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popular with a small and ignoraut miuority and uudoiibtedly meets 

 with the entire approval of all the enlightened citizens of every sec- 

 tion and of all political patties. 



The man who reads Bulletins, takes and reads agricultural papers, 

 and attends lectures 4s the man who welcomes the Inspector most 

 cordially, and from whom it is hardest to depart when you feel that 

 your time is up. 



It is my belief that besides continuing the work on the lines 

 already adopted by the Department, the best thing that could be 

 done for the farmers of York county, would be for the State to set 

 up a plant and manufacture the lime-sulphur and other remedies 

 and furnish them to the farmers at cost. 



This plan may not be deemed feasible but it would surely be, if 

 carried out, of incalculable benefit to the cause. 



A law compelling the manufacturers of commercial insecticides 

 to recommend a dilution which would make them real insecticides 

 would remove many difficulties. 



9. DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS. 



The demonstration w^ork by counties has been the most import- 

 ant practical feature of the undertakings of this office during the 

 past year. The men in charge of these are faithful in their efforts 

 and unexpectedly good results were obtained. Thousands of people 

 in different parts of the State have visited these Demonstration 

 Orchards before and after this office established them as demonstra- 

 tion stations. They can, therefore, testify to the fact that the state- 

 ments given below in detail for each County Demonstration Orchard 

 are not overdrawn. 



The material used for spraying for the San Jos4 Scale was in each 

 case the home-boiled Lime-sulfur wash, made after the formula of 

 seventeen pounds of sulfur, twenty-two of Lime, boiled an hour, and 

 water added to make fifty gallons. The material for the Codling 

 Moth was Bordeaux mixture made by the 4-4-50 formula, which 

 means four pounds of Bluestone and four of Lime in fifty gallons 

 of water. For the destruction of the Codling Moth, three pounds 

 of 'Arsenate of Lead was added to each fifty-gallon barrel of the 

 Bordeaux mixture. This proved too strong and caused some russet- 

 ting, and 3-4-50 will be used hereafter. For peach, the formula 

 should be not more than half as strong in Bluestone and Lime (1^-2- 

 50), and there is no need of adding the Arsenate of Lead until the 

 peaches become large enough for the Curculio to be ready to w^ork 

 on them. Tbis year the formula will be reduced, owing to some rus- 

 setting of fruit last year. Not more than three pounds of Bluestone 

 will be used in fifty gallons of Bordeaux, and one pound of Arsenate 

 of Lead will be used for each fifty gallons of liquid. The Lime will 

 remain four pounds to fifty gallons of the mixture for the pome 

 fruits. 



Visitors are invited to see these orchards at any time during the 

 year, and especially to attend the special meetings held in accord 

 ance with our occasional general newspaper announcements. 



Allegheny County. 



Orchard at Beechmont Farm and Fruit Co., Oakdale. 



Demonstrator, G. W. Sloop; Wm. Gish, in 1000. 



Number of trees in selected plot: 50 apple, 12 pear, 900 peach. 



