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Granges in several parts of the county secured the Inspector's 

 services at a number of evening meetings. 



Oyster Shell Scale proved to be injurious in this county. 



Cumberland County. 



Demonstration orchard at Carlisle, Pa. 



Report jHcpared in the ollice of the Zoologist from notes and 

 correspondence of former Inspectors of that county. 



There are few counties in the State of Pennsylvania that have 

 suffered more from the inroads by San Jos(^ Scale than has that 

 of Cumberland county. At different times tln-re have been different 

 Inspectors at work in this county and it is generally determined 

 that the trees are badly infested. Particularly in the boroughs most 

 of the old trees have been destroyed and the scale is so bad that it 

 is now destroying the sweet cherry trees and others that have until 

 this time survived its attack. There are several remnants of old 

 •orchards that have been almost entirely wiped out by this i>est. 

 Nothwithstanding this fact there has been more extensive planting 

 of young trees in Cumberland county during the past two or three 

 years than ever before. It appears that there is rapidly developing 

 a sharp line between the fruit grower and the farmer. Some per- 

 sons are going into fruit growing and are having good results. 

 The farmers are buying their frr'is and are satisfied with the pro 

 duction of farm crops which they in turn sell to the fruit growers. 



There is a great demand for persons to do commercial spraying 

 particularly in boroughs where the Scale is universally bad and 

 where the owners of infested trees do not feel like purchasing the 

 apparatus that is necessary in controlling the pest. They are willing 

 to pay to have the work done, but the great trouble with the com- 

 mercial sprayers at the present time is that they have insisted upon 

 using the material which works easiest and nicest for them and 

 W'hich is least injurious to their apparatus. This generally means 

 the so-called soluble oils. These have almost universally given un- 

 satisfactory results and where used have generally resulted in losing 

 business for the commercial sprayer, thus, instead of developing 

 a trade, he has almost destroyed an industry. However, recently 

 the commercial Lime-sulfur washes are being taken up by commer- 

 cial sprayers and these may solve the problem of cheap and con- 

 venient material for controlling the Scale. 



In this county first class fruit can be produced and it can be 

 sold at fair prices, but the general tendency is toward the production 

 of farm crops rather than fruits. This tendency increases as the 

 fight against the fruit pests is increased, or in other words, with 

 the decrease of the number of fruit trees, and consequently the 

 specialization of the fruit grower is to be seen more and more. 



Dauphin County. 



Demonstration orchard at County Almshouse, Harrisburg, Pa. 



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

 pondence of P. H. Hertzog, a former Inspector of the county. 



There have been several Inspectors in Dauphin county, the last 

 being Mr. P. H. Hertzog, who has withdrawn from our Inspection 

 force in order to attend a University. 



