CONTENTS. 



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PIPING SYSTEM FOR ORCHARD SPRAYING George P. Weldon 273 



THE IMPORTANCE AND PREVENTION OF WOOD DECAY IN FRUIT 



TREES W. T. HORNE 278 



THE CAROB C. W. Beers 282 



BALLING DEGREE OF FRUIT JUICES W. V. Cruess 286 



CROP REPORT AND STATISTICS, MONTH OF AUGUST :__ 



George P. Weldon 290 



GENERAL NOTES— 



Weeds Along the State Highway O. W. Newman 293 



Planting Potatoes on New Land E. J. Vosler 294 



Marin County Appoints a Horticultural Commissioner E. J. V&sler 294 



Statistics on the Cost of Bringing Orchards Into Bearing 



E. J. Vosler 294 



Community Buying E. J. Vosler 294 



Certified Seed Potatoes E. J. Vosler 294 



Forty-Ninth State Fruit Growers' Convention E. J. Vosler 295 



Apple Standardization E. J. Vosler 295 



Beet Leaf-Hopper Parasites H. S. Smith 299 



Publications of the Department of Agriculture E. J. Vosler 299 



RussE3LL D. Stephens, an Obituary 303 



A SATISFACTORY METHOD OF REARING MEALY BUGS FOR USE 



IN PARASITE WORK E. J. Branigan 304 



A SUBLABORATORY OF THE INSECTARY IN THE SOUTH 



H. S. Smith 306 



QUARANTINE DIVISION— 



Report fob the Month of June Frederick Maskew 307 



