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New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Se 
On May 2 the work of applying the sulphur washes commenced. 
Whenever the treatment was thorough a large percentage of the 
lice caught in migration upon the bark was killed, as were a 
goodly portion of those upon the partially opened buds. But 
when the lice were hidden in the pubescence of the more advanced 
leaves they were usually unharmed, as the leaves repelled the 
spray. The results of the sprays upon the aphid in the buds are 
shown in the following table: 
TABLE XII.—CoNBITION OF SPRAYED APPLE BUDS WITH RESPECT TO APHIDS. 
Aphids Aphids Aphids 
BUD NO. to bud, alive. dead. 
No. No. No. 


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CONN ROO RE RE Cb ROR ROR WON OOH HH He COON NN WH RNB HEN HObeebh 
BANA WOr PNR E RNR OD ONE HWHWODCKHOONONCON BSH ANOOH HH RHO REO 
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The average percentage of aphids killed upon the buds is 45.5. 
The losses among the insects upon the bark were undoubtedly 
