570 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



El Dorado County, 



Mr. J. E. Hassler has had remarkable success in controlling the 

 blister mite on pear trees, especially on the fruit, with a lime spray 

 composed of twelve pounds of quicklime to forty gallons of water. 



Glenn County. 



At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Mr. James Mills 

 heartily endorsed the work of Carl J. Ley and asked that he be given 

 proper office and field equipment. 



Humboldt County. 



Mr. Geo. B. Weatherby is planning a series of horticultural meetings 

 in September and has engaged the services of the State Commissioner 

 and Field Deputy to address the meetings. 



Kern County. 



Mr. K. S. Knowlton reports very serious damage to young orange 

 trees in the county by the tenebrionid beetle, Eleodes omissa var. 

 horealis Blaisd. He has inaugurated experiments against this insect 

 by spraying with lead arsenate and Paris green. 



Los Angeles County. 



Mr. William Wood reports remarkable success in the control of the 

 black peach aphis, Aphis persiccE-niger, with ''Black Leaf 40" spray. 



Modoc County. 



Mr. 0. C. McManus has lately been appointed county horticultural 

 commissioner of INIodoc County. He was the only candidate whO' 

 passed the examination May 1st. He is very actively engaged in his new 

 duties and finds plenty to do. 



Riverside County. 



Mr. R. P. Cundiff has just completed a very thorough inspection 

 tour of his county. 



San Diego County. 



The supervisors have wisely provided their county horticultural 

 commissioner with an automobile, Avhich enables him to do an immense 

 amount of practical field work and to keep in close touch with the 

 problems of the growers. 



Shasta County. 



Mr. George Lamiman is conducting an active campaign against the 

 oak rot fungus, Armillaria mellea. 



