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are many acres of choice apple land, not planted in Jackson 

 and Douglas counties that in a few years will be jDlanted. 

 The apples from the third district are becoming known in 

 foreign markets and readily sell at top prices in competition 

 with the celebrated apples of Watsonville, California. 



During the past two years I have served 250 notices of dis- 

 infection on owners of orchards infested with San Jose scale, 

 and in all cases I believe the requirements of the notices were 

 complied with. 



In a number of cases I have found local dealers offering 

 scale-infested fruit for sale. In all such cases I condemned 

 tlie fruit and had it destroyed by burning. I find a willing 

 disposition on the part of all local dealers to respect the law, 

 and in all cases where I found infested fruit in the hands of 

 dealers they had no knowledge as to the identification of scale ; 

 all were innocent of any intent to violate the law. 



The San Jose scale is one of the pests the fruit grower has 

 to contend with, and probably always will have. The remedy 

 salt, sulphur and lime is a specific, and if thoroughly applied 

 with a good spray pump during the winter months, assures 

 the grower smooth, clean fruit the fall following. That the 

 fruit grower will always have the San Jose scale to contend 

 with I base the prediction on the fact that I have found the 

 scale thriving and at home on the willow, wild plum, and 

 thorn. While the scale is active during the summer, moths 

 and birds will carry it from infested localities to the orchards. 

 That birds carry and distribute the pest I am able to verify, 

 as I have shot them in scale-infested orchards and found the 

 live scale in large numbers on feet and feathers. The best 

 protection the grower has against the pest is to spray for it 

 annually, or at least every other winter, and not complain too 

 much of his neighbor, as the neighbor, as well as himself, 

 may have had his orchard infested from willow patch, thorn 

 or plum thicket, growing on the public highway out of either's 

 jurisdiction. 



As the fruit growers gain experience in packing, grading, 

 and putting up the products of their orchards in neat, attract- 

 ive packages, with love and pride in the work, always keeping 

 in mind that there is never an oversupply of the best, that the 

 best is always in demand at good paying prices, he will then 

 have gained the right road to success in his calling. From 

 year to year I find our packers improving in methods of pack- 

 ing and handling fruit. At the beginning of the fruit packing 



