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the wash, one to hold the nozzle, and another to operate the 

 pump. The cost for caldrons, spray pumj), and barrel Avill be 

 from twenty to thirty dollars." 



Calcothion. — This is a ready prepared lime, salt, and sul- 

 phur wash, made and sold by the Adler Color and Chemical 

 Works, New York, N. Y. We used it on small trees where it 

 was applied by brushes with excellent results. It is likely to be 

 rather lumpy for sj)raying purposes. 



These lime-sulphur combinations burn the skin, and so 

 should be sprayed with gloves on the operator. "An applica- 

 tion of vaseline to exposed parts will neutralize stray spatter- 

 ings." 



THE NUKSERY INSPECTION LAW. 



Soap Washes. — A solution of whale oil soap, or other insec- 

 ticide soap, at the rate of two pounds to one gallon of water, is 

 an effective winter wash for this pest. 



At the session of the New Hampshire legislature for 1903, the 

 following act, approved March 4, 1903, was passed to 



Authorize the State Board of Agriculture to appoint a State 

 Nursery Inspector and to provide for the protection of trees 

 and shrubs from injurious insects and diseases. 



Section 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall annually 

 appoint some person qualified by scientific training and practi- 

 cal experience, to be state nursery inspector, and he shall be 

 responsible to the board for the performance of his duties as 

 prescribed in this act. The said inspector may appoint such 

 number of deputies, not exceeding two, as he may deem neces- 

 sary or expedient. 



Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the state nursery inspector, 

 either personally or through his deputies, to inspect at least 

 once each year all nurseries or places in the state where nursery 

 stock is grown, sold, or offered for sale, and if no dangerous 

 insect or fungous pests are found therein a certificate to that 

 effect shall be given. If such pests are found therein the owner 

 of the stock shall take such measures to suppress the same as 

 the state nursery inspector shall prescribe, and no certificate 

 shall be given until the said inspector has satisfied himself by 

 subsequent inspections that all such pests have been swp- 

 pressed. 



Sect. 3. Any owners of nurseries or of places in the state 



