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Prof. Powell of Springfield, Mass : Mr. President, I would 

 like to sav in that connection that we have had a report, which 

 was received last Saturday, from New Jersey, that it had been 

 tried in Burlington County. A large peach orchard there, 

 wdiich was badly infested, was sprayed last spring, and even 

 after that one spraying, so far as an inspection this last fall 

 could determine, the owner had cleaned out the scale, and he is 

 so well impressed with the remedy that he intends to spray 

 again this next spring so as to make sure that any which are 

 left there will be killed. He is so pleased with it that he also 

 intends to try it in his apple orchard. The result in that state 

 seems to be quite favorable. 



Mr. Hale : In reply to that question, and further in regard 

 to what Mr. Powell has just stated, it was stated at the New 

 York State Association meeting that while it was generally con- 

 ceded that lime, sulphur and salt would not w'ork in the east, 

 yet experiments this last year in Maryland, on a large scale, 

 and in this particular case in New Jersey, and one other where 

 it was tried on a smaller scale, and also one instance where it 

 was tried in Canada, it has proven fairly successful. Last week 

 at the peach growers' meeting in New York, it was further 

 stated that in the vicinity of Millerton, in that state, it had been 

 tried wuth success. That makes five distinct points in the 

 United States where it has been tried successfully. It was 

 further stated at the Central New York State meeting, that 

 the general understanding that it would not work in the east, 

 was all based on experiments which were made on five or six 

 trees. All the entomologists said the dose would not work, 

 but the fact seems to be they didn't have any foundation to base 

 that on. I think that is the situation as it is to-day. I under- 

 stand that the state entomologists of a number of states are 

 going to make their first experiments with it this year. 



O. What proportion do you use of this lime, sulphur and 

 salt? 



Mr. Hale : That is a regular stock preparation. 



Q. Do you know what that is, Mr. Powell? 



Prof. Powell : I do not think I can give it to you here, but 

 there is a standard for it that I think you will find in the reports 

 of the Department of Agriculture. It is very cheap. It is 

 said only to cost one cent a gallon. 



