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  Degrully 
  (L.). 
  Sulfatage 
  et 
  charette 
  d, 
  transformation. 
  [Spraying 
  

   and 
  a 
  convertible 
  cart 
  for 
  carrying 
  spray 
  solutions.] 
  — 
  Progres 
  Agric. 
  

   Vitic.,Montpellier,xxxi, 
  no. 
  19, 
  10th 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  579-580, 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  describes 
  an 
  apparatus 
  patented 
  by 
  M. 
  Edmond 
  Blanc, 
  

   which 
  permits 
  of 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  liquids 
  being 
  transported 
  by 
  one 
  

   man 
  without 
  other 
  help, 
  and 
  comprises 
  a 
  cart, 
  a 
  loose 
  frame 
  and 
  a 
  

   barrel. 
  The 
  tailboard 
  and 
  bottom 
  of 
  an 
  ordinary 
  two-wheeled 
  farm 
  

   cart 
  are 
  removed 
  and 
  iron 
  slides 
  fitted 
  underneath 
  its 
  body. 
  By 
  means 
  

   of 
  chains 
  and 
  pulleys 
  worked 
  by 
  a 
  windlass 
  the 
  axle 
  may 
  be 
  shifted 
  

   along 
  the 
  body 
  so 
  that 
  equilibrium 
  may 
  be 
  maintained 
  with 
  varying 
  

   loads. 
  The 
  square 
  metal 
  frame 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  between 
  

   the 
  wheels. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  raised 
  horizontally 
  off 
  the 
  ground 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  the 
  chains, 
  to 
  which 
  its 
  four 
  corners 
  are 
  secured. 
  The 
  

   barrel 
  stands 
  on 
  two 
  very 
  thick 
  and 
  solid 
  battens 
  fixed 
  on 
  its 
  

   bottom. 
  For 
  loading, 
  the 
  cart 
  is 
  backed 
  until 
  its 
  body 
  encompasses 
  

   the 
  barrel, 
  the 
  frame 
  is 
  pushed 
  underneath 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  turns 
  

   of 
  the 
  windlass 
  will 
  raise 
  the 
  barrel 
  off 
  the 
  ground, 
  a 
  wooden 
  post 
  

   fixed 
  on 
  the 
  cart 
  keeping 
  the 
  barrel 
  upright. 
  By 
  slackening 
  the 
  

   windlass 
  the 
  barrel 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  lowered 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Stratford 
  (G.). 
  Cherry-Culture. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Agric, 
  Wellington, 
  N.Z., 
  viii, 
  

   no. 
  5, 
  20th 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  480-495. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  insect 
  pest 
  of 
  any 
  importance 
  that 
  attacks 
  the 
  cherry 
  

   in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  is 
  the 
  pear 
  or 
  cherry 
  slug. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  sawfly 
  larva, 
  

   black 
  and 
  slimy 
  in 
  appearance, 
  about 
  f 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  resembhng 
  a 
  

   small 
  garden 
  slug. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  and 
  if 
  

   unchecked 
  does 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  the' 
  trees, 
  but 
  is 
  easily 
  controlled 
  

   if 
  sprayed 
  with 
  hellebore 
  or 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  without 
  delay. 
  

  

  Attwater 
  (H. 
  p.). 
  Use 
  and 
  Value 
  of 
  Wild 
  Birds 
  to 
  Texas 
  Farmers 
  

   and 
  Stockmen 
  and 
  Fruit 
  and 
  Truck 
  Growers. 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Texas 
  Dept. 
  

   Agric, 
  Austin, 
  no. 
  37, 
  May- 
  June 
  1914, 
  61 
  pp., 
  16 
  figs. 
  

  

  This 
  bulletin 
  has 
  been 
  compiled 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  furnishing 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  to 
  farmers 
  on 
  the 
  economic 
  value 
  of 
  mid 
  birds 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  

   agriculture 
  in 
  Texas, 
  and 
  contains 
  accounts 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   species 
  found 
  in 
  that 
  State 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  being 
  exterminated 
  

   for 
  purposes 
  of 
  sport 
  or 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  damage 
  they 
  are 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  do. 
  Investigation 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  

   shown 
  that 
  53 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  in 
  one 
  locality 
  w^as 
  

   found 
  to 
  consist 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  disease-disseminating 
  mosquitos. 
  

   Horse-flies 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  natural 
  food 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  birds. 
  The 
  

   fever 
  tick, 
  injurious 
  to 
  cattle, 
  is 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  kildeer 
  and 
  the 
  plover. 
  

   Maize, 
  cotton 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  are 
  destroyed 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  by 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  twenty-three 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  that 
  

   feed 
  upon 
  these. 
  The 
  cotton 
  boll- 
  weevil 
  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  plover, 
  

   kildeer 
  and 
  other 
  birds. 
  The 
  damage 
  which 
  birds 
  may 
  cause 
  is 
  

   insignificant 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  good 
  they 
  do 
  in 
  controlhng 
  insect 
  

   pests, 
  and 
  the 
  artificial 
  conditions 
  which 
  arise 
  from 
  the 
  opening 
  up 
  

   of 
  uncultivated 
  land 
  for 
  agricultural 
  purposes 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  made 
  up 
  

   for 
  by 
  encouraging 
  birds 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  insects 
  which 
  destroy 
  the 
  crops. 
  

  

  