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ordinary remedy for preventing the smutting of wheat. He said that a 

 mixture of ten pounds of 'bluestone to one hundred gallons of water 

 was the usual thing. I tried it, and it has worked like a charm. 



Prof. Wood worth: The matter of spraying for the codlin moth has 

 been asked, and I suppose the best criterion in any locality will be the 

 value placed upon a remedy by the orchardists. The codlin moth 

 deposits eggs throughout the entire summer season. The first spraying 

 is the most effective, but there are several broods during the season. 

 Rain carries off much of the poison, so do dew- and fog. I would say 

 in regard to adulterated Paris green, that I never had a bad sample. 

 You can tell whether it is pure Paris green through a microscope by 

 the complete uniformity of the different particles. A microscope of 250 

 diameters will do; you cannot do it with a hand-glass. 



Mr. Berwick: Can we send samples to Berkeley? 



Prof. Woodworth: Yes. If there is any poor Paris green we should 

 know it. If you shake the Paris green up you can see the white grains 

 of plaster, which is always found in a poor quality. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Judge Aiken: Before adjournment, I would like to ask the privilege 

 of making two reports from the Committee on Resolutions. 



THE LATE L. W. BUCK. 



Judge Aiken: A special committee was appointed to draw up a reso- 

 lution in memory of the late Hon. L. W. Buck. That committee begs 

 leave to present the following report: 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Whereas, The Hon. Leonard W. Buck departed this life since the last meeting of the 

 State Convention of Fruit Growers in Sacramento, over which he presided as Vice- 

 President of the State Board of Horticulture. He passed away in the midst of his 

 strength and usefulness, after a life well spent. His eminent success in horticulture, 

 his late vocation, has been marked ; and his advice and counsel have greatly aided and 

 encouraged others engaged in the same occupation. The genial, kindly nature shown 

 in his intercourse with his fellow-men had endeared him to all, and his untimely death 

 has come as a personal bereavement to us all ; therefore, 



Resolved, That we, his late associates, as fruit-growers of the State, in convention 

 assembled at Sacramento, this 7th day of November, 1895, join in expressions of sincere 

 condolence to his bereaved family, and express to them a sense of our personal bereave- 

 ment ; 



Resolved, That an engrossed copy of this resolution be furnished to the family, and 

 spread in full upon the minutes. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



W. H. AIKEN, 



A. BLOCK, 



R. H. HEWITT, 



Committee. 



Mr. Weinstock: I move that the resolution be adopted by a rising 

 vote. 



The resolution was adopted unanimously. 



