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them, and unless we do them our talk will not amount to anything. 

 Put it in the form of a lesolution, and then this can be brought before 

 the Legislative Committee. 



A Member: There is a motion before the house, which should be 

 disposed of before we go any further. 



The CHAIR: The Chair's impression of the motion was something 

 like this: That the Chair appoint a committee to formulate a resolu- 

 tion to be presented to the Legislative Committee. That is my 

 impression of the motion. If I am mistaken, will you please make 

 the necessary correction? 



'MR. HUTCHISON: I beg your pardon for speaking so often. 

 The one thing to do is to get this thing under way. I have great 

 respect for the bee; there seems to be a future for it; and if it will 

 help us to get the appropriation, I r-m willing to include it. But the 

 thing is to return to our subject, a ad get it under way. 



DR. FUNK: Mr. Chairman, if they include the bee, they will have 

 to include horticulture to support the bee. 



The CHAIR: Are there any further remarks, or are you ready for 

 the question? Has that motion been seconded? 



The motion having been regularly seconded, and the question put, 

 it was agreed that the Chair should ai>point a a Committee to formu- 

 late a resolution to be presented to the Legislative Committee. 



The CHAIRMAN: I will appoint the following gentleman to serve 

 on this committee: Mr. Hutchison, i>r. Tower, Mr. Nelson, Dr. Funk, 

 and Mr. Chubbuek. They will please formulate such a resolution, 

 and present it to the Legislative Committee for action. 



The CHAIRMAN: Next in order is on the report of Dr. Funk, the 

 Pomologist; we will willingly hear any remarks on his admirable 

 paper. 



MR. SEXTON: I would like to ask the Doctor what he considers 

 the best thing that has yet been found for the San Jos^ Scale, and 

 further, whether some of the Scalecides that are now on the market, 

 and are so much easier to prepare than the lime, sulphur and salt, 

 would not answer the purpose just as well? The lime, sulphur and 

 salt, is troublesome to prepare, and I would like to know whether 

 there is not something that can be bought, and mixed with water, 

 that will answer the same purpose? 



DR. FUNK: In answer to the question regarding lime, sulphur and 

 salt, I would say that so far as known at the present time, there is 

 nothing that equals it. And for this reason its purposes are dual. 

 It is both a positive remedy for the San Jos^ Scale, and one of the 

 best fungicides that we have at the present time. I believe it is a 

 specific for the Peach Leaf Curl, and for the Manila or Brown Rot. 

 Since I sprayed this winter I find that the Brown Rot has practically 

 disappeared from my orchard. It also destroys the spores, but I 

 have come to leave out the salt, and use only the lime and sulphur. 



Now, as to other preparations, I would say that the crude oils are- 

 dangerous in the hands of most people, even in the form of kerosene, 



