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the reason they irmltiply so rapidly. They are very easily controlled 

 by spraying with kerosene emulsion. One spraying will usually do, 

 especially if tobacco is added to the emulsion. 



If any of you are troubled by insects and don't know how to fight 

 thenj, write to me, and send your name to the Experiment Station at 

 Columbia and you will get a large portion of the necessary information, 

 in the bulletins. J. M. Stedman. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Barnes of Kansas — I want to show you how gradually these 

 insects spread over the country. There are 105 counties in Kansas, 

 but some of the western counties don't grow much fruit. I have here 

 a statement of the insects in Kansas, and you may take it for granted 

 that your State is no better off than Kansas in this respect. I have 

 reports from 35 counties ; 31 report codling moth; 14 canker worm; 



31 ; 18 curl leaf ; 2d black aphis; four green aphis, and 13 woolly 



aphis. 



Mr. Patterson — Last spring we noticed the canker worm in our 

 orchard, and before we could get ready to spray, some of the trees 

 looked as if they were burned. Three ounces London purple to the 

 barrel did no good. We doubled the dose; it did no good. We then 

 used one pound to the barrel, adding two pounds of lime, and killed 

 them by the million. One week later you could not find a single worm. 

 We know it killed them for the ground was covered with them. 



Prof. Stedman — The chances are the London purple was adulter- 

 ated to some extent. Mr. Patterson may try such a strong mixture 

 again and kill his trees, or ruin them for one season. The proportion 

 I gave will never fail if the Paris green is pure. I will give a case 

 from Alabama: A man failed in the use of Paris green lipray to kill 

 some insects, and wrote me a letter that would not add much to ray 

 reputation if published. Finally I wrote for a sample of the Paris 

 green and had it analyzed by the station chemist. There was no trace 

 of poison in it. It was made of plaster of Paris, colored with indigo 

 and Chrome yellow. This is an extreme case, but you will find all 

 grades of impurities. 



Music. 



SOME CHOICE FRUITS FOR HOME CULTURE. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen — When your committee so 

 honored me as to request me to write a paper for your convention, I 

 consented with the usual conceit of an amateur, little realizing the 



