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Agricultural Education. 



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Fungi. — Peaches from Feltham (Middlesex) were infested 

 with the fungus Botrytis cinerea, which only assumes a parasitic 

 habit when there is an excess of moisture present. Early 

 morning ventilation is necessary. 



Plum tree stems from Somersham were stated to be killed, 

 owing to disease, but the only fungus present was Tubercularia 

 granulata, Pers. Up to the present, however, this fungus has 

 been considered as a saprophyte. 



Tomato leaf rust (Cladosporium fulvum) was badly infesting 

 tomatoes forwarded from Huddersfield. At intervals of three 

 days the plants should be sprayed with a solution consisting of 

 I oz. of potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur) in 4 gallons of 

 water. Badly diseased leaves should be removed and burned. 



Cucumbers from Broxbourne were infested with cucumber 

 and melon leaf blotch, Cercospora melonis (Leaflet No. 76) ; apple 

 specimens from Farnham and Holmes Chapel were attacked 

 by apple scab (Leaflet No. 131) ; gooseberry leaves from Mor- 

 peth and Chard were affected by Gooseberry Cluster-Cup 

 disease (see Leaflet No. 209) ; barley from Taunton was 

 affected with " blindness " (see Leaflet No. 159). 



Spraying Mixture for Mildew. — It may perhaps be said that 

 the best all-round mixture for mildew is a solution of liver of 

 sulphur at the rate of 1 oz. in 4 gallons of water, preferably 

 rain water. , 



The action of this solution on many plants, however, is not 

 known, and it would be well to experiment with half-strength 

 solution at first. Peach leaves, for example, soon scorch if 

 the foliage is at all soft ; if bearing fruit, spraying is not advis- 

 able, but the foliage only may be sponged with the solution. 



The Departmental Committee appointed in 1907 by the 

 President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire 

 into the subject of agricultural education 

 Report of Committee has now presented its report, together 

 on Agricultural with the minutes of evidence.* The 

 Education. Committee were requested to inquire 

 as to the provision which has now been 



* Report, Cd. 4206. Price gci. Appendix, containing Minutes of Evidence and 

 Index, Cd. 4207. Price $s. $d. 



