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  4 
  parts 
  of 
  sodium 
  arsenite, 
  3 
  parts 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  4 
  parts 
  of 
  molasses, 
  

   was 
  tried. 
  The 
  price 
  of 
  this 
  composition 
  locally 
  is 
  about 
  3|(Z. 
  per 
  lb. 
  

   In 
  wet 
  weather, 
  1 
  lb. 
  of 
  this 
  insecticide 
  in 
  13J 
  gals, 
  of 
  water 
  was 
  found 
  

   to 
  scorch 
  the 
  plants, 
  while 
  1 
  lb. 
  in 
  19 
  gals, 
  of 
  water 
  only 
  scorched 
  

   plants 
  in 
  dry 
  weather, 
  under 
  which 
  circumstances 
  a 
  still 
  weaker 
  

   solution, 
  1 
  lb. 
  in 
  32 
  J 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  was 
  found 
  necessary. 
  Even 
  

   this 
  strength 
  would 
  have 
  probably 
  caused 
  scorching 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  steppe 
  

   locaUty, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  delta 
  of 
  the 
  Volga, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  damp 
  weather 
  

   and 
  heavy 
  dews. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  satisfactory 
  in 
  all 
  cases, 
  producing 
  

   a 
  death-rate 
  of 
  100 
  per 
  cent. 
  Paris 
  green 
  gave 
  also 
  excellent 
  results, 
  

   but 
  is 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  handle 
  and 
  prepare, 
  and 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  15 
  times 
  

   as 
  expensive 
  as 
  sodium 
  arsenite, 
  under 
  the 
  local 
  conditions. 
  

  

  CMtTHbifl 
  npeAnonoweHifl 
  3eiviCTBa 
  AcTpaxaHCKoii 
  ry6epHiM 
  Ha 
  arpo- 
  

  

  HOMMHeCKyiO 
  nOMOlMb 
  HacejieHiro 
  Sa 
  1915 
  TOATj. 
  [The 
  projected 
  

   estimates 
  of 
  the 
  Zemstvo 
  of 
  the 
  govt, 
  of 
  Astrachan 
  for 
  the 
  agro- 
  

   nomical 
  assistance 
  to 
  the 
  population 
  in 
  1915.] 
  — 
  « 
  Caflla, 
  OropOAls 
  

   M 
  BaXHa.» 
  [Orchard, 
  Market-Garden 
  and 
  Bachza], 
  Astrachan, 
  

   no. 
  8, 
  August 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  520-532. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  estimates, 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  which 
  amounts 
  to 
  

   £53,000, 
  that 
  £3,000 
  are 
  assigned 
  for 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  pests 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  

   of 
  which 
  a 
  Httle 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  is 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  Zemstvos 
  of 
  the 
  

   Government 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  districts 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  by 
  the 
  

   Central 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Plotnikov 
  (V.). 
  BpeAMTenw 
  caAOBOACTBa 
  btj 
  CeiviMptMbt. 
  [The 
  pests 
  

   of 
  Orchards 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Semiryetchensk.] 
  — 
  «TypKe- 
  

   CiaHCKOe 
  CeJIbCKOe 
  Xosamctbo. 
  [Agriculture 
  of 
  Turkestan], 
  

   Tashkent, 
  no. 
  8, 
  August 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  740-642. 
  

  

  This 
  article 
  contains 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  pests 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Semir- 
  

   yetchensk 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  June 
  1914. 
  Young 
  larvae 
  of 
  Cydia 
  

   pomonella 
  and 
  C.funebrana 
  were 
  attacking 
  fruits, 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  injury 
  

   by 
  Rhynchites 
  auratus. 
  Scop., 
  on 
  cherry 
  trees 
  were 
  visible. 
  Large 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  Lepidosaphes 
  ulmi, 
  L., 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  apple 
  trees, 
  while 
  

   on 
  various 
  fruit 
  trees 
  was 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Lecanium 
  not 
  previously 
  observed 
  

   in 
  Turkestan. 
  Scolytus 
  rugulosus, 
  Ratz., 
  Lymantria 
  (Ocneria) 
  dispar, 
  L., 
  

   and 
  Hyponomeuta 
  variabilis, 
  ZelL, 
  were 
  found, 
  the 
  last-named 
  being 
  

   very 
  abundant 
  in 
  one 
  locality. 
  Some 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  

   this 
  pest 
  did 
  great 
  damage 
  in 
  the 
  orchards 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  province, 
  

   and 
  a 
  new 
  outbreak 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future 
  is 
  very 
  probable. 
  Against 
  it 
  

   spraying 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  (1 
  oz. 
  of 
  green 
  and 
  2 
  oz. 
  of 
  freshly 
  slaked 
  

   lime 
  in 
  9 
  gals, 
  of 
  water) 
  or 
  with 
  djipsin 
  (2 
  oz. 
  djipsin 
  paste 
  in 
  9 
  gals, 
  

   of 
  water) 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  May 
  is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  Eriocampoideslimacina 
  (Eriocampa 
  adumhrata, 
  K]g.)is 
  an 
  important 
  

   pest 
  in 
  this 
  province, 
  where 
  it 
  particularly 
  damages 
  pear 
  trees. 
  Control 
  

   measures 
  include 
  spraying 
  with 
  Paris 
  green, 
  djipsin, 
  or 
  tobacco 
  

   extract, 
  or 
  powdering 
  with 
  half 
  -slaked 
  sifted 
  lime 
  (12 
  lb. 
  of 
  lime 
  in 
  

   about 
  half 
  a 
  gallon 
  of 
  water). 
  Deep 
  digging 
  in 
  spring 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   attacked 
  trees 
  prevents 
  the 
  pupation 
  of 
  the 
  larvae. 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Psylla 
  pyricola,. 
  Forst., 
  and 
  of 
  Coleophora 
  sp. 
  were 
  found, 
  while 
  

   Aphis 
  mali, 
  F., 
  and 
  other 
  Aphids 
  were 
  also 
  present. 
  Orchards 
  swarmed 
  

  

  