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(if BonU'Jiux iiMXturo, a new Rordeaiix mixture uiade affording to a foriimla in 

 list' at the \Vol)urn Hxiicriniental Fruit Farm, and Rurjiundy mixture. 



The new Bordeaux mixture is made by slaliing 3 lbs. of quifklime in about 

 KX) jral. of water and then adding S(> gal. of this elear solution to 14 gal. of 

 water in which lbs. Gi o>f. of fopper sulphate has been dissolved. This will 

 yield 1(K) gal. of a clear Bordeaux mixture that is said to be superior to and 

 cheaper than that made according to the coninionly accepted formulas. 



Fungicides, IL H. Wiietzkl (Xnc York Cornrll Sta. Circ. 2, pp. !)-lfi). — 

 Directions are given for the preparation of most of the common fungicides 

 now in u.se, together with lists of the more conunon diseases which careful 

 exi)erimeuts have shown to be effectively controlled by the use of the fungicides. 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY— ENTOMOLOGY. 



Harmful and beneficial mammals of the arid interior, with special refer- 

 ence to the Carson and Humboldt valleys, Nevada, V. Baii.ky ( U. <S'. Drpt. 

 Afjr., runners' liuL .?,?.'», p/<. .il. JifjH. U). — Among the problems to be solved by 

 the settlers of the areas of western Nevada now being reclaimed and brought 

 under cultivation are those connected with the present and prospective relation 

 of the native manmials to agriculture. Farm crops, trees, live stock, poultry, 

 and ditch banks suffer from the depredations of certain species. In indiscrimi- 

 nate retaliation on the part of the settler many beneficial animals are unwit- 

 tingly destroyed. 



In this bulletin is found an account of the animals of this region of economic 

 importance jiccomiianitHl by directions for their destruction or protection as 

 the case may be. The following species are described as more or less injurious: 

 riute ground squirrel ((.'itvUus nioUi.s), antelope squirrel ( AmmoHprrmophilust 

 hucunis), sagebrush chipnnnik (Eutamins pictus), Carson meadow mouse 

 {Microtuft montanus), muskrat ( Fiber zihcthicKf!), Sonoran white-footed mouse 

 ( Pernmi/sens sonnriensis) , cliff mouse (P. crinitus), large-eared mouse (P. trnci), 

 de-sert harvest mouse ( Reithrodontomi/s mefpilotifi (U'fterti), house mouse (Mus 

 mufteiihi.s). conunon or brown rat (.1/. norreoieus), desert wood rat (Neotoma 

 (lesert(irui)i), Nevada i)ocket gopher (TJionxinn/s nerddensin), sagebrush pocket 

 gopher ( 7'. fislieri). kangaroo mouse { Mieradipfxloiis pallidus), desert kangaroo 

 rat ( DipfidtDtn/s f/r.srr//), black-tailed .jack rabbit {Lepus dexertieoJn). cotton- 

 t.iil (/>. iiHttdlli), bobcat i Lt/iir hailejii), and coyote (Canifi lexfes). The 

 short-tailed grasshopfier mouse (OnycJioinyn brericauduft), desert fox (\'u1pes 

 ninerotis), large skunk (Mephitis major), little spotted skimk [l^pilof/nlc 

 v'/.r«/i7i>», l)adger (Tn.ridea aiiierieinni ). Arizona weasel ( Pittoriiis arizonensis), 

 mink, otter, and bats are considered as mainly beneficial. 



Game laws for 1908. T. S. Tai.mkk and II. Oldys (!■. N. Ihiil. .\(/r.. Farmers' 

 Kill. 33G, pp. .').'), vKips .'/). — Tliis includes th(> essential features of changes in 

 the game I;iws made during liiOS. Data concerning the closed seasons for game 

 in the Fnited States and Can-da. and liiws rel;itive to the exi)ort and sale of 

 g.ime, and the limits fixetl for its capture hav(> been brought together under 

 State, Territory, and province headings. Details concerning hunting licenses 

 iind export regulations are shown in tabuhir form. 



Distribution and control of wild rabbits in Mecklenburg, K. Fini dkrich.s 

 i\iilunr. Ztsehr. Forst ii. Lnmlir., <; i /DOS), \o. .?, pp. Uil~l'.u;, pis. 2. /i(js. 2). — 

 During recent years wild rabbits have greatly multiplied in Mecklenburg and 

 have caused .-i I.irge iimonnt of damage to vegetation of all sorts, particularly 

 .voung shrubbery. In the ye.ir 1!I(m;-7, nearly 7.(Mt(t rabbits were killed by forest 

 inspectors. Other means of control suggested by the author include the use of 

 repellant substances on trees likely to be attacked or rabbit-i»roof wire fencing. 



