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  of 
  the 
  state 
  this 
  power 
  has 
  been 
  exercised 
  in 
  the 
  few 
  cases 
  where 
  

   it 
  was 
  necessary. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  however, 
  the 
  owners 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  

   willing 
  but 
  anxious 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  trees, 
  and 
  our 
  field 
  

   men 
  are 
  given 
  hearty 
  support 
  by 
  individuals, 
  granges 
  and 
  other 
  

   organizations. 
  The 
  timber 
  owners 
  of 
  Elk 
  County 
  had 
  printed 
  

   and 
  posted 
  an 
  announcement 
  that 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight 
  had 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  and 
  warned 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  look- 
  

   out 
  for 
  it. 
  In 
  addition 
  the 
  Commission 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  man, 
  for 
  a 
  

   short 
  time 
  at 
  least, 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  

   and 
  their 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  up 
  principally 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  re- 
  

   quested 
  inspections 
  of 
  timber 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  blight 
  infection 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  method 
  to 
  be 
  pur- 
  

   sued 
  in 
  combating 
  it 
  and 
  realizing 
  on 
  their 
  timber. 
  Our 
  men 
  

   are 
  all 
  deputy 
  wardens, 
  with 
  the 
  authority 
  which 
  is 
  attached 
  

   to 
  this 
  office, 
  and 
  are 
  instructed 
  to 
  do 
  their 
  utmost 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   fire 
  damage. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibit 
  which 
  consists 
  of 
  specimens 
  showing 
  the 
  blight 
  in 
  

   various 
  stages 
  together 
  with 
  photographs, 
  literature, 
  etc., 
  was 
  

   placed 
  in 
  about 
  30 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  fairs 
  throughout 
  the 
  state. 
  The 
  

   appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  clearly 
  shown 
  that 
  next 
  

   year 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  to 
  continue 
  and 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  increase 
  this 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  to 
  place 
  large 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  displays 
  at 
  the 
  Commercial 
  Museum, 
  Philadelphia, 
  the 
  

   State 
  Capitol, 
  Harrisburg, 
  and 
  other 
  places. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Teachers' 
  Institutes 
  have 
  been 
  reached 
  

   with 
  a 
  display 
  and 
  lecture. 
  We 
  have 
  arranged 
  also 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   speaker 
  at 
  fully 
  one 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  Farmers' 
  Institutes 
  this 
  

   winter. 
  We 
  are 
  also 
  arranging 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  permanent 
  display 
  at 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools, 
  normal 
  schools 
  and 
  colleges, 
  where 
  

   instruction 
  on 
  the 
  blight 
  is 
  given. 
  An 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  last 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  to 
  enlist 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  boy 
  scouts 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  

   to 
  them 
  for 
  considerable 
  work, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  an 
  educational 
  way. 
  

   The 
  successful 
  outcome 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  work 
  will 
  depend 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   measure 
  upon 
  the 
  owners 
  themselves, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  our 
  purpose 
  to 
  

   give 
  them 
  all 
  the 
  information 
  possible 
  upon 
  the 
  whole 
  subject. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  established 
  a 
  Department 
  of 
  Utilization 
  

   which 
  is 
  collecting 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  various 
  industries 
  which 
  

   use 
  or 
  might 
  use 
  chestnut 
  wood, 
  listing 
  the 
  buyers 
  and 
  owners 
  

   of 
  chestnut 
  wood, 
  thus 
  assisting 
  owners 
  of 
  blighted 
  chestnut 
  

   trees 
  in 
  marketing 
  their 
  timber 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage. 
  The 
  

   Department 
  is 
  trying 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  chestnut 
  wood 
  by 
  

   calling 
  attention 
  to 
  its 
  many 
  good 
  qualities, 
  and 
  thus 
  utilize 
  

  

  