No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 151 



Butler County. 



Inspector, Frank L. McClure. 



District: Butler and Venango counties. 



Demonstration orchard at Butler, Pa., in charge of F. L. McClure. 



I find very little San Jose Scale in Butler and Venango counties, 

 except in the southeast corner of Butler county, where I find the 

 San Jos6 Scale very plentiful, and I am surprised to know that only 

 a few of the owners know what is wrong. 



Only two orchards that I know had been sprayed for San Josd 

 Scale until I had given some spraying demonstrations and the people 

 then began to learn how to spray and to obtain good results. 



The orchards that have not been sprayed are now in a worse 

 condition aud man}' of the young orchards are being killed with 

 Scale. The Oyster Shell Scale is killing many young orchards. I 

 find it quite bad in these counties. 



I think I will be safe in saying that not more than five per cent, 

 of the orchards are infested with San Jos6 Scale. There was very 

 little interest taken in the work Avhen I first began it, but now the 

 people are taking more interest in my work and more spraying is 

 being done. Also more pruning and cultivation are being done. 

 If the work is suspended now, I think the people would lose confi- 

 dence in us and what work has been done and say that our work 

 did not amount to anything; and all our good' work done thus far 

 would be of little value to this section. 



In most parts of the county where the progressive farmer and 

 fruit grower live I am made very welcome and in some parts where 

 the people are not interested in the work I have a hard time to get 

 a place to stay over night in the country. 



Before I had given any spraying demonstrations with the Lime- 



. sulfur, the Target Brand was the only material I could find that 



had been used and that with poor results. But now the only spray 



used for Scale is the Lime-sulphur, the results being good where 



spraying was done carefully. 



The outlook for fruit growing in this section is very good in suita 

 ble locations. Some locations are not at all suitable for planting 

 trees and the people have learned that from experience and observa- 

 tion. 



Cambria County. 



Demonstration orchard at Ebensburg, Pa., in charge of K. F. Lee. 

 See report of Inspector Lee, under Bedford county. 



Chester County. 



Inspector, Francis Windle. 



District: Chester countv. 



Demonstration orchard at Embreeville, in charge of F. Windle. 



The spread of San Jos6 Scale in Chester county is general. There 

 are very few premises whereon it cannot be found, but it varies 

 much in quantity in dift'erent sections, and in different orchards of 

 the same section. Young orchards have suffered most. In some 

 sections the old orchards are badly damaged or destroyed, but the 

 majority of full grown apple orchards are uninjured. Many young 

 orchards have been lost through ignorance on the subject of San 



