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Dust Spray; i have corresponded with several of your references, 

 and 1 sized the situation up this way. The dust spray is yet in a crude 

 state; it has had no help from our colleges; it has stood the test of 

 practical orchard work, pitted against the liquid process, perfected and 

 improved, as far as money, time, and ability can perfect it and has 

 more than held its own on its merits. When the dry process gets 

 the recognition its merits deserve, we will have little use for the old 

 system." Our experience at the World's Fair, and our correspondence 

 since its close fully warrant the statement of our friend from the 

 South. The system is now used in every section of the United States 

 and four foreign countries, and is engaging the best thought of the 

 best minds engaged in agricultural and horticultural work through- 

 out the world. We learned, during the World's Fair, from the repre- 

 sentatives of the agricultural and horticultural interests of France 

 and Germany, that these countries are in advance of us in the use of 

 dry fungicide and insecticide, and that where the dry process has 

 been introduced it has superceded the old system; this is especially 

 true in regard to the treatment of their vineyards. Mr. B. K. Brant, 

 the president of the Orange and Lemon Growers' Association of 

 Southern California, has used the dust exclusively for the last three 

 seasons. His neighbors use the liquid. We sent Mr. Brant some 

 dust to experiment on the San Jose Scale last spring; in writing to 

 us about it, he states, 'T have used the dust exclusively for three 

 seasons ; my farm is as clear of all kinds of insects as my neighbors, 

 who have used the liquid, and I have protected my crops at one-third 

 the cost they have ; so I shall continue to use the dust." We met Mr. 

 Brant's neighbor, to whom he referred, at the World's Fair. We told 

 him what Mr. Brant had written; he replied, '"'That is just about the 

 size of it." Mr. Chairman, these are the conditions as we find them 

 from reports in our possession. Our statements are necessarily con- 

 densed, as we do not wish to take up too much time of the meeting, 

 If it is the desire of any member present to get fuller information 

 on any point of interest to him, I will cheerfully answer any questions. 



E. Fosley, Neosho. — For a wash to keep the rabbits off, use 

 I bucket of white wash, i tablespoon of copperas, i tablespoon of car- 

 bolic acid. 



H. G. Richardson. — Please explain why it is best not to spray 

 while the trees are full of bloom. 



Prof. WTiitten. — We can accomplish all that is needed by the 

 spraying before and after the blossoming. The spray is sure to fall 



