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extra copies by paying for the binding. If the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture would unite with us, I know of nothing that would be more de- 

 sirable for our report. We must know more of our insect foes, to fight 

 them successfully. 



Mr. Murray- — I think the State Board oi Agriculture is as much 

 interested in the work as are the horticulturists. I move that the whole 

 matter be left with the executive committee that they may confer with 

 the State Board of Agriculture. 



Carried. 



SPRAYING. 



Mr. Evans — There is no paper on the subject of spraying that I 

 know of ; but anyone can have an opportunity to make a few remarks 

 upon the subject. 



Mr. Francis — I would like to know if Dr. Goslin's arsenic solution 

 could not be applied to the extermination of chinch bugs if we had a 

 suitable spraying machine. 



Mr. Kinder — I sprayed a row of broom corn with Paris Green. It 

 almost killed the corn, but did not hurt the chinch bugs. 



Mr. Nelson — A friend of mine sprayed some corn with kerosene to 

 kill the chinch bugs. It killed both the corn and the bugs. 



Mr. Murray — I am well pleased with my experience in fighting the 

 Codling moth with arsenic. The cost is small, the labor light, and 

 quickly done. The per centage of wormy apples is very small. Those 

 that were affected were by a late brood that did not hurt the apples 

 very much. No man with an orchard can afford to neglect it. Two 

 ounces of arsenic to lOO gallons ot water is strong enough. I did not 

 lose any fruit by the spraying. Some of the foliage was burned by 2 1-2 

 ounces to 100 gallons of water. I had no trouble in making a complete 

 solution by using a half pound of concentrated lye to 100 gallons of 

 water. It requires about two gallons of water to a 15-year-old tree. I 

 use a common force pump with the "boss " nozzle. 



Mr. Francis — Would the spray be good for the leaf roller .-* 



Mr. Murray — The only satisfactory way to find out would be to try 

 it ; I don't think it would do any good. 



Mr. Gilkeson — I sprayed my orchard with fourteen ounces of Lon- 

 don purple to fifty gallons of water, and then again about two weeks later. 

 I also used it on my plum orchard, and I had a very nice crop of plums. 

 Where I did not spray, the apples were full of moths ; I think the spray- 

 ing did a good deal of good. 



