368 ANNUAL REPORT OE' THEl Of¥. DoC. 



DR. FUNK: Do I understand this to be merely in reference to the 

 Manila or Brown Rot, or do I understand it to be also in reference 

 to the Scale? 



MR. SNAVELY: For both. 



DR. FUNK: Of course, in summer spraying it is impossible to use 

 lime, sulphur and salt, so we have to resort to other means. NoWj 

 there is nothing, in my opinion, that will quite equal a high ratio 

 soluble oil, so far as the scale is concerned, because you can use it 

 frequently, and still not destroy the loliage, and you will destroy all 

 the lice, but you can't destroy all the scale at once, so you must 

 spray every few days to destroy all that are being born. Now, as to 

 the matter of the time of spraying: It has the same advantageous 

 eft'ect on the cherry, peach and plum, and we can begin immediately 

 after the bloom drops with a Bordeaux mixture, composed of two 

 pounds of sulphate of copper, six of lime, and six gallons of water. 

 But during the peach reason we can't use this; we must have it so 

 well diluted that it will not affect the tree; several years ago I used 

 on my trees a mixture made of four ounces of sulphate of copper and 

 fifty gallons of water. You will say that is exceedingly weak, and 

 yet, inside a week the trees did not have a single leaf on them, but 

 they were so well developed that the fruit went ahead and rij>ened. 

 I reduced it to three ounces of sulphate of copper and fifty gallons 

 of water, and again I removed three-fourth of the foliage. The next 

 season I used two ounces, and fifty gallons of water, and since that 

 time I have lost no leaves. It is very weak; you could drink it with- 

 out harm, and yet it has proven strong enough to kill typhoid germs, 

 and I see it is now recommended for that purpose. 



The Committee appointed to wait on the Governor reported that 

 they have been unable to see him; he is occupied with some people 

 from New York State; but they will return again and try to see him 

 before lunch. 



The CHAIRMAN: The Secretary's report, under the head of New 

 Business, gives the next place of meeting; but before we proceed 

 with that I wish to announce that the Legislative Committee will 

 meet this afternoon right after the session, at the close of the af- 

 ternoon session ; members who have anything to report to-them will 

 be welcome. 



MR. FENSTERMAKER: If the place of meeting is next in order, 

 I would present the claims of my city. The city of Allentown has 

 a great many advantages in many respects. We have excellent rail- 

 road facilities and good hotels, and you know the Lehigh County 

 Dutch are noted for their good cooking, and you can have your choice 

 of peanuts or beer, or both. Then, about the time of the Spring 

 Meeting, the great cattle importer, Mr. Cooper, of Coopersburg, has 

 his annual cattle sale. His place is easily reached by trolley from 

 Allentown in half an hour, and we could attend the sale in the after- 

 noon and get back in time for the evening session. It would be a 

 good object lesson for us to see the fine cattle there that sell for thou- 

 sands of dollars. These sales will not continue indefinitely; in fact, 

 they may end at any time. Mr. Cooper reports that when he has 

 a sale and gets good prices they raise the price on him, so that he may 



