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Treatment. 
All that can be done is to wash as soon as the fruit is gathered 
with Bordeaux mixture; the best wash is the “Wye Bordeaux 
mixture,” prepared as follows : — 
Copper sulphate (bluestone) . . 1 lb. 
Lime . . • • • . 1 lb. 
Agricultural treacle . . . . 1 lb. 
Water 10 gallons. 
Dissolve the bluestone in 10 gallons of water, and boil the lime 
and treacle with a quart of water for half an hour. When the blue- 
stone is all dissolved and the lime and treacle liquid fairly cool, pour 
the latter into the bluestone liquid and stir well. It is then ready 
for use and will keep any time. 
The soil should be well limed in the autumn, and the bushes 
sprayed again early next year, about the first week in May. 
APPENDIX. 
Amongst other enquiries made to the Board of Agriculture, of 
which short letters only were sent, may be mentioned the following : — 
i. Tapeworms in Sheep at Okehampton. 
A correspondent of the Board sought information concerning 
Cestodes in sheep. 
The writer was referred to an article dealing with this subject in 
the “ Agricultural Gazette ” for Jan. 20, 1902, p. 40. The chief British 
ovine tapeworm is Moniezia expansa, which is very destructive to 
lambs in many parts of the country. Its life-history is not known. 
2 . Black Wire-worm in Mangolds. 
A correspondent wrote for information concerning Black Wire- 
worm attacking his mangolds. 
No specimen being sent and nothing being known of any creature 
having this popular name, no information could be given. Further 
information on this subject will be gladly received. 
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