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insure confidence in the directions from the Department. We must 

 get the confidence of the farmer before we can win him to our 

 way of thinking. I believe this can be accomplished by the success- 

 ful management of the demonstration orchard, and by earnest, ener- 

 getic work on the part of the inspectors in behalf of the farmers. 

 Some of the farmers do not appreciate the work the State is doing 

 and are not co-operating with the Department as they should. This 

 is due largely to ignorance of the Department and its work. I think 

 the demonstration orchard should be conducted on a thoroughly 

 practical basis, having the best equipment so that the work can be 

 accomplished with the least possible expense. 



I believe also that great care should be exercised in the selection 

 of an orchard, as an orchard of inferior varieties or unfavorable soil 

 conditions cannot show satisfactory results. We cannot afford to 

 take the worst old run-down orchards and attempt to set them up 

 as examples of what an orchard should be. The best in my section 

 are none too good. 



Lancaster County. 



Inspectors, E. C. Bowers and J. D. Herr. 



District: (E. C. Bowers) Northern Lancaster and Lehigh counties. 



Demonstration orchards at County Home and Home for Friendless 

 Children at Lancaster, in charge of Inspector Herr. 



The orchards in the district in which I have worked, namely Lan- 

 caster count}', north of the Pennsylvania railroad, Lehigh and Berks 

 counties are very generally infested with San Jos6 Scale. Prior to 

 the work of the Department in the fall of 1905 very little spraying 

 was done, largely due to the fact that owners of fruit trees were 

 ignorant of the Ijest methods of combating the pest. The orchard 

 demonstrations given by the inspectors were highly educational, 

 which is proven by the fact that many persons who are at this time 

 successfully controlling the scale received at these meetings the in- 

 structions and also the inspiration to save their trees by the use of 

 the Lime-Sulfur wash. 



Much mischief is done by unscrupulous agents going over the 

 country selling oils, etc., which generally are more harmful than 

 helpful. This can easily be counteracted by the Inspector showing 

 the difference in trees treated with poor insecticides, and those 

 treated with Lime-sulfur. 



Generally speaking, much interest is manifested in the work, and 

 the benefits which have been derived by the fruit growers and farm- 

 ers cannot be computed in dollars and cents. The outlook for fruit 

 growing is becoming more encouraging each year, since the people 

 are learning how to care for their trees after planting them. 



The demonstration orchards should be continued by all means for 

 in them it can best be demonstrated what can be accomplished. 



Lawrence County. 



Inspector, J. W. Cox. 



District: Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer counties. 



See report of Inspector Cox, under Beaver county. 



