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Farmers' Bulletin on Spraying. — A serviceable bulletin for the use 

 of fruit-growers is one published in 1892, b^^the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, entitled " Farmers' Bulletin No. 7. Spraying 

 Fruits for Insect Pests and Fungous Diseases," 20 pages. 



It discusses spraying with kerosene emulsion and the arsenites for 

 insect pests, and spraying from the hygienic standpoint. Spraying for 

 fungus diseases of the apple, pear, and other fruits. Does it pay to 

 spray ? The fungicides used in spraying. How and when to spray. 

 Treatment of scab, powdery mildew, the leaf -blights, black-rot of the 

 grape and anthracnose. Use of copper compounds from a hygienic 

 standpoint. 



This is perhaps the most convenient and reliable bulletin on spraying 

 that has yet been prepared, and copies may probably be obtained by 

 addressing the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 



Bulletins on Spraying and Insecticides. — Several bulletins on 

 these subjects have been published during the year 1892 and the pre- 

 ceding one, which would be found of service to fruit-growers, florists 

 nurserj'^men, and others. Among them are the following: 



Information on Spraying Fruits. Pennsylvania State College Agr. 

 Exp. Station, Bulletin No. 19, April, 1892. 



Insecticides and Fungicides. Michigan Agr, Exp. Sta., Agricultural 

 College, Bulletin No. 83, April, 1892. 



The Spraying of Orchards. Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta., Wooster, vol iv,. 

 December, 1891. 



Experiments with Fungicides and Insecticides. Hatch Exp. Sta.^ 

 Amherst, Mass., Bulletin No. 17, April, 1892, 11 plates. 



Injurious Insects and Insecticides; Spraying Machinery. Delaware 

 College Agr. Exp. Sta., Newark, Bulletin No. 12, March, 1891. 



Kerosene Emulsion. Michigan Agr. Exp. Sta., Agricultural College^ 

 Bulletin No. 76, October, 1891. 



Spraying for Insect and Fungous Pests of the Orchard and Vineyard. 

 New Jersey Agricultural College Exp. Sta., New Brunswick, Bulletin 

 No. 86, April 4, 1892. 



Spraying Apple Orchards in a Wet Season. Cornell University Exp. 

 Sta., Ithaca, N. Y., Bulletin No. 48, December, 1892. 



Bounties for Insect Pests. 



Garden and Forest, for December 21, 1892, records an interesting 

 " Campaign against the Tent-caterpillar." The apple-tree tent-cater- 

 pillar has for several years past been an almost unendurable nuisance in 

 various parts of Massachusetts, particularly in the vicinity of Boston. 

 Entire trees and shrubs are completely stripped of their leaves, convert- 



