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3. All persons are forbidden to remove any designating marks 

 employed by the inspectors in their work on the gipsy moth. 



4. On accomit of the danger of further spread of the gipsy moth, 

 all persons are strictly forbidden to remove any eggs of the gipsy moth 

 from their premises. 



5. Persons discovering -any stages of the gipsy moth on their 

 premises should immediately notify the State Entomologist at Augusta 

 of the fact. 



6. Any party in the infested district wishing to cut and remove trees 

 for lumber or other purposes shall notify the State Entomologist of such 

 purpose so that such trees may have a thorough inspection before being 

 cut. 



MAINE APPLE ORCHARDING. 



Only a small per cent of our orchardists have begun to realize 

 the economic side of orchard management. The majority still 

 persist in adhering to the same go-as-you-please sort of care, 

 or lack of treatment, and let the orchard remain as it was set 

 to shift for itself; and if Mother Nature is kind enough to 

 allow the trees to yield a half crop once in a while, why they 

 are only too willing to take it for granted that that is the only 

 way, and accept the inevitable as so much clear gain in payment 

 for no care bestowed. 



There is no gainsaying the fact that if all of the fruit trees 

 in the State should receive the best of care for the next five 

 years, the owners would reap a clear profit of at least from 

 25 to 50 per cent on the time and money invested. Those who 

 are inclined to be "fogyish" will at once reply, "That is a bald- 

 faced exaggeration," but the up-to-date, progressive, willing-to- 

 investigate farmer is just the one who will receive this added 

 profit. It is worse than useless to advocate modern methods 

 and expect profitable results when the general public is not 

 willing to make any exertion to prove or disprove the theory 

 advanced. 



The profit from right management of our Maine orchards 

 is not a matter of theory but an oft demonstrated fact, and it 

 is only because of gross neglect or total indifference on the part 

 of orchard owners, that a greater income has not been realized 

 from this source. We are stating no new facts but are placing 

 them before you for your careful, unbiased perusal, with the 

 earnest desire that by the repetition of oft demonstrated truths 

 you may be willing to add your influence and energy to the 



