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and then adding more water, taking 

 care not to add so much as to cause the 

 mixture to separate. Sprinkle or spray 

 it upon the infested twigs and branches. 

 Soap is an excellent remedy. Make 

 a solution of whale oil soap, one-fourth 

 <»f a pound of soap to a gallon of water, 

 and apply to the infected parts of the 

 tree, repeating the application after a 

 low days. Lye is said to have been 

 used with good success, but is consider- 

 ed unequal to soap. — Michigan Farmer. 



PROGRESS OF COTTON SKED OIL 



MANUFACTURE. 

 Among other interesting statements 

 by Professor Goode, United States Com- 

 missioner to the International Fisher- 

 ies Exhibition, was one that the "sar- 

 dine" manufacture of Maine was of a 

 yearly value of $825,000, the sardines 

 being young herrings packed in cotton 

 seed oil. At the -Cotton Seed Crushers' 

 \ Convention held in Chicago, June 26, 

 27, and 28, the president stated that 

 there were 85 cotton seed mills in opera- 

 tion in this country, crushing, the last 

 season, 554,600 tons of seed, and there 

 5 were exported an average of nearly 13,- 

 ^ 000 barrels of oil yearly, each barrel 

 liaving a capacity of forty-five gallons, i 

 <)i\ account of the complaints of olive ' 

 oil makers in Spain, the Spanish govern- 

 ment had imposed a duty that renders 

 the shipment of cotton seed oil to that 

 country unprofitable. In this country 

 cotton seed oil is largely used for cook- 

 ing purposes, taking the place of lard. 

 It is known as "olive butter," although 

 no attempt at concealing its actual 

 character is made. At the convention 

 a physician and chemist of Chicago ex- 

 hibited specimens of cotton seed oil 

 which had been deprived of its natui-al 

 gluten and parafiine, and was equal to 

 the best lubricating oil, having been 

 tested on sewing machines and on 

 watches. The commercial, domestic, and 

 manufacturing value of cotton seed is 

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rapidly increasing. In 1876 there were 

 only twenty-four crushing mills run- 

 ning in this country; now there ai'e 

 eighty-five, and next season there are 

 to be one hundred and ten, even if the 

 number of those now projected should 

 not be increased. — Scientijic American. 



THE AMERICAN POMOLOGIOAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The American Pomological Society 

 holds its nineteenth session at Philadel- 

 phia, Pa,, commencing on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 12th, 1883, at ten o'clock a. m. All 

 Horticultural, Pomological, Agricultu- 

 ral and other kindred societies, in both 

 the United States and British Provinces, 

 are invited to send delegations as large 

 as they may deem expedient. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its annual exhibition in 

 Horticultural Hall at the time of this 

 meeting. 



A limited number of Wilder medals 

 will be awarded to objects of special 

 merit. 



It is to be hoped that Canada will be 

 well represented on this occasion. 



PARIS GREEN ON GRAPE VINES. 

 We must confess oureelves in beinji 



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duped this spring by acting too hastily 

 on the experience of othei-s given in the 

 Country Gentleman, concerning the de- 

 struction of the rose bug, the pest of 

 the grapes. The advice was to get a 

 Johnson's pump and squirt some P.-iris 

 Green water (the same strength as for 

 potatoe bugs) on the grape vines, and 

 that it would kill the rose bugs on the 

 vines as effectually as the potatoe bug 

 on the potatoe vines. We procured a 

 pump and tried the experiment, tlie 

 spray being as fine as rain. The first 

 application did not stop the ravages of 

 the bug, so we tried it the second time, 

 result, not a complete extermination of 

 the bug, but an almost complete ex- 



