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This study was carried on cooperatively with the State Division of Fish and Game and the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ordinary spray rig applications of DDT for control of codling moth on walnuts were given comparative tests against several other methods of application during the 1947 experimental program.

During the 1946—47 Washington navel orange harvest, trials were made on the use of 2,4-D water sprays to reduce mature fruit drop—preharvest drop.

The California range now is predominantly the annual type.

Chemical weed control is becoming common practice in California and many different types of equipment are on the market.

The following extract is from Experiment Station Bulletin 705, which may be obtained without charge by addressing the Publications Ofice, College of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley 4, California. Cuttings of Perlette and Delight are not offered for sale or distribution by the University of Calijornia.

Detailed recommendations and detachable temperature charts are available in California Experiment Station Circular 381 “Dehydrating Freestone Peaches” which may be obtained without cost from the ofice of the Farm Advisor or by addressing a request to Publications Office, University of California College of Agriculture, Berkeley 4, California.

A detailed report on this subject, with control recommendations, is published in the Agricultural Experiment Station Circular 384, “Controlling Common Pests of Tomato in Northern California,” and is available without charge at the local office of the Farm Advisor or by addressing the Publications Office, College o/ Agriculture, Berkeley 4, California.

A detailed report on this subject is in the recently published Agricultural Experiment Station Circular 382 “Sulfur House Operation” whirh is available without cost at the local ofice of the Farm Advisor or by addressing the Publications Ofice, College of Agriculture, Berkeley 4, Calijornia.

Salt-water contamination of wells, causing them to supply brackish water which will injure the crops they irrigate, is a probability in very limited areas only.

Dry bark kills or renders worthless a great many lemon trees every year.

The blackeye variety of cowpeas is classed as a dry bean in California but in the southern states it is known as the Blackeye pea.

DDT-kerosene sprays for control of red scale on citrus are not recommended beyond very limited field trials because of disadvantages and hazards associated with their use.