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Mr. Bronk had traced an attack of this Cabbage Bug from Kale to Cab- 
bage, the Kale having been destroyed and but three plants accidentally 
left. 
Mr. Osborn said that Mr. Gillette conducted his kerosene-pyrethrum 
experiments nearly a year before his results were pubiished, awaiting 
confirmative evidence. 
Mr. Riley said that the great efficacy claimed for these combinations 
of Mr. Menke and Mr. Gillette will not be borne out by further experi- 
ment. Against the Boll Worm his agents have not found them thorough 
antidotes. 
The Association then adjourned. 
AUGUST 18, MORNING SESSION. 
The Association was called to order by President Fletcher at 9:30 a.m. 
Thirty-four persons were present. The minutes of Monday meeting 
were read and approved. On motion, a nominating committee, consist- 
ing of Messrs. Howard, Weed, and Bruner, was appointed. 
Mr. Weed presented the following notes: 
WORK OF THE SEASON IN MISSISSIPPI. 
By H. E. WEED, Agricultural College, Mississippi. 
[Secretary’s abstract. | 
There has been no one great outbreak the present season. Last year 
stock was injured by the Screw Worm quite extensively, but the planters 
are now treating with carbolic-acid washes and are lessening the dam- 
age. The Cotton Leaf-worm and the Boll Worm are the principal in- 
sect enemies of the State. The former is only just appearing and will 
not be destructive. The Boll Worm was injurious last fall owing to 
wet weather. d/geria pyri occurs abundantly in apple trees, but not in 
pear. Hippodania convergens he has proven to be an injurious insect, | 
as he has seen it feeding upon the leaves of cabbage. Moreover he has 
poisoned with Paris green and killed the beetles. The Chinch Bug 
occurs in the western part of the State on corn. The cabbage crop is 
almost invariably destroyed by the Harlequin Bug and other insects. 
The Plum Curculio is.) very abundant upon peaches. Cattle Ticks 
(Ixodes bovis) are very abundant in the Southern part of the State. 
The remedy in use is to feed the cattle equal parts of sulphur and salt 
continously. 
The question of the action of the sulphur was brought up by Mr, 
Fletcher and Mr. Marlatt, and Dr. Marx stated that the sulphur was 
eliminated by the sudoriferous glands, thus bringing it into contact 
with the ticks. | 
