398 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



The CHAIRMAN: I sec nothing to prevent. 



MR. EiERR: Mr. Chairman, I offer the following resolution: 



"Resolved, Thai the State Board of Agriculture hereby endorses 

 the bill ill. K. No. 345) introduced into the House of Representatives 

 by the lion. 11. C. Adams, of Wisconsin, to increase the National 

 appropriation to (he Agricultural Experiment Stations, and requests 

 the Representatives of Pennsylvania in tin- Senate and House to 

 use their best efforts to secure its passage. 



"Resolved, That Hie Secretary be instructed to send a copy of these 

 resolutions to the Hon. H. ('. Adams, to the Hon. James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture, and -to each Senator and Representative 

 from Pennsylvania." 



I move the adoption of the resolution as read. 



The motion was duly seconded and agreed to. 



The CHAIRMAN: Now if there are any questions on the report 

 of Dr. Funk, we would be glad to hear them. 



A Member: I would be glad to ask Dr. Funk if the lime, sulphur 

 and salt remedy is adapted to all scale insects. 



DR. FUNK: Yes, it will answer equally well on the oyster shell, 

 scurfy scale and evevx scale I have tried it on. 



DEPUTY SECRETARY MARTIN: I. notice in your paper you 

 spoke of the boiling of lime, sulphur and salt, and its coming to a 

 proper condition, will you please explain that a little more fully? 



DR. FUNK: There is a considerable misunderstanding on the part 

 of the majority of the people as to the cooking of that lime, sulphur 

 and salt. You find in all the papers and in all the bulletins, or al- 

 most all of them, a certain given time stated to cook it; some state 

 three-quarters of an hour, and some an hour, but as to that, you can 

 have no set time, at least that is my experience. You may have 

 the combination you want in thirty minutes' time, and it may take 

 you three hours. Years ago it was cooked for eight hours in the 

 name of the old Oregon mixture; this is nothing uoav at all, this lime, 

 sulphur and salt. The description given then was — they were told 

 you to cook it until it becomes an amber color. That is very un- 

 satisfactory. You will find that you may cook it as some may tell 

 you for an hour, and you leave it stand, and you will find that you 

 have a copper colored liquor coining to the top, yet if you look 

 you will find that it will never become dissolved properly. You 

 mix that up, and it is a very unsatisfactory preparation and not 

 effectual for the purpose, but to have it do its best, you must cook 

 it regardless of time, until it passes through all the changes. First, 

 it starts with the lime, and when you get the sulphur in, it will be- 

 come yellow, and you cook it until it will gradually turn an orange, 

 and then it will come to a tomato color, like dark tomato catsup, and 

 then it will turn to about a leaf green ; it is then ready to be applied. 

 I have never seen a single instance when it was in that color and con- 

 dition that it did not entirely destroy the scale, if properly applied. 



MR. HERR: What is your proportion? 



