THIKTEliXTll .l.\.\l\lL MEETING. loi 



want to express my appreciation of the work Professor Britton 

 has been conducting, and I think he is working along the Hnes 

 of success. 



Mr. H.ale : I would like to ask jf any of those here have 

 made an examination since the late extreme freeze, and if they 

 have any idea that the extreme cold has acted as a "spray" on 

 any of those "critters." 



Dr. Felt : I have not made any examination. It is too cold 

 for me to go out. 



A Member: There is a man in Michigan of the name of 

 Thomas Wilde ; and if any would like to correspond with him, 

 he has made experiments with corrosive sublimate. He is an 

 acknowledged authority in Michigan to-day. 



Question : What is his address ? 



A Member: Berlin, ]\Iichio-an. 



Costs and Results of the Work. 



By J. Norris Barnes, Yalesville. 



In the statements that I have to make here to-day, in treating 

 the subject assigned to me, "Costs and Results" in spraying 

 for San Jose scale since we discovered its presence in our 

 orchards some three years ago, it seems desirable to describe 

 at first somewhat the conditions prevailing at the time and 

 before a course of treatment was determined upon. 



The peach orchards to which treatment has been given 

 were planted in 1896 and 1897, had always been well treated, 

 had attained large size and were in fine condition, taken 

 as a whole, when a five-year old tree, one of the finest in pre- 

 vious growth and vigor, was discovered fairly encrusted with 

 scale. I may say right here that while that tree was cut away, 

 every surrounding tree, which was more or less infested, is 

 at the present time still in its place and apparently in good 

 condition. The discovery of the presence of scale was a great 

 surprise to us and some little time was used in trying to find 

 out how large the infected section was and in deciding what 

 treatment to give. Finally, a very strong whale oil soap wash 

 was used, put on the larger branches with a brush as a tempo- 

 rary relief measure. 



