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>\m(>ii,i; ufardcn insects, wiiiU' llic coiiimoii stiiiMsli I mi; was not so 

 ahiUMlaiit Ihis ycai' as usual, the cucuinlK'r hectics kept up tlicii- 

 attacks as in previous years. 'I'lic aspara.Lrns hectics arc now i)assiu.LC 

 tlu'ouLcli Ontario, hut, straii.ije to say, the twclvc-sixd to<l species is 

 takiuLC ill*' lead. In the (list ricts which liave heen infested Irtr two 

 or more seasons the common aspai'an'US hectic is hy I'ar the more 

 ahundant . 



With rcLCard to the San .lose sc,ii(^ I reic'"<'l t<> r<'poi-l that the insect 

 was nevci- moie ahundant than it is at present. The liuii lir-owcis 

 arc now in earnest i-cj^ardiuji;- the matter of controlling the scale, hut 

 they have delayed too long. Hard, persistent work is now necessary 

 to present marketahh' fi'uit, and much money will have to he expended 

 in providing spraying materials. Our San Jose scale-infested ai'ca 

 occupies only a small poition of the Province, and man}' of our finest 

 fi-uit sections are still free from the pest. Our fumigation act is rig- 

 idly enforced, and it lias umloubtedly been the chief means for the 

 prevention of the spread of tlie scale. 



In the southwest part of the province the lime-sul[>hur-salt remedy 

 has heen ti'icd on an extensive scale, and it has been found elTective 

 and cheap. I>y the establishing of township sprayers bcttci- woi-k has 

 l)een done and at little trouble by the ownci-s. The owner acts as 

 general supervisoi" of the si)raying operations and sees that tlie opera- 

 tion is done properly. 



A little east of this section ci'udc petroleum is the standard remedy. 

 Oil wells arc close by, and the orchards arc almost altogether com- 

 I)osc<i of a[)ples, pears, and plums. 



In the Niagara district, for some reason or other, the two remedies 

 found elTective farther west are not poi)ular. 



Mr. l''clt remarked that in New \i)vk ( 'rioiy ri.s (isi>tir(i(/i was more 

 injurious than C 1 '-pum-hthi, this heing especially true in the Hud- 

 son N'alley. 



Mr. Lochhead stated, in answer to a <iucstion. that gi-apcs were 

 gi-own to a large extent in <)nt;irio, hut the grai)c lidia had not yet 

 a]>p<'ared. 



Mr. Gillette reported that alfalfa was attacked hy thrips in Colo- 

 rado, the see<l being ruined, and aske«l if any new rcmctlics ha<l heen 

 found for destroying the s<|uash bug. 



Ml". Felt replied that the shingle melhoil, which ha<l l»cen used in 

 Massachusetts years ago, was the most salisfacltny one that he had 

 tried. 



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