fitting time, therefore, to take a broad survey of the subject in order that we may see where we stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.