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1 story matching spray
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:sprayer, spragu, sprain, sprang, spratt, sprawl
- Vashon Farmers Petition for County Spraying Equipment
Island growers urge the County Commissioners to purchase a communal power-sprayer to combat orchard blight.