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taking the employment of extra labour. If for any reason it is 

 inconvenient to remove the covers at the expiration of the customary 

 period, there would be no harm in leaving them on overnight ; but in 

 such cases one side should be propped up at the expiration of the time 

 to allow the gas to escape and care taken that they are altogether 

 removed early in the morning. 



To show that there is a demand and thus aid in lowering the 

 colonial price, quotations on the cyanide should be requested from 

 importers of chemical supplies. If over 2s. 6d. a pound in small lots is 

 asked, it will probably be far more profitable to import a 2cwt. case 

 from London through a commission merchant. Several farmers 

 might combine to take a case ; it will not deteriorate if kept in air- 

 tight tins or jars. A case measures somewhat less than two feet each 

 Way. 



LONG SCALE, Mytilaspis gloverii, Pack. 2, infested leaf ; 2a, female scale from 

 above ; 2c, same from below ; 26, male scale ; 2 is natural size and the others are much 

 enlarged. (From U.S.A. Dept. Agr.) 



The Long Scale is known in four orchards in the colony. It has proved a very 

 serious pest in Florida. 



Because of the exceedingly poisonous nature of the chemicals used, 

 fumigation by the farmer himself is not recommended when the 

 farmers of a neighbourhood or town, either through their fruit grow- 

 ers' association or otherwise, can by co-operation prepare a large out- 

 fit and have their trees treated by a trustworthy party, preferably 

 one acquainted with the details of the work ; or when a party is at 



