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  oriole, 
  Icterus 
  galhula, 
  L.; 
  57 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  grass- 
  

   hopper 
  sparrow, 
  Coturniculus 
  savannarum 
  australis, 
  Maynard, 
  consists 
  

   of 
  insects, 
  grasshoppers 
  comprising 
  23 
  per 
  cent. 
  Among 
  the 
  insects 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  the 
  blue 
  grosbeak, 
  Guiraca 
  caerulea, 
  L., 
  67 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  

   food 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  animal, 
  are 
  grasshoppers, 
  weevils, 
  the 
  purslane 
  sphinx, 
  

   and 
  cutworms 
  ; 
  this 
  species 
  deserves 
  protection 
  for 
  its 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   grasshoppers 
  alone. 
  Spiza 
  americana, 
  Gmel., 
  is 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  pastures 
  

   and 
  grass-grown 
  fields 
  and 
  68 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  its 
  food 
  consists 
  of 
  insects. 
  

  

  Keddick 
  (D.). 
  Factors 
  influencing 
  successful 
  orchard 
  spraying. 
  — 
  Ann. 
  

  

  Rept. 
  Maine 
  State 
  Pomol. 
  Soc, 
  1914-15 
  (sic), 
  pp. 
  31:-49 
  [included 
  

   in 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  Maine, 
  1913, 
  received 
  7th 
  October 
  1914]. 
  

  

  In 
  spraying 
  against 
  the 
  wind, 
  the 
  nozzle 
  should 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  such 
  a 
  

   point 
  as 
  to 
  cover 
  one 
  side 
  directly 
  and 
  allow 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  

   mist 
  back 
  and 
  cover 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  ; 
  the 
  team 
  

   being 
  headed 
  into 
  the 
  wind. 
  The 
  spray 
  poles 
  are 
  thus 
  held 
  out 
  

   laterally 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  may 
  be 
  combed 
  with 
  spray, 
  without 
  wetting 
  

   either 
  operator 
  or 
  horses. 
  The 
  operator 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  should 
  be 
  

   provided 
  with 
  a 
  hose 
  of 
  sufi&cient 
  length 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  tree 
  

   behind 
  that 
  which 
  the 
  man 
  on 
  the 
  tower 
  is 
  spraying. 
  Each 
  branch 
  

   must 
  receive 
  individual 
  attention, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  operators 
  should 
  

   be 
  sufficiently 
  elevated 
  to 
  enable 
  him 
  to 
  drive 
  the 
  spray 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  

   blossom 
  clusters 
  or 
  later 
  into 
  the 
  calyx 
  cup. 
  In 
  experiments 
  to 
  deter- 
  

   mine 
  the 
  comparative 
  efiectiveness 
  of 
  dusting 
  and 
  spraying 
  against 
  

   insect 
  pests, 
  better 
  results 
  were 
  obtained 
  with 
  the 
  dust 
  mixture 
  (finely 
  

   ground 
  sulphur 
  mixed 
  with 
  powdered 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   20 
  per 
  cent, 
  lead 
  mixture, 
  applied 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  If 
  to 
  2 
  lb. 
  per 
  tree) 
  

   than 
  with 
  the 
  liquid 
  form 
  (commercial 
  Hme-sulphur 
  diluted 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  1 
  : 
  40, 
  to 
  every 
  100 
  U.S. 
  (83 
  Imp.) 
  gallons 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  added 
  

   2 
  lb. 
  powdered 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead, 
  applied 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  2J 
  gallons 
  per 
  

   tree). 
  Against 
  apple 
  scab 
  the 
  hquid 
  gave 
  the 
  better 
  results. 
  

  

  SiEGLER 
  (E. 
  H.). 
  The 
  Pear-leaf 
  Blister 
  Mite. 
  — 
  Ann. 
  Rept. 
  Maine 
  State 
  

   Pomol. 
  Soc, 
  1914-15 
  (sic), 
  pp. 
  143-150 
  [included 
  in 
  Agriculture 
  

   of 
  Maine, 
  1913, 
  received 
  7th 
  October 
  1914]. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  popular 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  pear-leaf 
  blister 
  mite, 
  Eriophyes 
  pyri, 
  

   Pgst. 
  Lime-sulphur, 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  and 
  the 
  miscible 
  oils 
  may 
  

   be 
  employed 
  against 
  the 
  mite, 
  applied 
  in 
  autumn 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  

   after 
  all 
  the 
  leaves 
  have 
  dropped, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  buds 
  

   are 
  swelHng 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  leaves 
  appearing. 
  Commercial 
  

   hme 
  usually 
  contains 
  magnesium 
  oxide, 
  but 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  eliminate 
  the 
  

   sludge 
  content, 
  only 
  very 
  pure 
  (98 
  to 
  99 
  per 
  cent.) 
  ground-hme 
  should 
  

   be 
  used. 
  

  

  Gaedner 
  (A. 
  K.). 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Horticulturist. 
  — 
  12th 
  Ann. 
  

   Rept. 
  Maine 
  Commissioner 
  Agric, 
  Augusta, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  46-102 
  

   [included 
  in 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  Maine, 
  1913, 
  received 
  7th 
  October 
  

   1914]. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  efficient 
  control 
  method 
  against 
  apple-tree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  

   {Malacosoma 
  americana) 
  is 
  to 
  apply 
  a 
  dormant 
  spray 
  ; 
  either 
  one 
  gallon 
  

   of 
  hme-sulphur 
  to 
  ten 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  or 
  ten 
  pounds 
  of 
  soluble 
  sulphur 
  

  

  