THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 631 



NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



Alameda County. 



Commissioner Fred Seulberger is advising the control of the pear 

 and cherry slug, which is doing much damage to the orchards of his 

 county: 



Butte County. 



Black scale is showing up in considerable numbers in the olive 

 orchards of Butte County, and control arrangements are being made by 

 Commissioner Earl Mills. 



Imperial County. 



The date for the examination for county horticultural commissioner 

 is August 14, 1913. 



Inyo County. 



Mr. Richard Baird has tendered his resignation as county horticul- 

 tural commissioner. 



Madera County. 



Commissioner George Marchbank and Mr. Geo. P. Weldon have 

 recently made an orchard inspection of the eastern part of the county. 



Mendocino County. 



Examination for county horticultural commissioner will be held at 

 Ukiah, August 19, 1913. 



Nevada County. 



Commissioner D. F. Norton has been using a spray composed of 10 

 pounds arsenate of lead, 10 pounds lime and 100 gallons of water as a 

 means of preventing grasshopper attacks on young orchard trees. The 

 lime appears to have some value as a repellent. 



San Bernardino County. 



Because of dry weather. Commissioner S. A. Pease reports unusual 

 abundance of Russian thistle, powdery mildew of the apple, woolly 

 aphis, codling moth, citrus red spider and walnut aphis. 



San Luis Obispo County. 



This county is still without a horticultural commissioner. The names 

 of 36 signers to a petition were handed in, but supervisors would not 

 act. The growers mean business and will send in another petition, 

 hoping to meet all objections. 



Santa Barbara County. 



Commissioners C. W. Beers and Mr. H. S. Fawcett are conducting 

 some studies relative to black sap of walnuts, which has appeared some- 

 what serious this year. ^ ^ -,.,, • . -, • 



Work is also being conducted by the University of California to devise 

 the control of certain beetles and fungi attacking live oaks of Montecito. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture is experimenting with the 

 carob tree at Santa Barbara, and present indications point to the com- 

 mercializing of this plant as a new forage crop. 



