760 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. [march, 



together, then add f lb. of soft soap, stir well and add sufficient 

 water to make up to ten gallons. Caution. — Do not mix in 

 painted vessels of any kind. 



Formulas Nos. 1 and 2 should be applied with a good stift 

 scrubbing-brush, one having the bristles also set at the end will 

 be found the most serviceable, taking care to scrub the mixture 

 well into the crevices and bifurcations of the branches and to 

 break up the white coverings of the insects as much as possible. 

 For a thoroughly satisfactory result from the use of the formula 

 No. 2, see Fig. 4. In April 1903, over one hundred trees on an 

 estate in Cheshire were treated with this mixture, and they are 

 now (1905), with one or two exceptions, quite free from the pest. 

 Two boys were employed to apply the dressing, under the 

 careful supervision of a responsible person. In cases where 

 the insects reappear, a local application is all that will be found 

 necessary. Both Nos. 1 and 2 may be applied at any time 

 between September and the first week in April. 



The caustic alkali formula is essentially a winter wash,, 

 but may also be applied in early spring. It is usually applied 

 with a spray pump or syringe, and is particularly useful in 

 treating the smaller branches of trees. Two or three sprayings 

 at intervals of two or three days will be found necessary. 

 This wash has a burning effect upon the hands of the operator, 

 and care must be taken in employing it. Close- fitting rubber 

 gloves may be worn to protect the hands ; and a rubber washer 

 or flange, about 2 in. wide, should be fitted to the tube of 

 the sprayer or syringe to prevent the wash running down the 

 apparatus to the hands of the operator. 



R. Newstead. 



The Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture to 

 enquire into the working in Great Britain of the Fertilisers 

 and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, and to report 



Committee on whether any, and, if so, what, further mea- 

 Fertilisers and . , . • . 



Feeding Stuffs Act. sures can > Wlth advantage, be taken for the 

 better protection of vendors and purchasers 

 of the articles to which this Act applies, have now concluded 

 their investigations and presented their report.' 



* Cd. 2372. Price $\d. 



