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ClllCSTXLT TRKE OX FARM SHOWING 

 HARLY STACKS OF BLIC.HT. 



factories, as the leading railway lines 

 conceded special low rates for carrying 

 ])liglitcd chestnut. The utilization ques- 

 tion is l)eing investigated most carefully 

 and thoroughly. Another important 

 movement will be to display specimens 

 of the blight at the various county agri- 

 cultural fairs this fall. These will l)e in 

 charge of demonstrators who will fully 

 explain the nature of the blight and 

 suggest remedial measures so far as 

 practicable. As the fairs of Pennsyl- 

 vania during the season of llHl at- 

 .tracted 1.522,500 visitors, this educa- 

 tional plan needs no further commenda- 

 tion. The farmers" institutes of the 

 State will also afford an excellent op- 

 ])ortunity to acquaint the ]:)eople with 

 the al)solute necessity for waging a con- 

 tinued and united warfare against the 

 bliirht if any chestnut shall be saved. 



The Pennsylvania State Forestry De- 

 partment has rendered invaluable as- 

 sistance in combating the blight. The 

 State owns 1,000,000 acres of forest 

 lands, and the foresters in charge are 

 making every possible effort to eradi- 

 cate the disease. Their efforts have re- 

 duced the percentage of infection on 

 State lands to a very small figure. A 

 greater and more earnest interest in 

 the work is needed in all the States 

 threatened bv the disease. Pennsvlvani'i 



does not ])elieve in impossil)ilities, and 

 will continue t<j lead in this laudable 

 but dillicult task of eradicating the 

 blight. 



General Manager Carleton stated that 

 within two or three weeks every county 

 of the commonwealth will be repre- 

 sented by active agents in charge of 

 conservation work. General Superin- 

 tendent Detwiler has concentrated a 

 large amount of work in combating the 

 l)rogress of the blight upon western 

 Pennsylvania counties, and is greatlv 

 encouraged b\- the ])ros])ect that the \al- 

 ual)le chestnut in that section ma_\' be 

 saved. 



The man who wears shoes, reads the 

 magazines, rents a house, uses the tele- 

 ])hone or telegraph, goes trolley-riding 

 etc., has a material interest in the 

 eradication of this new but deadly for- 

 est pest, hence, the vital importance of 

 general co-operation. As a producer of 

 lumber, the native chestnut tree has an 

 almost incalculable value, aggregating 

 many millions. 



Lastly in its list of many virtues is 

 its immense value as a producer of food 

 for man, sheep, hogs and other live 



I) 1 s K A s !■; 1) I K !•; !•; showing 



SHRKDI)i:i) HARK AFTKR TWO 

 OR THRI-:E YEARS' INFECTION. 



