5G6 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Experiment 103. Tobacco soap 92; lime water 102. 



Soap, * pint; lime Avater, -J pint; water, 7| pints. Applied September 24. Result 

 not as g()(>(l as in 102, as a number of mother scales survived. October 5, found a 

 number of living scales, fresh eggs, and newly hatched young. 



Experiment 104. Resin soap 99; lime water 102. 



Soap \ pint: lime water, | pint; water, 7^ pints. Applied September 24. Result 

 as in 102; very few living scales October 4. 



Experiment 108. Babbitt's potash lye. 



Potasli. 1 poimd; water, 2 gallons. Applied September 29. Result; Killed all in- 

 sects, but did not injure contents of egg-sacs; nearly aU leaves dropped; tender 

 shoots killed and bark burned. 



Experiment 109. Babbitt's potash lye. 



Potash, 1 pound; water, 4 gallons. AppUed September 29. Result: Killed scales; 

 did not injm-e contents of egg-sacs; tips of plant destroyed; leaves badly burned in 

 spots. 



Expenment 110. Babbitt's potash lye. 



Potash, 1 pound; water, 6 gallons. Applied September 29. Killed all free young 

 and nearly all of the mother scales, contents of egg-sacs uninjured; tips of plant 

 broken off; leaves spotted in parts. 



Experiment 111. Babbitt's potash lye. 



Potash, 1 pound; water, 8 gallons. Apphed September 29. Only part of scales 

 killed; contents of egg-sacs uninjured; tips of plant injured; leaves spotted in parts. 



Experiment 112. Babbitt's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 2 gallons. Applied September 29. Scales all 

 killed; contents of egg-sacs uninjured; all leaves dropped; tips of plant killed; bark 

 burned in parts. 



Experiment 113. Babbitt's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 4 gallons. Apphed September 29. Killed all 

 scales, not injuring contents of egg-sacs; tips of plant killed; one-thii'd of the leaves 

 dropped, remainder all spotted. 



Experiment 114. Gillett's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 1 gallon. AppUed September 29. Scales all 

 killed; contents of egg-sacs uninjm'ed; plant enthely killed. 



Experiment 115. Gillett's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 2 gallons. Applied September 29. Killed all 

 scales; contents oi egg-sacs uninjured. Some of the shoots killed near gi'ound; only 

 a few leaves remaining near the ground. 



ExjMriment 116. Gillett's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound ; water, 4 gallons. Applied September 29. Killed scales, 

 not injuring contents of egg-sacs; tips of plant destroyed; leaves spotted. 



Experiment 117. Gillett's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 6 gallons. Applied September 29. About half 

 of the mother scales survived; contents of egg-sacs not injured; tij^s of plants de- 

 stroyed. 



Experiment 118. Gillett's concentrated lye. 



Concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 12 gallons. Applied September 29. Only a 

 few of the scales killed; contents of egg-sacs not injured; tips of plants destroyed. 



ExpeHment 119. Lime water. 



One pound of slacked lime in 20 pmts of water. Applied September 29. Killed 

 only a few of the scales; all became completely covered by fungus. This had disap- 

 peared again November 4, and insects were in good condition. 



Experiment 120. Resin soap. 



Made of resin, 3 pounds; tallow, 1 pound; caustio soda, 1 pound; and water to 

 make 25 pints of soap; costing -J cent per pint. 



