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and found most of the trees and shrubbery on the grounds well infested 

 with the scale. Vigorous measures were at once applied by the Superin- 

 tendent, with good results. 



Mr. A. H. Goehler of Wabash County, quite recently, sent me speci- 

 mens of the San Jose scale which he found on trees and shrubbery in 

 several lots in the city of Marion while delivering some nursery stock. 

 I have not yet had time to investigate this point, so am unable to say 

 just how much territory is covered by it. During hist August I was called 

 to Johnson County to investigate an orchard some five miles east of 

 Greenwood, and found a well-developed case of San Jose scale on plum 

 and pear trees which had been planted some five or six years, and were 

 undoubtedly infested when the trees came from an eastern nursery. Most 

 of these infested trees were destroyed, and by so doing a fine young 

 orchard near by will undoubtedly escape the same fate. 



While on his way home from the summer meeting of the Indiana 

 Horticultm-al Society, last August, Mr. \l. H. Swaim, Assistant Inspector 

 for the northern end of the State, stopped at Fort Wayne and made some 

 investigations which resulted in finding sevei-al badly infested cases of 

 the scale inside the city limits. This was an important find, as there are 

 a number of quite large orchards and small fruit plantations in the 

 immediate vicinity, and this discovery will enable the owners to take the 

 proper precautions to prevent its further spread. 



A number of other more or less isolated cases have been found, and, 

 I am glad to report, that in every case the OAvners have been found to be 

 not only willing, but anxious to apply the remedies prescribed, which is 

 a very healthy indication. However, the more I investigate this matter 

 the more I am convinced that we are in for a long siege "oith this pest. 

 Newly infested localities are constantly coming to light, and the old ones 

 are very slow in surrendering the advantages already gained. Yet if 

 every man owning any considerable number of acres of orchard would 

 provide himself with a good spray pump and the other necessary appli- 

 ances and then use them intelligently, both winter and summer, the 

 problem would be comparatively easy. Our experiment stations and 

 others have worked out successful remedies and have given the proper 

 methods of application, information concerning which may be had for the 

 asking. The office of the State Entomologist is intended to be a bureau 

 of information on matters of this kind, and under present conditions, in 

 our own State, we can do little more than to advise as to the proper 

 methods to pursue. It then becomes an individual matter. The fruit 

 growers themselves must furnish the materials and power to do the work. 



Concerning Other Species of Insects. 



No serious outbreaks of other injurious species have been reported to 

 me during the year. The Hessian Fly, which threatened to destroy the 



