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should take the same course, or else in the next two years we 

 shall find our funds will be entirely inadequate to carry on 

 the work which will confront us. 



The President: I do not think we can give any more 

 time to this now, and I will put the question. All those in 

 favor of adopting the recommendations as made by the legis- 

 lative committee will signify it by saying "aye." All those 

 opposed "no." The motion is carried, and the committee will 

 be governed accordingly. 



We will now hear the report of the Committee on Inju- 

 rious Insects. 



Report of Committee on Injurious Insects. 



By Prof. W. E. Britton, New Haven, 

 State Entomologist. 



The severe winter of 1903-1904 was destructive to certain 

 forms of insect life. San Jose scale was greatly checked in 

 some parts of the state. In our spraying tests we examined 

 many thousands of individuals and in most cases more than 

 half had been killed by the winter. But trees were badly 

 injured, and in many orchards the scale-infested trees went 

 into the winter in a weakened condition to be killed by the 

 freeze. Frequently one or two branches on a tree would be 

 coated with scales while the remaining portion of the tree 

 would be comparatively free from scale. Such infested 

 b];anches were killed almost without exception even where the 

 others were not seriously injured, though in some portions 

 of the state many infested trees were injured or killed 

 outright. 



Over 100,000 trees were sprayed in Connecticut with the 

 lime and sulphur mixture during 1904. The results were 

 generally satisfactory, and in some of the orchards where the 

 work was done with thoroughness it was hard to find living 

 scales late in the season. In other cases, however, on account 

 of climatic conditions or the mixture not being well made or 

 carefully applied, scales were afterward abundant. 



We may feel gratified at the results of using the mixtures 

 prepared without artificial boiling. Last year it was stated 



