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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



was proved, the San Jose scale was a most dreaded nursery 

 and orchard foe. It was even thought necessary to destroy 

 trees when they became infected. 



This lime-sulphur-salt mixture and some modifications 

 of it, known as sulphur washes, not only kill the San Jose 

 scale but are also useful in reducing fungous injury. 



FIG. 122. THE CODLING MOTH 



a, burrow of worm in apple ; 3, place where egg was laid ; e, the larva ; d, the pupa ; 

 i, the cocoon ; f and g; moths 



There are several ways of making the lime-sulphur-salt 

 mixture. If you find the scale on your trees, write to your 

 State Experiment Station for directions for combating it. 



The Codling Moth attacks the apple, causing oftentimes 

 a loss of from twenty-five to seventy-five per cent of the 



