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o'clock, rain from noon onward. March 18, clear all day and cool,, 

 temperature from 20 to 34 degfrees, with lig-ht wind. Aug-ust 20, no 

 living- scale to be found. 



No. 4. Eig-hty peach- and plum-trees on the premises of 

 Daniel Krehbiel sprayed March 6 8 and 14-15. The weather was 

 cloudy on all these days, and rain beg-an on the afternoon of the 

 last. Three thousand specimens of the scale examined Aug-ust 20 

 and but two found alive, both partly g-rown. They had evidently 

 come from an infested hedg-e in close proximity. 



No. 5. On several town lots belong-ing- to Mr. John Eicher 17 

 trees were sprayed with lime, sulphur, and salt March 10, and 

 Aug-ust 20 no living- scales could be found. 



No. 6. Forty trees were sprayed, a part of them with lime, 

 sulphur, and salt, on the town property of Thomas Keith March 

 10. Aug-ust 20 no living- scale could be found. 



The California Wash at Makajida. — No- 1. On the place of 

 Mr. S. A. Carr, near Makanda, 457 peach-trees were sprayed with 

 lime, sulphur, and salt late in December, beg-inning with the 24th. 

 The weather was very bad — cold, with much sleet. Aug-ust 16 

 no living- scale could be found on these trees. 



No. 2. On the place of Mr. S. Y. Dickerson, 1,743 trees treated 

 with lime, sulphur, and salt at intervals throughout the season 

 from January 2 to March 10 appeared wholly free from living- scale 

 August 16. In addition to a general inspection of these trees 2,000 

 scales were critically examined and none found alive. 



No. 3. Thirty-three peach-trees were treated December 31 

 with the California wash in the orchard of Lammer Brothers, near 

 Makanda, the weather being clear and the temperature about 40 

 degrees. August 16 no scales were found alive in this orchard 

 where, besides a general inspection, 2,000 were examined critically. 



No. 4. On the place of J. W. and J. E. Herrn 140 peach- and 

 plum-trees sprayed with the California wash March 19 and 20» 

 weather partly cloudy but without rain, thermometer 40 to 50 de- 

 grees. August 16 no living scale could be found. 



No. 5. In the orchard of J. S. Springer about 190 peach- and 

 plum-trees sprayed with lime, sulphur, and salt at various dates 

 in January, February, and March. Four thousand scales critically 

 examined by Mr. Titus August 16, but none found alive. 



No. 6. One hundred and sixty-two peach-trees and seven 

 plums treated March 24 to April 4 on the premises of W. H. Lipe. 

 Sky cloudy throughout but no rain. No living scales found August 

 16 by general inspection or on a critical examination of 500 speci- 

 mens. 



