No. 6. DEPARTMliNT (JF A(JKICULTURE. 77o 



selection of inspecU.Ms is iiKMle tli<' duly ol" the .siipei-vision of the 

 disti-ict, and in manj distiicts it seems fustoniary to elect as super- 

 visoi', the most ignorant man that can be found. Before we can 

 properly enforce a law of this kind we must educate men to become 

 competent inspectors. 



DR. FUNK. Whatever is done in this matter should be done 

 promptly, and a law of this kind may not become operative before 

 two years. In the meantime the scale will be actively at work, and 

 many trees will be killed. During the past year I had young apple 

 trees that made a growth of over 2 feet and matured as fine fruit as 

 I ever saw. Now on some of the trees the branches have been nearly 

 killed by scale. In my travels through the State in Farmers' Insti- 

 tute work I have found it in many sections where its presence was un- 

 suspected, in fact it is present in every section of the State, and in 

 localities claimed to be entirely free. Yet, as stated by Prof. Sur- 

 face, we should not feel discouraged because I know it can be kept 

 in subjection. 



Mli. CREASY: I think the ''yellows'' law had a good effect where- 

 ever enforced, as it has been the means of clearing out many dis- 

 eased orchards and trees. While we should have a law for the sup- 

 pression of San Jos6 Scale, we should also endeavor to educate the 

 people in the work of fighting it. 



MR. MOON: I heartily endorse Mr. Creasy's views on this subject. 

 It is better to educate fruit growers and nurserymen to the work of 

 extermination than to depend upon the State to do it. About the 

 only thing in horticulture that supervisors and county officials have 

 ever learned, is ''graft." 



DR. FUNK: I don't think the method that has been suggested for 

 one individual to spray a number of orchards in any neighborhood 

 would be practical. It is a work that must be done promptly and 

 thoroughly at the proper season, and that time is usually short, 

 and the demand so great that it would not be feasible. 



MR. MOON: How early do you begin spraying? 



DR. FUNK: In fall soon as leaves drop, and in spring as early as 

 1 can get upon the ground. 



MR. PETERS: This looks to me like a serious problem, and I think 

 we should endeavor to have laws passed to assist us in the work. 

 1 think it would be possible to have -inspectors appointed who are 

 competent to examine and condemn, and who would require infested 

 trees to be taken out. 



MR. WERTZ: There is an old saying that two things are certain, 



