346 ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE Off.fDoc. 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



CONUNDRUMS FOR THE WISE. 



Are we getting control of this pest? 



Are the efforts of the Department doing as much good as could be 

 expected? 



Has their work been as successful as represented? 



Is the present mode of instruction all that it should be, both scien- 

 tifically and practically? 



Are not too many important points in the manufacture of the Lime 

 and Sulphur wash overlooked, misunderstood, or too lightly dwelt 

 upon? 



Is there not too much guess-work, and in instances of failure 

 attributed to climatic conditions, when it should be attributed to 

 the conditions of the man? 



Is an unpractical man capable of teaching for best practical re- 

 sults? 



Is not au unpractical demonstration more of injury than benefit? 



Should there not be a Department of Horticulture established, and 

 put into immediate force, whose eatire purpose should be to build 

 up and improve our fruit industries of Pennsylvania, which at pres- 

 ent stands second in the production of the apple, that this high grade 

 may not only be maintained, but that it may be advanced to the 

 front — the position it can so easily attain and hold, if it receives 

 the intellectual and financial help to carry forward the work? 



The GHAIKMAN: What shall be done with this report? 



On motion, properly seconded, it was agreed to receive it and file 

 it with the other papers for publication. 



The CHAIRMAN: Discussion on these reports will now be in 

 order. 



MR. McHENRY: I move you, before we do this, that there be a 

 committee appointed to wait on the Governor, and inform him that 

 the State Board of Agriculture is in session, and of the place of 

 meeting. 



The motion was seconded, and agreed to. 



The CHAIRMAN: I will appoint as that committee, Messrs. Mc- 

 Henry, Blyholder and Naginey. They will please wait on the Gov- 

 ernor, and report to us the result of their interview. 



MR. HUTCHISON: This livestock question is a very important 

 one, and represents a gTeat industry in this State. We discussed 

 it at our meeting two years ago, and had some very good points 

 brought out by Governor Beaver, and a number of others. In the 

 Doctor's report of to-day, he says we discussed it, but have done 

 nothing. Is it not a good time to have a committee appointed, 

 either by the State Board, or the Legislative Committee, and have 

 them prepare or formulate a bill along the line of improving our live 

 stock, and i» the way of making preparations to establish an addi 



