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era must have better articles and they have no chance for success. 

 In naaking- up a list of entries, put in everything- you have that is 

 really good, and you will be ag-reeably surprised at the re- 

 sults. Of course, if you are especially careful to produce fine ar- 

 ticles, gather and pack them carefully and set them up with the 

 same care at the fair, you will be specially rewarded. At the state 

 fair as elsewhere, remember " there is plent5^ of room on the top 

 floor." There will be plenty of space this year for all without 

 crowding, and we want you to help fill it. 



President McKinley and the Forestry Movement. —"The 

 president has sent to the senate the detailed report on forestry made 

 by the committee of the National Academy of Science at the request 

 of the secretary of the interior. The general conclusions of the com- 

 mittee were announced in an abstract furnished by the committee 

 some weeks ago. 



"This general scheme of administration of forest reserves is sub- 

 mitted: A forestry bureau under a director who is to be president of 

 an advisory board consisting of himself, an assistant director and 

 four forest inspectors. It also provides that the bureau should have 

 a disbursing officer, clerks and legal advisers; 26 head foresters, 26 

 assistants to constitute a permanent corps; 200 rangers and various 

 assistant rangers, the salary roll calling for an annual appropria- 

 tion of $250,000, with appointive preference given to West Point grad- 

 uates. To provide for the survey of all lands reserved or to be re- 

 served, a board of forest lands is recommended. Holders, corporate 

 or individual, of lands in the reserves are to exchange them for 

 equitable holdings outside. 



"As to the unreserved forest lauds, the report urges withdrawing 

 from sale and entry lands more valuable for timber and for other 

 purposes, and suggests that after survey those tracts less valuable 

 for forests be opened to sale and entry and the remainder held per- 

 manently for the government." 



Destroying the Codlin Moth.— Prof. Slingerland has been in- 

 vestigating the habits of the codlin moth. He finds that the egg- is 

 deposited upon the side of the fruit, and not in the calyx. It is a 

 little smaller than a pinhead, flattened and transparent, so that the 

 color of the apple shows through it. Under the microscope the sur- 

 face is marked with lines and looks like a fish scale. At first they 

 were difficult to make out, but afterwards easy. 



After careful investigations, he found hundreds of eggs in the 

 orchard, scattered over the fruits. The young worm is hatched 

 out in about ten days, and at first is little larger than a hair. It re- 

 mains on the surface several hours, then crawls about till it reaches 

 the calyx, where it works its way between the lobes and enters the 

 cavity. 



The practice of spraying as soon as blossoms fall is effective, 

 because the calyx lobes are then open and the Paris green is readily 

 deposited within the eye, and as the worm does not eat till it enters 

 the eye its first dose will be its destruction. 



The closing of the calyx and lobes soon after spraying is an ad- 

 vantage, because it keeps the poison from being washed away by 

 rains; but if the spraying- is delayed till after the calyx closes it 

 will not be so effective. 



The second brood does not always enter the calyx but eats in the 

 side of the fruit, especially if protected by an overhanging leaf. — 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



