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treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the agricul- 
tural experiment station at Cornell University, for the purpose 
of horticultural experiments, investigations, instruction and infor-. 
mation, in the fifth judicial department, pursuant to section 
eighty-seven of the Agricultural Law. Such moneys shall be 
paid by the Treasurer upon the warrant of the Comptroller, 
upon vouchers approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. 
$4. This act shall take effect immediately. 
By special request of representative agriculturists of this section 
the investigations undertaken the past season in accordance with 
the provisions of this law have been concerned with the insect 
pests of truck crops and testing various kinds of machines for 
applying insecticides and fungicides. Some of the results of this 
work are published in the following-named bulletins, which are 
free, and may be obtained by applying to Dr. Peter Collier, 
director, Geneva, N. Y. Bulletin No. 74 is entitled “ Observa- 
tions on the Application of Insecticides and Fungicides.” No. 
75 is on Insects Injurious to Squash, Melon and Cucumber Vines; 
the Asparagus Beetle.” No. 83 is on “ Late Cabbage Insects.” 
A most important discovery that has been made by the ento- 
mologists, incidental to their work, is the presence of the San 
José scale, not before found within the limits of New York 
State. Mr. Howard, entomologist of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, states that it is known as the worst 
Insect pest of deciduous fruit trees on the Pacific coast. In 
view of the serious nature of this new pest, and the importance 
of preventing, if possible, its distribution to other parts of the 
State, it is proposed to test methods of fighting it during the 
coming winter and spring. Early spring will give the best 
opportunity for studying some of the most serious insect pests 
of field crops, namely, the asparagus beetle, onion maggot and 
_ ovion thrips,"and early cabbage insects; also the cucumber and 

potato flea beetles and a dipterous larva affecting spinach, beets 
_ and probably other vegetables of a similar nature. The sum- 
_ mer’s work willbe a continuation, largely, of that begun in the 
| spring, together with a special study of the squash vine borer, 
_ ¢ommon melon louse and boreal lady-bird beetle, which is very 
_ destructive to squash and pumpkin vines. 
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