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yet the owner may know that if it were at all widespread and doing 

 damage it would likely be found, and he is therefore relieved of present 

 anxiety if it is not found. 



Results. —We have been able to see some very decided and beneficial 

 results from this work. In very many cases we have been able to find 

 the San Jose Scale in time to give the owner opportunity to treat it 

 before serious injury is done. A letter from western Catawba County, 

 where Mr. Clapp spent several days inspecting, says : "There will be 

 fourteen new sprayers put into use in this section this year that I know 

 of." A letter received from Mount Airy, where we have done consid- 

 erable inspection work, says : ''There is much more spraying being done 

 than formerly — fully ten times as much as in any previous year." Even 

 from one of the eastern counties where there is very little fruit grown 

 for sale we received a letter which said that a considerable number had 

 started spraying. This spring (1912) Mr. Clapp reported that it seems 

 to him that far more spraying is being done this year than he has ever 

 seen before. This is the sort of evidence that counts for something, 

 and must mean much to our fruit industry if the spraying is properly 

 done, at the right time, and with the right materials. 



Summary of Orchard Inspection Work.— The following table gives 



in condensed form an account of the orchard inspection work to April, 

 1912, showing the number in which San Jose Scale was found, etc. : 



