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The quantity of. ammonia for each ap¬ 
plication. will have to be governed by the 
condition and need of the trees. 
While there is a growing tendency to¬ 
wards governing our insect enemies by 
introducing their natural enemies among 
them; yet this will not always accomplish 
the desired result. 
I have kept the scale under good 
control by fungus and lady birds. 
I have failed thus far to discover any 
natural enemy of the rust mite, and in 
order to have desirably bright fruit I 
spray three or four times during the sea¬ 
son with sulphur solution. 
Winter Haven, Fla. 
E. S. Williams. 
Mr. President f Ladies and Gentlemen : 
If there ever was a case of “many 
men, many minds,” I am sure it is in the 
handling of a. citrus grove. In view 
of this fact, I'll merely treat the subject 
from; my point of view, as I am sure we 
will have some discussions embodying 
views and methods vastly different from 
mine. In the handling of a citrus grove 
one must be governed by his own pe¬ 
culiar conditions as hardly the same con¬ 
ditions prevail in any two groves. Then, 
besides, we all have our little pet theories, 
which may possess more or less merit. 
The best place to start with this subject 
is with the raw land, which should be the 
best obtainable. Then be careful of each 
step in its development, to avoid, if pos¬ 
sible, doing anything that it may cost 
you dearly to undo. The old adage of 
“an ounce of prevention 1 ' is equally ap¬ 
plicable here. In clearing pine land, I 
clear off all the undergrowth, burn the 
saw palmetto roots, and save the ashes 
to be scattered over the ground later. 
Then I cut the pine trees, bore the stumps 
with an inch and a half augur, which has 
had the shank lengthened to about 31-2 
feet over all, put in sufficient 60 per cent, 
dynamite to open up the stump well, then 
put fire in and burn the stump out, cut¬ 
ting up the logs and piling them on the 
burning stump, unless I have some other 
use for them. It pays to- get the pine 
trees absolutely off the land, “lock, stock, 
and barrel.” After burning the stump as 
best we can, men with grub hoes and 
axes take out the remaining roofs down 
to a depth sufficient to allow a plow to 
run. I then line off the tree rows and 
windrow all remaining trash, such as 
pine tops, underbrush, palmetto' leaves, 
etc., half way between the tree rows, and 
then break up the tree row with a turn 
plow having a good cutter on. I prefer 
a one-horse plow, as it cuts narrow fur¬ 
rows and consequently leaves ground in 
better shape. The best plow that I have 
ever found’for this work is a Brinley No. 
1, Prairie, with a “fine”, cutter. It does 
fine work, is strong and light, and a good 
able bodied horse or mule can pull it very 
readily. Our land is rather low and com¬ 
pact, with clay subsoil, which holds wa¬ 
ter during the wet season, so we have to 
bed our trees, with water furrows be¬ 
tween rows, leading to cross ditches; con- 
