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injury to the tree by dipping tiie roots; but with the hnic and 

 sulphur in every instance where the roots and top were dipped 

 the roots were killed. 



Prof. Hedrick : I stand corrected ; I haven't the experi- 

 ments well in mind. You had better read the bulletin. 



J. H. Hale : I have had a good deal of experience in 

 planting trees, both apple and peach, since the San Jose scale 

 has come, and since we have had the compulsory fumigation 

 by nursery men, and I have got to this point personally, I don't 

 want to plant any more fumigated trees. I am sure the nur- 

 serymen in the country, either by failure to follow the exact 

 formula as recommended, or for some other reason, spoiled 

 more trees for growing than they helped. I have dipped trees 

 in lime and sulphur — thousands of them — not dipping the 

 roots, however, and we have dipped and sprayed with soluble 

 oil, and we have not lost any of the trees, and have killed the 

 scale. If the nurserymen will furnish me the kind of trees I 

 want, I don't care if they are covered with scale, I will take 

 care of them by dipping. I, for one, hope the fumigation 

 laws will be entirely wiped off the statutes. 



Question No. 46 : Has anyone tried the home-made mis- 

 cible oil mixtures, and with what result? 



Mr. E. M. Ives: I watched Professor Jarvis work at my 

 place in mixing the preparation, and I have confidence that I 

 can mix it myself. Professor Jarvis has made examination, 

 and reports the trees under his supervision which were sprayed 

 at the time he was there, to have absolutely no live scales on 

 them. If the mixture is applied thoroughly, it will do the 

 work, so far as I know. 



Mr. a. T. Henry : I have had some experience with the 

 scale on pear trees two or three years old, and on which the 

 scale must have been alive at the time they were planted, al- 

 though they were fumigated. Last fall I received two five- 

 gallon cans of this oil from Professor Jarvis, and we sprayed 

 it on the trees. About two weeks ago I sent him some sam- 

 ple twigs, and he reported that he could not find a live scale. 

 We sprayed this mixture on a warm day ; the day following 

 I wanted to spray some larger trees and during the night the 



