﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  577 
  

  

  During 
  tlie 
  winter 
  tue 
  importations 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  from 
  Japan 
  

   kept 
  me 
  busy 
  inspecting 
  for 
  about 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  time. 
  In 
  all, 
  a 
  

   total 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  150 
  cases 
  were 
  handled 
  here 
  the 
  past 
  winter. 
  

   In 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  the 
  stock 
  was 
  remarkably 
  free 
  from 
  infec- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  cage 
  of 
  two 
  lots 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  injurious 
  

   scale 
  insect 
  on 
  the 
  Japan 
  maples. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  lots 
  were 
  seized 
  

   and 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Felt, 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  for 
  experi- 
  

   mental 
  work, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  was 
  fumigated 
  thoroughly 
  at 
  the 
  owner's 
  

   place, 
  at 
  Rye. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  in 
  orchards 
  and 
  private 
  places 
  was 
  very 
  brief 
  this 
  

   spring, 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  only 
  being 
  spent 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  examining 
  the 
  

   orchai'ds, 
  etc., 
  in 
  the 
  fruit 
  belt 
  along 
  the 
  Hudson 
  in 
  Ulster 
  county. 
  

   In 
  this 
  inspection 
  I 
  found 
  two 
  smaU 
  batches 
  of 
  scale, 
  and 
  took 
  

   the 
  best 
  means 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  exterminate 
  it, 
  without 
  destroying 
  

   the 
  trees. 
  The 
  full 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  I 
  cannot 
  report 
  on, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  yet 
  revisited 
  the 
  places 
  to 
  ascertain 
  how 
  things 
  are 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  tenth, 
  Mr. 
  Wieting 
  called 
  me 
  to 
  Cobleskill 
  to 
  help 
  

   fight 
  the 
  tent 
  caterpillars 
  that 
  were 
  doing 
  such 
  extensive 
  

   damage 
  in 
  that 
  section. 
  When 
  I 
  arrived 
  I 
  found 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  

   of 
  the 
  worms 
  feeding, 
  but 
  conducted 
  experiments 
  with 
  poisons 
  in 
  

   the 
  following 
  proportions: 
  

  

  Paris 
  green 
  14 
  ounces 
  

  

  Lime 
  8 
  

  

  Water 
  50 
  gallon 
  

  

  s. 
  

  

  London 
  purple 
  3 
  ounces. 
  

  

  Lime 
  12 
  

  

  Water 
  50 
  gallons. 
  

  

  White 
  arsenic 
  1 
  pound. 
  

  

  Sal 
  soda 
  2 
  " 
  

  

  Water 
  3 
  quarts. 
  

  

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