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of Dr. Betliune and Mr. Jarvis, especially when I see the opportunities for 

 work that they now have. When I take a backward look over my own early 

 work here and contrast the meagre facilities I had at my disposal, with the 

 splendid equipment of books, collections, laboratories and insectary that 

 are now at the disposal of the Entomological department, I am constrained 

 to exclaim, "How the times have changed !" But while I envy Dr. Bethune, 

 I must congratulate him and the College on the present happy state of 

 things, and may he live long to enjoy the work that he has so much at 

 heart ! May the Agricultural Department and President Creelman continue 

 their generous treatment of a Department that is now in such an excellent 

 position to do much for the Province ! 



SECOND DAY'S SESSION. 



Thursday, October 11th, 1906. 



The Vice-President, Dr. Fletcher, took the chair at 10 o'clock in the 

 Biological lecture room of the Ontario Agricultural College. There were 

 present throughout the day a large number of students from both the Col- 

 lege and the Macdonald Institute, in addition to the members of the Society. 

 The first order of business was the reading o* the reports of the Council, the 

 Branches of the Society at Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Guelph and British 

 Columbia, and of the Treasurer, Librarian and Curator, and the Delegate 

 to the Royal Society. This was followed by a debate on the San Jose ^Scale. 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



Mr. J. Fred Smith, San Jose Scale Inspector for the Province of On- 

 tario, was commissioned by the Department of Agriculture to bring before 

 this meeting of the Society the prevalence of the scale on fruit exposed for 

 sale in Toronto and elsewhere, and the question whether this might prove 

 to be a menace to sections of the country where the scale did not already 

 exist. In his opinion the danger is not very great, as the fruit, when con- 

 sumed, is peeled and the rinds which bear the scales are thrown into the 

 domestic receptacles for garbage, and thus the scales are destroyed without 

 any opportunity of spreading to trees. The larvae cannot live long without 

 food and when the rind is removed from fruit, it quickly dries up and the 

 supply of liquid food for the insect no longer exists. He thought, however, 

 that if the sale of scale-infested fruit was forbidden, it would compel the 

 growers to take more trouble to keep their trees free from it. He considered 

 that the scale was not spreading much, but where it did occur it was becom- 

 ing a very serious danger to the orchards. In small centres of infestation 

 it could be exterminated, and those interested should use every means in 

 their power to get rid of it. It had recently spread to Font Hill and would 

 no doubt spread further about the different centres if not properly dealt 

 with. He exhibited a number of specimens of apples and pears more or 

 less encrusted with the scale. 



Mr. T. D. Jarvis said that he had found the scale on trees in private 

 grounds in Toronto, and was of the opinion that the scale must have been 

 introduced on fruit. At the time of the Exhibition three years ago he found 



