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helps to whiten il. Tlie lime is put into the kettle and a suflicient 

 amount of hot water added to it to slake it, just barely hot water in 

 order lo slake the lime and then this sulphur nuiy be sifted in to 

 aceomplish the result. The point I wish to make was with reference 

 to the color. 



MR. II ERR: I would like to know whether we can boil down a 

 certain amount of the preparation made and hold it for any length 

 of time until we want to use it? 



PROF. MARLATT: I will say that the lime, sulphur and salt is 

 not a concentrated mixture. Tt is something that you should mix 

 and use soon after. 



TROF. SURFACE: In other words, it will hold its efficiency just 

 like Bordeaux mixture and in a few weeks it will loose its efficiency. 



MR, HERR: The reason I asked was because A-ery few persons 

 have kettles large enough to boil a sufficient amount. 



:\rK. HUTCHISON: We have a Committee on Legislation and if 

 it would be proper we would like to make a report. 



The TRESIDEXT: We will hear from the chairman of the Com- 

 mittee on Legislation. 



The report of the Committee on Legislation was read by Mr. Sex- 

 ton, which is as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. 



By nox. JASON Sexton, Chairman, 



Mr. President and Members of the State Board of Agriculture: 

 Your Committee, as in the past, respectfully submit for your con- 

 sideration their ainnuil report, and as we do so, we feel sure that 

 we can rejoice with you and congratulate you on the dawning of a 

 brighter day for the spread of agricultural knowledge. As a Board 

 you have labored long and hard, in season and out of season, to ad- 

 vance the interests of an occupation that stands at the head of the 

 lists of all occupations. You have for years stood in the front rank 

 of those who have battled for better and higher educational facili- 

 ties for the boys and girls and young men and young women of the 

 farm, that they might be as well equipped for their life's work as the 



