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and the whole boiled for an honr; then the salt was added and the mixture 

 boiled fur hall an hour longer. -Mr. 1 Hlborn kept a second barrel of hot water 

 always convenient. This mixture was very effective, and I failed to find a 

 single scale at the time of my visit, August 27th. It was applied also against 

 the^Scurfy Bark Louse and the Oyster Shell Bark Louse, and the results were 

 e.xtrcnu-ly satisfactory. The Township of Gosfiekl, in which Kingsville is 

 situated, passed a by-law last spring compelling treatment of infested orchards, 

 and a township sprayer, Mr. H. Bruner, was appointed to do the work when- 

 ever the owner himself cared not to spray. The results were quite satisfac- 

 tory to most of the fruit growers, and they now see the solution of this prob- 

 lem of the San Jose scale. 



In the St. Catharines district, however, the lime, sulphur, and salt treat- 

 ment has not become popular, but no one seems to doubt its eiTectiveness 

 against the scale. 



I'lATK 1. The Kottmeier orchard of about 400 plum-trees at St. Catharines treated 

 with the McBain Carbolic Wash. (Pho. Aug. 14, 190.3). 



Mr. G. A. McBain has had a very interesting experiment under way, 

 testing the effectiveness of his "Carbolic Wash" (Plate i.). He undertook to 

 clean up the Henry Kottineier orchard, which contains about four hundred 

 trees, mostly plums of five years' growth. Mr. McBain has given the orchard 

 three applications. The first was made with his winter wash on the 28th 

 and 29th of April, the second with his summer wash on the 14th and 15th of 



