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is a continuous campaign of education for the benefit of all persons 

 who have growing planus of any Icind that are liable U> be infjured 

 by pests. It is (luito gratifying to this oltice to receive the many en- 

 couraging letters which come into our hands. As the yeais pass 

 and this work is continued it becomes each year more popular, im- 

 portant, and fruitful in practical results. 



Our inspectors are, in many cases, the persons whom we took 

 some yenis ago to the I'ennsylvania State College and there gave 

 instruction, and whom we have met in semi-annual conference regu- 

 larly during each year for definite instruction in their special work. 

 Everyone is enthusiastic in recognition of the important work he 

 is doing, and under such con<litions good results must be obtained. 

 That these men are accomplishing much for the farmers and fruit 

 growers is evidenced by the flood of requests which we received 

 calling for their services. While the real work of inspection is done 

 systematically, going from place to place, finishing one township 

 at a time, yet we aim to comply with all requests for special in- 

 struction, when this can be done without too much additional ex- 

 pense. 



In this inspection work many injurious pests are found in their 

 incipient stages, and serious loss is prevented thereby. For example, 

 I was invited by a friend to inspect his orchard at Enon Valley, in 

 Lawrence county. I did this, and found one very young apple tree 

 badly infested with San Jos6 scale, growing near a large apple 

 orchard of vigorous trees, in their prime. The farmer did not know 

 the scale, and would not have recognized it until its effects had 

 become apparent upon his larger trees, which would have been too 

 late to have saved them without very considerable expense and 

 trouble. Under the circumstances the infested small tree was im- 

 mediately destroyed and the danger of infestation was eliminated, 

 as readily as a fire is prevented by extinguishing a match. 



LIST OF INSPECTORS 



The list of the inspectors and their respective districts is as 

 follows : 



Allaraan, K. P., Somerset, Bedford, Fayette, Greene. 

 Benn, M. L., Tioga, Potter, Cameron, Elk. 

 Bergy, James, Mifflin, Juniata, Huntingdon, Blair. 

 Bowers, E. C, Lancaster. Franklin, Fulton. 



Briggs, J. S., Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoerland, Indiana, Montgomery. 

 Bullock, W. H., Wayne, Pike, Monroe. 

 Burke, P. H., Erie, Warren, McKean, Forest. 

 Cox, J. W., Crawford, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer. 

 Ebert, Carl, Berks. 



Fertig, F. R., Lebanon, Lehigh, Carbon, Dauphin. 

 Finn, A. O., Susquehanna. LackaAvanna, Luzerne. 

 Foster, T. C, Union, Snyder, Centre, Perry. 

 Knuppenburg, D. A., Bradford, Wyoming, Sullivan. 

 Loux, E. L., Bucks, Cambria. Clearfield, Jefferson. 

 Moore, B. S., Northampton, Schuylkill, Washington. 

 Murray, D. E., Northumberland, Montour, Columbia. 

 Peirce, E. F., Adams, York, Cumberland. 



