No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 147 



I think the farmers cau be greatly benefited by more rigid nur- 

 sery inspection and fumigation requirements, both in this and other 

 states. There are entirely too many infested trees being planted. 

 We cannot expect to get pests under control as long as they are 

 being carried into uninfested territory by nursery stock. 



Bedford County, 



Inspector, R. F. Lee. 



District : Bedford and Blair counties. 



Demonstration orchard at Bedford, in charge of R. F. Lee. 



The San Jose Scale in Bedford county can be found in at least 

 one-third of the orchards, but infesting only the small trees planted 

 within the last eight years. Often only a few small young trees will 

 be infested, and again all. In Bedford county the young planting 

 has been confined to the last eight years, while in Blair the young 

 planting has been mostly during the last three years. The Scale 

 (San Jos^) is confined principally to the small towns and such cities 

 as Altoona and Tyrone. One-fourth of the orchards at least have 

 infested trees in them, but generally only the small trees are in- 

 fested. Much of the infestation can be traced to the small nurse- 

 ries that were in both Bedford and Blair, now out of business. 



At the beginning of this work the Scale in the southwestern part 

 of the State was almost unheard of by most people, at least, yet 

 many orchards were being destroyed, but the owners did not know 

 what was wrong in the majority of cases, much less what to do and 

 when it should be done. Many were interested^ then and were glad 

 to have the work go on when they knew it was to their interest. 

 There were many in Bedford county who did not read mucn and who 

 did not know anything of the work, and it is true in Blair to-day. 

 But wherever we have given demonstrations or established a demon- 

 stration orchard, interest was stirred up, and our example was 

 followed by the interested fruit growers. To-day in either county 

 the people are glad to have us help them solve the orchard problem. 

 Should the work be suspended now the territory uninspected would 

 sooner or later become badly infested and the work carried so far 

 would be lost to a great extent unless something else would be 

 substituted in its place. 



The Inspector is cordailly received most places, especially where 

 fruit growing is of any importance; then again there are a few who 

 do not know the damage Scale might do or can do; others who do 

 not read, know nothing of the work or have only a wrong impression 

 of it, gathered by hear-say from others. 



Lime and sulfur is generally used with good results if the work 

 is done thoroughly and with materials properly prepared. Credit is 

 due to the work of the office for sending literature of how to make 

 the wash and to the articles by the Inspectors in the newspapers 

 or farm papers. Scalecide has been used, 6 gallons to 100 of water, 

 or 1 to 16, with fair results in the way of destroying the Scale. 

 Target Brand has been used by a few, but has not been as good as 

 Scalecide, and attended with more trouble in mixing. This is also 

 true in Blair county. 



The outlook in both counties for fruit growing is good; both have 

 about the same altitude, with Blair having the best of the bargain. 

 Bedford county has more young trees in proportion, but Blair will 

 do a lot of planting in the next two years. Both counties have fine 



