Demonstrations for the Agri~
culturists.
Last Friday concluded the course
of two weeks instructions given by
Profs. Surface, Buckhout, Butz and
others of the faculty to the some
twenty men sent by the State De
partment of agricultures for the
study of the San Jose Scale. A
practical demonstration of the
method of spraying was most suc
cessfully given in Col. Reynolds
peach orchard near Bellefonte.
About 35 men in all left in
the college hacks on Friday morning
and drove to the orchard where a
small crowd of local fruit growers
and others interested in the demon
stration had assembled. Prof. Sur
face prepared the mixture, consist
ing of 22 parts of lime, 17 parts of
sulphur and 10 parts of common salt
by boiling in water for about 45 min
utes. This was strained, diluted
and sprayed on the trees. A num
ber of different nozzels were used
and the instructor did all in his
power to prepare the class for any
possible emergencies that might
come up in their work. These
twenty men are now suposed to go
to all parts of the state and give
similar demonstrations and necessary
instructions and are supported at the
expense of the State government.
The class consisted of: W. H.
Brinkerhoff, of Lees Cross Roads;
Benjamin Evans, Ebensburg; John
M. Hale, Jenkintown; William
Piper, Johnstown; W. Scott Mullen,
Hindman; John D. Herr, Millers
ville; H. S. Loop, North East,
Erie County; E. C. Bowers, East
Petersburg; D. C. Kauffman, York;
T. C. Foster, Harrisburg; H. H.
Dutton, West Chester; Watson
Tomlinson. Torresdale; C. C. Heiss,
Catawissa; M. H. Snavely, Cleona;
W. B. Packard. Granville Summit,
and Charles E. Plum, Harrisburg.
They found Col. Reynold’s or
chard to be infested only slightly
with the scale but enough was there
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to destroy a great deal of property
in a couple of year's. This orchard
is located on a sandy plateau about
3 miles from Bellefonte. It consists
of about 8000 trees and covers an
area of about 500 acres. It is very
well kept and excepting San Jose
scale appears perfectly healthy.
The same afternoon Prof. Surface
assisted by some of the students that
had accompanied his expedition dis
infected the large grist mill of Belle
fonte. They had been bothered for
some time with mediterranean flour
moth which is a great pest for millers.
Hydrogen cyanide, generated by
the action of sulphuric acid on
potassium cyanide was made as the
agent. A job like this that Prof.
Surface did gratis often costs the
miller from $lOO to $l5O.
Debaters Appointed.
At the trials held last Saturday
evening two debating teams were
appointed to represent the College,
the first for our inter-collegiate de
bate with Swarthmore, and the sec
ond for a debate with Juniata Col
lege. The men appointed were: —
First team, H. M. Braucher, ’OB,
G. W. Groff, ’O7, C. R. Stahl, ’O7,
W. F. H. Wentzel, ’OB, alternate.
Second team, F. B. Garrahan, 'O7,
W. R. Haven, ’O9, A. M. Myers,
’OB, L. B. Miller, alternate.
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