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Clearfield Count}'. 



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

 See report of Inspector Lee, under Bedford county. 



Columbia County, 

 Inspector, A. W, Stephens. 



District: Columbia, Montour and Northumberland counties. 

 Demonstration orchard at Bloomsburg, in charge of A. W. Ste- 

 phens. 



See report by Inspector Stephens, under Montour county, 



Crawford County. 



Report prepared in office of the Zoologist from notes and corres- 

 pondence by F. Z. Hartzell, a former Inspector in that county. 

 This report includes Erie, Forest and Warren counties. 



San Jos6 Scale being rare and the work of orchard inspections 

 being in its infancy at the time Mr. Hartzell inspected in Craw- 

 ford, Erie, Forest and ^Varren counties, the inspections were lim- 

 ited to a majority of orchards of each farming community where 

 young fruit trees were, but ignoring old orchards. His work in 

 Crawford revealed Oyster Shell and Scurfy Scales but no San Jos^ 

 Scale. This latter, however, was found in the vicinity of nurseries 

 in Cussewago, Hayfield and West Mead townships by Mr. Loop in 

 1906. In this county treatment for San Jos6 Scale had been given 

 on two premises prior to 190G, but none was reported for that year. 

 In that year many farmers proved to be extremely skeptical, but 

 it is contemplated that a few demonstrations given in the control 

 of scale insects will have enabled the citizens to see the worth of 

 modern orcharding. At one demonstration near Meadville there 

 were 120 persons present. 



Many young trees were found in the vicinity of Conneautville in 

 1906. There were few young orchards about Meadville. 



In Erie county San Jose Scale was found on a number of proper- 

 ties in North East township, and one place in McKean township, 

 infestation affecting only one plum tree on this last property. It 

 was reported under control by spraying at one place near Erie, and 

 was found on a number of properties in Mill Creek township, where 

 it was not under treatment. As Mr. Hartzell did not enter Con- 

 cord or Wayne townships, another person was delegated in 1907 to 

 make some inspections in Concord township, reporting San Jos^ 

 Scale on one small property. There was much interest shown 

 in 1906. In the northeastern portion of the county and about 

 Waterford many young trees were found, while in the western end 

 nearly all trees' were old. Tbere were 5,800 acres devoted to grape 

 culture in North East township alone. 



In Forest county damages was being wrought by Oyster Shell 

 Scale and Canker Worms, esp>ecially, while San Jos^ was not found. 

 The English Sparrow was observed to be comparatively scarce, 

 which fact, linked with the scarcity of San JosC; may have important 

 economic significance. 



In Warren county inspections were completed by mid-summer. 

 San Jos^ was found at one place near Youngsville, on the premises 

 of one who was glad to comply with directions for the elimination 

 of the pest. A number of young orchards were being started, and 

 spraving was becoming common for the potato crop. 

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