2l8 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Other carnivorous insects, and some birds help us in the forest by 

 digging out and eating the developing young, but when the beetles 

 themselves are on the twigs, engaged in egg laying, their brown 

 color harmonizes so closely with that of the bark that they prob- 

 ably escape the notice of most insect-eating birds. 



Prof. Washburn: I would like to ask Gen. Andrews whether 

 he has noticed that the shoots are killed off? 



Gen. Andrews : I think I have. 



Prof. Washburn: I just want to say a word about this model. 

 (Exhibiting large model of white pine weevil.) We have been 

 sending to Germany for our models, but we find in Washington there 

 is a lady who makes as good models as are made in Germany, I 

 sent her a pine weevil and she returned this model in two or three 

 weeks. She has been doing some work for the government, and 

 the government has appropriated $250,000 for work against the 

 cotton boll weevil, that is causing a loss of $15,000,000 annually, and 

 is distributed now over one-fifth of the cotton belt. When it 

 gets over the entire cotton area it will destroy $250,000,000 woith 

 of cotton or something like that. The senators and congressmen 

 could not all quite agree upon passing this appropriation bill ; it 

 certainly looked like a big sum of money to fight bugs, so they did 

 not like to vote for so large an appropriation. Then the bug men 

 who were interested in having the appropriation pass got this lady 

 to make a model of this weevil, and she made it larger than this 

 pine weevil, and it was a most perfect representation. They took 

 it into the senate chamber, and one senator who was opposing the 

 bill, when he saw the model, said, "For heaven's sake, if it is like 

 that I will vote for two million!" (Laughter.) They agreed to 

 pass the bill, and the people got the appropriation. 



KAI.E IS A PI.ANT belonging to the same family as the cabbage, turnip, 

 rape, etc. Like them, it is adapted for feeding purposes and withstands a low 

 degree of temperature. It is used for greens as well as for stock. Like rape 

 it produces a large crop and is a heavy feeder. When grown in the garden it 

 is started in seed beds or trays and transplanted the same as cabbage or cauli- 

 flower. 



Apple Report from Polk Co.— "I examined the wood of my apple 

 trees some time ago; varieties with bright wood were Charlamoff, Hibernal, 

 Anisim, Blushed Calville, Whitney, Virginia, Brier Sweet, Sweet Russet 

 Florence, Lyman's Prolific and Longfield were nearly perfect; following varie- 

 ties showed more or less discoloration: Malinda, Wolf River, Wealthy, Repka 

 Malenka, Tetofsky, N. W. Greening. Patten's Greening was nearly perfect.'* 



Peter O. Vangen, Climax, Minn. 



