REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 233 



INSPECTORS' EQUIPMENT. 



Each field inspector is furnished with a badge which gives 

 him the authority to enter private grounds. (See section 8, 

 Chapter 15 of this act). A field note-book is issued to each 

 man in which is kept a strict daily account of all work done, 

 together with an itemized statement of all expenses incurred 

 for the day. A daily report, made on a blank provided for that 

 purpose, is also filled out at the end of each day's work and 

 sent in to the Special Field Agent. These daily reports are 

 examined by him and a condensed weekly report is made out 

 and forwarded to the office of the State Entomologist at the end 

 of each week. These are examined and placed on file in the 

 office. Each man's expense account is carefully gone over, 

 checked up from each day's report, and approved before it is 

 sent to the State Auditor. 



The field force is divided into squads of five or six men each. 

 Each squad is furnished with climbers and a pair of field glasses 

 for spying out the egg-clusters high upon the trunks or in the 

 tops of the trees. The men are also furnished with axes, saws, 

 bush-hooks, rakes, etc. 



All infestations found are located by a special mark on the 

 trees (See Plate XVII). These are for guides when the burlap 

 season opens. 



When egg-clusters are found they are destroyed by treating 

 them with a mixture containing creosote, which is carried in tin 

 cans and is applied with a brush. The creosote penetrates the 

 egg-cluster and destroys the eggs. 



During the past season no spraying has been attempted but 

 this may be resorted to during the coming season. Barrel burn- 

 ing outfits have been used for spraying with oil on low shrub- 

 bery and grass as well as into rock heaps and stone walls, where 

 burning had to be resorted to. 



BURLAPPING TREES. 



The burlap comes in bales cut into strips eight inc^^es wide. 

 These strips are wound into rolls which are carried by being 

 suspended on a stick with a string or strap around the neck as 

 shown in plate XIII. These strips are put around the tree at 

 a convenient height to be easily examined. The strips are cut 



