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trees which were very badly infested with the red spider, and I told the 

 owner of the orchard about this wash, and he applied it. It has eradi- 

 cated the pest so that there is absolutely nothing there to-day. 



A MEMBER. I would like to ask Mr. Paine if the sulphur wash he 

 used destroys the eggs of the red spider ? 



MR. PAINE. No, it does not. The reason the sulphur is so bene- 

 ficial is from the fact that it is not the actual spray itself which kills 

 the spider. The paste is simply to hold the sulphur on the trees, and it 

 is the action of the sun on the sulphur that forms the gas that does 

 away with the red spider as it hatches out. It is identically the same 

 with the sulphuring of grapes. The putting of sulphur on the grapes 

 would not do any good to the grapes at all, but when the sun comes out 

 it forms the gas which is the destroyer of the mildew fungus, and it is 

 identically the same with the red spider. If the sulphur spray was 

 used generally throughout the country, it would be only a short time 

 before the red spider would be eradicated altogether. 



A MEMBER. Is it necessary to wet all of the tree with this paste — 

 thoroughly spray it on? 



MR. PAINE. You have got to thoroughly spray it, but it does not 

 require such a large amount of sulphur. I think that if you put about 

 half a pound of the flour paste and about five or six pounds of sulphur 

 into a barrel of water that is all that is requisite for spraying. The 

 sulphur is dry sulphur. You don't have to boil the sulphur at all. 

 But it is unquestionably an absolutely perfect cure. I see that Professor 

 Wood worth is here. He can, perhaps, tell us something about it. 



PROFESSOR WOODWORTH. It will kill the adults and young, 

 but it will not kill all the molting forms or the eggs at the strength 

 ordinarily used. 



PRESIDENT COOPER. The next question in the box is: "What 

 wages are paid farm help, including farms or citrus ranches?" 



MR. BISHOP. The usual wages that have been paid are $1.25 per 

 day, if they are on long time, where the men board themselves. The 

 orange-pickers have been paid $1.75, or 17-J cents an hour, through this 

 season; but it is difficult to furnish ten hours work a day. 



PRESIDENT COOPER. The next question is: " What .percentage 

 of distillate spray is used in spraying oranges, lemons, and rose bushes?" 



MR. BISHOP. Two per cent is about the usual formula; not much 

 greater; and sometimes one and a half. 



A MEMBER. I would like to ask if it is 2 per cent that is used for 

 oranges, and if it is not a stronger per cent that is used for lemons? I 

 think I have seen it stated that it is sometimes as high as 3-| per cent 

 for lemons. I may be mistaken. I would like to know if any person 

 here has ever used it for the aphids on rose bushes. 



A MEMBER. I have used 2 per cent on rose bushes and it kills 

 them. 



