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D. A. Eobnett — I had some 3000 trees damaged. The part of the 

 orchard in which the clover was mowed in June produced a second 

 crop of clover, which saved the trees, where the clover died down 

 and smothered the young clover. I tried everything that smelled bad 

 and tasted bad, but all did no good. Fifteen acres I plowed came 

 through all right. 



A. Nelson — A man I knevv had a 200-acre Ben Davis orchard sown 

 to oats. After harvest, before he knew it, the grasshoppers had taken 

 possession of his orchard. He used a solution of carbolic acid and 

 washed the trees as high as he could reach. I noticed a few days ago 

 those trees were in full foliage. 



J. L. Erwin — I have noticed that land upon which poultry runs is 

 to a great extent free from grasshoppers. 



H. Schnell — On my one-half acre vineyard the grasshoppers had 

 begun to cut the bunches off. I put 30 chickens in one corner of the 

 vineyard. They soon stopped the hoppers from cutting the grapes. 



Secretary — Plowing and cultivating are the best means of getting 

 rid of them, and the most practicable remedy I know of. Corn in the 

 orchard is the next best. 



Mr. Kirk told of the sudden disappearance of the green cabbage- 

 worm from his farm upon the advent of another insect, which could 

 not be identified from his description. 



To prevent the Horn-fly from annoying cattle, Dr. Porter recom- 

 mended coal-tar diluted with turpentine and applied with a small paint 

 brush. 



L. L. Seiler, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, being present with a fine 

 exhibit of oranges, quinces, Japan persimmons, sugar-cane and other 

 products of his section ( Southwest Louisiana), was given time to speak 

 of his locality. He spoke at length of the advantages of Southwest 

 Louisiana for sugar-cane, rice, cotton, fruit and vegetable growing. 

 Their climate was greatly influenced by the Gulf stream, which at that 

 part of the Gulf coast came nearer the shore than at Galveston or 

 ISTew Orleans. Calcasieu Parish is heavily timbered in the north, and 

 mo&tly prairie in the south. He claimed the finest climate on the con- 

 tinent, freedom from storms that devastated some parts of the Gulf 

 coast. 



Kice is one of their principal crops. In 1885 only one self-binder 

 was used to harvest the crop. In 1893 the manufacturers could not 

 furnish the machines needed. Muclj rice is grown on upland, without 

 covering with water. A man with a good team, if he is a worker, can 

 raise 100 acres of rice, sowing from March to June, and having four 



