Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-28

remarking that the medicine being very
powerful, great care is to be taken so as not
to give one drop too much. The medicine
when fully compounded for such class of
persons, may be only water and chalk.
When such prescriptions are handed to a
druggist, / understand it is termed q shot
gun prescription.
Such a prescription as Bulletin No. ., al
though administered under q persuasive
policy, will not eradicate the scale bug, es
pecially the cottony cushion scale.
REMEDIES KNOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE.
Mr. Parker-What solution do you re-
commend?
Mr. Cooke-For the black scale and
black smut would use as follow; Whale
oil or other soft-soap, 10 pounds; sulphur,
y or pounds water, IL gallons; coal
oil, gallon. Apply by spraying. If thor
oughly used it will destroy the black
scale, red scale, soft orange scale, and the
cottony cushion scale. The sulphur is
only to be used when the black smut is not
present. When the sulphur is not used
only apply fifteen gallons of water
A delegate-How do you mix the coal
oil with The other ingredients?
Mr.. Cooke-ln one gallon of water put
one-half pound of brown soap, or any
other kind of soap; boil until the soap is
dissolved. In this pour two gallons Of
coal oil; then place pump in the mix
lures and pump it through the pump
and hose for say two minutes; this will
form q cream which viii mix freely with
water. One gallon and I; half of this mix
ture viii be equal to one gallon of coal oil.
There is no danger of being blown up in
this process.
| QUERIES AND REPLIES
Mr.. Rice-I would like to ask Mr..
Cooke if the black on the foliage and fruit
of the orange and lemon tree is caused by
the black scale?
Mr.. Cooke-Yes, sir; the black scale, when
young, deposits an oxidation on tie upper
side Of the foliage and fruit. which, coming
in contact with the air, forms a fungus
commonly known as black smut. The
! young of the cottony cushion scale are
also the cause of the black smut on trees
! infested by them.
Dr. Congai-I would like to know if
saturated solution of lime would not
answer rs an insecticide?
| Mr. Cooke-Lime of itself is not an in
| secticide. as understood in connection with
scale insects, but combined with sulphur
! by boiling, they form the liver of sulphur,
| which will prevent some insects from at
! lacking plants, etc.
Mr.. Kinney-How much coal oil can be
safely used in gallon Of the remedies usu-
| ally employed?
| Mr.. Cooke-One-half pint TO each gallon
will not destroy OF injure the foliage, but
| will destroy the scale insects.
Mr.. Parker-What is the best kind of
soap to use?
Mr.. Cooke-In the application for scale
insects it matters little whether the soap is
made from whale oil or other greasy
II. ~ Il,
spread the potash (of which the soap is
made and the coal oil over the foliage, ETC.
But in cases where the solution is to be
used against moths and other nocturnal in
sects, the whale-oii soap is preferable, as it |
is more fetid and overcomes the odor arts |
ing from the tree or fruit, which attracts !
such insects. Let me say to you that in a /
warfare against insect pests, in some cases !
sacrifices have to be made. For instance |
ornamental trees may have to be cut down; |
flower gardens may have to be despOiled |
for the present; some three years ago my |
friend McKinlay dug out about one mile |
and half of willow wind-brake, which |
was infesting his orchard with the willow
scale, But You may rest assured in a large
majority OF cases such sacrifices when
found absolutely necessary, well repay
". II. Aitkcn, Commissioner for Califor-
MIA to the Worlds Fair al New Orleans,
and also a member of the State HOrticJllt-
Ural Society, who was present, in response
to the Chairman's invitation addressed the
in relation to the work he has
been engaged in, collecting apples, etc, for
the World's Fair, and also referred to the
devastation he noticed by the peach moth
in northern California, and that he was
pleased to learn from Mr. Cooke that he
had learned its natural history, and had
found remedies that would at least prevent
its spread.
\ delegate-Has this pest been found in
the southern PORTION of the State?
Mr.. Cookie have not heard of it further
south than Fresno.
A delegate-IIas there been any account
of these discoveries published?
Mr.. Cooke-No, sir; but any person writ
ing for information on the subject received
a reply containing such information. |
devoted considerable time in the nvestiga-
ton of this pest last summer, and CON
cluded that | was only encouraging a sys
tematic imposition on the good nature of
the people by furnishing information for
nothing for which work the State was pay
ing its thousands in salaries to officers
Mr. Lelong showed about fifty or sixty
letters he had received from DR. Chaplin,
and added that if a man were to try the
remedies recommended in these bulletins
Ills lllC NOuItl DC III NidIlSGi.
LETTER TO HoRTIcULTURIsrs.
An Associated Press dispatch was at this
point handed to the President, who turned
1t over to the Secretary to read to the Con-
yention. The dispatch was as follows
SAN FRANCISCO March 2Ist-S. G. Chaplin.
State Inspector of Fruit Pests has written let
ter TO the fruit-growers of California, in which
he calls their attention TO the fact that at the
last session fthe Legislature an Act was passed
entitled an Act to prevent the spreading of {
fruit and fruit-tree pests and diseases, and to ,
provide for their cXtirpatiop." Mr.. Chaplin in
viteS the fruit-grower5 OF this State to call meet
ingS in their various fruit localities and make ,
selections of suitable persons to act as Quaran- ,
Tine Guardians. as provided by the new law. He
adds that on sending the names of these per-
SONS 10 hi. office at San Jose they will be duly
and appointments made therefrom ,
LOCAL GUARDIANS NOMINATED. ;
George Rice moved that, in accordance |
with the State Inspectors suggestions, Local |
Guardians be nominated for each district. c
Mr. lie Longraise the inquiry whether the !,
he State Inspector had the appointment of i,
he Guardians, and Mr.. Cooke explained =.
hat the Inspector had a right 10 appoint if
he duty was not performed by the State $
Board I
Mr. Rice's motion was then carried, and ]
he following nominations were made: For /
Pomona, Charles Weile; Pasadena. B. O. S
lark; Orange, y. j. W God F.; Iustln, ii. X.
snow; San Gabriel, John D. Dobbins; Du-
Irte, II. S. Daniels; Los Angeles Milton /
Thomas; Highland Park, George Rice; =
Vernon, s. Mckinley The districts not Y
represented were requested to send in their II
nominations to the Secretary.
IN CONCLUSION. "
A vote of thanks was unanimously ten =
Tered to Mr.. Cooke for his address and the Il
Information furnished. A vote of thanks u
vas also adopted to the delegates who had n
ONE from remote parts of the county, for ?
heir attendance, and the Convention adj {
burned to meet again in three weeks. n
The work thus began in Los Angeles n
ounty should at once be taken up in q
imilar manner in every truit-growing z
ounty in the State. Meetings should be =
leld, the new law discussed and under /
TODD, and systematic plans adopted and /"
fcrnI A,ifInrrt I1l.t. fl,r IL D.